Scooping “goldfish” at Cherry Blossom Festival
At the Japanese Cherry Blossom festival in Philadelphia, a Japanese graduate student enjoys a game she recalls fondly from childhood: scooping as many super balls as she can out of…
Shaking heavy ropes
At the Mount Airy Village Fair, Urban Athlete trainers challenged passersby to try to shake two heavy ropes in undulating rhythms and sustain it for a minute. Not easy! Watch…
Grandson learns Yiddish
Your correspondent was staying with an old Quaker friend in Maine and her 11 year old grandson came over one evening for an overnight visit. The grandson had decided…
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Weaving with fabric Harry Potter style
Melissa Maddonni Haims led kids in weaving the fence at the J.S Jenks School in Chestnut Hill with colorful strips of fabric as part of the community’s annual Fall for…
Homeschooled, they sell snacks at shopping center
Four homeschooled girls are selling snacks and cold drinks four days a week outside the Andorra Shopping Center in Roxborough, Philadelphia. They have been doing this for the last ten…
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From Cuba to U.S in Operation “Pedro Pan”
While tying up bags of compost at the Henry Got Crops farm in Roxborough, Raisa Williams, a retired dean at Haverford College, recounted how she was one of fourteen thousand…
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Spotted: Princess Sofia the First
Princess Sofia the First was walking briskly down Germantown Avenue Sunday morning headed toward a birthday party. Haviva Goldman helped explain her purpled gowned daughter Annalena’s enchantment with the newish…
How Lego conquered the toy industry brick by brick
The Lego Company has been fantastically successful. In each of the last 5 years sales have risen 24% and profits, 40%. But it was not always so. For most of…
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Empty Bowl Dinner fights hunger and homelessness
Twenty five percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty level. This somber statistic was delivered last night to hundreds of diners, along with delicious soups and breads donated by dozens…
New baby, new studio at CH Fall for the Arts Fest
The youngest person at Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts festival Sunday may have been two day-old Xavier Brubaker. Sleep-deprived but happy parents Japheth and Suzanne recently returned to Chestnut…