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Fresh Artists

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Fresh Artists, Moving People, Vegan Wing Bowl

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Young art on the Schuylkill, power-packed transportation talk, and the city's other wing-eating contest.
The Navy Yard

What Will Be Philadelphia's Next Calling Card? Technology, Sustainability, Food or the Arts?

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, January 24, 2012
All four sectors have potential to supplant meds and eds, says our panel of experts.
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.
Annenberg

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Beginnings, Development, Walkability

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Storytelling and coffee in South Philly, neighborhood building in three acts in University City and walkability on the Parkway.
Gabriel Stark

Philly's Next Rap Star is From Haverford College?

Ivana Ng Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Bronx-bred Gabriel "Starky" Stark has worked hard at his craft on the Main Line, building a support team from other Tri-Co schools and focusing on production value and historical themes. His latest album, Starky F Kennedy, dropped on Jan. 7.
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.
Andrew Simonet

Q&A: Andrew Simonet, Headlong Dance Company

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, January 10, 2012
His nearly 20 year-old experimental dance company's next audience-focused performance, This Town Is a Mystery, will create productions in people's homes for this year's Live Arts Festival.
Permanent Wave

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Scratch Night, Permanent Wave, MLK Day of Service

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Help create future Live Arts shows, support gender equality locally and volunteer your time.
Philadelphia Orchestra abstract

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Family Feud Stories, Waltzes and Treecycling

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, December 20, 2011
This week's holiday inspired edition takes you into 2012, whether you want to slam there, dance there or recycle there.
Bill Green abstract

FLYING GUEST: Bill Green on Why Business Tax Reform Will Get Done

Bill Green Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Coupled with the coming revision of the city's zoning code, continued business privilege tax reform will send a clear message: Philadelphia is open for business.
Flocking to Philly

Flocking to Philly: International Visitors Up Nearly 50 Percent

Elise Vider Monday, December 12, 2011
Visitors from Western Europe, and increasingly India, China and elsewhere in Asia, are flocking here for history, conventions and shopping.
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.
Miracle on 34th St

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Shop, Shop, Shop, the PBR and Miracles are Free

Flying Kite staff Monday, December 12, 2011
Miracle on 34th Street on the big screen in Bryn Mawr and one-of-a-kind shopping experiences in Fishtown and Center City.
Avi Loren Fox

FK Insider: Avi Loren Fox, Narberth

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, December 06, 2011
The force behind sustainability nonprofit Narberth Greens is getting into the photography biz and has big things planned for her unique hometown and beyond.
LatkePalooza

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Latkepalooza, Serafin Strings, Unsilent Night

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, December 06, 2011
The holidays deserve to taste, sound and look this good. Get your latkes, classical strings and boomboxes ready for a stroll through Greater Philadelphia's best.
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