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New Main Line Art Center Leader Delivers More than First Installation Exhibit in Decade

Joe Petrucci Friday, October 19, 2012

Amie Potsic delivered her second child four days before Atmospheric, an inspired collaboration with InLiquid, opens at the Haverford center.

Arts and Culture, Design

Ardmore, Wayne

ON THE GROUND: The Hard Road to Frankford Leads Us to St. Mark's

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, October 09, 2012

We'll document transformation from 4442 Frankford Ave. and try to connect locals and outsiders alike to this cavernous institution.

Arts and Culture, Neighborhood Innovation, Nightlife, On the Ground

Northeast

INLIQUID: An Artist's Acts of Worship, Communication and Charity

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Media-based Timothy Walsh aims to reveal emotion in his paintings and is organizing a benefit art market on Oct. 5 for a cancer-stricken friend.

Arts and Culture, Design, Philanthropy

Media

POST: Go See Five Artistic Community Collaborators Create

Bonnie MacAllister Tuesday, October 02, 2012

The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours provide a rare glimpse inside the workspaces of the city's most creative collaborators.

Arts and Culture, Design, Media, Tourism

ARTS & BUSINESS: A Tech Connector for Main Line Art Center

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, September 25, 2012

North Highland Senior Manager John Tigh helped create a strategic technology plan for the 75 year old institution.

Arts and Culture, Emerging Technology, Philanthropy, Regionalism

Ardmore, Wayne

Locust Moon Comics' Expansion Draws Cartoonists Together

Elliott Sharp Tuesday, September 18, 2012

An event and gallery space is a product of combining two adjacent storefronts near the corner of 40th and Ludlow Streets.

Arts and Culture, Design, Media, Neighborhood Innovation, On the Ground

West Philadelphia

Aaron Krolikowski, right, and his Wissahickon bunny

Q&A: Aaron Krolikowski, West Philadelphia Cartoonist

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The artist behind Mayor of Wissahickon Creek says self-syndicating online is the only way cartoonists can get ahead in a changing artform.

Arts and Culture, Design, Media

West Philadelphia

Headlong Dance Theater's This Town Is A Mystery

Five Live Arts-Fringe Shows That Will Move You

Bonnie MacAllister Wednesday, September 05, 2012

The 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe marks a change in venue and stages some kinetic programming.

Arts and Culture, Design, Nightlife, Regionalism, Tourism

Good Times: How New Young Friends of Fairmount Group Engages Neighborhood Newcomers

Zenovia Campbell Thursday, August 30, 2012

The group grew up over the summer and is poised to increase its presence with a fall cleanup and ambassador program.

Arts and Culture, Moving Here, Neighborhood Innovation, Nightlife

Fairmount / Art Museum, Fairmount / Art Museum

A close up of the collage by the second floor residents

ON THE GROUND: The Quiet Hammering That's Moving Mill Creek Forward

Zenovia Campbell Monday, August 20, 2012

Connecting to resources, building a community center and instilling pride where it has lacked are among the many tactics employed in this hard-luck West Philadelphia enclave.

Arts and Culture, Neighborhood Innovation, On the Ground, Philanthropy

West Philadelphia

Temple Grad and Iraq War Vet's New Film A Reflection of Time Served

Joe Petrucci Friday, August 17, 2012

Daniel Speers wrote his sci-fi narrative, which debuts at The Trocadero on Aug. 26, after his second tour of duty near Baghdad.

Arts and Culture, Design, Media

North Philadelphia, Market East

The Tiberino Mural: Philly's 'First Family of Art' Comes to City Hall

Bonnie MacAllister Friday, August 17, 2012

The long-anticipated mural, which will be across the street from City Hall on the Municipal Services Building, represents a wide range of Philly contributors.

Arts and Culture, Design, Neighborhood Innovation

Center City

ARTS & BUSINESS: Star Shines for Tree House Books

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Employees, volunteers and donors have tripled at this growing North Central Philadelphia nonprofit that is making its community smarter and more engaged.

Arts and Culture, Neighborhood Innovation

North Philadelphia