Stephanie Farr

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Stephanie Farr

For years, artist Kambel Smith worked tirelessly on the front lawn of his family’s Germantown rowhouse, creating finely detailed and impressively large sculptures of real buildings in Philly and around the world using nothing but cardboard, duct tape, foil, spray paint, and his mind. Kambel said little as he worked, but his Germantown neighbors — who were blown away by his talents when they passed by — always had a lot to say.

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Stephanie Farr |Jenice Armstrong |Will Bunch |Helen Ubinas

When people ask me what my favorite journalism movie is, I think they expect me to say something serious, like Spotlight or All the President’s Men, but it’s actually a lesser-known 1994 Ron Howard film starring Michael Keaton called The Paper. It’s about the ragtag staff of an underdog newspaper, their many, many foibles (Randy Quaid plays a columnist, if that gives you any insight), and their commitment to getting a story right, in order to right a wrong.

4 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Stephanie Farr

By Stephanie Farr, The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA — As I walked through Philadelphia City Hall last week, a woman was singing with gusto in the exterior north corridor about how she “don’t have to worry about Betty no more.”She wasn’t singing for money, just for herself and the acoustics. In that moment, it felt like City Hall was as much hers as it was the mayor’s or City Council’s.

4 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Stephanie Farr

I attended the media preview for Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University earlier this month in my best Jurassic Park shirt — the one that says “Clever Girl” with a velociraptor on it. Don’t worry, I paired it with a blazer because I am a professional. To say I was excited would be an understatement. No matter how old I get, dinosaurs never get old to me.

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Tom Gralish |Stephanie Farr |Alejandro A. Alvarez

Like most Philadelphians I have many fond memories of Wanamaker’s department store. The Christmas light show and displays, Dickens Village, the Grand Court Organ and even that iconic meetup spot, the Eagle. (You might even say I ended at The Inquirer because of the store. Visiting in-laws in Bethlehem, we drove down for the day and I walked up Broad Street to see photographers I knew at the newspaper while my wife and her mother went shopping - at Wanamaker’s.