CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Lisa’ Army- Pumpkin Race to help cancer patients

According to her Dad, Bill, when Lisa Loonstyn was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 20, she accelerated the process of having a baby in expectation that she would need…

October 25, 2014

EVENTS POLITICS

Started Free Dominion Party, seeking seat on Philly Council

Michael Galganski is the founder of the Free Dominion Political Party. At the Philadelphia 12th Democratic Party Ward meeting on October 2, 2014, he announced he is running for the Philadelphia…

October 13, 2014

ART EVENTS Photography

Young photography profs open their studio

Sarah Kaufman, Vita Litvak and June Yong Lee are photographers who teach at area colleges and share a spacious, well-lit third floor studio space at Kendrick Mill in the Germantown…

October 13, 2014

ART CHILDREN ENTERTAINMENT

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…

October 10, 2014

ANIMALS EDUCATION FOOD + DRINK

Mondays without meat

At the Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival, a Humane Society advocate asked people to try going “meatless” on Mondays as a step toward ending the keeping and killing…

October 10, 2014

CURRENT AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

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

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS FAMILY

Posing for their photos in the Poseybooth

At the popular and busy outdoor Clover Market in Chestnut Hill Sunday, a photographer with “Poseybooth” took photos of anyone willing to pose and of at least one unwilling dog.…

September 15, 2014

BUILDINGS CRIME EVENTS

City implodes Queen Lane Apartments

Neighbors and former residents of the 16-story Queen Lane Apartment building in the Germantown section of Philadelphia were happy to see the structure deliberately collapsed the morning of September 13,…

September 13, 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

Storm causes electric transformer to crash down

Lantern Theater gets ready to renovate Mt Airy church sanctuary

Czech Republic workaway journal

Graffiti Art takes the stage on alternative Prague tour

Ukrainian war refugee drives taxi in Prague

Lisa’ Army- Pumpkin Race to help cancer patients

Started Free Dominion Party, seeking seat on Philly Council

Young photography profs open their studio

Weaving with fabric Harry Potter style

Mondays without meat

Scot reflects on “No” vote on independence

Al-Bustan showcases Arab art and music at Morris Arboretum

Posing for their photos in the Poseybooth

City implodes Queen Lane Apartments

Disappeared in Ecuador – families protest