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I have always enjoyed Tom Judd’s voice in the creative mix of our city’s artists, and Woodmere is honored to celebrate a new exhibition, History in Motion: Tom Judd’s Subway Mural, on view through June 13, 2021.
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by William Valerio
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2/24/21
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What's a parent to do when a child's odd behavior escalates far enough, frequently enough, that it can't be shrugged off as just an eccentric personality? And what if the problem is magnified by six?
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by Hugh Gilmore
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2/24/21
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Occasionally someone will ask me how I find out about so many fascinating musicians, authors, artists, etc., in the relatively small geographical we cover.
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Molly Sweeney leads a full and productive life as a woman who is blind. But her husband, Frank, can never leave well enough alone.
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by Rita Charleston
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2/19/21
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The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year with a “virtual” concert that aired Feb. 4-11. The entire program was dedicated to the music of celebrated Chinese …
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by Michael Caruso
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2/18/21
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Is there a price to pay for fame coupled with the curse of color and gender? Were she alive today, Florence Price (1887-1953), said to be the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, might hold the answer.
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by Rita Charleston
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2/18/21
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Try out your own hamantaschen at home this week with one of my favorite recipes from the City Tavern Baking and Dessert Cookbook.
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by April Lisante
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2/18/21
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When Trapeta B. Mayson came to the U.S. as an eight-year-old child with her family in 1975 from Liberia in sub-Saharan West Africa, she could not have possibly imagined that she would become a social worker and award-winning poet.
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by Len Lear
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2/17/21
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"The Queen's Gambit" Netflix series was recently nominated for Golden Globes awards for Best Picture and Best Actress. More than sixty million people have watched it. Though the novel the series was based on has been around since 1983, it has been hardly known outside of chess fan circles.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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2/17/21
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, continued its “virtual” season in a most unusual way over the final days of January and the first few of February.
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by Michael Caruso
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2/12/21
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You might say that Gigi Glendinning, 52, is a member of a quintessential Chestnut Hill family.
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by Len Lear
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2/11/21
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Works of art made in recent months at Woodmere by children from preschool age to high school in our studio and school program.
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by William Valerio
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2/10/21
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In a year of unprecedented firsts, it only seems fitting that now we have to figure out what to do for Valentine’s Day.
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by April Lisante
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2/10/21
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Indoor dining is finally underway on the Hill, and restaurants are honing their service, sanitation and seating to make the experience a success this winter.
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by April Lisante
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2/4/21
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For decades, Katie D’Angelo and Mt. Airy native Valerie Harrison, who both work at Temple University and both have doctorate degrees (Harrison is also a lawyer), engaged in conversations about race and racism.
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by Len Lear
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2/3/21
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Perspective is everything, and no one knows this more than Mt. Airy architect Joel Levinson, who recently launched the Daring Diagonality Virtual Museum, the first museum dedicated to Diagonality.
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by Sue Ann Rybak
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2/3/21
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Despite its being an enjoyable genre, a lot of people have burned out on reading True Crime books.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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1/28/21
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Stephen Tow is a brilliant writer and researcher, but his timing is world-class unlucky. Tow is the author of “London, Reign Over Me: How England's Capital Built Classic Rock” (Rowman & Littlefield), which chronicles the rock music from the British Isles in the 1960s and early '70s.
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by Len Lear
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1/28/21
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After a hiatus for the Christmas/New Year holidays, the Philadelphia Orchestra returned to its virtual 2020-21 season with a concert highlighting the talents of its newly appointed principal oboe, Philippe Tondre.
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by Michael Caruso
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1/27/21
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Last week my wife and I were sitting in the waiting room of Mt. Airy Family Practice when I could not help but notice a series of beautiful paintings of birds on the wall that were for sale.
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by Len Lear
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1/22/21
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