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

18 Gay Things to Do This Week

Tavern on Camac turns 11, an amateur porn festival, William Way’s queer polar dance party and more.

News

What Philly Will Look Like for DNC 2016

A fishing pier! A Cheesecake Factory! A Mormon temple!

News

La Salle Names First Female President

Colleen M. Hanycz is also the first lay leader of the Catholic university.

Mazzoni Center Moving to New Location

The transition is set for summer 2017.

News

California (Kind Of) Approves Comcast Merger

Says the company must expand services to the poor; Comcast resists.

Insane Surge in Philadelphia Gentrification

An 1,813 percent increase.


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.


News

SEPTA’s Got Big Plans for Concourse

Work has already begun beneath South Broad, but agency is thinking bigger.

Grey Gardens Returning to the Big Screen This Spring

Mother Darling would be so pleased.

News

Samantha Power Named Penn’s Commencement Speaker

UN ambassador and Obama ally will also receive honorary doctorate.

News

Inside Take: How the Philadelphia Nominating Petition Game Is Played

Adam Bonin: What to expect this year in the messy, adversarial world of qualifying for the Philly ballot.

Snow Arrives; Philly Schools Closed

Weather is slowing some parts of the region, closing others.

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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.


News

Report: Penn Must Fight “Destructive Perfectionism”

Task force, formed in wake of suicides, says university culture must be changed.

News

The Brief: Maria Quinones-Sanchez Is Denied (again)

Plus, petition day and Philly mag’s Candidate Conversations series.

News

Tuesday Snow: Everybody Agrees This Time

Plus: Good snow for sledding!

Amazing Pics From Icy West Philly Fire

Fox 29’s Steve Keeley braves the freeze to capture astonishing photos.

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