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Sandbox VR Philadelphia Grows Experience Portfolio with Stranger Things Collaboration

Sandbox VR, the world’s premier destination for virtual reality, is expanding its partnership with Netflix with the release of its new experience, Stranger Things: Catalyst, available to book now...

Philadelphia Art Museum Announces Daniel H. Weiss as Director and CEO

The Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Art Museum (“art museum”) announced today the appointment of Daniel H. Weiss as the George D. Widener Director and CEO, effective December...

Steering clear of the scam slam

“Who does he think he’s kidding?” a Northeast Philadelphia woman said she thought as a man on the other end of the phone told...

Candidate Freed visits River Wards

David Freed (left), the district attorney in Cumberland County who is running for attorney general, Bob Branstetter (center), and Marc Collazzo (right) sit down...

Author remembers Depression-era Fishtown

Some 80 years ago, close to midnight on sleepy Sunday evenings, the elevated train returning to Philadelphia from Atlantic City would pull up and...

Victory blooms in the River Wards

Eight River Wards-based gardens took honors in this year’s Philadelphia Horticultural Society Citywide Garden Contest.About 250 Philadelphia gardens were entered into the contest, which began...

In brief: back-and-forth over Finnigan’s balconies

Last Tuesday, Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed a controversial plan to build balconies above Spring Garden Street at the Finnigan’s Wake bar and restaurant in...

Port Rich. pizza cook charged in phone hoax

A Port Richmond pizza cook is in hot water with the feds after allegedly perpetrating a fake bomb threat as revenge for a “compromising...
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