https://youtu.be/n6ztZv70-IcA no-longer-baby-faced Steve Forbert performed Sunday night (June 11) to the delight of an appreciative audience who covered almost every blade of grass with their blankets and beach chairs in front of the Gazebo in Bryn Mawr. After first appearing here in 1978 (at the age of 23) as the opening act for Tom Rush at the … [Read more...] about Steve Forbert Performs In Bryn Mawr For The Umpteenth Time
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‘Girl From Ipanema Singer,’ Astrud Gilberto – Lived in Lower Merion
Brazilian recording star Astrud Gilberto, has died at the age of 83. In March of 1967, the Inquirer reported that she was living on Sandringham Road in Penn Valley/Bala Cynwyd. https://youtu.be/s61-e29Vr6Q . Astrud Gilberto's second husband was a Philadelphian named Nicholas LaSorsa, which explains why she lived on the Main Line. Gilberto met LaSorsa in 1965 … [Read more...] about ‘Girl From Ipanema Singer,’ Astrud Gilberto – Lived in Lower Merion
Louis Kahn – My Architect Too
My first exposure to Louis Kahn's work was when I entered Harriton High School as a Sophomore in September of 1965. I recall seeing what, at that time, seemed to me to be a very strange-looking building on the campus of Bryn Mawr College. What captured my attention was the, just opened, Erdman Hall Dormitory, which overlooked Morris Avenue, near Montgomery … [Read more...] about Louis Kahn – My Architect Too
Abbott Elementary Takes Shot At Charter Schools
Wednesday night's (March 1) episode of Abbott Elementary took a not-even thinly veiled swipe at charter schools. Two teachers discuss their fears that a charter school operator could take over Abbott Elementary School. Barbara Howard (played by Sheryl Lee Ralph, who is married to State Senator Vincent Hughes) tells Melissa Schemmenti (Lisa Ann Walter) “They … [Read more...] about Abbott Elementary Takes Shot At Charter Schools
Bill Maher Gives Huge Shout-Out To Josh Shapiro
On Friday night (January 27) Bill Maher gave a huge shoutout to Governor Josh Shapiro on his show, Real Time. https://youtu.be/hczNpNz9a8s Maher praised Shapiro for signing an executive order that eliminates the requirement of a college degree for tens of thousands of state positions. Maher's guest, the somewhat, sometimes conservative Bari Weiss chimed in with an … [Read more...] about Bill Maher Gives Huge Shout-Out To Josh Shapiro