14th Street Magazine – 14th Street Magazine https://14thstreetmagazine.com Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:22:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/03/03183814/14StreetAvatar-150x150.png 14th Street Magazine – 14th Street Magazine https://14thstreetmagazine.com 32 32 Reinventing the Library https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2019/04/24/reinventing-the-library/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reinventing-the-library https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2019/04/24/reinventing-the-library/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:22:03 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=856 North Philly library branches are embracing a new, modern role: filling the gap left by rec centers.

 

As a 21-year-old mother of three, Mieka Moody arrived at Central Library to take a library assistant exam practically by chance.

“When …

]]> As a 21-year-old mother of three, Mieka Moody arrived at Central Library to take a library assistant exam practically by chance. “When …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2019/04/24/reinventing-the-library/feed/ 0 Finding Sanity in an Insane System: The Yellow Wallpaper Symposium https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/05/22/finding-sanity-in-an-insane-system-the-yellow-wallpaper-symposium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-sanity-in-an-insane-system-the-yellow-wallpaper-symposium https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/05/22/finding-sanity-in-an-insane-system-the-yellow-wallpaper-symposium/#respond Sun, 22 May 2016 11:57:53 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=392 Written and Photos by: Casey Mitchell

A museum famous for skull collections and jarred fetuses seems like an unlikely location for a literary panel to occur. It was my love for literature, feminism, and grotesque medical oddities that drew me …

]]> Written and Photos by: Casey Mitchell A museum famous for skull collections and jarred fetuses seems like an unlikely location for a literary panel to occur. It was my love for literature, feminism, and grotesque medical oddities that drew me …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/05/22/finding-sanity-in-an-insane-system-the-yellow-wallpaper-symposium/feed/ 0 LOVE lost: Interactive art show pays tribute to Philly’s skating community https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/05/22/love-lost-interactive-art-show-pays-tribute-to-phillys-skating-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=love-lost-interactive-art-show-pays-tribute-to-phillys-skating-community https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/05/22/love-lost-interactive-art-show-pays-tribute-to-phillys-skating-community/#respond Sun, 22 May 2016 11:30:02 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=388 Written and Photos by: Brianna Baker

The first time I stopped by Philly Radness, the skateboarding-inspired exhibition at Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, it was silent. Colorful, geometric projections framed an empty space. TV monitors played film reel without audio. …

]]> Written and Photos by: Brianna Baker The first time I stopped by Philly Radness, the skateboarding-inspired exhibition at Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, it was silent. Colorful, geometric projections framed an empty space. TV monitors played film reel without audio.

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/05/22/love-lost-interactive-art-show-pays-tribute-to-phillys-skating-community/feed/ 0 Print Publication 2016 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/27/print-publication-2016/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=print-publication-2016 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/27/print-publication-2016/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:10:45 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=339

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/27/print-publication-2016/feed/ 0 What you didn’t know about the Philadelphia entertainment scene? https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/26/what-you-didnt-know-about-the-philadelphia-entertainment-scene/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-you-didnt-know-about-the-philadelphia-entertainment-scene https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/26/what-you-didnt-know-about-the-philadelphia-entertainment-scene/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:12:56 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=310 Do you believe that movies shot here go unnoticed? Why isn’t filming in our city a bigger deal?  Why don’t we know what’s going on in the ‘local’ film world?

Philly may seem slightly overlooked, but this city offers ideal …

]]> Do you believe that movies shot here go unnoticed? Why isn’t filming in our city a bigger deal? Why don’t we know what’s going on in the ‘local’ film world? Philly may seem slightly overlooked, but this city offers ideal …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/26/what-you-didnt-know-about-the-philadelphia-entertainment-scene/feed/ 0 I’ll Be Over Here: 5 Songs Indicating You’ve Outgrown the Turn Up https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/5-songs-trying-to-let-you-know-you-may-not-be-meant-for-the-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-songs-trying-to-let-you-know-you-may-not-be-meant-for-the-party https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/5-songs-trying-to-let-you-know-you-may-not-be-meant-for-the-party/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:58:45 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=222 For months, I’d been at a loss as to why I could no longer find the joy in twerk-crazed, sweaty, overcrowded clubs like everyone else in their early 20s. But then anti-social songstress Alessia Cara’s “Here” graced my Pandora station. …

]]> For months, I’d been at a loss as to why I could no longer find the joy in twerk-crazed, sweaty, overcrowded clubs like everyone else in their early 20s. But then anti-social songstress Alessia Cara’s “Here” graced my Pandora station.

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/5-songs-trying-to-let-you-know-you-may-not-be-meant-for-the-party/feed/ 0 The Human’s Cry https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/the-humans-cry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-humans-cry https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/the-humans-cry/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:52:10 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=296 No century’s visionaries could have foretold

The pity and rainbows and men’s cries and gold

For the cries we emit are only our own

And just as they silenced the man praising God

The will silence the woman with a …

]]> No century’s visionaries could have foretold The pity and rainbows and men’s cries and gold For the cries we emit are only our own And just as they silenced the man praising God The will silence the woman with a …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/the-humans-cry/feed/ 0 Clarity https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/clarity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clarity-2 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/clarity-2/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:50:44 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=293 Discovering my name in clarity,

And suddenly before me cavities of truth open and reveal themselves

Slowly and yet with a thousand different forces;

And as the first light ignites and illuminates the glory of the world which surrounds me,…

]]> Discovering my name in clarity, And suddenly before me cavities of truth open and reveal themselves Slowly and yet with a thousand different forces; And as the first light ignites and illuminates the glory of the world which surrounds me…

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/clarity-2/feed/ 0 Pizzaria Beddia: As Good As It Gets https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/pizzaria-beddia-as-good-as-it-gets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pizzaria-beddia-as-good-as-it-gets https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/pizzaria-beddia-as-good-as-it-gets/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:48:58 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=287 Not being one for state pride, there aren’t many things that I miss about my home state of New Jersey. The traffic, the ‘tude, the smell, all stuff I can do without. However, since coming to Philadelphia, I’ve struggled to …

]]> Not being one for state pride, there aren’t many things that I miss about my home state of New Jersey. The traffic, the ‘tude, the smell, all stuff I can do without. However, since coming to Philadelphia, I’ve struggled to …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/pizzaria-beddia-as-good-as-it-gets/feed/ 0 Crystal Dreams: Out in Space https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/crystal-dreams-out-in-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crystal-dreams-out-in-space https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2016/04/22/crystal-dreams-out-in-space/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:46:29 +0000 http://smcsites.com/14thstreet/?p=282 We know Philly’s not boring, especially when it comes to the arts. Philadelphia’s art scene prides itself on a diverse mix of styles and media, creating a vibrant atmosphere of local and underground creative people.  However, other than on First …

]]> We know Philly’s not boring, especially when it comes to the arts. Philadelphia’s art scene prides itself on a diverse mix of styles and media, creating a vibrant atmosphere of local and underground creative people. However, other than on First …

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