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Theater mavens who plan to attend a performance of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown should prepare to be frightened. That is the warning from officials at the Victorian house, museum and garden where actor, playwright and author Josh L. Hitchens will play the respected English physician and his evil alter ego in a one-man performance, which is based on a Robert Louis Stevenson novella. Hitchens, author of “Haunted History of Philadelphia,” is the theater artistic director at Allens Lane Art Center in Mt. Airy. Tickets are $30, and performances of the show are scheduled for 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28, and 2 and 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29. Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is at 200 W. Tulpehocken St. For more information, go to ebenezermaxwellmansion.org.
Prepare to be ‘very afraid’
Piffaro, Philadelphia’s Renaissance Band, opened its season with a “Passing the Torch” concert marking Priscilla Herreid taking over for the group’s founders and co-directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken who retired.
Piffaro passes the torch at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church
Piffaro, Philadelphia’s Renaissance Band, opened its 2022-23 season of in-person concerts with a program entitled “Passing the Torch.” more
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Tuesday Night Movies
OCTOBER 18: ROMAN HOLIDAY more
Tudisco performs the role of Signor Ipsilonne in “Belfagor” by Ottorino Respighi recently at the Redeemer United Methodist Church in Northeast Philadelphia, the first staging in the U.S. of the opera. It was Tudisco's 398th operatic role.
Singing his way into a world record
Ralph Tudisco, a Mt. Airy native and Chestnut Hill College graduate, is determined that his love of opera will get him into the Guinness Book of World Records. more
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Brian M. Felgoise is a Fort Washington resident who has been practicing class-action law for more than 25 years.
Local's new novel skewers 'Filthy Rich Lawyers'
If you have a low opinion of the legal profession, then “Filthy Rich Lawyers” will only reinforce your view.  more
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Frank X. (right) and E. Ashley Izard star in the Quintessence Theatre’s production of Eugene Ionesco’s “The Chairs.”
In ‘The Chairs,’ Old Man and Old Woman host party of the absurd
In "The Chairs," Eugene Ionesco helped transform farce comedy into the modern genre we now call theater of the absurd. more
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Pianist Daniil Trifonov performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
St. Martin’s Church celebrates music with a showcase of its own
The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, celebrated the opening of its 2022-23 season of musical events with an engaging potpourri. more
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Lawrence Geller, 89, and his real-life wife, Bernadette Cronin-Geller, 87, who have performed in many area theaters for 50 years, will stage the poignant two-person play, “Love Letters,” at the Center on the Hill in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill at 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Compelling drama, 'Love Letters,' at Center on Hill
Legendary historians David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin have both written that much of their research for their biographies of historical giants consisted of reading and quoting from letters.  more
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The Jewish holiday of “sukkot” is a weeklong celebration and one of the most joyous on the Jewish calendar.
The northwest celebrates the Jewish tradition of Sukkot
This month, two local Jewish groups are celebrating the ancient Jewish festival of Sukkot in a big way. more
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A Choral Evensong at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church marked the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and All Angels, whose image is depicted in a stained glass window made for the church in the Tiffany Studio.
St. Paul’s Church marks St. Michael with angelic authority
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, in Chestnut Hill, presented its first Choral Evensong of the season on Sept. 25. more
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Actor Lee Marvin
Film night at Woodmere
 SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (1956/78 minutes). A former sheriff blames himself after his wife dies during a Wells Fargo robbery. more
Sophia, Lucy and Cheyenne
Come learn about horses and their history in the Wissahickon
Anyone who’s ever wondered about the horses and riders that share the Wissahickon Park with all the humans that use it are invited to Monastery Stables on Sunday, Oct. 9. more
Brainstorm and get happy
Do you have ideas for tours, lectures, exhibits, or other types of events that could be hosted by the Chestnut Hill Conservancy? We'd like to hear them. more
Author Janet Mason, a Mt. Airy resident for four decades, holds a copy of her just-released novel, “Loving Artemis, An Endearing Tale of Revolution, Love and Marriage.”
New novel of lesbian love by acclaimed Mt. Airy author
Mt. Airy author Janet Mason has done it again. more
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Local residents who will talk about their struggles with mental illness in “This is My Brave” are (from left, front row) Evan Linden (in wheelchair), Andrea Landry, Jenny Lynn Smith, Anndee Hochman and Rachel Haimovich and (from left, back row) Chip Bagnall, Frank Fitzpatrick, Owen Stecca, Joanne Washington, Khaliah Pitts and Elaina Yu. Jenny Smith (not seen here), one of four producers, will also be a storyteller.
Stories of mental illness told Sunday on local stage
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately one in five adults in the U.S. suffers from some form of mental illness. more
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Singer-songwriter Meghan Cary, of Erdenheim, will lead a series of songwriting technique workshops on the grounds at Morris Arboretum.
Local singer hosts songwriting workshop throughout October
When local singer-songwriter Meghan Cary first started writing songs, she’d write them outside. more
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Paula Kem
An actress finds the beauty in never giving up
Set in the isolated mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” tells a sometimes comic - and sometimes dark - story. more
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Bob Weick, a specialist in the care of horses' hooves and horseshoes, is currently performing at Chestnut Hill's Stagecrafters Theatre in “Proof” by award-winning playwright David Auburn now through Oct. 1. Photo by Joanne Davis
In ‘Proof,’ actor takes on role of delusional genius and beloved father 
Bob Weick didn't start acting until he was 40, when a music director for his choral group suggested he give it a try. more
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Actor Ross Druker, of Lafayette Hill, rehearses with Sarah Labov in a scene from a production of Shakespeare's “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Celebrating a centennial season with the Bard
East Falls' historic Old Academy Players is celebrating its 100th anniversary season with the Philadelphia premiere of “ShakespeareaPalooza!” more
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Bob Weick, a specialist in the care of horses' hooves and horseshoes, is currently performing at Chestnut Hill's Stagecrafters Theatre in “Proof” by award-winning playwright David Auburn now through Oct. 1.
In ‘Proof,’ actor takes on role of delusional genius and beloved father
Bob Weick didn't become an actor until what he calls “late in life.” He was 40 and singing with a choral group when the musical director suggested that he try acting. more
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