#BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY
View from below the Strawberry Mansion Bridge
(Photograph by @josephiyoob)
It was a busy weekend in Philly, with the annual Pleasure March and Competition celebrating a 50-year milestone on Sunday. A day earlier, West Philly hosted Porchfest, its all-volunteer music competition. Billy Penn contributor Hanbit Kwon shares photograph essays on each.
The annual Roots Picnic had a tough Saturday [Inq$] on account of cleanup from in a single day storms that delayed its opening by hours. Sunday went off on schedule.
Jayden Jiang and Isaac Geremew represented the area on the Scripps Nationwide Spelling Bee final week. They didn’t win (that honor went to Texas’ Faizan Zaki, 13), however they discovered about phrases, and themselves, and hope to return once more subsequent yr. Proceed studying …
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• A brand new British commerce chief stopped in Philadelphia to spice up worldwide ties. [WHYY]
• Philadelphia is named on a listing concentrating on sanctuary jurisdictions below Trump’s new government order. [CBS3]
• Philadelphia organizers hosted individuals’s tribunal on struggle crimes in Gaza, exterior of Senator John Fetterman’s native workplace. [WHYY]
• Philadelphia simply authorized its first new constitution in 7 years. Right here’s the plan for the college. [Chalkbeat]
• Meet the yard rooster farmers who hope that Metropolis Council will introduce a invoice to legalize hens in Philadelphia quickly. It might be the third effort in six years.
• Philadelphia teenagers ages 14 to 19 can work out without cost at Planet Health all summer season lengthy, as a part of the 2025 Excessive Faculty Summer season Move program. [NBC10]
• Friday Saturday Sunday’s Chad and Hanna Williams embrace eating on the bar — and their shot at a second James Beard Award. [Billy Penn]
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ON THE CALENDAR
💜 UArts 1-year commemoration occasions
🌈 Pleasure Month celebrations
❤️ Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander month occasions
🌸 27 methods to get out and benefit from the heat climate
🏃🏽 Philly Runners Information
Monday, June 2: fifth District: Finances City Corridor Assembly
Deliverance Evangelistic Church hosts the newest cease in Mayor Parker’s finances city corridor tour. (6 to eight p.m.)
Tuesday, June 3: Conversations within the Kitchen: Cultural Storytelling by means of Meals
Viewers members get pleasure from meals demonstrations by Studying Terminal cooks who share private connections to the dishes they create. Free with registration. (3 to 4:30 p.m.)
Tuesday, June 3: Playful Studying: Then and Now
Training by means of play was a motion that started within the nineteenth century, with the creation of play areas akin to Starr Backyard Park in 1882 and Smith Memorial Playground in 1899. Be part of the Carpenters’ Firm on the Starr Backyard Recreation Middle from 6:30 to eight p.m. to find out about improvements in playground structure in the present day and the way forward for playful studying.
Tuesday, June 3: Combating Diabetes Collectively
This occasion goals to lift consciousness and promote proactive care round diabetes and associated well being circumstances in Latino communities. Hosted by WHYY’s Maiken Scott at Esperanza Arts Middle. Free registration. (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
Wednesday, June 4: Caregiving Screening and Useful resource Honest
Caregiving, a brand new documentary created with government producer Bradley Cooper, highlights the challenges and triumphs of caregiving in America. Be part of WHYY and several other native teams for a 4 p.m. useful resource truthful and reception, and 6 p.m. screening and panels. Free with registration.
Wednesday, June 4: Digital Gardening at Dwelling
Take part in a DVD storage burning and USB storage backup session for cherished media info. Use disk cataloging software program to create digital gardens out of your saved knowledge, and focus on strategies and advantages of offline knowledge storage to optimize their collections for simple, managed sharing. Discover ways to do that similar cataloging and digital gardening on-line, with platforms akin to Are.na or Roam Analysis. At Asian Arts Initiative. (6 to eight p.m.)
Wednesday, June 4: Eras Tour screening
Watch/relive the Eras Tour with fellow Swifties at Sundown Social’s out of doors screening on a 60-foot display screen. (7 p.m.)
Wednesday, June 4: Philly Sketchfest 2025 Sketch Comedy Movie Competition
The tenth annual Sketch Comedy Movie Competition will function shorts by comedians and humorous filmmakers from Philly and past. At PhilaMOCA, stay and in-person. $12 tickets. (7:30 to 9:30 p.m.)
Saturday, June 7: Revolution Remix
Beginning on the Liberty Bell and ending at Race Road Pier on the banks of the Delaware River, Revolution Remix shares tales of South Asians in Philadelphia from the 1780s to the current day. Hosted by the South Asian American Digital Archive. $39.19 tickets. (10 a.m.)