Neighborhoods

For five minutes every New Year’s Day in Philadelphia, the Duffy String Band struts its stuff down Broad Street during the Mummers Parade. These five minutes are the culmination of a year’s worth of planning,

Patchwork Brewerytown earned the Cities that Learn Award from the International Living Future Institute and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The project was to develop a more sustainable living environment for Brewerytown. Philadelphia architects

This past Saturday, Fairhill residents filed onto Congreso’s ground floor to learn the basics of how to properly manage their finances. A financial literacy town hall was hosted by Congreso de Latinos Unidos and AARP

The fourth floor of George W. Nebinger School used to bustle with energy from sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, but this past Monday, the floor was mostly vacant. With the exception of two carpenters, the emptiness

On Monday nights at The Irish Times, a small, intimate pub tucked away at 2nd and Bainbridge, Mike Dougherty can be found hosting his weekly open mic nights. Dougherty, a Mayfair resident, started the series

Comic books and comic book characters are all of the rage these days. With a major comic book film coming out at least once a year since the turn of the century–Faust: Love of the

https://vimeo.com/31698464] Needles, the thought of needles or being injected by needles makes some people cringe, but not Derek Jackson. He said he donates blood to the Northeast Philadelphia branch of the American Red Cross “whenever

Read the version in Spanish here in Al Dia. A piece of computer paper was taped to the window at the front desk of the Salvation Army. It read “Sorry, no more boy coats” with