INTERNATIONAL - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Scot reflects on “No” vote on independence

Andrew, a Scotsman who has been out of the country for the past few years, says he probably would have voted in favor of independence from Great Britain in the…

October 10, 2014

ART EVENTS INTERNATIONAL

Al-Bustan showcases Arab art and music at Morris Arboretum

From the Al-Bustan website "We are thrilled to return to Morris Arboretum where Al-Bustan Camp started back in July 2002. In fact, it was Morris Arboretum’s beautiful gardens that inspired…

September 22, 2014

CRIME Current Affairs Family

Disappeared in Ecuador – families protest

Family members chanted outside the Presidential Palace in Quito, Ecuador calling on the government and President Rafael Correa to take action in locating loved ones who have been disappeared. (Kidnappers…

September 2, 2014

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Family

Landscaper continues family tradition

Fifty years ago, when John Antonucci’s grandfather, Frank, immigrated from Italy and established his masonry business in North Wales, Pa outside Philadelphia, there was just a stop sign outside at…

June 2, 2014

Children INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

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…

March 27, 2014

ART Books Education

Antonelli Institute teachers and students got talent

Most students at the Antonelli Institute of Graphic Design and Photography in Erdenheim, Pa, just outside of Philadelphia, enroll coming out of high school. They must first study traditional film…

January 20, 2014

BUILDINGS BUSINESS Children

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…

December 16, 2013

Children Current Affairs EVENTS

“Obama, don’t deport my Mama”

The Mexican-American and Spanish speaking communities rallied in Norristown Monday evening for immigration reform. They demanded that Congress pass the immigration legislation that is now stalled and overshadowed by the…

September 11, 2013

ART Education ENTERTAINMENT

Combines yoga, hula hooping

Vanessa Hazzard-Tillman teaches hula hooping in East Falls, entertains at parties and at the Public Eye: Artists Animals July 4th Vegan Potluck picnic in Harper’s Meadow in Chestnut Hill, she…

July 11, 2013

Current Affairs ENVIRONMENT Food and Drink

Bhutan refugees renew farming in Philly

At the age of six, Bishnu Kamar (left) fled her native Bhutan where, she says, the government was trying to kill its own people. She lived the next twenty-two years…

June 3, 2013