Events

The Hill will be alive on Friday May 2, 2008!  As part of serving the needs of our customers, Chestnut Hill Businesses have committed to OPEN Friday nights until 8 p.m.   For our very first Open Friday the following events are happening: Starting across the Street Chestnut Hill East Station - Carol Schwartz Gallery (101 Bethlehem Pike) will be featuring an Spring Fling Reception from 6-9pm  featuring fine arts and jewelry.  Further up the pike, Spa Alysium/Fringe (53 Bethlehem Pike) will be featuring its own "open house" with Photography by Mike Coll http://www.myspace.com/mcoll23

Hand crafted jewelry by Rachel Andes

Video work by Jason Fifield
http://www.slifepros.com

Hand blown glass by Danielle Ruttenberg
www.danielleruttenberg.com
.  Continuing on the Avenue, Hideaway Music (8612 Germantown Avenue) will feature local singer/songwriter Mary Scholz.  She will be singing her folk/rock lyrics from 7 to 8pm. 

Further down the avenue, Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop (8509 Germantown Ave) is teaming up with Brewers Outlet of Chestnut Hill to offering a "tasting" of Belgian Beers and Belgian Cheeses.  Talk about a Belgian Block!  Heading one block south to the  Village Earth Bead Market (8442 Germantown Avenue) will be hosting Celeste Maldanado on acoustic guitar.   The musical fun continues at O'Doodle's (8335 Germantown Avenue) with the Jim Dragoni Trio which will feature jazz, blues, standards and originals.  Down the Hill Bredenbeck's is featuring kids entertainment to go along with its Ice Cream Parlor which is open until 9pm.   

Keep Going down the hill to B n B Cigars  (7920 Germantown Ave) will be featuring Latin Music and Wine Tasting on the Patio.  Quite the night on the Avenue.

Chestnut Hill stores will be OPEN FRIDAY nights throughout the summer and fall.  So come out and support the businesses on the avenue and enjoy a night out with your neighbors.  Heck, you may just want to be seen on the avenue as it is one of the 7 Best Urban Enclaves in the USA, as designated by Forbes Magazine.   Enjoy your evening!

PLAYING THIS MONTH at the Chestnut Hill Adult Activities Center  

 Tue. May 13, 1 PM: Philadelphia City Controller's Office:  Jeffrey Blackwell will be here to reach out to Philadelphia residents, to explain what his Office does and how it might help you. If you have some "red tape" that needs to be cut, feel free to air your concerns at this event. Bring friends.            FREE

Tue. May 20, 1 PM: are 2 diseases of almost epidemic proportion among adults in the US. Monique McLaughlin, RN, will discuss Diabetes and hypertension causes, symptoms and treatment strategies. FREE

Fri. May 23: Visit "Remembered Light", windows created by contemporary artists from glass fragments of European churches, chapels and synagogues ruined in the bombing of Europe during World War II. At the Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. Lunch in a neighborhood restaurant.                                                                                           $20 ($25 non-members) cost is for transportation. Reserve by May 13.

Tuesday Writers' Group:  Always wanted to pen your memories? Have a memoir, story, how-to-manual, journal or other piece of prose in process? Need help getting started or getting published? Want to get together with other like-minded folks? Richard & Mary Price Lee, authors and members of the Center, will facilitate this new group, which will meet for 90 minutes every Tuesday at 10:00. Call today to reserve your spot.    6 weeks / $35 ($40 non-members)

Thursdays at 10: Informal play-reading group               $2

Exercise for ANY Body: This group meets at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue (next to Chestnut Hill Hospital).  Mon - Tue - Thu mornings at 8:30. Stretch, cardio, Pilates, dance. Bring friends and relations.  Sign up for 2 ($40/month) or 3 ($55/month) days a week. Non-members pay $5 more.

 Arts & Entertainment:   On Wed, May 14 at 2:00 Doc Gibbs & Dottie Wilkie,African Drumming & Dance at the Abington Art Center Culture Café.

Fri, May 30 from 2:30 - 5:00 a Tea Dance at Society Hill Dance Academy. If there is enough interest, we will arrange for group rates and transportation, but youmust contact the Adult Activities Center office on or before May 10.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Writers' Group:  

Bird Walk led by Richard Berman, Debbie Carr, and Steve Lawrence. Thursday, May 15, 8-10 a.m. Meet at Ellet St. entrance to Carpenter's Woods (end of 600 block of W.Ellet). Led by Richard Berman, Debbie Carr, and Steve Lawrence.

 Tuesday, May 20 6-8 p.m. Meet at the Wissahickon Environmental Center (Andorra Tree House) at 5:30 p.m. for light refreshments and walk to the Meadow. Led by Richard Berman, Trish Fries, Steve Lawrence, and Megan Sgarlat.

For additional information, contact FOW at 215-247-0417 or office@fow.org.

Sales; music and fun

Victorian Architecture Walking Tour

Saturday, July 26

3pm - 4pm

Enjoy learning about Chestnut Hill's remarkable Victorian-era architecture on a pleasant summer afternoon. Meet at the Historical Society for this 1-hour tour. Please call the Society in advance to register. $12 for non-members, $10 for members, free for Sustaining Members.

Historic Buildings, Green Concerns

Thursday, September, 18

7pm - 8pm

A homeowners' workshop on green concerns in historic buildings and

neighborhoods. Meet at the Historical Society for this 1-hour event. Please

call the Society in advance to register. Free to the public.

Chestnut Hill will be transformed into an outdoor arts and crafts marketplace with a fabulous array of artistic choices on display including oils, watercolors, etchings, photography, sculpture, pottery, wood crafts, jewelry, accessories and much more!  Visitors can stroll the Avenue to view and purchase fine arts and hand crafts, enjoy live music or dine al fresco.  Children can create their own pieces of art in sand or wood or choose a favorite ride in a special amusement park.

Highlights of the Festival  include:

• More than 150 juried artists encompassing a large variety of juried classifications including watercolors, oils, photography, textiles, lithographs and ceramics, to name a few
• Children's train rides, rock climbing wall, children's amusement rides, face painting, sand art, demonstrations and craft activities.
• Entertainment stages with live music including Dukes of Destiny, Rich Posmontier Ensemble, Six Pack, the Topics Doo Wop Group and Gaelic Heat

Germantown Avenue will be closed to all vehicular traffic as fine arts and crafts, live entertainment, exhibits and children's activities fill the streets between 8000 and 8600.

 Admission to the festival is free. Lot parking is offered at $5 per car all day. For more information about the Chestnut Hill Fall For The Arts Festival, visit www.chestnuthillpa.com or call 215.247.6696.   

 Click to download a vendor's application here