Food and Drink
REVIEW: Balboa Supper Club
Sumac? Romanesco? Almond dirt?! Our “Taste of Spring” with chef Alex Garfinkel offered an array of exciting ingredients in dishes that celebrated the season deliciously. [more…]
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Businesses and organizations
A Bounty in Our Backyard
The Local heads to Germantown to sink in some serious local history at Second Saturday (and we found lots of other cool shit, too). [more…]
Businesses and organizations
How Does Your Garden Grow?
What does your garden say about you? Identifying (and celebrating) neighborhood gardeners with skill & style. Introducing: the East Falls Beautification Awards by Scott Frith of Keller Williams. [more…]
Schools and kids
Schooling Locally, Learning Globally
Philadelphia Hebrew Public approved by School Reform Commission New charter school in East Falls set to open to students August 26, 2019 [more…]
Businesses and organizations
Piece Maker
Local mosaic artist Trish Metzner creates beauty from broken fragments; wins international acclaim. [more…]
Art & Entertainment
Ghosts in the Graveyard?
Insights from a local paranormal investigator at Laurel Hill Cemetery and… beyond… [more…]
Development
Long Time Coming for Ridge Flats — UPDATED
Almost twenty years of community planning may finally transform the East Falls Riverfront Business District! [more…]
Businesses and organizations
Tattoos Are People Too
Ouch! A reader asks why we’d cover a “dubious and dangerous” enterprise as Frequency Tattoo Company on Ridge. We rush to the defense of John Howie & his talented crew — and tattooed people everywhere (many we [more…]
Businesses and organizations
On the Right Frequency
Let’s tune in as our tattooed contributor’s colorful story continues at the Philadelphia Convention Center. [more…]