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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

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

Contrast is key for Queen Village designer Julianna Holowka, whose home furnishings and lighting skate the line between delicate and edgy

Pretty Tough

Fitness: The ABCs of Abs

The ABCs of Abs

The Good Life: PARADISICAL PREGNANCIES

Paradisical Pregnancies

BOP Spotlight: Barbecue

Barbecue: Fat Jack's

Here’s how to make your destination wedding go off without a hitch — right from home

Marriage Made Easy


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.


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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.


Swan Lake-meets-Stomp as the Philadelphia Dance Company heads back into town

Phila-what?!

Why can’t my son throw anything out?

Stuff Happens

An insider perspective on the race for mayor

The Katz Report

Rooms With a View: Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center

Rooms With a View

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