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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

Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Celeb Scoop: Will Smith Teams Up With Kanye West and Jay-Z

Will Smith, Kanye, Jay-Z. They’ve teamed up to merge Scientology and the Illuminati to successfully control the entire entertainment world make a Watch the Throne […]

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If You Survive the Drought and the Hurricanes, Brace Yourself for Another Snowmageddon

Congratulations! You survived the terrible drought of 2012 and your home hasn’t been significantly damaged by a water main break this summer. Now go ahead […]

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Jerry Sandusky Is Writing a Book from Prison

Some people find faith while they’re incarcerated. Others study or slowly dig through the walls of their cells—hiding the would-be tunnel behind a poster of […]

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VIDEO: Kung-Fu Teaser for It’s Always Sunny Season 8

If you’ve been going through It’s Always Sunny withdrawal, you won’t have to suffer much longer. FX Network recently released the first teaser promo for […]

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Hump Day Headlines

Find out what everyone’s talking about

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Ben Cohen Gets Naked, Well, Almost

This top jock’s an LGBT ally


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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Brian Sims Hosts Victory Fund

The power of being out in politics

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Excerpt from JoePa Biography Includes Description of Him Weeping After Being Fired

An excerpt of the highly anticipated Joe Paterno biography written by sportswriter Joe Posnanski, Paterno, has been published in the September issue of GQ, which […]

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Sister Cities Park & the Homeless: A Match Made in Philly

My favorite new spot in the city, hands down, is Sister Cities Park. Inga Saffron went so far as to call the transformation of “this […]

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Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know That JoePa Was Never Accused of Molesting Children

A new poll—commissioned by the website FramingPaterno.com and conducted by Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research—indicates that only 55 percent of Americans are correctly aware that […]

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How to Beat a Red-Light Camera Ticket in Philly

According to data released by AAA Mid-Atlantic this month, 33,627 drivers were issued a ticket last year by the red-light camera at the intersection immediately […]

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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.


Judge Won’t Block Voter ID Law

On Tuesday, a Commonwealth Court judge announced that he will not block Pennsylvania’s voter identification law from taking effect prior to the upcoming November election. […]

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These Philadelphians Want Gun Permits

Last weekend, Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections, an agency not usually known for its transparency and user-friendliness, unveiled a new web app that displays […]

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Middle-Aged Woman Confesses: I Adore the Spice Girls

I’m so ashamed. My secret obsession has been revealed. I must now face the scorn and ridicule of my family. It went down like this: […]

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Morning Scoop: Man Says He Contemplated Assassinating Ed Rendell Over Child Porn Ring

Guy Thought About Assassinating Rendell. A man who works as a police officer at a local charter school says that Eddie Savitz—the guy who supposedly […]

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