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Philly Today: Rita’s Water Ice, Now in Beer Form

Plus: A CHOP expert weighs in on where COVID came from, an Eagle gets hitched, a Sixers win, and oh, those happy Penn kids.


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Opinion

Ya Fav Trashman Opens Up About the Spectacular Collapse of His Campaign

Q&A

Q&A: South Philly’s Pulitzer-Winning Playwright James Ijames on His Big Broadway Debut

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6 Philadelphians With Promising Approaches to Gun Violence Prevention

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Philly Today: Does Jerry Blavat Really Deserve Flags at Half-Staff?

Plus: Abbott Elementary‘s Sheryl Lee Ralph at the Super Bowl. And outrageous Eagles prices.

Guides

Everything You Need to Know Before the Eagles’ NFC Championship Game

Where to watch, how to watch, and everything you need to catch up on what’s been happening with the Birds.

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Philly Today: City So Desperate for Lifeguards That It’s Recruiting People Who Can’t Swim

Plus: Union League Drama. Rhynhart has a big announcement. And has tipping gotten completely and utterly out of control?

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Jason Kelce Signed a Baby (Doll) After the Eagles Beat the Giants

We talk to the Eagles fan who made his podcast-inspired dreams come true — and find out what’s next for his baby.

Opinion

Jeff Brown’s Latest Ad Isn’t What We Should Hope for From a Mayoral Candidate

A recent campaign ad on social media has Black people comparing the ShopRite owner to “Big Ma” and God — entities he shouldn’t strive to be as a rich white man.

Q&A

Q&A: Gisele Fetterman Talks Her Thrift-Store Wardrobe, Scrabble and Her New Oculus

She was by John Fetterman’s side for a stroke, a brutal campaign, and a hard-fought victory. Now, she emerges on the other side to take on whatever comes next.


Best of Philly 2022: City Life

Best of Philly 2022: City Life

A gaming whiz kid, good sports, and how Questlove always keeps his cool.

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?


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Philly Today: Newspaper Fails Miserably With Tasteless Jerry Blavat Headline

Plus: Geator funeral arrangements. Snow in the forecast. And Eagles Mania goes full throttle.

Longform

What It’s Like to Send Your Kid to Main Line Etiquette Class 

Or, why I subjected my nine-year-old to lessons on napkin folding, handshakes and proper fork usage.

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Philly Today: Where Is Missing Delco Woman Rose Byrne?

Plus, RIP Jerry Blavat.

Opinion

Please, No More Philadelphia Mayor Candidates!

The overcrowded race for the city’s top job appears to be getting even more crowded — and arguably less democratic as a result.

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Philly Today: The Craziest Lost Luggage Story You Will Read This Week

A man from Newfoundland traveling home from the Congo to Canada. A missing suitcase. And one very popular Stephen Starr restaurant.

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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.


Guides

Your Guide to This Week’s Eagles-Giants Playoff Game

Where to watch, how to watch, and everything you need to catch up on what’s been happening with the Birds.

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Philly Today: Madonna Snubs Philadelphia on Her New Greatest Hits Tour

And that’s a shame. Because it sounds a lot better than her last one.

Longform

Why I Left My City Life to Try Remote Work in the Pennsylvania Wilds

I tried a three-week program aimed at exposing city workers to rural life. 

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Philly Today: What’s Up With All the Disembodied Pigeons on Philly Streets?

Plus, a mayoral candidate with a checkered past, Eagles/Giants odds, and the return of the neighborhood fish truck.

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