Category: Norris Square

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

Fashion: How Dylan Kepp Brings their Drag Persona “Iris Spectre” To Life

December 30, 2024 Marie Schmidt

The drag performer creates all of their own designs, in addition to designing for others.

The Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden Brings Kensington Neighbors Together

December 11, 2024 Ashley Marie Green

The Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden in the Norris Square neighborhood of Philadelphia regularly hosts potlucks to unite the artistic community. On Nov. 3, the garden hosted a Dia De Los Muertos celebration.

Norris Square: Neighborhood Project Helps Keep Park Clean

April 10, 2011

Norris Square Park is a clean park compared to some of the other parks in Kensington that are littered drug paraphernalia with used syringes and other debris. That’s because the Norris Square Neighborhood Project helps keep