Art
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69th Street in Upper Darby Was Once a Branch Gallery for the Philadelphia Art Museum
69th Street in Upper Darby has some lovely art deco buildings, but it was never known as a gathering place for the art connoisseur. Or was it? Actually, in the 1930s, the Philadelphia Art Museum, then known as the Pennsylvania Art Museum, had a branch gallery there, writes Bart Everts for hiddencityphila.org. In the gallery…
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Newtown Square Jewelery Designer Makes Valentine’s Day Magical
Popular jewelry designer Steven Lagos recognized early on that jewelry is the most personal piece of art someone can have. That sentiment is especially true on Valentine’s Day. “Every woman has a story about where and when she received a special piece of jewelry, even if she purchased it for herself,” he said in an…
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New White Dog Cafe Opening in Glen Mills Will Feature Portraits of Local Dogs, All for a Good Cause
The soon-to-open White Dog Café in Glen Mills is offering a unique art opportunity to dog owners—a chance for a portrait of their favorite canine to adorn the walls of the new restaurant, reports Fox29 News. White Dog Cafes, located now in Haverford, Wayne and University City, feature a dog-themed décor, including paintings of dogs…
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Andy Bell Recalls Special Friendship With Andrew Wyeth
Andy Bell’s relationship with famous Chadds Ford artist Andrew Wyeth goes back further than when he posed for Wyeth’s painting “Stop.” Wyeth got the idea for the painting in 2004 when Bell passed him on Route 1, writes Rich Schwartzman for chaddsfordlive.com. The painting shows Bell on his motorcycle at a Wilmington intersection.. According to…
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Ten Thousand Villages Opened a New Store in Glen Mills Nov. 29
Black Friday marked the opening of a new Ten Thousand Villages shop in Glen Mills at Glen Eagle Square, writes Lisa Dukart for Main Line Today. It joins Ten Thousand Villages fair trade stores in Media, Bryn Mawr and Center City. The company focuses on sourcing its curated selection of products from artisans around the…
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A.C. Moore Closes 145 Stores, Including Broomall. Michaels May Take Over Up to 40 of Them.
New Jersey-based A.C. Moore is closing its 145 arts-and-crafts stores, including one in Broomall, it was announced this week, writes Noah Manskar for The New York Post. The stores are located across the East Coast. The crafts chain Michaels will take over leases for up to 40 of the stores, according to A.C. Moore’s parent…
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Live Nativity at Neumann University on December 8
Neumann University will celebrate its annual Greccio/Live Nativity on Sunday, Dec.8 at 6:15 pm on the lawn of the Mirenda Center for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development on Convent Road. The program is free and open to the public. Neumann students, faculty and staff will re-enact the Franciscan tradition of the crib, first celebrated in…
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Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Art Ability Preview Event Nets More Than $325,000
Main Line Health’s Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital launched its 24th Annual Art Ability Exhibition and Sale with a Preview Event, where more than 500 attendees enjoyed the creative works of 185 artists with physical, cognitive, and visual disabilities. The 24th Annual Art Ability Exhibition and Sale features more than 450 works of art by artists…
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New Ten Thousand Villages CEO Will Emphasize the Retail Store Experience and the Company Mission
Ten Thousand Villages, with stores in Media, Bryan Mawr, Center City and one soon to open in Glen Mills, has brought in a new CEO, Gordon Zook, writes Panela N. Daanziger for forbes.com. Ten Thousand Villages sells ethically-sourced and handcrafted gifts, home decor accents, fashion and jewelry from makers all over the world. It founded…
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Ridley High School Wins PennDOT ‘Paint The Plow’ Contest
Ridley High School was named a winner from 13 entries around the region in PennDOT’s Philly region Paint the Plow contest, writes Max Bennett for patch.com. Out of 13 entries from around the region, Ridley High School won Judge’s Pick in the contest. A panel of PennDOT employees chose the winning entry. Owen J. Roberts…
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Special Hockey Stick Connects Flyers Goalie Carter Hart With Havertown Family
Flyers goalie Carter Hart really liked the special gold stick with the ladybug designed by Havertown 3-year-old cancer patient Lucy McCabe and her 6-year-old sister Molly, writes Adam Kimelman for nhl.com. Hart picked the special stick before a preseason game against the Boston Bruins Sept. 19 and had hoped to give the stick back to…
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Villanova Soccer Player Found Her True Calling With Interior Design
Lauren Nolan-Sellers went to Villanova University on a soccer scholarship and was captain of the university soccer team, but her destiny was less clear after graduation, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She pursued a master’s degree in education and taught grade school in Philadelphia for seven years, but didn’t love it. She was…
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Tastykake Promised Her a Doll for Posing in an Ad. She didn’t get it.
Tastykake gave her a moment of fame, but Phyllis Blumenthal, formerly of Havertown, never did get the doll she was promised, writes Ralph Vigoda in a Dec. 16, 1990 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The image of Phyllis, 3, was in Gimbel’s picture studio in 1931. The portrait was a Father’s Day gift. Someone from…
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Former Delco Man Helped Create Nittany Lion Shrine and Led WWII Engineers to Allied Victories
Col. David Pergrin, formerly of Delaware County, helped create the Nittany Lion Shrine and led one of the most decorated U.S. Army engineering units of World War II, reported news.psu.edu. Pergrin played for the Nittany Lions at Penn State. He headed the committee that commissioned Penn State’s stone sculpture of a Pennsylvania mountain lion, the…
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Neon Sign Artist Learned From a Delaware County Master
Artist Alissa Eberle desperately wanted to create neon signs for a living, writes Anna Orso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2012, she asked for help from one of the region’s most prominent sign-makers, Domenic Urbani, owner of Urban Neon in Delaware County. This month, Eberle is unveiling “Already Dreamed,” her first-ever neon art show, a…
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Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Art Ability Helps People with Disabilities Find Inspiration Through Art
Painting has always been Carol Spiker’s passion, but it wasn’t until after her life-altering accident that she understood just what the brush and canvas truly mean to her. In 1998, Spiker – an active woman who worked for an ad agency, started a lacrosse program that ran for 26 years, and studied painting in college…
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Painter Louise Fishman Has Roots in Havertown and Philadelphia. Now Her Work Is Back in Town for A Visit
Louise Fishman grew up in Havertown and West Oak Lane, and lived in Center City as a young person, but now she’s associated more with producing abstract canvases in Manhatten, writes Edith Newhall for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The work of the 80-year-old artist has had only rare appearances in the Philadelphia region since her first…
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Newtown Square Home Makeover Melds Hollywood Light with Traditional Main Line
A family home in Newtown Square got a big time makeover from the two medical professionals who live there with their two young children, writes Eileen Smith Dallabrida for Main Line Today. The house was built in the early 2000s, but the owners’ wanted a more contemporary aesthetic. “The colors were dark and rich, but…
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