From hair to eternity for sports nuts – Wyndmoor barbershop always has combing attractions

Local Life May 23, 2013 2 Comments

by J.B. Hyppolite Frank Watson, 58, owner of Gentlemen’s Preference Hairstyling, a barbershop at 1007 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor, insists that “I’m a barbershop-hair stylist. I basically call myself a “barber stylist.” Any customer at Gentlemen’s Preference can expect to see the wonderful art of Frank’s mom and to hear a conversation about [...]
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Stroke caused problems with brain, speech – Mt. Airy activist Mark Goodman a very, very Good man

Local Life May 17, 2013 0 Comments

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

Local Life May 17, 2013 0 Comments

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

Local Life May 17, 2013 0 Comments

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

Local Life May 17, 2013 1 Comment

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

Local Life May 17, 2013 0 Comments

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

Local Life May 17, 2013 0 Comments

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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