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View MoreBryn Mawr's Harriton Farmstead Fair returns Sept. 26
The 36th annual Harriton Farmstead Fair brings live music, living history demonstrations, farm animals and free admission to the historic Harriton House grounds in Bryn Mawr on Sept. 26.
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View MoreBryn Mawr College hosts teen entrepreneur market Sept. 25
Baldwin School seniors Damia Je and Emily Wang are organizing the Night of Student Entrepreneurs, a free outdoor market featuring about 16 student-owned businesses from seven area high schools, at Bryn Mawr College on Sept. 25.
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View MoreMerion Station couple grows pollinator garden from bare dirt
Merion Station psychiatrist Laura White and her husband, Boots Levinson, transformed the bare yard of their Tudor home into a pollinator garden that now stretches across the street with help from neighbors.
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View MoreBCMS chorus opens school year with Grammy-nominated song
Bala Cynwyd Middle School's Advanced Chorus performed the Grammy-nominated Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile song "A Beautiful Noise" to open the school year, with students Mikayla Hsu and Zara Khalil featured as soloists.
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View MoreBryn Mawr alumna gives $1 million for elder-care training
Judith Deutsch Karofsky, an 84-year-old former Wisconsin mayor and 1963 Bryn Mawr graduate, has donated $1 million to the college's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research to expand training in elder care and end-of-life support.
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View MoreVillanova grad leads global Augustinian Order from Rome
Father Joe Farrell, a 1985 Villanova graduate ordained at Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish in Bryn Mawr, was elected the 98th prior general of the worldwide Augustinian Order in September 2025 and now serves in Rome alongside his longtime friend Pope Leo XIV.
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View MoreArdmore, Bryn Mawr venues fill Labor Day weekend with live music
Ardmore Music Hall hosts a free WXPN concert with Low Cut Connie on Friday plus tribute shows Saturday and Sunday, while Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts features David Wilcox and Lucy Kaplansky on Sunday evening.
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View MoreHughes memorial 5K returns to Ardmore Nov. 8 with plaza unveiling
Registration is open for the annual Dr. Sean A. Hughes Memorial "Character Counts" 5K and Fun Run on Nov. 8 at Lower Merion High School's Arnold Field, where Phase One of a campus memorial honoring the late principal will be unveiled after the race.
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View MoreVillanova creates medal Pope Leo XIV will present in October
Villanova University has established the Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal, a biennial international award that the pope, a 1977 Villanova graduate, will present at a conference in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, in October, with the first winner scheduled to be announced in September.
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View MoreStoneleigh hosts fall family concert Sept. 20 in Villanova
Stoneleigh garden in Villanova welcomes families to an outdoor concert by children's musician Miss Virginia and Friends on Sunday, Sept. 20, with registration required and discounted tickets for ACCESS cardholders.
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View MorePressed-flower workshop Maivie opens in downtown Ardmore
Maivie, a chain offering three-hour guided pressed-flower art workshops, has opened at 74 Rittenhouse Place in Ardmore, adding to a wave of new businesses along the Lancaster Avenue corridor in 2026.
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View MoreBryn Mawr College launches weekly Owlfit Fridays on Sept. 4
Bryn Mawr College launches "Owlfit Fridays" on Sept. 4, a weekly tradition inviting students, staff, alumni and neighbors to wear college colors for prizes and community pride.
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