HILL AREA THEATER BUFFS: The Wilma Theater celebrated its annual Gala. In attendance were Wyndmoor residents (l to r) Penny and Jerry Martindale, Nancy and Mike Evans, Teresa & John (board member) Rollins, Blanka Zizka (artistic director) and Peggy Greenawalt (board chair).

Matthew Millan Architects of Chestnut Hill will be exhibiting at the Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishing Show’s Art of the Home, dedicated to residential architecture and high-end produces and services related to architecture and home design.
“We are excited to exhibit at this premiere show,” said Millan. “Our architects look forward to showcasing our expertise in creating artfully designed living spaces.”
The Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishing Show will be held from April 28-30 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Admission is $12 or $15 for a three-day pass.
Call 215-832-0060 or visit www.pffshow.com.

Germantown Friends School fourth and fifth graders (standing, from l-r) Halley Cromley, Kara Pride, Ariama Reichert and (kneeling, from l-r) Allison Berman and Olivia Gallagher-Kowit were among 600 Earth Force students from the greater Philadelphia region celebrating the seventh annual youth summit day at the Philadelphia Zoo last week. Delaware Valley Earth Force, the local branch of the national nonprofit Earth Force organization, in conjunction with the zoo, Philadelphia School District officials and the Philadelphia Higher Education Network, held the event to recognize the hard work and commitment of hundreds of schoolchildren throughout the year in promoting environmental activism and good citizenship. As part of this year’s theme, “Environmental Citizenship,” students unveiled projects they designed to solve a local community environment issue.

Make every day Earth Day! Lower school Springside students celebrated Earth Day a few days early this year by planting native trees in the Wissahickon Woods behind their school. Under the leadership of Fairmount Park’s Volunteer Coordinator, David Bower, students and parents planted 82 native trees (chokeberry, winterberry, viburnum, and magnolia) over the two-day period. Pictured are Sydney Caplan of North Wales (left), David Bower and Betsy Sheppard of Lafayette Hill.

The state Department of Transportation is working on refilling the cobblestones along Germantown Avenue. Nick Martino, PennDOT’s assistant district executive of maintenance, said work began about two weeks ago and should be complete by the May 7 Garden Festival. Martino said the Avenue will not be fully closed during the duration of the maintenance — though it was closed briefly last Thursday night. However, workers may have to shut down lanes temporarily. Gene Blaum, assistant press secretary with PennDOT, said this is a regular maintenance project, occurring when needed (usually about every other year), and is completely separate from the full Avenue restoration project currently being planned.