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In 1980 and 1981, my wife and I went several times to a club in Bryn Mawr called The Main Point, an intimate coffeehouse and live music venue that operated from 1964 to 1981.
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by Len Lear
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10/9/25
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More than 100 people danced the night away on Friday at the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s annual Fall Frolic, held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
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10/9/25
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It would not surprise me in the least if I were watching the yearly Academy Awards next year or the year after and I heard, “And the award for best docudrama film goes to Nadine Patterson, of Philadelphia’s Harmony Image Productions, for “Reclaiming the Light: The Life and Times of Lewis Latimer.”
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by Len Lear
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10/9/25
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Chestnut Hill’s annual Fall for the Arts Festival will return to Germantown Avenue this month — and it’s projected to be the biggest one yet.
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by Abby Weiss
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10/9/25
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The volleyball team at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is off to the best start in the history of the program.
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by Tom Utescher
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10/8/25
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After ending the 2024 field hockey season just over the .500 mark with an overall record of 10-9, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s 2025 squad went 4-0 during the first half of September.
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by Tom Utescher
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10/2/25
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When Bridget Bonner, the newly installed president of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy (NFA), first visited the school’s campus in Chestnut Hill, she kept receiving signs — or, as Bonner calls them, “God winks.”
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by Maggie Dougherty
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10/2/25
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Meet Mater! This handsome gentleman is 11.9 pounds of pure personality. Though he was found as a stray and brought to ACCT Philadelphia on Sept. 17, it’s clear he’s a homebody at heart.
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by Wendy Rosenfield
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10/2/25
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Julia Tirinnanzi, the creator of the Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy landing at The Fallser Club in East Falls, said she was hooked on Poe from the minute she first encountered his stories in junior high school.
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by Alaina Johns
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10/2/25
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Despite the controversy surrounding the new mixed-use construction project at 8623 Germantown Ave., at least one new resident seems perfectly content.
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by Wendy Rosenfield
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10/2/25
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A group of Chestnut Hill area health care professionals have joined forces to form the new Chestnut Hill Health and Wellness Network.
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by Len Lear
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10/2/25
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Let’s get past the common theory that fall is about pumpkin-spiced everything. Fall is also about festivals, which present a unique opportunity for foodies.
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by Leisha Shaffer
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10/2/25
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Let there be lights. That’s what the Chestnut Hill Conservancy (formerly the Chestnut Hill Historical Society) decided in 2017 as a way to mark the organization’s 50th anniversary and the wealth of history and architecture in Northwest Philadelphia.
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by Anndee Hochman
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10/2/25
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Despite the light drizzle outside, it was as razzle dazzle as a Hollywood red carpet event inside the private dining room of Mt. Airy’s Töska Restaurant & Brewery.
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by Susan Schaefer
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10/1/25
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Yaga M. Staretz — known around Chestnut Hill as Yaga Brady — intentionally chose to publish her debut novel under her maiden name. But Staretz’s decision to reach back to her origins is not the only surprising aspect of this story.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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9/25/25
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This summer, the Morris Arboretum & Gardens sign at the corner of Stenton and Northwestern Avenues was draped with supersized red poppies.
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by Zeta Cross and Len Lear
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9/25/25
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Autumn is boom time for fairs and festivals, and nowhere hosts a better show than Northwest Philadelphia, the green heart of our city.
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by Susan Schaefer
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9/25/25
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Local Wyndmoor residents knock on the front door of OPUS Pickleball Club daily.
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by Ben Silver
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9/25/25
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Longtime Mt. Airy resident and horse lover Dr. Nancy Peter has no problem being saddled with responsibility; after all, she’s co-chairperson of the fifth annual “Horses and History of the Wissahickon” event at Monastery Stables.
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by Len Lear
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9/25/25
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Thousands of Philadelphia children and teenagers have a safe place to play basketball after school, take in classes, and enjoy summer camp, thanks to Mt. Airy’s Kenny Holdsman and Germantown’s Eric Worley.
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by Len Lear
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9/25/25
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