July, 2012 - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

New barber cuts old style

Greg Roussos is a new barber doing old style barbering at the Wissahickon Barber Shop in Roxborough. Old style is spending more time with the customer, doing scissor over combing…

July 18, 2012

ART BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT

Chestnut Hill mural is artist’s romp-l’oeil of Wissahickon Valley

I ask mural artist Ann Norththrup to take a break and hold up her paint-spattered hands. We chat about the watercolor she painted of the Wissahickon Park that she and her crew of helpers are now installing on the wall of Bredenbeck's Bakery, the first mural in Chestnut Hill, Northwest Philadelphia. Watch video here.

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July 14, 2012

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Filipino immigrant is patriotic

Helen Villagracia, who emigrated from the Philippines to the U.S. six years ago, was wearing a blue and red Superman t-shirt and holding an American flag as she relaxed on…

July 10, 2012

NATURE RECREATION Sports

Kitesurfing rough waves

A couple guys in wetsuits were out in the surf kitesurfing on a late afternoon off the Seaside Park beach. The surf was rough and just the day before two…

July 4, 2012