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Philly Theatre Week is here

Philadelphia theatergoers will have plenty to choose from as the curtain rises on the sixth annual Philly Theatre Week. More than 100 performances over an 11-day span fill the schedule for the region’s busiest week...

State funding for local projects

Several South Philly installations including the Marian Anderson Museum, Philadelphia International Airport and Philabundance received significant state funding through the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Local Share Account Program. The Marian Anderson Museum at 762 S. Martin...

Honoring Emma Hatton Wilson

Emma Hatton Wilson received a great gift for her 75th birthday. Family, friends and elected officials gathered at the corner of 22nd and Morris streets on March 11 to recognize and celebrate Wilson’s lifetime of...

Around Town

Tempesta di Mare Presents The Fasch Files On March 18 and 19, the South Philly-based Tempesta di Mare (1034 Carpenter St.) will perform three more world premieres by Fasch, the Orchestral Suite in E minor,...

N-G’s Wright named Gatorade Player of the Year

Neumann-Goretti High School junior Robert Wright is the 2022-23 Gatorade Pennsylvania boys basketball player of the year. Wright is the second Gatorade Pennsylvania Boys Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Neumann-Goretti High...

Funding for coffee/wine/music venue

The Ars Nova Workshop, which recently moved into the former Boot & Saddle bar on Broad Street, will receive funding from the Presser Foundation to help support general operating costs. The Presser Foundation was established...

An honest chronicle of personal demons

Brian Storm said he needs to remind himself that he’s only one bad decision away. A 15-year drug and alcohol habit had led the former Tacony resident down a scary path in his teens and...

Neumann honors 2 local women

Two South Philly women received awards from the Neumann University Alumni Association at the group’s annual recognition ceremony on March 7.  Sr. Rose Raymond Barba, OSF, received the 2023 School of Nursing and Health Sciences...

Letters to the Editor

Promoting women entrepreneurs It was heartwarming to read a report in the South Philly Review about yet another event to encourage more business development in the East Passyunk Avenue area (“Helping women grow their businesses,”...

Community Calendar

March 16 Rising Voices 2 Opening Reception- from 5-8 p.m. at Studio Incamminati on the 7th floor of the Bok Building, 1901 S. 9th St., over 40 realist paintings by some of the nation’s most...
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