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Arts and Entertainment

Kensington: Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Connects With The Community

March 3, 2016 Raya Abdelaal

Walking down Master Street in Kensington, it’s almost impossible to miss the Crane Arts building. Located in front of the building, two light brown doors lead to the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, a space that provides the

Education

North Central: Lynn Dorwaldt Uncovers History at the Wagner Institute

March 1, 2016 Victoria G Mier

Lynn Dorwaldt has always loved puzzles. “Word puzzles, crossword puzzles, logic puzzles,” she said. “I love the journey of trying to find the answer to something.” Dorwaldt, the librarian at the Wagner Free Institute of

Education

South Philadelphia: Children’s Hospital And City Combine For A ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Community Health And Literacy Center

January 8, 2016 Julianne Rose Spingler

In 2012 plans for a large, conglomerate project between the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia started to take shape after the realization that the needs of city residents were outgrowing provided

Center City

Center City: Billy Penn & A New Wave of Media

December 8, 2015 pnadmin

In October, City Paper, one of Philadelphia’s alternative weekly newspapers, ceased operations. A month later, a hefty round of layoffs were announced at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com. In the face of shut downs and

Education

LGBTQ: Out4STEM Bridges the Gap for STEM-Interested LGBTQ Youth

November 5, 2015 Claire Marie Johnsen

We can all agree that becoming a scientist is hard. Learning the inner workings of a computer entails dissecting a language consisting of ones and zeroes, while engineering fields require advanced mathematical comprehension. In other

Education

Strawberry Mansion: Q&A with Lawrence Battle

September 25, 2015 pnadmin

Lawrence Battle, a Strawberry Mansion native, has been volunteering at the Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center (SMNAC) for more than two years. The center is one of more than 50 KEYSPOTS in the city dedicated

Technology

Technically Philly: The Passion Behind EvoXLabs

April 21, 2015

After suffering from a spinal cord injury as result of a car accident in 2013, Ather Sharif began his Spinal Cord Injury Blog soon after to motivate people in a similar situation to move forward.

Science

University City: Philadelphia Start Up Accelerator Fosters Innovation

April 3, 2015

DreamIt Ventures is an international startup incubator headquartered in Philadelphia. SInce its founding in 2007, the firm has launched more than 150 companies. Using a 12 week “business bootcamp,” the firm takes entrepreneur’s and their

Chestnut Hill

Northwest: Free Library of Philadelphia Leads Community

February 18, 2015

We spoke with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Northwest Area Coordinator Jeff Bullard, and Andorra Branch Librarian JoAnne Woods about how the Free Library serves the community in the Northwest, and also in what ways

Featured Stories

Technically Philly: DroneCast, The Flying Advertising Company That’s Shaking Things Up

January 9, 2015

For 19-year-old Raj Singh, disrupting the norms of advertising is the name of the game. Singh, whose first name is really GauravJit but goes by Raj, came up with the disruption when he had the

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