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

Latest Stories

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Nike Chairman Adamantly Defends JoePa

At the memorial service held for Joe Paterno, Nike Chairman Phil Knight adamantly defended the former coach and condemned Penn State for the manner in […]

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Want to Avoid the Ghetto? There’s an App for That

Microsoft has gotten a patent for a feature that allows people to use their GPS devices to avoid “unsafe neighborhoods or being in an open […]

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Xfinity Live! Bumps Up Opening

Originally, it looked like Xfinity Live! (the group of bars and restaurants taking the place of America’s Showcase) would be set to open on April […]

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Brad Lidge Goes to Washington

Brad Lidge has signed a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals. He’s expected to earn $1 million plus incentives for his services in 2012. Lidge […]

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Sweeten Gets 100 Months for Kidnapping Hoax

Bonnie Sweeten—the paralegal who told a 911 operator that she and her nine-year-old daughter had been kidnapped and stuffed in a trunk—has been sentenced to […]

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Bradley Cooper Gets Paid

The Germantown Academy grad and Sexiest Man Alive will be able to buy up all of Jenkintown after his big pay day for The Hangover […]


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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Philly Republicans Make GOP Predictions

If you haven’t tuned out of the race for a Republican nominee for President—and believe me, I know that it’s tempting—you know that it has […]

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Wilma Theater Co-Founder Jiri Zizka Dies

Czechoslovakian director Jiri Zizka passed away this week. Zizka was a co-founder and was a co-artistic director for the Wilma Theater from 1981 to 2010. […]

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Stephen Colbert Calls Terry Gross a Monster

Terry Gross has hosted Fresh Air for WHYY and NPR for 25 years. Last night, Gross was a guest on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. […]

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Choosing to Be Gay

Bisexual pride, anyone?

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Being Gay and a Bishop

The story of Gene Robinson in film

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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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What “Peace,” Beyonce? Childbirth Is Hell

People are angry that Beyonce and Jay-Z spent $3,200 a night (depending on what source you read) when they recently went through the labor and […]

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Design SLDN’s New Tee

And celebrate 20 years of advocacy

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Nuns Are “Rats” and “Wimps”

“They’re rats and they’re wimps.” That’s what William Brennan, a lawyer representing a local priest who allegedly abused a 14-year-old in the 1990s while receiving […]

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Is Chris Christie Running for VP?

If he had been standing up, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may have sheepishly looked down, and said “Aw shucks.” Instead New Jersey Governor Chris […]

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