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Project aims to bring jazz back to popularity

28 April 2013 Priscilla Ward

Homer Jackson is the director and creator of the Philadelphia Jazz Project.

Asian fusion deli opens on Cecil B. Moore Avenue

15 April 2013 Priscilla Ward

Two brothers, formerly animators, opened the Cecil B. Moore Avenue deli.

Joe Coffee at 18th and Walnut streets, will be the first Philadelphia location. The company plans to open a location on Drexel University’s campus. | DALEXIS PEGUERO / TTN

New York coffee shop to open Philadelphia location

02 April 2013 Priscilla Ward

Joe Coffee opens its first Philadelphia shop today at 18th and Walnut streets.

Features

Music Issue: CC Jazz Fest

23 April 2012 Priscilla Ward

Jazz has etched itself into the cultural fabric of Philadelphia. The city has served as the mold for jazz legends such as Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Bessie Smith, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Throughout this

Temple’s Top Model selected last month

13 March 2012 Priscilla Ward

On Feb. 28, Residence Hall Association hosted Temple’s Next Top Model in the Student Center to encourage being bold and true to oneself. Society often gets caught up in the vanities of life: being skinny

Women’s History Month: Siobhan Reardon

12 March 2012 Priscilla Ward

Siobhan Reardon is a literacy advocate. After moving from New York City – where she worked at the New York Public Library System in the mid-80s and then the Brooklyn Public Library – she came

People you should know: Thomas Meyer

21 February 2012 Priscilla Ward

Thomas Meyer, assistant professor in the philosophy department, is a self-described “math person.” It’s from math he said he derived his curiosity for philosophy. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D

‘Soul Train’ honors

20 February 2012 Priscilla Ward

Dancers gathered to form the world’s longest Soul Train to honor the late musician Don Cornelius. People wearing afro wigs and bell-bottoms boogied in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum, Feb. 13 to groove together

Movers & Shakers: Diane Isser

06 February 2012 Priscilla Ward

She is the curly-haired rebel with a cause, known for organizing protests and counter-protests around Main Campus. Diane Isser, a junior political science and sociology major, takes political action unapologetically, and was the driving force

Professor’s book recalls history of Philadanco

31 January 2012 Priscilla Ward

The troubled history of African-American ballerinas in Philadelphia and the subsequent founding of Philadanco is captured in professor Brenda Dixon-Gottschild’s recently published book, “Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina.” “The