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March 22, 2016

Drexel’s Costume Collection on Display at Michener Art Museum

When founding Drexel University, Anthony J. Drexel set aside $1 million (which, in today’s dollars, equals about $26 million) for art and artifacts intended to inspire students to want to learn more. Part of that collection included textiles, many of which survived into the 21st century and are now part of the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, which […]

March 21, 2016

New Tiger at the Philadelphia Zoo!

It’s always an exciting day when the Philadelphia Zoo adds a new resident. This week, zookeepers are proudly showing off the zoo’s latest acquisition: a stunning 8-year-old Amur tiger named Grom. As of Friday, Grom was taking a survey of his new terrain at the zoo’s Big Cat Falls, pacing around and feeling everything out. Grom was born at the […]

March 18, 2016

Philly News Briefs: 3/18/16

1.) West Philadelphia vegans have a new place to indulge their sweet teeth. If you frequent local cafes, you have likely encountered Dottie’s Donuts, a lineup of vegan sweets. Now, the brand has a storefront location for the first time, right next door to its commercial bakery at 4529 Springfield Avenue. Never tried a vegan donut? No worries, says owner […]

March 17, 2016

Philadelphia Prepares For Another Museum Opening

If there’s one thing that Philadelphia has in spades, it’s a sense of history. Who doesn’t think of the city and automatically think of the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross’ house, and the preserved buildings where George Washington and Ben Franklin hobnobbed? The fact of the matter is, Philadelphia is crammed with monuments to the American Revolution. In Old City, there […]

March 16, 2016

UPenn’s Medical School Attains High Ranking

Congratulations to the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for having tied for third place on U.S. News & World Report’s national ranking of medical schools! It was the only one of the six medical schools in the Philadelphia region to crack the magazine’s Top 50 list. UPenn tied with Johns Hopkins University and the University of […]

March 15, 2016

Millennials Love Flipping in Philly!

While not everyone agrees on the definition of “hipster,” we can agree on one thing – that hipsters are those who stay ahead of trends in clothing, food, and life in general. They are almost always a subset of millennials, and they tend to be younger – in their 20s and early 30s. Apparently, they are also trailblazers in real […]

March 11, 2016

Philly News Briefs: 3/11/16

1.) Philadelphia has secured yet another national event, putting the city on America’s radar. The NCAA’s East Regionals are coming to town in two weeks, during which one of college basketball’s Final Four will be determined. Have you been watching your brackets? The game will go down at the Wells Fargo Center. It’s not unusual for basketball to pass through […]

March 10, 2016

Wells Fargo Pledges $5 Million to Philadelphia Homeownership

The Wells Fargo & Company bank is committed to helping out with boosting home ownership in the Philadelphia community. To that end, they’ve teamed up with NeighborWorks America and its network member New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) to create a program that will hopefully create more new homeowners by assisting citizens with their down payments. Wells Fargo has committed […]

March 8, 2016

Philadelphia’s Drinking Less Soda: What About Kenney’s Tax?

In a trend favoring healthiness, Philadelphians – and Americans in general – are drinking less soda. A survey by the Public Health Management Corporation determined that, between the years of 2007 and 2013, the amount of people who drank soda every day shrank by 16 percent. It’s a decline fueled, undoubtedly, by increased public attention to the health effects of […]