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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.


News

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

Longform

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

Guides

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

Latest Stories

Here’s how to take care of your well-traveled guests

The Out-of-Towners

Bridal Bouquet: The Color of Calm

The Color of Calm

Bridal Bouquet: Carried Away

Carried Away

Don’t let guest list worries ruin your special day

Inviting Trouble

Charm your guests right off the bat with invites from these local ladies

Inviting Style

Prepping and planning along this quaint stretch will feel more like a treat than a chore

Urban Planning: Chestnut Hill


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.


Make your wedding a multiday event to give you and your guests a celebration to remember

A Weekend Affair

Wedding: An Offer She Can’t Refuse

An Offer She Can’t Refuse

Ask the Experts: Children at a Reception

Children at a Reception

How to keep the peace — and all of your friends

My Best Friends’ Weddings

A.C. Now: Friday Night L-l-l-lobsters

Friday Night L-l-l-lobsters

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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.


Bridal Bouquet: Search Party

Search Party

Bridal Bouquet: Big Primpin’

Big Primpin'

How digital photography can capture your Big Day — then let you share it right away

Instant Gratification

Off the Cuff: January 2006

It was time, we realized, to give Alan Charles Kors a call. Kors is a Penn history professor and co-founder of the free-speech advocacy group […]

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