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Operatic roles are so difficult physically, mentally, psychologically and on the memory that most famous opera singers have performed no more than 50 different roles.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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Beth Margolis Rupp, a Jewish Chestnut Hill resident who lived amicably in Abu Dhabi, an Arab city-state in the Middle East, for 10 years, is stepping down after seven years as executive director of Folkshul.
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by Len Lear
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4/30/26
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Longtime West Mt. Airy resident Sadie Elva Marie Spencer Torrence, an entrepreneur, mentor, loving mother and devout Christian, died April 10 of age-related causes.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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Are you one of those people who has always been able to make your friends, relatives and classmates laugh?
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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The Rev. Beverly Dale, a Mt. Airy resident for 27 years, is about as similar to most other ordained ministers as lightning is to a lightning bug.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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In the 1960s, folk music was all the rage in many parts of the country. But with the ascent of rock ‘n’ roll, heavy metal, soul music and eventually disco, folk music faded into the background.
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by Len Lear
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4/23/26
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Charles “Chaz” Holesworth, 48, has been a mail carrier for 20 years, the last 12 in Glenside, where he lives.
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by Len Lear
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4/16/26
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Long-time Chestnut Hill resident (30 years, and before that, eight years in Wyndmoor) Doug Wechsler, one of the most prolific nature writers in the country, might well be called the Charles Darwin of Chestnut Hill.
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by Len Lear
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4/16/26
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The only thing more delicious than the food at Suzanne’s Grateful Deli was the personality of the bubbly owner, Suzanne Henkels Leaming Bagwell
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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Classical music lovers are in for a treat Sunday, April 12, at 2:30 p.m., as piano virtuoso Evelina Kleczek, just 17 years old, will perform a concert of music by Frederic Chopin at the Settlement Music School.
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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I have met many unforgettable people in my almost 60 years as a journalist, but Marvin and Cyndia Burak are right at the top of the list.
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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Ace Shoe Repair's owner, Willie Alston, is a longtime veteran of the business, having been in it for 55 years.
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by Len Lear
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4/9/26
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David Contosta has done it again. Contosta, 81, a longtime professor at Chestnut Hill College, has written his 27th book.
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by Len Lear
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4/2/26
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The exhibit of Pragya Gupta’s work, “The Places We Carry: A Search for Identity,” will be on display through April 28 at Asbury Arboretum's Cope House.
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by Len Lear
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4/2/26
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On Nov. 26, the day before Thanksgiving, I had a seven-hour, open-heart, triple-bypass surgery.
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by Len Lear
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3/26/26
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Thomas J. Walsh, a lifelong Chestnut Hill resident who was able to brighten up the day of anyone with whom he came into contact, died peacefully of natural causes on Feb. 21.
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by Len Lear
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3/26/26
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Benjamin D’Annibale, the supremely talented former keyboardist for Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church, and local opera singer Sophia Santiago will perform in concert the music of Franz Schubert on March 29.
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by Len Lear
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3/26/26
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Tom DiNardo grew up in Germantown, went to Germantown Friends School and later became one of the region’s most prolific music writers.
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by Len Lear
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3/26/26
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One of the most memorable people in our community is Michele Haines, 83, the beret-wearing native of France and civil rights activist who founded Spring Mill Cafe 48 years ago.
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by Len Lear
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3/19/26
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New Era Indian Cuisine at 219 E. Willow Grove Ave. in Chestnut Hill gives new meaning to the word unpretentious.
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by Len Lear
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1/15/26
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