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It’s Easy Being Green: How to Go Green
You don’t have to spend millions, or tear down your house, or pack up your Energy Star fridge and move to San Fran. Greening up […]
Michael Nutter’s Dilemma
Is he too much of a reformer to be mayor? Or so hungry to be mayor that he can't be a real reformer? Michael Nutter […]
The No-Bullshit City Council At-Large Election Guide
It’s totally OK if you haven’t been paying attention to Philadelphia’s Democratic City Council At-Large race. The contest hasn’t grabbed a lot of headlines, with […]
My 96-Year-Old Grandfather Moved to Town a Few Years Ago, and Nothing’s Been the Same Since
“Can you come over and help Pop-Pop? He got locked out of his iPad again.” My mom sounded frantic on the phone, as though my […]
22 Concerts You Can’t Miss This Fall in Philly
Whether its emerging/hilarious Elkins Park rapper Lil Dicky, the legendary Ringo Starr, or Philly’s own indie rockers Dead Milkmen there’s a nice variety of musical acts rolling through […]
The New Philadelphia Nightlife
River Boat Tours Misc. Nocturnal Frivolity | Docks at Rittenhouse and Penn’s Landing Whether you prefer your cruise of the Schuylkill or Delaware to be narrated […]
Class Acts
Science & Technology [sidebar]The Agnes Irwin SchoolGirls-only day, K-12; tuition $25,200.* Ithan Avenue and Conestoga Road, Rosemont, 610-525-8400, agnesirwin.org The mix of intensive classes and […]
What Does Daryl Metcalfe Have Against Philadelphia?
December 5th, 2017, started out as just another low and mildly contemptible day in Harrisburg. But by midmorning, it had metastasized into one that would […]
Murky Waters
FOUR BOYS ON bikes journey down to the river on a sunny fall day. There is a factory. a weed patch, a rock. The waters […]
John-John Veasey’s Life After the Philly Mob
THE ITALIAN AMERICAN car salesman looked so out of place in Middle America that strangers would walk up to him and ask, “Say, are you […]
The Shore ’08
LONG BEACH ISLAND THE VIBE Thought of as Jersey’s answer to the Hamptons in recent years (one of its towns is called Loveladies, for God’s […]
The D.A. Candidate Who at 13 Saw His Father Murdered in the Street
Richard Negrin knows the trauma of gun violence firsthand. When he was just 13 years old, his father was shot dead in front of him. “It’s not fun to talk […]
The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming
It’s a random Tuesday night, and my husband, Christian, and I are doing what we typically do: bingeing a TV series du jour as we […]
The 76 Most Influential People in Philadelphia Right Now-2021
There are two types of influence in Philadelphia. ¶ There are the people who have worked their way to the top of their fields, who […]
The Best Long Weekend Trips to Take From Philadelphia in 2024
In the past, a three-day weekend meant catching up on your chores, having a barbecue — maybe squeezing in a night at your favorite B&B. […]