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A small-time criminal, a beautiful American in Paris, a stolen car, a dead policeman and a romance that may or may not be one: Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” has all the makings of a conventional crime drama.
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by Lily Williams
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10/1/26
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Mt. Airy resident Warren Cooper, who will perform at Woodmere on Friday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., may not be an ordained minster, but he has always used his musical talents in the service of a higher purpose.
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by Len Lear
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10/1/26
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“Listen with Your Eyes: A Moe Brooker Retrospective” opened in Chestnut Hill over the weekend at Woodmere’s Smith Hall.
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by Julianna Musser
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10/1/26
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Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times,” released in 1936, feels startlingly modern. Ninety years after the film first flickered onto the big screens, we are still reckoning with our relationship to the machine.
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by Heather Gray
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9/24/26
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UPDATE: The festival has been postponed until Oct. 11.
Chestnut Hill’s Fall for the Arts Festival, one of the neighborhood’s largest annual events, returns to Germantown Avenue this Sunday with a batch of fresh faces.
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by Chloe Ann Pabon
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9/24/26
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Michael Clay is a versatile musician who uses the saxophone (and other instruments) to create sculptures of musical notes that are just as versatile and artistic as clay.
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by Len Lear
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9/24/26
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Tara Maguire had never seriously created art until 2017, when she went to an art class at Woodmere with her mother, philanthropist and artist Frances (Frannie) Maguire.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/24/26
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association (CHCA) announced that it has seated two new members to its board of directors: Christina Reichert and Amy R. Montour.
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9/10/26
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Philadelphia’s William Penn Foundation announced that it has awarded 90 grants totaling $25.8 million.
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9/10/26
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The Chestnut Hill Conservancy is offering a virtual program on stained-glass artist Henry Holiday as the next entry in its “Discovering” series, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 7-8:30 p.m.
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9/10/26
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More than a dozen organizations, including Woodmere, and scores of people signed a treaty on Aug. 12 in support of the Lenape Nation, an indigenous tribe in present-day Pennsylvania.
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by Abby Weiss
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8/19/26
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Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels' newest pilot program is Arts on Wheels, a collaborative effort of CHMOW and Allens Lane Art Center to bring creative arts to the older and often homebound CHMOW clients.
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by Len Lear
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8/13/26
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This week in Chestnut Hill Local history
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8/13/26
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Kathleen Marie (McKenna) Winter, a talented painter, former longtime Chestnut Hill resident, devout Catholic and spiritual support for many friends and family members, died peacefully on June 9 at age 91.
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by Len Lear
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8/6/26
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Every year, Woodmere selects a juror to put out a call for contemporary artists in Philadelphia to submit their work for an exhibition centered around a general theme.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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7/30/26
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Jerry Pinkney, the late renowned artist and Germantown native, provided the inspiration for the title of Woodmere’s newest exhibition, “Arc of Promise.”
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by Maggie Dougherty
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6/25/26
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Kathleen Marie (McKenna) Winter, a painter, devout Catholic, and spiritual support for many, died peacefully on June 9, 2026 at age 91 with family by her side.
Kathy was born April 21, 1935, in …
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6/19/26
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Acclaimed Chestnut Hill artist Ginger Arthur, 71, will be showing her recent work, all painted within the last year, in her studio at 8042 Germantown Ave. on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m.
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by Len Lear
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6/4/26
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Peter Paone, 89, of Mt. Airy, a renowned artist, educator, and mentor whose work has been exhibited in some of the world’s most prestigious museums and galleries, died May 14 after a brief illness.
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by Len Lear
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5/28/26
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Many people, hopefully most, are very proud of their parents. But Alice Farber was getting bored in her retirement, so she decided to spend her time doing something very unusual but very rewarding.
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by Len Lear
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5/28/26
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