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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Juneteenth festival in Germantown celebrates the area’s rich role in abolishing slavery [photos]

Germantown celebrated the passage of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery — and the neighborhood’s role in it — on Saturday. ...

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MLK High School graduates 227 students [photos]

Two hundred and twenty seven students graduated from Martin Luther King High School on Tuesday evening. The ceremony, which was held at T ...

9 years ago

The class of 2015 graduates from W.B. Saul High School [gallery]

About 100 students graduated from W.B. Saul Agricultural High School in Roxborough on Monday afternoon. Check out photos fro ...

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Roxborough High School graduates the class of 2015 [gallery]

Roxborough High School graduated its 127th class on Monday in the school’s auditorium. Ninety-five percent of the scho ...

9 years ago

Cheers and tears at Philly LGBT Pride festival

The mood was celebratory in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood on Sunday morning as the LGBT Pride Parade and Festival gathered steam. The parad ...

9 years ago

Flame of Hope races through Philly on its way to the Special Olympics in LA

Early Friday morning, runners gathered on the Art Museum steps to participate in the Special Olympics’ Unified Relay Across America and ...

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Police hold prayer walk in Northwest Philly to promote unity [gallery]

Police, chaplains and community members gathered in Germantown on Friday at the site of the Nov. 2014 abduction of Carlesha Freeland Gait ...

9 years ago

This massive whale kite took flight in Wildwood on Sunday. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

2015 Wildwoods International Kite Festival photos

What a perfect weekend for flying kites. The 2015 Memorial Day Weekend was warm (high 66-degrees) and a bit breezy. In Wildwood, win ...

9 years ago

Typewriter enthusiasts gather at Manayunk’s Pretzel Park [gallery]

Typewriter enthusiasts, collectors and fans came together in Manayunk’s Pretzel Park on Saturday to trade tip and spend the day adm ...

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Arts & Entertainment

Swan song for Philadelphia Singers

On Saturday, the Philadelphia Singers performed its final concert. The classical chorale group, which has been a mainstay of the region ...

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Philadelphia University graduates the class of 2015 [gallery]

Philadelphia University’s class of 2015 graduated on Saturday. The graduates and their families headed to the Pennsylvania Conventi ...

10 years ago

The 45th Annual Mt Airy Day took place on the grounds of Cliveden and Upsala, on Saturday. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

2015 Mt. Airy Day photos

The 45th Mt Airy Day drew hundreds on Saturday to the grounds of historic ...

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