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Arts and Entertainment

South Philadelphia: The Mummers Fancy Brigades Spend a Year Preparing Their Performances

May 29, 2024Zachary Giuseppe Silverstein

The Mummers Parade has been a New Year’s Day staple in Philadelphia since 1901 and has five divisions: the Comics, the Wenches, the String Bands, the Fancies, and the Fancy Brigades.

Featured Stories

Kensington: ‘Rise of the Tigers’ Featured in Metro

April 29, 2013charper

The Rise of the Tigers, a documentary about the Kensington football team available in part on Philadelphia Neighborhoods, was featured on the front page of  Metro at https://bit.ly/18bE3iN You can see part of the documentary

Amateur Sports

Kensington: A Football Team Inspires the Players and the Community

February 16, 2013charper

Welcome to Rise of the Tigers, a documentary series that chronicles the story of the Kensington Tigers football team. Now in its second season, the team finds its home in one of the city’s roughest

Amateur Sports

Kensington: Rise of the Kensington Tigers Football Team

February 16, 2013

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo The sun gleamed over the tall, white wall looming next to the coarse and patchy field by the El stop at

Amateur Sports

Kensington: Football and Dreams of Friday Night Lights Ender the El

February 16, 2013

At first sight, the field on Front and Berks Streets that the Kensington Tigers call home is unremarkable but manageable. It seems to be about the right size. There is good clearance from any obstacles

Education

Kensington: The Kensington Multiplex of High Schools Grapple Budget Cuts

February 16, 2013

The Kensington Multiplex of High Schools is made up of four schools–Kensington Creative and Performing Arts, Kensington Health and Science Academy, Kensington High School for International Business and Kensington Urban Education Academy. Once one large

Amateur Sports

Kensington: The Families of Kensington Football

February 16, 2013

Family is a strange term. While it is immediately recognizable what a family is, the definition varies wildly across cultures and individuals. To some, family simply means mom, dad and siblings.To others, it includes an

Amateur Sports

Kensington: Members of the Team Look Toward Their Futures

February 16, 2013

The Kensington Tigers ended their 2012 season with a matchup against Northeast High School in the blistering cold of a nor’easter. While the game ended in a loss and left the Tiger’s without a win

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