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The Best Things You Can Possibly Do in Philly This Weekend

This week in Philly: the National Dog Show, a pickle festival, holiday fun in Dilworth Park, the Rocky Run, and much more.


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A $2,000/Hour Sauna! A Sunken Ikea Ship! Uber Parking!: Philly News, By the Numbers

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Main Line-Born Brand American Trench Opens in Rittenhouse Today

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What Happened to Chris Rabb?

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Jane Golden built the Mural Arts Program into one of the city’s proudest achievements, a testament to the power of art to transform neighborhoods. Then a painting proposed for Rittenhouse Square ruffled the feathers of the city’s elite — and all hell broke loose

Paul Rosen believes Golden was worried that her public funding might be jeopardized if she angered Diane Dalto. Golden says that while Dalto did call […]

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Mascot Throwdown

It’s a mascot throw down. Which restaurant mascot do you prefer? Is it the drink serving squirrel of Parc or the oh so delicious rabbit/pig […]

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Two major Spanish companies specializing in wind technology have settled here, hoping to cash in on the alternative-energy craze. With a volatile oil market, could Philly become the new … Holland?

 The next day, I was driving south on Interstate 81 when I spotted the Locust Ridge Wind Farm off in the distance, its tall towers […]

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Pumpkin-picking, orchard visits, harvest festivals — autumn is filled with reasons to get outdoors before snowy weather hits. Here’s how to make sure nobody reaches for the same old boring weekend duds.

ON HER Nicholas K sweatshirt, $310, Shelly Steffee shirt, $95, and Alice Ritter skirt, $345, all at Petulia’s Folly. Antipast knee socks, $36, Martin Margiela […]

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Chestnut Options Expanding

Pick up a copy of the Metro today and read about all the goings on around 21st and Chestnut from Mix to El Fuego to […]

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Temple’s football coach isn’t just turning his historically awful team around — he’s got a vision for North Philly, too

    There’s one job it’s impossible to imagine him turning down, though: head coach at Penn State. Joe Paterno can’t hold on forever. And […]


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Welcome to Philly’s Italian Renaissance

Welcome to Philly’s Italian Renaissance

Red gravy was just the beginning.

50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

Our highly anticipated guide to the most exciting, compelling, and provocative restaurants in Philly


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The first generation of Philly women who “opted out” in order to stay home with their kids is now ready for what’s next. Trouble is, opting back in can be pretty scary when you aren’t even sure who you are anymore

So how, then, does Cynthia Drayton advise her 13-year-old twin girls? She’s worried that they only view her as a mother, not as a successful […]

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Some local leaders who stand to gain from standing by their man

During the cold, endless winter of the Democratic presidential nomination process, many of Philadelphia’s power players chose to ignore the state’s “third senator” and put […]

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Phillies home-run hitter Ryan Howard may have scored big when he signed on as a celebrity spokesman for Subway last winter, but for local fans, he whiffed the latest pitch

Phillies home-run hitter Ryan Howard may have scored big when he signed on as a celebrity spokesman for Subway last winter, but for local fans, […]

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The first wireless city! Everyone connected to the Internet! Civic leaders and the media, including this magazine, believed wi-fi would be the centerpiece of Philadelphia’s return to greatness. What went wrong?

 Civitium’s very own website, however, includes a blog posted on May 22nd by one Jason Shannon, the company’s CIO and the former lead wireless architect […]

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Built by the Romans and splashed with the brilliant colors of Antoni Gaudí’s modernist palette, Barcelona is a treasure of a city

Built by the Romans and splashed with the brilliant colors of Antoni Gaudí’s modernist palette, Barcelona is a treasure of a city — a place […]

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The Best Fall Festivals to Check Out This Season in Philly

The Best Fall Festivals to Check Out This Season in Philly

Mark your calendars to celebrate, eat, and explore your way through Philly.

Best of Philly 2026

Best of Philly 2026

Please give a warm welcome to Best of Philly 2026: Everything you want, didn’t know you needed, and should check out in Philadelphia right now.


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Philadelphia is staking its claim to the title of Hollywood East. But could we also become Bollywood West?

With big-budget films from Marley & Me to Transformers 2 shooting here, Philadelphia is staking its claim to the title of Hollywood East. But could […]

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Forget lunch dates and cocktail hours. Hard economic times have Main Liners turning to a new — and lucrative — type of party

Jane O’Mara anxiously pulls out a Ziploc baggie and dumps a mound of tarnished gold jewelry on the table. With black-rimmed magnifying glasses perched on […]

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Skip the sleeping pills. Philly doctors say there’s a better way to get a good night’s sleep

If worrying about why you can’t sleep at night is keeping you awake, you’re not alone. Last year, 49 million Americans shelled out $4.5 billion […]

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Where to go for trendy clothing patterns, modern fabrics, and sewing lessons

First, a knitting craze spawned stitching-and-bitching. Now, sewing is the new micro-trend in the handmade = cool movement. Thankfully, the revival is all about chic […]

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