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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Happy Opening Day: Citizens Bank Park Calorie Counts

Opening Day baseball wouldn’t be complete without a little kill-joy calorie count post, would it? Be Well Philly has compiled an exhaustive list breaking down […]

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Phillies Games 4th-Most Expensive in Baseball

You pay for what you get, right? Not necessarily. According to the New York Post, the Phillies, the Cubbies, and the Red Sox, none of […]

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Ready for Philly Cocktail Prices to Go Up?

Mayor Michael Nutter and City Council President Darrell Clarke are leaning toward raising the tax you pay when you drink in bars and restaurants. Their […]

First FriGAY

Gay art to include in your stroll.

News

Maria Bello, Tonight, In Your Backyard

Actress and local gal Maria Bello will be in Conshy tonight hosting a fundraiser for her non-profit We Advance, which advocates for women’s rights issues […]

News

3 “Real Housewives of New Jersey” Cast Members Accused of Brutal Assault

Not that this will surprise anyone, but three cast members of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey” are set to be charged with assault and […]


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

A Retraction and an Apology

Earlier this week, two different readers contacted the magazine, each raising questions about the facts in a story that appears in Philadelphia magazine’s April issue, […]

News

What Went Wrong With “The War Within”

In the article “The War Within,” in Philadelphia magazine’s April 2013 issue, I thought I was writing about a man coping with his demons. Turns […]

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Video: How to Build a Time Machine in 4 Minutes

The theme for this year’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) is the “time machine.” Which is why there a giant, snaking metallic portal […]

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Rutgers Athletic Director Out After Mike Rice Scandal

First Rutgers fired Mike Rice. Then Jimmy Martelli, an assistant coach, resigned. As did  the university’s legal counsel John Wolf. Now comes news that Athletic Director Tim […]

News

Veteran Journalist: “Local TV News Is a Waste of Your Time”

A Charleston Gazette editorial about local TV news has created a stir in newsrooms around the country—not because it was written by respected veteran network news […]

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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.


Four Gay NFL Players?

Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo says so.

News

Judge Overturns Obama’s Ban on Morning-After Pill for Young Teens

In 2011, the Obama Administration banned over-the-counter prescriptions of Plan B, or the morning-after pill, to teenage girls under the age of 17. At the […]

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City Still Hasn’t Paid Man Who Found Abducted West Philly 5-Year-Old

To the finder goes the spoils. Or so Nelson Mandela Myers thought when he found a West Philadelphia five-year-old, abandoned in a playground near his […]

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