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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

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Impossible to believe it was 40 years ago that two Temple students met and decided to make music together.

Grade: A Impossible to believe it was 40 years ago that two Temple students — Daryl Hall and John Oates — met and decided to […]

After creating a monster this spring, Quirk Books plans to bring us a few creepy classics.

Quirk Books created a monster this spring with surprise best-seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which turned Jane Austen’s Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy into hunters […]

The New York Times/NPR puzzlemaster treks to Philly for the Sudoku National Championship.

The New York Times/NPR puzzlemaster treks to Philly for the Sudoku National Championship on October 24th. (No, he won’t stay to solve the city’s budget […]

The loudest cheers for the Phils this post-season will come from the folks at Citizens Bank.

Perhaps the loudest cheers for the Phils this post-season will come from the folks at Citizens Bank. It seems the deeper the Fightin’s get into […]

Out on the Main Line, it’s hot pastrami at 20 paces.

It was mass panic back in July among Murray’s deli loyalists when the Bala Cynwyd institution closed its doors for renovations. The place had been […]

Nathan Edmondson returns as actor and theatrical director of Terror Behind the Walls.

Age: 29.Known best as: Co-founder of the three-person, Philly-based improv group Rare Bird Show, performing at the Philadelphia Improv Festival on October 3rd. Why we’re […]


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.


Brooke dishes the latest gossip.

Maine and I already have our tix for the new Princess Diana exhibit bowing this month at the Constitution Center, and can’t wait for its […]

Can CrossFit really become the workout for people who hate working out?

CrossFit — the new fitness craze now offered at 15 area gyms — basically works this way: You do super-intense workouts in very short bursts […]

Find one in your area here.

PHILADELPHIACrossFit Philly, 7224 Germantown Avenue, 215-248-2130, crossfitcamp.com CrossFit Prime, 220 Geiger Road, 215-873-4571, crossfitprime.com CrossFit South Philly, 818 Alter Street, 860-982-8575, crossfitsouthphilly.com CrossFit Center City, […]

Burger-mania is strong in Philly, and No Libs newcomer PYT expands our options.

PYT owner and party promoter Tommy Up says his burger joint’s name stands for “pick your topping” and isn’t a reference to the Michael Jackson […]

Bistro 7’s French-focused chef cooks Chinese at No Libs’ Kong.

In my years studying the craft of writing, I’ve heard one axiom stressed above all others: Write what you know. In my years writing about […]

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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.


Pick your way to better health at these orchards throughout the Philly suburbs.

Known for their fiber content (as long as you’re eating the skins) and antioxidant benefits, apples are a boost to any diet, and the fresher […]

Should you do it or ditch it? We try out area classes so you don’t have to waste time — or money — on workouts that don’t make the grade.

What we want: A tried-and-true workout that’ll build lean muscle, including our less-than-toned midsection. What we tried: The 11:30 a.m. kettlebell class at Maxercise — […]

The brightly hued pieces by this local family-run jewelry company are on our radar now.

Just after soon-to-be local jewelry designer Michele Jones had her ears pierced, she went searching with daughters Lindley and Kelly for the perfect pair of […]

What Philly’s coolest people are loving this week.

What Philly’s coolest people are loving this week. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SLIDESHOW CLICK HERE TO VIEW LAST WEEK’S SLIDESHOW

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