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The Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, which is celebrating its sixth year in business this April, has certainly delivered on its original promise.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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5/4/23
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Situated in a setting that is worthy of a poem by Wordsworth, the property is a virtual picture postcard.
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by Len Lear
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5/4/23
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It’s a sure sign of spring in Chestnut Hill: the annual Home & Garden Festival, returning to Germantown Avenue Sunday, May 7.
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by Francesca Chapman
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5/3/23
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When Fernando Sauri first opened Tamarindo’s in Broad Axe in 1999, he declared that his mission was “to create a new Mexican revolution,” and then he laughed.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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4/28/23
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Stephen Sondheim is frequently credited with introducing a tragicomic dimension into American musical theater with his Tony Award-winning "Company" in 1970.
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by Hugh Hunter
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4/28/23
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Chestnut Hill’s two Episcopal parishes, St. Paul’s and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, will combine forces for the final Choral Evensong of the season Sunday, April 30.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/28/23
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At the peak of her career in the mid-1930s, Kay Francis was one of the most popular, well-respected, and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.
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by Andrew Gilmore
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4/28/23
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Matines Café, the charming authentic French café that opened last November at 89 Bethlehem Pike, is featuring glass art created by Flannery Cronin.
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by Len Lear
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4/28/23
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Philomusica Chorale, a Chestnut Hill-based community chorus, will perform in a May 6 concert that highlights issues of social justice.
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4/28/23
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“Going to Africa is a spiritual journey for me. It's as close as I get to God,” insists Judith Hain, Wyndmoor professional photographer.
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by Len Lear
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4/21/23
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Jean Genet’s “The Maids,” a play based loosely on the story of two infamous sisters who murdered their employer and her daughter in France in 1933, will be performed at Wyck Historic House & Gardens.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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4/20/23
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Allens Lane Art Center will present the first retrospective exhibition of a true Chestnut Hill artistic legend, the late Carole Sivin (1936-2020).
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by Len Lear
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4/20/23
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Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Art Museum will host two classical concerts over the next two weekends. First on the roster is “Sacred and Profane,” featuring Variant 6, Saturday, April …
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by Michael Caruso
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4/20/23
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For younger readers who may not recognize the name, Harry Chapin was an influential singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and anti-hunger activist known for folk-rock hits of the 1970s, which he …
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by Len Lear
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4/20/23
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“Shanghai Express” was the defining movie of the career of Anna May Wong, America’s first Asian-American movie star.
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by Tom Shoener
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4/20/23
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Parks on Tap, Philly’s traveling beer garden, returns to Pastorius Park starting Wednesday, April 26, for five days of food, drink and community fellowship.
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4/20/23
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In "Steel Magnolias," Truvy's hair salon in fictional Chinquapin, La., doubles as a refuge, a place where six very different women safely gather to commiserate and tease.
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by Hugh Hunter
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4/20/23
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There’s an old Middle Eastern saying: Once the camel’s nose is in the tent, you cannot get it out. And once Jeffrey Stern gets on a case, you cannot get him off it.
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by Len Lear
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4/20/23
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“I never reconciled with my parents. I did go to see my mom, and I was allowed to go into the house, but my husband never could."
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by Len Lear
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4/13/23
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Matthew Glandorf will conduct Choral Arts Philadelphia in two performances of a pair of oratorios by Giacomo Carissimi long thought to be lost to posterity.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/13/23
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