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 https://vimeo.com/30003951] The melodic sounds of festive singing accompanying thumping rhythms of barriles drums poured out onto North Fifth Street late Sunday night.  The sounds were emanating from the Instituto Puertorriqueno de Musica, or the Puerto

Last Saturday afternoon, passers-by stopped along the Centro de Oro’s sun-drenched streets to admire jewelry, literature and Puerto Rican culture at the 25th Annual Book and Crafts Fair. Taller Puertorriqueno hosted the event at the

https://vimeo.com/29979678] While South Philadelphia’s Italian Market has been considered a cultural hub since its beginning, a large influx of Mexican immigrants has been taking up the storefronts, revitalizing the marketplace and populating its surrounding neighborhoods.

Despite the numerous problems that people face in Germantown, resident Cheryl Bird, along with others, take advantage of the numerous free food programs that the area’s churches and organizations offer. “You cannot starve down here.

https://vimeo.com/29851753] Benjamin Hawkins sat in Vernon Park eating a chocolate cupcake he was given by the Vernon Park cleanup crew. Upon finishing the snack, Hawkins quickly tossed its crinkled wax wrapper to the ground. “Oh,

This past weekend Podcamp Philly hosted its fifth annual convention in the Tuttleman Learning Center at Temple University and while the name of the event implies a focus on podcasting, this year there was a

Martha Turpin shuffled in and out of well-stocked grocery aisles, putting food she desired into her shopping basket: chicken broth, cheese crackers and frozen meat. It may sound like Turpin was at a suburban Superfresh,

Glenn Segal is a man who talks fast. Earnestly and fervently dispensing his opinion and gesticulating animatedly while he discusses his novel series, Devine Intervention, he somehow manages to cover everything from the Grateful Dead