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Home2013March

Month: March 2013

Fairhill

Fairhill: Taller Begins Conducting Neighborhood Study

March 31, 2013

When Taller Puetrorriqueňo dismantles its current featured exhibit, which is a gallery of art pieces by Esperanza Cortes, the culture organization will launch what it is calling the Claiming Places Laboratory or “CP Lab.” The

Children playing chess
Education

Wynnefield: Chess Club Teacher Provides Opportunity for Students

March 31, 2013

As students gathered in the classroom, one young boy assembled the chess board on the table ready to play the game. The Paul Robeson Chess Club is an independent Mikyeil El-Mekki founded in 2005. El-Mekki

Arts and Entertainment

South Philadelphia: Civic Association’s Art Show Brings Community Members Together

March 31, 2013

The Passyunk Square Civic Association recently hosted its second annual P’unk Square Community Art Show and Auction where neighborhood residents gathered at the Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th St., for a night full of art,

Arts and Entertainment

Wynnefield: Teacher Helps Students Learn to Dance

March 31, 2013

Quiet often envelopes walk into the John C. Anderson Cultural Center, located at 5301 Overbrook Ave., until a descent downstairs to the dance studio.  There music blares from a stereo as young girls of various

Fishtown

Fishtown: Popularity Continues for Annual Chili Cook-Off

March 31, 2013

It was a full house for the recent Fishtown Neighbors Association Chili Cook-Off. Lines reached out the door for this third annual event held at Skybox Studios, an event space located on the 2400 block

Hunting Park

Hunting Park: Women Encourage Voter Participation

March 31, 2013

When the polls closed last November, most people went back to their mindset that the next time to vote was during the next presidential election in four years. However, too many among the voting public

Crime

Mantua: Media Circus Follows Abortion Doc’s Arrest

March 31, 2013

As Kathleen Reed removed a fresh tray of cookies from the oven at her Lancaster Ave. café on a recent Saturday afternoon, a pleasant smell of warm chocolate filled the room. Yet, the atmosphere was

Religion

Walnut Hill: Stereotypes Stalk Local Muslims

March 31, 2013

For the past 12 years, sentiments among many Americans towards Muslims has been anything but smooth. Muslims have become perhaps the most hated group of people in America ever since the 9/11 (2001) attacks on

Hunting Park

Hunting Park: Residents and Police Work Together Towards a Less Violent Community

March 30, 2013

Residents of Hunting Park and the police who protect them gathered together this week in the basement of the Tioga United Methodist Church. Residents sat in the fold up chairs talking amongst themselves at the

Crime

Hunting Park: Block Maintains Neighborhood Ties Despite Shootings

March 29, 2013

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo Two shootings occurred on the same block in Hunting Park during March. They happened close to home. They happened on a

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