Alaina Mabaso
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Fairmount Park plans for the future
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‘Sittin’-In’ musical explores lesser-known side of famous 1960 sit-in
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‘My Son Matters’ exhibit confronts stereotypes facing young black men
Asked about the social ills she wants to spotlight with her new collection of portraits featuring African-American single mothers and the ...
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Toads stop traffic for annual detour in Roxborough [gallery]
Debbi Carr still remembers that springtime Friday evening about eight years ago when she got a distraught phone call about toads in Roxbo ...
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Stray cats in Philly get a helping hand with Chestnut Hill workshop
For Aine Doley, the new coordinator of Philly’s Community Cats Project, helping stray and feral cats is all about the outreach. And ...
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A Germantown poet explores the forgotten life of Frederick Douglass’ wife
Germantown poet and lifelong Northwest resident M. Nzadi Keita, an associate professor at Ursinus College, still remembers the day when o ...
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Germantown gallery tackles childhood sexual abuse in latest exhibit
At first, much of the multidisciplinary work by artist Michelle Brown on display at iMPeRFeCT Gallery looks bright and cheery. Par ...
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Germantown United CDC puts $30K to work from its year-end campaign
Germantown United CDC closed out 2014 with a very successful fundraising campaign, but 2015 isn’t offering any time to relax. By th ...
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‘Nice and Fresh’ curated show series gains popularity in Northwest Philly
On Friday night, Mt. Airy couple Josh McIlvain and Deborah Crocker continued what is quickly becoming a popular event in the Northwest, w ...
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First all-photography exhibit at Mt. Airy Art Garage looks at ‘Philadelphia Through the Lens’
For a few of the photographers featured in “Philadelphia Through the Lens,” Mt. Airy Art Garage’s (MAAG) first all-phot ...
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Community members speak out for a chance to save historic Germantown YWCA building
On Thursday night, a large crowd of concerned locals filled the nave of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG) for t ...
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Philadelphia U. grad creates sustainable living app
A few years ago, Philadelphia University graduate Morgan Berman was, truth be told, sorely testing her friends’ patience by compost ...
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