#BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY
Championship, with Northeast High School at the Boys Public League Volleyball Championship
(Photo by @caofilms)
Meet the local spellers at the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Nearly 250 spelling champs are in Washington, D.C. this week, including sixth grade Philly champ Jayden Jiang.
Jiang won the city’s regional contest and joins eighth grader Isaac Geremew who won the South Jersey regional, both hosted by WHYY and Billy Penn. Continue reading…
Caffeine city: Here is your guide to unique Philly coffee
You can find a coffee shop around almost every corner in Philly. And while the resources can seem plentiful, it can feel exhausting to navigate.
We put together a list of some unique and popular coffee spots in the city to help you navigate this scene. While it’s not an all-inclusive list, we got input from people around the city to source some of the top spots. Continue reading…
RECAP: What else happened?
$ = paywalled
• Swarthmore College to cover tuition for students from families making less than $200,000 annually. [WHYY]
• Three men have been exonerated of committing a murder in North Philadelphia nearly 30 years ago. [WHYY]
• Gretjen Clausing, the founding director of PhillyCAM, Philadelphia’s public access media company, died over the weekend. [WHYY]
• Four neighboring comedy clubs teamed up to get the city to designate the 2000 block of Sansom Street in Rittenhouse Square as “Philly’s Funniest Block.” [BillyPenn/PhillyVoice]
• The renovated Francis J. Carey Bear Country exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo features upgraded habitats, a Zoo360 trail and expanded care space for endangered bears. [NBC10]
• Tim and Tolly Sherry, the Philly-area couple behind viral Timtoksherry dance videos, share how it all started. [CBS3]
MAYOR WATCH
Mayor Parker has no public events scheduled Wednesday.
Weekly brief on gun violence prevention (with PCGVR)
We publish this report each week in partnership with the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting.
- Pa. Supreme Court rules in case centered on controversial gunshot surveillance system. [Penn Capital-Star]
- ‘Grandmothers for Gun Responsibility’ launches billboard campaign to promote gun safety. [WFMZ]
- “All I have is memories”: Leslie Santiago says life has been filled with “pain and suffering” since her 19-year-old son, Joshua Boston Martinez, was shot and killed earlier this month in Kensington. [NBC10]
By the numbers in Philadelphia
- 18: Shooting victims recorded from May 17 to May 23 with 4 fatalities, according to city data. During the previous week, 24 shooting victims were recorded, including 1 fatality. [Source: nickhand.dev]
- 54: Year-to-date homicides, down 41% vs. last year’s pace; down 74% vs. five years ago. [Philly Police]
BILLY PENN GUIDES
🚶🏽♀️ Alt Philly history walking tours guide
🎭 Philly’s comedy scene
🌱 Spring in Philly guide
🎤 Philly Record Store Guide
⚽ Billy Penn’s FIFA World Cup Guide
🛍️ Thrifty in Philly guide
📚 Book lovers’ guide to Philly
🍹 Non-alcoholic Philly
😋 Dining in Philly
🏃🏽 Philly Runners Guide
ON THE CALENDAR
🗓️ For the **FULL LIST** of this week’s events calendar, visit BillyPenn.com!
Youth Voices on the American Revolution (Today) + the Philadelphia Ride of Silence (Tonight) + ArtPhilly’s festival opening night (Tonight) + a musical public history procession commemorating freedom (Thursday) and more!
