Philadelphia Magazine People, Places, News & Views
Longform

How Five Days in Philly Changed Movie History Forever

On the 50th anniversary of Rocky, the never-before-told story of the crazed, chaotic, and clandestine filming of the city’s most famous movie.


Governor Josh Shapiro pennsylvania
Opinion

Dear Josh Shapiro: Now That You Have the Votes, Here’s Our Wish List

Mac Mart owner Marti Liberman, whose business was targeted by the Boycott Ride in Philadelphia on Sunday, November 8th (photo courtesy Marti Lieberman/Mac Mart)
Q&A

Mac Mart Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be Open During the Philly Boycott Ride. Here’s Why It Was

Guides

14 New Books by Philly Authors to Add to Your TBR List

Latest Stories

The decidedly old-school Chiarella’s on East Passyunk recently survived a visit from Gordon Ramsay and his Kitchen Nightmares crew. How does that sort of thing change a place?

  In the magazine, this month’s lead review addresses a question that sounds like a no-brainer: Why would you want to expose yourself to the […]

News

Eagles Fans Need the Giants to Win the Super Bowl

It is borderline ridiculous that Tom Coughlin, the man who is in the hot seat so often that one expects him to get fired at […]

News

Morning Scoop: Black-on-White Hate Crime in Center City

Three Teens Arrested for Assaulting Cabbie. On Saturday night, it’s alleged that three teenagers shouted racial slurs at the passenger in a cab before pulling […]

News

How Yale Screwed Up a Sexual Assault Complaint

Back in September, I wrote in the magazine about the problems posed for colleges and universities by the Department of Education’s new rules governing how […]

News

Don’t Stop Watching “Downton Abbey”

Unless you have been living on Mars, in a cave, with your fingers in your ears, you have probably heard about Downton Abbey, the compelling […]

News

Phils and Pence Ink One-Year, $10.4M Deal

Hunter Pence and the Phillies avoided arbitration by settling on a one-year, $10.4 million contract. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s go eat. […]


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


News

CBS Parts Ways With Blogger Over Paterno Report

Onward State—a website run by Penn State students—prematurely reported that Joe Paterno had passed away. The organization tweeted that the football team had received a […]

News

Whooping Cough at Great Valley HS

Two cases of whooping cough have been reported at Great Valley High School. If this were 18th-century London we’d all be in some serious trouble. […]

News

Which Former Flyer Crossed Swords With Scott Hartnell Last Night?

At last night’s All-Star selection special, a bunch of the players hustled off the ice to, ahem, relieve themselves during a TV timeout. Apparently there […]

News

What’s With All the Mural Arts Hatred?

There sure is a lot to complain about in this city. And we sure do like to complain about it. A lot. But one thing […]

News

Man Charged In ’08 Murder of Veno Leigertwood

A man serving time in Altoona for a robbery he committed in Philadelphia has been charged with murdering Veno Leigertwood in 2008. Leigertwood was shot […]

Read More About

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


News

Manila Luzon’s Hot Couture

The Drag Racer’s new music video

News

VIDEO: Phillie Phanatic on 30 Rock

Last week Liz Lemon said that the Phillie Phanatic was a woman. Then, last night, the Phillie Phanatic made a cameo in the writers room […]

News

Gay Choice Debate Heats Up

The Talk’s Sara Gilbert weighs in

News

Another Gay Bookstore Bites the Dust

Should we be worried?

<< 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >>