Almost every shop has specials on the consumer-driven holiday of Black Friday. However, Chestnut Hill’s independent record store, Hideaway Music, took part in quite a unique day. The event known as “Back to Black Friday” [continue reading…]
Resting along Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts, the 4.5-acre vacant lot on the corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue serves as a local artists canvas for a soon-to-be sculpture. Cirque du Soleil once occupied [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/80979879] Stanford Thompson is a tender 26 years-old but has already established a program that is trying to change music education in the city of Philadelphia. With Play on, Philly!, Thompson is combining his education [continue reading…]
With the $304 million deficit facing the Philadelphia School District this year, music education was among the first programs to get cut. However, one special after school program is encouraging students to play on. Play [continue reading…]
In 2011, Stanford Thompson created Play on, Philly! with the goal of changing the lives of Philadelphia youth through music. With the help of Carole Haas Gravagno and a few other dedicated musicians and sponsors, [continue reading…]
Maybe Kermit the Frog was wrong when he insisted it wasn’t “easy being green.” Well, at least some of the kids at Chew Recreation Center at 18th and Ellsworth streets seem to disagree with the pessimistic muppet. [continue reading…]
On an unusually warm November afternoon, the 400 block of Manton Street was overflowing people. The crowd’s focus was Manton Street Park, a small pocket park toward the corner of Manton and 4th streets. In [continue reading…]
Online shopping is the new trip to the mall. With the rise of Internet commerce, business owners are capitalizing on digital opportunity. Luba Patlakh, a 26-year-old Ukraine-to-Philadelphia transplant, cut her slice of the pie with [continue reading…]
The Philadelphia Federal Credit Union, located on Townsend Road in Northeast Philadelphia, recently held its second annual “Back-To-Savings Art Contest” for local 3rd through 5th grade students in the Philadelphia area. Students were asked to submit a [continue reading…]
In the heart of Northwest Philadelphia, just off Germantown Avenue, sits the headquarters of G-Town Radio. Located on the quiet Maplewood Mall, the online radio station has been in existence since 2008, under the supervision [continue reading…]
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