Stroke caused problems with brain, speech – Mt. Airy activist Mark Goodman a very, very Good man

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by Carole Verona Mark Goodman was a very busy man. In addition to managing Earthcraft, his Mt. Airy-based landscaping/gardening business, he taught courses at the Mt. Airy Learning Tree for more years than he can remember and wrote a column for The Shuttle, Weavers Way Co-op’s monthly newspaper. Mark received a B.A. in English from [...]
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Abstract expressionist’s stunning work on exhibit here

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by Lou Mancinelli Whenever Germantown artist Jonathan Eckel is tempted to paint in a representational, naturalistic, traditional way with recognizable objects, he turns the canvas upside down and searches for something deeper, underneath the surface, in the intuitive element of life and put that feeling on the canvas. Naturalistic figures started to disappear from his [...]
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Internal spring cleaning; time to let go of grudges

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by Constance Garcia-Barrio In April I threw open the windows of my house and took a swipe at winter’s dirt. As I carried cleaning rags and a bucket of soapy water from room to room, I decided that year’s spring cleaning should include more than the walls and floors. I wanted to rid myself of [...]
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Hill’s Julia Cumings makes remarkable art from paper

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by Steve Ahern Julia Cumings’ front door is ornamented with a vibrantly colored paper pinwheel she made from leftover scraps of paper. The 33-year-old Cumings, wife, mother of two young children and owner of Red Otter Creative, which specializes in handcrafted wedding guest books, photo albums and journals, not only possesses a flair for paper [...]
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‘Two-cracker’ visit to nursing home a real tail-wagger

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by Debra Malinics I have begun to qualify my weekly visits to my elderly mother, Stella, as “cracker visits” — a two-cracker visit or a three- cracker visit. I will explain. My mother is 91. She moves slowly. Anyone who is 91, however, has earned the right to move as slowly as she likes. My [...]
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Cann can do no wrong at final Woodmere spring concert

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by Michael Caruso Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Art Museum brought the spring season of its Sunday afternoon series of classical concerts to a close May 12, Mother’s Day, with a recital featuring pianist Michelle Cann and four of her musical friends. In works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, J.S. Bach and Franz Schubert, Cann displayed an impeccable [...]
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‘Lend Me a Tenor’ in Ambler funny but self-indulgent

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by Clark Groome Farce is comedy on steroids. Its main purpose is to make the audience laugh, much like the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges did on the screen. Most contemporary farces are so self-conscious that there’s not a moment when there’s any credibility. Most productions in my experience play it just for laughs. [...]
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