The Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse will host jazz vocalist Paula Johns as part of a fundraiser.
The following is a press release from the Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse. Accomplished jazz vocalist Paula Johns, “La Chanteuse de Jazz,” will present an intimate evening of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook on Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse, located at 6119 Germantown Avenue. Snack sales and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the historic site. Ms. Johns is an accomplished cabaret singer and jazz vocalist who hails from our own great city, Philadelphia. She is often compared to Ella Fitzgerald and some of the great contemporaries of that era, but Paula brings her own distinctive panache to each song she sings. She enjoys a great lyric that tugs at your …
Take a trip back in time at these local historic sites.
Philadelphia is an incredibly historic city. And we all know that the Northwest corner of the city is full of some of the most interesting and beautiful of these remnants of our nation’s beginnings. But have you seen them all? Now’s the time—check out your own slice of history today. The Awbury Arboretum is a great place to enjoy the scenery and to picnic, but it is also home to some incredible history. The Francis Cope House, where the main office of the property resides, was built by a ship owner who wanted a country home in which to raise his family. The 40-acre estate was named after a village and England, and the buildings throughout the property link today with the Quaker family’s heritage. The property houses dozens of varieties of …
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