|
If you like Saturday Night Live, you will probably love seeing “Who’s In Charge,” a fluffy farce staged by Mt. Airy’s resident satirical comedy troupe, Mt. Airy Home Companion, at Allens Lane Art Center.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/29/26
|
|
Germantown-born film director, screenwriter and educator Rel J. Dowdell was recently honored in the neighborhood where he grew up as part of an exhibit recognizing the achievements of Black Americans.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/29/26
|
|
At the time of his death of a heart attack in March of 1974, Louis Kahn, then 73, was widely considered one of the world’s most revered and influential modern architects, leaving behind landmark buildings.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/29/26
|
|
Heather Michaelson is a talented artist, teacher and award-winning self-advocate who will be walking the runway in formal attire at a national fundraiser for Down syndrome on Saturday, Nov. 7.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/29/26
|
|
Vegetarians and those who are at least interested in sampling vegetarian dishes will have that opportunity this Saturday on the first ever “Hop Off, Hop On” Northwest Philadelphia Vegetarian Food Tour.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/22/26
|
|
If you are a dog and cat lover, as I am, you have probably wished at some point in your life that you could paint your pets and have that keepsake even after they are gone.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/22/26
|
|
From 2011 to 2018, Kristin Tracy Porter directed the Disability Resource Center at Chestnut Hill College. What she overcame before getting the position at CHC is the stuff of legends.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/22/26
|
|
Jordon Ross Weinhold will help to celebrate Halloween with the theatrical adaption of Washington Irving’s 1820 short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 23 and 24, and at 3 p.m., Oct. 25.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/22/26
|
|
Richard L. Mandel, a progressive educator who led The Miquon School in Whitemarsh Township and Friends Select School in Center City, died Oct. 5 of age-related ailments.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/22/26
|
|
“My purple silk pantsuit was covered in blood — my husband’s blood,” Byers’ wife Laurada wrote in her recently published memoir “Laurada - My Life of Adventure, Tragedy, and Purpose.”
more
by Len Lear
|
10/15/26
|
|
Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) is a name that may not be familiar to some non-jazz buffs, but there was no musician quite like him.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/15/26
|
|
High Point Cafe at the Allen Lane Train Station is a popular meeting place for area residents. But from now until Nov. 1, it is also a place where you can see an exhibit by Chestnut Hill nature artist Richard Metz.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/15/26
|
|
Mt. Airy resident Mario Zucca is a talented artist/illustrator who has done work for professional sports teams and corporations. He has recently been getting national media attention — but not for his artwork.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/14/26
|
|
Longtime Germantown resident and native Tom Di Nardo, 89, who went to Germantown Friends School and later became one of the region’s most prolific music writers, passed away on Sept. 19.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/8/26
|
|
Life coach Jennifer Schelter, one of the area’s most prominent proponents of yoga, will be undertaking a new adventure at the Philadelphia Zoo.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/8/26
|
|
Not every pop song is popcorn fluff about “moon, June, spoon.”
more
by Len Lear
|
10/8/26
|
|
Few of us will ever sing like contestants on “The Voice” or “American Idol,” not to mention the performers on Broadway or The Metropolitan Opera. But that doesn’t mean we cannot improve our singing.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/8/26
|
|
Fifty years ago, when I woke each morning, I completed a vigorous daily regimen of exercises we had done in high school gym class: push-ups, sit-ups, leg raises, burpees and squats.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/8/26
|
|
Artist Eric Serritella, whose work is on display at Gravers Lane Gallery in Chestnut Hill, had a 16-year corporate career as a successful marketing and advertising executive.
more
by Len Lear
|
10/1/26
|
|
Ever dream about writing a movie script? If so, you just may want to take courses on the subject offered in October by Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT).
more
by Len Lear
|
10/1/26
|
