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According to the playwright, the play is about “falling in love while grieving, gentrification and karaoke” and what it means to start over again.
Streisand and the price of fame in 'Buyer & Cellar'
“Buyer and Cellar,” the latest offering at Ambler's Act II Playhouse, is a comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things and the oddest of odd jobs. more
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R. Eric Thomas, writer of the romantic comedy, “Backing Track,” at the Arden Theatre through April 10. The play, which features an all-minority cast and a queer love story, is set in a neighborhood inspired by Mt. Airy and Germantown.
New play inspired by life in Mt. Airy, Germantown
According to the playwright, the play is about “falling in love while grieving, gentrification and karaoke” and what it means to start over again. more
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Chestnut Hill film animator John Serpentelli, director of 100 short films for networks including Nickelodeon and HBO, is seen here with his sister's dog, Boo, named for a legendary character in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” 
Hill animator shows how it's done in MALT classes  
Accomplished film animator John Serpentelli will be teaching three Mt. Airy Learning Tree classes in “Mighty Mash-Up Collage” this month. more
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“Forward,” a wall-hanging sculpture by Lori Zett. “I don't do happy work,” she said.
World War II horrors still haunt local sculptor
Germantown sculptor and teacher Lori Zett, whose artistic work represents the horrors of her childhood experiences during World War II, is now on display at the current show at Mt. Airy Art Garage. more
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Woodmere exhibit a family-friendly collection of animals 
Woodmere's newest exhibit, which runs through May 8, brings an animal theme to its range of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and photographs, with a special focus on fun for the whole family.  more
Shakespearean actor Leonardo Defilippis was encouraged by Mother Teresa in a personal, written correspondence to start Saint Luke Productions.
Mother Teresa-inspired 'Slave/Priest' at OMC Sunday
The powerful new production is based on the life of the Rev. Augustus Tolton, the first Black priest in the United States. It’s a compelling true story of courage, forgiveness and reconciliation that Bishop Joseph Perry of Chicago, who is leading an effort to have Tolton canonized, thinks will resonate deeply with modern American audiences. more
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Gwyn Roberts (left) and Richard Stone, co-directors of Tempesta di Mare.
Tempesta Di Mare returns to Chestnut Hill
The roster of music includes Francesca Maria Veracini’s Sonata in F Major, Silvius Leopold Weiss’ Suite in D Minor, William Babell’s Sonata No. 6 in G Minor, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s Sonata No. 4 in G Major, and Johann Friedrich Fasch’s Sonata in C Major. more
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Mt. Airy actress Shawneka (Shawn) Ponder stars in “Skeleton Crew,” an Obie Award-winner by Dominique Morisseau, now at Stagecrafters through Feb. 20.
Stagecrafters' Mt. Airy actress, 'Never give up'
Mt. Airy actress Shawneka Ponder said the best part of what she does is tell stories of different people. And the best stories, she says, are those that are poignant and relatable. more
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Steven Anthony Wright stars in Seamus Heaney's “The Cure at Troy,” at Quintessence Theatre in Mt. Airy.
Wright can do no wrong in Mt. Airy's 'Cure at Troy'
Inspired by Nelson Mandela's release as well as the violent conflicts in Northern Ireland, Seamus Heaney's “The Cure at Troy,” which continues through Feb. 20 at Quintessence Theatre in Mt. Airy, is a fresh adaptation of Sophocles' rarely produced “Philoctetes.” more
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Mt. Airy seniors capture the Avenue in photo exhibit
From rowing along the remote, tree-covered Mekong Delta to walking the streets of downtown Saigon, Seif captured the spirit of Vietnam. more
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Founding members of the Chestnut Hill Film Group Ralph Hirshorn (left) and Martha Repman (right) meet at Woodmere Art Museum to reflect on the past 50 years of Tuesday Nights at the Movies.
Still going strong: the story of the Chestnut Hill Film Group 
One of the few surviving repertory movie theaters, Chestnut Hill Film Group’s Tuesday Night movie program is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. more
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Angela Cooper and Omar Bullock lament their bleak work situation in a closing plant in “Skeleton Crew,” now at Stagecrafters until Feb. 20. Photo by Joanne Davis
An exploration of deindustrialization on Hill stage
Patricia Masarachia's bunker-like break room is expressive, and director Connie Norwood's dynamic cast gives this play a pulse. more
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Celebrate This Valentine's Season with a Blind Date Book and Book Sale!
The event last year marked a soft opening for the used bookstore. For a $5 donation, the Friends will set you up on a Blind Date with a Book. more
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Villanova University graduate Rob Rosiello is the prolific award-winning playwright who created “Vernal Rites,” now running through Jan. 30 at Old Academy Players in East Falls.
A whale of a tale now at Old Academy Players
Time keeps the best secrets and eventually buries the truth in an unmarked grave, forever lost to the ages because the truth has a way of always finding its way home. more
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Floral Wallpaper can be a deterrent to prospective buyers.
Good design choices can turn a dump into a dream home
It is the rare individual who can walk through an available residence and have the ability to see past an unfortunate layout, outdated kitchen and baths, ghastly wallcoverings and linoleum floors - not to mention paint colors that are reflective of the current owner’s taste.   more
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Doug Wechsler's new book (paperback released Dec. 7 and hardback on Dec. 21) is “Blowholes Book Gills and Butt-Breathers: How Animals Get Their Oxygen.”
Dive into Hiller's book to learn about 'butt-breathers'
Doug Wechsler, who has written 24 previous books about nature and the animal world and has taken most of the photos in them, specializes in researching information that is not widely known to the public. more
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Plymouth Meeting Friends School explores the Quaker theme of Light
Students at Plymouth Meeting Friends School have been exploring the Quaker theme of Light this month and spent art classes in December creating clay luminaries, inspired by examples from around the world. more
An art center volunteer and blind ceramics artist Ron Bryant, whose works will be on display in the lobby of Allens Lane Art Center starting Jan. 8.
Inspiring blind artists at Allens Lane Art Center
Ron Bryant was born in Philadelphia and spent his youth in and out of foster homes. He tended to run away when foster parents became too protective of him due to his visual impairment. Despite his deteriorating eyesight, he always prioritized freedom of movement. more
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Covid made the Germantown photographer Amber Johnston turn toward outdoor venues for her wedding and portrait photography business.
Local photographer adapts her business for a pandemic world
Before the pandemic, photographer Amber Johnston was doing a lot of wedding and portrait photography, specializing in capturing intimate moments in the lives of diverse couples and families. more
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Director Hassan Al Rawas, who was born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in Kuwait, “always felt at home in the theater.”
From Kuwait to Mt. Airy, now directing 'Little Women'
An actor, writer and director, Hassan Al Rawas finds the time to spread his many talents between the U.S and Kuwait. more
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