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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

Beef bandits, billboard wars, an epic high school prom, and profiles of the biggest names in Philly — it’s our roundup of our favorite stories of 2025.

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How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

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Youth Sports in Philadelphia Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

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Philly 311: Still No App for That

Where’s the brotherly iPhone love?

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Hey PLCB: Kiss My Kiosk

Down with wine vending!

To B or Not to B

We’ve all heard of the A-list/B-list phenomenon: Divide your guest list into one group of must-have guests and another of guests you’d like to invite […]

Simple ways to ensure you’re healthy, happy, hot—and totally stress-free—from the day you say “Yes” to the day you say “I do.”

He asked. You said yes. Then, suddenly, the whirlwind of engagement began. Now, not only do you have to take care of the million little […]

The Look: Gifted!

When Erin Jackson opened Chez Georgette last fall in West Chester’s bustling downtown, she wanted to provide Philly-area brides with an alternative to bar-code-gunning big-name […]

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Yo Philly!

What a two-letter word means to us

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.

Ed Rendell: Power: The Governor, the Blonde and the Rumor Mill

On May 18th, Election Day, Ed Rendell went to the Famous 4th Street Deli for lunch, as he has for years. It’s an Election Day […]

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Big Nobodies

No love left for Lebron and Iverson

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We’re Ready for a Post-All-Star Charge

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The Return of Killadelphia?

Murder rate is inching up

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Parking Authority Screw-Up

What you really get for a quarter

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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.

Honeymoon Destination: St. Martin

For such a small island, St. Martin has a wealth of personality — you might even say multiple personalities. But the French half, literally a […]

Venues, florists, required reading, and more!

FLORISTS  Blooming New Shops   New florists are shooting up in the city. Fleur owner Chai Kanchanahoti just opened a second outpost of his Manayunk shop […]

For an adventure-packed post-nuptial getaway, don’t miss this tropical hideaway offering excitement and escapades under the sun

There are few things more breathtaking than a landscape where the ocean marries the mountains. The island of St. Kitts, with its British flair and […]

Every year, my wife goes on a trip with her ex-boyfriend. That may be why we’ve stayed married for a quarter century

There is a story I like to tell about my marriage, which hit 25 years in June. I probably like telling it a little too […]

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