“Yoga?! Puerto Ricans don’t do yoga.” Sonia Vazquez, the principal of Donegan Elementary School on the South Side of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was … More
Author: ginatomaine
This Company Is Turning Air Pollution Into Works Of Art
Imagine if instead of your car emitting fumes out of its exhaust pipe, it was emitting ink that could be … More
“Bastille Day, Philadelphia” published in Painted Bride Quarterly
“Lips and your beard and dark doorways and the sense that I didn’t quite understand how the stars hung that … More
“Old Story” poem published in Eunoia Review
“…Just the feeling, in the suburbs, over coffee, over pavement, that I didn’t know him at all, and that I … More
19-Year-Old CHOP Patient-Turned-Playwright Debuts Her Play, “The Bureaucracy of Existentialism,” at Shawnee Playhouse
I enjoyed interviewing Elizabeth Kennedy on both her medical issues and her creative process. Check out my latest post for … More
Kinzey Lynch Is Blind — But That Doesn’t Keep Him From Running Marathons
This Drexel student, who has been blind since birth, runs on Kelly Drive every weekend. This is Kinzey’s story in … More
Group fitness movement November Project adds togetherness
There’s a bitter wind whipping through the streets, and the sun is just starting to creep up behind the mounted … More
Girders, abstract sculpture and Philly Jesus in LOVE Park: A run through the ‘Museum Without Walls’ (part two)
You’ve brought tourist friends to PAFA’s giant paintbrush, giggled when Kid Hazo decorated it as a poop emoji, and dodged tourists taking … More
Philly’s murals, on foot: What it’s like to run through public art (part one)
You’ve seen them through the windows of the car, or maybe the El. But Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program — began … More
Get Inspired by Rebecca Levenberg: “There’s Nothing I Can’t Do” in Be Well Philly
Get Inspired by Rebecca Levenberg: “There’s Nothing I Can’t Do” in Be Well Philly/Philadelphia magazine