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.


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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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Hunter Pence Will Undergo an MRI (Cue Panic)

Hunter Pence will reportedly undergo a precautionary MRI on his non-throwing shoulder in Phoenix today. Lovely. The results are expected to come back this afternoon, […]

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Celeb Scoop: Hudson Testifies in Family Murder Trial

Jennifer Hudson Testifies. American Idol finalist and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson testified in the murder trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and […]

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Ambulance Hostage Situation and Police Chase

Police called Norristown’s Novocare Ambulance to inform them that an ambulance was in an area that it shouldn’t have been earlier today. The ambulance company […]

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Is Giroux the Best Hockey Player in the World?

You’d have had to be in a coma to have missed the fact that the Flyers ousted the Pittsburgh Penguins from the NHL playoffs with […]

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400 Rescued From Stranded El Train

A train experienced mechanical problems and became stranded between the Erie/Torresdale and Tioga stations heading west this morning. A rescue train had to pull along […]

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Woman Charged for Stealing from Cheerleaders

A 41-year-old Delco woman allegedly used a credit card linked to the Chichester Eagles Cheerleading Association to rack up nearly $2,500 worth of personal expenses. […]


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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HBO’s Girls is Reality-Check TV

Sex and the City for the younger set?

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HRC’s LGBT Youth Survey

Have your say

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Ladies, Welcome to the Salon de Merde

I’ve been wracking my brain for a business idea, and I finally have it: prenuptial enemas. Persuading the bride that she’s merely a healthy dump […]

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Dear 40-Year-Old Me

LGBT teens address their future

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It’s Time to Vote for Brian Sims

Could PA make history?

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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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Video: Does Jewish Boy’s Nose Job Story Offend?

In the past month or so, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)—which monitors discrimination and hate crimes—has tackled two youth-related flaps related to Judaism. The first was […]

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Morning Scoop: Urban Outfitters Upsets People With “Auschwitz Chic” Shirt

Urban Outfitters Still Pissing People Off. This time it’s the Anti-Defamation League that’s upset over a t-shirt they say has a striking resemblance to the […]

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Someone Remind Walmart That Corporations Are People

It’s fitting, isn’t it, that now, some two years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout sullied the Gulf of Mexico for generations to come, new evidence […]

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HBO’s Girls Is Reality-Check TV

I love girls. I also love Girls. The two are not mutually exclusive, at least so far. Massively hyped before its April 15th launch, HBO’s […]

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