By nelle mills
Photographer Steven CW Taylor’s Unbound: A Visual Study on the Nature of Freedom asks viewers to slow down and consider how freedom changes depending on where we stand. In this review, nelle mills moves through Taylor’s images from Lamu, Kajiado, and Kibera, reflecting on the beauty, stillness, limits, and motion held inside the work.
By Pryce Jamison • Germantown Info Hub
Philadelphia’s Zero Fare Program will get another year of funding, keeping free SEPTA access available for income-eligible residents through July 2027. Advocates say the program helps riders get to work, school, health care, and other daily needs, but they want the city to make free transit permanent and expand access for students.
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By Maleka Fruean • Germantown Info Hub
Back to the Block pairs alley and block cleanups with Friday resource tables to bring food, employment support, expungement help and youth programs directly to 8th District residents. Organizers say the goal is to address quality-of-life concerns, build trust and support violence prevention block by block.
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By Germantown Info Hub • Germantown Info Hub
Looking for things to do in Germantown this June? This month’s Around Town roundup includes mural tours, Juneteenth celebrations, historic house tours, family archive workshops, food festivals, art shows, sports activities, homeownership resources, and night markets across the neighborhood.
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By Deesarine Ballayan • Germantown Info Hub
At Awbury Arboretum, the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild gave beginner beekeepers a hands-on look at responsible hive care, from swarm prevention to disease monitoring. Guild members said urban beekeeping can benefit both people and bees, but only when colonies are properly managed, registered and cared for with neighbors in mind. The Guild also hosts family-friendly Bee Sundays for people who want to learn more before keeping bees themselves.
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By Rasheed Z. Ajamu • Germantown Info Hub
Germantown Art & Sound returns to Our House Culture Center tonight for its second summer 2026 program, featuring nine visual artists, live drumming, a local DJ and food on-site. This installment has no single theme, but two featured artists, Noir Pearle and reva, from mercury!, show how mixed media can turn real-life experience, intimacy, fantasy and Black imagination into new visual worlds.
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By Mike Cogbill • Germantown Info Hub
In this op-ed, Germantown’s organizer Mike Cogbill argues that the neighborhood’s deep history of civic action, from the 1688 anti-slavery petition to present-day voting rights fights, offers a blueprint for how neighbors can show up in the 2026 midterm elections.
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By Maleka Fruean
Local chef and activist Valerie Erwin built a career around food, memory, and cultural preservation. As the former owner of Geechee Girl Rice Café, she brought Lowcountry, Gullah Geechee, Pan-African, and family-rooted dishes to Germantown and Mt. Airy — a move that helped shape how Philly understands Southern Black foodways. Now, after receiving major recognition from the Leeway Foundation and Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, she continues her work through food access, community programs, catering, and new cultural preservation projects.
By Deesarine Ballayan
In the Orbit of Ra, a new mural on the southern wall of October Gallery Museum, honors Sun Ra and the Sun Ra Arkestra’s deep roots in Germantown. Co-designed by Ernel Martinez and Keir Johnston, the mural brings together years of planning, community partnerships, and public art work tied to the Arkestra’s longtime home base at 5626 Morton St.
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