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PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Play/Pie/Pint Pt II, Leah Stein's Decade, Tool Time

Theater in the round, of sorts, returns to Society Hill, a celebration of dance at the Performance Garage and buy or sell at the West Philly Tool Library.

Zach Thornbury

CAMPUS PHILLY: An Editor Who Finds Time to Get Lost in the City

Temple's Zach Thornbury dishes on College Day, the Bell Tower, and walking in Manayunk.

Youngjin Yoo

inciteXchange: Ten Months Pregnant and Staring Into a Stranger's Eyes

Inspiration for innovation through technology and design was everywhere last week at the annual free event, including the power of passion.

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PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Freaky Friday to Network, Incite and Laugh

Network with the in-crowd at Moore, witness innovation at inciteXchange at Temple, and reflect on comic images at Asian Arts Initiative.

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MOVING PICTURE: Temple Students Create Film Company to Examine Entrepreneurs

Ready Set Go is a series of short films that put a group of eight undergrads to the test, and one student hopes the experience will lead to his own startup success.

Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center

The Healthiest Thing McDonald's Ever Did for Philadelphia

A year since opening, the state-of-the-art Kroc Center is transforming Nicetown and surrounding North Philly as a center for health and education.

Susan Post, Excecutive Director of the Esperanza Center

Heaven in Hunting Park: Transformation at Critical Mass

How to rejuvenate one of Philly's most important neighborhoods? Some $21 million, a focus on open space and healthcare, and a lot of faith.

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Best of TEDxPhilly: Tough Talks and Origami

Speakers were as gritty as this year's theme, The City, and we tried to spread some old-fashioned folding fun down in The Fractory at Temple.

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Elkins Park Food Co-Op Hits $4M Goal to Open Next Summer, Hiring GM

Turned down by 20 banks and four years in the making, the CreekSide Co-Op is finally ready to open its doors at the site of the former Ashbourne Market, a longtime community fixture.

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PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Shape Shifting, earSnake and Assorted InPhiladelphia

Paper cutout art on South Street, electronic opera in University City and international artists through the eyes of two local creators in a formerly abandoned North Philadelphia building.

University City Science Center

Scalable Innovation: Science Center Panel, Temple Prof Explore Paths

Whether it's about saving lives or cities, innovation can be on a faster track in Greater Philadelphia, and here's how some of the region's brightest minds propose we speed it up.

Roz Duffy

Q&A: Roz Duffy, TEDx Philly

Philly's stellar girl has the inside chatter on the talks that will take The City by storm on Nov. 8 at the Temple Performing Arts Center. Read on for 20 percent off your ticket.

The beginnings of the first Urban Earthship - Kensington

Deep Dive on Green Jobs Shows Many Shades of Opportunity

Green jobs can mean many things to many people. To our expert, they have the power to transform Philadelphia on many levels: economic, environmental and educational, to name a few.

Newport Folk Festival, 1967: Diana Davies, Smithsonian Archives

Recognizing Stars and a New Direction in Yorktown

The marker honoring gospel legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s time in Yorktown signals a new era for this historic neighborhood.

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FLYING PHOTO: Moved Inside, POPPED! Festival Still Goes Off

The weather-related venue change was hardly ideal, but the annual two-day festival still packed a punch with one of the heartiest lineups in its brief history.
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