7 Great Rolling Stones Moments in Philly

Rare bootleg footage, a shirtless Mick Jagger at Live Aid, duets with Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner, and more.

Not only are the Stones back in town, but Michael Nutter has officially declared it "Rolling Stones Week." We suggest hiding your daughters, then reliving some classic Stones-in-Philly moments, courtesy of You Tube.

What Does Bart Blatstein Think of Philadelphia’s Future?

Few people have had a bigger impact on Philadelphia in the last couple of decades than Bart Blatstein, who's not only re-imagined and revitalized Northern Liberties, but who's now trying to bring to fruition a dazzling casino project on North Broad. So what does Bart think of Philly's future? What's it like trying to get something built in Philadelphia? What does he think of Philadelphia's leadership? And what, exactly, is the deal with the mansion he just bought on Rittenhouse Square? I'll be asking him all those questions, and more, at our next ThinkFest Salon, which takes place Monday evening, from 6...

Sam Katz Takes on Frank Rizzo (Again)

A new episode of Philadelphia: The Great Experiment covers Philly’s Rizzo years.

The next installment of your 12-part history of Philly airs on 6 ABC this month [7:30 p.m., June 20]. Why focus on 1965 to 1978—a.k.a. the Rizzo years? We’re working on a trilogy, if you will, of episodes that when put together will cover 50 years of contemporary history—from 1944 to 1994. It just felt right to connect the dots of contemporary history on issues that really explain how Philadelphia arrived at the place it finds itself today.

Help Wanted: Philly Mag Puts Ad for Mayor on Craigslist

The next mayor's race isn't for two more years, but the prospective 2015 field? Not so inspiring. To help turn up some more exciting contenders, Philly Mag yesterday placed an ad for prospective candidates on Craigslist. It reads in part: "Large Eastern city with problems (but potential!) seeks bold, dynamic leader to run for mayor in 2015. Ideal candidate will have vision, independence, and the courage to take on entrenched interests. Large personal bank account helpful, but not required." In our new issue, Patrick Kerkstra also writes about the lameness of the field—and calls out the city's business and civic leaders for...

A Retraction and an Apology

A source’s lies in our story "The War Within."

Earlier this week, two different readers contacted the magazine, each raising questions about the facts in a story that appears in Philadelphia magazine's April issue, “The War Within.” The article—written by Anthony Gargano, the popular WIP radio host—tells the story of a former Marine sniper who claims to have killed scores of people during his tours of the Middle East and who now says he is haunted by what he did.

Philadelphia Zoo’s KidsZooU Opens This Month

CEO Vik Dewan talks better parking, a new elevated trail system and more of what’s in store for zoo visitors.

This is a big spring for the Zoo—your new parking garage and new children’s zoo and education center, KidsZooU, both open this month. What can we expect at the kids’ zoo? It’s going to be phenomenal in so many different ways. It will include things that people will find familiar, but it will also have new ways in which they can experience things—seeing heritage-breed animals, or learning about sustainability, or understanding that their actions have an impact on our wildlife.

Q&A: White Dog Cafe’s Judy Wicks

On her new book, her favorite Philly restaurants, and why she used to think that profit was a dirty word.

Your new memoir is called Good Morning, Beautiful Business. Why tell your story now? I actually started the book eight years ago. The publisher approached me about telling the story of the White Dog, but I was so busy at the time that I didn’t make much progress in the writing. I was finally able to finish it because I retired from bu­siness—just in the nick of time before I forgot everything, because I’m 65.

Readers React on Twitter to “Being White in Philly”

Read the transcript from my Twitter conversation.

Hi All. Tom McGrath, Philly Mag editor, here. I'll be taking your questions about our race piece. Fire away. -TM

 

 

— Philly Mag (@phillymag) March 4, 2013

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Why We Wrote About Race

On Philly Mag’s article "Being White in Philly."

In many ways, I look at "Being White in Philly," which appears in the March issue of Philly Mag, as the bookend to an article we ran last September. That story, Steve Volk’s gripping “Welcome to Hell,” examined violence in some of the most dangerous parts of Philadelphia through the tales of two teenage boys—one killed by gunfire in his neighborhood, the other with a mother who so feared for his safety that she sent him to live with his father in the Dominican Republic. “Welcome to Hell” brought to life what it’s like to live in the literal equivalent of a war zone, where thousands have died over the past decade and potentially hundreds of thousands more suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.