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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 ...

Drew Becher became president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in 2010. He has tried to create a sense of community in the city t ...

Benjamin Barnett is founder and digital media strategist of the Philadelphia-based Media Bureau agency. He works to connect independent f ...

As executive director of the Fairmount Park Art Association, Penny Balkin Bach has led a drive to preserve outdoor sculpture in the city ...

Apparently, Governor Chris Christie’s family is now speaking up, insisiting the New Jersey Governor is not entering the presidentia ...

As founder and owner of R5 Productions, Sean Agnew has worked to make live music by touring artists more accessible to younger Philadelph ...

A 70-year-old man was carjacked Sunday just as he was walking to his car from the Buddhist Congregational Church in Lansdowne. Acc ...

New ways to manage sports-related concussions for student athletes are expected to give schools improved guidelines for how to handle the ...

The first comprehensive overhaul of Philadelphia’s zoning laws in half a century is inching forward. The City Council Tuesday finis ...