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Kensington: Artists Make New Homes Amongst Longtime Residents

January 7, 2015

Areas like Kensington, Fishtown and Olde Kensington have become synonymous with a new rising scene that was not there before. With each artist that moves into the area, the culture begins to shift and the

Arts and Entertainment

Olde Kensington: Pig Iron Encourages Students to Find Individual Artistic Vision

December 15, 2014

The Pig Iron Theatre Company, founded in 1995, has since its inception created over two dozen original works. In 2011, the Pig Iron Theatre Company launched the Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training (APT).

Education

Strawberry Mansion: Revamped High School Trying to Make a Comeback

December 11, 2014

In the 2011-2012 school year, 26 assaults and eight serious incidents involving weapons took place within the walls of Strawberry Mansion High School, according to school district data. The following year, those numbers dropped to nine assaults

Business

West Kensington: Weathering an Economic Storm

December 8, 2014

Kensington Avenue, once the area’s centralized strip of commercial business, is still bustling to this day. New faces, new businesses and new wares are sold up and down the avenue. The first mile of Kensington

Arts and Entertainment

West Kensington: Street Art Adds Vibrance to Neighborhood

December 4, 2014

“No sense caring about it,” said Richard Connon, owner of Richard’s Bike Shop on Kensington Avenue at Lehigh Avenue. “I can’t do nothin’ about it. It ain’t the first time, they do it a lot

Arts and Entertainment

Ludlow: Couple Gives New Life to Maas Building, Opening It to Community

December 3, 2014

Ben Riesman and Catherine Birdsall are finally satisfied with the endless amount of work and money they have poured into the Maas Building – a project they have been working on for six years. The couple bought

Crime

Strawberry Mansion: Community Garden Serves as a Haven for Students

December 3, 2014

The garden across from J.G. Blaine School, filled with vibrant orange mums and brightly painted blue fences, held a small class of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students one crisp Friday morning. While on the surface the

Education

Kensington: Group Gives Voice to Young People Working for Change

December 3, 2014

Youth United for Change (YUC) is an organization that focuses on helping youth to express issues they see in their schools and neighborhoods. Another one of the primary functions of YUC is to help its members

Housing

Strawberry Mansion: Community Group Ensures Developers Listen to Residents

December 2, 2014

Inside the first floor of a row home on 28th and Diamond streets sits the Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corp. (SMCDC) Splashed across the orange and cream walls are newspaper clippings and building plans. Papers fly

Education

Strawberry Mansion: Students Rise with New Youth Development Program

December 1, 2014

And Still I Rise, a youth development program for children ages 8 to 18, opened in May. It received its name from a poem written by the late Maya Angelou. “You may trod me in

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