‘Love Your Park’ Day, Fall clean-up this Saturday
Join local community groups this Saturday (Nov. 17) for Love Your Park Day and help prep neighborhood parks for the winter. Here’s how and where you can help: Clark Park (43rd and Chester) – Friends of...
View ArticleWant to dance? Proceed to Malcolm X. Park on Saturday for Park Jam
Malcolm X Park will be the place to be this Saturday as the first annual Park Jam takes over the green space at 51st and Pine. Billed as a “community dance party,” Park Jam (Facebook page) will feature...
View ArticleTimely performance of No Child …, a play about inner-city schools, at Malcolm...
No Child … curators (from left) Walter DeShields, LaNeshe L. White and Carlo Campbell at Malcolm X. Park (Photo from Facebook page). This might be the most timely theater performance of the year. On...
View ArticleWest Philly Food Not Bombs to serve free food every Friday at Malcolm X Park
The activist group West Philly Food Not Bombs will start serving free food at Malcolm X Park every Friday, beginning today, according to their Facebook page. Some of our readers may know these folks as...
View ArticlePeoplehood Parade, Fall Festival on Sunday
Peoplehood Parade returns to West Philly streets and Clark Park this Sunday. Archived photo / West Philly Local. Local parks will host some great community events on Sunday, Nov. 3. The Spiral Q...
View ArticleMore jazz in more neighborhoods this summer
Mixed People will perform this Friday in Cedar Park. Last week, we reported about The Cedar Park Jazz Series, an annual celebration of summer, jazz and community in Cedar Park. The free outdoor series...
View ArticleReadings at the X: Talking history at Malcolm X Park
Click to enlarge. The Friends of Malcolm X Park and local resident, historian and educator Rhone Fraser are teaming up to bring dramatic readings of seven historical plays to the park located at 51st...
View ArticleThis Thursday at Malcolm X Park: Only ‘Street Movies!’ screening in West Philly
Photo courtesy Scribe Video Center. As part of the annual (17th!) outdoor film screening series Street Movies!, Scribe Video Center will present a great selection of independent films on Thursday, Aug....
View ArticleToday in West Philly: Night Market, outdoor films
Here’s a reminder of what’s happening today around the hoods. And guess what? All of these events are free! Night Market on Lancaster Ave @ 35th, 6 – 10 p.m. Update: West Philadelphia Orchestra will...
View ArticleBack to School Extravaganza today 2-5 p.m. at Malcolm X Park
The Nehemiah Davis Foundation is holding its annual Back To School Extravaganza and book bag giveaway on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2 – 5 p.m., at Malcolm X Park (52nd and Pine). During the event, volunteers...
View ArticleMalcolm X Park Jazz series underway. Next show is on Thursday, June 25
Jazz vocalist Barbara Walker will perform at Malcolm X. Park on July 9. (Photo from thebarbarawalkerstory.com) Recently we let you know about the Cedar Park Summer Jazz series happening every Friday...
View Article“Theatre in the X” to bring Othello and all-Black cast to Malcolm X Park
Theatre in the X presents all-Black cast Othello at Malcolm X Park on Aug. 8, 15 & 22. (Photo from Theatre in the X’s Facebook page). The Winter’s Tale production in Clark Park is over, but more...
View ArticleStreet Movies! at Clark and Malcolm X parks this weekend
Photo courtesy Scribe Video Center This month, Scribe Video Center is bringing back its Street Movies! program, with free outdoor film screenings and live performances taking place across Philadelphia...
View ArticleOne more chance to see Theatre in the X’s ‘Othello’
On Saturday, Aug. 15, a sizable crowd gathered at Malcolm X Park to see Theatre in the X‘s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Othello (see photos below). We enjoyed it a lot. If you missed this show...
View ArticleBack 2 School Extravaganza at Malcolm X Park this Sunday
The Nehemiah Davis Foundation presents its 7th annual Back 2 School Extravaganza on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2-6 p.m., at Malcolm X Park (52nd and Pine). Kids and families are invited to enjoy some fun...
View ArticleMural painting this Sunday at Malcolm X Park
Click to enlarge. Community members are invited to come by Malcolm X Park (51st and Pine) from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 22 to help paint a mural-in-progress by artists...
View ArticleLive jazz returns to West Philly parks (updated)
Summer brings many cool events to West Philly neighborhoods, including street festivals, outdoor music, art and movies, farmers’ and flea markets, and food-centered events, so we’ll be posting this...
View ArticleThree Sundays of three powerful plays: ‘Theatre in the X’ returns to Malcolm...
Audiences were enthralled last summer for Theatre in the X’s almost three hour all-Black presentation of Shakespeare’s Othello (Photo West Philly Local). Theatre in the X, a group comprised of three...
View ArticleTheatre in the X is back at Malcolm X; two more Sundays left
Martin and Malcolm arm wrestling for the future of the movement in The Meeting, one of three short plays that comprise this year’s Theatre in the X (Photos by West Philly Local). Theatre in the X, the...
View ArticleRecord turnout at ‘Love Your Park’ Fall Service Day
“Love Your Park” Fall Service Day 2016 at Malcolm X Park. (Photo by Albert Yee) An historic turnout was reported at this year’s “Love Your Park” Fall Service Day. This past weekend the highest number...
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