With a zest for life and all that goes with it, meet Wendy Mitchell Kubasko. She approaches life with her best.
WORCESTER — Meadowood resident Paul Felton reached an important milestone last month: He turned 100 years old.
Today’s war-sparked refugee crises were decades away when philosopher Marshall McLuhan famously declared “The medium is the message.” But the medium behind the vivid orange crucifix at Flourtown’s St. Miriam Parish and Friary -- life jackets discarded by Syrian war victims who’d fled across the Mediterranean Sea to the Greek island of Lesvos -- is clearly the message.
Forge Theatre is proud to present its spring production, Tim Firth’s "Calendar Girls." This heartwarming and funny show is based on a true story and on the movie of the same name.
Biodiversity. Is this something you think about in planning your gardens and landscape, and deciding what to put in the pots on your patio or balcony? Typically, gardeners and landscapers have been interested in colors, textures, and seasonal interest – how beautiful a property can be. Lately, however, biodiversity is becoming the watch-word, as we gardeners learn more about the increasing loss of species and look for ways that we, as individuals, can make a positive difference. Our challenge is how to create the beauty we want while supporting our intricate ecosystems.
GLENSIDE — As Arcadia University professor Linda Ruth Paskell tells it, her recent experience traveling to Cambodia and Thailand to help victims of sex trafficking actually started with a brochure.
FRANCONIA — Next stop: Paris.
If you haven’t gotten your Real ID drivers license which some of us need and some of us don’t and good luck figuring that out -- prepare to enter your cavernous DMV building to find aimless souls twitching their legs and checking their phones and wondering which bleary rep will input the vital info that proves you are who you say you are and who you are is maybe A-OK.
Imagine: the sun sparkling on the Mediterranean, the scent of lavender filling the air, a chic bistro serving bouillabaisse. Relish a “Riviera Holiday” at this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show.
POTTSTOWN — Trout Fishing in America will perform in Montgomery County Community College’s South Hall Community Room, West Campus, 101 College Drive, on Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m.
A Black History Month program at the Ricketts Community Center in Pottstown combined elements of science, agriculture and wellness.
Come Fat Tuesday, get your fix of deep-fried doughy deliciousness. Instead of “time to make the doughnuts,” it’s time to make the fastnachts (or fasnachts).
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HORSHAM — Unveiling the Horsham Township Municipal Building during an open house Sunday, Feb. 16, was an event 15 years in the making.
PHILADELPHIA — Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, has a hit on its hands with the Philadelphia premiere of Angelina Weld Grimké’s 1916 masterpiece, "Rachel."
The Special Olympics' Unified Sports movement is growing in Montgomery County as track coaches prepare to attend an upcoming training session at Upper Merion Area High School.
The Special Olympics' Unified Sports movement is growing in Montgomery County as track coaches prepare to attend an upcoming training session at Upper Merion Area High School.
When Ramona “Rae” Leap, 51, and Jolie Martinez, 46, were growing up in Chester County as the youngest of four girls, they fought like cats and dogs.
POTTSTOWN — Montgomery County Community College will host the 7th Tri-County High School Exhibition from Feb. 18 to March 20 at the North Hall Art Gallery, West Campus, 16 E. High St., Pottstown.
CONSHOHOCKEN — Organizers of the prom scheduled for Conshohocken Great American Pub’s ballroom on Feb. 22 say this 7-11 p.m. social will be a lot different from the time-honored rite-of-passage hosted by most high schools.
A reader emailed me earlier this week for advice:
Lighbox Film Center, Philadelphia’s longest-running arthouse cinema resumes programming in February with a roster of films, now at its new home at the University of the Arts (401 S. Broad St.). Lightbox will continue to enchant audiences with a wide array of screenings and events.
Every year, Gwynedd Mercy University’s President, Deanne H. D’Emilio, makes a special appearance at the Valie Genuardi Hobbit House to celebrate “P” Day. GMercyU's littlest students, lovingly referred to as “hobbits,” invited President D’Emilio to celebrate in their annual tradition of honoring one of their favorite letters. Over the course of the year, the Hobbits hold celebrations for each letter of the alphabet, and “P” Day is always one of their favorites! The students, teachers, and even President D'Emilio gathered in their pajamas to eat pancakes and party! The hobbits even performed a fun little song and dance for President D'Emilio while she visited.
Eight years ago, Mary Manning was listening to All Things Considered on NPR when she heard a story about a book sharing movement called Little Free Libraries.
Come Valentine’s Day, kitchen talk turns to aphrodisiacs. You know, those foods thought to give “a little vroom vroom for the romance,” joked Jaimi Blackburn of Fearless Restaurants.
There are some things we tend to do without thinking, like automatically responding with the words “God bless you” when someone in our company sneezes. It doesn’t seem to matter whether we know the person or not -- common practice and politeness dictate this familiar response, but why?
A group of about 15 adults entered a school gym one by one on a weeknight, took off their winter coats and immediately occupied a spot on one side of the volleyball net; ready for the games to begin.
Looking for something special to do this Valentine’s Day? If you’re a bird-lover, you don’t have to look any farther than this year’s annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), which starts on Feb. 14. The four-day Count, now in its 23rd year, is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, and engages participants around the world.
The Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra continues their 2019-2020 season on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. from the Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, located at Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia.
Sine Timore Theatre, a local non-profit, family-owned ensemble, presents "Matilda the Musical."
They had a really "Good Morning" at Immaculate Heart of Mary School one day last week.
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and as the saying goes: “You cannot live by wine alone. Add some chocolate.”
The name says it all: This App Saves Lives.
Local Philadelphia theatre company, Beacon Theatre Productions, is bringing a new show, “ Under the Bonnet,” to the Philadelphia community.
PHOENIXVILLE — Vanessa Collier, acclaimed soulful blues singer/saxophonist and 2020 Blues Music Awards nominee in the "Contemporary Blues Female Artist" and "Instrumentalist - Horn" categories, continues her "Honey Up" Tour with a local performance at The Soundbank, 119 S. Main St.
AMBLER — Teaching area children about produce and healthy eating is something Howard Brosius said he loves — and what he loves even more is taking it on the road.
I think that our value system in America is out of whack. People definitely see things from different perspectives.
The Pottstown Athletic Club is offering people throughout the region the opportunity to learn a team paddling activity from a world champion.
The competition. The commercials. The soup. Yes, soup. Got a game plan for “Souper” Bowl Sunday? Area chefs offered a peek inside their playbooks, sharing three fumble-free recipes even a rookie can tackle.
Ditched alcohol for Dry January (or altogether)? Take heart, teetotalers! Going sans spirits doesn’t have to be boring as area restaurants zero in on zero-proof cocktails.
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was signed into law on December 20, 2019 by President Trump. It was part of spending legislation passed by the U.S. Congress. The law can be a game changer for those who have saved, or are saving, or intend to save for retirement.
We're a few weeks into 2020 and some people may still be finalizing their list of New Year's resolutions to fulfill.
With the arrival of a new year, many of us are making resolutions to live healthier by eating right and exercising more often.
–For me, as a vegetable grower, this is a heady time of year. It’s full of possibilities, laid out in the seed catalogues that have started cropping up in my mailbox. But mail-order isn’t the only game in town. You can save your own seeds from year to year, or you can search out local seed-swapping events. There’s even a National Seed Swap Day, observed annually on the last Saturday in January to help promote the practice.
When Montgomery County Community College Computer Science instructor and part-time filmmaker Jill Frechie first visited the Kensington section of Philadelphia in 2018 for a film assignment, she could not believe the extensive opioid epidemic that exists.
PHILADELPHIA — Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, continues its 10th season of progressive classics with the Philadelphia premiere of Angelina Weld Grimké’s 1916 masterpiece, "Rachel."
The holidays are times of plenty, and that leaves us, in January, with plenty of cleaning up to do.
The theater at Allens Lane Art Center presents the comedy classic, "The Philadelphia Story," written by Philip Barry and directed by Noël Hanley.
AMBLER — Ambler Restaurant Week is in full swing, attracting thousands of foodies and visitors to local eateries. The event began Monday, Jan. 6 , and continues until Monday, Jan. 13.
CHESTER SPRINGS — Every parent with a teenage driver should give them a copy of “One Simple Text … The Liz Marks Story.”
PHILADELPHIA — State Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio, D-Montgomery/Phila., has scheduled her fourth book club meeting for residents of the 194th Legislative District.
