Bastiaan Slabbers

Bastiaan Slabbers is a Philadelphia-based freelance photographer and multimedia journalist who has been telling visual stories for WHYY since 2010. Bas is a cycling enthusiast who has taken sightseeing in his new homeland to the next level.

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Soccer Sisters United play Halloween-themed game on ‘haunted’ field [video]

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Housing and jobs fair draws a sizable crowd in Northwest Philly

Hundreds of residents learned about job and housing opportunities at Saturday morning’s “Northwest House Party,” which ...

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Greene Street Friends School hosts fall-fest fundraiser for Costa Rica trip

Students, parents, teachers and staff headed to Germantown on Saturday for the Greene Street Friends School’s Annual Fall Fair ...

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Multimillion-dollar upgrade complete at Mt. Airy’s Pleasant Playground [gallery]

Residents and officials alike gathered Saturday morning to mark the opening of a $3 million recreation facility at East Mt. Airy’s ...

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North Light Community Center formally dedicates new playground [gallery]

Two weeks after a vast crew of ...

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Black & White Gala raises funds for Chestnut Hill organizations [gallery]

The Chestnut Hill Community Association and the Chestnut Hill Community Fund hosted the seventh annual Black & White Gala and Live Au ...

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County Fair at the Oval brings a taste of the country to Center City [photos]

Pumpkins, free hay-rides, a ferris wheel and a cider and wine garden set the tone for a fall-themed county fair at Eakins Oval. ...

10 years ago

Philly Photo Day draws small, but engaged, crowd in Germantown

While Friday’s weather offered good lighting conditions for outdoor photographic adventures, the turnout was low at two designated ...

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Thomas Mifflin School receives $6K donation from East Falls neighbor

Thomas Mifflin School’s stock-room shelves are a bit less empty today. On Monday morning, the East Falls K-8 school received ...

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Revolutionary Germantown Festival returns to Northwest Philly [gallery]

At noon and 3 p.m. Saturday, more than 300 reenactors mustered on opposing ends of a two-block stretch of Germantown Avenue to face one a ...

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Tom Wolf visits West Oak Lane for SEIU ‘walk a day’ event [photos]

On Friday, Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf visited West Oak Lane to “walk a day” in the ...

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Investigation underway in ‘suspicious’ Mt. Airy fire

Clean-up was underway on Monday after a weekend fire in Mt. Airy officials are calling “ ...

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