Today, at 6th & South Streets in Philadelphia, the Mural Arts Program announced The Roots Mural will go up at that location with a fantastic team of local artists. Longtime bassist for The Roots, Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, was on hand for the press event. KYW’s Hadas Kuznits covered the event here.

(Credit: Hadas Kuznits)

KYW Newsradio’s John McDevitt joined Mural Arts and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter at the ribbon cutting on the brand new exciting space at The Gallery at Market East.  See his report here.

(Mural Arts Program head Jane Golden cheers as Mayor Nutter cuts a ribbon to open the program’s new public outreach center at The Gallery. Credit: John McDevitt)

AIDS Fund created a multi-media exhibition, “1981…Until It’s Over,” covering 30 years of HIV/AIDS and 25 years of AIDS Walk Philly. In honor of World AIDS Day, Philly.com and the fantastic @wendywarren put together a wonderful video that was featured prominently on the homepage. Thanks! See the full spread here.

Today was a very exciting day for the Mural Arts Program.  Black Thought and Kamal Gray of The Roots were on hand to announce an eight-month mural project along with Mayor Michael Nutter and Jane Golden of Mural Arts.  Kathy Matheson from the Associated Press covered the event in her usual clever way, hitting all the highlights.  Read her AP article that ran on Huffington Post here.

(l-r) Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Director Jane Golden, Kamal Gray of The Roots. Photo Credit: Steve Weinik for the Mural Arts Program.

There have been several stories recently about the possibility that the Mural Arts Program’s Autumn mural by David Guinn could be covered over by a developer. See the NBC10 story below.  Peter Crimmins also did a story for WHYY 91FM, here.  And read today’s story in the Inquirer, here.  If you want to sign the petition to save the mural, visit here.

Community members and supporters say David Guinn’s mural, "Autumn," has been an economic boon in Bella Vista. ASHLEE ESPINAL / Staff Photographer

"When we first started walking, we were walking to help people die with dignity, and now we walk to help people live with dignity," said Robb Reichard, executive director of the AIDS Fund.  Read Miriam Hill’s article here. 

Walking in memory of Art Speck are family members Georgette Wood, Alison Wuytz, Nancy Bragg and Nicole Bragg Sunday at the 25th AIDS walk. (April Saul / Staff Photographer)

And see Mondo Guerra’s short video below.

The fantastic Tim Furlong tells Mondo’s moving story and encourages everyone to come out and support AIDS Walk Philly on October 16. 

“How Philly Moves, the largest and most complicated project ever attempted by the audaciously ambitious Philadelphia Mural Arts Program celebrated its official unveiling last night.” The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Monica Yant Kinney covered the Mural Arts Program’s How Philly Moves project for all two years. Read her coverage of last night’s event here. Or see all the articles together on this page.

MURAL DEDICATION: From left, Rina Cutler, deputy mayor for transportation; Jacques-Jean "JJ" Tiziou, lead artist; Jonathan Laidacker, lead muralist and Jane Golden, director of the city’s Mural Arts Program, were on hand for Wednesday’s dedication of the ‘How Philly Moves’ mural painted on the parking garages at the Philadelphia International Airport. Click here to see more photos from the dedication. (David M Warren / Staff Photographer)

Today’s the day the Mural Arts Program dedicates the 85,000 square foot incredible mural that is How Philly Moves.  Thanks to Ukee Washington, Erica von Tiehl, Lisa Santoro and the folks at CW/CBS3 for having us in the studio this morning to talk about it.

25th Annual AIDS Walk Philly featured on 6abc with Tamala Edwards.