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Venue celebrates 10th year

14 October 2014 Emily Rolen

World Cafe Live has been giving live music to fans since 2004.

An Italian sandwich sits on the counter of Temple’s Best Italian Sandwiches. Allan Barnes | TTN

Albanian chef opens Italian cuisine truck

30 September 2014 Emily Rolen

Temple’s Best, located on 13th Street across from Tomlinson Theater, is under new ownership and now offers fresh Italian food.

For women, a new kick at self-defense

09 September 2014 Emily Rolen

Gracie Academy Philadelphia teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu for self-defense on the first Saturday of every month. Andrew Thayer | TTN

For women, a new kick at self-defense

09 September 2014 Emily Rolen

Gracie Academy is offering a monthly Brazilian jiu-jitsu class.

Musicopia teaching artist Carrie Lessene has been teaching kids at George G. Meade school and Tanner G. Duckery Elementary for the past eight years. |COURTESY MUSICOPIA

Bringing music back to schools

26 August 2014 Emily Rolen

Nonprofit music organization, Musicopia, fuels in-school music programs across the city.

Will travel for photos

30 July 2014 Emily Rolen

Junior journalism major Casey Kallen is trying to travel as much as she can manage this summer to improve and inspire her photography, including a trip along the East Coast.

PHS Pop Up Garden adds new flavors to South Street

10 July 2014 Emily Rolen

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society added a Pop Up Garden to 1438 South Street, as part of their fourth consecutive summer using these gardens to transform urban spaces with greenery.

Mother and daughter duo Linda and Aissia Richardson seek to revamp the historic Uptown Theater on Broad Street.| Sash Schaeffer TTN

Hope for historic Broad Street theater

29 April 2014 Emily Rolen

Linda and Aissia Richardson seek to revitalize the Uptown Theater.

After history of tensions, a surge in gentrification

29 April 2014 Emily Rolen

An influx of students in recent years has pushed community relations to the brink.

Garden moves due to new construction

22 April 2014 Emily Rolen

The Temple Community Garden is looking to relocate near the SEPTA tracks for new season.