City Cast Philly
🍺 How Philly is brewing new opportunity
December 19, 2024 · — Ava Wojnowski
Cheers, Philly! Triple Bottom Brewing shows Philly love not only in its beer names – I’ll take a Lawn Chair Parking Spot West Coast IPA and Pilsadelphia Pilsner, please – but also with its new 16-week apprenticeship program for Philadelphians who need opportunities to break into the service industry. Today’s City Cast Philly episode is about building community around beer. Listen here 🎧
What's CITY Talking About?
🚋 SEPTA Privatizing Train Stations
SEPTA plans to lease five train stations to real estate developer Ken Weinstein, who wants to develop them for additional uses. This isn’t the first time that SEPTA has leased to Weinstein – more than 20 years ago he transformed the Richard Allen Lane Station into a coffee shop and apartments. The hope is that leasing will reduce costs for SEPTA while benefiting SEPTA riders. [WHYY, 🎧 City Cast Philly]
🏀 Sixers, Meet the Sisters
No shade to Connecticut and Phoenix, but if they have one why can’t we? Axios has new details on the efforts to bring a WNBA team to Philadelphia, finally. Toronto and Portland are getting teams in 2026, and our City of Brotherly Love (and Sisterly Affection) could be considered in 2027 or 2028. A new downtown basketball arena and a supportive mayor are seen as beneficial factors. Thoughts on the proposed team name (The Philadelphia Sisters) and motto (“trust the progress”)? [Axios, 🎧 City Cast Philly]
🚨 Second Juvenile Arrested in Christmas Village Shooting
While the person who fired a gun last Friday at the Christmas Village is still at large, a second 14-year-old has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Police say the incident began with bullying at Freire Charter School in Center City. [🔒 The Inquirer]
📽️ The Newest Movie With Philly Roots
The Brutalist, a new historical drama set in Philadelphia and Bucks County, explores the American dream through the journey of a Jewish Hungarian architect who, after surviving the Holocaust, immigrates to Philly. Due to how much Philadelphia has changed since the 1940s, the movie was filmed in Hungary because it more closely emulated historic Philadelphia. The movie is in theaters Dec. 20. [🔒 The Inquirer]
- Related: What other movies have a connection to Philadelphia? [🎧 City Cast Philly]
What To Do
Thursday, Dec. 19
- 🥁 Mambo Legends: The Music Never Ends | 6 p.m. | Free | North Philly
- 🎤 Voices of Motown Christmas | 6:30 p.m. | $40 | University City
- 😁 Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol | 7 p.m. | $49+ | Center City
- 💿 Skrilla: Zombie Love Kensington Paradise | 7 p.m. | $35.25 | South Philly
- 🧍 Singles Mixer at Moshulu | 7-10 p.m. | $45 | Society Hill
- 🕎 “Eight Crazy Nights” Movie Night | 7 p.m. | $15 | Old City
- 🎪 ‘Twas the Night Before by Cirque du Soleil | 7:30 p.m. | $69+ | North Philly
- 👑 Miss Lisa Lisa’s Drag Show | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | $24+ | Center City
- 🤣 Comedian Doogie Horner | 8 p.m. | $14 | Callowhill
Friday, Dec. 20
- 🥳 Andy Chan Holiday Block Party Fundraiser | 4-9 p.m. | $20 | Old City
- ❄️ Winter Solstice Celebration | 4:30-6:30 p.m. | $5 | Andorra
- 🎤 Musiq Soulchild | 6 p.m. | $65+ | Center City
- 🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Christmas Special | 6 & 8:30 p.m. | $66 | Society Hill
- 🎨 Gingerbread House Doormat Painting | 6-9 p.m. | $45 | Northern Liberties
- 🍽️ 7 Moles at Cantina La Martina | 7-11 p.m. | $150 | Kensington
- 🛍️ Now + Then Marketplace Last Minute Shoppers’ Market | 5-10 p.m. | Pay As You Go | Southwest Center City
- 🎸 Come Together - A Trip Down Abbey Road | 8 p.m. | $20+ | University City
🧖 It’s sauna time! From Dec. 26 to March 29, you can reserve a 45-minute session inside a wooden barrel sauna outside of the Swedish History Museum. Prices vary from $120 to $200, depending on when you go.
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