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Northeast: Clydesdale Horses Visit FOP Building

September 9, 2013 0

Budweiser’s Clydesdale horses were on display at the new Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in the Northeast last week. This free event was open to residents of all ages. Throughout last week, the Clydesdales attended [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Whitman: Vacant Lot to be Renovated into Proposed Casino

September 9, 2013 0

On the northeast border of the Whitman neighborhood lies t Snyder Plaza and Columbus Commons, two shopping centers filled with a variety of stores such as Marshall’s, Lowes and Ikea. Restaurants like Champp’s and Longhorn [continue reading…]

Religion

Spruce Hill: Philly Celebrates Pagan Pride at Clark Park

September 5, 2013 0

Philadelphia Pagan Pride hosted its first incorporated Pagan Pride Day at Clark Park last week on Aug. 31. Pagan Pride Day is a chance for Pagans, Wiccans, Heathens and other groups to celebrate shared traditions [continue reading…]

Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill: Nature in Unexpected Places

September 5, 2013 0

A cool breeze caresses you as you walk through a tree-lined path. The sounds of birds, cicadas and the flow of water are the only sounds able to be heard. No one would ever imagine [continue reading…]

Amateur Sports

South Philadelphia: Coaching Duo Splits After Mosco Accepts Head Coaching Position

September 5, 2013 0

For the past 16 years, Neumann-Goretti High School boy’s basketball head coach Carl Arrigale and assistant coach John Mosco have worked closely with each other while bringing the Saints program to prominence within the Catholic [continue reading…]

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Germantown: Face to Face Provides for Local Needs

September 4, 2013 0

The bustling dining room will give anyone who enters both a warm welcome as well as a hot meal. The free lunch is available at Face to Face Friday through Monday at 12:30. Located on [continue reading…]

Openly gay Asanda Madosi smokes a cigarette in between classes at the University of Witwatersrand.
Featured Stories

Gay and Lesbian South Africans Fight for Cultural Acceptance

August 22, 2013 0

Asanda Madosi was 21 years old when he told his mother he was gay.  “My mother saw pictures of me in makeup and called me to tell me that we needed to talk,” said Madosi.  [continue reading…]

Germantown

Germantown: La Rose Jazz Club Offers Appeals to Jazz Enthusists of All Ages

August 16, 2013 0

Henderson, a drummer who works as an auto inspector during the day, uses his Sunday session to service Philadelphia’s jazz community to cultivate new talent by mixing players of all ages. Henderson insists that there [continue reading…]

Environment

Powelton Village: City Harvest, Summer Winter Garden Give Back

August 16, 2013 0

[vimeo 69130357] The City Harvest Program, founded by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, provides fresh produce to residents in need. The program, which is in its seventh year, was started by local gardeners who wanted to share [continue reading…]

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Center City

Center City: Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal Gather to Support Oral Arguments Against Resentencing

July 11, 2013 0

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s name has become ubiquitous for the issue of mass incarceration in the United States. The former journalist and Black Panther has come to represent the plight of political prisoners both locally and internationally. [continue reading…]

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