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Arts and Entertainment

Gayborhood: Bearlesque Performance Group Promotes Body Positivity

May 2, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer

Bearlesque is a body-positive, gender-inclusive burlesque performance group featuring people of all sexualities. The organization was created in 2014 by Josh Schonewolf and Connor Michalchuk as a one-off show for ‘bears,’ a slang term in

Center City

Center City West: Area Building Boom Includes High-Rise Hotels, Condos

April 28, 2017 Stetson Miller

David Ertz peered out his office window at the evolving Center City skyline he is helping to create. “It is kind of remarkable, what’s going on,” said Ertz, a partner and design architect at Cope

Arts and Entertainment

Chinatown: Gate Serves as Symbolic Entrance to Philadelphia’s Asian Community

April 25, 2017 Steven Bohnel

In a neighborhood that’s stood in Philadelphia since the 1870s, the Friendship Gate at 10th and Arch streets seems young by comparison—it was finished and dedicated in January 1984. Chinatown’s symbolic entrance, however, might not

Center City

Old City: PhillyCAM Provides Community with Media Access

April 25, 2017 Emily Milliron

Philadelphia fought to get its public access television for 27 years and, on October 23, 2009, that fight came to an end. Philadelphia Community Access Media (PhillyCAM) started its cable broadcasting on Comcast and Verizon.

Arts and Entertainment

Chinatown North/Callowhill: Naming the Neighborhood Proves To Be Longtime Challenge

April 24, 2017 Emily Rolen

There’s a battle of sorts being waged near the Vine Street Expressway. Development throughout the entire city has been picking up over the past few years in Philadelphia, and the area north of Chinatown is

Arts and Entertainment

Poplar: Congregants Drawn To Church With Deep Roots In Neighborhood

April 11, 2017 Emily Rolen

Leslie Callahan can’t pinpoint a specific reason why people end up at her church, located on the southwest corner of Wallace and 10th streets. But she does know that once people walk through the front

Center City

Activism: Rachel Winsberg Leads JVP Philly’s Outreach

April 6, 2017 Shannon Hurley

Rachel Winsberg is helping lead the way for the Jewish community in Philadelphia. Jewish Voice For Peace (JVP) is a national, grassroots organization focusing on Jewish traditions and working for a just and lasting peace. The

Arts and Entertainment

Education: Five Classes To Try In Philadelphia Today

April 6, 2017 Diamond Jones

With all the negative attention education in Philadelphia receives, the community forgets about the different opportunities laced throughout the city. While there are endless programs serving the area’s youth, there are an abundance of classes

Center City

Activism: Five Historical Activism Locations In Philadelphia

April 5, 2017 Shannon Hurley

As the birthplace of the U.S., Philadelphia holds the history of William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and many others. These people stood on the front lines of making a change, not necessarily in battle,

Education

Activism: Fighting For Transgender Rights In Philadelphia

April 4, 2017 Kristine Fenstermacher

During the Obama administration, federal guidelines released called on public schools to allow transgender students to be able to choose the bathroom facility according to their self-professed gender identity. On Feb. 22, 2017, President Trump’s administration notified the U.S.

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