by Cari Bender | Jun 11, 2019 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
MICHAEL BRYANT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Alvin Tull, a lead teaching artist at Mural Arts, paints a rose on the parachute cloth that will be transferred to a wall at Suburban Station as part of the Same Day Work program. Mural Arts Philadelphia has...
by Cari Bender | May 6, 2019 | Fairmount Park Conservancy
Parks on Tap returns for 2019. The partnership of Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and FCM Hospitality kicked off in the Azalea Garden and was featured on...
by Cari Bender | May 3, 2019 | Franklin Square
GRACE DICKINSON / STAFF / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER A worker welds one of the final steel bars used to support the lanterns in the final week leading up to the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival. The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival returns to Franklin Square and...
by Cari Bender | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Cari Feiler Bender was selected by the Philadelphia Public Relations Association to represent the field at the annual Philly Ad Club Women in Advertising event. Watch her remarks here.
by Cari Bender | Dec 7, 2018 | Franklin Square
Vittoria Woodill has fun with s’mores and more at the Franklin Square Holiday Festival and Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show.
by Cari Bender | Nov 30, 2018 | Fairmount Park Conservancy
No Title No Description Someone made a Gritty out of cheese, and it’s perfect Christmas came early this Friday, when a sculpture of Gritty made out of cheese was unveiled. The Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot was crafted by expert food sculptures Jim Victor and...
by Cari Bender | Oct 9, 2018 | Franklin Square
Franklin Square’s historic fountain is getting a choreographed light show On Tuesday, Historic Philadelphia Inc., the organization that operates Franklin Square, announced the renovation of the fountain, which was built in 1837 and restored in 2006 after years...
by Cari Bender | May 28, 2018 | Prevention Point
Wracked by Opioid Crisis, Philadelphia Braces for Tent-Camp Closures Philadelphia plans to begin closing two encampments on Wednesday and is trying to move homeless drug addicts into shelters and treatment before police move in. Wall Street Journal reporter Jon Kamp...
by Cari Bender | May 1, 2018 | Franklin Square
Jennaphr Frederick and Amy Needle chat about the fun to be had at the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square
by Cari Bender | Feb 19, 2018 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
Mural Arts Philadelphia and the prestigious Barnes Foundation are collaborating on a series of projects with Mural Arts’ Restorative Justice program. The Associated Press highlighted one of the formerly incarcerated artists leading one of the projects, as well...
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. […]