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Kevin Derrick founded the Kelly Drive web site as an online collaborative presenting the work of Philadelphia artisans and craftspeople. ...

Two Pennsylvania lawmakers have come to terms on legislation to take over Harrisburg. ...

Karen Davis is the former president and CEO of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia. The organization works to strengt ...

Greg Corbin Jr. is a poet, activist, and community leader. In 2006, he founded the Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement to provide space an ...

Suzanne Cloud helped found Jazz Bridge in 2004, as a way to help jazz and blues musicians who were having a hard time meeting living or m ...

As head of programs at Breadboard in the University City Science Center, David Clayton plays at the intersection of art and technology. T ...

As executive director for PhillyCAM, Gretjen Clausing has worked to secure public access to media channels. An activist in this field, sh ...

As artistic director of 1812, Childs brings lots of laughter to Philadelphia’s performing arts scene. As a leader and performer wit ...

Lorene Cary is a novelist, educator and winner of the Philadelphia Award.  She founded Art Sanctuary in North Philadelphia, a progra ...

As executive director of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, a new initiative of Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, ...

A man who investigators say escaped from a New Jersey prison and hijacked a plane from Detroit has been captured, more than 30 years late ...

Catherine Cahill came on board as president and CEO of the Mann Center in 2008. She uses her 20 years of experience in performing arts to ...

Marc Byers founded Rockstar Entertainment, an entertainment marketing firm in Center City. Byers uses his connections to create strategic ...

As director of theater programs at the National Constitution Center, Nora Berger-Green works to integrate theatre into educational progra ...

Poet Aja Beech is a board member of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. She uses her poetry to mobilize a network of ac ...