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The spring weather was chilly on the morning of Saturday, March 26, when East Mt Airy Neighbors partnered with FarmerJawn to provide 50 households with grow bags, cold weather seedlings and warm …
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4/6/22
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Chestnut Hill volunteers turned out in force for the city’s 2022 Philly Spring Cleanup on Saturday, meeting at the Water Tower Recreation Center on Hartwell Lane, World War II Memorial Park on …
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4/6/22
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Lantern’s entry into the neighborhood would mean two theaters on the same 7100 block of the business corridor. The other, Quintessence Theatre Group, is located in the historic Sedgwick Theater building. And that has the potential to create a Shakespearean tragedy of a parking situation if the two theaters were to hold productions on the same night.
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“To be efficient, we’re going to clear the tenants out and completely renovate the interior and the exterior,” Cooley said.
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by Tom Beck
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4/6/22
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St. Paul's and St. Martin's Episcopal Churches joined the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill to organize a Prayer Vigil for Peace in Ukraine on Sunday evening, March 27th. About 100 people gathered …
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4/6/22
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A police investigation was launched in the aftermath of the findings, which has led to arrest warrants for two people living outside the state.
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by Tom Beck
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4/6/22
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During her many travels (France, Italy, Greece, Scotland, and Canada), she studied at Rhodes University in South Africa for one year, which she devoted entirely to classes in drama.
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by Len Lear
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4/6/22
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"I was really motivated by the power of community radio to reach local diverse groups with underrepresented sounds and ideas," Bear, a Roslyn native, told me a decade ago. "The major radio stations were owned by big corporations that do not want to take chances or rock the boat. It is all about money.”
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by Len Lear
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4/6/22
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For the 21st consecutive year, the volunteers and small staff of the Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund are sprinting toward their Annual Spring Planting.
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by Hillel Hoffmann
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3/31/22
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This eclectic, week-long performance festival will feature seven shows from risk-taking, independent artists that run the gamut from contemporary circus, erotic, burlesque and clown performances.
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by Len Lear
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3/31/22
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For the past three years in the pages of the Chestnut Hill Local, I have been so fortunate to be able to write about what I love most: food.
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by April Lisante
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3/31/22
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Local luminary Paul Meyer, just awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in London, played a major role in the restoration of Morris Arboretum’s historic gardens, architecture and vistas.
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by Len Lear
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3/30/22
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After furiously fundraising more than $7 million in roughly six months, Woodmere will soon be able to double its gallery spaces with the purchase of St. Michael’s Hall, a Victorian mansion located just steps from the museum's main campus.
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by Tom Beck
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3/30/22
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Taylor has sought to do the same not only through his art, but in his everyday life.
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by Stacia Friedman
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3/24/22
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“I believe people in this area really do want to support our local artists,” Masterman said last week, “and I feel like we are just scratching the surface so far."
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by Len Lear
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3/24/22
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“Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our children. ... These are the basic values that we all share, regardless of race, party, religion. This is what we share.”
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by Emily Plowman, Friends of Jenks
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3/24/22
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Neighbors of the former Presbyterian church building on the corner of Germantown and Mt. Pleasant Avenues voted Thursday to approve the Lantern Theater Company’s proposed tenancy - with the stipulation that it never be used for a strip club.
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by Carla Robinson
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3/23/22
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The city is limiting hours for Chestnut Hill's popular pickleball courts due to noise complaints while some neighbors consider a lawsuit.
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by Tom Beck
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3/23/22
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Some neighbors have complained about the look of the fabricated stone wall the college is beginning to install as part of its landscaping, as well as plans that call for wide swaths of grass.
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by Carla Robinson
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3/23/22
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Floyd will be performing “From Gospel to Jazz,” a concert about the impact of the Black experience on American music, at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 27, in the Epiphany Chapel at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH).
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by Len Lear
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3/17/22
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