THE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN

Your Ultimate Guide to the 2025 General Election

Who’s running for Philadelphia District Attorney, City Controller, and local and statewide judicial posts on November 4th


Opinion

When Did Everything Become So … Disneyfied?

Longform

A Century Later, the Parkway’s Grand Vision May Finally Come True

Q&A

Christian McBride Talks Playing Bass for James Brown and His Dolly Parton Dreams

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News

Philly Today: Gary Busey Pleads Guilty to Sex Offense in Cherry Hill

Plus, Trump saves Comcast $1 billion annually.

Longform

In College Sports’ Billion-Dollar Arms Race, Philly Schools Are Being Left Behind

Without deep pockets, even winning might not be enough.

News

Philly Today: Lawmakers Want to Ban Cell Phones in Pennsylvania Schools

Plus, the first cannabis lounges open in the region.

News

Philly Today: Police Search for Main Line Pickpocketing Suspects

Plus, a jellyfish invasion is ruining beach trips.

Philly Today: We’re Getting Yet Another New Local TV Face

Plus, the Italian Market says arrivederci to a true icon.

News

Philly Today: Local Podcasts Make TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Podcasts of All Time List

Plus, is Abbott Elementary going to tape an episode at a live Eagles game?!


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.


Longform

Calder Gardens Is Coming to the Parkway — and It’s Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

Philadelphia’s new urban sanctuary is ready to reimagine what a museum can be.

News

The Wanamaker Holiday Light Show Will Return This Year

Macy’s closed, but beloved holiday traditions the light show and Dickens Village will remain — for now, at least.

Q&A

Terminated Preston & Steve Cast Member Kathy Romano Tells All

She was let go from WMMR in May after decades on the show.

News

Philly Today: This Independence Park Display May Be Removed by the Trump Administration

Does this really “inappropriately disparage Americans”?

News

Why Cheesesteak Maker Tony Luke Is Suing the Philadelphia Inquirer

He claims that a story led Joey Merlino and others to label him a “rat.”

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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.


News

Philly Today: Internet Vigilantes Lure Center City Man to His Arrest

When that 13-year-old girl you’re chatting with on Instagram isn’t.

News

Philly Today: Fear of Political Propaganda Cancels Popular Philly Band’s Concert

Apparently Low Cut Connie is a bit too liberal for Luzerne County.

News

How Delco Banded Together to Save a Blind Woman’s Barbecue

A trucker. A blind marathoner. And an outpouring of community support.

News

Philly Today: Fox 29’s Morning Show Is Getting a New Face

Plus, another major meat heist!

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