Skeletons and butterflies
When a thunderstorm kept the J S Jenks kindergartners from visiting the Chestnut Hill Library for a program, the library came to them. Author Cynthia Kreilick read aloud in Spanish…
3d Printer for Public Middle Schoolers
A generous school parent purchased a 3D printer for James Hilburt's math classes at the J. S. Jenks Middle School in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia and Hilburt is…
Hog Island Highlights and Humor
Your correspondent volunteered in the kitchen for two weeks this summer at the Audubon Society's nature camps on Hog Island, some skipping stones length off of Bremen, Maine in Muscongus…
Posted inART STORES TECHNOLOGY
Makes custom pewter gifts
Kyle Gerckin, head of the caster department at Wendell August: American Made Gifts in Grove City, PA shows how to pour pewter into a custom-made mold to create an ornament. …
Posted inART BUILDINGS ENTERTAINMENT
Expectant parents take a “Waltz in the Woods”
The day before Easter Sunday, Nick Hasselback and his wife, Jenna, who was due to deliver their first child four days later, marveled at Patrick Dougherty's new stick sculpture installation…
Sew yourself at Handcraft Workshop
Claire Chappelle had passed by the Handcraft Workshop in Germantown for a year before she ventured in and took a pillowcase-making class. So enthusiastic was she about the experience that…
Posted inART EVENTS Photography
Young photography profs open their studio
Sarah Kaufman, Vita Litvak and June Yong Lee are photographers who teach at area colleges and share a spacious, well-lit third floor studio space at Kendrick Mill in the Germantown…
Posted inART Children ENTERTAINMENT
Weaving with fabric Harry Potter style
Melissa Maddonni Haims led kids in weaving the fence at the J.S Jenks School in Chestnut Hill with colorful strips of fabric as part of the community’s annual Fall for…
Posted inART EVENTS INTERNATIONAL
Al-Bustan showcases Arab art and music at Morris Arboretum
From the Al-Bustan website "We are thrilled to return to Morris Arboretum where Al-Bustan Camp started back in July 2002. In fact, it was Morris Arboretum’s beautiful gardens that inspired…
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Spruce harbor park entertains thousands
Watch slide show here. At Philadelphia's summer pop up park on the waterfront, kids splash in the fountains, a kayaker waters the wetland garden art insallation,families take photos and more…