As students gathered in the classroom, one young boy assembled the chess board on the table ready to play the game. The Paul Robeson Chess Club is an independent Mikyeil El-Mekki founded in 2005. El-Mekki [continue reading…]
The Passyunk Square Civic Association recently hosted its second annual P’unk Square Community Art Show and Auction where neighborhood residents gathered at the Theatre Exile, 1340 S. 13th St., for a night full of art, [continue reading…]
Quiet often envelopes walk into the John C. Anderson Cultural Center, located at 5301 Overbrook Ave., until a descent downstairs to the dance studio. There music blares from a stereo as young girls of various [continue reading…]
As Kathleen Reed removed a fresh tray of cookies from the oven at her Lancaster Ave. café on a recent Saturday afternoon, a pleasant smell of warm chocolate filled the room. Yet, the atmosphere was [continue reading…]
For the past 12 years, sentiments among many Americans towards Muslims has been anything but smooth. Muslims have become perhaps the most hated group of people in America ever since the 9/11 (2001) attacks on [continue reading…]
Two shootings occurred on the same block in Hunting Park during March. They happened close to home. They happened on a quiet street full of close-knit neighbors who spend days out on their stoops, watching [continue reading…]
[vimeo 62712343] Residents on the 6300 block of Overbrook Avenue confidently express pride as one of the few neighborhoods where one can still go next door to borrow sugar or eggs and everyone knows each other’s [continue reading…]
[vimeo 62800136] A large crowd recently gathered for a rally at Love Park in support of immigration reform. Several organizations including Juntos were involved with the event. One of the key speakers was Miguel Andrade. He [continue reading…]
Located at 47 E. Haines St., the Janes Memorial United Methodist Church sits nearby Germantown High School and across the street from Robert Fulton Elementary School, both of which will be closed by September. Janes [continue reading…]
Residents throughout Graduate Hospital have expressed concern about the lack of fairness and accuracy in property value reassessments under AVI, regardless of how long they have resided in the neighborhood. “I was born and raised [continue reading…]
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