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Philly Is a Hot New Hub for Publishing Insiders

Literary agents, best-selling authors, and industry conveners — they’re having some of their biggest successes in Philly.


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Game On: Why Now Is the Moment for Women’s Sports in Philly

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Philly’s Neighborhood Pharmacies Might Just Save Us. Can We Save Them?

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Is Philly’s Next Hot Neighborhood … the Navy Yard?

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No time? No money? No energy? No worries — we’ve got you covered. (Because hey, if all that’s true, then you need a break more than ever.)

A SKI SOJOURN: Lake Placid, NY SPRINGTIME IN THE CITY: New York City THE GOURMET GETAWAY: Greenwich, CT THE MOUNTAIN TREK: Stowe, VT THE (NON-JERSEY) […]

How to sell faster, buy cheaper, save tons on taxes and come out a winner in Philly’s precarious market.

The 2009 Real Estate Survival Guide Dispatches From the Field THE NUMBERS: Philadelphia Neighborhoods THE NUMBERS: Main Line and Select Zip Codes THE NUMBERS: Bucks […]

A stationer and craft-paper store comes to Northern Liberties

Self-proclaimed “paper junkie” Cecilia Torres and her husband Nestor have turned their passion for pretty paper into a wonderfully vivid brick-and-mortar shop. At Casa Papel, […]

$50 designer jeans and 1/2 off fall merchandise!

Earnest Sewn (pictured), Sass & Bide and Hudson are just a few of the status jean lines that Third Street Habit is selling for an […]

In honor of the 180th year of the Flower Show, we checked in with its most famous non-floral staple

Is there a clandestine arm of the PHS that deals in not-so-legal flora? Maybe they help you with your pre-show jitters? Ha! You know, there […]

David Katz (finally) puts his stamp on the Philadelphia restaurant scene

Sitting in Mémé’s sunflower-yellow dining room, beside a table of strangers who are too close not to talk to, you feel like you’re having dinner […]


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.


Your chance to win tickets to an upcoming event

If you’ve never seen James Brown’s sax player live on stage, you are truly missing out. The 66-year-old Maceo Parker delivers one of the most […]

How to reinvent your closet and make everything old feel new again

SEE SPRING’S 7 TOP TRENDS HERE We know what you’re thinking. We’re not buying a whole new spring wardrobe, either. Instead, we’ve taken seven of […]

This North Philly hole-in-the-wall  shrimp spot will have you rethink that trip to Chickie’s & Pete’s

Chances are you’ve never been to the corner of Broad and Belfield in North Philadelphia, and that, my friend, is your loss. Because should you […]

You think you can hide from me out there in cyberspace, kids? I may be technologically inept, but I’m driven

IT’S LATE AT night. Everyone else in the house is asleep. I’m alone in my office, sitting at my computer, doing something secret and shameful, […]

Amid the ballyhoo over Pennsylvania’s foray into gaming there’s another issue that’s been mostly overlooked:

Boy, do we suck as neighbors. For almost two centuries, “America’s Playground” has really functioned as Philly’s Playground: Walt Whitman made the journey some 130 […]

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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.


Try this au natural take on beer

At Local 44, a new bar in West Philly, owner Brendan Hartranft is serving beer the way the English do: au naturel. In the U.S., […]

If we could put Penn in a bottle …

VIEW THE SLIDESHOW  Masik Collegiate Fragrances, in Harrisburg, recently announced a new Penn State cologne based on “school colors, campus flowers and trees,” and similar […]

In a town as old-school as ours, why is it so hard to get this classic drink right?

I knew there was a problem when I ordered a gin martini at a certain suburban steakhouse and the waiter brought an overfilled glass of […]

How does someone so busy — three-time-Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actress, poet, lingerie designer — stay centered?

“My personal life is a mess,” Scott says, and while it’s true — she’s been abroad for months, her grandma (“My sweetheart”) is sick, friends […]

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