Tag: Family Portrait
Mike Batoff: When one door closes…
Maya Angelou said “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love...
Brennen S. Malone: Hamming it up
The actor Willem Dafoe said “Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.”...
Nona Gandelman: Breaking Barriers
Last week, Family Portrait featured Holly Near and her involvement in a SisterSpace fundraising concert held last week to raise money for the Virginia...
SisterSpace and Holly Near: Making beautiful music.
This column was designed to introduce us to different people in the LGBTQ community. This week is a little different in that I hope...
Flipping the script on Suzi Nash
In honor of PGN’s anniversary, we thought it would be nice to interview our very own Barbara Walters, Suzi Nash. Suzi came up with...
Matthew J. Wong: Celebrating Philly’s queer Asian community
For most of us, the pandemic has been a drag. It has threatened our health, our livelihoods, our communities, our sanity and our waistlines,...
Dallas Walker Peterson: Game on!
Spring has finally sprung and we could all use some much needed fun and fitness, not just for our bodies but for our minds...
Malachi Lily: Channeling a better world
Vocabulary.com states that unity is “being together or at one with someone or something. It's the opposite of being divided.” But here in Philadelphia,...
Felicia Blow: Creating Joy
“All I want to do with my time on earth is make some nice things and support some brilliant people and combat institutionalized systemic...
Dot Levine: Making Music
“In life,” Kathleen Long said, “you either choose to sing a rainbow, or you don't. Keep singing.”
This week’s portrait is someone who can sing...
BJ Jones: On Call
"The Equalizer" is a new (revamped) show about a person you can turn to when you need help and don’t feel comfortable contacting the...
Amanda Swiger: Photographing Philly
“It’s about being seen, letting another person pour light into the dark places of who you are and come away feeling like who you...
Ashley Marie Robillard: Art through song
The conductor Leopold Stokowski once said that “a painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” If that’s the case,...
Darius McLean: Building Community
In case you’ve somehow missed it, the William Way LGBT Community Center (WWCC), located in the heart of the gayborhood, has been providing services...
Amelia J. Michael: Accidental Activist
Amelia J. Michael is a woman of many talents. In addition to running two successful businesses — Polycute.com, an LGBTQ and polyamory greeting card...
Kayla Wilson: Keeping Hope Alive
Jane Goodall once said, “It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of...
Melissa Buckminster: Making Montco Memories
According to Wikipedia, Montgomery County is the third-most populous county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the 73rd-most populous in the United States. In...
Alexander Fraser: Staging good times
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but sadly a lot of our Christmas traditions will be curbed in 2020. No dressing up...
Abigail Ariza and Chelsea Camacho
Patrice Banks was an engineer pulling down a six figure salary when she decided to make a left turn and go down a whole...
BJ Bear: Close Shave
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the 135,000 barbers on record in the U.S., only 16 percent are women. An interesting fact,...
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