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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

by Nat Čermák | 5/22/25

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

by Gia Myers | 5/8/25

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

by Will Standish | 5/1/25

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

by Buffy Gorrilla | 4/24/25

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

by Anndee Hochman | 4/24/25

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

by Lily Williams | 4/24/25

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

by Will Standish | 4/17/25

“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

by Len Lear | 4/10/25

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

4/10/25

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

by Heather Sloan Gray | 4/10/25

‘In the Eye of the Beholder'

A new Woodmere exhibition honors the artistic contributions of two prominent Philadelphia collectors. more

4/10/25

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

4/10/25

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

by Len Lear | 4/3/25

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

by Lily Williams | 4/3/25

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

4/3/25

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

by Heather Sloan Gray | 3/27/25

Sip, paint, create

Local artist Jasmine Benns will lead “Brush and Brew: A Creative Evening,” a night of painting, tea sipping and creativity. more

3/27/25

Art that confronts at Arcadia

Acclaimed illustrator Anuj Shrestha will discuss his exhibition "No Particular Order" at Arcadia University's Harrison Gallery in Glenside on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. more

3/20/25

The multimedia work of artist Gloria Gamble Davis will be on display at Allens Lane Art Center starting March 15.

Artist weaves threads of heritage at Allens Lane Art Center

Allens Lane Art Center will celebrate the artistry of Gloria Gammage Davis from March 15 to April 13. more

3/13/25

“Homage to Embroiderers” by Wendy Osterweil

A 'rewired' career blooms at Awbury Arboretum

Wendy Osterweil doesn't consider herself "retired" from teaching at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. She prefers the term "rewired." more

by Staff | 3/6/25

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