When Evelyne Laurent-Perrault was planning the first Arturo Schomburg Symposium, she didn’t realize the annual event would reach its 16th year. Hosted by Taller Puertorriqueno, this year’s symposium has two parts: a film screening and [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/36382881] A bookcase is usually the piece of furniture that people reserve to display the items they are proud of: diplomas, trophies, vacation pictures and even books. The shelves of a bookcase provide a place [continue reading…]
As local residents packed into a tiny room at the Guerin Recreational Center in South Philadelphia, a sense of anticipation filled the air. “This meeting represents a change in culture,” said Mark Keener, an urban [continue reading…]
Local artist Kevin Colden’s comic, Fishtown, chronicles the events of the 2003 murder of a 16-year-old boy, an act that shocked Philadelphia for the brutal nature of the murder and the lack of remorse by [continue reading…]
Tim McAdams opened a pet grooming salon in 2005 in Brewerytown’s increasingly diverse commercial sector along Girard Avenue. He said in recent years, Brewerytown has become a haven for a variety of new retail storefronts [continue reading…]
For the past three years, Tony Rocco, a teacher at John B. Stetson Charter School, has been running a photography program for a select number of students called The Stetson Shutterbugs. Rocco has recently started [continue reading…]
With recent school closures throughout North Philadelphia, some librarians feared the possibility that public libraries could once again fall victim to budget slashing by the city government. When Mayor Michael Nutter shut down 11 free [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/36384897] Residents of Packer Park in the Lower South district might see an addition to their backyard skyline in the near future. Keystone Outdoor Advertising Co. recently began to seek a variance to expand and [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/36436911] There is no continent on which tapper Corinne Karon hasn’t danced. She “got the travel bug” while studying tap dancing’s historical roots in Ireland and has since performed on each of the world’s seven [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/36449380] Church is not only a place of worship for some high school students in Germantown, Pa. The First United Methodist Church of Germantown, also known as FUMCOG, enriches the lives of Germantown teens through [continue reading…]
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