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Memorial Day “Decoration” Ceremony Honors Soldiers From All Eras at Laurel Hill Cemetery
On Sunday, May 28, Laurel Hill Cemetery held their Decoration Day Parade, an annual Memorial Day tradition which invites people of all ages to come and honor both fallen and…
Shealyn Kilroy | 05/29/2017 -
Community in Fairmount
Party in the Playground: Smith Memorial Playground’s 10th Annual Fundraiser Comes to Fairmount Park
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek’s favorite slide is the Ann Newman Giant Wooden Slide at Smith Memorial Playground in Fairmount Park. On Thursday, Hirsh-Pasek received the 2017 Ida Newman Magic of Play Award…
Grace Shallow | 05/23/2017 -
A&E
Spring Garden Street Bridge Mural Dedicated Near Art Museum
Vibrant, colorful tulips stretch across 94 five-by-ten foot aluminum panels on the Spring Garden Street Bridge, filling up more than 6,000 square feet. [caption id="attachment_15569" align="alignnone" width="900"] /Patrick Clark[/caption] It’s…
Steve Bohnel | 05/23/2017 -
Community in Brewerytown
Streetscape Celebration Crowns West Girard’s Economic Boom
On Saturday May 20th, West Girard Avenue will celebrate its recent streetscape improvements with free tote bags, a sidewalk sale courtesy of local businesses, and a dedication ceremony at noon.…
Max Weinstein | 05/19/2017 -
Features
“Philly Sticking Together”: Runners Take to Broad Street For Annual 10-Mile Race
In her high school gym class, Muzna Gulimali looked for any excuse to avoid running the mile. Now, a race down Philadelphia’s longest road is anything but daunting for the…
Angela Gervasi | 05/09/2017 -
A&E in Fairmount
Newly Opened Eastern State Hospital Cellblock Provides Window to Early Medical Care
“It was just lost to time,” Sean Kelley said of Eastern State Penitentiary’s long-shuttered Cellblock 3. The wing, which functioned previously as the hospital quarters in the historic Fairmount prison,…
Jen Colletta | 05/03/2017 -
A&E in Fairmount
Fairmount 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 -
Features in Brewerytown
New Pies, Old Vibes: Pizza Dads Opens Up on Girard Ave.
When Spirit News wrote about Pizza Dads initially, we cracked a joke regarding brains and dads, saying that the two do not always coincide. However, after visiting Pizza Dads, it…
Shealyn Kilroy | 04/25/2017 -
Features in Brewerytown
Brewerytown’s Era Offers Traditional Ethiopian Cuisine, Community Vibes
Walk into Era at the northeast corner of Poplar and 27th Streets in Brewerytown and your first impression might be that it is a classic neighborhood corner bar. There is…
Sean Kearney | 04/25/2017 -
Features in Poplar
Roy Pitz Brewing Company Set to Open Poplar Location
Mike Treon doesn’t expect many Philadelphians know about Chambersburg, a small town of a little more than 20,000 people that is about a 160-mile drive away from the city. That,…
Steve Bohnel | 04/25/2017 -
A&E in Brewerytown
Brewerytown Social Introduces New Literature-Reading Series
The idea for the Sundrunk, a Brewerytown-based poetry and fiction reading series, came to Maryan Captan in the way poetry does — out of the blue. “It was on the…
Sean Kearney | 04/20/2017 -
Features
CCP Students Present Soda Tax Survey Results for City Officials
For the past month, Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) students have surveyed 1,320 Philadelphia residents aged 14 and up. The topic? The City’s sugary beverage tax. And this Monday,…
Steve Bohnel | 04/20/2017