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Visitors to the Mt. Airy Village Fair will be treated to food, music and activities for the kids.
Mt. Airy Village Fair to celebrate neighborhood ties
The 15th annual Mt. Airy Village Fair, a volunteer, community-led event, is set to return this year on Sunday, Sept. 22. more
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will open its 2024 season Oct. 6 with “Stolen,” a program featuring music by Handel and Keiser, and described as “a lifetime of musical borrowings from a suitcase of stolen music.”
Tempesta di Mare launches 2024-25 season in Chestnut Hill
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will open its season with a full complement of musicians Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band’s upcoming season will include “Triomphi,” a program of music featuring works surrounding the poetry of Petrarch, the most influential writer of the Italian Renaissance.
Piffaro, Chamber Orchestra announce 2024-25 seasons
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia are set to open their 2024-25 concert seasons. more
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Dikki Du Carrier (above) and The Zydeco Krewe will bring Mardi Gras music to Chestnut Hill.
Shake your body at a Zydeco dance party
The boogie and bop of Mardi Gras will touch down on Germantown Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 17. more
Donald Nally will conduct The Crossing, tonight, June 27, in the choir’s “Month of Moderns 2: Prairie in Our Backyard” concert at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church.
Vox Ama Deus announces upcoming season with local concerts
Valentin Radu -- founder, artistic director and conductor of Vox Ama Deus – has announced the ensemble’s 2024-25 season. more
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Ann Perrone, who retired after 41 years as a teacher at Germantown Friends School, was also the first female scoutmaster of a Boy Scout troop in North and Northwest Philadelphia.
Mt. Airy woman blazed a trail as Boy Scout leader
Ann Perrone is a trailblazer. Twenty-five years ago, she became the first female scoutmaster of a Boy Scouts of America troop in the city's "Northern District." more
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The Crossing will be accompanied by harpist Elizabeth Steiner and organist Scott Dettra for the choir’s “Month of Moderns 1” concert June 15, which will include the work of Grammy-nominated composer and performer Ayanna Woods.
The Crossing to present ‘Month of Moderns’ on the Hill
Donald Nally will conduct The Crossing’s “Month of Moderns” concerts, Saturday, June 15, at 5 p.m., and Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. more
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Based in Chestnut Hill and led by artistic director Gayle Wieand since 2005, Philomusica Chorale’s mission is “to entertain, educate, engage and inspire.”
Tempesta di Mare closes one season, announces another
   Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed out its 2023-24 season on Saturday, May 18, with an intimate chamber music recital. more
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Ashton Roxander danced the role of a rebellious son with fellow dancers of Philadelphia Ballet in a performance of “Prodigal Son,” with choreography by George Balanchine.
Germantown choir to perform Bach’s ‘Magnificat’
"Bach's 'Magnificat' is undoubtedly one of his most fun and most challenging pieces for a choir to sing." more
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Angelo Cataldi to discuss book
Veteran sportscaster and journalist Angelo Cataldi, of Chestnut Hill, is scheduled to discuss his career and his new book on May 9. more
Philadelphia Ballet will close out its 2023-24 season with Sir Frederick Ashton’s “The Dream” (above, starring Oksana Maslova) and George Balanchine’s “Prodigal Son” May 9-12 in the Academy of Music.
Piffaro glories in the Wind, and the Ballet dances a Dream
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will present “Glory of the Wind Band: Music from Portugal and Spain,” Saturday, May 11. more
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The Philadelphia Orchestra performed “Four Songs” by Alma Schindler-Mahler, a well-respected composer in her own right before she married Gustav Mahler, who demanded that she suspend her own career if they were to be married. She did.
Tempesta di Mare celebrates and the orchestra played Mahler
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will present “Bach & Telemann: Four Flavors of Concerto” on April 28 in Chestnut Hill. more
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Teacher appreciation comes too late
My older brother Bennett taught English for many years. Every time he tells us about grateful former students, I wish I had contacted my own best teachers. more
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Director Michael Ludwig (center) and the Roxborough Orchestra take a bow in February during a concert at the Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center.
Roxborough Orchestra to perform with Andrés Cárdenes
Music director Michael Ludwig will conduct the Roxborough Orchestra on April 12 at the Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center. more
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Joan Levy Coale
Joan Levy Coale
Joan Levy Coale, adored mother and grandmother, lover of the arts and the Wissahickon, and resident of Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill for nearly 100 years, died peacefully at home on February 25. more
The Puget Sound Piano Trio will perform the final recital in the “Five Fridays” series of fundraising concerts at 7:30 p.m., April 19, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill.
Final ‘Five Fridays’ set for April 19 with Puget Sound
The final recital in the “Five Fridays” series of fundraising concerts held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, is set for April 19. more
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Emily S. Gavin, a dementia care expert, is speaking at the Center on the Hill at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill on Thursday, April 18, at 11 a.m.
Treating Alzheimer's patients: From IT to OT
You wouldn’t argue against Emily S. Gavin’s commitment to service. She's a dementia care expert. more
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Saxophonist Jonathan Wintringham
‘Five Fridays’ kicks off an impressive music lineup
Chestnut Hill maestro Donald Meineke will conduct Choral Arts Philadelphia in a concert entitled “In a Strange Land – Songs of Exile and Hope” Saturday, March 16. more
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In 1942, Louise Reid posed alongside Timmy, the beloved Melcher family dog.
The Women’s History Month story of Louise Reid
The following is an account of the life of Louise Reid, drawn from an oral history conducted by Andrew Jarvis on Sunday, January 10, 1988.  more
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Poet Aracelis Girmay
The Crossing to perform ‘You Are Who I Love’
Donald Nally will lead The Crossing in a performance of Harold Meltzer’s “You Are Who I Love,” set to Aracelis Girmay’s poetry, on Sunday, March 17. more
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