iMPeRFeCt Gallery perfect for Germantown artists

Local Life May 3, 2013 0 Comments

by Tamara Anderson Renny Molenaar and Rocio Cabello are the genial, charming curators who are just a few weeks away from celebrating the first anniversary of their iMPeRFeCt Gallery at 5601 Greene St. in Germantown. Contrary to what its name indicates, the gallery is almost perfect as a showcase for artists and other creative folks [...]
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Little-known story of overcoming evil – Mt. Airy curator’s compelling Black-Jewish exhibit

Local Life May 2, 2013 0 Comments

by Constance Garcia-Barrio The best museum exhibits engage both the heart and eye of the beholder. That goal must have guided designers of “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges,” an exhibition at the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) on Independence Mall, two blocks from Independence Hall. “‘Beyond Swastika [...]
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‘Buyers’ of MALT classes can learn Spanish from Sellers

Local Life May 2, 2013 0 Comments

by Jean-Bernard Hyppolite You’d think that at the age of 71 and after retiring from teaching French and Spanish in a Philadelphia public school (Northeast High) for more than 30 years, East Mt. Airy resident Andrew Sellers, 71, would want nothing more than to vacation in Madrid or the French Riviera and stay as far [...]
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From stagehand to playwright; ‘Fat Lady’ waits to sing

Local Life May 2, 2013 0 Comments

by Hugh Hunter “Waiting for the Fat Lady to Sing,” written and directed by Plymouth Meeting’s Nancy Frick, is now premiering at Old Academy Players in East Falls. It is a charming comedy consisting of seven vignettes, all sharing the core experience of having to wait. Frick’s long association with Old Academy began almost by accident. After graduating from the [...]
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World premiere by local composer at St. Paul’s Church

Local Life May 2, 2013 0 Comments

by Michael Caruso Rae Ann Anderson will lead the Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir of Settlement Music School in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill. The varied program will include a world premiere of a commissioned score by Philadelphia composer, Roberto Pace, a member of the theory and composition [...]
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Mt. Airy train history author never gets side-tracked

Local Life May 2, 2013 0 Comments

by JB Hyppolite and Len Lear You might say that West Mt. Airy’s Edward W. Duffy, 66, author of “Philadelphia: A Railroad History” (published 2013 by Camino Books, Inc., $19.95) definitely does not have a one-track mind. But unlike frivolous railroad puns, Duffy’s exhaustively researched tome follows the rise, fall and impact of Philadelphia’s railroad [...]
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Optometrist deciphers ‘Greek’ in knitting directions

Local Life May 2, 2013 0 Comments

by Lou Mancinelli It’s spring and time for knitting with cotton yarn and making light, lacy sweaters. You may find a pattern for a beautiful lace shawl, and then you read the directions: “Cast on 112 stitches and establish lace pattern as follows: K1(Yo K2tog ssk Yo K1); repeat 3 times slip 3 sts to [...]
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