Topic: South Philly
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we celebrate David Bowie's life and work, Suffs and Inheritors both debut, see Motown music at City Winery, Grunge-A-Palooza at Underground Arts, jazz fusion at Milkboy, and much more
By Christina Griffith
My Sparkly Crocodile Strut of Hope
The Welcoming Center’s President and CEO needs a dash of optimism going into the new year. He’s found it in our city’s 125th Mummers Parade.
By Anuj Gupta
Dirty Spicy Caesar Martini, Anyone?
The iconic chef, brand marketer and photographer talks with the owner of O’Jung’s — a South Philly bar that’s changed with the times but also … hasn’t
By Reuben Harley
10 Years of Bok
When the old South Philly vo-tech school reopened as artist studios and makerspaces, not even its developer imagined what it would become in a single decade
By Courtney DuChene
Working on the Edge
Immigrant-owned small businesses help power Philadelphia. But tariffs — and deportations — could devastate many of them
By Cristian Salazar
FDR Park Steward Tara Anastasi
The park’s volunteer coordinator gets it done, from reclaiming lakes from the “phrag” to putting anyone who raises their hands to work.
By Thomas Devaney
“It’s Our Market.”
Amid threats to undocumented workers and from outside developers, lifelong South Philadelphian Michelle Angela Ortiz doubles down on a public art project honoring the diverse stories of the S. 9th Street Market
By Cristian Salazar
What Really Happened When Dylan Went Electric?
The South Philly-based author of the book that’s the basis for the biopic A Complete Unknown on what the movie missed, how the Dylan and Swift cults compare, and who owns pop culture antihero status today.
By Larry Platt
Why Are the Winners of the 2024 Election So … Mad?
Trump won the election. So why do his supporters still seem so riled up?
By Lauren McCutcheon
Marcello Giordano
The iconic chef, brand marketer and photographer talks business, business ethics and blueberries with a local Italian-American produce scion turned high-end restaurant purveyor
By Reuben Harley