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Chris Matthews on Growing Up Catholic in Philadelphia
I REMEMBER WHEN “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH” came to Hunting Park. It really happened. I Googled it. In 1950, the Barnum & Bailey Circus […]
Jon Gosselin in the Wilderness
Following his Friday-night shift at the better of the two restaurants in Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania, Jon Gosselin emerges from its kitchen and asks if I want […]
Can Comcast Be As Mighty As Google?
ONE OF STEVE BURKE’S first acts when he took over as CEO of NBCUniversal last winter was to redecorate the walls that General Electric […]
Dawn’s Dark Days: Full Text
DAWN STENSLAND KNEW for sure, on New Year’s Day 2005, that something was wrong. It’s not that she hadn’t suspected before then. She’d heard the […]
The Ultimate Guide to Gyms Around Philadelphia
Philadelphia isn’t Los Angeles, where working out seems to be mandatory. It’s not New York, where folks who aren’t instructors choose to do regular two-a-days. Instead, we think […]
The Semi-Secret Dinner Parties Reimagining Philly’s Restaurant Scene
“I made you paella arancini,” Liz Grothe says to me with the matter-of-factness of a lunch lady divvying up peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. As if what she’s […]
Dawn’s Dark Days
DAWN STENSLAND KNEW for sure, on New Year’s Day 2005, that something was wrong. It’s not that she hadn’t suspected before then. She’d heard the […]
The Whole Truth
On Friday night in the Boston Celtics locker room, Paul Pierce is looking splendid in baller chic. Twenty minutes after an easy home win, he […]
Can a Philly Movie Studio Really Compete with Hollywood?
He never admitted to anyone that it was a crazy idea, even though at first glance it was obviously crazy. He did keep a self-deprecating […]
Oy Vey, There Goes the Neighborhood
In their never-ending search for fulfillment, formerly freewheeling yuppies are now embracing ultra-strict Orthodox Judaism. For their neighbors in Bala Cynwyd and Lower Merion, it’s […]
The Fight To Keep Philly’s Theater Scene Alive
Act I. Setting the Scene “What a wonder is a gun! What a versatile invention! First of all, when you’ve got a gun — ” […]
Whatever Happened to Cutting People Some Damn Slack?
In Philadelphia, for obvious reasons, schoolchildren certainly get more than their fair share of Revolutionary War history. Where I grew up, though, the lore and […]
The No-Bullshit Guide to the 2020 Presidential Election in Philly
Here we go again. When we put together this guide four years ago, we thought the upcoming election would be the most consequential of our […]
Todd Carmichael Is Stepping Down as La Colombe’s CEO to Reinvent the Way You Drink Water
What happens when the man who founded La Colombe and forever changed how Philadelphians drink coffee decides he needs a change? He sets out to […]
Jeff David Thinks the Fitler Club Is Key to Philadelphia’s Post-Pandemic Rebirth
Jeff David has a definitive list of the most influential trend-setting cities in America, and Philadelphia isn’t on it. There are what he calls the […]