‘The Big Story’ Tonight is Larry Kane, Philadelphia’s Anchorman
He’s the man who coined the phrase “The Big Story” at the top of Action News broadcasts on 6abc.
He spent more than three decades...
Utopia Revisited: Residents Reunite to Share Stories of 12th Street Childhood
The word “utopia,” coined by 15th-century English writer Thomas More, is based on the Greek words eu-topos, which means a good place, and ou-topos,...
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: The New Science of the Aging Brain
Until recently, we thought today’s grim facts about Alzheimer’s disease could not be changed.
Teacher, Student Reunite After 62 Years
Between 1959 and today, 13 different U.S. presidents have taken office; astronauts have gone from being the first known living beings to return to...
Simple Changes Allow You to Stay Home as You Age
Today’s real estate market is tough for homebuyers..
Appeal and Applause: Lawyer Performs Interpretive Dances of Past Cases
For Jonathan Stein, combining law and dance wasn’t the joining of two incongruous practices.
A lawyer at Community Legal Services, which provides legal counsel to...
Painter Creates A Century’s Worth of Art
Ninety-eight-year-old artist Philip Cohn has a rotund gray and white cat that loves to walk figure-eights around his legs and walker.
The beloved companion with...
South Philadelphia Native Preserves Jewish Community and History
Having grown up in South Philadelphia in the 1950s, Alberta Marcus knows a thing or two about community.
“It was like being part of a...
From ‘Tree of Sorrow’ to Family Trees: Passing Down Holocaust Memories
Richard Bank’s pocket watch, given to him by his grandfather and Shoah survivor Ludwig Frank, hasn’t kept time for decades, save for two occasions.
The...
At 89, Burt Forman is Still Teaching…and Dancing. His KleinLife Trivia Game...
Every week at KleinLife in Northeast Philadelphia, 89-year-old Burt Forman hosts a trivia contest called “Burt’s Brain Games.”
Forman’s board features six categories with 10...