Was CEO of int’l firm with 42 Irish pubs – Hiller set to open the 100th restaurant of his career
Local Life May 16, 2013 0 Comments
by Len Lear My wife and I and two other family members had dinner at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant on Germantown Avenue, just off Gravers Lane, in mid-March, when a gentleman came up to the table to schmooze. Bill DeVinney, 49, is a very friendly, personable chap, and the more questions I asked, the [...]
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No fowl play; she owlways gives a hoot – Ruth Pfeffer is for the birds — and very proud of it
Local Life May 16, 2013 0 Comments
by Steve Ahern Beginning or seasoned, a birder is in good hands with Ruth Pfeffer. For decades, the 71-year-old self-taught birder and Willow Grove resident, mother of three, grandmother of 10, birding leader, presenter and environmental advocate has been a local star (not star-ling) in the world of birding. She has led birding groups to [...]
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Letters: May 15
Local Life May 15, 2013 0 Comments
Cutting school arts will harm children It’s tragic to hear that the School District of Philadelphia plans to eliminate art and music enrichment programs because this will have a devastating effect on children’s’ lives. Funds that could be used to empower children to express themselves through music and art are going to be used instead [...]
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Author, journalist, anthropologist, professor, chef – Mt. Airy Renaissance man hoppy about great beers
Local Life May 10, 2013 0 Comments
by Lou Mancinelli It was one of those nights in life when he was perfect. He said all the right things. He was at a dinner party also attended by then head of the Drexel University Hospitality and Restaurant Management Program who had asked Dr. Lynn Hoffman how he would convince a skeptical faculty that [...]
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Refreshing, mysterious ‘Rain’ at Allens Lane Theater
Local Life May 10, 2013 0 Comments
by Hugh Hunter Now running at Allens Lane Theater, “When the Rain Stops Falling” by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell is a remarkable play. Though at first confusing, you might do well to heed the advice of director Robert Bauer: “Sit back…let the play unfold before you.” If you do, “Rain” will reward. It is a mystery that begins in [...]
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Rap musical based on Mozart’s ‘Flute’ this weekend
Local Life May 10, 2013 0 Comments
by Genevieve Schmidt Camacho Frumi Cohen is a champion of unlikely heroes. For over 30 years, she has brought them to the stage at Plymouth Meeting Friends School (PMFS) as the writer and director of the yearly 6th grade musical. Her protagonists, frequently drawn from familiar children’s literature, encounter challenges which force them to draw [...]
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Just returned from Australia, Philippines – Hill area chef, 71, has traveled to 70 countries alone
Local Life May 9, 2013 0 Comments
by Lou Mancinelli Near Spring Mill Creek in Conshohocken (five minutes from Chestnut Hill), where the quiet and rural River Road meets Barren Hill Road, a general store that also served as the town post office was constructed in 1831. In 1978, chef, world traveler, former Germantown Friends School (GFS) teacher, multilingual French-born Michele Haines [...]
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