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Month: March 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Allegheny West: Creative Program Helps Bridge Generation Gap

March 13, 2018 Emily Pentz 0

The Senior Partnership Initiative is one of several community outreach programs run by the Center For Emerging Visual Artists. The program creates an environment for fourth- and fifth-grade students to participate in the creative arts [continue reading…]

Manayunk

Manayunk: Keeping Up With the Woman Who Runs Main Street

March 12, 2018 William Brown 1

Chances are if you have seen a new business or event in Manayunk, Jane Lipton has been a part of it.  Lipton (below right) is the executive director of the Manayunk Development Corporation. Her job [continue reading…]

Port Richmond

Port Richmond: One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure

March 12, 2018 Morgan Kruczek 0

Robert McCormac is a firm believer in the saying that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” McCormac started out in the salvage business, learning from Jomar retail shop owner, Dick Segal. Segal taught him how to [continue reading…]

East Falls

East Falls: Glassblowing Studio Is All Access To The Public

March 12, 2018 Breanna Perez 0

With the help of over-sized tweezers, a wooden paddle and a 2,000 degree furnace, Nikolaj Christensen and his coworkers at East Falls Glassworks are able to turn molten glass into a masterpiece. Nikolaj Christensen is [continue reading…]

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PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com Magazine

March 9, 2018 Christopher Malo 0

In the summer of 2017, through a generous donation from Lew and Janet Klein, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com invited five former students (Jonathan Ginsburg, Jared Phillips, Ramona Roberts, Brianna Spause and Bob Stewart) to participate in a fellowship [continue reading…]

Amateur Sports

Strawberry Mansion: For Students at Hank Gathers Center, Success is Top Priority

March 6, 2018 Moore Kaitlyn 0

It’s 10 a.m. Saturday when the young, aspiring basketball players of Hank Gathers Recreation Center trickle into the gymnasium. By 11 a.m., practice has started. The gym is full as coaches Rodney Richardson and George [continue reading…]

Brewerytown

Brewerytown: Stylist Veronica Dunbar Shares Her ‘Fit for a Queen’ Dream

March 6, 2018 Donlevie Theresa 0

Veronica Dunbar has called Brewerytown home for two years now. Originally from Southwest Philadelphia, she grew up in her father’s barbershop, where he worked for nearly 40 years. Surrounded by hairstylists from a young age, [continue reading…]

Amateur Sports

Callowhill: Mission Accomplished for Roman Catholic Point Guard Lynn Greer III

March 5, 2018 Easterling Evan 0

As Lynn Greer III warmed up in the layup line before Roman Catholic High School’s game against Neumann-Goretti just over a year ago, the freshman felt pain he never suffered before. When he landed, Greer’s [continue reading…]

North Philadelphia

North Philadelphia: Colwin Williams Goes From Prison to Protector of City’s At Risk Youth

March 5, 2018 Roberts Jennifer 2

Colwin Williams first began getting in trouble in school, fighting in order to appear tough. As he got older, the trouble continued. He got caught up in drugs and by his early 20s, Williams had [continue reading…]

Germantown

Germantown: Building Community One Conversation at a Time

March 1, 2018 Reed Margo 1

Keith Schenck sees familiar faces on every Germantown corner. Schenck, a photographer, is involved in an artists’ collective as a leader and mentor. He and fellow artists organized two One Love Guns Down events to raise funds [continue reading…]

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