by admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | Nov 10, 2017 | Franklin Square
The Franklin Square Holiday Festival featuring the Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show presented by PECO got started bright and early on CBS3 with Jan Carabeo. Hot chocolate, fire pits, s’mores, and lots of sparkles!
by admin | May 9, 2017 | Franklin Square
The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square returns for a second year. Penn Live shot some beautiful photos. And WHYY’s Newsworks captured the building of the more than 1,500 individual sculptures.
Exhibition featuring artists impacted by criminal justice system featured on WHYYOctober 31, 2020WHYY's Peter Crimmins covered the Mural Arts Philadelphia opening of the Rendering Justice exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. […]
PBS NewsHour features Mural Arts Artist in Residency at District Attorney’s OfficeSeptember 30, 2020Mural Arts Philadelphia and Fair and Just Prosecution created a groundbreaking Artist-in-Residence program at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) featuring the creations of artist James “Yaya” Hough. PBS NewsHour ran a story in September 2020, nine months after they originally filmed it. […]
TIME Magazine Highlights Important Work of Prevention Point PhiladelphiaAugust 19, 2020Prevention Point Philadelphia's Syringe Services are highlighted in an important piece in TIME Magazine. […]