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Lanny Bergner, gallery view of “The Luminous Forest.”
Bergner’s ‘The Luminous Forest’ seeks the sublime
Gravers Lane Gallery, in partnership with Kensington’s InLiquid Gallery, presents “The Luminous Forest.” more
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Bender paints birds with small inanimate objects in a surrealistic style.
Artist’s ‘magical realism’ takes flight at Cope House Gallery
If you are a fan of “magical realism” and its expression of wonder and intrigue, you just may fall in love with the art of Marie Bender. more
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(Top) A charming graphite pencil illustration of frolickers in the woods. (Left) Whimsical birds, a frog and young angler are the products of Mack's fertile imagination. (Right) A colorful still-life by Richard Mack.
Solo exhibit of stunning art 60 years in the making
The “Rich Mack Retrospective” highlights the artist’s lifetime of creativity. more
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The majority of dancers in “Breaking Ground” attend local schools such as Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and Germantown Friends School.
Philadelphia Dance Theatre offers free show for community
Philadelphia Dance Theatre, a classical ballet school and performing company in Mt. Airy, will host its annual “Breaking Ground” performance for free on June 7. more
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Art Forward’s Community Action Team (from top left to right) Vita Litvak (Allens Lane executive director), Ebo Darien (Germantown resident and musician), Mechele Abraham-Avery (Allens Lane programs director), Naomieh Jovin (lead Art Forward artist, Germantown resident, and photographer) and Phil Dawson (executive director, Mt. Airy CDC). (Bottom front row, left to right) are Shania Bronson (Houston Elementary art teacher), Lisa Jo Epstein (Just Act founder) and Kathy Sutton (co-business owner of Germantown Tees, and Germantown resident).
Allens Lane Art Center seeks community voices
Allens Lane Art Center has announced a new event series designed to strengthen its connection with the community and shape its future programming. more
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The work of Allens Lane student Susan Taylor-Brubaker will be featured at the art fair.
Allens Lane offers art from the heart for Mother’s Day
Shoppers in search of the perfect Mother’s Day gift may find a one-of-a-kind way to mark the occasion this weekend at the 12th annual Spring Art Market at Allens Lane Art Center. more
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Part gripping genre pastiche, part charming buddy film, and part righteous rallying cry, "Thelma & Louise," starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, will be screened May 6 at Woodmere in Chestnut Hill.
Tuesday night at the movies: ‘Thelma & Louise’
Almost immediately upon its release in 1991, “Thelma & Louise” became a cultural touchstone. more
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Sing Slavic, a choir formed after a handful of friends began meeting in a West Philadelphia living room, will perform April 29 at Chestnut Hill Library.
Sing Slavic brings Eastern Europe to Chestnut Hill
Sing Slavic focuses on Slavic folk songs and specializes in performing a repertoire of Eastern European folk songs from countries like Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland and Russia. more
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Peter Handler and Karen Singer with their collaborative "Coral Reef Table," depicting bleached and dying coral.
Germantown couple’s art meets activism at iMPeRFeCT Gallery
Plenty of kids doodle, draw and dabble in art, then drop those pursuits as they grow older. Karen Singer and Peter Handler never stopped.  more
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Helena Bonham Carter play an engaged couple in director James Ivory’s “A Room with a View."
Helena Bonham Carter shines as a young woman transformed by Italy
Woodmere Art Museum’s Tuesday Nights at the Movies will screen the lyrical coming-of-age movie, “A Room with a View,” on April 29. more
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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée star as a couple navigating love and grief in Claude Lelouch's visually daring classic "A Man and a Woman." In the 1966 film, part of the French New Wave movement, director Claude Lelouche uses an array of shooting styles and film - color, black and white, 35 mm and Super 8 - to tell the story of a widow and widower who meet and fall in love.
Life, love and cinema collide in ‘A Man and a Woman’
In its broadest strokes, the film, which screens at Woodmere on April 22, is fairly straightforward. But it's one of the most visually compelling movies of the 1960s. more
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“Donegal Rocks,” 2025, oil on canvas by Jeffrey Reed
Chestnut Hill artist captures Ireland's shifting skies
Artist Jeffrey Reed, of Chestnut Hill,  has no family roots in Ireland, but he has visited the country annually for the last 25 years to paint its extraordinary landscapes. more
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Environmental artist Rebecca Rutstein, 2022
The hidden hand of nature acts as powerful inspiration
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education will present "(In)visible Structures," a solo exhibition by acclaimed environmental artist Rebecca Rutstein. more
Brent Briscoe, Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton find a cool $4 million in Sam Raimi's “A Simple Plan.”
‘A Simple Plan’ turns the American Dream into a nightmare
Directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda, “A Simple Plan” (1998) is a tense thriller. more
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“Garden Fireflies,” 1993, by Bill Scott
‘In the Eye of the Beholder'
A new Woodmere exhibition honors the artistic contributions of two prominent Philadelphia collectors. more
Seeking curators for Allens Lane fellowship
Aspiring curators have just weeks remaining to apply for the Rebeccah Milena Maia Blum Curatorial Fellowship at the Allens Lane Art Center in Mt. Airy. more
Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein will be exhibiting some of her floral photos through the end of April at the High Point Cafe in the Allens Lane Train Station.
Local rabbi’s photos bloom with messages of peace
Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein's stunning floral photo exhibit, "Flowers are Relationships," can now be seen at the High Point Cafe in the Allens Lane Train Station. more
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Andy Garcia (center) stars in “City Island,” an award-winning film in which everyone is hiding something. It will screen April 8 at Woodmere in Chestnut Hill.
Family secrets weave a tangled web in ‘City Island’
In this warm-hearted comedy-drama, absolutely everyone is hiding something.  more
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Dance group mixes Shakespeare with Sinatra
Philadelphia Dance Theatre will perform a double-bill featuring "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the world premiere of "Sinatra Songbook." more
Dora Bryan and Rita Tushingham play mother and daughter in Tony Richardson’s groundbreaking film “A Taste of Honey,” which screens April 1 at Woodmere.
'A Taste of Honey' screens British New Wave in Chestnut Hill
When Chestnut Hill Film Group screens “A Taste of Honey” at Woodmere on April 1, audiences will have a chance to rediscover a significant British film. more
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