Scribe's Precious Places on WHYY, Sunday & Monday Evenings through March 2011!

Scribe Video Center’s
Precious Places Community History Project
Premieres on WHYY TV 12
Sunday evenings at 10:30 PM, for 20 weeks, beginning November 7, 2010
(Also on Y-Arts – beginning Monday, November 15 at 8:30 PM.)

NOTE: Due to the WHYY-TV 12 pledge drive airing through December 2010, Precious Places will air weekly only on Y-ARTS starting Monday November 29. Precious Places will begin to air again on WHYY TV 12 beginning 12/26.

Check www.whyy.org for complete program listings OR see full schedule below.

Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project reveals bypassed neighborhood sites as bright landmarks. Produced and directed by neighborhood residents from 63 diverse communities from across Philadelphia, Camden, NJ, Chester, PA, and Ardmore, PA, this collection of portraits combines oral history, personal archives and contemporary footage to redefine the region. Some of these short documentaries uncover long forgotten histories, some explore contemporary issues; all celebrate the places we call home. For more information contact: Corey Chao, Community Programs Coordinator at 215-222-4201 or corey@scribe.org.

On Y-Arts: Monday, November 29, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, November 7, 10:30pm

El Centro de Oro:The Golden Center by Raices Culturales Latinoamericanes, Taller Puertorriqueño, and Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises (5th and Lehigh District). El Centro de Oro has become the heart of Latino arts and culture in Philadelphia. By highlighting the Latino community’s sustainability and self-reliance, this video aims to confront mainstream media stereotypes through the imagery of this beloved central street.

From Camden to You: The Rebirth of Johnson Park by Camden United (Downtown Camden) pays tribute to Camden’s history as a center of innovation and industry through the invention that brought Eldridge Johnson his wealth and the city this park: the Victrola. Visitors to Johnson Park enjoy a newly refurbished fountain and statues, an embodiment of the hope and pride in this downtown refuge.

711 by 711 Precious Places Group (Southcentral Philadelphia). The Sydney King School of Dance was one of several neighborhood-based black dance schools founded in Philadelphia during the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s. Through interviews with King’s students, this video underscores the role the Sydney King School of Dance played in supporting its community while shaping the direction of American dance and performance.

The Precious Places Community History Project is supported by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts – Inspired by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Barra Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Claneil Foundation, and the Community Parners in Arts Access Program of the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation.

Broadcast listing of Precious Place Community History programs on WHYY. Subject to change!

On Y-Arts: Monday, November 29, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, November 7, 10:30pm
El Centro de Oro: The Golden Center by Raices Culturales Latinoamericanes, Taller Puertorriqueño, and HACE CDC ● From Camden to You: The Rebirth of Johnson Park by Camden United ● 711 by 711 Precious Places Group

On Y-Arts: Monday, December 6, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, November 14, 10:30pm
Standing on the Promises of God by Bethany AME Church ●
A Gem in Germantown by Center in the Park ● Hayti: An Oasis by Passtown Baptist Church

On Y-Arts: Monday, December 13, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, November 21, 10:30pm
Manayunk Canal: Past, Present, and Future by Manayunk Neighborhood Council ●
The Garden of Unity: A Refuge of Peace on Chester Avenue by Southwest Community Development Corporation ● The Power and the Glory of "WE" by Southwest Belmont Community Association

On Y-Arts: Monday, December 20, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, December 26, 10:30pm
Destined for Diversity? by First Presbyterian Church (Germantown) ● Wynnefield: Living America's Dream by Wynnefield Residents Association (Wynnefield) ● Awbury by the Awbury Arboretum Association (East Germantown)

On Y-Arts: Monday, December 27, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, January 2, 2010, 10:30pm
Neighbors and Nature in Harmony by Longford Street Residents ● Girard Estate: Ideal City Homes by Girard Estate Area Residents and Girard Estate Neighborhood Association ● Bra Buddha Ransi Temple by Bra Buddha Ransi Temple and the Khmer Buddhist Humanitarian Association

On Y-Arts: Monday, January 3, 2010, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, January 9, 10:30pm
Engine 11: A Journey of Segregation & Discovery by Engine 11 Precious Places Group ●
Worth Fighting For: A Community Unites to Save Their Library by Friends of Oaklyn Library ● King on the Avenue by People’s Emergency Center Community Development Corporation

On Y-Arts: Monday, January 10, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, January 16, 10:30pm
The Taking of Bodine: Never Forget by Community Leadership Institute ● St. Augustine Church, Philadelphia: Immigration & Filipino Transformation by Filipino American National Historical Society ● Buried Stones, Buried Dreams by Mt. Moriah Preservation Society

On Y-Arts: Monday, January 17, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, January 23, 10:30pm
Next Stop: Freedom by Frankford Group Ministry ● Traveling the Avenue: A Story of History, Faith, Culture and Civic Action by Germantown Historical Society ● Investing in the Vision: Perspectives on the Uptown by Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation

On Y-Arts: Monday, January 24, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, January 30, 10:30pm
Cliveden Park: Our Tree of Life by District Community Action Council ● An Elder’s Story by Chester Consortium for Creative Community ● Unhushed! by The Still Standing Project

On Y-Arts: Monday, January 31, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, February 6, 10:30pm
The Taking of South Central…Philadelphia by Odunde ● A Place of Hope by Oxford Circle Mennonite Church ● Rising on the Hill by Audenried Beacon Center

On Y-Arts: Monday, February 7, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, February 13, 10:30pm
Villa African Colobo by Grupo Motivos ● The Aqua Lounge by African Cultural Art Forum ● I Come From A Place by Asian Arts Initiative

On Y-Arts: Monday, February 14, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, February 20, 10:30pm
Pride of the Hill by Cramer Hill Residents Association ● The Manayunk Club by Manayunk Neighborhood Council ● Ardmore, A Village at Risk by Save Ardmore Coalition

On Y-Arts: Monday, February 21, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, February 27, 10:30pm
To Badlands and Back Again by Fair Hill Cemetery ● Girard Avenue – A New Destination by West Girard Community Council ● Southwark: 30 Years and Growing by the Neighborhood Gardens Assoc. and Southwark Queen’s Village Community Garden

On Y-Arts: Monday, February 28, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, March 6, 10:30pm
Parkside: A Camden Neighborhood by Jewish Camden Partnership and The Parkside Business and Community ● Putting the Nice Back in the Town by Nicetown CDC ● The Things that Put Powelton on the Map by Powelton Village Civic Association

On Y-Arts: Monday, March 7, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, March 13, 10:30pm
A Community in Transition by Friends’ Neighborhood Guild ● From the Del to the El: a Neighborhood Evolving by New Kensington CDC ● Bridging Yesterday with Tomorrow by Tacony Civic Association

On Y-Arts: Monday, March 14, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, March 20, 10:30pm
The Story of a Neighborhood: The Square @ 58th Street by Shoatz United for Education ● Nuestra Voz, Nuestra Perspectiva by Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises (HACE) ● On Mt. Peace by the Lawnside Historical Society

On Y-Arts: Monday, March 21, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, March 27, 10:30pm
Las Parcelas by Norris Square Neighborhood Project ● Francisville Community History by Scribe Video Center ● Strawberry Mansion, Neighborhood by the Park by the East Park Revitalization Alliance

On Y-Arts: Monday, March 28, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, April 3, 10:30pm
Athletic Recreation Center: The Jewel of Brewerytown by the Brewerytown Sharswood Community Civic Association ● Youth and the Houston Center: Growing Up Together by The United Communities Southeast Philadelphia and the Southeast Philadelphia Collaborative ● The Industrial Past by the Cardinal Bevilacqua Community Center

On Y-Arts: Monday, April 4, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, April 10, 10:30pm
Keeping the Faith by the Islamic Cultural Preservation and Information Council ● Eve’s Garden by Heart of Camden ● Yorktown: You Are Here by Yorktown Community Organization

On Y-Arts: Monday, April 11, 8:30pm
On WHYY TV 12: Sunday, April 17, 10:30pm
Petty's Island: An Untold History by Camden City African American Commission ● Palmer Cemetery: The Heart and History of Fishtown by the Fishtown Neighbors Association