Michael Tanenbaum

Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.

tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

September 19, 2015

Development

Columbus Square redesign hits $2.8M funding goal

by Michael Tanenbaum

While most Philadelphians have been awaiting the redesign of Love Park, plans to renovate Columbus Square Park at 12th and Wharton have also been afoot for two years as community organizers worked to raise the estimated $2.8 million the project would cost.

September 19, 2015

Film Screening

South Philly Barbacoa hosting film and forum on undocumented workers

by Michael Tanenbaum

The owners of South Philly Barbacoa want to open up a serious conversation about the reality of life for undocumented immigrant workers in America's restaurants, who comprise as much as 10 percent of the 12.7 million people who work in the industry, according to BLS statistics.

September 19, 2015

Investigation

Philadelphia man fatally shot while getting out of his car

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Saturday afternoon as a man was stepping out of his car.

September 18, 2015

Health News

Tech behind Ig Nobel winner's unboiled egg holds promise for cancer treatment

by Michael Tanenbaum

A team of Australian researchers who received an Ig Nobel award Thursday night – think the Nobel Prize for quirky science – are refining a technology that could accomplish far more than the miracle of partially unboiling an egg.

September 18, 2015

Agriculture

Chinatown farm gives sustenance, hope to Philadelphia homeless

by Michael Tanenbaum

In Chinatown, a collaboration between the Asian Arts Initiative and the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission is giving new purpose to members of Center City's homeless community in the form of a farm at 13th and Vine streets.

September 18, 2015

Investigation

Kane reps want inquiry into alleged leaks in case against AG

by Michael Tanenbaum

A day after Montgomery County detectives executed a new search warrant at the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, representatives for Kane issued a statement strongly objecting to alleged leaks of information in the ongoing criminal investigation against their client.

September 18, 2015

Sculpture

Amor sculpture to be temporarily installed at Museum of Art

by Michael Tanenbaum

Latinos comprise more than 12 percent of Philadelphia's population, and with the Argentine Pope Francis coming to town in a week, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Association of Public Art are teaming up to mark the historic occasion with a display of bilingual love.

September 18, 2015

Investigation

Radnor students' photos stolen, posted to lewd Instagram account

by Michael Tanenbaum

Police in Radnor Township are investigating to determine who was behind a lewd Instagram account that stole photos of underage girls and reposted them with sexually explicit captions.

September 18, 2015

Charges

Main Line woman charged in $24,000 fortune telling scam

by Michael Tanenbaum

A Main Line woman has been charged with theft by deception and fortune telling after police investigated a report from an alleged client that she progressively raised her fees per session, charging $24,000 between February and December 2014.

September 17, 2015

Science

VIDEO: Solar system model built to scale in Nevada desert

by Michael Tanenbaum

Very often when we think about space, we consider the vastness of the universe or the Milkyway, skipping over the magnitude of our own solar system, whose orbital lines and planetary knowledge can seem capable of grasping.