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Q&A

Marc Summers Explains Why Reality TV Sucks

The comedian made famous by Double Dare talks marriage, Marc Vetri, and his new off-Broadway show.


John Fetterman
Longform

Is This the John Fetterman Pennsylvania Elected?

News

Are These Taylor Swift Lyrics About Jason Kelce?

Longform

The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

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Philly Today: An A.I. Expert Came to Town and Said We’re All Going to Die

John Sherman believes humankind could be completely wiped out in two to 10 years.

Longform

Who Killed the Philly POPS?

Was our beloved popular-music orchestra doomed by poor management? A greedy landlord? The pandemic? A devastating Broad Street whodunit.

What the South Philadelphia Sports Complex could eventually look like if Comcast Spectacor and the Phillies get their way
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Philly Today: Phillies Give Huge Boost to Sports Complex

Plus, using a tow truck to steal cars is actually a pretty good idea.

pickleball courts like this one are causing some problems in Lower Merion
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Philly Today: The Noisy Scourge of Pickleball Hits the Main Line

Plus, Philly loses a longtime independent music venue.

Q&A

A Member of the Phillies Hot Pants Patrol at Veterans Stadium Tells All

“It was an incredibly sexist thing, but it worked for me,” recalls Arlene Nisson Lassin.

Opinion

I Had 700-Level Season Tickets at Veterans Stadium and Lived to Tell the Tale

A lifelong Philly sports fan recalls the fights, the pee and the cheap seats.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


News

20 Years After the Vet: A Remembrance of Philly’s Storied Stadium

We loved it! We hated it! And we tore it down 20 years ago this month.

Michael Jackson, the subject of a musical presented by the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, during his trial on sexual abuse allegations
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Philly Today: The Kimmel Center Has a Michael Jackson Problem

“It’s awful that the Kimmel decided to put this musical on,” says one local victims rights’ advocate.

Kevin Spacey, who just had the Philadelphia Film Society cancel a screening of his new movie Peter Five Eight, in a 2023 photo
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Philly Today: Kevin Spacey Not Welcome Here, It Turns Out

So much for his big movie premiere. Plus, the return of Jerry Blavat’s Memories in Margate.

News

St. Joe’s Upset Win Leads the Night in Philly Sports

Reports from the NCAA conference tournaments, the Sixers, and a Phillies glide

Suspects in Valley Forge Casino heist
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Philly Today: Bozo Gunmen Attempt Worst Casino Heist Ever

Plus, why you should never say “Happy St. Patty’s Day.”

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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.


Philadelphia journalist and activist josh kruger, who was murdered at his Point Breeze home in 2023
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Philly Today: Guilty Plea Expected in Josh Kruger Murder

Plus, all four suspects in last week’s bus stop shooting now in custody.

News

Why More Musicians Should Be Like Philly Rapper Tierra Whack

The groundbreaking performer returns after too long a wait.

Former Harriton High School English teacher Jeremy Schobel, who has was arrested on child porn charges
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Philly Today: Main Line Teacher Posed as Teen Online to Lure Girls

Including at least one student at his school. Plus, PennDot finally fixing potholes.

The University of Pennsylvania, which is accused of McCarthyism in a new lawsuit centered on Penn's handling of antisemitism accusations
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Philly Today: Penn Accused of McCarthyism in New Lawsuit

Plus, one of the biggest Oscars winners was actually our own Comcast.

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