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Community in KensingtonKensington Will Play Host to Super Bowl of Derby Racing This Saturday
Riverwards residents! Prepare for wacky and crafty, because the largest D.I.Y. spectacle in North Philadelphia is coming. The 2017 Philadelphia Federal Credit Union Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby and…
Shealyn Kilroy | 05/17/2017 -
FeaturesWalking the Walk, Talking the Talk: Philadelphia Activists March on Harrisburg
When Tone Starks gets to talking, you better be ready for a political earful. And when he starts walking, you’d best go ahead and make an appointment for a foot…
Bob Stewart | 05/15/2017 -
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 FairmountNewly 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 -
Features in Fishtown“To the Professor!” Fishtown Beer Runners Host Inaugural Beer Runners Summit
“To the professor!” It has been the iconic three-word toast and rallying cry for the Fishtown Beer Runners for nearly a decade. The quirky running group ends each of their…
Michael Hanisco | 05/02/2017 -
Features in FishtownFinding the Middle Path: Conscious Convenience Store Stocks Organic Snacks and Mystic Minerals
Less than a mile from Wawa and 7-Eleven, there’s another kind of convenience store tucked away on Frankford Avenue. Since February 2016, Middle Path (2415 Frankford Ave.) has been serving…
Shealyn Kilroy | 05/02/2017 -
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 -
Features in FishtownMad Rex and Urban EEL Corporate Filings Raise Interesting Questions About Upcoming Concept Restaurants
Back in January, Spirit News spoke to Michael Johnigean, the Florida-based businessman behind two new entertainment restaurants coming to Fishtown: Mad Rex and Urban EEL. [caption id="attachment_15150" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Outside…
Shealyn Kilroy | 04/26/2017 -
Features in BrewerytownNew 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 BrewerytownBrewerytown’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 PoplarRoy 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 BrewerytownBrewerytown 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