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This year’s fourth Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl, an annual celebration of the area’s book scene, took place on Saturday, drawing crowds of enthusiastic readers.
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8/27/26
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Although estimates of how much time museum visitors spend looking at works of art vary, experts say their gaze rarely exceeds half a minute.
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by Len Lear
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7/30/26
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Ted Fink has just published “After the Heist,” which he calls “a novel of ambition, loyalty, betrayal and the devastating cost of one reckless choice."
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by Len Lear
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7/23/26
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As Emily Ennulat's first book, “Wander Out Wonder In” was created to inspire kids to explore nature and the world around them.
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by Julianna Musser
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7/16/26
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Should King George III stand trial for tyranny? Should the Crown charge Betsy Ross with treason? A new book published by a Mt. Airy team asks those questions and more.
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7/2/26
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Longtime food writer and Chestnut Hill resident Sam Gugino has released a new cookbook titled, “Eat! You’ll Get Hungry — A Family Food Saga.”
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by Josh Pero
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5/21/26
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Charles “Chaz” Holesworth, 48, has been a mail carrier for 20 years, the last 12 in Glenside, where he lives.
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by Len Lear
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4/16/26
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Long-time Chestnut Hill resident (30 years, and before that, eight years in Wyndmoor) Doug Wechsler, one of the most prolific nature writers in the country, might well be called the Charles Darwin of Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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4/16/26
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David Contosta has done it again. Contosta, 81, a longtime professor at Chestnut Hill College, has written his 27th book.
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by Len Lear
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4/2/26
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Giesberg will be at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion on Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. to discuss and sign copies of her book, which was published last year.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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2/12/26
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Tony DePaul, who was born in Chestnut Hill and still lives here today, has to be one of the most prolific authors in the community.
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by Len Lear
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12/4/25
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When Guy A. Sims was growing up in Mt. Airy, he was surrounded by creativity.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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12/4/25
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Philadelphia’s most famous sandwich is, of course, the cheesesteak. But the city also has a rich history of producing some other iconic sandwiches.
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by Dan Macey
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12/4/25
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When Germantown native John Fabian Witt graduated from Germantown Friends School (GFS) in 1990, no one could have predicted that he would go on to become a Yale University professor and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Ben Harvey was busy when Marvel reached out to him to create covers for the “One World Under Doom” comic books a little over a year ago.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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11/20/25
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Although the Titanic disaster happened 113 years ago, it still lives on in a mountain of movies, books and documentaries. The fascination never seems to abate.
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by Len Lear
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11/13/25
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When Jay Nachman was a college student at Temple University, he would often sit with other students in his dorm and listen to music. There was always a debate on which album to choose.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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11/6/25
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Author Lisa Marchiano remembers a cold winter day when she was a new mother, pushing her infant and toddler children in their stroller through Mt. Airy and their stroller getting stuck in tree roots popping up through the sidewalk.
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by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
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11/6/25
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One does not normally expect to see the words “mob” or “organized crime” in the same sentence as “Chestnut Hill,” but Alfred O’Neill is an anomaly.
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by Len Lear
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10/30/25
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As a Springside Chestnut Hill Academy teacher for the last 23 years, Mary Ann Domanska definitely has an astute understanding of inquisitive, energetic young girls, which she has put to brilliant use as an acclaimed author of children’s books.
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by Len Lear
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10/23/25
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