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

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FBI: Infamous Art Heist Has Philly Connection

The FBI today launched a new website to track developments in the 1990 art heist at the  Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston, adding new […]

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Bradley Cooper Gets Perm For Latest Role

The New York Daily News gets straight to the point: Bradley Cooper looked perfectly permed on the set of his new flick, the untitled David O. […]

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Gov. Corbett Not Such A Fan Of Mayor Nutter’s Being Shouted Down

The Inquirer reports: After performing the gubernatorial role of ribbon-cutter-in-chief at a science conference in Philadelphia Monday morning, Gov. Corbett told reporters he found it […]

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Hillary for Gay Marriage

Clinton releases video showing support.

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School Closures May Help District’s Credit Rating

Is this a bright side? The Philadelphia school district’s decision to close down two dozen schools is being praised by bond analysts, Philly.com reports. That […]

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Why Has Philly’s Homicide Rate Started Dropping?

Somebody should tell the district attorney this is like pitching a no-hitter: You don’t want to talk about this stuff just in case you end […]


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.


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Questlove Reveals Next Justin Timberlake Album

Philly’s Questo offers a defense of Justin Timberlake’s new album, and a preview of his next: Over the weekend, Roots dummer and Justin Timberlake collaborator […]

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Hillary Clinton Announces Support For Gay Marriage

Honestly, we thought this had already happened: Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line […]

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Penn Research: Electric Shock Makes You Creative

The Atlantic reports on a Penn research experiment that suggests an electric shock can boost “out-of-the-box” thinking. Researchers hooked up 48 subjects to electrodes, then […]

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Got Sacked

Footage from last week’s sports mixer.

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“Rapid Bus Line” Would Connect Philly’s Attractions

The bright bloggers at the Philadelphia Planning Department offer a preview of the “Cultural Corridor Line,” a “rapid bus line” that would transfer passengers speedily […]

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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.


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Delaware Court Calls Bite Attack “Assault”

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that Ewelina Mrozik Kulowiec, was properly convicted of assault in a 2011 attack on her ex-husband, ruling that she […]

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Which 1990s Philly Supergroup Is About to Make a Comeback?

Who can forget the slick vocal harmonizing that came out of Philadelphia in the early 90s thanks to Boyz II Men? Whether you loved or […]

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Lewis Katz’s Son, Drew, Gets Married In Florida

The New York Times reports: “Rachel Lauren Snyder, the daughter of April J. Snyder and Dr. Robert A. Snyder of Golden Beach, Fla., was married […]

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Remember When Parents Were In Charge?

I just read the second news story in as many weeks about a new trend in parenting: the family as corporation. The idea, according to […]

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