Guides

Celebrating the Most Talented Curtis Institute of Music Graduates

Plus, a look at the prestigious Rittenhouse school’s rising stars, including a 14-year-old who insists on remaining mononymous.


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Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times

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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

Richly satisfying, emotionally charged, entertaining and moving, Rock ‘n’ Roll is a vital play that is as important as it is timely.

Rock ‘n’ RollBy Tom StoppardDirected by Blanka Zizka Tom Stoppard has said that all stories are secretly about time. What began for him with a […]

Critic Joy Manning offers up Ansill, her favorite happy hour that rises above the rest in deals and atmosphere.

Happy hour “specials” are usually anything but — greasy wings, rail cocktails, and watery draft beers aren’t palatable at any price. Plus, people turn out […]

Your guide to hot deals and tickets soon to go on sale …

Those of you who missed out on tickets to the Eagles‘ sold-out show at Wachovia Center back in July take note: the foursome returns on […]

Street Style: Week 5: October 3, 2008

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Web Original: Pick of the Week: Pinot Noir Pessagno “Spring Grove Vineyards”

Among the international regions that produce premium pinot noir, the California versions seem richer and juicier, deeper and darker. In this vein of turbo-pinot, Pessagno […]

Philadelphia and Italians — Perfect together. A new book explains why

Now there came multitude of men of the lowest class from the south of Italy … men out of ranks where there was neither skill […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


In Blood and Honor, Nick "The Crow" Caramandi lets us watch while the Philadelphia mob rubs itself out.

BA-BOOM! "I BROKE this guy. I musta took, in a six-month period, maybe a hundred thousand off him. Soon he went broke, and whadda ya […]

Web Original: Style Report: Live Models at JKarma and Some Cool Breast Cancer Awareness Events

October is officially Breast Cancer Awareness month and two stores are showing their support. Les Richards at The Shops at Liberty Place will be selling […]

“It Was So Fascinating! Here They Were, in My Little House in the Suburbs, Trying to Plan a Murder!”

WE’RE IN NASHVILLE, trust me, just not that Nashville, not the sequin-knockered bosom of country music and home of the Grand Ole Opry — and […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.