Eliot Duhan

Good morning, RoxYunk!

Everyone weather the storm alright?

Most important, Barry’s Steaks is open! Stop and and show some hungry love. https://www.barryssteaks.com/

Friday, as always, music at the Foodery on Ridge at 7pm. This week Dan from MBI debuts a 35 minute musical pome so get a beer and some delicious Tony’s and settle in for a bit. https://roxyunk.org/event/fridays-at-the-foodery-quidnunk-and-friends/2025-06-20/ https://www.tonyburrtioscaliforniainc.com/?utm_source=gbp

Saturday and Sunday, the Manayunk Arts Fest hits Main Street. Just go for a stroll. You’ll see the neighbors! Make sure to check out the Emerging Artists tent. https://manayunk.com/mnyk-events/manayunk-art-festival/

The Pretzel Park Farmers Market is 10 – 2, as it is every Saturday. https://roxyunk.org/event/the-triumphant-return-of-the-pretzel-park-farmers-market/2025-06-21/

Saturday Evening, Deb Callahan rocks out in Pretzel Park. http://www.friendsofpretzelpark.org/

At the The Fallser Club, The Edge Hill Rounders and the River Bones Band, (potential rivals to the Schist Creek Stompers) will bring you to the good place. Such good sounds and such a sweet venue. https://thefallserclub.com/event/edge-hill-rounders-and-river-bones/

It’s not in our neck of the woods but the Clark Park Music and Arts Festival is Saturday and it’s never less than fantastic. Consider heading down. https://clarkparkfest.wordpress.com/

I’m sleeping in Sunday but let me know if something’s going on.

As always, the RuxYunkFunCo Discord is there for you if you’re there for it. https://discord.gg/jMUPh6zu

And check out https://roxyunk.org/ for upcoming events.

It’s going to be a hot week. Stay hydrated, check in on your neighbors to make sure they’re ok and remember what the guy in Repo Man said “Only an a**hole gets heat stroke over a car.”

Perhaps you’re new to Philadelphia? Perhaps you’re a long time resident who has never been to a neighborhood civic meeting? Perhaps you’re trying to make connections in your neighborhood and wondering how things get done? Your local Registered Community Organization (“RCO” but also called a “Civic”) is a great place to start. Most RCOs have monthly meetings, always public, where issues ranging from zoning variance review to community events to quality of life issues are discussed.

What RCOs do:

Provide a forum for community input into the zoning variance process

Help residents find resources to address City government issues

What RCOs DONT do:

Serve as a general purpose dumping ground for complaints about parking or the lack thereof

Answer 911 calls

Philly’s Open Map is a good resource for figuring out which RCO is yours.

Here are your RoxYunk Area RCOs. If you’ve never been to an RCO meeting, take an evening and go! You’ll probably learn something about the neighborhood you don’t knowand meet people you haven’t met yet.

Central Roxborough Civic Association	https://crca.us/
Ridge Park Civic Association	http://ridgeparkcivic.org/
Wissahickon Interested Neighbors Association	https://wissahickon.us/
Friends of the Wissahickon	https://fow.org/
Upper Roxborough Civic Association	https://www.urca19128.com/
Manayunk Neighborhood Council	http://www.manayunkcouncil.org/
Wissahickon Neighbors Civic Association	https://wissnca.com/

it’s a quiet Tuesday night in the Schuylkill Valey.

Dedicated to making sure YOU know what’s going on in the neighborhood.

Also dedicated to letting folks with events telling the Valley about their shindig.

We will be rolling out a self service portal to let you be able to post your events in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, enjoy some Beethoven.