https://youtu.be/ZHh1NyBTmPkOn Monday Night (April 19), Narberth resident and Lower Merion High School alumnus, Louis Knight, performed, again, on ABC's American Idol show. ABC, with perhaps just a touch of puffery, described Monday night's show as "the second chance of a lifetime." Knight was joined by nine other performers, all of whom competed on the show last year, but … [Read more...] about Narberth’s Louis Knight Appears On American Idol ‘Comeback Show’
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My Top 10 Guilty Pleasure Movies
Michael Goldfarb, who's been a close friend since we were in third grade (we graduated Harriton together in 1968), posted one of those "top ten" challenges on his Facebook page.He wrote, "Let's play National Film Theatre of the mind. Imagine the NFT has invited you to program a series of films. Your choice of program is thematic, or by decade, gender, country ... whatevs." So … [Read more...] about My Top 10 Guilty Pleasure Movies
Bryn Mawr Film Institute Is Back, Sort of
Bryn Mawr Film Institute Is Back, Sort of This past weekend, for the first time in more than a year, The Bryn Mawr Film Institute began showing movies to audiences - in the theater. But the theater will be open only on weekends, and its seating capacity will be limited to 25% of what it normally is. Will we go … [Read more...] about Bryn Mawr Film Institute Is Back, Sort of
All Spruced Up, Ardmore Music Hall Announces Full Slate Of Shows Starting In September
https://youtu.be/JwiWQibYUSo Ardmore Music Hall looks like they're seriously getting ready to back to "life as we knew it." They've a new marquee out front that makes the joint look like a real theater. Inside it's all been renovated. Purist curmudgeons might miss the grungy atmosphere, but everybody else will think it looks a lot nicer. And there's full lineup of … [Read more...] about All Spruced Up, Ardmore Music Hall Announces Full Slate Of Shows Starting In September
‘The Tom Hanks – Beckett House’ – In Merion From The Movie Philadelphia
‘The Tom Hanks, Beckett House’ – In Merion From The Movie PhiladelphiaNearly all of the 1993 Academy Award-winning movie, "Philadelphia" was shot in, and takes place in the city of Philadelphia. However, there is a sequence that's a little more than two minutes long that supposedly takes place at Andrew Beckett's parents' home in Merion (Andrew is the AIDS stricken lawyer … [Read more...] about ‘The Tom Hanks – Beckett House’ – In Merion From The Movie Philadelphia