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Spring Happy Hours with the Young Friends of University City

Enjoy food and drink specials while mingling with new friends at the spring Youcie happy hours. RSVP* by 3pm today and the first drink is on us!

Our next event is TODAY!!
Wednesday, May 21
6:00pm-8:00pm
The Blarney Stone
3929 Sansom Street

RSVP to youngfriends@ucityphila.org
*One free drink offer with RSVP to each event.




Youcie events allow anyone over 21 to connect, interact with and explore University City's diverse cultural, social, and community service offerings. Youcie events highlight the neighborhood's sophisticated contemporary culture and are driven by the energy and uniqueness of University City itself. Youcie membership is free. To join, email youcie@ucityphila.org or visit www.ucityphila.org/youcie.

Comcast Cares Day and University City Cleanup

On Saturday, May 3rd, UCD's Community Cleanup event was held in conjunction with Comcast's "Comcast Cares Day". Throughout the day, nearly 200 Comcast volunteers cleaned Lancaster Avenue - from the Powelton Village section at 34th Street to 43rd Street. With additional assistance from the People's Emergency Center CDC, Saunders Park Greene was cleaned and the First United Bank building on Lancaster Avenue and triangle at 38th Street received an ultimate makeover, including new plantings, paint and powerwashing. Ultimately, 612 bags of trash were removed from the area. Mark your calendars for UCD's upcoming community cleanups: June 21, October 25 and December 6.

First Quarter Public Space Maintenance and Safety Ambassador Statistics

Public Space Maintenance Crews Removed

50,407 Trash Bags
5,878 Posters
2,676 Graffiti Tags
117 Tires

Safety Ambassadors Performed

4,842 Routine Checks
463 Walking Escorts
96 Homeless Outreach Transports
72 Lockouts
72 Special Details
67 Jumpstarts

Tune Into WPEB, West Philadelphia’s Community Radio Station

Below is an excerpt from Will Dean’s article in the May 14 edition of CityPaper. Click on the cover (right) to read the entire article.

On Sat., May 17, the noncommercial educational FM station WPEB (88.1) — which shut down in 2005 after legal allegations of interference from Channel 6 — will relaunch as a community-based station to give West Philadelphians a voice on the air. The new WPEB will feature community news, public affairs, music and talk, all recorded and produced by volunteer residents. They'll kick it all off that day with a big party at the station (541B S. 52nd St.) with entertainment and giveaways, plus live broadcasting from noon to 6 p.m. It is a rare moment for community media, and Philadelphia media in general, as it is next to impossible to start any kind of new FM station in a huge urban market like Philly, much less a nonprofit community one. . . . WPEB is a joint project of the Media Mobilization Project (itself a part of the Philadelphia Independent Media Center, an activist news Web site at phillyimc.org), the Scribe Video Center (a nonprofit dedicated to community media) and the Prometheus Radio Project (an activist group that agitates for media freedom and helps set up community radio stations around the world).

“Twin Houses of University City” highlights the unique side-by-side houses of Philadelphia’s earliest garden suburbs. Be they ante-bellum Italianate, Victorian Queen Anne or Twenties Revival, with their joined porches, side gardens and walkways, they offered new lifestyle experiences for their occupants. Unlike row houses, their densely-built city counterparts, and unlike single family houses, their spacious suburban relatives, Philadelphia's twin houses were designed to include the best of both styles. This self-guided walking tour of over a dozen examples in western University City will take you inside both historic restorations and creative adaptations of this living tradition of shared independence and elegance, followed by an end-of-tour reception with light refreshments.

UCHS Members discounted advanced sale tickets: $20 Each. Orders and payment must be received by friday, May 28, 2008 to permit confirmations to be returned. All tickets on the day of the tour: $35/Each

For more tours of Philadelphia Open House, www.friendsofindependence.org

POPPED! Festival Comes to University City June 20-22

The POPPED! Festival is a 3-day event that occurs annually in Philadelphia. In its second year, POPPED! will use Drexel University, the Trocadero, and World Cafe Live as its venues over three days, June 20, 21, and 22. POPPED! will host globally recognized artists as well as breakthrough local artists, creating lineups each night with unique performances that can only be seen once in a lifetime. In addition to extraordinary entertainment, POPPED! has a focus on sustainability. The Festival will have a focus on being “green” from working with the Sustainable Business Network to cutting the use of plastic bottles, while educating concert-goers on the importance of a sustainable lifestyle. For more information, visit www.poppedphiladelphia.org.

World Cafe Live Announces "LiveConnections.org"

World Cafe Live is pleased to announce the formation of “LiveConnections.org,” a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding our community engagement programming efforts.

On Thursday, May 15th, LiveConnections.org launched the first of three pilot programs, “Bridge Sessions,” bringing together public, parochial and charter schools from Center City and West Philadelphia with great musicians from the Philadelphia area. Bridge Sessions are designed as fun, experiential events that stimulate learning about music, about how cultures connect and about how we can cross boundaries and understand new points of view. Each Bridge Session will feature great music from a variety of traditions and engage artists and audiences in an exchange of sounds, ideas and perspectives.

Forward this email to your friends! They can sign up online. You can also tell them to email katie@ucityphila.org to sign up.

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