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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Barbara Walters, Matronly Saint of TV News, Retiring at Last

Reports have surfaced that 83-year-oldBarbara Walters is getting her own show on FXX, the new FX spin-off network for 18-34 year olds retiring from broadcast […]

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“It’s Always Sunny” to Premiere on a New Channel This Fall

Eager to titillate its younger audience a little more than usual, FX has decided to create a spin-off channel called “FXX.” (Dangerously close to FXXX, […]

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Found in Adam Lanza’s Home: 1,700 Rounds of Ammunition

In the days after the Newtown massacre in Connecticut, investigators found an astonishing trove of gun-related paraphernalia in shooter Adam Lanza’s home. A very small […]

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Ed Rendell Under Fire for Controversial Pro-Fracking Op-Ed

Yesterday, Ed Rendell wrote a big pro-fracking op-ed for the new New York Daily News, in an attempt to sway on-the-fence-and-has-presidential-ambitions Andrew Cuomo to approve fracking […]

PIFA My Heart

LGBTQ offerings at this year’s festival.

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Which Philly Neighborhoods Have the Most High School Dropouts?

Did you or someone you know enroll in the 9th grade class of a Philadelphia public high school in the Fall of 2006? If so, […]


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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Who’s Behind the Anonymous Anti-Bruce Castor Website?

Republican Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor, who’s gearing up to Primary Tom Corbett, is being attacked by an anonymous new website that claims his fiscal […]

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Brian Sims to Bob Casey

“Your voice is silent. And I am angry.”

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How to Score Last-Minute Reservations at Philly’s Most Popular Restaurants

A hip Vietnamese restaurant in Beverly Hills has begun “shaming” guests who no-show for their reservations, by revealing their names on Twitter. Upon consideration, the […]

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Phillies, Despite Sucking, Are 5th-Most Valuable Team in Baseball

Valuable, of course, is a relative team. On one hand, The Phillies are worth $893,000,000, good for fifth-best in baseball, and tops in the National […]

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Conversion Therapy Banned in PA?

Anthony Williams says he’ll introduce legislation.

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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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PA Needs to Help Innocents Put in Prison

Last weekend’s 60 Minutes featured the story of Brian Banks, a former high-school football star who was on his way to almost certain glory in […]

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Why Is Everyone Buying Gluten-Free Foods When They Don’t Have To?

Math is not my strong suit, but something seems wrong here: A new study tells us that one-third of Americans are cutting back on gluten, […]

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Former Philly Sportscaster Comes Out as Gay

Amid the never-ending Matt Lauer hatefest, here’s some happier news from the Today show camp. Weekend anchor Jenna Wolfe is pregnant, and has also officially […]

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Millennials Debate: Which Goosebumps Books Should Inspire New Movie?

Last week, when I read that a Goosebumps movie was in the works, potentially under the direction of Rob Letterman, of Monsters vs. Aliens and […]

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