October 4, 2007 Issue                                       

©2007 The Chestnut Hill Local

This Week

THURSDAY, OCT. 4

TODDLER STORIES Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. at Warden Dr. East Falls, presents a program of stories, song and activities for 3-to-5 year olds at 10:15 a.m. For more information, call 215-685-2093.

CARD GAMES Chestnut Hill Adult Activities Center, 7999 Crittenden St., hosts bridge at noon. All ages and levels. $3 to play. Call 215-248-0180.

LEFT TALK Drinking Liberally, an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Ave. Visit www.drinkingliberally.org.

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

JOURNEY AS PARENTS Neighborhood Interfaith Movement, 7047 Germantown Ave., holds free parent discussion groups for parents with problems managing the stresses of family life from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Meals and childcare are provided. Call 215-843-5600.

FRIDAY, OCT. 5

ART OPENING Carol Schwartz Gallery, 101 Bethlehem Pike is holding an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. for “LOVE Philadelphia,” watercolors by renowned local artist Howard Watson. The exhibit runs from Oct. 5 – Oct. 31. For more information, call 215-242-4510.

LITTLE THEATER Video Library, 7141 Germantown Ave., Mt. Airy presents “Knocked Up,” a 2007 comedy from filmmaker Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin) on Friday and Saturday at 6 & 8:45 p.m. and Sunday at 5 & 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5. Visit www.mtairyvideolibrary.com or stop in at Video Library for films and showtimes.

YOGA CLASS Chestnut Hill Hospital presents “Golden Yoga” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Lea Auditorium. Gentle practices done in chairs and standing. For information or to register, call 215-753-2000. 

SATURDAY, OCT. 6

Recycling Chestnut Hill’s monthly recycling takes place at the Wyndmoor Trian Station from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

GARDEN CLUB Awbury Arboretum’s Community Garden Club with PHS and the City Gardening Series will present a workshop, “How to Build a Cold Frame-Learn to Extend Your Growing Season,” from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Francis Cope House at the Awbury Arboretum. Entrance is on Chew Ave. For information, contact Leo Cooper at LeoatAwbury@hotmail.com or call 215-2224-5872.

HISTORIC FESTIVAL The Revolutionary Germantown Festival is a unique celebration involving nine historic sites, dozens of student and community volunteers and hundreds of colorfully costumed re-enactors. The celebration extends for nearly two miles from the grounds of Stenton near 18th Street and Windrim Avenue to the combined Cliveden/Upsala properties in the 6400 block of Germantown Avenue where the Battle of Germantown is reenacted twice during the day. For information, tour registration and advance purchase of the Passport to Historic Germantown, call 215-848-1777, ext. 221 or e-mail aroller@cliveden.org or check the web at www.revolutionarygermantown.org

HOLISTIC SPIRITUALITY Chestnut Hill College’s spiritual direction program will host Bob Howlett, Ed.D. to speak on the topic of “Desires of the Heart and Spiritual Direction” from 9:30 to 3 p.m. at the college, 9601 Germantown Ave. Admission is free. For information or to register, contact Carol McGinley at 610-431-7805.

ARTS FESTIVAL East Falls presents its second annual Arts By The River Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Inn Yard Park, located between Midvale Ave. and the Falls Bridge along Kelly Drive and Ridge Ave. For more information, call 215-884-8048 or visit www.eastfalls-pa.com.

SENIOR PARTY INTERAC will hold a community party from 2 to 4 p.m. at Langhurst Mansion, 6012 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough. For more information, call 215-498-1750.

CHESS GROUP Lovett Library Chess Club will be meeting Saturdays, from 2 to 4 p.m., starting Oct. 6 at the library, 6945 Germantown Ave. For more information, call 215-685-2095.

RUNNING CLUB Wissahickon Wanderers meets 8 a.m. at Valley Green. Call 215-849-9080 or visit www.wanderersrunningclub.org.

SUNDAY, OCT. 7

HISTORY LESSON Historic Hope Lodge will be presenting a lecture, “We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” by historian and president of Past Masters Clarissa Dillon Ph.D., illustrating the differences between the colonial and colonial revival period. Admission costs $6. (Members of Hope Lodge free.) Parking is free on site. For more information, call 215-646-1595 or visit www.ushistory.org/hope.

ARTS FESTIVAL The 23rd Annual Fall for the Arts Festival featuring more than 150 juried artist, family entertainment, food and fun will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill.

FALL FESTIVAL Morris Arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave., will host a festival, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Make your own scarecrow, paint a pumpkin, sample different varieties of apples and enjoy some musical entertainment with Flumpa the Frog. There is an additional fee for some activities. For more information, call 215-247-5777 or visit www.morrisarboretum.com.

TUESDAY, OCT. 9

MOVIE NIGHT Chestnut Hill Film Group’s Tuesday Night at the Movies presents a free screening of “Song of the South,” at 7:30 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Library, 8711 Germantown Ave. For more information, call 215-248-0977.

GAMES & MORE Chestnut Hill Adult Activities Center, 7999 Crittenden St., is hosting scrabble and dominos at 1 p.m. Call 215-248-0180.

TODDLER STORY TIME Chestnut Hill Branch Library, 8711 Germantown Ave., Chestnut Hill hosts story time for children ages 18 months to 3 years and caregivers at 10:30 a.m. Call 215-685-9290.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10

COACH READING Neighborhood Interfaith Movement (NIM), 7047 Germantown Ave., 9 to 12 p.m. will be the site for a program of PHILADELPHIA READS, which trains community members to work as reading coaches in Philadelphia schools and after school programs. Volunteers are required to serve a minimum of one hour per week for a three-month period. Pre-registration is mandatory. For information call Sarah Galbally at 215-851-1845 or visit www.phila.gov/philareads.

FAMILY STORIES Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library, 3501 Midvale Ave., East Falls, presents stories, songs and activities for the whole family at 6:30 p.m. Call 215-685-2093.

CARD GAMES Chestnut Hill Adult Activities Center, 7999 Crittenden St., hosts bridge at noon. All ages and levels. $3 to play. Call 215-248-0180.

BOOK & MOVIE CLUB Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. in East Falls, will host dinner and a discussion of four books and will screen movies based on two of them. Food will be provided. Registration is required. The program is for students in grades seventh through ninth and will run each week July 11 through August 15. The event begins at 5 p.m. Call 215-685-2093.

WEST AFRICAN DANCE Summit Presbyterian Church, (basement), Green and Westview Sts., Mt. Airy hosts a love drum class with Maurice Edwards from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Cost is $15. Call 215-849-1484.

INTERNATIONAL DANCING Or Haddash, 190 Camp Hill Rd., Fort Washington, hosts class from 8 to 10 p.m. Call 610-688-3284 or visit www.beaverfolkdance.org.

APPALACHIAN CLOGGING Allens Lane Art Center, Allens Ln. & McCallum St., Mt. Airy, hosts a class from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $7. Call 215-643-4397 or email info@fiddlekicks.com.

THURSDAY, OCT. 11

PEACE MEETING Northwest Greens sponsoring peace mobilization in Philadelphia, recycling, universal healthcare, 7 p.m. in the Weavers’ Way Meeting Room, 610 Carpenter Lane (near Greene Street) in West Mt. Airy. For more information, call 215-843-4256 or visit nwgreens@yahoo.com

COMMUNITY MEETING The owner of the Presser and Nugent Home at 101 and 221 West Johnson Street, Nolen Properties, LLC will present revised development plans for the properties at a community meeting. 7:30 p.m. at The Aulenbach House, the Parish House of Christ Church and St. Michael’s Church, 29 West Tulpehocken St. The meeting is co-sponsored by Duval Improvement Assoc., Pomona Cherokee Civic Council, West Central Germantown Neighbors and West Mt. Airy Neighbors. For more information, call 215-438-6022 or 215-438-4484.

CARD GAMES Chestnut Hill Adult Activities Center, 7999 Crittenden St., hosts bridge at noon. All ages and levels. $3 to play. Call 215-248-0180.

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

JOURNEY AS PARENTS Neighborhood Interfaith Movement, 7047 Germantown Ave., holds free parent discussion groups for parents with problems managing the stresses of family life from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Meals and childcare are provided. Call 215-843-5600.

FRIDAY, OCT. 12

FUNERAL RITUALS Historic Hope Lodge, 553 S. Bethlehem Pike, Fort Washington, hosts “All That Remains” a lecture on funeral traditions at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6. Parking is free. For more information, visit www.ushistory.org/hope.

Y BENEFIT YMCA of Germantown is holding its Third Annual Golf Outing at the Valleybrook County Club in Blackwood, N.J. Proceeds will be used to provide membership and program assistance to deserving girls and boys at the YMCA of Germantown. Contact the YMCA at 215-844-3281 to receive a brochure. $125 per person fee includes greens fee and cart, lunch, door prizes, dinner and awards ceremony. To become a sponsor contact Wendi Jones at the above number.

PARTY IN THE PARK Friends of the Wissahickon  will host “Whispers Along the Wissahickon” from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Wissahickon Environmental Center (Andorra Tree House), located at Forbidden Drive and Northwestern Avenue in Fairmount Park featuring hayrides, live music, face painting, a DJ for children, arts and crafts, magic and temporary tattoos with beer, barbecue, wine and other beverages. Come in costume. For more information, call 215-843-0751.

SATURDAY, OCT. 13

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE Chestnut Hill Health System is sponsoring a free health education program on women’s health from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Covenant Church, 7500 Germantown Ave., with national speaker and author of “A is for Attitude” Patricia Russell-McCloud. To register, call 215-753-2000.

LINE DANCING Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library, 68 W. Chelten Ave. (at Greene Street), Germantown, will offer “Line Dancing with Lecy,” three sessions of classes for adults and teens from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 13, 20 and 27. Each class builds on the one before it. Admission is free. Pre-registration is required. To register, contact the Adult Services Department at Coleman Library, 215-685-2153.

KIDS ART Gravestone Rubbings for Children, an event sponsored by Woodmere Art Museum and the Chestnut Hill Historical Society will take place 2 to 4 p.m. at the graveyard at Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, 8812 Germantown Ave. Rubbings are a kind of relief print where paper is placed over a raised surface and a crayon is rubbed over the paper to reveal what is underneath. An artist will be on site to help with rubbings and materials. Cost is $5.

MAKE CIDER Wissahickon Environmental Center and Tree House will be sponsoring Apple Pressing Demonstrations on Forbidden Drive at Northwestern Avenue in Fairmount Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 215-685-9285.

RUNNING CLUB Wissahickon Wanderers meets 8 a.m. at Valley Green. Call 215-849-9080 or visit www.wanderersrunningclub.org.

SUNDAY, OCT. 14

AUTUMN WALK Friends of the Wissahickon are leading a free Autumn Bird Walk in Wissahickon Valley Park. Meet at 9 a.m. at Bell’s Mill Road and Forbidden Drive for a nature walk featuring the mid-October birds including late migrants and early arriving winter residents. To register or for more information, call Stephen Lawrence at 215-233-4447. For information about the Friends of the Wissahickon visit www.fow.org or call 215-247-0417.

UPCOMING

BUS TRIPS

Whitemarsh Art Center is sponsoring an Autumn in New York trip, on Sunday, Nov. 18. Stop #1 – Pick a museum along 5h Ave. Stop #2 – Little Italy/Chinatown/SoHo area. Bus leaves the Art Center in Cedar Grove Park at 8:30 a.m. and returns by 8:30 p.m. $40 members, $45 non-members. Price does not include admission to museums. For reservations call 610-825-0917.

Little Flower Catholic High School’s Alumnae Association’s will take its annual Christmas Trip to Spring Lake, N.J. on Dec. 1. The $95 price per person includes bus, full course luncheon at Breakers Motel, shopping on Main Street, ticket for tour of Victorian Inns and Mansions. Bus leaves Cottman Mall at 9:30 a.m. (Roosevelt Blvd. & Cottman Ave.). A deposit is required to hold seat. Checks made payable to Little Flower Alumnae Assoc. Contact: AnnaMarie Hill, 9611 Eden Hall Lane, Phila. PA 19114; e-mail BEARHILL70@COMCAST.NET

REUNIONS

Overbrook High School class of June, 1957 is having its 50th class reunion on Sunday October 7, 2007, at Coleen’s, 2200 Benjamin Frankin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA. Free valet parking, good food, good music and great memories included in price of ticket. For additional information e-mail Overbrook57@verizon.net or call Doris Wallace Battle at (215) 844-3383/

Girls High Class of 1977 celebrates its 30th reunion on Saturday, October 20 at Drexelbrook, in Drexel Hill, from 7 to 11 p.m. Semi-formal gala, including a sumptuous dinner, dancing and a photographer. Send your contact information to mlovephila@aol.com or vaycox@temple.edu. Invitations will be coming soon.

South Philadelphia High School Class of June 1960 will be celebrating its 65th birthday bash at 6 to 10 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 7 at Mancini Caterers, Camac & Mifflin Streets, Philadelphia. Price $65 per person includes valet free parking, open bar, hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner, dessert table, dancing to DJ Michael Corny. For reservations call Jo Ann Cavaliere, 215-334-0529.

South Philadelphia High School Class of 1967 will celebrate its 40th reunion Nov. 23 & 24 at the Banquet at The Radisson Airport. For more information, contact Letitia Ford 267-254-1314 or Billy Hatch 610-534-1290 or 267-760-1080.

ONGOING

THEATER

EXHIBITS

Allens Lane Art Center, Allens Lane & McCallum Street in West Mt. Airy hosts, PEACE: Cut-Outs by Robert Fluhr, through October 29.

Chestnut Hill Historical Society, 8708 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, offers public research hours Tues. through Sat. Call for an appointment, 215-247-0417.

Embroidery Guild of Philadelphia and the Friends of Hope Lodge present an extraordinary embroidery exhibit of over 60 pieces of work by the guild at Historic Hope Lodge, 553 S. Bethlehem Pike, near the junction of Bethlehem and Skippack Pikes, Ft. Washington. The exhibit runs through Nov. 11 and is included in the tour cost of Hope Lodge. Guided tours of the site are available Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m; Sunday, noon – 5 p.m. The site is closed Monday – Thursday except by special request for large groups and schools. Admission is charged for tours. For information, call 215-646-1595, TDD (800) 654-5984.

KIDS & FAMILY

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.

Grandparent’s Story and Music Time meets the last Sunday of every month from 11-11:45 a.m. at the Maternal Wellness Center, 606 Carpenter Ln. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-713-2666.

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

Delaware Valley Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society will begin classes in October at the Plymouth Meeting Friends School, 2150 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting (on the corner of Butler Pike & Germantown Pike). Classes are for active adults and teens aged 13 and over. Registration is required and is due by Oct. 1. You do no need to bring a partner. Visit www.delval.rscds.us or call teacher Geoffrey Selling at 215-248-5998.

English Country Dance workshops are held the first Saturday of the month, October through May, at Summit Presbyterian Church, Greene & Westview Sts. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-836-0426 or visit www.germantowncountrydancers.org.

Hatch Dance Theater, located above O’Doodles Toy Store, 8333 Germantown Ave. is holding auditions for 2007-2008 season for boys and girls ages 8 to 18 years. Based in Chestnut Hill, Hatch has performed at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe Festival, Woodmere Art Museum and Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Dance and/or acting experience or willingness to be creative a must. Call for audition times: 215-416-0457.

CLASSES

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.

Chestnut Hill Adult Activities Center offers classes and activities: crafters and seamstresses, Mondays 10 a.m. to noon; Wednesday walkers, Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m.; knitting for merchant seamen, Fridays at 1 p.m.; bridge, Wednesdays and Thursdays at noon; chess lessons, Fridays at 12:30 p.m. For more information, call 215-248-0180 or email chseniors@cavtel.net.

Chestnut Hill Mindfulness Meditation meets Monday mornings from 9 to 10 a.m. New fall season begins Monday, Sept. 10 for eight-week class of small group instruction and sitting meditation practice. For registrations or for more information, call 215-248-7441.

Chestnut Hill Writers Workshop meets on Tuesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. for all levels. Enrollment is limited. Call 215-248-1749.

Center in the Park, 5818 Germantown Ave., will feature the work of two CIP artists, painting by Marlene Patterson and pottery by Bertha Blackston-Bundy in its Members Lounge.

Cummins School of Irish Dance offers classes for ages 3 and up at The Irish Center on Emlen Street and Carpenter Lane. Cost is $10 per lesson. Visit www.cumminsschool.com or call 215-508-1763.

Hatch Dance Theater offers classes in youth modern dance, ballet and acting 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.

Dr. Andrew Cherry, 450 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, is launching a monthly Health Awareness Program designed to educate the public on the benefits of Chiropractic care. The first two weeks of each month is “open house” and Dr. Cherry will provide complimentary preliminary exams, brochures and handouts to those interested. Call 484-639-PAIN.

Historic RittenhouseTown offers interactive papermaking and colonial German cooking education programs for summer and fall. Call 215-843-2228 or visit www.rittenhousetown.org.

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.

Moving Arts Studio offers more than 40 classes weekly, for all ages—even babies. Low-fee, high caliber classes include power yoga, kids yoga, Kripalu and Iyengar yoga; pilates, gymfoolery, fencing, capoeira, drumming, Feldenkrais and dance. 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.

Learn to play chess or improve your game every Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Senior Center, 7999 Crittenden St. Call 215-248-0180 or email HYPERLINK “mailto:chseniors@juno.com”chseniors@juno.com.

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

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.

New woodworking school Philadelphia Furniture Workshop will hold courses throughout the summer at 5212 Pulaski Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-849-5174.

Settlement Music School’s Germantown Branch is registering students for individual instruction in piano, voice, string, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Call 215-320-2610.

Springside School, 8000 Cherokee St., planning an after-school art workshop in puppetry and mask making open to the public. Young artists will explore fantasy play and creation of varied kinds of puppets, finger puppets and masks using clay, plaster of paris, fabric, paper, etc. Taught by the Fairmount Art Center, the class is planned for grades K-2. Thursdays, from 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. between Sept. 20 and Nov. 8. To sign up or for more information, contact Stewart Calloway, 215-247-7200, ext. 7272 or visit www.springside.org.

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.

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.

Water Tower Recreation Center 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 Ln. & Ardleigh St. Times, days, ages vary. Call 215-685-9296.

Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave., is registering adults and children for their fall studio art classess in painting, drawing and watercolor, offering a new art history course: The American Landscape. Call 215-247-0948 or visit www.woodmereartmuseum.org.

Free Meditation and Dharma Talk services, Tuesdays at 7:15 pm and Saturdays at 10:15 a.m. at the Won Buddhist

Temple of Philadelphia, 423 Abington Ave. in Glenside. Call 215-884-8443 or visit www.wonbuddhism.info.

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.

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.

SUPPORT & GROUPS

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.

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

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.

Chestnut Hill CoDA (a Co-Dependants Anonymous is a 12 step fellowship of men and woman whose common purpose is recovery from co-dependence) meets on Monday nights, 7:30 – 9 p.m. at Teenagers, Inc., 105 Bethlehem Pike (across the street from Chestnut Hill East train station). Learn to develop and maintain healthy relationships. Contact Chuck S., 267-253-9562, chcoda@cavtel.net or visit coda.org or codaphilaarea.org.

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.

Conshohocken Business and Professional Women meet the fourth Monday of each month from September to June at Brittingham’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 640 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill. The social hour begins at 6 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:45 p.m. followed by a speaker. Everyone is welcome. Reservations required. Call 610-825-8125. Dinner costs $22.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Militia Hill Hawk Watch’s 20th year begins Sept. 1 and runs through Oct. 31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at Fort Washington State Park.

Northwest Lions Club meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at Sorella Rose Bar & Grille, 1800 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown. Call 215-637-6537.

Overeaters Anonymous holds meetings on Wednesdays in Chestnut Hill, Saturdays in Ambler and Roxborough and Sundays in Roxborough. Call 215-674-4418.

Women Coping With Separation And Divorce - a professionally guided support group for women coping with separation and divorce within the past two years – will be held for eight Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. beginning May 4 at the Jewish Federation Bux-Mont Office, 580 Virginia Drive, Suite 140 in Fort Washington. $18 registration fee (includes individual interview); $25 per session. Pre-registration is required, call 215-540-3737, ext. 103 or email saraw@jfcsphil.org.

Widows (Under 68) Coping With The Loss Of A Spouse - a professionally guided support group for women coping with the loss of a spouse within the past two years – will be held for eight Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. beginning May 9 at Congregation

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

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

Postpartum support group for mothers and their babies will begin Oct. 24 for six-weeks on Tuesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. a Grace Lutheran Church, 801 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor. Call 215-206-2931.

Roxborough Coin Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in Cathedral Village, 600 E. Cathedral Rd., Roxborough.

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.

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.

14th District Town Watch meets every third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the district headquarters, 43 W. Haines St.

Wissahickon Hospice offers bereavement support groups at Pennsylvania Hospital and in Bala Cynwyd.  Pre-registration is required. Please call 610-617-2400 for more information or to pre-register.