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Marc Summers Explains Why Reality TV Sucks

The comedian made famous by Double Dare talks marriage, Marc Vetri, and his new off-Broadway show.


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Is This the John Fetterman Pennsylvania Elected?

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Are These Taylor Swift Lyrics About Jason Kelce?

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The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

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Best Thing This Week: Our Raucous Caucus

There was good news and bad news for everybody on Election Day. But America won.

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PHL Bafflingly Named a Top 10 Airport by Well-Known Travel Rewards Site

Not surprising, then, that the writers were kind of cagey about the last time they were actually there.

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Gift-Wrapping Gritty Will Get You Hyped for the Holidays

He’s really, really terrible at making those presents look good, though.

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Why South Philly Hosts One of the Largest Marine Corps Birthday Parties

Thousands are expected to celebrate on Saturday outside an Oregon Avenue bar.

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You Can Now Own Frank Rizzo’s Nightstick, Rolodex — and House

A Frank Rizzo estate sale has been announced, featuring nearly 700 items. Here are our favorite pieces.

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The Holiday Season Is Upon Us

Philly just got its holiday tree, and the ice-skating rink at Dilworth opens on Friday.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


LGBTQ&A: Kevin Glaccum

We chat with the local out theater director about Warplay, his queer twist on a classic Greek tale.

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Married Rittenhouse Lawyers Plead Guilty in Big IRS Tax Case

The feds say that he hid cash in his kids’ bank accounts while his wife spent it on overseas trips, salon visits, and fancy clothes and jewelry.

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Hey Philly, This App Tells You Which of Your Friends Don’t Vote

Of course, it also tells your friends if you don’t vote. (Gulp.)

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Naturally, There Were More Bible Problems in Philadelphia on Election Day

And some broken voting machines. But all in all, things went pretty smoothly given the extremely high turnout.

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Our 3 Big Takeaways From the 2018 Midterms

And other results you need to know.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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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In Historic First, Two Openly Gay Legislators Are Elected to State House

Incumbent Brian Sims and newcomer Malcolm Kenyatta both easily won their state House races.

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Election Day: All Signs Point to High Voter Turnout (So Far)

The city commissioner says turnout was heavy at polling places he visited this morning.

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The Linc Is Charging You an Awful Lot for That Beer

More per ounce than any other NFL stadium, according to one price analysis.

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What Happens When a Millennial Candidate Bucks Philly’s Democratic Machine?

After many years of working local races, Alex Deering was finally ready to run a campaign of his own. Now he is working in a warehouse, battling depression, and feeling betrayed by the Democratic party he once had faith in.

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