People, Places, News & Views
People, Places, News & Views
Literary agents, best-selling authors, and industry conveners — they’re having some of their biggest successes in Philly.
We’re always looking for bigger and newer and better, so why are we content with the free earbuds that come with our iPods? “People are […]
The fetching founder of menswear line Duke & Winston—now happily settled in his just-opened NoLibs showroom—dishes about his favorite things (and gives us a sneak […]
Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year
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.
What, you don’t know how to make a compass? Pat Croce will teach you that and more (Defend against a dagger? Check. Build a log […]
What If the Philadelphia Orchestra Can’t Be Saved?
In 2009, the troubled Philadelphia Orchestra hired a formidable Atlanta executive to reverse its plunging fortunes. Two years later, the organization is in bankruptcy, its musicians have just signed a contract that’s left them furious, and its future remains murky.
It all started with a thought: “…while plotting our assault on the bars of Love City,” we wrote on Foobooz back in September, “it occurred […]
Governor Tom Corbett is basking in the bounty and goodness of the great state of Pennsylvania on a pleasantly warm late-summer evening at the Grange […]
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.
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.
