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Grammy-winning choir The Crossing concludes its 2025-2026 season in June with “The Month of Moderns,” a series of concerts performed at venues throughout Philadelphia.
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4/30/26
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The 12th annual Glenside Arts Fest, originally planned for Saturday, April 25, has moved to its rain date of Saturday, May 2.
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4/30/26
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In honor of America’s 250th birthday, meet some of Philadelphia’s most famous, infamous and lesser known former residents.
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4/30/26
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It’s budget season in Philadelphia, as the mayor and City Council are hammering out the allocation of city funds for 2026-2027.
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by Peter Crimmins, WHYY News
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4/30/26
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Philadelphia’s Garden District comes alive during Chestnut Hill’s annual Home + Garden Festival on Sunday, May 3 (rain date Sunday, May 17).
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4/30/26
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BL Shirelle was incarcerated when she found her life’s calling.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/30/26
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One of America’s most popular foods, the pretzel, is being celebrated this month on National Pretzel Day.
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by Josh Pero
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4/30/26
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The Wissahickon Day Parade, a procession of horseback riders and horse-drawn carriages, is returning this Sunday, April 26.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/23/26
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When you stop to think about it, what is gin but a concoction of juniper berries and other botanicals like coriander and citrus peel?
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by Jeff Meade
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4/23/26
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Here’s a quiz: What movie by Howard Hawks involves a small group of men living by their wits in a remote camp far from civilization and faced with life-threatening odds against uncontrollable forces?
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by Baird Standish
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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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With the weather in the 80s this week, it’s time to get out of the kitchen and into the great outdoors.
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4/16/26
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“Show Mom" tells the story of Colleen Durkin Lapowsky, a performer-turned-educator who spent more than 20 years inspiring high school students through the performing arts.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/16/26
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Stagecrafters opened its doors this weekend with a new production of “The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow” (2005) by Rolin Jones.
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by Hugh Hunter
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4/16/26
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Locals get a chance to see Fellini’s masterpiece on the big screen at Woodmere on April 21. “La Strada,” Italian for “the road,” is a road movie about two traveling circus performers.
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by Heather Gray, Chestnut Hill Film Group, Staff Writer at Movie Jawn
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4/16/26
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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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One of Philadelphia’s most beloved and iconic bakeries, Metropolitan Bakery, closed its doors for good on March 15 after 33 years.
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by Josh Pero
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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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“Healing Verse Germantown: The Streets are Talking” is officially kicking off on April 11, aiming to provide healing through poetry to community members impacted by gun violence.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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4/9/26
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