Topic: Mummers
Tales of a Two Street Stomper
A dozen years ago, a South Jersey resident decided to cross the Delaware before dawn every New Year’s Day to join suited-up pals in a Mummers comics club. And she has never looked back
By Anne Johnson
Things to Do on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Philadelphia
From fireworks to nice dinners to hangover-curing brunches the next day—here are all the best ways to celebrate New Year's Eve in Philly this year.
By Lauren McCutcheon
Why Aren’t Funny Mummers … Funny?
The Comics and Wenches are having fun. The crowd watching them? Not as much. Here, some particularly Philly advice.
By Lauren McCutcheon
The Mummers Parade
A history lesson, including some scholarly conjecture, about Philadelphia’s New Year’s Day … phenomenon
By J.P. Romney
The Last of the Fancies
The Mummers Parade started with Fancy Divisions. Only one such club remains. Their plan to survive: inclusiveness.
By Lauren McCutcheon
In the Street, We Are Philadelphians
Last year, our writer left the Mummers parade worried for her adopted city. This year, she wonders if it’s a sign of hope
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
The Mummers
A millennial Philly transplant discovers—and embraces—our changing New Years tradition
By Emma Copley Eisenberg