South Street Spring Festival reprises its myriad of merriment
Celebrating Germany to Mexico and comic books to horse races, the “festival of festivals” is returning to South Street next week.
Marking its seventh consecutive jubilation, the South Street Spring Festival - the city’s...
New public art unveiled at South Street on the Schuylkill River
Whether strolling on the boardwalk, cruising down I-76 or racing in a kayak, passersby along the Schuylkill River at South Street will now be welcomed with a kaleidoscopic piece of public art.
Unfurled across three...
Reinvigorating the entrepreneurial spirit
Craig Shoemaker and Kent Griswold have been teaming up for projects since they were in class together as kids, although sometimes unbeknownst to the teacher.
“Kent was the smartest guy in third grade and I...
Chris’ Jazz Cafe in danger of closing
A fundraising effort is attempting to keep the curtain from closing on Chris’ Jazz Cafe.
The popular music venue at 1421 Sansom Street hosts about 500 shows a year and is the longest continuously running...
Sweet success for South Philly band Miss Cantaloupe
A crossroads at a coffee shop planted the seed for Miss Cantaloupe.
The five-piece local band, hailing mostly from South Philly, can thank its continued success to a gutsy venture dreamed up by lead vocalist...
Maybe the last time, I don’t know: The Rolling Stones at Lincoln Financial Field
Unless you count a 2016 compilation of blues covers virtually nobody listened to, the Rolling Stones haven’t released an album’s worth of new recorded music since 2005’s underrated LP, A Bigger Bang. As a...
Lorie-Lu Studio celebrates 50 years of love and dance
There’s a feeling of love inside the Lorie-Lu Studio of Dance on the cozy corner of 11th and Mountain streets in the East Passyunk neighborhood of South Philadelphia.
Black and white photos of when owners...
Friends, bandmates and movie creators
Growing up on opposite sides of Broad Street, Fabian Farina and Mariano Mattei never imagined they’d end up on the same team.
Now they are making movies and winning awards together.
“I was on the west...
A charming look at South Philly ‘spots’
When South Philly comedian Steve Rinaldi was looking for new material for a YouTube series, he didn’t have to look far.
All he needed to do was team up with longtime friend and videographer Richard...
New Philadelphia’s Magic Garden Exhibit displays self-portraits of Isaiah Zagar
Years before the word “selfie” was coined, prolific multimedia artist Isaiah Zagar captured his own self-portraits.
While the award-winning muralist is recognized by his kaleidoscopic works of public art, much of Zagar’s creative compendium encompasses...
