Nine Philadelphia-Area Students Split $25,000 in New Community Scholarships
PHILADELPHIA — Nine graduating high school seniors from Philadelphia and surrounding counties have won the first Gibbons Legal Community Scholarship, splitting $25,000…
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The Philly School Calendar Dates Parents Need Before the Holidays
PHILADELPHIA — With Term 1 interim reports landing Sept. 29, Philadelphia families are entering a stretch of the school calendar dotted with…
Philadelphia Students Walked and Biked to School. Next Month Honors Ruby Bridges
PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of Philadelphia students walked, biked and rolled to school on Oct. 7 as part of Walktober, the national Walk…
Philadelphia Schools Reenrolled 720 Students Just Before Funding Count
PHILADELPHIA — Just before an Oct. 1 deadline to report enrollment to the state for funding purposes, the School District of Philadelphia…
Free Library After-School Attendance Jumps 54 Percent as Programs Expand
PHILADELPHIA — Attendance at the Free Library of Philadelphia's after-school programs grew 54 percent, rising from 43,486 to 66,974, according to the…
Philadelphia Puts $75,000 More Behind Training Career and Technical Teachers
PHILADELPHIA — City Council Majority Leader Katherine Gilmore Richardson joined the School District of Philadelphia, the teachers union and the Fund for…
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Longwood Gardens Unveils 5,000 Chrysanthemums as Morris Arboretum Opens Its Final Scarecrow Vote
Two of the region's great gardens are giving Philadelphia its most colorful weekend of the fall. Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square opens…
Deric Cahill Brings the Laughs to Helium While Cozy Comedy Keeps It Cheap in Queen Village
Philadelphia comedy fans face a happy choice this weekend. Boston-born stand-up Deric Cahill headlines Helium Comedy Club with five shows Thursday through…
Girl from the North Country Closes Out Its Arden Run as Liberation Gives Feminism Center Stage
Two of Philadelphia's most decorated theaters are offering the city a study in American storytelling this month. Girl from the North Country…
The Addams Family Brings Ghoulish Laughs to Walnut Street Theatre Through Nov. 1.
The Walnut Street Theatre is keeping Halloween season firmly in the comedy column. The Addams Family, the stage musical built around America's…
Halloween Nights Marks 35 Years as Eastern State Turns Its Past Into Philadelphia’s Biggest Halloween Party
Eastern State Penitentiary has spent 35 years turning its dark history into Philadelphia's most famous Halloween tradition. Halloween Nights returns to the…
Franklin Institute Invites Adults to a Halloween Night of Movie Monsters and Science
The Franklin Institute is turning its Science After Hours series into a horror night this Friday. "Fright Nite" runs Oct. 16 from…
Barnes Exhibition Traces How Wartime Incarceration Shaped Postwar American Design
The Barnes Foundation is showing "Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America," the first exhibition of its kind to trace how Japanese American…
Philadelphia Museum of Art Opens First Major Duchamp Retrospective in 50 Years
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has opened the first major American retrospective of Marcel Duchamp in more than half a century. The…
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