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Clean Plate: Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pistachio Butter and Lemon

  Think back to a particularly great birthday, when you perhaps only wanted one gift, but wanted it badly. Maybe it was something you had your eye on for quite…

Riverwards Development News (August 17, 2016)

Northern Liberties    Callahan Ward plans to construct 12 new homes by the intersection of Green and Galloway Streets in Northern Liberties. The initial proposal called for five homes to…

Accu-Reggie 7 Day Forecast (August 17-23)

  This past week took a turn for the worst heat of the summer! Temperatures hung around the middle and upper 90s most of the week as we sweated under…

Justice “Speedy” Perez: Local 8-Year-Old Boxer Makes His Amateur Debut

  On Friday, July 22, a few hundred people crowded into Diesel Fit Gym to watch kids from around the area compete in a USA Boxing sanctioned fight night. The…

Project Trans(m)it: Local Dance Exhibition Connects Bodies and Movement Through Technology

  In today’s world, a conversation with someone in Tokyo is only a FaceTime away. With advances in modern telecommunications, people are able to communicate across great distances to catch…

Accu-Reggie 7 Day Forecast (August 10-August 16)

Last week was absolutely beautiful with temperatures in the 80s and lower 90s. It was mostly dry and sunny with heat building back in the region as the week progressed.…

Portside Arts Center Summer Campers To Design New Mural For St. Anne’s Senior Center

  A group of young artists visited St. Anne’s senior center on Friday to finalize the design for a new mural.   The artists, a group of campers ages 8-12 from…

Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Free Chamber Concert at Schmidt’s Commons

  On Sunday, July 24, the Philadelphia Orchestra hosted a free outdoor chamber concert at Schmidt’s Commons (formerly the Piazza at Schmidt’s). During the two-hour concert, musicians from the orchestra…

Riverwards Development News (July 27th)

  Postgreen Homes is currently constructing a nine-unit condominium called Arbor House at 2318 East York Street in Fishtown. Each unit, the least expensive of which priced at $275,000, will…

MUSIC ROW: Mannequin Pussy and The Claypool Lennon Delirium

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Mannequin Pussy   After being friends for over twenty years, longtime friends Marisa Dabice and Thanasi Paul decided to form the creation that would soon become Mannequin Pussy…

Mutual Burial Grounds of Kensington Saga Comes to An End Without Historic Designation

  The heated debate over a phantom cemetery at Frankford and Berks has finally come to a close. On July 8th, the Philadelphia Historical Commission (PHC) ruled that ground under…