Image via washcyclelaundry.comNeed a reason to clean out your closet this summer? Here’s your chance. Three local nonprofits are joining forces in a free donation pick-up day. On Monday, July 23, Wash Cycle Laundry and Gearing Up will be offering free pick-up of gently used women’s clothes to benefit the Career Wardrobe. Since 1995, Career
MoreImage via weaversway.coopLocal favorite Weavers Way Co-op in Mt. Airy is expecting big changes this summer. Construction has already started on the Mt. Airy Pet Supply and Wellness storefronts, combining them to make an extended space that will include a huge bulk section for buying nuts, grains, snacks, dried goods and oils. While the main
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Marisa McCllelan’s new book, Food in Jars. | Image via foodinjars.comYou’ve read her blog and drooled over her mouth-watering recipes, now it’s time to read her book. Canning blogger and Grid columnist Marisa McClellan will be celebrating the release of her new book, Food in Jars: Preservation in Small Batches, with a selling and signing event
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An abandoned bicycle takes up valuable space at a bike rack.| Image via the Bicycle Coalition of Greater PhiladelphiaYou have all seen them. Those rusty, junky, beat-up bicycles with half their parts missing, locked to a bike rack and taking up precious space. Luckily, these pesky eyesores are slated to become a thing of the
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University City District reopened its parklet last week on 43rd Street. | Image via universitycity.orgSomewhere between a green city and a crowded city lives a unique creature—the parklet. Born in New York City and raised from the idea that even the country’s most populous urban centers can support green spaces, parklets are popping up in
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Our previous cover stars Revolution Recovery are now gracing the silver screen in a new documentary by Temple film grad Nicolas Romolini. The documentary gives a look into Revolution Recovery’s day-to-day operations at their Northeast Philly facility. Romolini talks with founders Avi Golen and Jon Wybar about their work and how they’ve developed a unique
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Photo Credit: Amanda Stillwell What was once a vacant lot on the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square is now the home of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) latest pop up garden. After last year’s successful Pop Up Garden at 20th and Market Streets, PHS decided to make the project annual. This year, the garden occupies the
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Image via readingterminalmarket.orgThis week, join the Reading Terminal Market in celebrating the latest updates to this historical local food landmark. With more than $3 million in renovations completed, the market now boasts an updated demo kitchen, larger bathrooms and additional floor space to house new vendors, including: Valley Shepard Creamery, The Tubby Olive, The Head
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The Wissahickon Gorge of Wissahickon Creek Park is great for hiking, biking, and fishing. | Photo Credit: Friends of Wissahickon (http://www.fow.org/)Summer weather and extra daylight mean one thing: time to get outside. And what better place to do it than our own Schuylkill River! While perhaps best known for their bike and running paths, the
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story by Lucas HardisonHang out with brewers long enough and eventually you’ll hear one say “brewers make wort, yeast makes beer.” False modesty aside, there’s a lot of truth to that. It’s not just booze and bubbles our fine fermenting friends are putting out, it’s the esters and phenols (and other, sometimes less desirable, compounds)
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