BalletX returns to TD Pavilion at the Mann for two extraordinary nights of dance and live music! Highlights include choreography by Natasha Adorlee, Takehiro Ueyama, and Jamar Roberts, with live music by Grammy-nominated singer Jac Ross, composer Kato Hideki, and more!

Arrive early and enjoy pre-show events featuring local dance groups, live musicians, and circus acts. Secure your seats today – tickets start at $15.

The Paul Robeson House & Museum is planning an exciting “Arts in the Parlor” program this fall, and is seeking talented youths to perform and present.

The Robeson House is seeking youths 16 and under to show off their talents in the same parlor where Paul Robeson, the legendary African American singer, actor, activist and professional football player, sang during the last 10 years of his life and where he lived with his sister in West Philadelphia. The talent can be singing, dancing, music, art, cooking, crafts and other creative expressions.

Presentations/performances will be held on Sundays from September to November 2023. They will be both virtual and live at the house, located at 4951 Walnut Street.

Parents can apply and give permission for their child to participate here: http://bit.ly/artsinparlor2023.

For more information, email: wphlca@gmail.com.

City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier (3rd District), the incumbent candidate in the May primary election, will officially open the District office on Friday, March 31, at 606 South 52nd St. (52nd and Cedar). The grand opening and a ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday and all are invited.

The 3rd District office will be open to visitors from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Additional hours are expected to be added soon. Residents are invited to visit the district office to receive constituent services from City Council staff.

This year’s first Heat Health Emergency has been declared in Philadelphia due to forecast heat index values. The heat emergency is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. on Thursday, July 21 and end at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. It may be extended if the forecast worsens.

A declaration of a Heat Health Emergency activates the City’s heat emergency programs, which include the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging’s (PCA) Heatline, cooling centers, home visits by special field teams, enhanced daytime outreach for people experiencing homelessness, and the City’s reminder to the public to safely check on older friends, relatives, and neighbors from a distance. Continue Reading

UPDATE (1/29/2022): The snow emergency will be lifted at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29. This means vehicles can be parked again on snow emergency routes after 5 p.m.

(1/28/2022): The City of Philadelphia has announced that it will declare a snow emergency beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, meaning vehicles need to be moved from emergency routes for plowing or face towing.

Snow emergency routes in West Philly include :

• Walnut and Chestnut Streets from Broad Street to the Cobbs Creek Parkway
• Woodland Avenue from Baltimore Avenue to Island Avenue
• 38th Street (and then University Avenue) south of Walnut
• Girard Avenue from the river west to Lancaster Avenue
• Lancaster Avenue from Girard to City Avenue.
• Cobbs Creek Parkway and 63rd Street

When moving vehicles, the City advises drivers to park as far from street corners as possible.

Vehicles left on snow emergency routes will be moved to other parking spots to assist in snow plowing operations. If your car is moved, call 215-686-SNOW (7669), and press option four (4), to find it. Do NOT call 911.

A group of committee people and block captains from the Kingsessing neighborhood will host a community discussion about gentrification on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Kingsessing Library (1201 S. 51st St.).

The discussion will feature a panel that includes community activist and political candidate Gregory Benjamin, local parent and activist Christina Jackson (who is also a sociology professor at Stockton University) and Drick Boyd, a community educator (and professor emeritus at Eastern University).

The goal of the discussion is to learn from and listen to fellow community members.

The event is co-sponsored by K5DCN – the Kingsessing 5th Division Community of Neighbors.