Elizabeth Estrada
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Cauliflower tacos, churro sundaes, and more: Dine Latino Restaurant Week returns to Philly
The event returns for a celebration of Latino-owned businesses and cuisine from March 15-18, with indoor dining options for the first time.
3 years ago
North Philly teens offer snapshots of life and art through the Shutterbugs photography program. Now, their photos are published in Motivos Magazine.
3 years ago
Listen 1:58A West Philly couple wrote a children’s book to help parents have ‘The Climate Talk’
Lena Champlin, Jeremy Wortzel, and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry wrote a children’s book about climate change and anxiety.
3 years ago
Listen 2:02Made by North Philly residents, monuments to local heroes put Black history on display
“Bad” Bennie Briscoe, a sanitation worker turned champion boxer, is one of the North Philly icons memorialized through the interactive installations.
3 years ago
Listen 1:59After tragic fire, firefighters and Temple football players teamed up to install smoke alarms
The Valiants of Philadelphia, a fraternal society of Black and Latino firefighters in Pennsylvania, helped organize the safety effort.
3 years ago
Listen 1:57‘Letting it shine’: An Abington library is creating space for kids to talk about gender
The Abington Township Public Library’s new program, Rainbow Connections, offers a safe and fun place for LGBTQ+ kids in grades K-5.
3 years ago
Listen 1:49Philly has a new community drugstore powered by radical hospitality and four wheels
Twice a week, the truck, painted in soothing pastel colors, travels through Philadelphia neighborhoods dispensing free toiletries — and a dose of kindness.
3 years ago
Listen 1:48Philly’s traditional Christmas Village shines with a ‘liberating’ new attraction
For the first time, the holiday market at Love Park will feature a dedicated space for small businesses owned by Black and brown Philadelphians.
3 years ago
Listen 2:05Run by high school students, a new Philly cafe wants to change lives with coffee
At the city’s newest coffee shop in West Philly, there aren’t any pumpkin spice lattes or many adults, because at Stomping Grounds, young people are in charge.
3 years ago
Listen 1:54What Día de los Muertos sugar skulls mean to one Mexican artist in Philly
Ivonne Pinto-García embraces Día de los Muertos and its traditions as a way to honor her ancestors and share that pride with her Philadelphia community.
3 years ago
Listen 1:54Meet Iresha ‘da hood therapist’ Picot, Instagram healer
Iresha ‘da hood therapist’ Picot is a licensed behavioral therapist who has built a community around a practice of self-care that she says she didn’t have growing up.
3 years ago
Listen 2:04This Philly stylist wants to help people on their natural hair journey
Tori McCutcheon, owner of the new Headhouse Square salon, Tori Did That, is on a mission to help you love your naturally curly hair.
3 years ago
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