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Steven White will conduct the Academy of Vocal Arts’ production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.”
AVA Opera stages Donizetti’s ‘Anna Bolena’
The Academy of Vocal Arts will present a fully staged mounting of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” Nov. 11 to 23 in Center City. more
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“A Ticket to Ride: Chestnut Hill Amusement Park” will be the subject of an entertaining history of the park at the Ambler Theater on Sunday, Nov. 12. Seen here is the amusement park's lake and promenade on a postcard, circa 1905. The lake still exists today as Hillcrest Pond.
Reliving century-old Chestnut Hill Amusement Park
Current Chestnut Hill residents most likely are unaware that once upon a time the neighborhood boasted a hugely successful amusement park. more
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Cohn, who has been painting for more than 80 years, in front of one of his Impressionistic works.
A centennial birthday and still painting
“I will be there at Borrelli's Chestnut Hill Gallery on Nov. 11 if I am still alive and kicking,” artist Phil Cohn said about his upcoming 100th birthday. more
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Members of Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, performed Suites in F and G from Handel’s "Water Music” at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill on Oct. 21 before a packed house.
Strings will sing in Chestnut Hill this week
Both the Fairmount String Quartet and the Jasper String Quartet will be performing in Chestnut Hill over the coming week. more
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Reenactors will recreate Continental Army skirmishes with British troops during Hope Lodge’s 42nd Annual Whitemarsh Encampment event, Saturday, Nov. 4, which will also include demonstrations of colonial open-hearth cooking, games for youngsters, art presentations by artist Ed Cane, and a lecture and a book signing by C. J. McGroarty, author of “Clara in a Time of War,” a love story set during the Revolutionary War.
Reenacting history at Whitemarsh estate
Hope Lodge, the historic Whitemarsh estate, will hold its 42nd annual encampment on Saturday, Nov. 4. more
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Juby George, seen here with his wife, Shireen, owns Smell the Curry Indian Food outlets in the Flourtown Farmers Market and the Market at the Fareway in Chestnut Hill.
New Hill vendor currying favor with Indian food buffs
Many immigrants give up successful, lucrative careers in their chosen fields to pursue their “American dream.” Juby George is just such a person. more
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On Sunday, Oct. 29, there will be trick-or-treating on Germantown Avenue from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, go to chestnuthillpa.com/halloween-on-the-hill-2023
Parades, parties and haunted horses for Halloween fun
The season of crazy costumes, trick or treating, and everything spooky is back. Halloween is showing up throughout the Northwest Philadelphia region. more
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Variant 6 and pianist Ting Ting Wong will perform in a concert scheduled for Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown.
Variant 6 to perform ‘Stabat Mater’ and ‘Via Crucis’
The vocal ensemble Variant 6 and pianist Ting Ting Wong will perform two rarely programmed vocal masterpieces on Oct. 27 in Germantown. more
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The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s annual event offers the whole family a way to get out into the woods for Halloween.
Get ready to be spooked at the Schuylkill Center forest
Ghostly tales and creepy sights await at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s annual Halloween Hikes and Hayrides this weekend. more
Owner Owen Chen, left, and server Abel Lin are two of the new faces at Sakura Ramen and Sushi Bar, a new restaurant operating in the space formerly occupied by Osaka.
What gives a successful restaurant its ‘Special Sauce’?
It turns out that something new and special can create a whole new “vibe” inside a familiar old package. more
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Celebrating fall with family fun at Awbury Arboretum
Awbury Arboretum’s annual Fall Festival on Sunday promises to be a great day of live music, delicious food and fun things to do.  more
Nathanael Barlow
A rising star from NW Philly shines on ‘Showtime at the Apollo’
From Nathanael Barlow’s years of singing as a child at the New Covenant Church of Philadelphia, friends and family knew he was a rare talent. more
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Violinist Danube Um performs with pianist Mika Sasaki during a recital at St.Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill. The Oct. 6 concert was the opening of the church’s “Five Fridays” series of fundraising recitals.
Tempesta opens season with Handel, Vivaldi
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will open its 2023-24 concert season Oct. 21 at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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Gino Segre and Bettina Hoerlin, Chestnut Hill residents for 24 years and Mt. Airy residents for 20 years before that, are the co-authors of “The Pope of Physics; Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age” (Henry Holt & Co., publisher), about a top associate to J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer colleague is subject of Hill authors’ book, 'Pope of Physics'
The film “Oppenheimer” has become a box office juggernaut. His right-hand man, Nobel winner Enrico Fermi, is also worthy of the spotlight. more
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Michael Smith, minister of music at St.Thomas Church, Whitemarsh
St. Paul’s Church to host ‘Music and the Liturgy’ forum
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill will host a forum on “Music and the Liturgy” on Saturday, Oct. 14. more
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Alexander Burns, a Mt. Airy native who has directed more than 60 professional plays in his career, is currently directing “No Exit” by the French existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre, through Oct. 28 at the Quintessence Theatre Group, 7137 Germantown Ave.
Absurd, yes, but Sartre's 'No Exit' at Quintessence is powerful
In college, I was part of a theater group that put on several “Theater of the Absurd” plays. I was always puzzled about their meaning. more
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An example of one of the images featured in the ‘Lots to Offer’ slideshow of Parking Lot 6, now the Turquoise lot on the north side of West Highland Avenue. Shown circa 1961 just after its completion.
Chestnut Hill Conservancy’s Night of Lights returns
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy’s Night of Lights, conceived six years ago to bring the neighborhood's rich history to Germantown Avenue, starts Friday, Oct. 6. more
Quinn Kelsey as Simon Boccanegra (left) with Christian Van Horn as Jacopo Fiesco in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
Piffaro opens season with salute to William Byrd
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will open its 2023-24 concert season Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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Curtis Mark Williams and Jessica DalCanton star in the Act II Playhouse production of “Gaslight” through Oct. 22.
Act II’s “Gaslight” shifts gears and races to the finish
The lights wax and wane for no reason. Newlywed Bella hears strange sounds.  “Am I going insane?” she wonders. Sound familiar? more
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Last year's Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival was fun for all ages.
Chestnut Hill's Fall for the Arts Festival returns
Chestnut Hill's 38th annual Fall for the Arts Festival returns on Sunday, Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closing Germantown Avenue from Rex Avenue to Willow Grove Avenue. more
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