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Mt. Airyâs âsacred jazzâ buff to sing Motown at Woodmere - The Chestnut Hill Local (opens the original)
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Mt. Airy resident Warren Cooper, who will perform at Woodmere on Friday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m., in the second of the art museumâs Friday Night Jazz series along with vocalist Kim Payton, may not be an ordained minster, but he has always used his musical talents in the service of a higher purpose. Although he will be performing Motown hits at Woodmere, Cooper is better known for what has come to be called âsacred jazz.â âSacred jazz is among the most organic and authentic forms of spiritual expr
Pulling the curtain down on a top Manayunk restaurant - The Chestnut Hill Local (opens the original)
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I can still remember going to Jake’s restaurant in Manayunk when it opened on Oct. 19, 1987, because that same day the stock market crashed, losing about 500 points. The market continued losing big time for a few days, and experts were predicting disaster, but the market slowly rebounded, as it does, and wound up fully recovering the lost points after a couple months. When we visited Jake’s then, I said to my wife, “I assure you this restaurant will not last for more than a year. It’s too upscal
Four-hand piano performance at G-town Victorian mansion - The Chestnut Hill Local (opens the original)
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If you like hearing a pianist playing with two hands, you just might like pianists Duo Fuerza twice as much. The extraordinary collaboration of precision and harmony by master musicians James D’Leon and Alwen Yeung will be on display at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken St. in Germantown. Praised for “exciting pianism filled with highly powerful emotion” and “sensitive playing and touch,” the duo’s programs span a diverse repertoire from Bach and Schubert to
Hill award winner teaching how to write a film script - The Chestnut Hill Local (opens the original)
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Ever dream about writing a movie script? If so, you just may want to take courses on the subject offered in October by Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT). The Introduction to Screenwriting course begins Oct. 14 and meets at MALT headquarters for six weeks. Intermediate and Advanced Screenwriting begins Oct. 19 and meets at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Chestnut Hill for four weeks. The instructor, David Greenberg, an award-winning filmmaker who has lived in Chestnut Hill for 35 years (and Mt. Ai
Hill author, entrepreneur and musician dies at 87 - The Chestnut Hill Local (opens the original)
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Theodore “Ted” Saul Fink, of Chestnut Hill, an artist, writer and businessman who joyfully led tours of Philadelphia, a city he loved, died at home Sept. 11 of kidney disease. He was 87. Born to John and Esther Fink in the Parkside section of West Philadelphia, Ted often reminisced fondly about the neighborhood where he could be found playing ball in the street, singing on the corner or listening to a game on the radio. “His writing has been a savior for him during his illness,” his wife, Ruth F
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