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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

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Home: Homefront: Season in the Sun

Season in the Sun

Taste: Shopping at: Pinot

Gourmet stores, like petite, Spanish-influenced Quince on Girard Avenue (try the Matiz Andaluz sugared crisps) and pretty Old City Cheese (pick up some Ardrahan, pungent […]

Taste: Where We’re Eating: February 2007

Striped Bass During his stint at New York’s gilded Gilt, chef Paul Liebrandt polished his reputation as a renegade — a “bad-boy chef” full of […]

The bright side of being Republican

Local Republicans doing some soul-­searching after last month’s election can take solace: There are at least two reasons to be ­optimistic — Chris Mottola and […]

From the Editor: December 2006

Last month, we broke from our standard fare and put a gun on our cover, in an effort to jar all of us awake in […]

Off the Cuff: December 2006

From the air, as my plane came in low over the barren wasteland, it looked like the Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz — […]


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.


BOP Spotlight: TV Store

TV Store: HiFi House

BOP Spotlight: Lighting

Lighting: Artemide

Though University of the Arts grad Ana Ortiz stars as Hilda, the big sister on this year’s breakout TV hit Ugly Betty, she’s best known around these parts as the daughter of ex-city councilman Angel Ortiz (who, in 2001, was busted for driving

Exit Interview: Where are you right now, and do you have a driver? Ana Ortiz: Oh, no, I drive myself. I’m headed to the Santa […]

What you need to know about the amrket, plus buying tips from the pros

Oh, you wild-and-crazy baby boomers, you. Here you go again, sending marketers (and everyone else who’s Anyone With Something to Sell) hot on your trail […]

Why are kids in such a rush to be disillusioned about love?

LAST SUMMER, IN PREPARATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL, my son Jake began growing his hair. At first he just looked shaggy, but as the months went […]

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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.


Homefront: Organic Hardware

Organic Hardware

Cinch an embellished napkin with the right jewelry, and any table can be perfectly set

Ring Tones

Homefront: Gold Rush

Gold Rush

This year, resolve to take care of yourself with this Philly-do-approved 12-step plan

Whether or not you ever really get around to goals like “Learn fluent Cantonese” and “Spend more time with the wife,” commit yourself to this […]

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