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1 week ago | 
6abc.com | Tamala Edwards |Steph Walton
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingRecently, Blanka Zizka returned to the Wilma Theater, where she led creatively for 40 years from 1981 until 2021. "Describe the Night" was the last play Zizka directed there. Now, she's directing "Archduke," which runs through May 4, 2025. She calls the play, "a very dark comedy". "It deals with history," she says.
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3 weeks ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
DOYLESTOWN (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingFor the last eight years, Paul Hale has been volunteering with the AARP Foundation's Tax-Aide Program. "Once I retired, I was looking for activities to keep me busy and this particular opportunity ticked a lot of the boxes," says Hale. Longtime volunteer Pam Kummer serves as the PA1 assistant state coordinator. "We're all volunteers," she says.
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4 weeks ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingDarlene McGlotten-Whitehead says she's been a caregiver to her 10-year-old granddaughter, Laila, on and off for the last eight years. "A very smart little girl," says McGlotten-Whitehead. "Good at drawing and doing puzzles."She says stepping up to be the child's guardian about a year ago was never a question. "I love Laila," she says.
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1 month ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Karen Rogers
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Walnut Street Theatre takes you back to the 1960s and '70s with the hit musical "Dreamgirls."Gerry McIntyre is the director and choreographer of the production. "These three young girls come and audition at the Apollo Theater and they get discovered," says McIntyre. "It's Lorrell, Deena, and Effie, and they grew up together."Their journey to stardom unfolds on stage. "It's loosely based on the Supremes," he says.
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1 month ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingMeg & Anne McNally are the fourth generation to run McNally's Tavern in Chestnut Hill. "Our great-grandmother, Rose O'Brien McNally, got it started," says Meg McNally, co-owner of McNally's Tavern. "Her husband drove the trolley."Back in 1921, there was nowhere to eat at the end of Philly's longest transit line, the 23. "So she opened McNally's Quick Lunch in a little stand across the street," says Meg.
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1 month ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Karen Rogers
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia BalletPhiladelphia Ballet performs the classic 'Swan Lake' March 6 through the 16th. "It is the most iconic ballet in the classical repertoire," says Charles Askegard, Rehearsal Director for Philadelphia Ballet. "It's just stunning."The Academy of Music will host 10 performances of the tragic story, scored by Tchaikovsky. The story of 'Swan Lake' follows Prince Siegfried.
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1 month ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
ROXBOROUGH (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingLouis S. Smith, Jr. brought together about 25 people at Journey's Way in Roxborough. "We're going to be doing an intergenerational program to celebrate Black History Month," says Smith, Jr., Center Director at Journey's Way. "All history starts with you."The event started off with a discussion. Center members were paired up with 8th graders from a school in West Philadelphia.
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1 month ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingFor the last 15 years, Connie Ragsdale has been helping to preserve the Historic Strawberry Mansion. "I taught school for 32 years. I was looking for something to do after I retired," says Ragsdale. "And I began being a guide in the park houses."She is now the president of the Committee of 1926, the stewardship group that cares for the Fairmount Park mansion.
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2 months ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingTerry Lloyd and Gene DiPilla are never far from each other's side at Fountain View at Logan Square, where they both reside. "Somebody introduced me to Gene saying he recently lost his spouse, and I recently lost my husband," says Lloyd. "We had lunch together and we started seeing each other, and it's been great all the way," says DiPilla. In long chats, they found they shared a lot in common.
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2 months ago | 
6abc.com | Steph Walton |Tamala Edwards
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Tony Walter, Sr. and his son have owned Lore's Chocolates since 1987. "Lore's is a Philadelphia tradition," says Tony Walter, Jr. "Our buttercreams, our caramels, our marshmallow, our peanut butter; there's generations that enjoy it."The shop has been a sweet staple on South 7th Street for nearly 60 years. "The original owner was Steve Lore; started the business in 1967," says Walter, Jr.Tony Jr. learned the art of candy making from Lore.
