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How Five Days in Philly Changed Movie History Forever

On the 50th anniversary of Rocky, the never-before-told story of the crazed, chaotic, and clandestine filming of the city’s most famous movie.


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Opinion

Dear Josh Shapiro: Now That You Have the Votes, Here’s Our Wish List

Mac Mart owner Marti Liberman, whose business was targeted by the Boycott Ride in Philadelphia on Sunday, November 8th (photo courtesy Marti Lieberman/Mac Mart)
Q&A

Mac Mart Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be Open During the Philly Boycott Ride. Here’s Why It Was

Guides

14 New Books by Philly Authors to Add to Your TBR List

Latest Stories

Ask the Experts: Rowdy Brother-in-Law

Rowdy Brother-in-Law

Pulse: Style: The Backcial

WHAT: A facial for your back. HOW IT WORKS: You lie half-naked and face-down on a massage table as a backcial-ist attacks your gnarliness with […]

Pulse: Style: A Doggie Day Spa

Just off bustling Lancaster Avenue in Wayne sits a new sanctuary for sore muscles, tense minds and weary … paws? Ah, yes, Dogma, which opened […]

A village full of plantation homes in Florida’s panhandle makes for a beachy Southern retreat

As we drove along scenic Route 30A to Rosemary Beach, a gulf-front resort community on Florida’s panhandle, we quickly found ourselves lost. Realizing we had […]

Booze czar Jonathan Newman miraculously made state stores customer-friendly, then quit in a snit when Governor Rendell undermined him by appointing a political hack as CEO. That’s how Newman saw it, anyway

Corkscrewed!

Will this summer icon be forgotten now that we’re eating tomatoes 365 days a year? Not at small farms like Princeton’s Terhune Orchards

In Search of the Jersey Tomato


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.


House of Heidnick murder

Two decades ago, Philadelphia was introduced to its most notorious criminal — an eccentric who gruesomely tortured six women in his basement. On the 20th anniversary, the question still lingers: Was Gary Heidnik insane … or just evil?

Inside the House of Heidnik

Woodloch Pines, Hawley, PA

Travel With Kids: Woodloch Pines, Hawley, PA

Coconut Grove and Miami, FL

Made-to-Order Weekend: Party

Travel: Williamsburg History

We are touring the grand Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, a recreated 18th-century structure once inhabited by Thomas Jefferson, when it strikes me that, really, […]

Travel: Travel With a Passion: White Sulphur Springs, WV

* What to do and where to stay Take in one of the legendary Greenbrier resort’s culinary classes—this month from the 11th through 14th, “Cast […]

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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.


Travel: Travel With a Passion: Sarasota, FL

* What to see Between 1941 and 1966, Sarasota became a mecca for modern architecture, and the resulting body of work was dubbed the Sarasota […]

Travel: Travel With a Passion: Palm Beach, FL

* What to do Attend dinners, culinary demonstrations, and even tours of spectacular private home kitchens during the 16th Annual Bon Appétit Wine & Spirits […]

Travel: Travel With a Passion: North Adams, MA

* What to do: The largest center for contemporary art in the U.S., MASS MoCA specializes in provocative visual and performing-arts pieces—like Dave Cole’s Memorial […]

Travel: An Art-filled Weekend in New York City

Drenched, tired, and in foolish shoes, I began my art-filled New York City weekend in a little coffee shop along one of those vacant stretches […]

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