The Olney Symphony Orchestra performed its second concert of its 67th year as an organization this week. The two-hour performance at Berachah church in Cheltenham featured Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in F Major and a solo [continue reading…]
The Shane Victorino Boys and Girls Club, located at 4000 N. Clarissa St., provides children and teenagers with a safe place where they can enjoy sports and other recreational activities with their friends. “Boys and [continue reading…]
In the basement of Norris Square Civic Association Child Care Center at 2010 Mascher St., concerned citizens of Kensington sat along side a group of Philadelphia journalists for the Center for Public Interest Journalism’s community [continue reading…]
The committee board for the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival (TAAF) is attempting to expand the annual spring event beyond Trenton Avenue by adding a pub crawl to the list of activities. “TAAFter Dark is going [continue reading…]
The city’s proposed property tax hikes wouldn’t affect lower income homeowners in Ludlow, according to the office of State Representative W. Curtis Thomas. However, many Ludlow homeowners fear the city’s new Actual Value Initiative (an [continue reading…]
Esperanza recently announced receipt of a $681,000 grant from Wells Fargo Bank. The multiple-mission organization received this grant to help fund its Hunting Park Neighborhood Strategic Plan 2022, which aims to revitalize the Hunting Park [continue reading…]
With the help of the nonprofit To Our Children’s Future With Health Inc., Club Den has grown into a well known after-school center for families. Located at 1422 W. Venango St., the center may appear [continue reading…]
The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym may appear to be just a warehouse of mixed tools, loud rap music, boisterous drilling and machinery scattered throughout the large room. However, PSG is a creative haven in progress in [continue reading…]
What does it mean to be resourceful? Cub Scouts in Pack 4101 know the answer to that question. Every Thursday at Antonia Pantoja Charter School in Hunting Park, scouts meet to practice the first Cub [continue reading…]
Just To Serve You, a West Philly soul food restaurant, recently opened its second location at 5132 N. Fifth St. Wrapping up the month- long grand opening of Just to Serve You, Too, owners reflected [continue reading…]
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