Love Your Pretzel Park Day

Spend the morning beautifying Pretzel Park. Tasks will include trash and litter pick-up; leaves and organic debris clean-up; as well as weeding, planting and mulching. Gardening equipment provided. Refreshments provided. Please register at loveyourpark.org Rain date: November 10, 2024

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MQFactory Marketplace

Philadelphia, PA – The MQFactory -Ricky Codio Studio, a dynamic and innovative creative space for photography, art, and events, is proud to announce the launch of the MQFactory Marketplace. This exciting monthly event is specifically designed to showcase and support local vendors and entrepreneurs in our vibrant community. Over the course of three months, July,

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Among Manayunk’s hilly streets, the Spiral Bookcase thrives

Photo by Margo Reed Kooky and Calm by Emily Kovach Ann Tetreault has always been a book lover. Her parents—both teachers—would frequently stop to peruse bookshops with their children, and Tetreault became a book collector at a young age. She studied literature in college and got her master’s degree in folk studies, going on to

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Manayunk’s Philadelphia Woodworks offers tools and education

Co-working for Carvers by Matt Bevilacqua Walk into the front office of Philadelphia Woodworks and you will come across shelves full of handmade bowls, clocks, candlesticks, chessboards, reusable wine corks and even kaleidoscopes. All are made from wood, and not by professionals. Tucked into an Umbria Street warehouse at the foot of Manayunk’s Germany Hill,

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On Tap: Nocturnum

story by Lucas HardisonThe night brings respite from the assaults of the day, and we celebrate with glass tulips of cloudy dark amber ale brewed on the banks of the Schuylkill in nearby Manayunk. Nocturnum boasts a malty, fruity flavor of plum/fig/blackberry with a spicy Belgian bite. While there’s only the

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Local Business: Into the Woods

Throughout Philadelphia, crumbling factories recall a faded past. But in the wooden beams that once held them up—century-old timber taken from vanished virgin forests—Steve Ebner sees beauty, opportunity and a chance at renewal. “You can’t get better than this,” he says, gesturing toward the massive stacks of reclaimed wood that make up the stock of

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