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

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, March 06, 2012
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

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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

Dan Eldridge Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Network with the in-crowd at Moore, witness innovation at inciteXchange at Temple, and reflect on comic images at Asian Arts Initiative.
Ready Set Go

MOVING PICTURE: Temple Students Create Film Company to Examine Entrepreneurs

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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

Ivana Ng Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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

Sue Spolan Monday, December 12, 2011
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

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, November 08, 2011
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.
Assorted in Philadelphia

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

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, November 08, 2011
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

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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

Sue Spolan Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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

Paul Glover Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The marker honoring gospel legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s time in Yorktown signals a new era for this historic neighborhood.
POPPED

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

Jeff Fusco Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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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