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Eric Serritella’s influences include the historic Yixing teapots of the 1600s, Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy, Asian calligraphy and paintings, Tiffany glass windows and birch trees, which he calls the angels of the forest.
Gravers Lane artist gave up successful corporate career
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
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Kohlrabi is a member of the brassica or cruciferous family, like cabbage and broccoli. Its root-like bulb develops above the dirt, unlike the root vegetables it resembles.
Slice it, dice it, serve it: Krazy, kool kohlrabi
Kohlrabi is another member of the brassica or cruciferous family, like cabbage and broccoli. Its root-like bulb develops above the dirt, unlike the root vegetables it resembles. more
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Chestnut Hill artist Claudia Rilling’s work is currently on display through Oct. 17 at the Gross McCleaf Gallery, 123 Leverington Ave. in Manayunk.
Hill award-winning artist’s dreams come true
Chestnut Hill artist Claudia Rilling always wanted to be an artist, even as a child growing up in Bucks County, but she had no idea how to make that happen. more
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Interact with both British and Continental soldiers to learn about their experiences at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
Revolutionary Germantown transports visitors to 1777
Travel back in time to October 1777 and experience the Battle of Germantown at the Revolutionary Germantown Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. more
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Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” meanders through the streets of Paris with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg starring in a story about attraction, alienation and the elusive nature of love.
The cool of ‘Breathless,’ a French New Wave classic
A small-time criminal, a beautiful American in Paris, a stolen car, a dead policeman and a romance that may or may not be one: Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” has all the makings of a conventional crime drama. more
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Pianists James D’Leon and Alwen Yeung, known collectively as Duo Fuerza, will be performing their four-hand artistry at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown.
Four-hand piano performance at G-town Victorian mansion
If you like hearing a pianist playing with two hands, you just might like pianists Duo Fuerza twice as much. more
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Warren Cooper (right) is seen at a recent performance at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts with Herb Smith, guitar, and Tracy Smith, drums. Cooper and Kim Payton are performing the sounds of Motown at Woodmere on Friday.
Mt. Airy’s ‘sacred jazz’ buff to sing Motown at Woodmere
Mt. Airy resident Warren Cooper, who will perform at Woodmere on Friday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., may not be an ordained minster, but he has always used his musical talents in the service of a higher purpose. more
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Roxtoberfest is scheduled for Saturday along Ridge Avenue.
14th annual Roxtoberfest to take over Ridge Ave. on Saturday
Roxborough Development Corporation is bringing back its annual Roxtoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 3, from noon to 6 p.m., transforming Ridge Avenue into a fall festival. more
Bruce Cooper, chef/owner of Jake’s & Cooper’s Wine Bar, is pulling the plug on Oct. 19 after 39 years in business.
Pulling the curtain down on a top Manayunk restaurant
I can still remember going to Jake’s restaurant in Manayunk when it opened on Oct. 19, 1987, because that same day the stock market crashed, losing about 500 points. more
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“Listen With Your Eyes,” 2009. Mixed media and oil on canvas.
‘Deep spiritual joy’ of Brooker comes to Woodmere
“Listen with Your Eyes: A Moe Brooker Retrospective” opened in Chestnut Hill over the weekend at Woodmere’s Smith Hall. more
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Jack St. Clair plays his saxophone alongside guitarist Dan Hanrahan, bassist Sam Harris and trumpeter Marcel Bellinger at the Chestnut Hill Library.
It’s ‘Meet the Musicians’ at the Chestnut Hill Library
The Friends of the Chestnut Hill Library kicked off their “Meet the Musicians” series on Sept. 15 with a free performance from local saxophone legend Jack St. Clair and his accompanying quintet. more
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Jazz pianist and composer Joe Block brings his versatile style to the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s “Fall Frolic.”
Jazz pianist Joe Block tickles the ivories at ‘Fall Frolic’
On Thursday, Oct. 8, jazz pianist and composer Joe Block will perform at the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s “Fall Frolic: An Evening in the French Quarter.” more
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Nearly a century after its release, Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times,” a blend of physical comedy and heart-moving pathos, continues to be heralded as one of the greatest films of all time.
‘Modern Times’: It’s The Little Tramp versus the machine
Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times,” released in 1936, feels startlingly modern. Ninety years after the film first flickered onto the big screens, we are still reckoning with our relationship to the machine. more
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Thousands of people attend Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts Festival every year, with hundreds of artists displaying their works.
Hill set to welcome annual fall festival, hundreds of artists
UPDATE: The festival has been postponed until Oct. 11. Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts Festival, one of the neighborhood’s largest annual events, returns to Germantown Avenue this Sunday with a batch of fresh faces. more
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Piffaro opens its new season in Chestnut Hill on Oct. 17.
Piffaro to open its new season with ‘Crumhorn’ in October
Piffaro, Philadelphia’s acclaimed Renaissance Band, opens its 2026-2027 season next month with an all-instrumental program, “At the Sign of the Crumhorn." more
The cast of “The Women,” now at Old Academy Players, is made up entirely of women.
‘The Women’ keep a privileged edge in Old Academy revival
“The Women” by Clare Boothe Luce was a smash hit on Broadway in 1936. Running well over two hours, it is a curious work in many ways. more
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Saxophonist Michael Clay will kick off the Friday Night Jazz series of concerts at Woodmere on Friday, Sept. 25, with the music of Charlie Parker.
Saxy musician keeps on truckin’ at Woodmere opening
Michael Clay is a versatile musician who uses the saxophone (and other instruments) to create sculptures of musical notes that are just as versatile and artistic as clay. more
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Michael Eddy Harvey and Greta Groothuis play the Donohues in “These Shining Lives.”
‘Shining Lives’ gives elegance to tale of corporate misdeeds
Even before “These Shining Lives” by Melanie Marnich delivers its opening lines, the video display at The Stagecrafters Theater captures your attention. more
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The facades of buildings along Germantown Avenue and Gravers Lane will be illuminated with photos during the Chestnut Hill Conservancy’s four-day Night of Lights celebration.
A new light will be shining brightly on Night of Lights
For four nights only, Night of Lights will illuminate Germantown Avenue with projected videos, architectural and landscape lighting, and stories drawn from more than 250 years of local history. more
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Tara Maguire (cutting the ribbon) is joined by (L to R) friend of the family Charles Lassiter, sister Franny Glomb, father Jim Maguire, sister Megan Maguire, and CHBD retail advocate Ann Nevel.
New Maguire gallery is ‘love letter to artists’
Tara Maguire had never seriously created art until 2017, when she went to an art class at Woodmere with her mother, philanthropist and artist Frances (Frannie) Maguire. more
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