2012 - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Nayus, battles dragon priest

Nayus, son of Hamuka, of Tamriel, Skyrim, enaged in a fierce battle with the dragon priest was shot by the priest through a portal to the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival in Philadelphia Fairmount Park on Sunday, April 15, 2012

April 18, 2012

BUILDINGS Current Affairs Life and Death

Quiet fallen firefighter played “Prince Charming”

Bishop McDevitt High School Admissions Director Christopher Seifert smiles recalling the memory of former schoolmate Daniel Sweeney. The young Philadelphia firefighter died from injuries suffered battling a blaze in a…

April 12, 2012

ART ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS

Adirondack chairs melt vacationers

Scott Blunk and his wife, Tyler Art School assistant professor Lisa Kay, redesigned a pair of Adirondack chairs depicting the remains of a fictional vacationing couple who became so relaxed…

March 26, 2012

African-American Books HISTORY

Million men marched

Kelly Starling Lyons, an author of African American theme pictured books, shared her stories with students at the J.S Jenks Middle School in Philadelphia in celebration of Black History month…

March 6, 2012

ART HISTORY INTERNATIONAL

Sackbut – built it, plays it

Nate Wood, a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in trombone, makes his living freelancing with various baroque music groups, mostly in Europe. He also has two of his…

March 5, 2012

CARS AND VEHICLES POLITICS

Flips parking authority the bird for boot

A carpenter from Media doing work in Philadelphia fumes when he encounters the parking authority immobilizing his parked car with a big yellow “boot” for unpaid parking tickets. ----------------------- [I’m]…

February 29, 2012

ART DISABILITY Elderly

Blind, they sculpt

Michael Gieschen, who lost his vision due to retinitis pigmentosa, sports a tee-shirt emblazoned with a group of walkers under the words “Blinds to Go” the name of his team…

February 16, 2012

Current Affairs HEALTH MEDICINE

How would pro-life student regulate abortion?

A student who attends a Christian high school describes himself as "pro-life" and ponders how he would regulate abortion. ----------------------------------------------------- I had off because I didn’t have a midterm…

February 13, 2012

ANIMALS Elderly NonProfits

April, 31years old, Ryerss Horse Farm Retiree

Gregory Marincola volunteers at Ryerss Farm, a “retirement” community for old and formerly abused horses, located on nearly 400 acres of land in Chester County. http://www.ryerss.com There, Marincola visits with…

January 30, 2012

Elderly HOBBIES INTERNATIONAL

Grandpop goes digital

Garland Thompson was monkeying around with a large camera on the bench just outside the Allens Lane Art Center when, as I was about to go in, I paused to…

January 25, 2012