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This Week

THURSDAY, JULY 27

IRISH FOLK MUSIC Shawn Nolan & Friends will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Winston Rd. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797.

FRIDAY, JULY 28

JAZZ QUINTET Bootsie Barnes Quintet will perform two sets at 8 & 10 p.m. at LaRose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-248-4415.

BLUES JAM Go for Broke will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Winston Rd. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797.

POETRY ALOUD AND ALIVE Award Winning Poet Therese Halscheid will read at 7:30 p.m. at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Ln. in Mt. Airy.

SATURDAY, JULY 29

JAZZ CONCERT Alfie Pollitt Quartet featuring Bob Pollitt on sax and Vocalist Lady Dale will perform from 4-7 p.m. at Vernon Park, Germantown & Chelten Aves. in Germantown. Call 215-849-4873.

LIVE MUSIC Rob Henderson The “H” Factor will perform two sets at 8 & 10 p.m. at LaRose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-248-4415.

BELL FESTIVAL Bells of Grace at the Grace Baptist Church of Germantown will host its second annual Bell Fest from 10 a.m. – noon in the James B. Murray Social Hall, 25 W. Johnson St. in Germantown. Call 215-438-3215.

SUNDAY, JULY 30

DANCE SOCIAL Mostly Waltz, a workshop and dance event, will be held beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8555 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Admission is $10 or $5 for full time students. Call 215-643-4397 or visit www.mostlywaltz.com.

MONDAY, JULY 31

SUGAR BLUES A class on managing and understanding sugar cravings, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Falls of the Schuylkill Branch Library, 3501 Midvale Ave. in East Falls. Call 215-685-2093.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4

COUNTRY TUNES Hanks Cadillac will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Winston Rd. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797.

SUSTAINABILITY SALON Bookstore owner Sheila Avelin will host a discussion on local economies, walkable communities, buying local and more at 7 p.m. at Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Ln. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-844-1870.

LIVE MUSIC Zydeco-A-Go-Go will perform from 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Admission is $10 at the door. Call 215-247-9797.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5

BLUES MUSIC Stevie & the Bluescasters will perform at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Winston Rd. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-9797.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6

JAZZ GREATS The 8th annual “Jazz in the Garden” fundraiser featuring the Bootsie Barnes Trio will take place at the Johnson House Historical Site, 6306 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-438-4550.

ONGOING

EXHIBITS

Travel photographs by Chestnut Hill resident and photographer Jeff Alexander will be on display through August 4 at Infusion Coffee and Tea Gallery, 7133 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-248-1718.

‘Selections’ from Gallery Saint Martin at Chestnut Hill Coffee Company, 8620 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill through the summer.

A summer group show featuring new works by local artists will be on display July 5 through August 5 at JMS GALLERY, 8236 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-248-4649 or visit www.jmsgallery.com.

KIDS & FAMILY

Grandparent’s Story and Music Time meets the last Sunday of every month from 11-11:45 a.m. at the Maternal Wellness Center, 606 Carpenter Ln. in Mt. Airy. Call 215-713-2666.

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education will host a guided hike for children ages 3-7 on July 11, 25 and August 1 from 1-3 p.m. at the center, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Rd. in Roxborough. Cost is $7. Call 215-482-7300.

A free, drop-in Jewish family education program, Sunday Fundays, for children ages two through five with parents is held from 10:30 a.m.-noon at Germantown Friends School, Sharpless Building, 31 W. Coulter St. in Germantown. Call 215.248.1550 or visit www.folkshul.org.

Children’s story time is held the first Monday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at Borders bookstore, 8701 Germantown Ave. Call 215-248-1213.

Toddler story time is held at the Chestnut Hill Branch Library, 8711 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for children ages 18 months to 3 years and their adults. Call 215-685-9290.

Makin’ Music: An interactive music program for preschoolers and their caregivers takes place on Wednesday and Thursday mornings at 9:15 a.m. or 10:15 a.m. at the Water Tower Rec. Center; and Mondays and Tuesdays at St. Philips in the Field Church in Oreland. Call 215-233-2560.

How to teach your newborn to six-year-old anything and everything joyously, featuring author Glenn Doman, every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, 8801 Stenton Ave. in Wyndmoor. Call 267-440-2576.

Wissahickon wanderers running club meets every Saturday at 8 a.m.; start at valley green. Call 215-849-9080 or visit www.wanderersrunningclub.org.

The Sierra Club sponsors hikes regularly the last Saturday of each month, hiking a different trail each month. Meet at 10 a.m. at Sedgwick Gardens Apts. in Mt. Airy (McCallum and Sedgwick Sts.) Call 215-438-4459 or email mrbasketball.net@verizon.net.

DANCE

West African dance class with live drums at Summit Presbyterian Church (basement), Green and Westview Sts., with Maurice Edwards on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. Cost is $15. Call 215-849-1484.

International Dancing at Or Hadash, 190 Camp Hill Road, in Fort Washington on Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. Cost is $5 but it is free first time. Visit www.beaverfolkdance.org or call 610-688-3284.

Appalachian clogging classes are held every Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Allens Lane Art Center, Allens Lane & McCallum streets. Cost is $7 per session; no pre-registration required. Leather bottom or tap shoes are the most suitable footwear. Call 215-643-4397 or visit info@fiddlekicks.com.

CLASSES

Cummins School of Irish Dance offers a tiny tots movement class for ages 3 & 4 and new beginners classes for ages 5-8 years. Classes held at The Irish Center on Emlen Street and Carpenter Lane. Fall registration now open. Visit www.cumminsschool.com or call 215-508-1763.

Historic RittenhouseTown offers interactive papermaking and colonial German cooking education programs for summer and fall. Call 215-843-2228 or visit www.rittenhousetown.org.

New woodworking school Philadelphia Furniture Workshop will hold courses throughout the summer at 5212 Pulaski Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-849-5174.

Free Meditation and Dharma Talk services, Tuesdays at 7:15 pm and Saturdays at 10:15 a.m. at the Won Buddhist Temple of Philadelphia, 423 Abington Ave. in Glenside. Call 215-884-8443 or visit www.wonbuddhism.info.

Tesserae Studio Gallery, 6780 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy, is currently offering adult classes in mosaics and tilemaking. Call 215-848-2110 or visit www.bellamosaic.com.

New water classes for all ages are being offered at the YMCA of Germantown, located at 5722 Greene St. in Germantown. For more information, call 215-844-3281.

Paper Crane Studio offers arts and crafts workshops in the Education building at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6023 Germantown Ave. in Germantown. Call 215-844-2944.

Moving Arts Studio offers more than 60 classes a week for all ages. Low-fee classes include yoga, tai chi, Feldenkrais, fencing, capoeira, drumming, pilates, gymfoolery and dance (belly, african, hip hop, African and more). Drop in or series available. Call 215-842-1040.

Morris Arboretum offers courses in landscape design, perennials, handmade paper, rose care, healing plants and many other topics at the arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Call 215-247-5777 or www.morrisarboretum.org.

Learn to play chess or improve your game every Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Senior Center, 7999 Crittenden St. Call 215-248-0180 or email chseniors@juno.com.

Dr. Michael Cheikin’s yoga classes have resumed at the Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church, 8812 Germantown Ave. Visit www.c4oh.org or call 610-239-9901.

Allens Lane Art Center offers classes & workshops for children and adults in a variety of art and dance classes, and workshops in jewelry making, painting, doll making and creative writing. Call 215-248-0546 or visit www.allenslane.org.

Youth modern dance, ballet and acting classes are currently enrolling at Hatch Dance Theater for ages 2 and up. Classes are held above O’Doodles Toy Store at 8333 Germantown Ave. Call 215-416-0457 or email hatch@entermail.net.

Karen Singer Tileworks, 90 E. Church Lane, offers day and evening tile and ceramics classes for adults and children year-round. Call 215-849-7010 or visit www.karensinger.com.

Water Tower Recreation Center children’s classes: karate for children and adults; Tony’s little dribblers; pick-up basketball; jazzy lady social grace & etiquette; dance classes with Miss Sara; tot recreation class; gymnastics classes. Hartwell Ln. & Ardleigh St. Times, days, ages vary. Call 215-685-9296.

Won Community Service Center, 423 Abington Ave., in Glenside offers ESL classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. Call 215-884-8443 or visit www.woninstitute.org.

Gentle meditative yoga classes at the Unitarian Universalist Church Of The Restoration, 6900 Stenton Ave., are on Tuesdays, 8-9:30 a.m. A yoga mat and loose clothing are recommended; voluntary contribution accepted. Call 215-782-1919. Also offered is sitting meditation on Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m., for 20 minutes and a creative writing circle on Thursdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Call 215-247-2561 or email office@uurestoration.us.

The Mt. Airy Computer Center, 6335 Wayne Ave., Mt. Airy, offers classes for kids and adults throughout the week. Call 215-438-8505.

Thursday morning writing circle is held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Hale Lounge at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, 6900 Stenton Ave. in Mt. Airy. Cost is $15. Call 215-247-5545 or email susan@susanwindle.com.