Indego Bike Share and Barnes Foundation announce launch of ten new bikes featur- ing Masterworks from Collection


By Haywood Brewster Staff Reporter


ndego bike share and the Barnes Foundation have announced that ten new bikes wrapped in paintings from the Barnes collection will


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be unveiled on Sunday, May 6, at the Barnes’s PECO Free First Sunday Family Day. With the goal of engaging the public in a community- wide initiative, these bikes will feature paintings selected by the public via online poll and at street fairs and festivals


throughout the city. The new bikes will feature works by artists including Horace Pip- pin, Edgar Degas, and Georges Seurat. As part of this contin- ued collaboration, free general admission to the Barnes for Indego passholders will be extended through December 31, 2019, and passholders will continue to be able to bring


SERVING THE WEST PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY MAY 2, 2018


up to four friends, who will each receive $5 off Barnes ad- mission. Indego also recently installed a new bike station at the Barnes, located on the cor- ner of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 20th Street, mak- ing it more convenient than ever for communities from across Philadelphia to bike to the Barnes. “Indego is all about


www.ucreview.com Sister Power in the Sound Hole: A review of West Philly’s new venue


By P. Natema Bey Community Contributor


ment I was dropped off at the front door of a brick row home in West Philadelphia. It was a brisk winter eve- ning, and I was unsure of the address at first. But, here was a porch full of youth of all ages. In all, a gathering of what seemed like 200 people gathered to bear witness to the empresses: the sisters of shea; the musical group Oshun. I’d been familiar with them for only a year before this show, having became acquaint- ed through the song “Stuck.”


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knew my experience at the Sound Hole would be interesting from the mo-


It featured lyrics like, “Maybe I need one more loc / a little more shea, another headwrap / or maybe just a day / To sleep, to meditate.” The recording was spinning on the conscience of the mil- lennials: those who wish they were of age when neo-soul and conscious hip-hop debuted, before Mumble rap and trap music could dominate the air waves. These sisters and their audience are reminiscent of the 90’s and the rare grooves movement, yet they were bare- ly old enough to recall that era in its prime.


The venue’s performance space is a gutted basement with a hand built stage plat- form and added lighting


connecting people to the great resources our city has to offer,” says Michael Carroll, the City of Philadelphia’s Deputy Manag- ing Director for Transportation & Infrastructure Systems. “By collaborating with the Barnes, our bikes can bring people to the museum, and bring the mu- seum to people; it’s fantastic. “We are excited to continue our collaboration with Indego bike share–the first of its kind between a city bike-share pro- gram and an arts institution–for another year, and to unveil the next ten masterwork-wrapped bikes at our PECO Free First Sunday Family Day on May 6,” says Shelley Bernstein, Deputy Director for Audience Engage- ment and Chief Experience Officer at the Barnes. “We love that Indego provides a healthy and fun way for people to


continued on page 2 CELEBRATING 30 ... Oshun performed at the Sound Hole in West Philadelphia earlier this year. PHOTO: Oshun


effects. Dozens of people squeezed in the narrow cor- ridor leading to the basement


stage. All of a sudden, the sweet sound of women power, continued on page 2


Health of the Community: A conversation with John Kirby, the new director of the Dornsife Center


John Kirby was named director of the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships in March. Photo: Dornsife Center


By Jack Firneno Staff Writer


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ohn Kirby’s role as the new director for the Dornsife Center brings his


career in public health much closer to home. A resident of the Belmont section of West Philadelphia, Kirby worked for years at the 11th Street Health Service Cen-


ter in North Philadelphia. As his perspective on healthcare broadened beyond just offering medical services, he began get- ting involved with civic groups in North Philadelphia where he worked. “I realized I should be doing this in my own community,” he recalled. “Just seeing a lot of the similarities in the place I worked and the place I lived, seeing what people were strug- gling with here, I had an inter- est in seeing what more I could do here.”


So he began working with the Eat Cafe, a pay-what-you- can eatery, and groups like the People’s Emergency Center and neighborhood advisory


committees. After getting his master’s degree in Public Health at Drexel University, he heard that the Dornsife Center was looking for a new director. And, when he took the posi- tion in March of this year, he began applying his experience in public health in the commu- nities where he lived. The center, located at Spring


Garden and 35th street, is a “hyperlocal urban extension center.” It uses resources from Drexel University, including its student body, to help support the community around it. Practically speaking, that means offering services run- ning form wellness clinics and


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They may come from disparate walks of life and live in dissimilar cultures in coun- tries like South Africa,...


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