News Archive
- Barbara Grant salon about aging parents and health care (11/10)
- Eatala: A Life in Klezmer documentary premieres (10/10)
- Job opening (6/10)
- Sattriya in Philadelphia artist salon announced (3/10)
- Under Autumn Moon exhibition opening announced (2/10)
- President's House public work-in-progress announced (12/09)
- New job opening announced (12/09)
- New exhibition announcement: Tatreez: Palestinian Women's Embroidery in Philadelphia. (5/09)
- Klezmer concert featuring Elaine and Susan Watts (1/08)
- All that we do exhibition (8/07)
- Dance Happens Here: percussive dance (9/07)
- African Song / New Contexts concert of local immigrant musicians (4/07)
- We try to be strong: 28 years of Hmong textiles in Philadelphia (3/07)
- 2007 summer internship (2/07)
- Art for social change workshop with Eric Joselyn (2/07)
- Dance Happens Here with Germaine Ingram, Kulu Mele and Thavro Phim (3/06)
- PFP gives away Tom Morton's photos of ODUNDE in exchange for a good story (2/06)
- Community Fabric Exhibition Opening (4/06)
- PFP announces a job opening (12/05)
- Germaine Ingram performs (5/05)
- We Shall Not Be Moved: Thomas B. Morton's Photographs of 30 Years of ODUNDE (4/05)
- If these walls could talk: The William and Miriam Crawford Dining Room opens (4/05)
- Storytelling Program (2/05)
- PFP asks for your help to rehab a new home of our own (11/04)
- PFP and Asian American United (AAU) submit application to start a folk arts and cultural traditions charter school in respond to community need. (Jeff Gammage in Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/14/04)
- PFP receives a 2004 Human Rights Award in Arts and Culture from the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (10/19/04).
- PFP and Community Leadership Institute develop new documentary video on people being displaced as part of city "renewal": I choose to stay here.
- PFP receives Aesop Accolade award from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society (10/04)
- Musicians in Residence (6/04)
- Germaine Ingram and friends (5/04)
- Musicians in Residence (3/04)
- Walking on solid ground published (10/03)
- Look forward and carry on the past produced, on folk arts and community in Chinatown (9/03)
- PFP adopts anti-war statement (3/03)
- Women's Music Project (2/03)
- Philly Dance Africa 2002 (12/02)
- Look forward and carry on the past: Chinatown video released (9/02)
- Job openings announced (9/02)
- Job openings (4/01)
- Artist awards announced (8/00)
- Folk Arts of Social Change (8/99)
- Philly Dance Africa (11/97)
Plenty of Good Women Dancers
- Plenty of Good Women Dancers broadcast & DVD released (3/05)
- After 10 years, Plenty of Good Women Dancers is released by PFP (11/04)
- Videotape Premiere (12/96)
- Neighborhood Sneak Previews (10/96)
- Exhibition Opens (9/96)
- Stepping in Time (1/95)
A selection of articles about us:
- Profile: Debbie Wei (Philadelphia Inquirer 10/26/03)
- Profile: Debora Kodish (Philadelphia Inquirer 4/11/04)
- PFP receives Bartol award for excellence in folk arts education (7/02)
Remembering
In memorium: We mourn the passing and celebrate the life of valued friends of PFP. Joaquin Rivera, activist and musician, who began los Pleneros del Batey and more, passed in November 2009; his music was part of PFP's documentary with the late Rosemary Cubas about eminent domain abuse and the takings of peoples' homes. Ayesha Rahim, whose beautiful crowns graced the community, passed in December 2009. Peache Jarman, percussionist, teacher, musician - a man who was pivotal in developing Yoruba culture and music here - passed in August 2009. Read more. Dr. Archie Green, pioneering folklorist and organizer, passed on March 22, 2009. at 91. His work paved the way for PFP and many others. Read more about him. "Yes, indeedy" was the watchword for Harrison Ridley, Jr., who passed on February 19, 2009. Jazz historian and long-running radio host, Ridley helped track down sources for music in PFP's Plenty of Good Women Dancers documentary, when we were working to clear copyright, making the way easier with his encyclopedic knowledge. All of these people were generous, community-minded and deeply knowledgable: we are grateful for their presence. (Photo: Archie Green with "Mr. Dixie", an 11-foot-tall tin man - the subject of one of his books - at Dixie Sheet Metal Works, Falls Church, Virginia. Photo by David A. Taylor, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress).
