Last month, just before the start of the school year, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and the School District of […]
The day pickle juice became famous in Philly
Twenty-five years ago, the Eagles didn’t just begin the ascension of their franchise in the early 2000s — they actually […]
Seeing America’s history in Philadelphia — while you still can
If you love American history, our city is for you. In my youth, I wondered how so much American history […]
From Peking to Philadelphia — The East, the West, and Pearl S. Buck
In 1938, the Swedish Academy shocked the American literary establishment by awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to Pearl S. […]
Visiting Glen Foerd, Northeast Philly’s historic gem
If you missed the family summer fun of third Thursdays at the historic Glen Foerd Mansion on the Delaware Waterfront, […]
Grace Kelly and the Irish connection
Several years ago I attended a Villanova University Irish Studies celebration at the Kelly House in East Falls. It was […]
Thom Nickels: Two Philadelphia mansions
Recently I received an invitation to give a lecture in November 2025 at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square on my […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Philly’s Italian Market is a piece of living history
Over the course of the next year, virtually every piece of Philadelphia history will be enjoyed as tourists from all […]
Thom Nickels: Don’t ban books — or flags
As a kid I was a Civil War buff and loved visiting an old burned out Civil War era chapel […]
Jeff Hurvitz: The decline and fall of late night TV
In 1954, The Steve Allen Show was launched on NBC’s local TV station in New York. That same year, the […]