"Sunday Morning" celebrates Lunar New Year
Jane Pauley helps shine a light on the lantern festivals traditionally held to usher in Lunar New Year around the world, from Zigong, China, to Philadelphia's Franklin Square. "CBS News Sunday Morning" features stories on the arts, music, nature, entertainment, sports, history, science and Americana, and highlights unique human accomplishments and achievements.
CBS Sunday Morning features Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival
CBS Sunday Morning featured the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square in their story on the Lunar New Year! Jane Pauley helps shine a light on the lantern festivals traditionally held to usher in Lunar New Year around the world, from Zigong, China,...
FDR Park’s Anna C. Verna Playground Features Risky Play
Fairmount Park Conservancy’s completion of the Anna C. Verna Playground at FDR Park, in partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, was created around the concept of “risky play.” Studio Ludo’s Meghan Talarowski was interviewed by the...
Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row Gets a Glow-Up
Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row is getting a glow-up from Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. A public Boathouse Row Official Relighting Ceremony will take place on March 7, 2024. And the public can book the lights for a fee, with all...
Fairmount Park Conservancy Opens Historic Trolley Trail
Fairmount Park Conservancy cuts the ribbon on the historic Trolley Trail through Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer went out on the trail with reporter Frank Kummer and photographer Jessica Griffin to capture the story on a beautiful fall day. A...
NBC National News Features Sublocade Program at Prevention Point Philadelphia
Prevention Point Philadelphia staff have encouraged their participants with opioid use disorder to receive once-a-month injections called Sublocade. The treatments are having a profound effect on many lives, including Kali, featured in this beautiful story from NBC...
Drag Queen Stella D’Oro featured in Philadelphia Inquirer
Drag Queen Stella D’Oro, otherwise known as AIDS Fund’s Associate Director Tim Johnson, shows the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Stephanie Farr how GayBINGO is a blast and incredibly important all at once. Drag queen Stella D’Oro, a ‘bingo...
New York Times Sunday Front Page highlights Xylazine and Prevention Point Philadelphia
The New York Times’ Jan Hoffman and photojournalist Hilary Swift spent time with Prevention Point Philadelphia and on the streets of Kensington to learn in-depth about Xylazine (also known as “Tranq”), the animal tranquilizer infiltrating the drug...
Prevention Point Philadelphia Announces End of Year Data for WHYY
WHYY’s Cory Sharber reports that Prevention Point Philadelphia collected more used syringes than clean ones distributed in the past 12 months, highlighting the increasing drug consumption following the pandemic. PPP announced year-end numbers. Read the full...
FDR Park Plan received endorsement of Philadelphia Inquirer’s Editorial Board
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Editorial Board did a careful review of the facts and misconceptions around the FDR Park Plan, being created by Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. They concluded the Plan “Is an example of the hard...Clients in the News
Fairmount Park Conservancy’s restoration of Skew Arch Bridge featured in national Preservation MagazineNovember 1, 2025The very cool restoration of the Skew Arch Bridge along the historic Trolley Trail was undertaken by Fairmount Park Conservancy and featured in the national Preservation Magazine. […]
Once Upon A Nation Future Storyteller All Grown UpJuly 21, 2025WHYY highlights Zoe Levenstien, who spent several summers as a young student writing stories and presenting them during the Once Upon A Nation Future Storytellers Celebration. This summer, she's employed by Historic Philadelphia, Inc. to tell stories all week long at the Once Upon A Nation Storytelling Benches. […]
Fairmount Park Conservancy Completes First Phase of FDR Park RenovationJuly 11, 2025Billy Penn featured a terrific story on the opening of the Gateway Plaza at FDR Park, a project from Fairmount Park Conservancy that completes the first phase of the overall Park Plan. […]