Guides

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.


Longform

Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times

Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

News

The Team Behind Always Sunny Is Coming to Philly for a Live Podcast

The show’s three creators will bring their podcast to The Met on September 18th, and tickets go on sale this week.

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News

Fired 15toKnow Employees Sue the Main Line COVID Testing Company for Racial Discrimination

The three Black women from Delco say everything was fine until the company hired a white manager, who allegedly mistreated them.

Longform

The Philadelphia Folk Festival Is Hanging On By a String

The music fest is gearing up for its 60th installment, but this could very well be its last dance.

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News

The Hustle Reviews Are In, and People Like It!

Things could have gone either way for the shot-in-Philly Adam Sandler flick.

Opinion

Philadelphia Has a Real Chance to Improve Gun Control

Our leaders must fight for it like they fought for the soda tax.

Longform

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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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News

It Happened Last Night: The Philadelphia Orchestra’s First-Ever Pride Concert

Here’s what happens when a drag queen meets a symphony.

Q&A

Jeremiah Zagar on Directing Adam Sandler in Hustle and Growing Up on South Street

Filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar gets his first major studio release with Netflix’s Hustle, a Philly-shot basketball movie starring Adam Sandler.

Opinion

Confessions of a Jaded Millennial

Why a once-optimistic generation is souring on electoral politics, and finding better ways to make a difference. 

Q&A

David Morse on His Dark, Tony-Nominated Broadway Role

The actor known for roles in St. Elsewhere and True Detective talks Mary-Louise Parker, the role he regrets turning down and his quiet life in Chestnut Hill.

Guides

11 Essential David Morse Roles

Dive deep into the filmography of this Chestnut Hill-based actor with these key roles from his decades-long career.

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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.


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Q&A

Temple’s Journalism Dean Thinks We Should See the Carnage of the Texas School Shooting

In the aftermath of the shooting, Temple journalism school dean David Boardman wrote that “maybe it’s time to show what a slaughtered seven-year-old looks like.” Here, he explains why he thinks the change in media coverage strategy is necessary.

Opinion

What the Uvalde, Buffalo and Even Philly Shootings Have in Common

A recent pattern in these tragedies is that they involve marginalized people being killed in institutionally neglected spaces. We need to look hard at why that’s so.

Guides

10 Powerful War Memorials in Philly

Soldiers, moms, buffalo, biceps and angels. A roundup of our 10 favorite memorials in the city.

News

Demystifying the Serious Science of Smells

University City’s Monell Chemical Senses Center knows (nose?) why people react to smells differently.

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