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Sep12Wed
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Home Energy Audits at Chestnut Hill Library7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 12
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Weavers Way hosts EnergyWorks at the Chestnut Hill Library, 8711 Germantown Avenue. Learn about low-cost home energy audits. Meet our energy efficient experts and qualified contractors as they discuss how a home energy assessment can achieve maximum comfort and savings. For information contact Anne Workman at 215-843-2350 ext 118, e-mail outreach@weaversway.coop.
7:00 pmHome Energy Audits at Chestnut Hill Library
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Sep13Thu
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Register now for Free Help with Seniors’ Fall Clean-up Indoors and Out (all-day)Sep 13
Thurs 13
Register now for free Help with Seniors’ Fall Clean-up Indoors and Out
Sunday, September 23; Deadline to register is September 14
Center on the Hill
8855 Germantown Ave.
Would you like help with some of your fall yard work or small house projects? Teams of Chestnut Hill College students help with everything from yard work to baseboard and window cleaning. Registration is open to residents of Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Flourtown, or Erdenheim. Registration is limited and time sensitive, so call today! 215-247-4654. Free.
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Annual Open House at Center in the Park10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Thursday, Sept. 13
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Center in the Park
5818 Germantown Ave.Center in the Park will hold its annual Open House on Thursday in Vernon Park. Participate in our fitness demos, throw a pot in pottery, sign up for fall semester classes, meet and greet the staff and CIP group leaders, enter the CIP gift drawing, see the new fitness center, and much more. For more information contact the Program Office at 215-848-7722, ext. 225.
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Play Scrabble every Thursday10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10 a.m.- 12 p.m.
Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment
8431 Germantown Ave.New and experienced players welcome. The Center has 3 Scrabble boards and refreshments. Play every week or when you can. Games are $1 to play.
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Super Bones Exercise Class10:30 am – 11:30 am
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Center on the Hill
8855 Germantown Ave.Join physical therapist Joanne Fagerstrom in this bone building exercise class that will focus on key strengthening exercises, balance, and posture. $10 per class, plus a one-time $10 equipment fee. To register, call 267-432-1795. Class runs on Thursdays from Sept. 13 to Dec. 13 (Start at any time).
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Men’s Speaker Series12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Thursday, Sept. 13
12 p.m.
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
8855 Germantown Ave.Astronaut Guy Gardner will talk about what it’s like to fly the Space Shuttle and to live in space, including a video that Mr. Gardner narrates, then briefly he will describe The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. There will be time for Q&A. Guy Gardner has served as an Air Force fighter pilot, test pilot, NASA astronaut, public speaker, NASA and FAA senior executive, public and private high school teacher, consultant, and head of three schools – the Air Force Test Pilot School, Riverside Military Academy, and Williamson. He is a graduate of the USAF Academy (BS), Purdue University (MS), Virginia Tech (MA), and numerous DoD schools. He and his wife Linda have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Attendees bring their own lunch. Dessert and a beverage will be provided. All are welcome. Suggested donation is $3. For more information call 215-247-8855.
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Free Voter ID Information Session1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Get the facts about the new Voter ID law on Thursday, Sept. 13
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Chestnut Hill Hotel, Bombay Room,
8229 Germantown Ave.Free Voter ID Informational Session hosted by the Chestnut Hill Community Association and Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment.
To RSVP, please call 215-248-0180 or e-mail chenrichment@cavtel.net1:00 pmFree Voter ID Information Session -
Mt. Airy Farmer’s Market3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Mt. Airy Farmer’s Market
Corner Greene St. and Carpenter Lane
3 p.m. to 7 p.m.The Mt. Airy Farmers Market is up and running for the season. Located at Greene Street and Carpenter Lane, the Farm-to-City market will operate every Thursday afternoon until Sept. 27 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Free First Time Home-buyer Workshop5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
5:30 p.m.
Mt. Airy USA
6703 Germantown Ave., suite 200
Is buying a home right for you? Before diving headfirst into the home buying process, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a home could help you decide if homeownership is right for you. Attend this free workshop to learn: the pros and cons of homeownership, how to improve your credit scores and prepare spending plans, the mortgage lending process and more. To register visit www.mausa.eventbrite.com.
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CHCA Executive Committee Meeting7:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Thursday, Sept. 13
Town Hall
8434 Germantown Ave.
Actual Value Initiative (AVI) Panel planning
CHCA committee membership
Community Manager Performance Review (executive session)
7:30 pmCHCA Executive Committee Meeting
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Sep14Fri
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Preview Work for Mt. Airy Art Garage Auction (all-day)Sep 14 – Sep 16
The Mt. Airy Art Garage
11 W. Mt. Airy Ave.
The Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG) will hold a preview of all donated artwork for its Sept. 22 Third Annual Silent Auction on Sept. 14-16. MAAG member artists have donated original paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry, handcrafts, and more.
All proceeds benefit the buildout of MAAG’s artists’ studios. The Silent Auction will have an array of artwork, gift certificates and handcrafts. Each year the Silent Auction grows in popularity and attracts community members, artists, and art lovers. Come see the array of work and talent of participating artists in our Gallery.
For more information about MAAG and the Silent Auction, visit www.mtairyartgarage.org.
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Germantown White House Tours10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Germantown White House Tours
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Germantown White House
5442 Germantown Ave.The oldest official presidential residence in the United States will be open for visitors from Friday, Sept. 14 through Sunday, October 28. The Germantown White House is part of Independence National Historical Park and is free and open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information visit www.friendsofindependence.org or call 215-861-4971. For more information about the house and tours, visit www.nps.gov/demo.10:00 amGermantown White House Tours -
Storytime at Big Blue Marble10:00 am – 11:00 am
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Big Blue Marble Bookstore
551 Carpenter LaneKids Storytime is held at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore, every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. It is free. For more information visit www.bigbluemarblebooks.com/events or call 215-8544-1870.
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Cub Scout Pack 173 Welcome Event6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Welcome to Cub Scouts
St. Genevieve’s Parish Hall
1225 Bethlehem Pike, FlourtownCub Scout Pack 173, of Flourtown is welcoming new scouts, grades 1-5, to join the pack for the 2012-13 year. Cub Scouts enjoy activities like scavenger hunts, camping and the annual Pinewood Derby, all while making new friends. Come learn more about scouting at our “Round Up Night.” For more information contact Asst. Cub Master, John Smith at 4pack@gmail.com. Note: This event was originally scheduled for Friday, Sept. 7.
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Save the Date: Oct. 20 Black & White Gala and Silent Auction7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Black & White Gala and Silent Auction
Saturday, Oct. 20
7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Chestnut Hill Hospital
8835 Germantown Ave.
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Teen Center Open Friday nights7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Teen Center
105 Bethlehem Pike
The Teen Center located directly across from the Chestnut Hill East Train station is open every Friday night from 7:30 to 10:30 pm for 12-15 year olds. The Teen Center is now open for High School Students on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. The Center is staffed by a young adult who has his/her clearances. Special Events include: Games, Movies, Drumming, Nintendo Wii, Live music and Open Mic nights. Some Fridays are just TGIF nights to hang with friends. There is free access to the Teen Center with a $25 yearly membership. All teens are admitted with a $5 guest fee charge.
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‘Lost in Yonkers’8:00 pm – 8:45 pm
“Lost in Yonkers”
8 p.m.
Stagecrafters
8130 Germantown Ave.The Stagecrafters Theater presents the bittersweet comedy by Neil Simon “Lost in Yonkers.” It’s a coming-of-age tale centered on two young teenage boys left by their father, a recent widower, in the care of their stone-hearted grandmother and gentle childlike aunt, during the year 1942 in Yonkers, New York – as they learn to cope with and begin to understand their somewhat off-kilter family and the grown-up world in general. Shows are Friday-Sunday, September 14-16; Thursday-Sunday, September 20-23, and Thursday-Sunday, Sep. 27-30. All shows are at 8 p.m. except Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets are
nline $17 (no service fee); at the door $20; Thursdays 2-for-$25 online and at the door. All major8:00 pm‘Lost in Yonkers’
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Sep15Sat
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HIV/AIDS Support Group10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
St. Michael’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
6671 Germantown Ave.An HIV/AIDS support group meets monthly, at St. Michael’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. This The group is confidential and is led by a religious leader who has been living with HIV for more than 20 years. For information call 215-275-8848 or e-mail to kwame_jamal623@yahoo.com
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Family Fun Day in Vernon Park11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sat 15
Family Fun Day in Vernon Park
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
5818 Germantown Ave. (North of Chelten)The Friends of Vernon Park will host a special day to encourage the residents of Germantown to enjoy their wonderful park as a community. Germantowners and guests are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs, pack or buy lunch and dinner, and enjoy their meals with family members and neighbors in the park. Activities include Tai Chi, Yoga, Zumba, field games, drum lessons, and face painting. Food truck vendors will be across the street in the Germantown Life Enrichment Center parking lot for the day. Everyone is encouraged to register for Family Fun Day at www.friendsofvernonpark.org. Please visit www.friendsofvernonpark.org to learn about these and other of the group’s activities. Yo volunteer to help with park events, individuals may contact Angela Miles at 215-359-7816, e-mail programs@friendsofvernonpark.org, or visit www.friendsofvernonpark.org. To join Friends of Vernon Park, be added to the list serv, or to volunteer to help with park maintenance and beautification, visit www.friendsofvernonpark.org.
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Local Author Day1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Local Author Day
1 p.m.
Big Blue Marble Bookstore,
551 Carpenter LaneBig Blue Marble Bookstore will host Local Author Day, featuring: Janet Mason, Guy Dunn and Jewelze. The Marble’s salute to local literary talent returns with three diverse authors reading from and speaking about their latest books. Tea Leaves is a forthright personal memoir in which author and poet Janet Mason reflects on the factory-worker lives of her mother and grandmother in working class Philadelphia while she copes with her mother’s final illness. Guy Dunn’s recently published book, Maybe You CAN Do It Yourself—Quick Computer Fixes For The Non-Geek, is a self-help reference manual which covers a few basic things the average person can do on his or her own to keep personal computers running smoothly. Jewelze was born and raised in Philadelphia. Her debut novel Emotional Ties follows the tale of Nisa, known as the perfect blend of brains, beauty and ambition in high school, but adult life finds her all grown up and still making girlish decisions. For more information call 215-844-1870 or visit http://www.bigbluemarblebooks.com.
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Open Guided Tour at the Morris Arboretum2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
100 E. Northwestern Ave.
There will be a portion of time for a free guided tour of the Morris Arboretum on Saturday afternoon, with the emphasis being determined by the various interests of those touring. Each tour is designed specifically to highlight a particular section of the arboretum, however, there is no itinerary. It is recommended that those who are touring for the first time select the general tour of the arboretum to get an over-all idea of what the gardens have to offer. This event is free with regular admission. For more information about the Morris Arboretum go to www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/index.shtml
http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/index.shtml
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FOW Wildflower Walk in Houston Meadow3:00 pm – 5:15 pm
3 p.m.
Meet in front of the Houston Playground building on Grakyn Lane in Andorra.A Fall Wildflowers and Woody Plants walk in Houston Meadow with Donna Wilhelm will be presented by the Friends of the Wissahickon on September 15, 3 p.m. The reclamation project at Houston Meadow has reestablished a habitat of native grasses, shrubs, and wildflowers, supporting different birds, insects, and animals from those in the surrounding forest. This will be a slow 2-hour stroll on mostly level trails, suitable for adults and children over 8 years old accompanied be a responsible adult. Bring wildflower and other plant guide books, if you wish, a hand lens, water, and insect repellent. To register visit https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fow/event/3189 or contact Sarah Marley, Outreach Coordinator, at 215- 247-0417 ext. 109, e-mail marley@fow.org.
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Lecture on Afrocentricity5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Lecture on Afrocentricity
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Molefi Kete Asante Institute
5535 Germantown Ave.Dr. Segun Shabaka will give a lecture on “Kawaida and Afrocentricity: Building Black Institutions” at the The cost is $10. For more information call 215-882-9200 or visit www.mkainstitute.com
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‘All But True’ Fiction Series at Musehouse7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7 p.m.
Musehouse Center for the Literary Arts
7924 Germantown Ave.The “All But True” Fiction Series hosted by Doug Gordon will host readings and discussion with Paul Elwork and Kelly Simmons. Admission is free. Paul Elwork will read from his novel “The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead.” Kelly Simmons will read from her work, “The Bird House.”
In an era when memoirists, journalists and other nonfiction writers have been accused of stretching the facts, the Musehouse Fiction Series celebrates those who pursue larger truths without pretending to be factual. Some of the region’s best novelists and short story writers will share tales that are stunning, revelatory, visionary. Readings are cheduled for the third Saturday, alternating months. Doug Gordon, All But True series coordinator, is an editor and publishing professional in Philadelphia. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford, he has published two novels and dozens of stories under a pen name. For more information call 267-331-9552 or e-mail musehousecenter@gmail.com.
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Save the Date: Oct. 20 Black & White Gala and Silent Auction7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Black & White Gala and Silent Auction
Saturday, Oct. 20
7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Chestnut Hill Hospital
8835 Germantown Ave.
7:30 pmSave the Date: Oct. 20 Black & White Gala and Silent Auction
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