Catholic church closings | affordable LGBT senior housing | disciplinary discrepancies for black students | vigil for fallen firefighters | PHS Pops-Up honored

Catholic church closings | affordable LGBT senior housing | disciplinary discrepancies for black students | vigil for fallen firefighters | PHS Pops-Up honored
  • Catholic parishes in Manauynk and Germantown will close
  • LGBT senior housing project coming soon
  • Disciplinary disparities for black students in ‘burbs
  • East Kensington grieves, thanks fallen firefighters
  • PHS Pops-Up Garden earns chapter ASLA award
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    April 6-8: Pop-up Opera, Green Walls, Easter Promenade

    April 6-8: Pop-up Opera, Green Walls, Easter Promenade
  • Friday: Pop-up Opera @ The Porch
  • Saturday: Green Walls @ Meadownbrook Farm
  • Sunday: Easter Promenade @ South Street/Headhouse Square
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    Garden Tenders community garden training sessions start Wednesday (3/28)

    Garden Tenders community garden training sessions start Wednesday (3/28)

    Learn the ins and outs of creating a community garden in your neighborhood with Philadelphia Green’s Garden Tenders training course starting Wednesday, March 28.

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    Flower Show 365 reaches beyond the Convention Center

    Flower Show 365 reaches beyond the Convention Center

    The Flower Show may be over, but expect to see pieces of the show turn up in new places throughout the city.

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    March 2-4: Director John Foy, HSP Ancestry Day, Flower Show

    March 2-4: Director John Foy, HSP Ancestry Day, Flower Show
  • Friday: First Friday Arts with John Foy @ WHYY
  • Saturday: HSP Ancestry Day @ Convention Center
  • Sunday: Philadelphia Flower Show @ Convention Center
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    Super Sunday 2/5: Green Philly, Dickens’ 200th birthday, films with Megawords

    Super Sunday 2/5: Green Philly, Dickens’ 200th birthday, films with Megawords

    This Sunday isn’t just about the Super Bowl:

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    December 12-16: PHS holiday pop-up shop, Moviehouse, urban gardening talk, Unsilent Night

    December 12-16: PHS holiday pop-up shop, Moviehouse, urban gardening talk, Unsilent Night
  • Monday-Friday: PHS Holiday Pop-Up Shop @ Comcast Center
  • Tuesday: “Moviehouse” @ Historical Society of Frankford
  • Wednesday: Community Conversation on Gardening and Land Issues @ Finanta Buidling
  • Wednesday: Unsilent Night and Old Philadelphia Holiday Party
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    Speculation at Broad and Washington, profiles in Occupy, safety at greened lots, parking in bike lanes, unified Chelten Avenue, Nutter nod

    Speculation at Broad and Washington, profiles in Occupy, safety at greened lots, parking in bike lanes, unified Chelten Avenue, Nutter nod
  • Dranoff negotiates for NE corner of Broad and Washington
  • The many faces of Occupy Philly
  • Greened lots deter crime
  • Cars park in Society Hill’s bike lanes
  • How can Chelten Avenue unify Germantown?
  • Mayor Nutter an American of the Year
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    November 14-18: Slow Food tasting, community garden class, Reading Viaduct talk, Cities Under Siege, Charlie Chan in Egypt

    November 14-18: Slow Food tasting, community garden class, Reading Viaduct talk, Cities Under Siege, Charlie Chan in Egypt
  • Snail of Approval tastings @ Reading Terminal
  • How to start a community garden @ PHS
  • Reading Viaduct Park discussion @ Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Cities Under Siege book talk @ Penn
  • Secret Cinema: Charlie Chan in Egypt @ Penn Museum
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    Hawthorne Park grows at MLK Plaza

    Hawthorne Park grows at MLK Plaza

    Hawthorne Park is one of the first public parks built by the city in years. After breaking ground this spring, the new park is starting to take shape.

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