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THURSDAY, MARCH 23

RYHTHM & BLUES Cover band Classic Harmony will perform at 8 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $10 or $7 with SEPTA discount. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

BLUES Dan Stevens will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797 or visit www.themermaidinn.net.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24

POETRY Poet and author, Allison Whinttenberg, Sweet Thang, will host poetry aloud and alive at 7:30 p.m. at Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Ln. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-844-1870.

ZYDECO Contemporary musician Buckwheat Zydeco will perform at 10 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $20. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

JAZZ SHOW Jimi Odell Ensemble will perform at 8 & 10 p.m. at the LaRose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-248-4415 or 215-248-5818.

OPENING NIGHT Drama Group presents “Taken in Marriage” a comedy by Thomas Babe, directed by Robert Bauer at 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6023 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Tickets are $10 (two-for-one) at the door. Call 215-844-0724 or visit www.thedramagroup.org.

OPENING RECEPTION Vision Thru Art presents “My Vision: Sculpture & Paintings by Physically Challenged Artists” featuring works from the blind and visually impaired and members of NuVisions for Disabled Artists from 7-9 p.m. at the Allens Lane Art Center, W. Allens Lane & McCallum St. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-248-0546 or visit www.allenslane.org.

CONCERT Ellyn Hill and Richard Dreuding will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797 or visit www.themermaidinn.net.

TRAVEL SLIDES Wyncote Audubon Photo Group will present an International Exhibition of Travel Slides by the Delaware Valley Council of Camera Clubs at 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Village Meeting Room, 600 Cathedral Dr. in Roxborough. Call 215-247-3560 or email cwhenceiii@aol.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25

BOOK COLLECTING Librarian James N. Green will host a discussion of James Logan’s passion for book collecting and Benjamin Franklin’s interest in his collection at 1:30 p.m. at Stenton House, 4601 N. 18th St. in Philadelphia. Call 215-329-7312 or visit www.stenton.org.

ASARUM BOTANICALS Mount Airy Healing Arts Space will host an open house featuring free herbal medicine talks, herb tea sampling, massage, tarot reading, music and food from 1-7 p.m. at 7149 Germantown Ave, 2nd floor, in Mt. Airy. Call 215-205-6250 or visit www.asarumbotanicals.com.

HIP-HOP QN5 music presents the New Hip-Hop Spring Cleaning Tour ’06 at 10 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $10 or $7 with SEPTA discount. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

GARDEN WORKSHOP Awbury Arboretum Garden Club with Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the City Gardening Series will present a workshop on pruning shrubs and trees from 10-11 a.m. with landscape architect and community gardener Michael LoFurno at the Francis Cope House, One Awbury Rd. in Germantown. Call 215-224-5872.

KIDS EXPO An expo will be held over the weekend featuring entertainment, exhibits, and hands on activities for children from toddlers to pre-teens at the Fort Washington Expo Center, 1100 Virginia Dr. in Fort Washington. Cost is $ for adults; $6 for children 3-12 and free for children under 3. Call 800-946-4611 ext. 211 or visit www.PhillyKidsExpo.com.

BLUEGRASS Punta Splendera will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797 or visit www.themermaidinn.net.

SUNDAY, MARCH 26

SWING DANCE City Rhythm Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. at the Commodore Barry Club, Carpenter Ln. & Emlem St. in Mt. Airy. Call 610-676-0123 or visit www.swingdance.org.

BACH FESTIVAL Mel Kaplan’s New York Chamber Soloists present Brandenburg Concertos at 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Chestnut Hill, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-BACH or visit www.Bach-Fest.org.

CONCERT Zydeco Pilots will perform from 7-10 p.m. at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797 or visit www.themermaidinn.net.

TALENT SHOW A luncheon fundraiser for Jewish Children’s Folkshul featuring a children’s talent show will be held at noon at Germantown Friends School, Sharpless Bldg., 31 W. Coulter St. in Germantown. Tickets are $12 adults; $10 students; $36 family of 4 or more. Call 215-248-1550 or visit www.folkshul.org.

BACKYARD BUGS Morris Arboretum will offer a class for kids “Bugs in Your Backyard” from 1-2:30 p.m. at the arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Cost is $8 for members and $10 for non-members.

COFFEE & CONVERSATION Sylvia Metzler of the Women’s International League for Peace and Justice will host a discussion on the contamination and privatization of drinking water at 9:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Dr. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-508-0329 or 215-843-2285.

CONCERT Soul Comedy Café will perform two shows at 7 & 10 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

MONDAY, MARCH 27

SAVE YOUR VISION Pennsylvania College of Optometry will host free vision screenings as part of Save Your Vision Month from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the JCC’s Germantown Satellite Senior Center, 400 W. Ellet St. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-884-6499.

BOOK GROUP Retired librarian Winston Moody will lead a discussion of the first half of War and Peace at 7 p.m. at the Falls of the Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. in East Falls. Call 215-685-2093.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28

MOVIE NIGHT Chestnut Hill Film Group will present “Love Me Tonight” for Tuesday Nights at the Movies at 7:30 p.m. in the Screening Room, Chestnut Hill Library, 8711 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-248-0977.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29

PARK MEETING Friends of Vernon Park will hold its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Center In The Park, 5818 Germantown Ave. in Germantown to plan the Spring Into Your Park event.

WISSAHICKON LECTURE Avid birder, Ruth Pfeffer, will host “The Wissahickon as a Wildlife Destination”, a lecture on bird behavior and habitat at 7:30 p.m. at Cathedral Hall, Cathedral Village, 600 Cathedral Rd. in Roxborough. Call 215-482-7300 or visit www.schuylkillcenter.org.

REVOLUTIONARY MEETING American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. with featured speaker Glenn Williams, historian and author of “Year of the Hangman, Washington’s Campaign Against the Iroquois” at Brittingham’s Restaurant, 640 Germantown Pike in Lafayette Hill. Call 215-686-3058 or 215-487-2221.

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

MIDDLE EAST ACTIVISM A film celebrating human rights acrtivist Rachel Corrie, who died in Rafah, Palestine in 2003, titled “Rachel, An American Conscience” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 West Coulter St. in Germantown. Call at 215-247-4385 or email masan@cavtel.net.

CONCERT The Citizens will perform at 9 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $10. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

JOB FAIR Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller will host a job fair from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown, 35 W. Chelten Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-686-3424.

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

FOLK MUSIC Lou and Peter Berryman will perform at 8 p.m. at the Folk Factory coffeehouse in the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, 6900 Stenton Ave. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-848-6246 or visit www.folkfactory.org.

BENEFIT CONCERT Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia will host the second annual Benefit Gospel Concert at 7 p.m. featuring local and international talent such as Byard Lancaster, Barabara Walker, Deborah Ford, Men on a Mission and the McGuire Air Force Base Gospel Choir among others at the LTSP campus, 7301 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-248-6311 or visit www.ltsp.edu.

MARCH MADHOUSE Madhouse Theater presents Late Night Snack at Montgomery County Community College’s Science Center Theater, 340 Dekalb Pike in Blue Bell at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Call 215-260-4968 or visit www.mc3.edu.

CONCERT Gaelic Storm will perform at 9 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $18 in advance or $22 at the door. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1

COLONIAL TIMES Historic Hope Lodge will host its second annual Colonial Merchant Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring a living history program “The Wooden Worls: Life onboard 18th Century Warship” at the Lodge, 553 S. Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington. Call 215-646-1595 or visit www.ushistory.org/hope.

DANCE WORKSHOPS Mostly Waltz will host one-step and waltz workshops beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Summit Presbyterian Church, Greene and Westview Sts. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-643-4397 or visit www.mostlywaltz.com.

CONCERT Centromatic with special guest Great Lake Swimmers will perform at 10 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $10. Call 215-248-1000 or visit www.nxnw.com.

JAZZ SHOW LaRose Jazz Club will present the Nial Dijuliarso Quintet at 8 and 10 p.m. 5531 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-248-4415 or 215-248-5818.

SUNDAY, APRIL 2

MOTOWN CLASSICS Black Olive Oldies presents an evening of classic R&B hits beginning at 5 p.m. at North by Northwest, 7165 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $10. Call 215-248-1000.

AUTISM AWARENESS Variety, the Children’s Charity of Greater Philadelphia will host its first annual Autism Walk to raise money at the Plymouth Meeting Mall, 500 W. Germantown Pike in Plymouth Meeting. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m. Call 610-584-4633 ext 101 or visit www.varietyautismwalk.kintera.org.

ONGOING

THEATER

Allens Lane Theater presents “John Henry in My Face” for young audiences written by Walter Soboloski and directed by Jane Marie Glodek with original live music. Showtimes are Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 2 at 3 & 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for children under 13; $10 for children 13 and older. Call 215-248-0546 or visit www.allenslane.org.

The Drama Group presents “Taken in Marriage” a comedy by Thomas Babe, directed by Robert Bauer. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. through April 8 at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6023 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Tickets are $10 at the door. Call 215-844-0724 or visit www.thedramagroup.org.

EXHIBITS

Layers of Resistance, an exhibition from artist in residence, Laura Pritchard and Emlen Elementary, will be at the Woodmere Art Museum’s Helen Millard Children’s Gallery, 9201 Germantown Ave. through March 26.

Choices and Chances, an exhibition of improvisational paintings and drawings, by Robert Bullock will be at the Allens Lane Art Center, McCallum St. and Allens Ln. in Mt. Airy through March 18. Call 215-248-0546.

Karen Vaccarro of the Children of Hope Sponsorship Program in Bududa, Uganda is having a show and sale of her photography at the Trolley Car Diner, 7619 Germantown Ave. 215-753-1500, www.trolleycardiner.com.

KIDS & FAMILY

Family Story Nights continue this March and April at the Falls of Schuylkill Library on the first three Wednesdays of each month with stories about monsters, superheroes, and other fun themes for all children from birth to 6 and their caregivers at Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. (at Warden Drive.) in East Falls. Call 215-685-2093.

Baby’s Time with Mother Goose, a group for babies up to 18 months and caregivers, will be held on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. March 2-23 at Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. (at Warden Drive) in East Falls. Call 215-685-2093.

Children’s theater company, Storybook Musical Theatre, will present an original adaptation of the classic Arabian Nights tale “Aladdin” from Feb. 28 through March 12 at the Mitchell Performing Arts Center, 800 Tomlinson Rd. in Bryn Athyn. Tickets are $10 children and $12 adults. Call 215-659-8550.

A free, drop-in Jewish family education program, Sunday Fundays, for children ages two through five with parents is held from 10:30 a.m.-noon at Germantown Friends School, Sharpless Building, 31 W. Coulter St. in Germantown. Call 215.248.1550 or visit www.folkshul.org.

An after nap playgroup meets on Thursdays, January through March, from 2:30-4 p.m. at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Laughlin Hall playroom, 8835 Germantown Ave. Call 215-753-2000.

Saturday Art Club For Kids is held every Saturday at the Amoeba Art Shop Annex, 7174 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy from 9 a.m.-noon for ages six to 10. Cost is $12.50 per hour. Pre-registration required. Visit www.amoebaartshop.com or call 215-242-4568.

Children’s story time is held the first Monday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at Borders bookstore, 8701 Germantown Ave. Call 215-248-1213.

Toddler story time is held at the Chestnut Hill Branch Library, 8711 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for children ages 18 months to 3 years and their adults. Call 215-685-9290.

Makin’ Music: An interactive music program for preschoolers and their caregivers takes place on Wednesday and Thursday mornings at 9:15 a.m. or 10:15 a.m. at the Water Tower Rec. Center; and Mondays and Tuesdays at St. Philips in the Field Church in Oreland. Call 215-233-2560.

How to teach your newborn to six-year-old anything and everything joyously, featuring author Glenn Doman, every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, 8801 Stenton Ave. in Wyndmoor. Call 267-440-2576.

Wissahickon wanderers running club meets every Saturday at 8 a.m.; start at valley green. Call 215-849-9080 or visit www.wanderersrunningclub.org.

Walk the Wissahickon. The Sierra Club sponsors hikes regularly the last Saturday of each month, hiking a different trail each month. Meet at 10 a.m. at Sedgwick Gardens Apts. in Mt. Airy (McCallum and Sedgwick Sts.) Call 215-438-4459 or email mrbasketball.net@verizon.net.

DANCE

West African dance class with live drums at Summit Presbyterian Church (basement), Green and Westview Sts., with Maurice Edwards on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. Cost is $15. Call 215-849-1484.

International Dancing at Or Hadash, 190 Camp Hill Road, in Fort Washington on Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. Cost is $5 but it is free first time. Visit www.beaverfolkdance.org or call 610-688-3284.

Contra dancing takes place on the third Saturday of the month through May from 8-11 p.m. at Glenside Memorial Hall, Keswick Ave. and Waverly St. Call 215-643-4397 or visit www.thursdaycontra.com.

Appalachian clogging classes are held every Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Allens Lane Art Center, Allens Lane & McCallum streets. Cost is $7 per session; no pre-registration required. Leather bottom or tap shoes are the most suitable footwear. Call 215-643-4397 or visit info@fiddlekicks.com.

CLASSES

A 10-session Beginner’s Computer Class series will be held Tuesday and Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m. March 14 through April 13 at the Interac Center for Older Adults’ Computer Lab, 6012 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough. Call 215-487-1750.

Tesserae Studio Gallery, 6780 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, is currently offering adult classes in mosaics and tilemaking. Call 215-848-2110 or visit www.bellamosaic.com.

New water classes for all ages are being offered at the YMCA of Germantown, located at 5722 Greene St. in Germantown. For more information, call 215-844-3281.

Paper Crane Studio offers arts and crafts workshops in the Education building at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6023 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-844-2944.

Chestnut Hill Hospital is offering a course, Freedom from Smoking, on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Medical Office Bldg., Suite 46, 8815 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Program runs for eight sessions, Wednesdays March 1-April 12, with a special session on Friday, March 24. Cost is $50. Call 215-753-2000.

Moving Arts Studio offers more than 60 classes a week for all ages. Low-fee classes include yoga, tai chi, Feldenkrais, fencing, capoeira, drumming, pilates, gymfoolery and dance (belly, african, hip hop, African and more). Drop in or series available. Call 215-842-1040.

Morris Arboretum offers courses in landscape design, perennials, handmade paper, rose care, healing plants and many other topics at the arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-5777 or www.morrisarboretum.org.

An 8-week course, “A Journey through Your Life: A Lenten Pilgrimage,” conducted by Rev. Susan Cole, will be held from March 2 through April 20 on Thursday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church in Chestnut Hill. Cost is $150. To register, call 215-242-0611.

Learn to speak Spanish on Tuesdays at 11 a.m.; bridge on Wednesdays at noon; and chess on Fridays at 1p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Senior Center, 7999 Crittenden St. Call 215-248-0180 or email chseniors@juno.com.

Cheltenham Art Center’s spring session begins on Feb. 13. The deadline to register for the first eight weeks of classes is Feb. 10. View full course listings online at www.cheltenhamarts.org or contact the center for more information or to request a brochure at 215-379-4660.

Dr. Michael Cheikin’s yoga classes have resumed at the Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, 8812 Germantown Ave. Visit www.c4oh.org or call 610-239-9901.

Allens Lane Art Center offers classes & workshops for children and adults in a variety of art and dance classes, and workshops in jewelry making, painting, doll making and creative writing. Call 215-248-0546 or visit www.allenslane.org.

Youth modern dance, ballet and acting classes are currently enrolling at Hatch Dance Theater for ages 2 and up. Classes are held above O’Doodles Toy Store at 8333 Germantown Ave. Call 215-416-0457 or email hatch@entermail.net.

A 10-session series of beginner’s computer classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 2 through March 7 at the Interac Center for Older Adults’ Computer Lab, 6012 Ridge Ave. Cost is $75 for adults 60+, $80 for other adults. Call 215-487-1750.

Whitemarsh Community Art Center’s spring class registration is underway. Classes start the week of Feb. 6. and are held in the Farmhouse in Cedar Grove Park, 100 Cedar Grove Road, Conshohocken. Call 610-825-0917.

Highland Avenue Fine Arts, a new Chestnut Hill art school, is now open, providing professional fine art instruction in studio environment with small classes and private sessions for children, teens and adults. Call 215-247-5089.

Karen Singer Tileworks, 90 E. Church Lane, offers day and evening tile and ceramics classes for adults and children year-round. Call 215-849-7010 or visit www.karensinger.com.

Water Tower Children’s Classes: karate for children and adults; Tony’s little dribblers; pick-up basketball; jazzy lady social grace & etiquette; dance classes with Miss Sara; tot recreation class; gymnastics classes. Hartwell Lane & Ardleigh Street. Times, days, ages vary. Call 215-685-9296.

Won Community Service Center, 423 Abington Ave., in Glenside offers ESL classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. Call 215-884-8443 or visit www.woninstitute.org.

Beginner gyrokinesis class (therapeutic movement system for the spine) taught by Joe Tighe, physical therapist, every Monday evening at 6:30 p.m. At his studio, the balance point, 400 W. Hortter St. and Jessica Krow teaches every Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. First class free. Call 215-844-7773.

Gentle meditative yoga classes at the Unitarian Universalist Church Of The Restoration, 6900 Stenton Ave., are on Tuesdays, 8-9:30 a.m. A yoga mat and loose clothing are recommended; voluntary contribution accepted. Call 215-782-1919. Also offered is sitting meditation on Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m., for 20 minutes and a creative writing circle on Thursdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Call 215-247-2561 or email office@uurestoration.us.

The Mt. Airy Computer Center, 6335 Wayne Ave., Mt. Airy, offers classes for kids and adults throughout the week. Call 215-438-8505.

Thursday morning writing circle is held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Hale Lounge at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, 6900 Stenton Ave. in Mt. Airy. Cost is $15. Call 215-247-5545 or email susan@susanwindle.com.

SUPPORT & GROUPS

Bereavement support groups for adults are often offered by Koller Funeral Home, 6835 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough. Call 215-624-8190.

Children of aging parents caregivers support group meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Atria Chestnut Hill, 495 E. Abington Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-5307.

Breast cancer recovery group meets every fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Healthcare Women’s Center, 8835 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-242-4700.

Food addicts in recovery anonymous, a 12-step program for people recovering from addictive eating, welcomes newcomers and meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. Call 215-836-0274.

Wissahickon hospice offers drop-in bereavement support groups for adults on the last Tuesday of each month from 1:30-3 p.m. at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Laughlin Hall, 8835 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 800-700-8807.

Breast cancer self help group meets the second Thursday of each month at Canaan Baptist Church, 5430 Pulaski Ave. in Germantown, from 7-8:30 p.m. Call 215-849-7004.

Keystone Hospice, 8765 Stenton Ave. in Wyndmoor, offers support groups throughout the month, with specialty groups for children, widowers, young widows, and a new “motherless daughters” group. Most are free, lunch is often included but pre-registration is requested. Call 215-836-2440.

Overeaters Anonymous conducts two meetings each week at Roxborough Memorial Hospital, 5800 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough. Call 215-248-4333.

Shhh, a hearing loss support group, meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Jeanes Library, 4051 Joshua Rd. in Lafayette Hill. Call 215-482-7829.

The Lupus Foundation of America, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, has launched a self-help course for people with lupus. Call 215-517-5070 or visit www.lupus-sepa.org.

Lung cancer support group meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-7:30 p.m., offers encouragement for people currently being treated for lung cancer or who have completed treatment at the Chestnut Hill HealthCare Cancer Center, Suite 17, 8815 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-248-8325.

Stroke Club support group meets the third Wednesday of each month from 5-7 p.m. in the Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation Hospital’s Clock lounge, 8601 Stenton Ave. in Wyndmoor. Call 215-233-6200.

Alzheimer’s Association Family Caregiver Support Group meets the third Wednesday of the month from 7-9 p.m. at Homelink Adult Day Care, 6950 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Call 1-800-272-3900.

Man-to-Man Prostate Cancer Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month from 8-9 a.m. at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Laughlin Hall, Rm. D, 8835 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-248-8325.

Miriam’s Well: A Jewish Service for Healing takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Germantown Jewish Centre, 400 W. Ellet St. Rooted in Jewish tradition, the service is open to anyone wishing to pray for physical, emotional or spiritual healing. Call 215-844-1507.

A peace vigil is held every Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at the intersection of Germantown Ave. and Bethlehem Pike in Plymouth Meeting, rain or shine. Call 215-242-5413, or visit www.northwestpeacecoalition.org.