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    North Philadelphia History Festival: The John Coltrane Edition
    September 25 - 27, 2026

     

    North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia.

    Centering community archives and the theme of Jazz. Spirit. Stories. History, the festival will explore the creative and spiritual legacy of John Coltrane (1926-1967) through projects led by Philadelphia-based artists, historians, filmmakers, and others. 

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    Scribe Video Center is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1982, with a focus on participatory community filmmaking
    We are located in West Philadelphia at 3908 Lancaster Avenue
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    Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets

     

    Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets is a story about a land and its inhabitants, focusing on the everyday moments and influential movements of a thriving Black community in an area between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers known as North Philadelphia, and the original homeland of the Lenape people.

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    Possession: Body, Memory, Home
    On Display from July 24th - October 16, 2026

     

    This exhibit brings together the work of artists Jihan Thomas, Sherry Shine, DeJeonge Reese, and Linda Fernandez in an exhibition exploring healing, identity, and self-possession through deeply personal visual language. 

    The Gary Smalls Gallery Project at Scribe is curated by Tamara J. Mason. 

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    Be a Broadcaster on WPEB

    WPEB 88.1FM is a member-supported, noncommercial, community radio station that provides West Philadelphia with a much-needed local, progressive, and accountable media outlet serving as a voice for its many diverse communities.

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The North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF) celebrates African American and Puerto Rican heritage in the 19th and 20th centuries through site specific projects, events, exhibitions and installations.
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Screenings Precious Places
Through the Precious Places Community History Project, each group will plan, shoot, and edit a video about their “precious place” with the help of a filmmaker and a research scholar hired by Scribe. While these facilitators will work closely with participants throughout the course of production, the work itself—the planning, writing, and filming—will be done by members of the community groups.
Precious Places Students filming
The Documentary History Project for Youth is an annual after-school, weekend, and summertime digital media production workshop for middle and high school students. Each year, youth participants create short documentary films as a way to explore some aspect of the social, political, and cultural history of Philadelphia.
Documentary History Project for Youth Historic Image from Blockson Collection
Power Politics is an oral history project organized by Scribe Video Center, exploring strategies for political empowerment by historically disenfranchised communities, specifically interviewing organizers, activists, strategists, and leaders in the Black, Puerto Rican, Asian-American, and other economically disadvantaged communities.
Power Politics

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WPEB - West Philadelphia’s Community Radio Station

Broadcasting live from Scribe, WPEB is an independent, noncommercial community radio station dedicated to reflecting, representing, incorporating, empowering, and serving West Philadelphia. Tune in on 88.1 FM, 95.1 FM, or here on the live stream. 

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Catalogue

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Church of the Advocate: The Heart of North Philadelphia

Individual Film Price: Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $49.95 K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $49.95 Home Video DVD License – Restrictions Apply | $5.95 Precious Places…
Young girls dancing ballet at Freedom Theater Disappearing Heritage: Freedom Theatre, Heritage House, and North Philadelphia

Individual Film Price: Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $49.95 K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $49.95 Home Video DVD License – Restrictions Apply | $5.95 Precious Places…
Investing in the Vision: Perspectives on the Uptown

Individual Film Price: Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $49.95 K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $49.95 Home Video DVD License – Restrictions Apply | $5.95 Precious Places…
Stadium Stompers

Individual Film Price: Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $49.95 K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $49.95 Home Video DVD License – Restrictions Apply | $5.95 Precious Places…

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