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[in center]: Taylor Kowalski, from Ridley Park, marching alongside others.
The Justice for Fanta Bility silent march in Sharon Hill, PA on 10/17/21. Fanta Bility was an eight year old girl who was shot and killed outside of a football game at Academy Park High School on August 27, 2021. The march had been organized and  led by the UDTJ and Delco Resists as a way to honor Fanta’s life as well as call for police accountability. 
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Photo essay: Silent marchers demand justice for Fanta Bility, 8-year-old killed by police in Delco

Community members took part in a silent march in Delco Sunday afternoon, calling for justice for Fanta Bility, the 8-year-old girl fatally shot by Sharon Hill police.

4 years ago

John's Roast Pork
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John’s Roast Pork wins best cheesesteak competition

The people of Philadelphia have voted and the winner is: John's Roast Pork in South Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Pennypack Creek at the point where it meets the Delaware River. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Boosting Northeast Philly’s green canopy by planting trees and giving them away

Riverfront North Partnership and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership team up to plant 200 trees along Pennypack Creek, give 150 more away.

4 years ago

In this 2015 file photo, Carol Cole is comfortably settled into her spacious well-lit studio at 915 Art Building on Spring Garden Street. One of the original artists to occupy the space, she had been there since 1981, and was one of the many artist forced out of the buidling in 2015 due to the fire. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly artists are opening their studios to the public for the first time since COVID

When the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour kicks off this weekend, one of its largest and most popular stops will reopen to visitors for the first time in six years.

4 years ago

Norma's Kitchen partners with Philabundance
Community
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Philabundance, Norma’s Kitchen partner to pack fresh meals, give Afghan refugees a taste of home

Philabundance is partnering with a Cherry Hill restaurant to pack up fresh meals that will give Afghan evacuees a taste of home in our area.

4 years ago

Runners take off at the start of at the start of the Broad Street Run. Participants had to provide proof of vaccination. (Mallory Falk, WHYY)
Community

Broad Street Run a ‘rejuvenating’ return to a new normal in Philly

The nation’s largest 10-mile road race was back on in Philly on Sunday — with some notable changes. Many of the 18,000 runners said it still felt good to be back.

4 years ago

Billy Penn Quizzo
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Take the Philly trivia quiz and test your local knowledge

24 questions about everything Philadelphia.

4 years ago

LumiNature light show
Community

LumiNature to return to Philadelphia Zoo with more space — and more wattage

The holiday light show debuted in November 2019, but went dark in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

4 years ago

Katherine Cambareri, a graduate with a masters degree in public health from Jefferson College of Population Health, stands with her photographs of clothes worn by survivors of sexual violence at her exhibit at Eakins Lounge at Jefferson Alumni Hall on October 6, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Well, What Were You Wearing’ exhibit illustrates stories of sexual assault survivors

The exhibit at Jefferson works to counter the misconception that a person's wardrobe choices imply consent.

4 years ago

Photo from Norristown Hospitality Center's 2019 Sole Harvest 5K. (Joel Limbauan)
Community

Norristown Hospitality Center revives Sole Harvest 5K to combat homelessness

The day shelter hopes proceeds from the event can combat homelessness, which is increasingly an issue in the Montgomery County seat.

4 years ago

Broad Street Run
Community

Road closures and new race details for 2021 Broad Street Run released

Postponed by the pandemic, the 10-miler will start off at 8 a.m. from Broad Street and West Fisher Avenue and finish at Pattison Avenue.

4 years ago

Dover International Speedway (courtesy DIS/Twitter)
Health

Want to take friends on joyride around Dover speedway’s Monster Mile?

The event is being held to get more Delawareans vaccinated. The rate is now 79% for all adults, but barely half of younger adults have gotten their first dose.

4 years ago

Dr. Ashley Jordan, President and CEO of the African American Museum
Community

Philadelphian Alain LeRoy Locke, the Father of the Harlem Renaissance, gets new historical marker in Philly

Alain LeRoy Locke, credited with ushering in the Harlem Renaissance through his 1925 anthology, “The New Negro,” is honored with a marker in Philly.

4 years ago

Sun Ra Arkestra
Community

Sun Ra kicks off a two-year jam for the love of Philly trees

The Sun Ra Arkestra inaugurated a two-year artistic project to engage city residents in the health and safety benefits of urban trees.

4 years ago

Felicia Harris-Williams and husband Craig Williams own Gynger Tea, one of the 50 vendors participating in the LOVE Park pop-up market. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
Community

LOVE Park is back with a fresh fall pop-up market, complete with live music

More than 50 vendors make up the new pop-up market, which will feature Black and Latino businesses in LOVE Park through mid-October.

4 years ago

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