New Media Partnership
The Vanguard is thrilled to welcome a new media partnership with the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting
Category: Culture
Sisterhood Sit-In, A Modern Protest
In Fishtown, Harriet’s Book Shop hosts a performative sit-in protest in response to racist threatening emails. On Monday, October 12th at 4 pm Harriet’s Bookshop hosted a Sisterhood Sit-in. The … Read More
Philly Arts Prevail
During Covid-19 the Philadelphia arts scene has gone digital The city of brotherly love has long been a city known for its arts scene, but with closures and the novel … Read More
Jam & Jelly Submissions: Monsters are real
Nyla Moody is a senior in high school who wants to major in creative writing when she goes to college which is. She has won great attendance awards and a … Read More
A Writer Writing About Writers: Beacon of Hope
Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation, opens 2020 with an empowering vision. The city’s epithet, “The City of Brotherly Love,” has been changed—for the year— to “The City of Sisterly … Read More
Annual Book Fair Continues to Fuel the Joy of Reading.
Growing up Black in America has a specific narrative of crime and violence. This narrative is constantly reinforced by our movies and television, showing black men to be criminals and … Read More
Jam & Jelly Submissions:Divided
Jamila is an English Lerberal Arts major. She started writing when she was in the eight grade; she wrote a novel based on Edgar Allen Poe’s the “Tell Tale heart”, … Read More
Jam & Jelly: The Art Museum Goes to The Future
Have you ever wondered what the future of humanity might look like? Overpopulation, war and rising sea levels are no longer a thing of the distant future, they are real-life … Read More
Social Media Killed The Printing Star
Video killed the radio star in the late seventies according to The Buggles, though maybe we should start saying nineteen-seventies as we enter a roaring twenties of a new century. … Read More
Jam & Jelly: Jazz Jam with Omar’s Hat
When I can afford it, I love supporting my local artists but when a free or donation-based opportunity arises I jump. Jazz Jam with Omar’s Hat is one of my new favorite inexpensive nights out.
Jam & Jelly: Stories from Q the Mic Show on G-Town Radio
“Though the show is full of laughs, it also discusses important subjects to the community. Local and nation news can often be difficult to escape, and with so little good news out there we talk it through and try to process it.”
Starcrawler Stomps at Boot & Saddle
When I went to see Starcrawler at Boot & Saddle on October 26th, I wasn’t sure I’d like them. Leading up to it, my best friend Brandi, who also used … Read More