Hilary Hamilton, a founding teacher at Science Leadership Academy Middle School located in Powelton Village, is leading an exuberant army of young students sporting headphones through their neighborhood on an unusually warm December day. Like new shoots fooled by a hint of spring, they’re eager to display the fruit of their learning. Along with teachers,
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Enjoy the colorful view.Leaves are turning all over the state, so it if you haven’t been to the Wissahickon in a while, put on your hiking shoes and take the family and the dog on a walk. Reprogram the thermostat.It will only take a minute to realign your temperature settings with the season, and it
MoreIllustration by Anne Lambelet 1. It’s time to weed again!Even if you don’t have a garden plot, you probably have a walkway or patio that could use some attention. Don’t let the grass go to seed, or you’ll never keep up! 2. Listen to some tunesThe XPoNential Music Fest is at the end of the
MoreIllustration by Chris Bernhardt Insider Art interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Museum activist Nina Simon is an electrical engineer by training who hails from Los Angeles—she now runs the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in California. Her own outsider status when it came to the hallowed halls of an art gallery is one of
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