First Friday

Check out our local Philadelphia highlight interview each month!

First Friday Interview: Dana Spain of McSpain Properties

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A successful entrepreneur, activist, animal rescue advocate, philanthropist, and established business leader, Dana Spain is considered to be Philadelphia royalty with her vast wealth of knowledge, experience, and leadership. In addition to her position as Managing Partner of McSpain Properties, Spain has developed a prestige of community awareness in Philadelphia with her role as Founder of the […]

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First Friday Interview: Bryan Mayer of Kensington Quarters

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Established by co-owners Bryan Mayer and Michael and Jeniphur Pasquarello, Fishtown’s locally sourced American restaurant and bar provides some of the freshest dishes you’ll find in Philly. That’s because their venue has a butcher shop set up in front, and their mouth-watering entrees are butchered, cooked, grilled, and cured in-house daily. The boys of Kensington Quarters endeavor to support small, local farms

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First Friday Interview: Maud Lyon of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

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Philadelphia has long been recognized for its rich and diverse arts and cultural offerings. There is so much our city has to offer tourists and locals alike: From the prestigious theaters on the Avenue of the Arts, to the world-class cultural institutions on the Parkway; operas and symphonies, ballet and contemporary dance, story slams, cabarets,

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First Friday Interview: David Fierabend of Groundswell Design Group

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In a city as rapidly growing as Philadelphia, each calendar year brings plenty of changes to the culture and landscape. For us, 2014 was the year of the pop up. Inviting beer gardens, parks and shopping outlets crafted out of recycled materials provided temporary relief to otherwise boring, empty lots. Behind many of Philadelphia’s most

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First Friday Interview: Melissa Alam of The Hive

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This week, Queen Bee Melissa Alam cut the ribbon to her new office, a coworking space designed for lady bosses keen to find a collaborative and supportive place to build their digital empires. A chic set up of 900-square-feet of Old City real estate, The Hive seems a natural progression in Melissa’s pursuit to foster

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First Friday Interview: Amy Hollaman of Terror Behind the Walls

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It’s no secret that all Halloween festivities in this city are outdone by the Eastern State Penitentiary’s legendary haunted Terror Behind the Walls. At its completion in 1829, Fairmount’s penitentiary was the largest and most expensive public structure to date, and its hub-and-spoke architectural layout served as the inspiration for over 300 prisons worldwide. With

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First Friday Interview: Sarah Bishop-Stone of FringeArts

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Long-time opening act of Philadelphia’s theater season, the Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival has been molding and shaping our performance landscape since 1997. Last year, the company tested and pushed boundaries internally: moving from their small office and studio space in Northern Liberties to a restored fire department pumping station on the waterfront, across

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First Friday Interview: Yasmine Mustafa of Girl Develop It

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This month, we’re incredibly excited to hear from Yasmine Mustafa: highly established entrepreneur, co-leader of the Philadelphia chapter of Girl Develop It, the brains behind a new line of self defense products for women, and all-around kickass female. Every city has their band of women who pave the way for a brighter future for girls

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First Friday Interview: MasterChef’s Courtney Lapresi

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Philadelphia’s dining scene may still be reveling in a second hometown win from Bravo’s Top Chef, but a new headliner is ready to set the stage. Nicholas Elmi took home the competition title in February following Kevin Sbraga’s first place win in 2010; and on May 26, 2014, Courtney Lapresi made her debut on Season

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First Friday Interview: Roberta from Homemade Delish

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Roberta Pipito is the brains and beauty behind one of the region’s most popular foodie blogs, Homemade Delish. She shares her mouthwatering family recipes and reports on awesome food outposts, bars, and events happening locally. We’re also very excited to announce that Roberta will be joining us as a judge for the 2nd Aannual MANNA

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