{"id":74594,"date":"2025-07-19T05:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/74594\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T05:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:34:15","slug":"inaugural-north-philadelphia-history-festival-to-honor-the-areas-cultural-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/74594\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural North Philadelphia History Festival to honor the area&#8217;s cultural past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art installations, videos and concerts honoring North Philadelphia&#8217;s history will take over a number of cultural centers and venues later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural\u00a0North Philadelphia History Festival,\u00a0hosted by Scribe Video Center,\u00a0will take place July 24-27 with\u00a0free walking tours, panel discussions, screenings and photo exhibits. The events, which are meant to honor\u00a0the African American and Puerto Rican legacies that shaped the area&#8217;s identity,\u00a0were created\u00a0in collaboration with local artists, historians, cultural workers and neighborhood organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>MORE:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/jansen-mt-airy-closure-tasting-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mt. Airy&#8217;s Jansen will switch to &#8216;greatest hits&#8217; tasting menu ahead of Sept. 27 closure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full lineup includes a panel discussion on preserving Black historic districts, a storytelling exhibit on Strawberry Mansion, a walking tour about the Black residents of Northern Liberties before 1860 and a jazz concert on 22nd Street and Ridge Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the four-day event, people can also check out photographs honoring the Black roots of the Pyramid Club\u00a0and a documentary on musical icon\u00a0Dottie Smith Gayle featuring interviews on the postwar jazz scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Festival celebrates the community, culture and cultural workers that have developed in this part of Philadelphia from the 19th century into the present day,&#8221; said\u00a0Scribe Video Center founder\u00a0Louis Massiah. &#8220;It\u2019s a community that has had a global significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some events will be outside, while others will be held in collaboration with cultural venues including New Barber&#8217;s Hall, a jazz and soul bar and restaurant; outside the Uptown Theater, a popular performance space for Black musicians; and the Divine Lorraine, a former hotel and host to civil rights movement and social welfare activities.\u00a0All events are free to attend, although registration is recommended.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/scribe.org\/nphf\/festival-schedule\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Philadelphia History Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 24-27<\/p>\n<p>Free<\/p>\n<p>Various locations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Art installations, videos and concerts honoring North Philadelphia&#8217;s history will take over a number of cultural centers and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":74595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,28196,2104,1020,472,50,1448,51978,2830,1311,3092,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-74594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-black-history","10":"tag-festivals","11":"tag-film","12":"tag-history","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pa","15":"tag-panels","16":"tag-pennsylvania","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-photography","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114878274924840515","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}