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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.


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Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times

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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Paulsboro Residents Have Only Begun to Hate Vinyl Chloride

It looks like Paulsboro residents might not be going home just yet thanks to the massive vinyl chloride spill that devastated the town earlier this […]

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Social Networking Doesn’t End at the Bathroom Stall Door

If you interact with someone between the ages of 18 and 24 over social media like Facebook or Twitter, chances are you’ve done so while […]

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Thanks to Internet, We All Live in Glass Houses Now

This headline got me: “Internet Defends Man Accused of Reading Porn in Public. Things Get Ugly.” The story: A Japanese man was reading a gaming […]

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Penn Professor Takes Attendance With Legos, Steals Students’ Hearts

Let it be known that Ivy League and cute are not mutually exclusive. University of Pennsylvania Product Design professor David Robertson, longing for student interaction […]

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“Say Something Nice About Camden” Campaign Might Not Be Working

Camden is the municipal version of Peanuts character Pig Pen: No matter how hard people tried to clean up Pig Pen, he was always a […]

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The Discovery Channel Is in Town Filming Philadelphians Eating Turkey-Bacon Sandwiches

Philly is about to be on TV for, surprise, another unhealthy sandwich! Today, from noon to 2 p.m. the Discovery Channel will descend upon Jake’s […]


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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Transgender No Longer a Mental Illness

What are the implications?

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Catholics Dig Gay Marriage

More than half support it

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Mitch is Getting Married in Real Life

Jesse Tyler Ferguson gets personal

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New Law Takes Aim at Ex-Gay Hucksters

In a moving essay published last spring, Gabriel Arana, the web editor of The American Prospect, relived in painful detail his relationship with California therapist […]

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If You Make it Into Springsteen Lyrics, Jersey Might Give You A National Holiday

If you can make into the lyrics of a Bruce Springsteen song, then you probably should be able to get your own holiday–well, at least […]

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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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You Can Finally Buy Weed in New Jersey

After a three-year battle with the Christie Administration, New Jersey patients will have their first legal tokes of medical marijuana today with the opening of […]

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Lindsay Lohan Visits Philly With No Police Trouble, Proves Miracles Are Possible

Guys, it’s a Jingle Ball miracle! Apparently everyone’s favorite slap-happy socialite, Lindsay Lohan, visited our fair city to attend a performance by her crush, Max […]

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Philly Driver Goes YOLO, Drunk Drives Bentley Into Apartment Building

Early this morning, police arrested a driver on DUI chargers after he crashed a Bentley into the Park Towne Place apartments near the Ben Franklin […]

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Temple Orchestra, Springsteen, The Roots Score Grammy Noms

Grammy nominations had their own TV special last night. If you turned the channel 30 seconds in because you couldn’t get through the tortured opening […]

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