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6abc.com | Tamala Edwards |Steph Walton
ByTamala Edwards and Steph WaltonThursday, May 8, 2025 12:48PMCHESTNUT HILL (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingClaudia Averette and her daughter, Atiya Smith, opened Between Friends Boutique in 2022. They co-own the Chestnut Hill store together that started as a popup. Smith says when they realized they had so much inventory at the end of each season, "we kind of birthed the boutique.""We've always been fashionistas if you will," says Averette.
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6abc.com | Tamala Edwards |Steph Walton
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingCarol Cole is one of 15 artists featured at the newly renovated Creative Philadelphia Art Gallery at City Hall. She has two works on display, including a piece called "to the point.""This is 'Made and Remade - The Art of the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers,' and this exhibition is really about imagination," says Tu Huynh, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs for Creative Philadelphia.
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3 weeks ago | 
6abc.com | Tamala Edwards |Steph Walton
ByTamala Edwards and Steph WaltonThursday, April 24, 2025 1:17PMPHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Paid Sponsor Partnership: Philadelphia Corporation for AgingMary Ann Gurka and Bob Roth were both working in an Atlantic City casino when they first decided to roll the dice on running in 1991. "We just one day said, 'Hey, let's give this a shot,'" says Roth. "And I started to love it.""I was 40, pretty much, before I started running. Hadn't run a step before that," says Gurka.
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3 weeks 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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1 month 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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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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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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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.
