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STRING BANDS South Philadelphia Quaker City Fralinger Woodland Avalon Aqua Uptown Polish American Ferko Duffy Hegeman Greater Kensington During Greater Overbrook Pennsport Jersey STRING BAND CAPTAINS Denny Palandro (South Philadelphia) Jimmy Good (Quaker City) Stephen...

It all starts on Jan. 2. “It's always my favorite day because we put everything aside and we stop,” said Harry Brown, Jr. in the back room of the Edward O’Malley Athletic Association building in...

It was six years ago when Mummer Bill Mulligan, a recovering alcoholic, went to the Philadelphia Veterans Comfort House and realized the limited resources the city’s veterans had.  “I went in there and they brought...

“It's a hurdle to become a nonprofit, but once you do, it makes everything so much more accessible for you,” said Gianna Lozzi Wolf as she sat at a makeshift wooden dinner table serving...

Whether designing string band costumes or moderating panels at the CBGB Music and Film Festival, South Philly native James Donio has dabbled in a gamut of artistic experiences.  However, the now-Collingwood resident has recently embarked...

Though the American Swedish Historical Museum spotlights Scandinavian past, the cultural institution’s current exhibition elevates the Nordic region’s present and, perhaps, its future. “Nordic Changes: Works by Diane Burko,” which runs at the Packer Park...

Maria Shaplin often lights up the room. Whether inside a warehouse or the Wilma, the East Passyunk Crossing resident has spent the last 20 years mastering the art of lighting design for a spectrum of...

With every breaking news alert, society becomes increasingly desensitized to mass shootings. This nearly normalized digestion of tragedy has, perhaps, distorted the world’s discernment toward guns and grief. In their latest production, Theatre Exile, a nonprofit...

Packer Park resident Charlese Hawkins-Hatton can’t be categorized exclusively as a “right-brained” or “left-brained” thinker.  Considering she has master’s degrees in both film studies and health administration, it’s safe to assume she employs both the...

In the eyes of Newbold-based performing artist Nichole Canuso, breaking the fourth wall isn’t nearly enough. The local choreographer’s productions, which meet at the intersection of “movement, visual art and theater,” are not solely spectacle...