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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(A) Stallone to Play (A) Rizzo in New Biopic

It’s a veritable family affair! Playboy Harry Jay Katz has bought the rights to Sal Paolantonio’s Rizzo biography, and his son David Bar Katz, whose […]

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Coolio at Made in America?

My friends were so worried I was going to get killed at Made in America. Maybe last year’s 4th of July shooting was fresh in […]

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Return of the Teenage Flashmob: 14 Arrested in Center City Brawl [Updated]

They’re baaaack! Yesterday at 3:50 p.m., “100 to 200 young people were seen running near 15th and Chestnut Streets,” as an enormous fight either spontaneously […]

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Mitch McConnell’s Secret Ashley Judd Tape

This week, Mother Jones released the audio of a February 2nd meeting between Sen. Mitch McConnell and some of his staffers during which they reviewed […]

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Bissinger and Rendell Lose Grace in Facing Late-Career Indignities

It was Tuesday afternoon, April 9, when we realized that something both inevitable and unexpected had occurred: Ed Rendell had finally lost his touch. The […]

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Trans 100 Spotlight

Meet educator/activist Van Nguyen.


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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Phillies Co-Owner Donates Dino To Amherst

You probably didn’t know that Phillies co-owner John Middleton owned the rare skeleton of a Dryosaurus altus, a creature that roamed the North American landscape 150 […]

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Comcast Finishes Third In “Worst Company” Contest

Last week, we told you that Comcast was destroying its competition in Consumerist’s Worst Company In America bracket contest. Now for the update: Comcast isn’t […]

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Jamie Moyer Hasn’t Retired Yet, Because He’s Tougher Than You

Let’s stipulate that Jamie Moyer should never have to buy a drink in this town ever again: He grew up a Phillies fan, ended up […]

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DeSean Jackson’s Punt Return: Best NFL Play Ever

Remember when this happened? That Dec. 2010 game-winning punt return by the Eagles’ DeSean Jackson against the Giants was pretty cool—now it’s been named by […]

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WATCH: Cute Kid’s Encounter With Sister Cities Fountain

Yup, that is a close call: close call! from fithiphealthy on Vimeo.

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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.


The Evolution of Marriage Acceptance

Jon Stewart made a graphic for that.

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Tasered, Burnt, And Fighting: Lawsuit Continues Against PA Troopers

How to explain this story? The short rundown is this: Back in 2008, Allen Brown took a ride on the Schuylkill Expressway on a lil’ […]

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Blatstein Ready For Piazza Expansion

Almost as an aside to his piece about Bart Blatstein moving to Rittenhouse Square, PhillyDeals blogger Joseph DiStefano got a little news about the developer’s […]

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Rita’s Water Ice Expands To California

Via the Philadelphia Business Journal, Rita’s Water Ice—that mainstay of Philadelphia summer culture—has opened two new California locations, in Santa Clarita and Redondo Beach. Redondo […]

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