Modica uses a century-old camera technique: a large-format, 8- by 10-inch camera that can hold only one negative at a time. The slow process of taking the image forces the subject to become a ...

PHILADELPHIA – The Mummers Parade has been a New Year’s Day tradition in Philadelphia for more than 100 years, but if you are curious as to what a Mummer is, you came to the right place. They ...

Mummers Parade To Return To Broad Street For 2022 After Canceled This Year Due to Pandemic November 16, 2021 / 12:31 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A Philadelphia tradition returns.

For 44 years, James has been the top tailor for the many Mummers who have dazzled us all for decades on New Years Day, producing close to 5,000 costumes a year for all of our favorites.

Mummers have their roots in the past, tracing as far back as ancient Egypt. They're best documented during the medieval period, where the mummers' play was a popular pastime for the poor.

The Mummers Parade will step off at City Hall at 9 a.m. on New Year's Day and continue South to Washington Avenue. This is the 124th year of the one-of-kind Philly tradition.

Over Jack Cohen’s 45 years as a Mummer, he’s seen the Mummers Parade undergo a whole host of changes, and this year is no different. Associated with an amalgamation of European cultures dating to the ...

On New Years Day, a scandal began unfolding when people accused a Mummers troupe of using a white guy in blackface to portray Jay-Z. But it was a black guy.

The Mummers, after all, are a good thing. A report released today shows the annual celebration provides $9 million in economic impact to Philadelphia. A report from the Philadelphia Business Journal ...

A Mummers group honoring Flyers mascot Gritty was kicked out of the annual New Year’s Day parade in Philadelphia on Wednesday after one of its members used blackface. Froggy Carr, a wench ...

The skit featured black Mummer and Finnegan New Year’s Brigade member Darrel Young as Jay-Z, along with a white fellow Mummer who played the role of Mayor Kenney. In the skit, Young walked ...