💡 Bringing light back to Boathouse Row

💡 Boathouse Row Lights To Return March 7

The iconic houses along the Schuylkill went dark starting last spring for a lighting upgrade. The 6,400 newly-installed LED lights will be able to form 16 million color combinations and create sparkling or ombre effects when they reignite next month, according to the Fairmount Park Conservancy.

🛍️ Krasner Launches Property Crime Task Force

Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner announced a new initiative to crack down on fencing operations that resell stolen goods, update his office’s retail theft policies, and target home title theft. [KYW]

💬 Library Workers Can Post, After All

A new unified communications policy from the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office caused some stir among Free Library staff earlier this week. Some branch and department accounts posted that they’d no longer be able to provide updates on social media without first running them through Mayor Parker's communications team. By Wednesday morning, things seemed to be back to normal. [Philadelphia Magazine 🔒]

🕺 Want to Learn the Philly Bop?

Local couple Audrey and June Donaldson want to teach it to you. [Billy Penn]

• It’s Philly’s adaptation of the Lindy Hop, a 1920s dance sensation born in Harlem. The six-count dance has long been popular in Philly’s Black community, and national audiences got to know it in the 1950s on American Bandstand. [WXPN]

10 Ways To Celebrate Black History Month in Philly

We're devoting a whole episode to Black History Month events in Philly, because there's just so much to celebrate! City Cast Philly podcast host Trenae Nuri talks with Arts & Culture contributor Charles Tyson Jr. about his curated list of events, from comedy shows to beer-drinking parties to dance performances.