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Try individually plating cheese for guests instead of the traditional charcuterie trays.
Experts have tips to make spring entertaining as safe as possible
After coming full circle back to the month where it all started last year, we can’t let our guard down just yet. more
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A work of Florence Beatrice Price, the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra, was part of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s recent online concert, which is still available to be streamed.
Pioneering African American composer featured in recent Philadelphia Orchestra performance
As we Americans struggle with the COVID-19 coronavirus, we shouldn’t give ourselves a pass on the “other” pandemic afflicting American society, one that has been a virtual curse on … more
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Jazz vocalist Sherry Wilson Butler performing at Woodmere.
Jazz performances at Woodmere available online
The proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” has proved true again and again during the COVID-19 pandemic. more
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Dr. Anna O. Marley, PAFA's Curator of Historical American Art, stands next to Thomas Birch’s “The Residence of James Craig, Bristol, Pennsylvania” (1820-21) (Photo by Anne Lloyd)
Mt. Airy scholar to give Zoom talk on African American art pioneer
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown will host Dr. Anna O. Marley, a 10-year Mt. Airy resident, for an illustrated talk about Henry Ossawa Tanner on Saturday, March 6, 1 p.m. more
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Home Organizer Jennifer Martin of Spruce Organizing Co. suggests ways to get your pantry spring ready.
Planning ahead for spring, 5 tips for a better foodie future
Have you ever seen the calendar in the beginning of “Living” magazine that shows Martha Stewart’s personal “to-do” list for each month? I often look at it in awe – and have a good laugh. more
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The renowned organ of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is currently undergoing restoration and will be reassembled in summer if all goes according to plan.
St. Paul’s remarkable organ is being refurbished
One of Greater Philadelphia’s most distinctive and acclaimed musical instruments is the Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill. more
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As part of a group exhibition entitled “Biotope: Friends, Life Forms, Landscapes” at Gallery 51 in North Adams, MA, Dan made “Still Life,” this sequence of a worker skinning a sheep. Viewers could walk back and forth along the model and see the scene folding and unfolding, as if in motion. (Rachel Cheetham-Richard photo)
A Rose blooms artistically in Chestnut Hill
A few years ago I asked local resident Dan Rose how he liked living in Chestnut Hill. He replied, “My wife, Martha, and I have lived in several places, but I have loved only two, Vermont and Chestnut Hill. I will only leave Chestnut Hill in a pine box. more
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A portion of the Portal to Discovery mural at Independence Hall Station depicting an early rendering of Independence Hall with unknown female portrait, 2020, by Tom Judd (Courtesy of the artist)
History in Motion: Tom Judd’s Subway Mural opens at Woodmere
I have always enjoyed Tom Judd’s voice in the creative mix of our city’s artists, and Woodmere is honored to celebrate a new exhibition, History in Motion: Tom Judd’s Subway Mural, on view through June 13, 2021. more
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Robert Kolker's medical-mystery bestseller, "Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family," is a tale of a family struggling with mental illness and the evolution of the science to diagnose and treat it.
Good looks, talent and brains ran in the family. So did schizophrenia.
What's a parent to do when a child's odd behavior escalates far enough, frequently enough, that it can't be shrugged off as just an eccentric personality? And what if the problem is magnified by six? more
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Rich Krassen holds up his memoir, “Breadcrumbs on My Journey,” written in his late 70s before he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. (Photo reprinted, with permission, from the Northeast Times)
Before cancer, wonderful memoir by Philly sports guy
Occasionally someone will ask me how I find out about so many fascinating musicians, authors, artists, etc., in the relatively small geographical we cover. more
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Nick and Janet Embree, of Germantown, are the scenic designer and lighting designer, respectively, for the Lantern Theater's production of “Molly Sweeney,” now being streamed through Feb. 28. (Photo: Brian McCarthy)
Germantown couple part of theatrical streaming of new play
Molly Sweeney leads a full and productive life as a woman who is blind. But her husband, Frank, can never leave well enough alone. more
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Elizabeth Hainen was the featured soloist in a Philadelphia Orchestra performance of “Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women" by Chinese composer Tan Dun.
Philadelphia Orchestra marks Chinese Lunar New Year with virtual concert
The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year with a “virtual” concert that aired Feb. 4-11. The entire program was dedicated to the music of celebrated Chinese … more
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Pianist Michelle Cann, a Chestnut Hill resident, will make her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra's first performance of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement on Thursday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m., through Feb. 25, 11 p.m. (virtually).
Hiller to perform long-lost work with Phila. Orchestra
Is there a price to pay for fame coupled with the curse of color and gender? Were she alive today, Florence Price (1887-1953), said to be the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, might hold the answer. more
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Hamantashen made at the Night Kitchen Bakery by Amy Edelman.
Making perfect hamantaschen for Purim
Try out your own hamantaschen at home this week with one of my favorite recipes from the City Tavern Baking and Dessert Cookbook. more
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Trapeta B. Mayson is a poet, teacher and social worker based in Germantown. She was named Philadelphia’s new poet laureate Thursday at the Free Library. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
A unique way to reach poetry lovers during pandemic
When Trapeta B. Mayson came to the U.S. as an eight-year-old child with her family in 1975 from Liberia in sub-Saharan West Africa, she could not have possibly imagined that she would become a social worker and award-winning poet. more
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Walter Tevis and his wife Jamie Griggs in better days, photographed on the cover of Griggs’ memoir, "My Life with The Hustler."
‘Queen's Gambit’ author was amazingly diverse, but known more for movies based on his work
"The Queen's Gambit" Netflix series was recently nominated for Golden Globes awards for Best Picture and Best Actress. More than sixty million people have watched it. Though the novel the series was based on has been around since 1983, it has been hardly known outside of chess fan circles. more
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Members of Tempesta di Mare perform at home for one of several virtual performances (clockwise from top left): Emlyn Ngai, Adam Pearl, Gwyn Roberts, Richard Stone and Lisa Terry.
Local orchestra members perform virtually from home
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, continued its “virtual” season in a most unusual way over the final days of January and the first few of February. more
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Gigi has been an animal activist for many years, rescuing animals made homeless by Hurricane Katrina, working to save black rhinos in Kenya, East Africa; working with chimpanzees “retired” from research and volunteering with the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, among other efforts.
The Graphic Rabbit illustrates local pets
You might say that Gigi Glendinning, 52, is a member of a quintessential Chestnut Hill family. more
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One of man works that is part of the PhilARTdelphia exhibition.
Visit PhilARTdelphia, participate in art, storytelling
Works of art made in recent months at Woodmere by children from preschool age to high school in our studio and school program. more
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Tavern on the Hill Chef Gerard Strenger with two of many of the local restaurants signature dishes: The Crab Cake Entrée and The Cranberry Pecan Salad.
Local restaurants have Valentine’s Day covered
In a year of unprecedented firsts, it only seems fitting that now we have to figure out what to do for Valentine’s Day. more
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