Just above a small engraving warehouse on Frankford Avenue is a collaborative space for writers. Walls are lined with ampersand prints and paintings by local artists, while crowded bookshelves overflow with both old and new works of [continue reading…]
The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative provides custom job training to produce valuable workers for institutions like Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and other major employers from day one on the job. WPSI is a part of [continue reading…]
Tattered boxing posters of yesteryears famous boxers posed in their toughest stance around the Irish Catholic cross hand-painted in the middle of the bright blue boxing ring. “I try to repaint it before we have [continue reading…]
This September makes five years that Mt. Airy Art Garage has brought artists out of isolation and provided a sanctuary for the creative-minded to commune, inspire and support one another in the Northwest communities of Germantown, [continue reading…]
In Northwest Philadelphia, a large and stately secondary school sits vacant, a Property for Sale sign on the front lawn where youth once dotted the landscape. A shopping cart with multicolored garment and trash bags is parked [continue reading…]
Across from the local 7-Eleven and other corporate establishments that are proliferating across Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Temple University’s main campus, the Fox School of Business’ Small Business Development Center has been helping the [continue reading…]
Arch Enemy Arts isn’t the typical gallery that one would find in Old City, Philadelphia. It stands out as one of the most diverse art galleries in Philadelphia. The gallery was founded by Lawren Alice, [continue reading…]
Want to hang out with a few of your church leaders from Gloria Dei the Old Swedes’ Episcopal Church? Look for them at the bar. “We grew the hops ourselves,” said Paula Minacci, one of [continue reading…]
Sipping a coffee at the Bean Exchange three blocks from his home on Bainbridge Street, Bella Vista resident Joel Palmer spoke in disgust about a trash container. “Why this one has been allowed to stay [continue reading…]
What was intended as a quick errand to Home Depot turned into a nightmare for new Philadelphia resident, JJ Pierce. Leaving the store, she realized her red Honda-CRV was no longer in the parking lot, [continue reading…]
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