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Reading Terminal is one of America's largest and oldest public markets
At Reading Terminal Market, you'll find 75 local, family-owned shops selling everything from meat, seafood and produce to jewelry, art, and a smorgasbord of ethnic food options.Kamal's has been serving Mediterranean at the market since 1981.Specialties include the spinach pie, shawarmas, hummus, baba ghanoush but the homemade falafel is the top seller.They also make smoothies, fresh juices and desserts, including baklava.Their newest addition is scratch-made Dubai chocolate bars, with pistachio and shredded wheat inside.Reading Terminal Market first opened its door in 1893 inside what is now a National Historic Landmark building. The market itself has been named one of the...
Pasion Y Arte is an all female dance company empowering women
Elba Hevia Y Vaca offers Flamenco dance classes in Overbrook to empower women.She created Pasion Y Arte 24 years ago, feeling distraught about the sexualization that was happening in flamenco at that time for women.She teaches a modern form of the traditional Spanish dance form.Elba has created 14 productions with her most recent being Hacia La Luz for the Fringe Arts Festival.Hacia La Luz is an ode to Elba's self-discovery of her Andean Indigenous heritage.To learn more about Elba's upcoming productions you can visit her website for more.Pasion Y Arte|Instagram |Facebook6411 Overbrook Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19151
One dead and two injured in deadly triple shooting in North Philadelphia
A 17-year-old is dead, and two others are injured after nearly 60 shots were fired at a party in the Poplar section of North Philadelphia. Just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning, four masked men opened fire in the courtyard of a housing development on the 600 block of Franklin Street. The 17-year-old girl later died […]
First vet school in NJ getting ready for 2025 inaugural class
🐶 New Jersey's first veterinary school is getting ready for students. 🐶 The inaugural class will begin in September 2025. There are only 34 veterinary schools in the United States, but there is about to be a 35th as one in New Jersey prepares to welcome its inaugural class in the fall of 2025.
‘In a competition of pain, there are no winners’: Gov. Shapiro tours exhibit marking anniversary of Oct. 7 attack
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. On the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack in Israel, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro came to Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to see an exhibition that recreates the aftermath of Oct. 7.
Eastern State Penitentiary ranked 2nd most haunted location in the world
October is here and Halloween is weeks away, so if you want to find a spooky place to see, Philadelphia has one of the most haunted locations in the world. According to Planet Cruise, Eastern State Penitentiary is the second most haunted location in the world, right after Mary King’s Close in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. […]
Lansdowne Theater Reopening Delayed by Construction Issues
An anticipated October opening of the Lansdowne Theater for concerts has been delayed because of last-minute building issues. The Lansdowne Theater, a 1927 movie palace closed since 1987, was ready to reopen as a concert venue this month, but unforeseen construction issues have delayed that opening, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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