#BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY
Not frowning in Fitler Sq.
(Photograph by @thetinybun)
For Philadelphia, 2026 is all the things — and metropolis officers, nonprofits and company companions are assured that the semiquincentennial will likely be a giant success. Why are they so assured? Billy Penn checked in with leaders throughout the town as preparations for the 250th celebration get actual. Proceed studying …
The Philly Fringe Pageant is rising and so is its viewers.
The 2025 Fringe lineup introduced Tuesday morning incorporates a document 331 productions in 96 areas, with a document 129 first-time creators. It runs Sept. 4–28. Proceed studying …
RECAP: What else occurred?
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• Shapiro joins lawsuit to claw again training funding withheld by Trump administration. [Capital-Star]
• DC47, Philadelphia’s white-collar union, reaches cope with metropolis on new contract, avoiding strike. [6ABC]
• What Trump’s no taxes on suggestions and additional time regulation means for Philly employees. [WHYY]
• A federal decide dominated Monday {that a} Philadelphia constitution faculty that sued the varsity district to permit it to remain open regardless of poor educational efficiency should shut down. [Chalkbeat]
• Drexel, Penn, and waste administration startup Rego joined forces for a brand new, high-tech approach to assist cut back move-out furnishings, clothes and trash — and provides again to the neighborhood within the course of. [Technical.ly]
• Billy Penn and WHYY’s Pop-Up Newsroom drew about 75 individuals to share story pitches at Philadelphia Metropolis Corridor. [WHYY]
Weekly transient on gun violence prevention (with PCGVR)
We publish this report every week in partnership with the Philadelphia Heart for Gun Violence Reporting.
By the numbers in Philadelphia
- 39: Capturing victims recorded from July 6 to 12, together with 5 fatalities, in line with metropolis knowledge. Throughout the earlier week, 28 capturing victims had been recorded, together with 6 fatalities. [Source: nickhand.dev]
- 123: Yr-to-date homicides, down 11.5% vs. final yr’s tempo; down 45% vs. 5 years in the past [Philly Police]
MAYOR WATCH
Mayor Cherelle Parker and metropolis officers will talk about a tentative 3-year contract settlement with District Council 47, at Metropolis Corridor, 10 a.m.
The mayor will welcome the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. as the town hosts the group’s 98th Basic Conference this week, on the Pennsylvania Conference Heart, 8:15 p.m.
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Wednesday, July 16: Free Library of Philadelphia City Corridor
Parkway Central hosts the most recent city corridor in a collection the place residents can share concepts about the way forward for your library right here in Philadelphia. Free tickets. (6 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 16: Autistic Grownup Mixer
The primary in a collection of occasions for autistic adults by autistic adults. This session serves as an social hang around with an exercise, a number of areas, and time to get to know others. You don’t want to have a proper prognosis to take part. At Flashpoint in East Passyunk (enter via Nutmeg). (6:30 to eight p.m.)
Thursday, July 17: Mayfair Third Thursday Evening Markets
Distributors and reside music from the Nice Scott Band at Frankford, Cottman and Ryan. Free to attend. (6 to 9:30 p.m.)
Thursday, July 17: Music at Konrad Sq.
Joe O’Brien performs acoustic hits at the most recent installment within the live performance collection in Fishtown. BYO blanket and picnic. (6 p.m.)
Thursday, July 17: Trivia Homicide Thriller
Kind a staff together with your sleuthiest buddies and see in case you can remedy The Case of The Poisoned Patron over food and drinks at Strangelove’s in Heart Metropolis. $13 to $20 tickets. (7 to 10 p.m.)
Friday, July 19: Stills at Play opening reception
PL130’s latest gallery, Stills at Play, is introduced in collaboration with Philadelphia Movie Society. This gallery explores what occurs to a movie when movement is stilled and sound is silenced. The present options the work of 5 Philadelphia filmmakers via nonetheless frames drawn immediately from considered one of their movies. (7 to 9 p.m.)
Saturday, July 19: El Mercado Cultural
Get pleasure from this collection of spring and summer time markets introduced at Cherry Avenue Pier in collaboration with Fleisher Artwork Memorial. Store from distributors, savor tasty bites, and benefit from the rotating leisure. Pay-as-you-go. (12 to five p.m.)
Saturday, July 19: Swear Jar Jamboree
Philadelphia’s Swear Jar improv staff is celebrating its first birthday with an all-day comedy pageant that includes greater than 20 acts. $9 to $20 tickets. (2:30 to 10 p.m.)
Saturday, July 19: 2nd Place Race
No operating required! The article is easy: accumulate simply sufficient factors – puzzles, challenges, video games, buying and selling and tricking – to complete in second place. The hunt begins at Quig’s contained in the Performs & Gamers, third flooring, earlier than persevering with a brief stroll to Satan’s Alley earlier than ending at Metropolis Faucet Logan Sq.. $26.50 tickets profit Paper Doll Ensemble. (5 to 9:30 p.m.)
Saturday, July 19: eleventh annual Philly Midnight Run
Be part of neighbors beneath the celebs for an evening of movement, music, and momentum. Meet at Waterworks Parking Lot behind the Artwork Museum. Free. Meet time round 10 to 11 p.m.