2015 - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Pretty Uber driver knows where to hit you

Nine hundred dollars is how much Kabria Johnson’s friend told Johnson she made in one day driving for the ride-sharing service Uber. Out on just her third day on the…

April 9, 2015

ART BUILDINGS ENTERTAINMENT

Expectant parents take a “Waltz in the Woods”

The day before Easter Sunday, Nick Hasselback and his wife, Jenna, who was due to deliver their first child four days later, marveled at Patrick Dougherty's new stick sculpture installation…

April 8, 2015

DANCE EVENTS INTERNATIONAL

Punjabi, Gugurati girls dance in high energy duet

Karen Kaur (left) of Punjabi heritage and Zeel Patel of Gujurati , danced an exuberant duet, “PunjGu” at the 4th Annual “Taal Se Taal” Indo-Pak cultural show on March 28,…

March 28, 2015

BUSINESS CARS AND VEHICLES INTERNATIONAL

Moroccan Uber Driver’s American Dream

Adil Tijer, an immigrant from Morocco, drives a “black car” for Uber, a service which connects riders with drivers through its mobile apps. On your correspondent’s first trip with Uber,…

March 21, 2015

BUSINESS Food and Drink STORES

The Fresh Market Rises in Chestnut Hill

Helen Ambrose watches construction progress of The Fresh Market store and condominium complex in Chestnut Hill with mixed feelings. A few years ago Ambrose and her neighbors were commiserating about…

March 19, 2015

Books ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS

Orphan Train – Objects, Memories, Improv

Langston Darby held an icepack to his jaw before his program on “Found Objects: Unleash the Voice of the Everyday through Performance“ at the Chestnut Hill Branch of the Free…

March 9, 2015

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS Sports

Drexel Dragons basketball breathe fire

Drexel University Homecoming King Richard Felix and his frat brothers cheered on the Drexel men’s basketball team to victory against the College of Charleston Cougars this past Saturday. And the…

January 26, 2015

ENTERTAINMENT HOBBIES LOVE

Singing without her ukulele

Julia Weekes loves to sing with a musical instrument and to bash out non-ukulele sounding songs like hard core rock on the ukulele she got from a jazz bass player…

January 10, 2015

HEALTH POLITICS Poverty

Urges passage of paid sick leave bill in Philly

Dee Servance was canvassing door-to-door on a bitter cold winter night to raise support for a paid sick leave bill in Philadelphia. As it is now, low paid workers who…

January 9, 2015

BUSINESS CARS AND VEHICLES CRIME

Car body shop manager talks shop

Your correspondent took his wife’s car to Dr. Ralph’s Automotive Services Center in Roxborough after she discovered one morning that it had been bashed overnight. While a technician was dusting…

January 2, 2015