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Stephen Starr and Pierre Robert on Music in Philadelphia
STEPHEN: You know, growing up, my goal was to be a disc jockey. PIERRE: Really? Wow. STEPHEN: I got my FCC license when I was […]
Helen Gym and Bill Green Try to Find Common Ground (or Not) on Education in Philadelphia
He’s chairman of the School Reform Commission. She’s co-founder of Parents United for Public Education. They have very different ideas about how to run the […]
Joan Shepp and the Rebirth of Chestnut Street
It’s a steamy evening on Chestnut Street, and not just because of the humidity. It’s the press opening for Joan Shepp’s new boutique, and the […]
Why Does Neil Theobald Think Football Will Save Temple?
It was a date that would live in infamy. The news hit the scholar-athletes gathered in Temple University’s Student Pavilion on December 6th of last […]
Philadelphia + a Pipeline (or Two) = America’s Next Energy Hub
About 1,400 miles from Philadelphia, at the northern edge of the Louisiana bayou, lies a spaghetti junction of steel tubing called Henry Hub, where 13 […]
Terrell Owens: 10 Years After the Eagles
The wide receiver explodes off the line of scrimmage, shakes his defender, and curls hard to the right sideline. He’s a step ahead of his […]
Jim Brady Profile: The Billy Pulpit
There exists an unwritten rule in many of America’s newsrooms. It stipulates that when a journalist of sufficient stature departs his job, he is sent […]
John Grady Profile: The Dealer
John Grady is trying to show me the waterfront. The Schuylkill is close, just a few hundred meters away, but there’s no street grid here […]
How the Penn Working Dog Center Turns Puppies Into Saviors
There’s a golden retriever in the ladies’ room. It’s my first visit to the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, and traffic was tied up on […]
Which Philadelphia Colleges Will Survive?
Last spring, a week before commencement at Saint Joseph’s University, faculty in the business school voted 27 to one in favor of a resolution rebuffing […]
Ladies and Gentlemen … Martha Graham Cracker!
Hard to say what Martha Graham Cracker noticed a few seconds ago as she left the band and the stage and slinked through the crowd. […]
Tom Wolf: Perfect Stranger
In 1957, Tom Wolf and his father attended a baseball game at Connie Mack Stadium. Wolf’s team, the Phillies, faced the St. Louis Cardinals, including […]
Why Am I Paying $110,000 a Year in College Tuition?
There are some jobs I would love to have. Professional baseball player. Writer for Saturday Night Live. U.S. Congressman. With the exception of baseball (I’m […]
How to Skip College — and Thrive
The lecture hall is packed. The elephant-gray room is set up like a mini-arena to allow for maximum capacity and good acoustics. It’s new but […]
Bonus Slideshow: The Working Dog Center
Enjoy these behind-the-scenes shots from the Working Dog Center, featured in “This Puppy Could Save Your Life” in the September 2014 Philadelphia magazine.