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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced its 2025 grants, with $8.6 million being awarded to 44 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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12/18/25
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When Germantown resident Aaron Bigeleisen drives around Northwest Philadelphia, he sees a range of items in the trash that don’t belong there: furniture, toys and functional fans.
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by Abby Weiss
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12/18/25
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Germantown’s Boy Scout Troop 358 of Grace Baptist Church of Germantown is embarking on a great Alaskan adventure in summer 2026.
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12/18/25
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When Christine Benedum and her family decorated their Christmas tree in early November, they had boxes of ornaments left over.
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by Abby Weiss
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12/11/25
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Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) announced on Monday that Sara Stevenson has been named executive director, effective Jan. 12.
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12/11/25
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It’s been more than a half century since the old Hill Theater was torn down — but that was the start of a remarkable effort that continues to bring classic movies to the area today.
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12/11/25
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It’s that time of year, when good cheer flows freely.
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by CHCA President Laura Lucas
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12/11/25
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Brian McCloskey, who was appointed Chestnut Hill College’s eighth president in August, has deep roots in Philadelphia.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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12/10/25
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Tony DePaul, who was born in Chestnut Hill and still lives here today, has to be one of the most prolific authors in the community.
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by Len Lear
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12/4/25
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When Guy A. Sims was growing up in Mt. Airy, he was surrounded by creativity.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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12/4/25
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On Nov. 4, State Rep. Tarik Khan’s (D, 194th District) brother Joe was elected as the first Democratic district attorney in Bucks County since 1891.
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by Tommy Tucker
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12/4/25
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When Germantown native John Fabian Witt graduated from Germantown Friends School (GFS) in 1990, no one could have predicted that he would go on to become a Yale University professor and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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The work of lifelong Germantown resident Robin Williams-Turnage is on exhibit at Allens Lane Art Center through Dec. 6 and will leave an indelible impression on anyone who is attracted to clay pottery, particularly those who have an affinity for art with an African aesthetic.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy has elected three new members to its board of directors: Karren DeSeve, Andrew Moroz, and Henry Trapnell.
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11/26/25
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Mindy Maslin and Sidney Ozer, a Germantown couple, started the nonprofit, Welcoming Homes, an all–volunteer organization, earlier this year along with a friend, Judi Bernstein-Baker.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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Several local organizations and people worked to make sure that everyone who needed them got tasty Thanksgiving dinners.
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11/26/25
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Paula Fingerut may be decades older than the kids she serves every day, but the self—described “senior citizen” in the candy store still gets excited in the mornings when she opens Zipf’s sweet shop founded 57 years ago in Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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11/26/25
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His name may not be as well known as Steven Spielberg, but David Greenberg, an award-winning filmmaker who has lived in Chestnut Hill for 35 years (and Mt. Airy and Germantown before that), is not exactly a film neophyte.
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by Len Lear
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11/20/25
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Ben Harvey was busy when Marvel reached out to him to create covers for the “One World Under Doom” comic books a little over a year ago.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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11/20/25
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Fifteen Germantown Friends School Upper School students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
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11/20/25
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