story by Char VandermeerI once took great pleasure in planning my flowering container garden. My imagination brimmed with bright annuals as I sketched plans and gathered supplies. I spent countless hours paging through seed catalogs, agonizing over varieties and colors, flowering times, watering requirements, height, greenery, grasses, vines and heaven knows
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More examples of Philly wrong doings can be found on Keep Philadelphia Beautiful’s Facebook page. | Image via http://www.facebook.com/KeepPhiladelphiaBeautifulWhat is a greater faux pas in Philadelphia than calling a hoagie a hero? Questioning the Phillie Phanatic? Ordering crab fries without cheese? How about littering? The national organization Keep America Beautiful has brought their latest anti-littering
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Greenworks Philadelphia is offering funding to small business owners for energy efficiency projects. | Image via phila.gov/green/greenworksEnergy efficiency improvements can be a major boon to small businesses, lowering energy bills and increasing savings each month. But for many businesses, the high costs of these improvements can put energy efficiency out of reach. Luckily, the Philadelphia
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Mayor Nutter will ride his bike to work with fellow commuters down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway tomorrow. | Image via the Bicycle Coalition of Greater PhiladelphiaSearching for a more invigorating morning commute? Join Mayor Nutter tomorrow for a morning bike ride down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in honor of National Bike to Work Day. The ride
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story by Liz Pacheco | photo byChristopher LeamanTo describe the warehouse for the future Philadelphia Sculpture Gym as rough would be an understatement. As of March, the 7,500-square-foot, brick-walled space was dark and dingy. There was a long, beat-up wooden table left from the previous owners, and piles of
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April 1, 2012, 10:45 a.m. The line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center was growing. Parents with strollers, young professionals, older couples, eco-conscious hippies and families in Phillies shirts were all patiently waiting for 11 a.m. Apparently the 1,100 pre-sold tickets were no fluke. The Philly Farm & Food Fest was attracting
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Performance artist and playwright Robert Karimi | Image by Jeffery MachtigFor performance artist and playwright Robert Karimi, preventing the growth of the Type 2 diabetes begins with culinary comedy. Joining humor with music, documentary-style video, storytelling, political discussion and live cooking, Karimi’s The Cooking Show engages and educates communities on how their cultural cuisines, stories
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The Knight Arts award will go toward Little Berlin’s Fairgrounds project to transform an empty lot into an outdoor artspace. | Image via littleberlin.orgIn our new June issue, we feature the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, a new co-working space in Fishtown that offers the tools and support for woodworking, metalworking, moldmaking and casting in a community setting.
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Vacant land in South Philadelphia | Image via planphilly.comRemember that vacant lot in your neighborhood—the one you always thought would serve the neighborhood better as a community garden than a dumping ground? And remember how complicated the process was to even consider the space for redevelopment?
With 40,000 vacant lots throughout Philadelphia, this is a common
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story by Marisa McClellanOnce the growing season in the Philadelphia area kicks in, we get six to eight good weeks before the weather is too hot for delicate lettuces. While they do return in the fall once the heat lessens, I take that initial and finite season as a challenge to eat
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