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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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Will Your Walmart Be Open on Black Friday?

When dozens of Walmart workers at nine stores across Southern California walked off the job to protest working conditions and poor wages earlier this month, […]

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Weekend Roundup

The ultimate LGBT events guide

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How to Make a Third-Party Candidate Matter

It’s fitting, somehow, that Larry King (off all people) will host next week’s presidential debate of third-party candidates. He’s loud, irrelevant, but kind of entertaining—and […]

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Armstrong’s Greatest Betrayal Was to Cancer Survivors

It’s a word we throw around often in the context of sports. Jayson Werth and his plus-sized contract. Alex Rodriguez, riding the pine and scoring […]

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Morning Scoop: Raymond Perelman Invests in New Newspaper

Perelman Invests in New Philly Paper. Raymond Perelman has reportedly made a significant investment in Region Business’s newspaper. The Plymouth Meeting-based paper’s weekly editions cover […]

Phoenixville Man Arrested for Throwing Filled-Out Voter Reg. Forms in Dumpster

A store manager in Harrisonburg, Virginia saw 31-year-old Conrad Small, a Republican National Committee field director, throw a bag in the store’s Dumpster, and when […]


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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Victim 1 Recalls Chase With Jerry Sandusky

The young man known as “Victim 1” in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case is set to reveal his identity on Friday in an exclusive […]

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Jury Finds NJ Weedman Not Guilty

NJ Weedman ate pot cookies as he explained his case to a jury on Thursday morning. Later in the day, that same jury unanimously found […]

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Governor Corbett Set to Sign Sexting Ban

Pennsylvania state legislators recently passed a bill that will punish minors who send sexually explicit messages of themselves or other youths. The anti-sexting legislation is […]

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“Perversion Files” Detail Coverup of Sexual Abuse of Boy Scouts

An Oregon court ordered the release of 14,500 pages of documents that detail the coverup of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts. The files—which were […]

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Philly’s Water Main Problems Are About to Dip Into Your Wallet

Philly’s water main problems—there were numerous breaks over the summer (and one in University City this week)—aren’t actually any worse than usual. The city is […]

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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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Garrett Reid Died of an Accidental Heroin Overdose

On Thursday afternoon, the Northampton County coroner revealed that the results of Garrett Reid’s autopsy and toxicology report show that the coach’s son died of […]

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President Obama’s Daughters’ School Briefly Evacuated After Suspicious Phone Call

On Thursday, Sidwell Friends—the private school in Washington D.C. that was designed by a local architecture firm and where President Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sash, […]

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PHOTO: Taylor Swift Has Her Own Race Car

The Taylor Swift race car is a thing that exists. Target and Swift have a promotional deal linked to the pop star’s forthcoming album Red. […]

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Celeb Scoop: President Obama on The Daily Show

President Obama Is on The Daily Show on Thursday. President Barack Obama will be Jon Stewart’s guest on The Daily Show on Thursday, so go […]

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