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Home2025November

Month: November 2025

Environment

Staying Afloat Amid Federal Funding Cuts: A Conversation with Alliance for Watershed Education Managing Director Jamē McCray

November 19, 2025 Kayla Levine

As the Trump administration dismantles federal agencies dedicated to monitoring and mitigating the effects of climate change, local environmental organizations are feeling the effects.

Neighborhoods

North Roots Farm Unveils Mural Honoring Community Leaders

November 19, 2025 Lucille Baker

In North Philadelphia, a new mural has brought color and meaning to a well-loved corner of the neighborhood. Local artist and Temple graduate Brandy Fortune painted the mural at 2500 N. Bouvier Street to honor

Art and Culture

New Exhibit on Benjamin Franklin Parkway Honors Philadelphia’s History of Protest

November 16, 2025 Megan Beal Russell

Nicolo Gentile’s new public work Bar None is an ode to protests that have taken place on Benjamin Franklin Parkway throughout history.  The public art installation features a series of archival images of some of

Immigration

How Two Philadelphia Pastors Are Resisting Trump

November 10, 2025 Lilly Harris Werling

On a warm October Sunday inside West Kensington Ministry, 20 people pull up chairs and gather in a circle around the Reverend.  It’s a small church on the corner of Norris Square Park in the heart of North Philadelphia.  The group of congregants is diverse: They are different

Neighborhoods

10th Annual Turkey Day Tailgate

November 10, 2025 Chelsea Lubbe

A decade of giving back to Philadelphia’s community, PhillyPR girl’s event returns for their 10th year with the Headstrong Foundation  The Giants and the Eagles had their second match up of the season after taking

Neighborhoods

8 Seconds Rodeo Rides Proudly into Philadelphia

November 9, 2025 Chelsea Lubbe

8 Seconds Rodeo rider, Tyler Torrey, rides a bull in the finals for a chance to win the $60-thousand grand prize at the Liacouras Center on Oct. 11, 2025.
Photo: Colt Gunn

Kensington

Recovery Through Community: A Conversation with Project HOME Outreach Specialist Monique Taylor

November 7, 2025 Áedán Alexander-Mullen

 Kensington, a small neighborhood in the North East of Philadelphia, is considered one of the largest open-air drug markets in the country. Last week, it made national headlines when the FBI publicly raided and arrested

Neighborhoods

Artist José Ortiz-Pagán on Indigenous Spiritual Practices and Art in a Time of Political Upheaval

November 7, 2025 Megan Beal Russell

José Ortiz-Pagán is a Puerto Rican visual artist based in Philadelphia. His work focuses on harnessing indigenous spiritual practices through murals, installations, performances and spiritual rituals to create community-engaged art. Ortiz-Pagán spoke to Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Arts and Entertainment

Funding Queer Art Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown: A Conversation with Leeway’s Pia Agrawal

November 7, 2025 Morgan L Ritter

The Trump administration’s crackdown on arts and culture funding has had particularly dire consequences for queer and trans artists and the organizations that support them. A PA Humanities CultureCheck report found that more than 90%

Arts and Entertainment

“Create Spaces of Love and Abundance”: Bearded Ladies Cabaret Founder Rose Jarboe Talks Resistance Through Queer Art

November 7, 2025 Morgan L Ritter

Since Trump took office in January, arts organizations that support queer and trans artists have faced political backlash and funding cuts.   But in Rose Jarboe’s world, it ain’t over till the bearded lady sings.  Jarboe

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