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Lantern Theater gets ready to renovate Mt Airy church sanctuary

The Lantern Theater Company gets ready to renovate its new location in Mt. Airy. The Lantern, a well-known professional theater troupe based at St Stephen’s Church in downtown Philadelphia, is…

May 14, 2025

BUILDINGS INTERNATIONAL Travel

Czech Republic workaway journal

Your correspondent and his spouse spent about 2-1/2 weeks in the Czech Republic mostly doing a longer and a shorter “workaways” (work for room and board). And obligatory sightseeing!

July 18, 2024

ART INTERNET JOURNALISM

Ethical hacking, parallel police, graffiti art and more on “Alternative Prague” tour

An “alternative Prague” tour, had us taking buses and trains and walking lots to learn about graffiti art, ethical hackers, communist era dissident politics through neighborhoods like Holosevice and visits to artist spaces and hip hangouts.

July 18, 2024

Current Affairs INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Ukrainian war refugee drives taxi in Prague

A Ukrainian tourist, stranded abroad by war, finds love in Paris and work as taxi driver in Prague

July 18, 2024

BUSINESS HEALTH INTERNATIONAL

Doktor Water mucks out old well

Doktor Voda (Water) workers clean out an old 25 foot deep well at a house in the northern Czech Republic countryside.

July 18, 2024

ART BUSINESS Crafts

Granddaughter continues tradition at Czech Bead Factory

A tour through a traditional Czech glass bead factory opens a window on the facet-making part of the process in this generations old family business.

July 18, 2024

ART BUILDINGS

Building a cob house

Artist Cara Gravers gives workshops on how to build a cob house, a type of natural house made from clay, sand and straw.

March 13, 2024

Books CHESTNUT HILL HISTORY

Chestnut Hill Local disposes of bound print volumes

The Chestnut Hill Local is disposing of decades of its bound print volumes and offering them to the community for $20 each for keepsakes.

January 11, 2024

DISABILITY Education ENVIRONMENT

Come volunteer! Northwest Philadelphia

A neighborhood church hosts an event to connect volunteers with community, social service and environmental organizations in Germantown and Mt. Airy.

January 8, 2024

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Sojourn in Denmark brings surprises and delights

An working vacation in the countryside of North Jutland, Denmark near the Limfjord brings many delights and an education about Danish culture and history.

August 31, 2023