Slave Tour of Mount Vernon Evolves
The evolved enslaved people tour of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate focuses on mutual transformation of owner and possessed, reveals sexual liaisons between gentry and enslaved women, and more.
Category: Stories
Comrade Pineapple, Soviet Great-Granddaughter
Julia Alekseyeva emigrated to the United States from Russia when she was four years old. Her relationship with most members of her family was fraught. [Read More…]
Wolfpig brand wearable art
School art teacher starts t-shirt (wearable art) business featuring images of a wolf and and pig together, “wolfpig,” to promote political and social change, explore mythology and express spirituality.
Reverend offers free prayer for Starbucks customers
The Reverend Paul Adler, installed just last summer as rector at the Episcopal Church of Saint Alban in Roxborough, Philadelphia prays for people who come [Read More…]
Sign Language Students Act Out
Students in an advanced American Sign Language (ASL) class offered by the Deaf-Hearing Communication Center based in Swarthmore, PA took turns acting out and signing [Read More…]
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 [Read More…]
Female killer film starts shooting in Chestnut Hill
Watch video here. On Tuesday, May 21st, at the home of Mary Moorhouse and Angela Griffiths on the corner of Ardleigh and Meade Streets in [Read More…]
Chabad Rabbi lights public Hanukah menorah
It appeared that Rabbi Yitzchok Gurevitz’s faith in the accuracy of the weather forecast was rewarded last evening. Skies cleared just before the public lighting [Read More…]
Writers read aloud – 2013 Chestnut Hill Book Festival
Above: Olin and Shirley Gentry Philadelphia Stories Presents: Local Literary Voices was one of three events hosted by Philadelphia Stories at the Chestnut Hill Book [Read More…]
Three days on roof, survived Hurricane Katrina
NOTE: INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED ON 4/21/13 WHICH CALLS THE VERACITY OF THIS ACCOUNT INTO QUESTION. Watch video interview here Jo Quasney is a survivor [Read More…]