Philadelphia Magazine People, Places, News & Views
Q&A

What 25 Years of Teaching Our Kids Has Taught America’s Teacher of the Year Leon Smith

After a quarter century at Haverford High, 2026’s National Teacher of the Year Leon Smith shares what he’s learned about connection, critical thinking, and helping young people see what they’re capable of.


News

The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

Opinion

A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

Opinion

Dear AT Frenchies, You Had Us at “Geaux Birds!”

Latest Stories

Taste: Spirits: Bittersweet

Bitters are medicinal spirits, and definitely an acquired taste. Best known are Angostura bitters in tiny bottles, measured by the drop. Infused wines, like vermouths, […]

Taste: Reviews: Globe-Tripping

Mimosa in East Goshen has its quirks — hard chairs, long gaps between courses, and a cacophony of flavors in certain dishes, to name a […]

Taste: Cookbook: Young & Hungry

His first cooking experience was a disaster, he never went to culinary school, and he never trained in a restaurant, but Philadelphia-born David Lieberman has […]

Taste: Reviews: Italian Revival

In a gleaming open kitchen, against a backdrop of stainless steel, a woman in a black chef’s jacket works the hot line confidently, her titian […]

Taste: Eat This Now: Crudo at Positano Coast

The mandatory raw-fish appetizer travels under the name crudo at Positano Coast, the reconceived Lamberti’s Cucina in Old City. Such dishes are sold elsewhere as […]

Features: Home: Size Matters: Tips for Living Large and Small

How to make small rooms look bigger 1. Color. One of the biggest misconceptions is that painting a small space white makes it appear bigger. […]


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


How did a popular, handsome college freshman end up buried in a Bucks County landfill?

TINY TULLYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, population 2,090, sits on the banks of the Delaware River, 25 miles from Philadelphia. It’s an old, modest town to which the […]

Legends: Requiem for a Heavyweight

ON A WINTRY day last February, Joe Frazier’s eponymous gym was slowly coming to life. A handful of young fighters stretched and wrapped their hands; […]

Forget the hipsters. The biggest force in Philly’s future will be the newly arrived empty-nesters.

IT’S A DELICIOUS day. At Love Park, a lunchtime crowd is lazily soaking up sunshine. A young woman in a bright summer dress drapes a […]

Home: Kitchen Mission: Locals Only: Shopping List

Panzanella Salad Butter, Green Meadow Farm, available at Fair Food Farmstand Garlic, Paradise Organics, available at Fair Food Farmstand Thyme, Overbrook Herb Farm, available at […]

Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 2

THE AUTOPSY REPORT was sent to the Commission, through the Secret Service, on December 20th. The Commission based its conclusions about the characteristics of Kennedy’s […]

Read More About

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 1

IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE the Warren Commission Report is the truth. Arlen Specter knows it. It is difficult to believe that "all the shots […]

For Philly runners, there are plenty of options when it comes to sneaks that’ll safeguard those knees

If clothes make the man, the shoe definitely makes the runner. And with all the great races coming through town this season — the Father’s […]

Features: The New Neighborhood Nabobs

Northern LibertiesBart Blatstein, 50What he imagines it will be: A “creative class” paradise with live/work spaces for artists, all centered on a piazza.What it is […]

Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Collection turns 50

Five reasons why you should invest in this chair from über-designer/architect Eero Saarinen:  1) When something has retained its cool for half a century, the […]

<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>