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.


Longform

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

Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

Escape for a girls’ weekend in Florida for shopping, spa treatments and alfresco dining (plus cupcakes)

If you’re a Florida skeptic, bemoaning strip malls and condos, this is the Atlantic Coast town that will turn you into a Sunshine State enthusiast. […]

Looking for renewal? Head to Utah for some solo soul-searching or to jump-start a fitness goal

Close your laptop. Detach from your iPhone. Hike and bike toward a Shore-ready physique. More Canyon Ranch than “Biggest Loser” Ranch, Red Mountain Resort and […]

Put the fireplace poker down and back away from your partner. Then get your once-adventurous selves to breathing the fresh Virginia mountain air

When our car pulls to a stop in front of the Homestead’s grand entrance, two bellhops swing open our doors, cheerfully dealing with the shuttling […]

With headphones, speakers, an iPad and an app, you can be a DJ. This is how we (you) do it

SPEAKERS: These might not work at Zee Bar or Fluid, but they’re definitely good enough for your house party. Harmon Kardon SoundSticks III, $169 at […]

New and Notable: Aneu

Okay, so this is a little confusing. Remember Meridith’s, the popular Berwyn BYO? Well, they now have a full bar, a revamped menu and a […]

The actor/playwright can’t quite quit you, Philadelphia.

The last time we saw the debonair Thaddeus Phillips, he was living in South Philadelphia and enamoring the 2010 Live Arts crowd with his one-man […]


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.


New and Notable: The Dandelion

The man who brought Philadelphia its hippest and coolest spots has decided to tackle the English pub, one of the least hip and cool concepts […]

Local Artists You Can’t Miss in March

Jenny DrumgooleShe tapes The People’s Court daily, loves John Rambo, has been a Wingette, and—oh, yeah — likes smearing cream cheese and fake blood on […]

New and Notable: Kennett

They’ll go on and on about the history (it was Kennett Cafe from 1924 to 1986) and their claim to being the first totally green […]

Hey, anybody out there want to be mayor?

By rights, Michael Nutter should be on the ropes. [sidebar] In 2007, after all, he won just 37 percent of the Democratic primary — not […]

New and Notable: Little Fish

Last April, this popular seafood BYOB went belly up, thanks to structural problems in the building that housed it. Owner Mike Stollenwerk promised it would […]

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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.


Twenty years ago, downtown was a desolate hellhole. Enter the Center City District—and the men who turned things around

There are three people who changed my life at work. This has nothing to do with bosses. I work downtown, and have for 20 years. […]

Our La Colombe, Ourselves

In a world where you can find a Starbucks on almost every block (no joke: Three of the four corners surrounding Philly Mag’s building have […]

Reviews

After 35 years, this Rittenhouse restaurant is still worth it.

Ice cream can be an appetizer. Olive oil can be served in powdered form. One way to tenderize an octopus is to pummel it with […]

Carb-counters be damned! The humble potato is deserving of our love for being so versatile and delicious, whether fried, baked or pureed

Tater tots, Village Whiskey / The duck fat fries may get all the attention at Jose Garces’s bar, but his version of the frozen-food-aisle favorite […]

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