Articles Written by Julie Hancher

Calling all tree lovers & shutterbugs: Painted Bride Art Center is looking for your best photos. How to SUbmit your Best Tree Photos Just send your photo via email to photos@paintedbride.org of your fav tree, and two sentences on why...

Just like we introduced the Food Trust as partaking in the new Local Leader Spotlight series, we have another exciting partnership to announce: CUSP. They’ll be penning the Hot City, Cool Science column take to help understand what’s going to happen...

It’s another beautiful weekend to celebrate local food! The Farmers Market Coalition is celebrating National Farmers Market Week from August 2nd through 8th with this year’s theme: There’s More to Market. Besides the fact Mayor Nutter & his administration can brag...

Has August crept in already? As summer continues to truck on (whether we want to hit pause or not), Philly keeps bringing the best events to us. Here’s a few events to check out: Week Events August 3 – 6,...

Another week in the Illadelph! Here’s the best ways to close out July & bring in August: Week Events for July 27 – 30th, 2015: Bicycle Coalition Happy Hour Series: Join the bike coalition for a happy hour and 10%...

The Indego bike share program is taking over our Facebook, Twitter & YouTube streams. Here’s the promo video showing the best of blue around town. Readers, where’s your fav place to ride Indego? Tell us in the comments.

Ever get frustrated trying to navigate Kelly Drive on a beautiful afternoon run/bike ride? (Not like we’d speak from experience…) The Kelly Drive trail saw a whopping 663,201 biker/runners on the past year. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) placed permanent...

One of our fav eco-friendly music festival returns next Friday, July 31st. Hemp Heals Music Festival 2015 Hemp Heals Music Festival returns for its fourth year at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing. Feature performances include Sublime with Rome, Rebelution, Matisyahu and Mickey...

Want to ride bikes in (more) style? Ten Indego bikes (aka the Philadelphia Bike Share bikes) designed & styled by local youth are hitting the streets today, due to a partnership between the Mural Arts Program, the Mayor’s Office of...