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Woodmere kicks off new season of Tuesday night movies

The Chestnut Hill Film Group is kicking off its new fall season with a double-feature Sept. 26 presentation of two Kay Francis movies. more

by Carla Robinson | 9/21/23

Go! Local

Events from Thursday, Aug. 17, through August and beyond. more

8/17/23

“How Johnetta Taught Us to Pray II,” LaToya Hobbs

‘Shifting Time,’ Black artists interpret historic change

In a time of death and unrest amid a brutal pandemic, Tim McFarlane wondered if his art was enough. more

by Kristin Holmes | 7/20/23

Movie–goers enjoy a night out at the movies on the grounds of the Water Tower Recreation Center in 2017.

Summer movies al fresco under the stars

There was a time when drive-in movies were all the rage. There are still some options in this region, including at the Water Tower. more

by Frank D. Quattrone | 6/22/23

Anshika Lal (left) and Caprice Jackson, of nonprofit workshop Tiny WPA, install the Rain Poetry exhibit at Vernon Park. Some of the haiku, written by elementary students, will be permanently visible. Others will be revealed only when they get wet.

Rain-activated poetry in Vernon Park

A series of invisible, rain-activated haiku poems, written by elementary schoolchildren in Germantown, can be seen through August. more

WHYY.org | 6/22/23

SCH graduate Hirmand Azimi, who came to Philadelphia from Afghanistan, told us he came up with the idea for the art exhibit “to help these kids who have lost their parents to war.”

Teen's art exhibit highlights nonprofit for Afghanistan

At 17, Hirmand Azimi fled violence in Afghanistan, an ordeal that has informed his life in Philadelphia, and also fueled his activism. more

by Len Lear | 6/22/23

Layers of material, layers of meaning

A new exhibit by Germantown-based artist Tom Judd is designed to create a contemplative setting for “growing ideas.” more

by Carla Robinson | 6/8/23

“Devil’s Pool Bathers #9,” 2021, by Sarah Kaufman.

Woodmere exhibition celebrates the art of connection

The Woodmere Art Museum’s Annual Juried Exhibition, now in its 81st year, is back once again. more

by Frank D. Quattrone | 6/1/23

Art, friendship and mustangs: The Wyndmoor connection

Susannah Thomer and Joe Borrelli, both in their 70s, have admired one another for more than 50 years. Now her work is being shown at his gallery. more

by Len Lear | 6/1/23

The sculpture of artist Susan Taylor-Brubaker will be among the art featured at the Allens Lane Art Center’s Spring Fling.

Fine art and craft sale at Allen’s Lane

Faculty and students at Allens Lane Art Center are currently sponsoring a “Spring Fling” fine art and craft sale. more

by Len Lear | 5/11/23

Kay Francis stars with Herbert Marshall in “Trouble in Paradise.”

Honoring an actress who deserves to be remembered

At the peak of her career in the mid-1930s, Kay Francis was one of the most popular, well-respected, and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. more

by Andrew Gilmore | 4/28/23

Flannery Cronin, whose fine stained glass art will be on display at Matines Café starting April 27.

Stunning stained glass objects at Hill's French cafe

Matines Café, the charming authentic French café that opened last November at 89 Bethlehem Pike, is featuring glass art created by Flannery Cronin. more

by Len Lear | 4/28/23

“Orb," by Carole Sivin, was made from stoneware, oxides and glazes.

Retrospective of Hill legend's artwork at Allens Lane

Allens Lane Art Center will present the first retrospective exhibition of a true Chestnut Hill artistic legend, the late Carole Sivin (1936-2020). more

by Len Lear | 4/20/23

As part of a group exhibition in 2017, Rose created an installation called “Still Life,” which shows a sequence in which a worker skins a sheep. Viewers could walk back and forth along the model and discover the scene folding and unfolding before their eyes, as if in motion.

Whimsical work by Chestnut Hill artist Dan Rose on display

Dan Rose's offbeat, often whimsical work is on display in an exhibit at City Arts Salon, 5838 Germantown Ave. , continuing through April 22. more

by Len Lear | 4/13/23

“To be held,” from Haskins’ “Quarantine” series, was painted in 2020.

Allens Lane exhibit: bold, candid and uncompromising

Dara Haskins, a Germantown artist whose solo exhibit opens this week at Allens Lane Art Center, is as bold, candid and uncompromising as her colorful work. more

by Len Lear | 3/16/23

Dan Ravasio, who nurtured his artistic talent for years while working jobs in a varied career, will exhibit his artwork at Art in the Storefront gallery in Ambler beginning March 17.

From a job in a factory to a destiny in art

Dan Ravasio, of Chestnut Hill, grew up in a Western Pennsylvania coal mining and steelworker town that wasn’t noted for nurturing a young man’s artistic side. more

by Paul Mercurio | 3/9/23

Dmitri Wang Fomich perches atop "Bronze Llama in Technicolor" by local sculptor Christopher Ward.

Gallery on the Avenue opens a colorful spring show

There is a fresh burst of color at Gallery on the Avenue, with a spring exhibit that includes Christopher Ward's life-sized psychedelic llama, and more. more

by Kevin Patrick | 3/9/23

Gustave Courbet's landscape, depicting the source of the Lison River in France, was discovered in a storage box at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2016. It was so darkened that only a few letters of the artist's signature were visible.

Forgotten painting by a 19th-century French rebel is discovered at Penn

The landscape, painted more than 150 years ago by the radical French realist Gustave Courbet, was found in a basement during renovations. more

by Peter Crimmins, WHYY News | 3/2/23

Photographer and gallery owner Jonene Lee started her career as a breakdancer with a company founded by renowned choreographer Rennie Harris.

NoName Gallery hosts a happy hour infused with art

First Fridays on the Avenue just got a lift with the addition of an art-infused happy hour at NoName Gallery, 8127 Germantown Ave., next to Laurel Gardens. more

by Stacia Friedman | 3/2/23

Kristine Heiney (left) and Dawn Kramlich stand inside of Kramlich's installation, "A Solipsist's Cell," at Moore College of Art & Design, where Kramlich earned an MFA.

Queer artist's compelling 'Mark My Words' at SCH gallery

Dawn Kramlich is a “text-based artist” whose compelling fusion of words with images can currently be viewed in the spring art show at the Barbara Crawford Art Gallery. more

by Len Lear | 2/19/23

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