Queen Village / Pennsport : Featured Stories

Stroll with neighbors in Lower & Central North Philly, experience Southeast Asia on Penn's Landing and eat up some insects on the Ben Franklin Parkway.

Penn's Landing orchestra, Tiberino Museum Goddesses, East Passyunk motorheads = Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

It's sculpture derby time in Kensington, craft brew and food in Newbold and energy independence day in Modena.

The three-mile stretch of highway is just one of the things Next American City's Diana Lind is impacting from its new Brewerytown storefront.

Eat the best for cheap in Center City, see the art of Fourth Friday on South St., and experience the Holmesburg Prison.

Everything you need to know about this year's event, which runs Sept. 2-17, including hotspots, extras and must-see performances.

If you're into making things happen, start it up with Philly Startup leaders on Thursday. If you're in it for the ride, hit the urban farm tour on Saturday. If you're into the web, spin anew with WebStart Women on Sunday.

Know where your cafeteria's lunch comes from? Common Market is changing institutional food from the inside out, sourcing food from local farmers and supplying it to schools, hospitals and corporations throughout the region.

With $129 million dollars in federal money, the Navy Yard is poised to become a national leader in energy efficiency and this longtime Penn professor has the inside scoop on GPIC's vast potential.

Where do you want to go this summer? India, Ireland, maybe the Caribbean? The The Great Stage at Penn's Landing along the Delaware River has enough ethnic flavor for everyone this summer.

Led by an inspiring effort at Mt. Airy, hundreds of volunteers will be at Philly's parks on Saturday for an ambitious cleanup.                                                    Find out where and how you and your friends can help.

Earlier this week, Select Greater Philadelphia released its 2010 Higher Education Impact report, an updated version of its 2007 study, and the findings were largely encouraging

Within Greater Philadelphia's considerable foodie community is a sub-genre known as Wild Foodies who are spreading the seed of wild edibles, both plants and small critters, that are found just outside our doors.

Led by festival founder and design guru Hilary Jay, DesignPhiladelphia has established itself as an organic, comprehensive and cutting-edge festival that is the envy of other cities and the pride of ours. It's on Oct. 7-17 all over Philly.

Increased funding, determined advocacy and strategic partnerships are taking the training wheels off the region's bicycle scene and making Greater Philadelphia more easily connected, particularly along the Delaware River.