Fitz and Starts, a restaurant formerly known as Hungry Pigeon, is closing its doors for good. Pat O'Malley rebranded the business after his former co-owner was accused of racism. The Queen Village eatery at 743 S 4th Street will serve its last diners on Sunday, March 20.
Courtesy of/Draw to Action A diverse group of local Philadelphia artists created the unique sketches inside the Draw to Action coloring book.
The team behind Track Takeover, an anti-advertising campaign that put artwork all over the SEPTA subway station at Walnut Street, is back with something new for 2021.
Draw to Action is a coloring book with a cause. The book s pages are filled with hand drawn sketches by 30 Philly artists, and 100% of the proceeds from the sales of each book helps the purchaser s choice of one of 15 local organizations, including Philly Bail Fund and Everybody Eats Philly.
Courtesy of/Draw to Action
What does that mean for small-scale, sustainable fashion? Next City spoke to the founders of three sustainable brands in Philadelphia about their mission, their community, and their reasons for being in the city as well as what the COVID-19 pandemic has changed or clarified for them this past year.
(Photo courtesy Brit Reed)
When 29-year-old Brit Reed is asked about Tesoro’s origins, she starts abroad.
“My first year at FIT [Fashion Institute of Technology], I studied in Florence, Italy, and I happened to live by the leather market there,” she recalls. She didn’t have much interest in handbags or leather goods before but walking through the market on her way to class every day changed that. “There’s so many different types of leather, so many ways that leather is finished,” Reed adds. “Even now, it feels like I’m a continuous learner.”