By Kaitlyn Moore
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Local BusinessFour Friends Bring Screen Printing Business to North Philly
Tariq Buckner, one of the four owners of Busy Stage Screen Printing at Germantown Avenue and Diamond Street, maneuvered between a sea of screen printing presses on his paint-splattered hover-board.…
Kaitlyn Moore | 06/30/2017 -
A&E in FairmountFairmount Avenue Arts Crawl Features Live Art, Family-Fun
On the corner of Corinthian and Fairmount Avenues, Alloyius Mcilwaine sprayed yellow onto a blank canvas. “I’m just making it up as I go,” he said. Mcilwaine was working on…
Kaitlyn Moore | 05/02/2017 -
Local Business in FairmountFairmount Resident Creates Service Providing Women’s Health Products
When Suzie Welsh was 16, she contracted malaria while in Malawi, Africa. Years later, the Fairmount resident looks back on this incident as the event that led her to create…
Kaitlyn Moore | 04/20/2017 -
Features in FrancisvillePAL Prom Boutique: Cozen Police Athletic League Outfits Local Teens for Prom
The Cozen Police Athletic League (PAL) Center in Francisville buzzed with life on Tuesday, March 21 as girls across Philadelphia searched for the perfect formal dress. The center held its…
Kaitlyn Moore | 03/29/2017 -
A&E in PoplarDancing With Dad: Bella Ballerina Dance Academy Holds Third Annual Father-Daughter Dance Class
Siddeeq Shabazz looked in the mirror as he attempted a plié behind his daughter Suri, 5, last Saturday during Bella Ballerina Dance Academy’s third annual father-daughter dance class. The packed…
Kaitlyn Moore | 03/01/2017 -
Features in Art Museum50,000 March in Solidarity Along the Parkway in the Wake of Friday’s Presidential Inauguration
An estimated 50,000 people marched in solidarity along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on January 21st as part of the Women’s Marches that took place across the country on President…
Kaitlyn Moore | 01/25/2017 -
A&E in North CentralFreedom Theatre Alumni Coalition Speaks Out Against Current Direction
Inside the 50 year-old institution, the 6:30PM showing of “Black Nativity” went on. Outside the theater, patrons and members of the Alumni Coalition of New Freedom Theatre gathered to…
Kaitlyn Moore | 12/07/2016 -
HealthPHOTOS: Philadelphia Marathon 2016
“Run like you stole something!” a half-marathon spectator shouted as runners made their way through the hydration station at the intersection of Strawberry Mansion and Huntington Drives on Saturday,…
Kaitlyn Moore | 11/23/2016 -
News in KensingtonWomen’s Community Revitalization Project Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary
On Friday, October 14th, lights gleamed over the outdoor patio of Oxford Mills, an apartment complex on W. Oxford Street, while tenants, allies and employees of the Women's Community…
Kaitlyn Moore | 10/26/2016 -
Community in FishtownGroundbreaking: Playground Renovations to Start at Penn Treaty Park
On Tuesday, September 27, Penn Treaty Park was filled with city officials, Friends of Penn Treaty Park, and students from Adaire, Hackett, and Saint Laurentius schools to celebrate the…
Kaitlyn Moore | 10/05/2016 -
Community#Love4Logan: Dance Studio Holds Fundraiser for Pediatric Brain Cancer Victim
On Sunday, September 25, community members gathered together to celebrate the life of Logan Gibbs, an aspiring dancer who passed away due to brain cancer in August 2016 at…
Kaitlyn Moore | 09/28/2016 -
FeaturesSecurity Officers Rally in North Philadelphia to Demand $15 an Hour
The intersection of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue was filled with a sea of purple on September 15th. Drumming and chants of “What do we want? 15!…
Kaitlyn Moore | 09/21/2016