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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Philadelphia Soul Heads Back to the Arena Bowl, Are Apparently Very Good

Embarrassingly, we’d missed that the Philadelphia Soul were playing again. (The Arena Football League took a year off a few years ago.) Also, we missed […]

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Que’s Philly Should Be Played at Local Sports Arenas for Decades to Come

There’s a lot in Que’s new track, Philly, that’s merely OK. But the chorus is kind of super-catchy: We represent the P-H-I-L-L-Y, City of Brotherly […]

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City: Expect Better “Made in America” Experience This Year

CBS Philly reports: Less than three weeks before the second “Made In America” concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, promoters and the city have yet […]

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MONDAY KICKSTARTER: McDonalds Urged to Drop Sochi Olympics Sponsorship, Man Fired for Performing in Gay Play and More

The weekend’s LGBT headlines.

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Why Does Darren Walp Keep Shouting Racial Slurs at Country Music Shows?

Delco Daily Times: Ridley Park’s Darren Walp may love country music, but after a second incident of allegedly shouting racial slurs in less than two […]

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What We Really Learned From the Eagles-Pats Game

Judging by the Eagles’ performance in Friday’s exhibition loss to New England, they are headed for an 0-16 season; with the score of each game […]


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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Sir Mix-a-Lot Is 50 Years Old Today

Gen Xers, want to feel old? Today is Sir Mix-a-Lot’s birthday. His 50th birthday. The man who gave us music’s greatest-ever ode to Big Butts […]

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Bob Ford: Mike Vick Will Get Eagles QB Job Because Riley Cooper Used the “N” Word

What a weird Bob Ford column on Sunday. The Inquirer columnist seems to say that Mike Vick will get the Eagles starting quarterback position—at least […]

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Obama Administration Tries to Reduce Drug Sentencing

We’re completely sure that this news has no direct bearing on anybody who reads this site. Nonetheless, we’ll share this information anyway. The New York […]

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Daily News Unveils “Sexy Singles” List

In a Philadelphia tradition nearly as revered as the Wing Bowl or the depair felt when the Eagles don’t win a championship again, today is […]

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I Wanted to Like President Obama. Now I’m Just Sad.

President Obama hadn’t been at the podium very long Friday, giving a press conference in which he was promising to rein in National Security Administration eavesdropping, […]

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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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Fleeced By Middle-School Girls!

Kid Number Two heads off for football camp for college in another week, so I spent the weekend combing the house for his cleats and […]

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Introducing the Philadelphia Public History Truck

Last week, I heard that Philadelphia was getting the Philadelphia Public History Truck. I wasn’t sure what a Philadelphia Public History Truck was, or why […]

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6 Thoughts on Saturday’s Ke$ha Show

Saturday night, Ke$ha headlined the penultimate night of Bethlehem’s Musikfest. The second performance of the second North American leg of her Warrior tour — and […]

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REVIEW: Black Sabbath Rocked (But Had the WORST Opener Ever)

On Saturday night, aging but still devilish heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath descended upon (or, perhaps more accurately, ascended to) Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center with […]

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