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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18 Philly Businesses That Should Close or Be Shut Down

If you haven’t already heard, the Forum officially shut its doors. No surprise. Why would any grown man pay for his porn at a creepy […]

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What Philadelphians Really Want for Christmas

One of the best parts of this year’s Christmas Village is the newly installed Wish Wall, where Philadelphians can purchase a seasonally themed piece of […]

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PHOTOS: Philly’s Last Porn Palace Closed

If you were looking to catch a little XXX entertainment after work, hopefully you weren’t planning on going to The Forum, the seedy adult cinema […]

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Walking Dead Fan Goes All Shane on His Girlfriend

All right, this didn’t happen in Philly, but we’re telling you because this is exactly what’s going to go down everywhere when the zombie apocalypse […]

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Safety Agency Wants to Recall Leslie Gudel’s Nap Nannies

The Comcast SportsNet anchor, whose Berwyn-based company Baby Matters has sold more than 160,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners in the past four years, is being […]

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Gates Foundation to Give $2.5 Million to Philadelphia Schools

The three-year award, part of a national $25 million grant to schools in seven cities, is designed to encourage better cooperation among district, charter, 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.


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The Wall Street Journal Prefers Toilets to QVC for Gift-Buying This Year

We’re not sure what’s more insulting: calling the West Chester–based TV retailer an “odd place to buy holiday gifts,” or putting it two spots below […]

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Shoeless Jeff the Boot-Getter Has a Pa. Arrest Record

Jeffrey Hillman, the not-quite-homeless recipient of the most scrutinized bit of charity since Jesus whipped up a bunch of sardine sandwiches, turns out to have […]

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Bruce Castor Says He Might Challenge Corbett in 2014

The Republican former Montco D.A.  and current county commissioner floated a trial balloon via PoliticsPA this morning, saying that he is thinking of mounting a primary […]

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Lonely Planet Thinks We’re Cooler Than American Samoa

But not quite as cool as Washington’s San Juan Islands. The guidebook publisher put us at number four on its 2013 Top 10 U.S. Destinations […]

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And the Most Promiscuous Gay City Is …

Sorry, Philly

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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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There Is No Truth to the Jay Wright Rumor, Whatever That Rumor Might Be

So says VU Hoops in a 600-word post, citing its own research and reporting from the Daily News, that scrupulously avoids mentioning exactly what nefarious extracurricular […]

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What We Love: Your Holiday Mom

A project for LGBT youth

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What Would You Do if You Were Trapped on Subway Tracks?

Most of the headlines this week have been terrible, but I wonder how long we will be haunted by one image in particular: Poor Ki […]

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Even More Houses Evacuated in Paulsboro Train Wreck

Higher than expected levels of vinyl chloride were still present in the air in the Gloucester County town yesterday, prompting authorities to order another 100 […]

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