Topics

Devnuts, located in a 3,000-square-foot collaborative workspace in Northern Liberties, is an organization started in the spring of 2007 by former Drexel students Chris Alfano and John Fazio. Briefly, Devnuts welcomes freelance web developers and [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/17931160] Sixty-two-year-old Fran McDonald sits anxiously at her computer with her white binder full of handouts scattered with her own notes as she waits for class to start. “Me and Excel are having a ball,” [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20182845] As they struggle with long-term demographic changes and the impact of a new round of clergy abuse scandals, the Catholic parishes of Manayunk warmly welcomed Cardinal Justin Rigali on Sunday. Cardinal Rigali celebrated the [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20005894] Philadelphia is home to a lot of firsts, including the first known American flag in 1777 and the first meeting of the U. S. Congress in 1789. Nearly a century earlier, however, there was [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20016934] “We celebrate Valentine’s Day by acknowledging and thanking our Veterans, whether they’re here or not,” said Dr. Althea Hankins while scouring the crowd for a Tuskegee airmen who happened to be missing in action. [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20008672] With its large stonewalls and windows peering down upon the almost deserted street, Hannah House Inc. seems almost out of place. On a street some distance from the business district in Fairhill, the looming [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/19996483] Places of worship are very common throughout the city of Philadelphia. With what started as a congregation that met in the house of its minister, The Greater St. Luke’s Disciple Church has since grown [continue reading…]

Principal Sister Mary Ripp patrolled the hallways of Our Lady of Port Richmond on her way to  supervise the lunch room. The hallways were alive with second-, fourth- and sixth-graders making their way to the [continue reading…]