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

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Broad Street Run Bibs Almost Sold Out

The stampede to claim charity bibs for this May’s Broad Street Run may prove more intense than the race itself. You’ll recall that for the […]

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Churches 4 Cash! Philly Archdiocese Selling Off More Properties

Several months after it cut jobs and sold off a couple opulent mansions to raise money, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is selling the Holy Family […]

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The Possible Repeal of DOMA

Would it extend rights to Philly gay couples?

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Graham Spanier Apparently Still In Denial Over Sandusky Charges

Last week, I reported that Graham Spanier was asking his bail officer to let him travel to Europe, for a wedding in Slovakia, among other […]

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Wilmington’s New Mayor Inadvertently Vows to Ignore Crime

And I quote from Mayor Dennis Williams’s inaugural address: “We have a gun problem in this city that is beyond reproach, we have a homicide rate […]

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Penn Frats Getting Tax Breaks They Don’t Deserve

In recent years, Philly has revoked tax-exempt status for several non-profits, including a church, a halfway house, and two UPenn fraternities, for failing to file […]


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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Christie Not Happy With His TIME Cover Photo

The cover of this week’s Time magazine features a big, bleak mug of the guv, over the words “THE BOSS.” On its face, the cover […]

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Penn Slated to Lose Tens of Millions in Fiscal Cliff Cuts

Though the battle in Washington over tax hikes ended a week ago, big automatic spending cuts still loom. If no deal is reached on the […]

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Fox 29 Crew Attacked at Delilah’s Reporting on Four Seasons Rape

Trying to report from Delilah’s, where the alleged Four Seasons rape victim was supposedly picked up, a FOX crew was beaten up by some guy […]

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Obama Apparently Needs Some Binders Full of Women

Oh the irony. After Mitt Romney was ridiculed for touting his lame, quasi-offensive hiring practices in the second presidential debate this fall, it seems Obama’s […]

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What the NYT Got Wrong About Philly

We’ve been noticed! Over the weekend, the New York Times’ 36 Hours column directed its searchlight to Philadelphia, joining such places as New Haven, Queens 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.


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Buzz Bissinger Tells Piers Morgan to “Pop” Alex Jones

Just when you thought the Piers Morgan/Alex Jones melee couldn’t get any weirder, Buzz Bissinger appears on CNN the next night to tell Morgan he […]

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Women Have an Obligation to Keep Their Legs Shaved

Let me know if you’ve ever heard a lament that sounds like this one: “I’m a nice guy. I really am. I’m nice to women […]

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Philly Partners with Goldman Sachs to Help Grow Small Biz, Further Enrage Left

Between striking firefighters, angry teachers, and faux-caroling union workers, Philadelphia officials felt it wasn’t doing quite enough to upset left-wing groups and organized labor in […]

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Top 10 Professions That Attract Psychopaths

You have to be nuts to make it in media. No, really.

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