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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately one in five adults in the U.S. suffers from some form of mental illness.
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by Len Lear
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10/6/22
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When local singer-songwriter Meghan Cary first started writing songs, she’d write them outside.
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by Tom Beck
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10/5/22
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Set in the isolated mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” tells a sometimes comic - and sometimes dark - story.
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by Rita Charleston
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9/30/22
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Bob Weick didn't start acting until he was 40, when a music director for his choral group suggested he give it a try.
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by Rita Charleston
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9/30/22
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East Falls' historic Old Academy Players is celebrating its 100th anniversary season with the Philadelphia premiere of “ShakespeareaPalooza!”
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by Rita Charleston
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9/29/22
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Bob Weick didn't become an actor until what he calls “late in life.” He was 40 and singing with a choral group when the musical director suggested that he try acting.
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by Rita Charleston
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9/29/22
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Lyric Fest, the “musical brain child” of Chestnut Hill pianist Laura Ward and East Falls mezzo-soprano Suzanne DuPlantis, opened its 20th season Sunday.
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by Michael Caruso
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9/29/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Nelson Diaz has chronicled his life in the autobiography “Not from Here, Not from There."
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by Len Lear
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9/29/22
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Maureen wants to escape rural Ireland and live a different life. While this seems like a run-of-the-mill set-up, there is nothing mundane about "The Beauty Queen of Leenane."
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by Hugh Hunter
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9/29/22
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Chestnut Hill’s annual Fall for the Arts festival drew a crowd of thousands until a mid-afternoon downpour.
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9/29/22
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9/22/22
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Piffaro, Philadelphia’s internationally acclaimed Renaissance Band, will pass the torch with a concert Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.
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by Michael Caruso
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9/22/22
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The Woodmere Art Museum’s newest show, George Biddle: The Art of American Social Conscience, which opens on Saturday, Sept 24, presents an impressive exhibition.
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by Carla Robinson
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9/22/22
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association’s first annual Fall Frolic was a big hit on Thursday evening, drawing a crowd of at least 174 people to the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
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9/22/22
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Rick loses his idealism when he loses Ilsa amidst the chaos of World War II, opening a bar in neutral Casablanca to lick his wounds.
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9/22/22
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The most exciting art at Woodmere Art Museum is not always in the galleries. Often it’s in the former carriage house right next door.
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by Stacia Friedman
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9/22/22
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Joey Novick is a stand-up comic who tells a hilarious seven-minute story (you can see it on YouTube) about how he had a property line problem after moving from New York City to Flemington, NJ.
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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Alphonso “Al” Lassiter, 72, has a perpetually smiling face that has brightened up the Chestnut Hill Weavers Way market at the cash register and around the store for the past 12 years.
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by Len Lear
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9/22/22
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Among other awards, "Proof" by David Auburn won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for Best Play, and the work is now a staple with community theaters.
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by Hugh Hunter
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9/22/22
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Linda Chicchi has already sold a dozen of the 32 paintings at her solo show at Center on the Hill, the activity center for seniors located in the Presbyterian Church on Germantown Avenue.
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by Stacia Friedman
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9/22/22
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