First celebration of North Philadelphia history comes this weekend (WHYY, 07/24/25)

The North Philadelphia History Festival will feature installations, workshops, walking tours and a musical procession of classic cars.

The festival skips to late 19th-century history at the house of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American fine artist to achieve an international reputation. He lived in a house in Strawberry Mansion while attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he was the only Black student. Tanner later moved to Paris.