Since Paris Bistro closed, there has been a certain je ne sais quoi missing in the Northwest dining scene. But with the opening of Bar Lizette, classic French bistro fare has returned.
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by Stacia Friedman
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4/7/23
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An Evening at the Art Garage
Mt. Airy Art Garage is hosting a new community performance series on the second Tuesday of every month, starting April 11.
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4/7/23
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The Metropolitan Ballet Company, founded by former Pennsylvania Ballet standout Lisa Collins Vidnovic, is bringing some of the region’s most talented students to the stage Saturday, April 1.
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by Len Lear
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3/30/23
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Hollywood writer/director Preston Sturges defends the emotional and artistic value of comedy and escapism amid the Great Depression and the beginnings of World War II.
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by George C. Woodward
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3/30/23
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The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields will present a rare performance of Franz Liszt’s “Via Crucis” (“The Way of the Cross”) on Palm Sunday, April 2.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/30/23
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Local author Josh Hitchens will lead an in-person discussion of Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times,” at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 2, at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion.
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3/30/23
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Lovett Library in Mt. Airy will celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with a series of in-person concerts throughout April.
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3/30/23
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Northwest Village Network (NVN) will sponsor a virtual event, “Cartooning Through Life,” with well-known cartoonist Signe Wilkinson, on March 28.
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3/23/23
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Michael Londra brings his national tour of “Ireland with Michael – LIVE” to the Commodore Barry Arts and Cultural Center in Mt. Airy on March 6.
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by Dave Greenberg
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3/23/23
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The Drama Group of Germantown wraps up its inaugural season with "The Seagull" (1896), Anton Chekhov's seminal drama about troubled souls who gather on a country estate.
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by Hugh Hunter
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3/23/23
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Three local churches hosted a trio of varied concerts, providing a glimpse of how concert life used to be before the outbreak of COVID.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/23/23
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3/16/23
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Otto Preminger’s 1959 “Anatomy of a Murder,” starring James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick and Joseph Welch is a twisty legal thriller with a doubly ironic conclusion.
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by Ralph Hirshorn
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3/16/23
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Dara Haskins, a Germantown artist whose solo exhibit opens this week at Allens Lane Art Center, is as bold, candid and uncompromising as her colorful work.
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by Len Lear
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3/16/23
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will perform a concert of music from the Austrian court and countryside Saturday. March 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/16/23
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3/16/23
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Almost forgotten and upstaged by the MGM 1954 technicolored version, the 1936 production of “Show Boat” is perhaps the greatest of all transitions from stage to screen.
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by Ralph Hirshorn
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3/9/23
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The opening scene of "The Tempest" at Quintessence is a tribute to the power of stagecraft.
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by Hugh Hunter
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3/9/23
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Along with Guinness, Jameson and Kerrygold butter, one of Ireland’s greatest exports may be Dervish, a dazzling Irish traditional band.
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by Denise Foley
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3/9/23
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Dan Ravasio, of Chestnut Hill, grew up in a Western Pennsylvania coal mining and steelworker town that wasn’t noted for nurturing a young man’s artistic side.
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by Paul Mercurio
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3/9/23
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