The following are links to audio, podcast and slideshow files.
Tree House Books Visits Glenwood Green Acres
This is a pilot for a series I’m doing on Tree House Books, which creates community in Northcentral Philly through reading, writing and thinking. See it here.
Garden Variety Artists
The Schuylkill Center asked several artists last spring, to think green and get dirty. Simon Draper is one of six artists they let loose in an abandoned farm, where he created “Drawn in / Drawn to the Garden.” More
Hot Roofs, Cool Jobs.
It’s hot in North Philly, and it’s going to get hotter for Nastasha, who’s about to crawl into Roxie’s roof. More
A Place to Play in A Day
After ten years of planning, hundreds from the Walnut Hill neighborhood in West Philadelphia gather to rebuild a dangerous playground in a day. Read the entire story in the City Paper. More
Gimme (Sustainable) Shelter
Mary Salvante’s tour of the The Schuylkill Center’s new village of artful, sustainable shelters. Camping available. More
Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary
Feature story, NPR, “All Things Considered.” Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary
Martha Washington’s Favorite
Around Independence Mall, actress Alex Ford portraits Oney Judge – Martha Washington’s “favorite handmaiden.” Ford plays Judge in her early twenties, just before the slave’s decision to run away, believing she’d been betrayed by the Washingtons. Accompanies City Paper column, July 9, 2009. Alex Ford as Oney Judge
Kate Makes a Salad
From the Braykewynde Chronicles
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Making Dumplings
NFCB, “Golden Reel” National Winner. WSCL: Life on Delmarva Series
Prison Messiah
Associated Press, Wash/Baltimore, Best Documentary. WSCL: December 2001
Punkin’ Chunkin’
All about rural Delaware’s gourd-hurtling contest. (Winner: National First Prize, PRNDI) Punkin’ Chunkin’
Red Tide Poison
Enterprise story for NPR’s “Living on Earth” about formerly benign algae that now produce neurotoxins. (Winner: National 2nd Prize, PRNDI.) Red Tide Poison