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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.


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Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times

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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

Legends: Requiem for a Heavyweight

ON A WINTRY day last February, Joe Frazier’s eponymous gym was slowly coming to life. A handful of young fighters stretched and wrapped their hands; […]

Forget the hipsters. The biggest force in Philly’s future will be the newly arrived empty-nesters.

IT’S A DELICIOUS day. At Love Park, a lunchtime crowd is lazily soaking up sunshine. A young woman in a bright summer dress drapes a […]

Home: Kitchen Mission: Locals Only: Shopping List

Panzanella Salad Butter, Green Meadow Farm, available at Fair Food Farmstand Garlic, Paradise Organics, available at Fair Food Farmstand Thyme, Overbrook Herb Farm, available at […]

Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 2

THE AUTOPSY REPORT was sent to the Commission, through the Secret Service, on December 20th. The Commission based its conclusions about the characteristics of Kennedy’s […]

Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 1

IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE the Warren Commission Report is the truth. Arlen Specter knows it. It is difficult to believe that "all the shots […]

For Philly runners, there are plenty of options when it comes to sneaks that’ll safeguard those knees

If clothes make the man, the shoe definitely makes the runner. And with all the great races coming through town this season — the Father’s […]


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.


Features: The New Neighborhood Nabobs

Northern LibertiesBart Blatstein, 50What he imagines it will be: A “creative class” paradise with live/work spaces for artists, all centered on a piazza.What it is […]

Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Collection turns 50

Five reasons why you should invest in this chair from über-designer/architect Eero Saarinen:  1) When something has retained its cool for half a century, the […]

Features: Extreme Makeover (Neighborhood Edition)

Over the past 10 years, the style of the Philadelphia developer has changed. The old cliché of the builder who vests his power and pocketbook […]

Raising Teens: How to Raise a Teen (in 6 Easy Steps)

Be cool. Not hip — calm. When your kid does or says something that drives you insane, Bradley advises playing the respectful, dispassionate cop. Not […]

In 1912, architect William L. Price designed a grand house for the crest of Chestnut Hill. Outside, the house was sand-colored pebbledash. Inside, it was a turn-of-the-century warren of rooms. It had asymmetric bones. It was a masterpiece of Arts and Crafts design.

In 1912, architect William L. Price designed a grand house for the crest of Chestnut Hill. Outside, the house was sand-colored pebbledash. Inside, it was […]

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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.


The Overture

WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH HAD JUST SAID YES. IT happened in Munich over lunch at a restaurant above an open-air market a few blocks from the Vier […]

Home: Domain: Next: The Light Aquatic

With Victorian curves and glassy luster, artist Adam Wallacavage’s plaster chandelier doesn’t immediately register as an … octopus. But take a second look, and there […]

Home: Editor’s Note

Although I’m a word person by trade, photo shoots are my favorite part of my job. I like them because they’re exciting: fast-paced and artful, […]

Band on the Run

ON THE 7TH of this month, go down to Dave and Buster’s, Philadelphia’s adult romper room on the Delaware, and you’ll see a private party […]

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