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On Jan. 24, the Chestnut Hill Local launched its new radio show, "A Local Lens," on G-Town Radio, 92.9 FM. Once a month, on the second Friday from 9-10 a.m., we'll be reporting live, bringing insights, expertise and community voices to the airwaves.

My therapist recently described my existence as a “maybe life,” which I think sums it up pretty perfectly. Maybe I can do that. Maybe not. Maybe I can go there. Maybe not. Maybe I’ll be functional. Or not.

I’ll let you in on a secret. Even if I’m functioning well, I feel a gripping sense of terror, anticipation, and worry about whether I’ll be able to stand upright, to deliver on my commitment to suit up and show up, and to remain a woman of my word.

A little more than a year after his narrow loss to three-term incumbent Councilmember Cindy Bass in City Council’s 8th District Democratic primary, Seth Anderson-Oberman has been named the first executive director of Reclaim Philadelphia – a role he says will enable him to continue and expand the work of his campaign.

When we launched our Idea Labs, earlier this month, we weren't sure how the community would react, or if people would come out and engage with us, with me.  We should've known.  These past three weeks, there has been an incredible outpouring of community-generated ideas.  Whether at Kismet, Mt. Airy Axis, or Braid Mill, community members have taken the time to stop in with article and source ideas, business updates and feedback about how the Local is doing (and how we can improve).  

Lori Salganicoff, executive director of the Chestnut Hill Conservancy, will leave the organization in six months, after a decade of leading the nonprofit in its mission to preserve Northwest Philadelphia’s architecture, land and history.

The year I moved to Philadelphia (2009) was the year of the North American Blizzard. With snow up to my knees, I trudged outside to a car obscured by white and fought back the urge to cry. I hadn’t bought a shovel. Yet, before I even had time to contemplate a possible solution, neighbors I only recognized from hallways and across the street, gathered around and dug me out. 

More than 115 years after Anna Jarvis established the first Mother’s Day, with the help of Philadelphia department store mogul John Wanamaker, the second Sunday of May has become a shared annual moment – a time we take to appreciate the person who nurtured us into the people we are today. 

Timaree Schmit and Darryl Charles have been collaborating for almost a decade, and along the way, they’ve carved out a nerdy, dirty place for themselves in the sexy heart of Philadelphians.

Looking for some hilarious improv comedy in Philly? Check out what NYTEShift has to offer with dynamic and bold shows at ComedySportz Philadelphia

Philly’s robust improv community is using the comedy staple as an avenue for spreading life skills, connections and conversation for those who most need it (i.e., all of us)

“This is a very different musical improv show,” director and performer David Dritsas told me when we sat down to talk about Off the Record: The Musical Improvised Documentary. 

It may seem idealistic to imagine a space in which women of three generations of wisdom and experience can come together and be their authentic selves. But that is what’s been happening at Ambler’s Act II Playhouse, as an all-woman cast prepares to perform the iconic Steel Magnolias.

In my adolescence, I alternated between listening to Tupac and Biggie, the sounds of their music emanating from my Walkman as the rappers philosophized about life, death, love, and the quest for self. Their music was so impactful...

As a child, being surrounded by powerful Black and Brown women, hearing their stories of sisterhood, I found my vision and my voice. I knew then, listening to the stories of Black writers, that I wanted to be a writer.

Preserving the past and the past literary legacy of Black women and femme poets in Philadelphia, ConsenSIS presents "The Score" at Philadelphia's Johnson House.

In 2012, my colon shut down. For five weeks, I couldn’t (to use a euphemism) “go to the bathroom.” After eight colonoscopy preps and a week at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, I was finally released with my colon intact and relatively functional. At the time, I felt two things...

Locals waiting on a ruling on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a religious freedom case currently before the Supreme Court, may be especially interested...

The virtual induction ceremony for David Copperfield and Harry Houdini into the NMAJH Hall of Fame would have been magical if it weren't for the emcee.

1812 Productions' "This Is The Week That Was" goes virtual for 2020, streaming live through January 3, 2021.

Philly artist, Denise Michell explores expansive reality with her "Earth As It Is...Question Everything," solo exhibition.

Watch competitors rhyme their way through a series of freestyle rap challenges to answer the age-old question, WHO GOT THE PROPS?

Here is our Venice Island From A Distance season finale with hosts Ryan Rebel, Daralyse Lyons and Noah Herman having a roundtable discussion, reflecting on the season. 

Here is our Venice Island From A Distance interview with Content Creator and Consultant Zack James. We are excited that he was able to take time to chat with us about the need to provide resources to black owned small businesses and the role he plays in helping to make them a success. 

Here is our Venice Island From A Distance interview with the incredibly talented Darryl Charles. We are humbled and grateful he could be a part of this project as he shares his views on the importance of comedy durning these times. 

By and large, I hate dating. Sure there are things I like as much as anyone: the butterflies-in-the-gut excitement of meeting someone new, the rush of exhilaration...

When I was 11, I got in my first and only fight. After school at the Boys & Girls Club, I overheard a white girl call a Black boy the N-word...

The first time I was sexually abused, I was five. My abuser was someone I knew and loved, a surrogate father figure. The details are essential to share. I've shared them before...

Holocaust survivor Goldie Finklestein was 90 years old when she passed away on December 28th, 2019. For most of her life, Finklestein remained private about her experiences...

"Names, Not Numbers" is an oral history film project and curriculum created by Tova Fish-Rosenberg in which students learn about the Holocaust in a far more visceral and impactful way than they could ever hope to do...

Warren Miller's work evokes the spirit and experience of Philadelphia. It is diverse, dynamic, beautiful, nuanced, gritty and unapologetic...

To an outsider, Jen Childs might seem like a woman who isn't afraid of anything. After all, she is the founder of 1812 Productions, a nationally -renowned performer, and... 

Slavs and Tatars operates from the vantage point that only by looking at the past can we move forward into the future in an empowered and authentic way. 

I grew up the biracial daughter of a white single mother in a town with very little racial or ethnic diversity in the early 1980s.  In honor of Black History Month...

Includes performance by Cantor, David Wisnia

Ninety-three-year-old Holocaust survivor David Wisnia has a voice and a story that demands to be heard...

"We were victims of a broken promise", Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." King was referring to...

I found myself standing in front of Emma Baldwin's He Gave Us His Hand. The painting was in intricate and complex series of interwoven upward climbing...

For someone unfamiliar with David Bowie's illustrious career or the City of Brotherly Love's enduring connection with the British singer...

ContempraDANCE Theatre's Philly Nutt Crack-Up is what you might expect in you took the Nutcracker down to South Street for...

The political satire show has become a Philadelphia mainstay and offers something for everyone, because who doesn’t want to laugh?...

As I sat in the audience laughing, I thought, This is exactly what the world needs right now: a way to focus on...

Employing the model of in-home performances, followed by audience and performer Q&A session, Theatre Ariel offers a spectacular and unique experience.

An exhibition of Portrait Works at Philadelphia's Magic Garden.

Writer, Producer and Director, Jermaine Quick on the eve of the premiere of his new film, "Heartless."

Philadelphia's Gesu School is raising the level and increasing the quality of education by re-evaluating the learning process.

As I stood in front of the image of a striking mahogany-skinned woman, her hands in front of her heart, her visage simultaneously spiritual and strong, I was overcome by a feeling of recognition.e

Daybreaker is a monthly morning yoga dance party engineered to elevate your spirit.

I can distinctly remember the night I became too old for clubbing. Ten years ago at the age of 26, I was at a nightclub... 

On the left-hand side of the exhibition, within a wooden frame that is hauntingly reminiscent of a concentration camp's barracks, there is a...

"My son and I worked together on this piece, and this is what we got," Dulce N. told me as we huddled together in the cold...

A young boy dressed in a sailor's outfit is separated from his father. The separation is witnessed by a man with a Star of David on his shoulder. The son is destined... 

It's Movember. No, that's not a typo. "Movember" is an amalgamation of the words November and mo (a sometimes-used shorthand for mustache)...

Her voice, haunting and spectacular, cut through the opening-night silence as we sat, spellbound. As The Snow Queen's title character...

If I were to ask you to think about a bullying incident in your life, you'd surely think of something. Perhaps, you were a victim...

The life and times of the Notorious RBG chronicled at the National Museum of American Jewish History

Imagine a modern-day "Thelma & Louise" set in an Iowa City house instead of a 1966 Ford Thunderbird, and you'll have a feel for the flavor...