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Mt. Airy pianist Lou Walinsky was just named Artist of the Month by Braver Angels, a national organization trying to de-polarize the deep divisions in the U.S.

Mt. Airy pianist, 'Artist of Month' and year-round bridge-builder

Lou Walinsky is 88 keys of pure American joy. A pianist, arranger and improviser, Lou has spent the last 40 years building his repertoire into a musical melting pot. more

by Alma Cook | 7/30/21

Nancy Sophy, a Mt. Airy artist with extensive experience as an arts educator, became the new Executive Director at Allens Lane Art Center in West Mt. Airy, beginning July 12, replacing Craig Stover, who left after 10 years.

Arts educator takes over as new Allens Lane director

Nancy Sophy, MFA, began her tenure as the Center’s new Executive Director on July 12. more

by Len Lear | 7/29/21

Reviewer Ron Avery wrote in the Philadelphia Daily News about Lynn, "She ’s a show stopper! She wails, she grooves, she swings. She plays with authority, with power, with soul."

Mt. Airy's Lynn Riley, 'the Superwoman of the sax'

There is an orchestra full of outstanding musicians in our area, but when it comes to the respect of fellow music-makers and critics, flutist and saxophonist Lynn Riley is right at the top of the mountain. more

by Len Lear | 7/28/21

Kristen manages two Chestnut Hill businesses in addition to her singing career.

Hill manager a singing star in other languages

Busy as two jobs keep her, Kristen Spangenberg is also a talented singer under the professional name Kristin D. more

by Len Lear | 7/23/21

Isabel Catalan’s first public reading was a big one

Isabel Catalan had never recited in public before. Her first audience was the Wawa Welcome America. more

by Walt Maguire | 7/23/21

Kyle and Linette, who met at Drexel as sophomores in 1998, are seen with their sons, Carver, 14, and Ronin, 11.

Germantown pair coaxes heart and soul into their photos

Kielinski Photography in Germantown is a husband-and-wife team whose work seems born of an ability to coax their own hearts, and that of their subjects, into the picture. more

by Constance Garcia-Barrio | 7/23/21

Bible taught with Hill cartoonist's 'Churchie Comics'

In 2018 Rush Kress started doing monthly installments of Bible-toons. Soon they will also be available in Spanish. more

by Len Lear | 7/23/21

Meghan Cary braves the storm

Threatening skies moved the July 21st Meghan Cary concert off the stage at Pastorius Park and into the Middle School auditorium at Springside Chestnut Hill. more

7/22/21

Andrew Lipke lights up stage at Pastorius concert

Andrew Lipke and the Azrael String Quartet were the first musicians to grace the stage at Pastorius Park since the free summer concert series reopened post-pandemic. more

by Zoe Sophia Gray | 7/21/21

Hanging on by the 'Skin of Their Teeth' in Mt. Airy

Mt. Airy's Quintessence Theatre Group production features real-life husband and wife Rachel Bay Jones as Mrs. Maggie Antrobus and Benim Foster as Mr. George Antrobus. "The Skin of Our Teeth" streams through August 1. more

by Rita Charleston | 7/21/21

"To My Bothers" was released in May, 2019. Alex wrote six of the eight songs on the CD.

Hill musician lost work but gained something valuable

Chestnut Hill resident Alexandre Delcourt, 29, felt fortunate that he was at least able to obtain his “artist visa” that will enable him to stay here until the fall of 2022 and maybe longer. more

by Len Lear | 7/16/21

Brian Reisman won’t know how many copies of the limited pressings Hideaway Music will receive until a few days before the event.

Record Store Day #2 returns July 17

Hideaway Music is gearing up for the second Record Store Day of the summer. Over 40 special-edition releases will be coming – and even the store doesn’t know if you can get one. more

by Walt Maguire | 7/15/21

Ellie could not help but notice these two chess players of very different generations battling in out in a Mt. Airy park. (Photos by Ellie Seif)

A lifetime of great photography for Mt. Airyite, 80

Mt. Airy's Ellie Seif, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday, had her first exposure to film and imaging as the daughter of a motion picture projectionist in a local movie theater in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s. more

by Len Lear | 7/14/21

Ambler Mayor Jeanne Sorg reaches across the aisle, you might say, in “He-e-e-er's Tony!” a send-up of a late night talk show now streaming through the end of July at Ambler's Act II Playhouse.

Real-life Mayor on stage but 'can't act, can't sing'

The question to Jeanne Sorg is: What's a nice Mayor like you doing on a stage like this? And the answer is: Participating in “He-e-e-er's Tony!” the final presentation of Ambler's Act II Playhouse's 2020-2021 season. more

By Rita Charleston | 7/9/21

Robin Tasco, a master electrician and ardent crafter for over 30 years, opened Tasco Art Salon at 8113 Germantown Ave. on May 29, next to Carman's Shoe Repair. (Photo by Stacia Friedman)

Vintage furniture, African art at new salon on Hill

Robin Tasco, a master electrician and ardent craftsman for over 30 years, was driving along Germantown Avenue when she noticed the many vacant storefronts the pandemic left in its wake. That was all she needed to set the wheels in motion. more

by Stacia Friedman | 7/8/21

An example of Robinson's batik art, in which she uses a combination of beeswax and paraffin.

Mt. Airyite an 'absolute master as a batik artist'

In the early 1970s, while living in upper Bucks County along the Delaware River, Kathy Robinson took a batik workshop with a local artist and quickly found that this was the technique that would enable her to integrate her interests in both art and design. more

by Len Lear | 7/8/21

This 1983 photo of Roddy Frame, leader of Aztec Camera, a popular Scottish new wave band of the 1980s and '90s. (Photo by Lisa Haun)

Hill photographer to the musical stars, among others

Professional photographer Lisa Haun was once assigned to capture the image of musical superstars like Paul Simon, Joan Jett and a young U2 front-man, Bono, during the band's first trip to the U.S., and she even stumbled upon a chance to photograph famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg ("Howl") during her 35-year career as a photographer. more

by Len Lear | 7/2/21

Reed Bmore, seen here creating one of his offbeat wire sculptures, is responsible for “Standing and Breathing,” a new art installation that visitors are encouraged to locate through a scavenger hunt experience at Morris Arboretum. (Photo by Eric Dale for Phila. Streets Dept.)

Wire sculptor 'branches out' in new Morris installation

“Standing and Breathing,” an art installation consisting of four wire sculptures that visitors are encouraged to locate through a scavenger hunt experience was installed in the treetops in late April. more

by Elspeth Lodge | 6/30/21

The stunning representational, almost photographic work of Sharon Cosgrove is represented by Borrelli's Art Gallery on the northeast corner of Gravers Lane and Germantown Avenue.

Failed at abstract art but fabulous success otherwise

Cosgrove is an artist-in-residence and associate professor of art at Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre whose representational work has almost brought me to tears when I have seen it. more

by Len Lear | 6/24/21

The centerpiece of a new exhibit at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is this mudhif, an Iraqi structure and the first of its kind in the U.S.

Schuylkill Center installation brings first Iraqi Mudhif to U.S.

Al-Mudhif - A Confluence, which opens to the public on Thursday, June 24. The intent was to use the construction process to heal from the twin traumas of war and displacement. This unusual environmental art structure is the first built in North America outside of Iraq. more

6/23/21

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