First Friday

Check out our local Philadelphia highlight interview each month!

First Friday Interview: Kristen Rodgers, FOX29 Sports Anchor

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With the start of MLB season, NBA playoffs, and the NFL draft, spring is always an exciting time of year in sports. For this month’s First Friday feature, we’re thrilled to feature a woman who lives and breathes Philadelphia sports, Kristen Rodgers. Formerly a sports anchor and reporter for KEZI-TV in Oregon, Kristen moved across […]

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First Friday Interview: Chatayee Thai’s Executive Chef, Chatayee “Venus” Kaputhong

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For Women’s History Month, we’re thrilled to feature Executive Chef of the new Chatayee Thai,* Chatayee “Venus” Kaputhong. Upon meeting Venus, you are immediately greeted by her zealous nature. When we met up with her, she prepared for us classic chicken satay with peanut sauce, cucumber salad with a white wine and sugarcane vinaigrette, and

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First Friday Interview: Contour Body Studio Owners, Morria Winn & Steph Barnes

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For this month’s First Friday Interview, we had a strong vision. We wanted to celebrate an African American women-owned small business in honor of Black History Month. Ideally, it would be a business focusing on self-love, as a nod to Valentine’s Day. Luckily for us, it wasn’t difficult to find Contour Body Studio.* Owners Morria

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First Friday Interview: Sheila Hess, Philadelphia City Representative

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From being known as “Philadelphia’s Biggest Cheerleader” to “one of the most prolific networkers in the city,” we’re proud to feature Philadelphia City Representative, Sheila Hess, for this month’s First Friday Interview Series. While you may know of Sheila by her extremely contagious smile or passionate energy that fills any room she walks into–she reveals

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First Friday Interview: Chelsey Scalese, Wells Fargo Center PR Manager

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In honor of the Flyers’ recent announcement of its very first mascot, Gritty, we sat down with someone who had a hand in finding him. As PR Manager, Chelsey Scalese is going on five years with Wells Fargo Center. She’s creating and publicizing out-of-the-box ideas to promote all types of events at the arena. This

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First Friday Interview: Evan Lutz, CEO & Co-Founder of Hungry Harvest

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Did you know… each year, 125 billion pounds of food go to waste in the U.S. A large portion of this is due to small physical blemishes or not meeting a sizing threshold for grocery buyers. Once Evan Lutz realized there was all this perfectly delicious food available, he set out to change the world

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First Friday Interview: Arielle Horneck, 25-Year-Old Manager of Porta & Brickwall Philadelphia

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Young, driven and ambitious are just a few words we’d use to describe this month’s First Friday feature, Arielle Horneck. At only 25 years young, Arielle is Porta and Brickwall’s Regional Manager. She and her team have certainly been quick to make a name for themselves as Porta has been featured in The New York

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First Friday Interview: Philadelphia Union Head Groundskeeper, John Torres

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In the midst of the international 2018 FIFA World Cup excitement, we wanted to chat with someone in the game locally. Known as “The Magician” in the region’s industry, John Torres is the Head Groundskeeper at Talen Energy Stadium for the Philadelphia Union soccer team. From spending 50-60 hours per week maintaining the natural grass

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First Friday Interview: Becca Craig, Pastry Chef & Food Network Contestant

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Becca Craig is reppin’ the City of Brotherly Love on a national level! She’s one of two remaining female pastry chefs in the running for Food Network’s Best Baker In America. When she’s not competing in front of thousands of viewers, Becca is the Executive Pastry Chef of local Fishtown bakery, Cake Life Bake Shop.

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