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Benjamin Franklin: 45 Things You Never Knew About Philly’s Own Founding Father

This month on WHYY TV 12, PBS.org and the PBS Video app, historical documentarian extraordinaire Ken Burns debuts a new two-part, four-hour production, Ben Franklin, […]

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These Millennial Mayors in the Philly ’Burbs Entered Office Eager and Optimistic. Then Came 2020

Mark Barbee got laid off in 2020. He was a waiter in a King of Prussia restaurant that closed when Governor Tom Wolf issued shutdown […]

Be Well Philly

Swim Lessons in Philadelphia: 15 (Indoor!) Spots to Get Your Kid in the Water

Ah, the children’s swim lesson. It’s an adorable rite of passage for babies and toddlers and little ones, and also the perfect cool-weather activity: The […]

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Philadelphia Flower Show 2013

“Brilliant!” is the appropriate name for this year’s edition of the world-renowned annual Philadelphia Flower Show from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society at the Pennsylvania Convention […]

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Coatesville Fires: The Town That Burned Itself Down

ON THE NIGHT of January 24th last year, Coatesville firefighter Bob Tracey got the call: fire on Fleetwood Street, size unknown. He pulled on his […]

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What They’re Saying About Chip Kelly

San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York dropped a bombshell on the NFL early Thursday afternoon when he tweeted out the news — from his personal account — that […]

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Philly Levels Up: The Newest Wave of Indoor Fun and Games

It all started last year, when Puttshack took over 26,000 square feet of Liberty Place with its high-tech mini golf bar concept from across the […]

Be Well Philly

I Tried It: Dining With Strangers — And the Joy That Came With It

Listen to the audio edition here: On a random Thursday night, I headed to Mission Taqueria, the lively Mexican restaurant that’s been serving up tacos, […]

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A Philadelphia Concert Season With Something for Everyone

From festivals to farewell tours, here are the hottest concerts to see in Philadelphia this season. Jump to: The Top Philadelphia Concerts You Won’t Want […]

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HughE Dillon: Wilhelmina Models Local Launch Party

About a year ago when I met Will Ball, the booker for Wilhelmina Models, he told me was opening a Philadelphia division of the agency […]

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Can the First Philadelphia Polo Classic Make the City a Pony Town?

No one would dispute that the reputation of the polo community is clubby and elitist. But behind all that hauteur and wealth is a weirdly […]

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The Underground Railroad Sites Near Philly that Helped Change History

Our region has been so pivotal to the founding of our nation, it’s easy to forget that another, perhaps even more important part of our […]

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Office Party

AIN’T NO PARTY like a Scranton party. The hottest ticket in town this week before Christmas isn’t for the Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker. […]

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Eric Blumenfeld Is Crazy Enough to Revitalize North Broad Street

Wandering through the rusty, funky skeleton of the Divine Lorraine Hotel is a hallucinatory experience, as if someone had unsunk the Titanic, dragged it through […]

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The Great Gusto of Jimmy Binns

IT’S HARD TO KNOW which Jimmy Binns story to start with, because Jimmy Binns is nothing if not a cultivator of vivid stories. Some rise […]