CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Jim Reed restores 1943 telephone

HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY THIS PHONE IS? “It’s stamped inside. I think it’s like 1943.” HOW IS IT THAT YOU CAN FIX THIS PHONE THAT I TRASHPICKED SO IT…

May 6, 2010

POLITICS

Four guys launch “Five Guys” PAC

WHO ARE THE FIVE GUYS AND WHO ARE YOU? “I’m Mumin Islam, one of the five guys, it’s actually not five, it’s only four. The other member is Rahim Islam.…

May 4, 2010

ENVIRONMENT POLITICS PUBLIC SAFETY

PA Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate protests Marcellus shale drilling

“I’m running for U.S. Senate on the Green Party ticket.” CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN? “I just started to campaign now. Our new brochure is…

April 26, 2010

MUSIC

Reading the Local, waiting for Settlement Music student

WHAT ARE YOUR CHILDREN STUDYING HERE? “My daughter takes cello and music theory here but he’s not in the class. He’s waiting for her. He took the music theory when…

April 21, 2010

POLITICS

Girl can’t take girl to prom, ACLU raises funds to fight back

“I assume you know what the ACLU is, American Civil Liberties Union, and as of now we’re fighting battles in seventeen different states. One of the more well-known you probably…

April 17, 2010

SPORTS WOMEN

First game ever for Philly Independence Women’s Pro Soccer

“The team is new this year, it’s an expansion team. This is the first time they take the field officially against Atlanta who’s another expansion team. So the two expansion…

April 15, 2010

SPORTS

Tree wreck won’t stop baseball season opening

Everyone should have a nipper. AND WHAT’S IT DO? You cut bolts, you can cut fence, you can cut electrical ties, you can cut almost anything. AND WHAT HAVE YOU…

April 8, 2010

CURRENT AFFAIRS FASHION

Lady Liberty wants to do your taxes

DO YOU HAVE ANY TAX ADVICE? ”Do I have any tax advice? Yeah, get them done by the fifteenth." WHAT’S YOUR OTHER TAX ADVICE? “It pays to go to a…

April 1, 2010

WEDDING

Early spring wedding at Valley Green

IS THIS YOUR JOB OR ARE YOU ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTY? Oh, no, I’m friends of the party. I’m just doing courtesy duty. SO WHAT’S THEIR STORY? They met at…

March 28, 2010

CURRENT AFFAIRS STORES

Weavers Way boosts other cooperatives

I’M SPREADING A RUMOR THAT THE COOP’S NEXT PROJECT IS TO EXPAND ON THE AVENUE AND OPEN A COOPERATIVE BOOKSTORE… “Not for us. We’ll help other people start coops like…

March 25, 2010

He makes beautiful art, eggshell mosaics and..

Hungry piglets suck at sow

50 years on, Wyck heir gives New Year cake 2nd try

Storm causes electric transformer to crash down

Lantern Theater gets ready to renovate Mt Airy church sanctuary