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Top Free Summer Music Events In Philadelphia

With families on the lookout for affordable entertainment, these free music events in Philadelphia are bound to be favorites during the upcoming months.

2013/05/23

Guide To The 2013 Roots Picnic

Now in its sixth year, The Roots Picnic is a one-of-a-kind, genre-bending festival that showcases the latest and greatest artists of today’s music scene.

2013/05/15

Overturned Tractor Trailer Snarls Traffic On I-95

The accident happened around 2:45 p.m. on Monday on I-95 North near Penn’s Landing.

2013/05/13

(credit: Philadelphia Police Department)

Violent Attack Of Beer Store Employee Caught On Tape

Philadelphia Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man they say attacked a store clerk Sunday evening at Beer Heaven on South Columbus Boulevard.

2013/04/03

Charges Announced In Philadelphia Shooting At Rapper’s Bus

Philadelphia Police have arrested a man in the homicide of a man who died when a gunman fired into a crowd surrounding the tour bus of rapper French Montana.

2013/03/05

Delaware River Waterfront Corp. Looking For Design For Penn’s Landing Park Project

The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation is looking for design teams to submit proposals for a new project; the creation of the eight acre Penn’s Landing Park that would connect part of Old City with the waterfront.

2013/02/24

Ice skaters at the Blue Cross RiverRink on Black Friday. (Credit: Cherri Gregg)

Couples To Participate In Kissing Experiment At Blue Cross RiverRink

This Friday, shaving bigwig Gillette is inviting couples to the Blue Cross RiverRink for a little PDA – all in the name of “science.”

2013/01/15

(Tin foil covers each of the mortar tubes from which fireworks will be launched over the Delaware River. Credit: Jim Melwert)

Pyrotechnicians All Prepped For New Year’s Eve Shows On Delaware Riverfront

After hundreds of man-hours in the design, and then three days of setting everything up here, show producer Ken Furstoss and his crew have done the final checks.

2012/12/31

The River Rink at Penn's Landing. (Credit: John McDevitt)

Many Celebrate Christmas Day With Ice Skating At Penn’s Landing

Some folks who were looking for a change of pace for a while on Christmas Day went to the River Rink along Penn’s Landing.

2012/12/25

Boats Decorated For The Holidays Parade At Penn’s Landing This Weekend

The third annual Parade of Lights is this Saturday, December 15 on the Delaware River.

2012/12/14

Blue Cross RiverRink Penn's Landing Ribbon Cutting

Blue Cross River Rink at Penn’s Landing

The Mobile Weather Lab is at Blue Cross River Rink at Penn’s Landing.

2012/11/23

Vietnam Vets To Gather At Penn’s Landing Memorial

Twenty five ago today, Philadelphia Veterans of the Vietnam War dedicated a memorial at Penn’s Landing. It’s a wall inscribed with names of the young soldiers lost.

2012/10/26

New Cancer Treatment To Be Explained At Philadelphia Conference

One of the world’s leading DNA and genetic mapping experts will be in Philadelphia Monday for the Association of Independent Research Institutes national conference.

2012/09/30

(Artist's rendering of Pier 34-35 project, provided by Ensemble Investments LLC.)

Site of Deadly South Philadelphia Pier Collapse May Become Rental Apartments

A developer plans a new apartment building at the site of one of Philadelphia’s worst waterfront tragedies: the Pier 34 collapse in 2000 that killed three women.

2012/08/23