Year: 2011

The American Swedish Historical Museum located at 1900 Pattison Ave. hosts 12 different galleries full of Swedish artifacts, architecture and history.  The museum is tucked in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in a large building

Politics can be a fickle field, especially at the local district level. Sometimes, the person with the most money wins. Sometimes, the person with the best plan wins. What all politicians need, however, is an

Located on the 8800 block of Germantown Avenue, the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill has been opening its doors every Friday for the community to slip on their best dancing shoes. International folk dancing instructor

If the folks at Code for America have their way, Philadelphia might become one of the first cities with a citizenry that participates in City Council legislation in the form of a customizable e-mail, subscription-based

Actress Danica McKellar, the young woman who played Winnie in the “The Wonder Years,” will be in Mayfair’s Stein Your Florist on April 6 to shoot a scene for an upcoming movie in which she

Donny Smith has lived in Mayfair all his life. He’s a third-generation resident. His grandparents lived in Mayfair. His parents lived in Mayfair. “I’ve lived in Mayfair my entire life and over that time I’ve

The Spiral Bookcase, an independent bookstore at 112 Cotton St., welcomed local author Tom McAllister on Saturday to discuss his recent book Bury Me in My Jersey—a memoir detailing the events of a fanatical Philadelphia

Several hundred protesters against anti-union legislation converged on Love Park at noon on Saturday. Those who couldn’t make it to Harrisburg to participate in the nationwide chain of demonstrations taking place in each capital city