Alaina Mabaso
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Santa is retiring with a bit of a mid-life crisis. To express his inner self, he turns to painting. If something about that sounds a tad ...
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Germantown ‘eco-district’ discussions continue between locals, Philly U students
Students from Philadelphia University’s College of Architecture and the Built Environment gathered in Germantown on Monday night fo ...
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A family connection to Mandela’s legacy
My father-in-law, Josiah Matshikete Mabaso, remembers a night in Pimville, South Africa, in 1975, when an angry pounding at the door woke ...
11 years ago
Veils from across the globe on display at East Falls exhibit
Material Culture partner Isabella de la Houssaye said that assembling her collection of 19th, 20th and 21st-century veils from around the ...
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10 reasons to go shopping on Black Thursday, formerly known as Thanksgiving
Traditionalist consumers are making a fuss about several major retailers’ plans this year to open their stores on Thanksgiving Day ...
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Mt. Airy-based orchestra opens the floor to amateur musicians
Under the gaze of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, Marthelène Gabon flexed and fluttered her chilly fingers. ...
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Foraging workshop to turn backyard weeds into edible fare
If you have trouble eating your vegetables — or even if you love them — listen up. A workshop this weekend may turn that pesky bunch ...
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Why a ‘So what?’ attitude about Rand Paul’s plagiarism is bad for the Internet
The world is looking more like kindergarten every day. Back then, every time you found something neat to hold onto, some grown-up told yo ...
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New Main Street gallery finds a forgotten piece of Manayunk beauty
Manayunk’s newest art gallery owner, Lenny Bazemore, had no idea what was in the basement of his Main Street building. The b ...
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A daughter becomes the coach; Dad becomes the dreamer
Dad and Mom supported me when I got bit by the theater bug in college. Now, at 54, my dad is tackling stand-up comedy, and it’ ...
11 years ago
Teen theater company tackles series of tough topics in upcoming show
East Falls resident Natalie Cisternas Hann believes modern teens don’t get enough time to process life’s tragic moments and t ...
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Dolphin deaths continue off the New Jersey coast
Everyone who has been following this year’s stranding epidemic knows that New Jersey’s dolphins had a tough summer. This week ...
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