Karin Phillips

Girl Scouts Seek Business Tips From Penn's Wharton School

by KYW's Karin Phillips A group of girl scouts will be getting business lessons from Penn's Wharton School in an effort to increase cookie sales. When girl scouts try to sell you cookies next February, don't be surprised if...

It's Harry Potter Day at UPenn's Museum of Archaeology

by KYW’s Karin Phillips The Penn museum has turned itself into a magical muggle museum on Sunday as magic and mythology is seen through the world of Harry Potter. Visitors can participate in a sorting hat ceremony, take potions...

The Tree Tenders Need Volunteers Across the City

by KYW’s Karin Phillips A thousand trees are being planted this weekend and next all over the city of Philadelphia as part of a long-term plan to "green" the city. The Tree Tenders, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society...

Philabundance Seeks More Donations As Thanksgiving Nears

by KYW's Karin Phillips Philabundance is appealing to the Delaware Valley community to help get Thanksgiving dinners to hundreds of thousands of hungry people this holiday. Philabundance has been steadily watching its donations...

Phila. Historical Commission OKs Sale of Boyd Theatre

by KYW's Steve Tawa The grand, old -- but now shuttered -- Boyd Theatre in center city Philadelphia has moved another step closer to coming to life again. The Philadelphia Historical Commission has approved plans for the...

Phila. Museum of Art to Release 1st Children's Book

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is introducing its first book for young children with a party for families this weekend. A is for Art Museum is the first children's book from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

New Exhibit at Penn Museum Features Benin Kingdom

by KYW's Karin Phillips A new exhibit opens at the Penn Museum on Saturday. It examines the ongoing art, heritage and traditions of an African kingdom that's over 1,000-years-old. Iyare -- may you go and return safely -- is the...

KYW Newsradio Decision 2008 Coverage

On the eve of the election Sen. John McCain acknowledged he's still underdog, but tells CBS correspondent Chip Reid that, no matter what, it's been a ride he'll never forget. (2:08) CBS anchor Katie Couric talks to Sen. Barack...

Museum Head Sees Obama Victory as Historic Culmination

by KYW's Karin Phillips The head of the African American Museum in Philadelphia reminds us that Obama is standing on the shoulders of great African-American politicians of the past. Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first...

Area Exhibit Examines Tribulations of Jailed Mothers

"Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States" is an emotionally packed multimedia exhibit that examines the consequences, reprecussions, and other fallout from the lives of mothers who have been imprisoned.

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