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Stephen Starr takes over the Art Museum.

Stephen Starr’s catering arm has recently taken over the Art Museum’s stodgy dining operations and injected them with some modernity. And while it’s not quite […]

A new offering from the folks at Tria

Tria’s handsome new 32-seat outpost offers an edited version of what everyone already loves about its bigger locations: snacks, wine, cheese and beer. Here, you’ll […]

Healthy — but tasty — bites at a new Delco offering

When you open a restaurant, one rule of thumb — at least, according to Kitchen Nightmares — is to offer the community something it doesn’t […]

They don’t read. They can’t spell. They spend all their time playing computer games and texting and hanging out with one another on Facebook. But the problem is much worse than you think, because the way your kids live now is rewiring their brains

Two autumns ago, in my son Jake’s junior year of high school, he took an AP English course. Junior year was bad for him and […]

Jeffrey Power ups the ante.

Though its name might suggest a pharma commercial — as in, “Consult your doctor before taking Dettera” — the food here is anything but medicinal. […]

Haul out the holly? Sure, as long as we can get Robertson’s to deliver it, Voilà to find the ornaments, and Casa Papel to wrap the gifts—so all that’s left is to be merry

WRAP In Rittenhouse: Details  Gets the elegant job done via handmade bows, hand-dyed silk ribbon, jewel-tone Caspari paper. Up to five packages free with purchase […]


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.


What Santa and Snooki Have in Common

Remember photos with Santa? The long, emotional wait in line? The sign that read 1,505 MILES TO THE NORTH POLE? The realization that the big […]

How some dolls made in Bucks County got to be bigger than the Beatles

This Christmas season — like every other — my soon-to-be-mother-in-law’s house will welcome roughly 150 very merry visitors. It’s no bother: No taller than a […]

Is Xipwire the next big thing?

Almost a year ago, a little Philly-based company called Xipwire began marketing the biggest thing to happen to phones since Apple: pay-by-text. If you missed […]

The famed Olympic medalist, 41, skates with Brian Boitano, Sasha Cohen and Scott Hamilton at Caesars on December 11th.

How you feel about the term “Kerrigan” being used as a verb to describe the elimination of one’s opponents:I’ve won two Olympic medals. To be […]

We never thought we’d see the day. Here, ex-Mayor John Street opens up to his onetime 
nemesis (and almost-maybe mayor) about his legacy, his distrust of the media, and why he thinks Michael Nutter is pretty much the Worst. Mayor. Ever.

AS I WAS CONSIDERING ANOTHER RUN FOR MAYOR over the past several months, the biggest surprise to me was the encouragement from my former opponent […]

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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.


Stuff you can’t miss this month.

HOLIDAYSThe Vienna Boys Choir (12/3), the Orchestra doing Messiah (12/19), and Peter Nero Christmas-popping (12/4-22) at the Kimmel we get, but Michael McDonald, Donald Fagen […]

Opinionated 70-year-old proprietor, Geno’s Steaks

Cheesesteak order: Provolone with. Not wit’. We use the word “with” at Geno’s. Ingredients in Cheez Whiz: No idea. Never ate it. Chinese or pizza: […]

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Saint Michael Vick?

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