Sheila Johnson left her corporate banking job in Center City and returned to her community to help run the University Thriftshop at 1723 Cecil B. Moore Ave. This business is about recycling items that people [continue reading…]
Puppies were the featured focus of the 3rd Annual Save The Mums & Mutts Fundraiser held at the Burke Playground, Second and Jackson streets, on the first Saturday in October that also included games, live [continue reading…]
For Margarita Rivera, trying to stay afloat in these tough economic times has proven to be quite a challenge; however, her own financial hardships have not deterred her from giving back to her community. Rivera [continue reading…]
A longtime Philadelphia artist is working to both restore and add to a Kensington mural first completed over a decade ago. Located on the side a residential building at 2144 E. Arizona St., Tropical Landscape [continue reading…]
Most Philadelphians are escaping work and heading to happy hour around 5 p.m. on every second Friday of the month. But in Powelton Village, artists and non-artists alike are probably hitting the streets for their [continue reading…]
The opening reception for the Annual Members Show at the Manayunk Roxborough Art Center took place this weekend. The Manayunk Roxborough Art Center, located at 419 Green Lane, has been promoting art in the community for [continue reading…]
[vimeo 50998066] From fused glass to woodworking, and hand weaving to encaustic mixed media, artists in the Manayunk, Roxborough and East Falls region participated in the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, putting art at the forefront over [continue reading…]
The North Philly Aztecs football team has been a vital presence in Hunting Park since 1993, but the Aztecs haven’t played a home football game in 19 years because of the poor conditions at their [continue reading…]
The arts-based Latino outreach group, Taller Puertorriqueño, this week hosted print-maker Danny Alvarez at its building on 2721 N. Fifth St. Alvarez’s prints and other artwork will be showcased by the Brandywine Workshop at the Philadelphia Museum of Art [continue reading…]
At the First Annual West Mount Airy Neighbors Blocktoberfest Run/Walk Saturday, runner No. 151 Tiffany Thurman finished last. But, she said, the run was a victory in her eyes. “I was the first to start [continue reading…]
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