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32nd Chestnut Hill ‘Fall for the Arts’ to arrive a week early by Ruth R. Russell
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he world was different in 1984 when the first Fall for the Arts was launched. Imaginative local leaders, however, were on hand with creative ideas then as well as now. “Times have changed,” admitted Peggy Miller, deputy director of the Chestnut Hill Business Association (CHBA), presenter of the event. Pat Alexander, then marketing director of the CHBA, started with a festival on the sidewalks of Chestnut Hill. It was a success and grew and finally was expanded to an annual event with streets closed from Willow Grove to Rex avenues. The emphasis has always been on the arts, music, community activities, and fun for kids. In fact this year the festival will not be on the first Sunday in October but the on the last Sunday in September. “The change was made because of the success of the Harry Potter Festival in the middle of October,” Miller said. “[It’s] a lot of fun for kids but a lot of work for the CHBA staff to set up.” Venders from near and far Still, Fall for the Arts this year will be its usual spectacular self. Taking part will be more than 165 craftsmen specializing in oils and watercolors, sculpture, photography, drawing and fine crafts. As usual, many will be from close by such as 13 Degrees Studio, in Mt. Airy, with Christopher Buonomo’s sculpture, drawing and prints; Doris Lane Grey, also of Mt. Airy, with her acrylics; Lisa Hurwitz Design, of Chestnut Hill, with paintings and ceramics; Michael Donato Painting, of Mt.
Airy, with paintings, and Usbome Books & More, with varied craft art. Many exhibitors travel great distances to be here, coming from places such as Souderton, Downingtown and Kennett Square, even out-of state locations such as Medford, NJ; Chesapeake City, MD and Aurora, IL. Back for the second year will be Makers Village, an especially popular attraction, according to Miller. “Visit this special section where artisans will be demonstrating their crafts including blacksmithing, weaving, glass blowing, yarn work, paper making, jewelry making and more,” she said.
Music and entertainment Music is always a highlight of the day, with talented musicians on hand to entertain along Germantown Avenue. This year they include Zydeco a Go Go, in the 8600 block from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the Rich Posmontier Ensemble, also in the 8600 block, from 2 to 5 p.m.; the Dukes of Destiny, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 8200 block, followed by the City Rhythm Orchestra from 2 to 5 p.m. Fall for the Arts is also a children’s festival along Germantown Avenue, with plenty for youngsters to do. Look for amusement rides in the 8500 block, the Peanuts Express Train Ride from
noon to 5 p.m. with story telling and art activities in the 8100 block, and face painting all day at Germantown Ave., and Gravers Lane. Enjoy hayrides from noon to 4 p.m. at Germantown and Evergreen Aves. Kids will be glad to know that Harry Potter and Dumbledore will be visiting too. Lots of options for food Now, after all this activity it’s time to have something to eat. All kinds of foods are available ranging from hot dogs and hamburgers to Schmitters, crab cakes, pork sandwiches and coconut shrimp. There will plenty of ethnic food including Chinese, Italian and Thai, along with festival goodies such as ice cream, kettle corn and
caramel apples. For those who want to sit down to eat and rest tired feet, there are places along Germantown Avenue as follows: 8600 block — McNally’s Tavern, Tavern on the Hill, Mica, Cosimo’s Pizza Café, Thai Kuu and Bredenbeck’s Ice Cream; 8500 block — Starbuck’s Coffee and Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop; 8400 block — Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant and Weavers Way Co0p; 8300 block — Roller’s Express-o, Fiesta Pizza, Campbell’s Place, Amusement Park Food Stand; 8200 block — Chestnut Grill, King’s Garden, Poppy’s (Continued on page 4)
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Tens of thousands of people attend the annual Fall for the Arts Festival in Chestnut Hill for food, fun and more than 150 art vendors. This year marks the festival’s 32nd year.
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32nd Chestnut Hill ‘Fall for the Arts’ (Continued from page 3)
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Café, Paris Bistro, Fresh Market, Green Soul, El Poquito, Cin Cin, Night Kitchen Bakery & Café; 8100 block — Roller’s Restaurant at Flying Fish, Bredenbeck’s Bakery and Ice Cream Parlor. Miller stresses that this is a special community event, celebrating 32 years of the arts in Chestnut Hill. An added bonus is that shop-
pers will be welcome at all one-ofa-kind shops here. She invites everyone to stop by the Chestnut Hill booth and spin the prize wheel for a chance to win a Chestnut Hill gift certificate. In addition, festival admission will be free and parking will be $5 for all day at select Chestnut Hill parking lots. Presenting sponsor for the Festival is Glanzmann Subaru, Media Partner — More at 101 FM, Com-
munity Sponsor — Chestnut Hill Hospital and Entertainment Sponsor — Bowman Properties. Also PECO and SpringsideChestnut Hill Academy will sponsor Makers Village. For more information, or directions to Chestnut Hill, visit www.chestnuthillpa.com or call 215247-6696.
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The Stagecrafters in Chestnut Hill: Best show in town
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ne of Chestnut Hill’s best kept secrets is the Stagecrafters theater, a non-profit semi-professional theater smack in the middle of the neighborhood that has been a cornerstone of the arts in Northwest Philadelphia for more than 87 years. The Stagecrafters produces five theatrical productions per season that run the gamut from classics to the contemporary. According to the theater’s website, its directors chose “plays that are theatrically exciting, artistically challenging, and ideologically relevant.� A special feature of The Stagecrafters’ schedule is a post-performance Q&A session. On the second Friday of each production, audience members can interact with the production’s cast, crew and director, who stick around to ask any questions audience members ask. More from the theater’s website regarding its history: The Stagecrafters was founded in 1929 by a group of some twenty friends who had been acting together under the sponsorship of the Germantown Women’s Club, and who shared a great love of theater. In its first year the group rented, on the present site, a small house and a smithy of Revolutionary vintage, where it presented one-act plays to an audience of about thirty. In the following years the smithy was enlarged to accommodate bigger audiences. In 1932 the group was incorporated. In 1936 the two buildings were altered and connected, and a two-hundred seat auditorium was created. In 1950 the theater buildings were purchased, together with the handsome historic house next to them situated on halfan-acre of land. Over the following few decades, The Stagecrafters not only expanded and modernized its physical facilities, but it evolved into its present status of a full-fledged theatrical organization of high professional standards.
Upcoming Shows Angel Street By by Patrick Hamilton, Directed by Loretta Lucy Miller A frail-nerved wife is certain that the gas-fueled lamplights in her house go dimmer every time her husband goes out into the night, leaving her alone inside. Or is it all in her head? An atmospheric, spine-tingling, classic thriller set in Victorian London. Remaining show dates: Sept. 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, Oct. 1
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris Directed by Catherine Pappas In 1959, an all-white community tries to stop the sale of a house to a black family. What happens when, 50 years later, the same house, now in an all-black neighborhood, is sold to a white family? A clever, darkly funny, and insightful play about race, class, and protecting one’s turf. Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. Dates: Nov. 25, 26, 27, Dec. 1, 2, 3, The third production of the 2015-2016 season at The Stagecrafters, 8130 Ger4, 8, 9, 10, 11 mantown Ave., Sidney Howard’s lively screwball comedy, “The Late Christopher Bean.� (Photo by Sara Stewart)
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Philadelphia’s 20th centur y black histor y the focus of new Woodmere exhibition
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oodmere Art Museum has partnered with the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection to host a free public open house on Saturday, September 24 from 2-4 p.m., in celebration of the museum’s latest exhibition: “A Million Faces: The Photography of John W. Mosley.” The exhibition title was sparked by Mosley’s own assessment that the positive achievement of his photog-
raphy was to chronicle the black community of Philadelphia in his time through “nearly a million faces.” The exhibit will run from September 24 through January 16, 2017. John W. Mosley (1907-1969) migrated to Philadelphia in 1934 during the Great Migration from Lumberton, North Carolina. From the late 1930s through the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the
View of the crowd as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses civil rights demonstrators at 40th Street and Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, (detail), August 2, 1965, by John W. Mosley (John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries)
late 1960s, he and his large-format accordion-style Graflex camera were a frequent presence in the lives of black Philadelphians. Self-taught, he was enthralled with the ability of photography to create a permanent visual record of
living history and life’s moments. Mosley was the longtime staff photographer for the Pyramid Club and was also published in the Philadelphia Tribune, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, the Pittsburgh Courier and other black newspapers
along the East Coast. He worked seven days a week, often shooting four events in a single day. His legacy of more than 300,000 photographs is preserved in the Charles L. Blockson Afro(Continued on page 7)
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Philadelphia’s 20th centur y black histor y at the Woodmere (Continued from page 6) American Collection, Temple University Libraries. This exhibition presents over 100 photographs (many of them never shown in public before) and a retrospective view of Mosley’s practice, with attention to his point of view as an artist. “Mosley is an extraordinary artist and storyteller,” said William Valerio, Director and CEO of Woodmere. “Taken together, Mosley’s photography offers a distinct Philadelphia story, representing Philadelphia’s black community with complexity and joy, all in the difficult context of a segregated society.” Included in the exhibition are photographs of glamorous women, politicians, churchgoers, agrarian workers, and beachcombers, as well as civil rights leaders like Dr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cecil B. Moore and celebrities, artists, and sports figures, including Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Lena Horne, Roy Campanella, Marian Anderson, Jackie Robinson, Bill Cosby, Dox Thrash, Duke Ellington, Wilt Chamberlain, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others. Visitors to the exhibition will be
Hill Librar y book sale on September 25 by Renee Polsky
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ould you like to take a trip around the world?
Would you like to be a princess? Would you like to live in the future? These were the questions asked last fall in advance of the Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival. The answer is still the same. You can fulfill all of your desires by reading a book. However, the Friends of Chestnut Hill Library ask you to mark your calendars this year because the big book sale will take place at the Fall for the Arts Festival on Sunday, September 25, a week earlier than last year. The branch will close on September 19 for three weeks for repairs, but the Friends stress that the library will be open that day for the sale. Friends will once again be selling gently used books which have been donated. The prices are amazingly inexpensive. All of the money made at the book sale is given to the Chestnut Hill Library so that the Library can continue to provide more materials and services, as well as programs for children and adults, for its patrons. The Friends group also maintains the beautiful garden adjacent to the building. This sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Library at 8711 Germantown Ave. and patrons are requested to use the side door. The sale will include children's books, fiction, non-fiction, classics, books about history, cooking, gardening, religion, art. Also on sale will be dictionaries, foreign language books, music on CDs, videos, and much more. Just stop by to browse and shop. You will find the best bargains! And then step outside to visit the Friends special garden. Hope to see you at the library on September 25. Renee Polsky is past president of the Friends of Chestnut Hill Library.
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Coming soon to Woodmere EXHIBITION EVENTS OPEN HOUSE Sunday, September 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m. LECTURES Saturday, October 15, 3:00 p.m. Black Philadelphia and the Spirit of Unity: Art and Culture Presented by Diane D. Turner, PhD., curator, Charles L. Blockson AfroAmerican Collection, Temple University Libraries Monday, October 17, 1:30 p.m. A Literary Lens into the Photography of John W. Mosley Presented by Crystal Lucky, PhD, associate professor, Department of English, Villanova University
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MUSIC encouraged to share information ment both the exhibition and the Every Friday September 30December 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m. and tell their own stories as they community response to it. “These photos are part of history Friday Night Jazz Celebrating relate to Mosley’s photographs. VisiPhiladelphia Jazz
tors to the Woodmere website will see a “Share Your Stories” prompt. Every Monday for the duration of the exhibition, selected photos will be highlighted on Woodmere’s social channels inviting visitors to share their thoughts. Many of these additional stories will be collected in a catalogue that is intended to docu-
and they belong to the future,” said Charles L. Blockson, Curator Emeritus of Charles L. Blockson AfroAmerican Collection, Temple University Libraries. “A Million Faces: The Photography of John W. Mosley” demonstrates that these photos are also very much a part of our present.
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Saturday, January 14, 2017, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Classical Saturday Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with soprano Valerie Gay
ADULT PROGRAMS Thursday, November 3, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Art Dive: Visit to the Studio of Photographer Ron Tarver Sunday, January 15, 2017, 2:00 p.m. Charles L. Blockson on the Photography of John W. Mosley Participants: Charles L. Blockson, educator, author and founder of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Leslie WillisLowry, Archivist, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Deborah Willis, PhD., University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University FAMILY HAPPENING (Free for all ages) Monday, January 16, 2017, noon4:00 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Festival Bring the family to Woodmere to celebrate MLK Day with a full schedule of storytelling, art making, and a special performance. The Museum is open to the public Tuesday – Thursday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 8:45 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is $10; FREE on Sunday. For more information: woodmereartmuseum.org
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Brush up your artistic talents with classes at Morris Arboretum brush strokes to recreate the fleeting qualities of light as it danced across the natural world. In this class, we will discuss the impressionist artists. Everyone will be encouraged to develop their own personal intuitive style of painting. Like the impressionists, we will paint in the open air, with the breathtaking gardens of the Morris Arboretum as our own personal Giverny. In the event of inclement weather we will paint indoors, from great works of the Impressionists. Come to class dressed for the weather. All supplies are provided.
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he University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum, 100 East Northwestern Avenue in Chestnut Hill, is a 92acre horticulture display garden that features a spectacular collection of mature trees in a beautiful and colorful landscape. Known for its garden events, miniature railroad displays and for “Out on a Limb,� a tree-topping structure that puts visitors in the forest canopy, The Arboretum is a treasure of open space enjoyed by hundreds of visitors a day. Less well known perhaps is that it also provides dozens of classes every week, including workshops that introduce you to or help you hone your skill in a particular artistic pursuit. The following are among many of the Arboretum’s upcoming classes: Illustrated Nature Journaling, September 28, 1 to 3pm Heather Rinehart, Artist The illustrated nature journal is a work as unique and expressive as the individual who creates it. Whether it is crafted as a record of one's experiences, a workbook of nature study, or for sheer creative joy, journaling can be a powerful
This fall, get into the spirit of back-to-school and sign-up for a class at Morris Arboretum. Kids Click-Kids Photography Workshop, with previous students pictured here, is just one of more than 75 courses offered this fall. Check out the complete list of courses at https://online.morrisarboretum.org/classes. (Photo by Arnold Winkler)
tool as well as a rewarding hobby. Working within the beautiful setting of Morris Arboretum, discover the art of illustrated journaling. Materials will be provided, or bring your own.
Impressionist Painting, Saturday, October 15, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Allison Zito, Artist and Teacher Vibrancy and energy shimmer on the canvas of the impressionist painter. Working in an intuitive manner, they captured in color and
rhythm the spontaneity of the moment. It was a time of change, and innovation. These new ideas took the impressionists outdoors to paint in the open air. The impressionist artists developed a kind of painterly shorthand, using visible
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Black & White Gala returns to Chestnut Hill with ‘Jazz on the Avenue’ by Ryan Rosenbaum Executive Director, Chestnut Hill Community Association
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magine a nice crisp fall night in New Orleans. There is a massive 5,000 square-foot soiree tent from which you can hear the sweet sounds of a 7-piece jazz band. The tent is filled with hundreds of your neighbors, dancing, eating hors d'oeuvres and sipping cocktails. This isn’t New Orleans, though. The tent is just off of Germantown Avenue at Highland Avenue and the party is the crown jewel of the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s social calendar: The Black and White Gala & Live Auction. This year called “Jazz on the Avenue.” The evening will be capped off with a raffle and live auction from items ranging from jewelry to a two-week stay in Barcelona, Spain. There will be many other features of the event, too. A professional will be roaming the venue and taking photographs. There will be an open cigar lounge. We will also have a fleet of cool Black and White cars on display from our friends at Audi Willow Grove. These are all great ingredients in a magically fun-filled experience in the heart of Chestnut Hill. After all, this is a Black and White inspired event with a formal flare. It’ll be fun to spend the evening with loved ones as we don our tuxes (or dark suits) and evening gowns. The biggest bonus is knowing that the evening benefits a cause, which is near and dear to everyone’s heart: Chestnut Hill. The proceeds for this event help keep the Chestnut Hill Community Association active and in service for the needs of all the residents. It is an organization that answers the call for when zoning and variance concerns come to play. It is also the group that provided free movies and concerts to more than 6,000 people this summer. It is the place that helps connect community leaders and residents alike in an effort to make Chestnut Hill the premier destination for many Philadelphians and the ideal place to live for those of us lucky enough to call this neighborhood home. This biennial event has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Association in the past I’m asking you to join me, my staff and our the CHCA board for this special one-night-only event. We are so proud to already have the support of local organizations like Audi Willow Grove, St. Clair CPA Solutions, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, The Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, The Chestnut Hill Local, Fineman Law, The Woodward Company, The Pipe and Cigar Shop, Hirshorn Insurance and The Chestnut Hill Hospital behind us. The date is Saturday, October 8 from 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Tickets to this event are only $115 for Members and $50 extra if you want a VIP ticket. This ticket gets you into a preview party (1.5 hours before the event begins). Once again, this money directly goes to the community association services. Because the CHCA is a 501(c)3 organization, portion of your ticket price is tax deductible. To register: go to www.chestnuthill.org or call 215-248-8810 Lastly, if you have any questions about this event or others, I invite you to contact me directly: ryan@chestnuthill.org
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Hot Club Philly to join guitar great Marty Grosz for Sept. 25 show by MegAnne Liebsch
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fter a nearly sold-out show with Stephane Wrembel on July 30, the gypsy jazz band Hot Club of Philadelphia will continue their concert series throughout the fall. Hosted at the Chestnut Hill Venetian Club, Hot Club of Philly hopes the series will spotlight local jazz and classical artists. “It’s kind of a revival of that jazz age music,” said Barry Wahrhaftig, lead guitarist of Hot Club of Philadelphia. “[The concerts] are a grass-roots, neighborhood thing.” Most of the concerts will feature “gypsy jazz,” which was pioneered in the 20s and 30s, by French virtuoso Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France (Hot Club of Philadelphia’s band name is an homage to these original gypsy jazz performers). Reinhardt put together the original Hot Club and served as their lead guitarist, playing and composing adept melodies despite
Marty Grosz (photo by Lynn Redmile)
The Hot Club of Philadelphiafrom left, Sarah Williams Larsen, Barry Wahrhaftig, Phyllis Chapell, Dan Pearce and Jim Stager. (Photo by Howard Pitkow)
being illiterate and having only less rhythms, allowing the lead gui“Jazz has become concert hall, two working fingers on his left tar and violin to be more promi- art music,” Wahrhaftig said, espehand due to a burn injury. The gyp- nently heard. cially for the younger generations. sy jazz genre is famous for its drum-
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With these concerts, Hot Club hopes to encourage jazz appreciation, while also bringing a relaxed, house-concert mood. Wahrhaftig said the Hot Club plans to have about eight shows every six weeks. Weavers Way Coop is sponsoring the series—Co-op members can get discounted tickets. A portion of the proceeds of certain shows will go to Weavers’ charity, Food Moxie, which supports community gardens and youth farming and cooking classes. The next show on Sept. 25 will feature 86-year-old Marty Grosz. Grosz is one of America’s foremost jazz musicians and one of the only ones to continue to play the guitar without an amplifier. Son of painter George Grosz, Marty Grosz was born in Germany but fled to the U.S. due to his father’s heavy criticism of the Weimar Republic before World War II. Grosz lives nearby in New York, but Wahrhaftig said, “A lot of people don’t know he’s here.” On Oct. 16, Hot Club will host Rhythm Future Quartet, a young, contemporary gypsy jazz group from the New York and Boston area. Most of the Quartet musicians are young and bring fresh insight to ’20s jazz. Composer and violinst Jason Anick is the youngest professor at Berklee College of Music and has performed with Stevie Wonder, while award-winning second guitarist Max O’Rourke is only 19 years old. “They have amazing arrangements like a mash up of ‘Billy Jean’ and ‘Come Together’ in a gypsy jazz style,” said Wahrhaftig. The concert series kicked-off on July 30 with a show performed by Stephane Wrembel, a French-born gypsy jazz musician and composer who notably helped write the score for Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.” Wrembel performed a history of Reinhardt’s life and music, attracting 150 people to the Venetian club. “It was amazing,” Wahrhaftig said. “We ran out of seats.” Wahrhaftig hopes that the rest of the concerts will be as successful, but he said Hot Club’s ultimate goal “is to be able to expose some musicians that are phenomenal.” “It was a place to get recognition for artists and to build community, to have a place where people can get together and share their love of this music,” Wahrhaftig explained. Wahfhaftig also warned people to be ready to dance. “We may have some room for dancing. When my band plays, we love to see people dance.” Although the Venetian Club is private, all shows are open to the public. Tickets can be purchased at martygrosz-quartet.bpt.me at HotClubPhilly.com
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Chestnut Hill film series will knock your socks of f by William R. Valerio
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here is no bigger treat than “Tuesday Nights at the Moviesâ€? at Woodmere. On Tuesday evenings at 7:30, the Chestnut Hill Film Group presents a movie – it may be a popular favorite or an obscure film that deserves more attention. However, it will always be a film with artistic merit, worthy of being shown in a museum. Passion drives the Film Group’s selections, and, in this age when we often watch movies on computers and even cell phone screens, the theatrical experience of seeing a movie at Woodmere on Chestnut Hill’s biggest screen, in a dark gallery with friends and neighbors, is especially enjoyable. Museums always seek to present works of art to their best advantage and in the manner intended, and similarly the Film Group presents every film in its correct theatrical ratio and as it was meant to be seen. Ralph’s three-minute spiel on the special qualities of each movie is worth the price of admission (which is free, but with $5 suggested donation that covers the cost of museum security). See this season’s schedule below. William R. Valerio, Ph.D, is the Patricia Van Burgh Allison Director and CEO of Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave. For more information, call 215-247-0476 or visitwoodmereartmuseum.org. A version of this article first appeared in the Local on March 20, 2014. Chestnut Hill Film Group’s “Tuesday Night at the Moviesâ€? Fall 2016 lineup SEPT 27 – THE GRADUATE (1967 / 105 minutes) 50th Anniversary presentation of director Mike Nichols’ generationdefining comedy featuring Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin Braddock caught between Anne Bancroft’s older woman Mrs. Robinson and Katharine Ross’ Elaine. Indelible songs by Simon and Garfunkel. OCT 4 – TOPSY TURVEY (1999 / 160 minutes) Writer/director Mike Leigh’s rich and rewarding Gilbert and Sullivan behind-the-scenes bio-pic chronicles the creation of The Mikado in 1884. Victorian London is recreated with splendid costumes and detailed art direction while Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner and Timothy Spall inhabit historical figures with remarkable humanity. OCT 11 – THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947 / 87 minutes) From its romantic opening in Central Park to its fantastic shoot-out in the hall of mirrors climax, director/star Orson Welles’ weird and wonderful film noir, co-starring Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane, grips the viewer in a sticky web of crime and double crosses. OCT 18 – MANON OF THE SPRING (1986 / 113 minutes) 18-year-old Manon (Emmanuelle BĂŠart) seeks revenge for her father’s death in this smoldering, epic Gallic family drama of love, secrets and obsession. Lush and epic visuals from director Claude Berri and cinematographer Bruno Nuytten. Co-stars Yves Montand and Daniel Auteuil. In French with English subtitles OCT 25 – NO SCREENING THIS WEEK (Woodmere Art Museum closed for construction October 24-28)
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NOV 1 – SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (1979 / 70 minutes) Based on Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1839 ghost story, director Leslie Megahey’s Gothic film pulls the audience into the shadowy fantasy world of real-life painters Gerrit Dou and Godefridus Schalcken. Paintings by Schalcken, Rembrandt, Vermeer and others offer visual inspiration and set the stage for tantalizing mystery, impossible love, strange attraction, and spectral art. Introduced by Nicole Cook, PhD, of The Leiden Collection, New York. NOV 8 – THE GOOD FAIRY (1935 / 98 minutes) Screenwriter Preston Sturges brings a whimsical romantic farce by Ferenc Molnår to the screen by adding self-reflexive comedy about the then-new apparatus of cinema. Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen star as the four points of an embroiled romantic whirligig. Directed by the great William Wyler. NOV 15 – FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933 / 102 minutes) James Cagney stars, in his first non-gangster role, as a down-on-hisluck director who doesn’t realize that his secretary, Joan Blondell, is madly in love with him. But the true star of this scandalous pre-Code musical are the elaborately choreographed sequences staged by the incompara-
In “Deadline USA,� screening at Woodmere’s Tuesday Night Film Series on November 22, Humphrey Bogart is the editor of a dying metropolitan newspaper whose efforts to boost circulation involve him in a murder mystery.
ble Busby Berkeley. Musical numbers include Harry Warren and Al Dubin’s ‘Honeymoon Hotel’ & ‘Shanghai Lil’ and Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal’s ‘By a Waterfall’. Costars the great Ruby Keeler and dashing Dick Powell. NOV 22 – DEADLINE, U.S.A. (1952 / 87 minutes) Humphrey Bogart is the crusading managing editor of a large but crumbling metropolitan newspaper owned
by the formidable Ethel Barrymore. Bogart chases scoops in the name of boosting circulation, and so stumbles upon the mysterious murder of a young woman with numerous underworld connections. Kim Hunter plays Bogart’s ex-wife. NOV 29 – THE HIRELING (1973 / 95 minutes) Right after the First World War, a recently widowed socialite regains her sanity as her temporary chauffer
descends into suicidal rage. Tour de force performances radiate from Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles in this scathing allegory of British society. Ripped from the galvanizing novel by L.P. Hartley. DEC 6 – WINGS (1927 / 111 minutes) The winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture, stars “IT GIRL� Clara Bow as a volunteer ambulance driver in love with flyboy Buddy Rogers. A spectacular tribute to the American flyers of World War I, featuring hundreds of extras and over 300 pilots. Born of director William Wellman and John Monk Saunders’ own experiences with the Lafayette Flying Corps during ‘The Great War’. Silent with musical accompaniment. DEC 13 – HOLIDAY (1938 / 95 minutes) The forces of tradition and freedom clash in the moments before the great stock market crash of 1929. Cary Grant plays a self-made man caught between sisters Katharine Hepburn and Doris Nolan in director George Cukor’s cherished film of Philip Barry’s dramatic and comic masterpiece.
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BORRELLI GRAND OPENING: Borrelli’s Chestnut Hill Gallery had a Grand Opening on Saturday, Sept. 10, to celebrate 10 years on the Hill but at their new location, One East Gravers Lane (the corner of Germantown & Gravers Lane). The opening exhibit, which runs through Sept. 30, features the watercolors of lifelong area resident Susannah Thomer. Seen here is her painting of Valley Green Inn. More information at 215-248-2549 or chestnuthillgallery@gmail.com.
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oris Lane Grey is a Mt. Airy resident who is a graduate of the University of the Arts. She has shown her work locally and nationally. Her work is in private collections in the United States, Germany, and Denmark. Most recently, in 2013 she had a one person show of her work at Drexel University. Her work is colorful and bold with a bit of an expressionist feel. She often travels to Europe to do landscape painting. Last year she travelled to Paris to spend time visiting museums and to do some plein aire painting. She will be showing some of these paintings at the Fall for the Arts Festival in Chestnut Hill on Sunday Sept. 25, including a series from her trip to Giverny, home of Impressionist painter Claude Monet, where she created paintings inspired by Monet's beautifully restored gardens. Doris's path of development as an artist reminds one of those persistent flowers that manage to blossom and thrive in the most difficult and challenging circumstances, happily popping up in between the cracks of sidewalks. Growing up in a small blue-collar town in New Jersey, mostly populated by folks whose families had immigrated to the United States from Italy, she was known as "The American girl.” Her parents had divorced, so her mother worked as a cook at a nearby Italian restaurant. She and her brother boarded with an Italian family. There were no "cultural" venues in this small, sleepy and safe small town. There was no library but a bookmobile came around once a month, and Doris has fond memories of sitting on the interior wooden steps built over each wheel, poring over the latest children’s book offerings. Favorites she remembers were Black Beauty, Heidi, and Robin Hood. Music education was provided by the Catholic church - a focal point of social life for everyone in town. "There was no art museum, but all of the kids collected and traded comic books. Superman, Wonder Woman, Archie comics were my favorites - a great inspiration to draw; and gradually created in me a love of drawing, as I spent many happy and frustrating hours copy-
ing the drawings found in those books" she said. In the early '50's magazines were more important (and available) than television. The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Life, Woman's Day, and Time Magazine, to name a few; had stories and advertising that were wonderfully illustrated by artists such as John Whitcomb, Norman Rockwell, and N.C.Wyeth. “I spent hours poring over the artwork,” she said. “I decided I wanted to become an Illustrator. My family allowed me to take a correspondence course to learn to make Illustrations. By this time high school had rolled around and we had moved a few times. My experience and memories of that small little town were the happiest of my childhood. To this day I retain a deep love for all things Italian: people, language, and food and especially Italian art.” In 1959, convinced she wanted to become an artist after taking in a Van Gogh exhibit in Philadelphia, she applied for and received a four-year, full tuition scholarship to the then Philadelphia Museum School of Art. The scholarship included room and board. She married a fellow student and left school for a while when the couple had a child. She returned to school part-time and graduated in 1967 with a BFA from the now named University of the Arts. UArts. teachers Larry Day, Louis Finklestein and Mercedes Matter inspired and helped develop her art. Doris describes her work as post-fauve. Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Matisse were early influences. Alice Neel, David Hockney, Georgia O'Keefe, Arshille Gorky and Neill Welliver are more contemporary favorites. Doris is thrilled that she has attracted a growing group of people who collect her work. She continues to fulfill commissions to do portraits, and has created murals for private businesses, including banks, schools and restaurants in the Philadelphia area. Speaking of commissions, most recently, Doris was privileged to be commissioned by Mt.Airy resident, Josh Mittledorf, who is a theoretical biologist, to create a cover for a book he and Dorian Sagan have written: "Cracking the Aging Code" published by Flatiron Books.
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