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relatives killed by volcano by
LEN LEAR “We
cannot all do great things, but we can all do small things with great
love.”----Mother Theresa *********** If the true test of a human being is how he/she responds to a devastating personal tragedy, then Umaru J. Sule has become a virtual searchlight for others, setting an example of nobility, courage and selfless service that any human being on earth would do well to... Local anaesthetic: screams only heard in Chestnut Hill by
BOBBY HARRELL The
following is a letter written by long-time Chestnut Hill resident Bobby
Harrell to a friend on August 5, 1997. It’s been almost four weeks now since Dr. Sullivan performed surgery on my lower abdomen. Acute pain in the left groin brought me to the Emergency Room at Chestnut Hill Hospital on July 5th. The medicine man on duty that afternoon popped the hernia back into place manually. So that my screams would not awaken the... The differences between Christmas and Hanukah (Passed along by Nancy Berger, Chestnut Hill Local listings editor) Christmas is one day, same day every year: December 25. On that day we ski, go to movies and out for Chinese food and Israeli dancing. Chanukah is eight days. It starts the evening of the 24th of Kislev, whenever that falls. No one is ever sure. Jews never know until a non-Jewish friend asks when Chanukah starts, forcing us to consult a calendar so we don't look like idiots. We all have the same calendar, provided free with a donation to either the... Local
boys on their toes by BARBARA MALINSKY The holiday season is upon us,
and that means another “Nutcracker” makes Brubeck cantata buoyant; ‘Messiah’ needs rescuing by MICHAEL CARUSO My concert-going took me to two distinctly different performances this past weekend. Both featured Christmas music and both offered strengths and weaknesses. I heard Singing City Choir perform Dave Brubeck's La Fiesta de La Posada on Saturday evening in the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church; then, on Sunday afternoon in the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, I heard Handel's Messiah performed by the Philadelphia Singers and the... |