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Join CreativePHL to celebrate the opening  HealingVerseGermantown public art exhibition, featuring 19 public art installations of healing poems written by Germantown community members! Hear remarks from the  Healing Verse Germantown project team and featured poets, enjoy food, poetry activities, community, and tour the public art exhibition. ️ Saturday, April 11 📍 Friends Free Library, 5418 Germantown Avenue Register today ➡️ bit.ly/HVGart Ubuntu Fine Art, directly across the street from the […]

G-Town Radio is accepting proposals for installations to activate the store front, bay window at our studio located at 24 Maplewood Mall in Germantown. 3 artists will be chosen each year. Each Residency will be 4 months long. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis. Submission deadline for the April 1 spot is March 1, 2026 Residencies will begin April 1, 2026 3 artists will be chosen each year. […]

Did you know there are more than 30 community fridges across Philly? We’ve listed a few courtesy of Share Food Program for easy info-sharing — because everyone deserves access to good food. Another way to get food to those who need it most, especially with the disruption in SNAP payments. Share Food Program supports hundreds of community partners & organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region to provide free, nutritious food […]

Alaska is in the news now that Presidents Trump and Putin will be meeting there on Friday. For a view on the state, including the Russian period and legacy, check out the two-part series from the G-Town Radio program Items of Interest. https://www.mixcloud.com/WGGT_GTownRadio/items-of-interest-alaska-part-one-reclaiming-attu-alaska/ https://www.mixcloud.com/WGGT_GTownRadio/dispatches-from-alaska-episode-2/ The presidents will be discussing the war in Ukraine. For a look at how Ukrainians have been living, check out the episode about punk rockers and […]

We just wrapped up our Topsy Turvy Christmas In July Summer FUNdrive, and thanks to you, we met our goal, putting us in a great position to meet our end-of-year listener support goal. As an independent radio station, G-Town Radio can boldly go where other stations can’t. When you turn the dial to 92.9 FM, you'll hear underrepresented music, news, and views brought to you by community volunteers who are passionate […]

Get to know the G-Town Radio community!Every month in 2025, we will be highlighting one G-Town Radio volunteer.This month, our spotlight is on Nigel Ousey, station intern and host of the show Big Questions. What do you do for G-Town Radio?I am an Intern, so I mostly handle the background tasks for the station. Although I also have a radio show called Big Questions.How long have you been volunteering for G-Town Radio?I've been […]

FROM GERMANTOWN INFO HUB FACEBOOK PAGEFor nearly five decades, Anou Vongbandith has called the United States home. He runs Das Good Café with his wife, Anh, a bright spot on W. Chelten Avenue known for its fusion of Asian and Hawaiian cuisine — and their generosity. But this past weekend, Anou was detained by ICE and now faces deportation to Laos, which he left as a young child. He doesn't […]

We are thrilled to announce that G-Town Radio has received a grant from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund! This grant will contribute directly and meaningfully to our operations here at G-Town Radio, and allow us to further serve the corner of the city we call home. Thank you to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund for supporting the arts and culture community of Philadelphia!