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Philly bluesman Frank Bey is up for a posthumous Grammy for his final album ‘All My Dues Are Paid’ Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer Frank Bey released his final album in January 2020, putting an exclamation point on a music career that stretched over five decades. Five months later, the Philadelphia blues singer who grew up in the Jim Crow South in Millen, Ga., died at age 74, after a yearslong struggle with kidney disease. But after Bey’s death, his star continues to...

How do you keep a successful nonprofit agency alive during a pandemic, especially when government funding has been completely shut off? David Copperfield may be a magician, but Sharon Pinkenson, the Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO), has a lot more magic! You all recognize Pinkenson, the gal with the amazing head of blonde curls. I always took her photo at any event I was covering, pre-pandemic days. She was always a stand-out at the Marian Anderson Award evening...

Santa Claus Visits During COVID-19 See Big Changes, Tough Questions Melanie D. G. Kaplan © (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Charles Nuttal dressed as Santa Claus, waits for socially distant holiday visitors in Bryant Park on December 17, 2020 in New York City. When Tom Carmody plays Santa Claus online, he adjusts his Bluetooth hearing aids and tells children a story he enjoys repeating: COVID-19 tried to steal Christmas this year, but Santa wouldnt...