Profiles
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CommunityFelix Torres-Colon Named New Director of the NKCDC
The following press release was sent to Spirit News by the NKCDC The New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) has named Felix Torres-Colon as its next executive director. Torres-Colon…
Spirit Staff | 03/15/2017 -
FeaturesBam Rogers: Leading up to her next big fight, Philly’s youngest female boxing promoter gets personal
Brittany Ann Michelle Rogers, known in the Philly boxing scene simply as Bam Rogers, became the youngest woman in the nation to become a licensed boxing promoter at the ripe age…
Megan Matuzak | 03/08/2017 -
News“You Will Pay Bitch For Fred”: Republican Candidate for the 197th Receives Suspicious Threat at Her Home
In the ongoing soap opera that we’ll continue to call “As the 197th Turns,” Lucinda Little, the Republican candidate for 197th Legislative District, woke up Monday to a threat in…
Bob Stewart | 02/27/2017 -
FeaturesMillennial Mayor: 22 year-old CCP Student Tejan Austin Plans on Running for Mayor in 2019
Most college students have a busy enough schedule, balancing a full course load and part-time jobs. But Tejan Austin added a little more to his plate: running a full…
Genevieve Kotz | 02/16/2017 -
Education in Strawberry MansionStrawberry Mansion Community Leader Honored
About a decade ago, Kevin Upshur paid tribute to his late mother by turning her bar into a learning center at 30th and Dauphin Streets in Strawberry Mansion. …
Steve Bohnel | 02/15/2017 -
Features in KensingtonThe Son of Palestine: Local MMA Fighter Explains Life as a Palestinian Growing Up in Kensington
The conflict between Israel and Palestine has been going on for longer than many of us have been alive. To explain the conflict in simple terms, many Palestinians believe…
Ptah Gabrie | 02/15/2017 -
A&EThe Dark Musings of Rushawn “Scum Lizard” Stanley
A new face in the Riverwards art world, Rushawn “Scum Lizard” Stanley, hit the ground running in September when he moved to Kensington from Elmira, NY. Since then, he…
Sean Barrett | 02/09/2017 -
A&EThe Frightening Flyers of Jim Anderson
You might not know his face or his name, but if you’ve spent any time in Fishtown over the past year or so, odds are good you’ve come in…
Sean Barrett | 02/09/2017 -
A&E in BrewerytownBrewerytown Pop Artist, Richard Pastor, Explains What Makes Him Tick
Much like our own city, the art of Richard Pastor contrasts grittier, lowbrow qualities against highbrow, classical iconography. “There’s also physical elements in the paintings,” Pastor, 32, said…
Genevieve Kotz | 02/08/2017 -
Community in KensingtonLOCAL PROFILES: Valerie Martinez, Operations Manager at the Norris Square Neighborhood Project
I’m making my way across Norris Square in West Kensington, past the United Presbyterian Church banner proclaiming “Immigrants and Refugees Welcome,” around the towering oak tree on which is…
Jacquie Mahon | 01/26/2017 -
ProfilesGirls Together As One: Local Teens Start Youth Empowerment Program for Girls
Growing up, Nadia Green and Savannah Manns both experienced the catty and toxic ways young girls can treat each other. Now, as high school juniors, they decided to do something…
Genevieve Kotz | 01/26/2017 -
Health in FishtownMeet Lutheran Settlement House’s T’ai Chi Instructor Milton McGriff
For years Philadelphia native Milton McGriff has practiced and taught t’ai chi, a Chinese martial art. T’ai chi (or t’ai chi ch’uan, which translates to “supreme ultimate fist” or…
Thomas Beck | 01/20/2017