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Melissa Clouser, owner of Cut & Sew, edges a quilt top she made with students to be donated to a refugee family. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Mount Airy’s newest shop teaches beginners to sew and quilt on a budget

Whether you’re experienced, or want to learn how to sew and quilt, the owner’s passion for fabric has her planning opportunities for adults and children.

1 month ago

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Eric Holte (left) learns to fix his bike with volunteer Michael Benko
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‘Forget YouTube,’ this Philly shop teaches cyclists how to repair their own bikes

West Philly’s Neighborhood Bike Works teaches cyclists how to fix up their own bike through a DIY repair program called Bike Church.

2 months ago

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The inaugural exhibition, ''Making Place Matter,'' opens on April 23. It will feature this wall installation of plates by Molly Hatch, inspired by a painting of rowers on the Schuylkill River, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

The Clay Studio opens new building in Kensington, for Kensington

The purpose-built ceramics workshop and community space is designed with its neighbors in mind.

3 months ago

Adrienne Hamilton and her son, Bowie, at their home in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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A year without play: Parents and experts worry about loss of social skills during pandemic

In-person school provided kids with regular, organic social exposure. What happens after a year when that disappeared?

1 year ago

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Tchin, an internationally showcased jewelry maker who lives in New Jersey, speaks with visitors at the We Are the Seeds festival (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
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Native American artists offer hope and craft in online workshops

We Are The Seeds, based in Philadelphia, is asking Native American artists from around the country to teach digital workshops open to the public.

1 year ago

Campers at Al-Bustan percussion camp.
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Al-Bustan camp immerses Philly kids in Arabic language, culture and science

At the Al-Bustan Camp, a cultural summer camp held at St. Peter's School in Society Hill, children are learning about the Arabic language, music, history and science.

3 years ago

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Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
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Why being a first-generation college student is uniquely hard

Your parents are still the biggest indicator of how successful you'll become.

Air Date: May 6, 2019

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Why we chose online school for our teen

Anyone who’s ever heard me stumble through trying to explain the identifiable traits of a mammal, watched me do 5th grade math, or list ...

4 years ago

Adia Onyango, a New York-based chess instructor and professional player, visited the 2017 Girls Chess Camp.  (ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships)
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Chess, and the power of girls to identify themselves as leaders

In its third year, the weeklong Philly Girls Play Chess camp is the creation of ASAP (After School Activities Partnership).

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