February 28th, 2008 - by admin
The Encyclopedia of Life went live on February 26, which was a good thing - until it crashed under the weight of its own success. More than 11 million hits in the first six hours, and they kept on coming.
What’s all the fuss? This ambitious project is the brainchild of scientist E. O. Wilson. He presented [...]
February 19th, 2008 - by admin
The craft (or art?) of becoming Presidential was invented Philadelphia. But who actually set the tone in the first President’s House? That would be Philadelphia’s most prominent enslaved African, George and Martha’s Hercules.
One of nine enslaved Africans owned by George and Martha Washington, Hercules headed up the kitchen at the Presidential Mansion at [...]
February 15th, 2008 - by admin
On March 1, 1780, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery. Of particular importance here was the infamous “six months” rule, which established that any slave “retained” in Pennsylvania for a period of time longer than six months must be granted their freedom. This Act would have far-reaching consequences for [...]
February 8th, 2008 - by admin
As anyone who’s ever produced (or wanted to produce) a documentary knows its about creativity. But first it’s about money.
That where Morrie Warshawski comes in. On Wednesday, February 13th, Warshawski shares tricks of the trade. At 7PM, he’ll lead a discussion at Drexel University’s Stein Auditorium. With 30+ years experience in fundraising [...]
Will Pennsylvania’s Tuesday Be Super?
February 6th, 2008 - by admin
Not sick of the primaries yet? Good thing, we haven’t even gotten to Pennsylvania’s primary. Keystone Staters have to wait until April 22nd to cast votes in the Democratic and Republican primaries. And because we have 185 delegates to bestow, you can bet the candidates are going to be bending over backwards taking our [...]
February 5th, 2008 - by admin
Talk show queen. Powerful political presence. One of the world’s richest women.
February 5th@ 9 pm, PBS presents (and WHYY airs) Oprah’s Roots, an “African American Lives” presentation. As it turns out, Oprah isn’t Zulu (as she long believed). Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals that Oprah’s ancestors were from Liberia. That fact came out in [...]
