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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USPS to Drop 11 Facilities?

Plans are in motion for the United States Postal Service to close 11 mail processing facilities in Pennsylvania and six in Jersey. The move would […]

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Petition to Change Penn’s Name

It doesn’t seem all that difficult. But, historically, people have had trouble differentiating between Penn and Penn State when referencing each respective university. The recent […]

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Spring Garden Linear Greenway

Philly may be getting a little greener as the Spring Garden Civic Association and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council work to get the off the ground. […]

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24 Hospitalized After Lehigh Rave

Over two dozen people were hospitalized after a DayGlow concert at Lehigh University’s Rauch Fieldhouse. DayGlow concerts generally turn out to be more like raves […]

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Is Philly’s Four Seasons In Winter?

Lately, I’ve been hearing chatter among the city’s business elite that Philadelphia’s Four Seasons just isn’t what it used to be. One tipster said that […]

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Father Judge Hazmat Situation

Father Judge held a cheerleading competition last night and many of the attendees complained about minor eye irritation. By this morning, 44 people had gone […]


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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PA Prison Investigated

Are LGBT inmates being abused?

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Business Privilege Tax is Dead!

Business owners and job-seekers rejoice! The job-killing Business Privilege Tax is no more. Those of us who have been working for decades to transform Philadelphia […]

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School Refuses HIV-Positive Student

The PA school is now facing a lawsuit

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E-War: Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon

If you think Black Friday was ugly, you haven’t been paying attention to the e-reader wars. The knock-down, drag-out that’s going down between e-tail giant […]

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Conservatives Want a Depression

Listen up children: There is evil in the world. But it’s not the kind you’ve been taught about in Sunday School. The devil doesn’t actually […]

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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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A Bullied Boy’s Video Goes Viral

Jonah Mowry’s story: real or fiction?

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Andrew Luck for Heisman

I spent a quality 15 minutes as a guest on the radio in Dallas Friday night, listening to a New Yorker–the indefatigable Arnie Spanier–try to […]

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Morning Scoop: Baby Utley Pic

Chase and Jen Utley Have a Baby Boy. On Friday, Jen Utley gave birth to Benjamin Cooper Utley. Ladies and gentlemen, the heir apparent. [Crossing […]

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How to Protect Your Children From Pedophiles

It was just another ripple in the wave of stories about pedophiles that’s been washing over us: a local man, Kenneth Schneider, 46, founder of […]

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