23+ hour, 11+ min ago   (434+ words) A chess club that began with one person and a single board in a Center City park has spent five years building something larger. As WHYY reported, the Rittenhouse Chess Club now draws players to Rittenhouse Square on Wednesday evenings…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (543+ words) As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks arrives on Friday, Billy Penn at WHYY has compiled a full slate of commemorative events across Philadelphia and its surrounding counties, honoring the 2,977 people killed in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in 2001. The…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (352+ words) Two new items are joining the Girl Scout cookie lineup for 2027, and neither is aimed solely at the humans doing the buying. As USA TODAY reported Monday, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania will begin selling Patch Pals, a soft-baked dog…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (477+ words) Firaxis Games announced two major additions to Sid Meier's Civilization VII at PAX West on September 5, according to 2K's official newsroom, with both a free update and the game's first paid expansion scheduled for 2027. The free update, called Arc of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (508+ words) Les Dames d'Escoffier Philadelphia will hold its 2026 Outstanding in Her Field Heritage Dinner on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Glen Foerd Mansion, 5001 Grant Ave. More than two dozen chefs, bakers, and restaurateurs from across the Philadelphia region will take part,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) The Philadelphia Museum of Art has extended its pay-what-you-wish admission program through June 25, 2027, as PHL17 reported, giving residents across the region more than another year of flexible-price entry on Friday evenings. The offer applies every Friday starting at 5 p.m. The extension was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) A new Fishtown business is pairing coffee with car culture, offering a cafe experience unlike anything else in the neighborhood. Cannonball Club, one of the newest additions to the Fishtown commercial scene, operates a cafe surrounded by impressive vehicles. The…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (603+ words) A New Jersey book bank that gave away half a million books to Philadelphia schools last year just hit a major milestone: five million books distributed since its founding in 2017. BookSmiles, the nonprofit started by Larry Abrams out of his…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (458+ words) The all-volunteer nonprofit that supported Fox Chase Farm for more than three decades has shut down, with members saying the Philadelphia School District pushed them out of the city-owned property they helped maintain since 1990. Former president Karen Eble said the…...