Alaina Mabaso
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Micro-grants for community improvement projects up for grabs in Northwest Philly
This year, Philly’s Northwest movers and shakers are looking for ways to get a lot done with a little. These include small g ...
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Audubon resident Michael Langston is an amateur in the original sense of the word, and it has served him well during a special stint with ...
11 years ago
Swimming isn’t just a sport for white people
Into his late twenties, my South African husband would refuse to venture more than knee-deep into the waves at the shore, and he’d ...
11 years ago
Germantown art gallery celebrates anniversary after two roller-coaster years
With a second-anniversary show starting this weekend, iMPerRFeCT Gallery Co-Founder and Curator Renny Molenaar recently reflected on the ...
11 years ago
Local photographer’s exhibit about life along Germantown Ave. opens Friday
Melvin A. Chappell is a New York City native, but since the photographer’s “transplant” to Germantown some 25 years ago ...
11 years ago
Clean-up efforts continue outside Germantown Town Hall
Allison Weiss rushed over to the corner of an overgrown garden space on the Haines Street side of the old Germantown Town Hall this weeke ...
11 years ago
Mt. Airy parent looks to start up local writing group devoted to caregivers
Kathy Roberson and her family are new to Mt. Airy, but she’s hoping to launch a local writing program that will offer a unique bene ...
11 years ago
They learned how to eat fire, swallow swords and lie on beds of nails in Germantown [video]
“If you’re game for it,” said David Darwin, “I’ll light your hand on fire briefly.” Ok, before ...
11 years ago
Culture Fund grants bolster Northwest Philly groups with day-to-day (and life-or-death) support
Northwest Philadelphia-based arts-and-culture groups made a strong showing at March’s City Hall ceremony for Philadelphia Cultural ...
11 years ago
Spring Cleanup Day allows Germantown Town Hall group to connect with locals
It was so windy on Saturday’s seventh annual Philly Spring Cleanup Day that Germantown Town Hall Collaborative (GTHC) leader Charli ...
11 years ago
Will Germantown ever become an accessible, big-time tourist draw?
Former Historic Germantown executive director Barbara Hogue maintains that there’s a major difference between tourist-friendly site ...
11 years ago
Northwest Philadelphia speaks up at this year’s TEDxPhiladelphia
To offer a taste of his upcoming TEDxPhiladelphia talk, Mt. Airy resident Chris Rabb said “two fish [are] swimming along, and one f ...
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