Ambler Arts
The Friday craft group runs straight through the fall. Ten to noon, bring your own materials, and pick up a new hobby by watching the person next to you.
9 things on this weekend, 181 on the calendar, plus 2 running now.
The Friday craft group runs straight through the fall. Ten to noon, bring your own materials, and pick up a new hobby by watching the person next to you.
A monthly art session for adults with developmental disabilities at the Race Street branch, half past twelve on the first Friday. Free, run by library staff.
Name That Tune crossed with bingo, prizes each round in gift cards, wine, cider or swag. Groups of six or more can hold a high top ahead of time for sixty dollars.
Improv made up on the spot at the storefront comedy theater on East Butler. Doors at eight, bring your own beer, tickets around twenty dollars.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
A dog parade down Ridge Avenue and judged categories like Best Groomed and Largest Dog, because Ambler takes this more seriously than you'd expect. Bring the dog; leave the ambivalence at home.
A comedy show built around everything that went wrong in the last seven days. Eight o'clock in the storefront room on East Butler, bring your own beer.
Sixty fast minutes on paved and dirt trail, starting and ending at the old gristmill. Free to join with a ten dollar suggested donation. Park along Evergreen Drive.
William Wyler's 1936 marriage drama, running as a Deep Focus selection. Sunday afternoon screening at one, part of Hollywood Summer Nights.
Miss Delia sings on the ukulele and reads aloud outdoors in the community garden, then runs a craft. Aimed at two to four year olds. Half an hour, free.
The writing group picks back up for fall, six in the evening at the Ambler branch. Twice a month, free, and a low-pressure place to read work out loud.
Weekly photo club at the Race Street branch, six in the evening. Good light season is starting, so bring what you shot over the summer.
Brett runs the questions in the industrial lounge, free to play, and Ridge Hall's kitchens sit under the same roof if you want dumplings or a lobster roll between rounds.
A tribute screening of the 1989 Louisiana beauty shop weepie, with Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah and a young Julia Roberts. One show, seven o'clock.
Bingo numbers are hidden across Upper Dublin's parks and the first person to call bingo takes a prize, with another for the first full card. Register to get your own card before you start hunting.
Two small classes run Wednesday mornings at the Ambler branch, one for beginners and one for conversation practice. Call Anne Hall at the library or email ahead to register before you show up.
Erich von Stroheim's troubled 1932 Gloria Swanson picture, rarely booked anywhere. Two showtimes on the Hollywood Summer Nights calendar, 4:15 and 7.
There is a real stage built into the back of the cheesesteak shop, and the sign-up list runs until everyone has played. Wednesdays only, and it goes late.
Eight rounds every Wednesday, one built on audio clips and one printed visual round, questions from all over. Beer brewed on site and a kitchen running until close.
Five miles out and back to the gristmill, with three sets of stepping stones across the creek and a rest at the mill. Roughly thirty minutes a mile, under a hundred feet of climb.
September's book is Alice McDermott's Absolution, discussed at 2:30 on the second Thursday. New members always welcome, and you can skip a month without penalty.
Thursday nights in the STEAM Lab, adults play through the library's collection of modern hobby games. Newcomers get pointed at a good starting place. No registration, stay as long as you want.
Retired botany professor Gary Emberger on the 135 native tree species that gave Pennsylvania its name, and the terms you need to start telling them apart. At the Blue Bell branch.
A brass quintet works classical through pop, jazz through dixieland and marches, in the co-op cafe on Butler. Ninety minutes, no cover, and the hot bar is open alongside.
Erich Cawalla and The Uptown Band close out Whitpain's outdoor series at the gazebo. Vendors, food trucks and games from five. Free, bring a chair or a blanket. Moved here from August 20.
September's book is Kin, the Oprah's Book Club pick. Free to sit in, though the shop asks for an RSVP so it can count chairs. Copies at the register on North Main.
Warren Beatty's 1990 comic-strip picture in flat primary colors, projected from a 35mm print. One showing at 7 on a Thursday.
Free music every Thursday at seven in the industrial lounge beside Ridge Hall, so you can order from 2 Street Sammies or Pho Mi Please and keep your table.
Thursday trivia in the Ambler Yards taproom with audio and visual rounds. Hosts and themes rotate week to week, so the format changes. Beer garden seating when the weather holds.
Friday morning, ten to noon, at the Ambler branch. Artists, crafters and hobbyists working side by side. Email branch librarian Anne Hall before your first visit.
Butler Avenue does its block party thing from 6 to 9, with live music, food, late shop hours, and kids' activities up and down the strip. September's edition lands on the second Friday instead of the first, same street, same routine.
Comedians work from real dating and relationship stories the audience hands over. Eight o'clock at the East Butler comedy room, bring your own beer, tickets around twenty dollars.
A 5K at nine, a kids fun run at 9:15 and a walk at 9:30, all off the Cathcart Road entrance in Blue Bell. Done by eleven, which leaves the rest of the Saturday.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
Second of three fall open days at the campus nursery, nine to three. Plants grown on site, which means they already handle this soil and this weather.
A two-mile ranger-led walk from the Hawk Watch deck on Militia Hill Road. Learn how to prep for a hike, then look for plants, birds and bugs along the way. Water and real shoes required, registration too.
Improv troupe The Laughletics take the Saturday night slot at the storefront comedy theater on East Butler. Bring your own beer, tickets under twenty dollars.
The Montgomery County Suicide Prevention Task Force walks the Temple Ambler campus at nine. Kids ten and under go free, everyone else pays twenty five.
The same five mile Green Ribbon stretch on a Sunday, Parkside Place to the gristmill and back. Stepping stones, boardwalks, restrooms at the start and a port-a-potty at the mill.
September tours run to five rather than four. Film first, then guided walks at one and two thirty through the Whitemarsh house Washington's officers used in 1777.
A ninety three minute documentary on the light and space artist behind the Getty's Central Garden, part of the Ambler's Art on Screen strand. Sunday afternoon, one o'clock.
Two hours in the two acre walled garden behind the late 18th century mansion on Sheaff Lane, a few minutes up Bethlehem Pike from Ambler. Ticketed through the historical society.
Five Sundays of short races for kids from pre-K through eighth grade: the fifty and seventy five yard dashes, quarter mile, half mile and the one mile. Walk-up spots open an hour before.
Six weeks of short courses and one-off lectures for adults on history, current events and the arts, run by the Upper Dublin library. Classes fall on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays through October 26.
The fall run of the baby storytime picks back up. Ukulele sing-along, stories read aloud, free play after. Babies under two, thirty minutes, no charge.
Matthew Mitlas teaches a Monday class built around hips, low back and shoulders. Eight sessions for sixty-five dollars or ten at the door, cash or check. Bring a mat, register first.
Monday evening English classes for beginner levels one to three, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. The session runs all the way to late May. Contact Anne to register.
Ukulele songs, stories read aloud and a craft, all outside among the garden beds. Suggested age two to four. Thirty minutes on a Tuesday morning, no charge.
Tuesday night club for photographers of any level, running every week at the Ambler branch. Tips, techniques, and honest feedback. No registration required.
Brett runs the questions in the industrial lounge, free to play, and Ridge Hall's kitchens sit under the same roof if you want dumplings or a lobster roll between rounds.
A 1932 Joan Crawford picture that almost never screens, running on 35mm with an introduction by TCM writer Hannah Jack. One night, 7 o'clock.
Two small classes run Wednesday mornings at the Ambler branch, one for beginners and one for conversation practice. Call Anne Hall at the library or email ahead to register before you show up.
WHYY runs a moderated room on whether Montgomery County actually works for its oldest residents, from housing to ageism. Adults, one hour, free, and registration goes through WHYY.
Eight rounds every Wednesday, one built on audio clips and one printed visual round, questions from all over. Beer brewed on site and a kitchen running until close.
The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival documentary, screening here as part of the Montco Jazz Festival. Evening start at 7, one showing.
Local novelist Lee Kelly runs the talk, and September's book is The Measure by Nikki Erlick. Third Wednesday of the month, free to join, buy a glass of something to keep it going.
There is a real stage built into the back of the cheesesteak shop, and the sign-up list runs until everyone has played. Wednesdays only, and it goes late.
A monthly gathering for people living with dementia and the people caring for them, with refreshments and activities. Register with Sharon Pachler by text or phone.
Three hours with Dr. Deb Davies on acupressure points for labor and birth, aimed at doulas, midwives and parents-to-be. Around sixty dollars, tickets through Eventbrite.
Order anything at the Lindenwold Avenue cafe between four and eight, tell the staff you are there for the library, and part of your check goes to the Ambler branch. Takeout counts.
Illustrator Jason Rodriguez teaches a Marvel focused drawing class, formal lesson first and then open drawing time while he works the room. Register the teens only.
Crabs, beer and barbecue at Normandy Farm in Blue Bell, ten minutes west of Ambler. Six to nine, no etiquette enforced.
Thursday nights in the STEAM Lab, adults play through the library's collection of modern hobby games. Newcomers get pointed at a good starting place. No registration, stay as long as you want.
Carolee Rand and Bob McCluskie play old American square dance tunes on fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin and ukulele. Carolee calls a Virginia reel, and dancers are welcome in the cafe.
Jacques Tati's 1967 comedy of glass towers and office chaos, in the theater's French Film Series. Free if you are a member, 7 pm start.
Free music every Thursday at seven in the industrial lounge beside Ridge Hall, so you can order from 2 Street Sammies or Pho Mi Please and keep your table.
Fantasy and genre readers gather for Sophie Kim's The Winged Game. Free, Thursday at seven, RSVP through the form on the shop's events page.
Thursday trivia in the Ambler Yards taproom with audio and visual rounds. Hosts and themes rotate week to week, so the format changes. Beer garden seating when the weather holds.
Open craft session at the library, ten to noon. Knitting, painting, journaling, sculpture, all in the same room. Free, and the coffee talk is half the point.
Bingo at the Race Street branch for adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. Picture bingo, Eagles bingo and Jingo, third Friday of the month. Contact Anne Hall to register.
Bingo for adults with developmental disabilities at the Race Street branch, half past twelve on Friday afternoon. Free, and the library runs it every month.
Food trucks and drink tents fill the Ambler Yards quad, live music runs six to nine, and there is a meadow for yard games. Bring a blanket, park in the upper lot off Brookside.
Name That Tune crossed with bingo in the tasting room on East Butler, with gift cards, wine and cider going out each round. Reserve a high top if you are bringing six.
The township's fall street festival along Houston Road, with vendors, food trucks and kids' activities. Check the Fall Fest page for hours, they were not posted at time of writing.
Half a mile to a mile on flat natural trail, looking for late breeders and the first fall migrants. Borrow binoculars if you do not own a pair. All skill levels.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
Five-dollar Saturday morning family matinee, free for members. The 1988 Pippi film, doors at ten, out in time for the rest of the day.
Angel Flight East fills the apron at Wings Field with aircraft and classic cars for five hours on a Saturday. Blue Bell is about ten minutes from Ambler by way of Skippack Pike.
A plant-by-plant tour with Arboretum Director Kathy Salisbury and a Tyler School instructor. Ninety minutes, more technical than the general walks.
Trumpeter Josh Lawrence plays Miles in the beer garden at Ambler Yards, five to eight. Lawrence has commissions from the Pew Center and the Kimmel behind him.
Philadelphia's long running short form troupe plays Ambler on the third Saturday of the month. Seventy five minutes of games built entirely from what the audience shouts out.
A 1994 documentary shot on Super 8 by an all female crew, following go-go dancers, boardwalk workers, and shore-town teens through a Wildwood summer. The 23 minute short Girls at the Carnival screens first; one showing only, Sunday at 1.
Blacksmithing, wool spinning, tin smithing, corn husk dolls and sack races around the old gristmill, plus tours of the water wheel. Free, with donations accepted.
Sunday tours at one and two thirty, with a short film before you walk. Eight dollars adults, five seniors and youth, Friends members free.
Monday morning half hour for babies birth to two: ukulele songs, stories, then time to crawl around. Free, and a reliable way to meet other Ambler parents.
Toddler storytime held outdoors in the garden rather than the library. Songs, books and a craft, thirty minutes, best for ages two to four.
Six o'clock Tuesday, Race Street branch. The club trades camera settings, editing tricks and shots from around the Wissahickon valley. Everyone welcome, no fee.
Second September meeting of the Ambler writers, six o'clock at the Race Street library. Poets, novelists and people with one half-finished essay all show up.
A free public seminar walking through Medicare choices ahead of the enrollment window, listed by Lower Gwynedd Parks and Recreation. Check the township calendar for time and room.
Kurosawa's 1950 four-versions-of-one-crime picture, on the Reel Rebels calendar and flagged as a Cinema Studies pick. One showing at 7:15.
De Palma's 1981 Philadelphia thriller with John Travolta and a sound recordist who hears too much. Retrograde series, one evening showing at 7.
Thursday trivia in the Ambler Yards taproom with audio and visual rounds. Hosts and themes rotate week to week, so the format changes. Beer garden seating when the weather holds.
Last Friday of September, same ten to noon slot at the Race Street branch. Bring a project, or come watch and pick one up.
Fall planting weather, and the campus nursery is open nine to three. Specialists in natives, grown a few hundred yards from where you buy them.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
Pumpkin patch, petting zoo, pony rides and hayrides until four, food trucks until eight, beer garden from two, three bands, and fireworks at 8:15. Free entry, no rain date.
Pitch a tent on the Ambler campus and sleep out under the stars. Registration is open and the program runs from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
Final September Sunday for guided mansion tours, at 1:00 and 2:30. Film first, then a walk through the house Washington's officers used in 1777.
Tannery Run flags the date on its events page and stays open late with the full craft list. Another calendar nudge more than a program, but the beer is real.
Last September session of the outdoor toddler storytime. Ukulele sing-along, books, craft. Ages two to four, half an hour, weather permitting.
Last Tuesday of the month and the club still meets at six. Photography tips and techniques at the Ambler branch, all skill levels, nothing to pay.
Buster Keaton's 1924 shipboard comedy, booked for Silent Movie Day with Brett Miller. One showing at 7 on a Tuesday.
Neil Simon's 1976 detective spoof with a stacked cast, introduced by Flashback Cinema creator John Hersker. Single evening screening at 7.
Volunteers count migrating raptors from the deck at Militia Hill all through October, and anyone can climb up and watch. Free parking, an accessible lower deck, bring binoculars.
Fincher's much argued over third Alien, running on a 35mm print to open the Ambler's Spooky Season. Ripley crash lands on a prison planet full of shaved heads and bad news.
Ambler Oktoberfest runs Friday, October 2 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Ambler Main Street's calendar lists it as a two-day major event with kids' activities, and that is all it has posted for 2026: no address, no admission price, no rain date. Ambler Main Street's own account of the 2025 edition had Butler Avenue closing at 2:30 on the Friday to set up two beer gardens, more than 15 food providers and over 70 specialty vendors, with bands on the Cavalier stage both days and the Phillies on a giant TV truck in the Cavalier lot. Parking is the real question. Ambler Main Street's parking page counts 247 spaces in the three borough lots (Lindenwold at Butler, Cavalier at Butler, and Butler at the train tracks) plus 146 on-street spaces within a block of downtown, and says nothing about festival-day changes, so leave yourself a margin: in 2025 that Cavalier lot held the TV truck. Meters take a dollar an hour for up to two hours and are always free after 6 p.m., so a Friday-night spot costs nothing once you find one. The same page notes Ambler has the busiest train station on the R5 line, if you would rather skip the hunt. On Saturday the farmers market opens at 9 a.m. at Butler and Maple, two hours ahead of the festival, and runs to noon, so a full day out here builds itself.
State Rep. Liz Hanbidge's office puts county and state services under one roof at the Ambler Y for two hours. Free, aimed at older residents and at the family members helping them sort paperwork.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
The Wissahickon Valley Historical Society takes over the manor house at Whitpain Farm for a Sunday lunch. One o'clock start, and the society's programs are open to the public.
The comedy duo stumble into a tomb, a cursed medallion and a very slow mummy. Rosalie Kicks of MovieJawn introduces the 1955 romp at a Sunday afternoon matinee.
Two tour slots, 1:00 and 2:30, through the Georgian house on Bethlehem Pike, with a short film first. Eight dollars for adults, five for seniors and for kids six to seventeen. Cash, check or PayPal.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
A magazine fact checker takes apart a celebrated essay line by line and the author fights back. Act II runs the three hander for five weeks in its small room on Butler Avenue.
Three hours on the hawk watch platform with birder Sharon Meeker, timed for when all sixteen East Coast raptor species are moving. Binoculars to borrow, registration through Morris Arboretum.
A monthly sit-down at the Ambler branch where the topic is whatever the starter questions turn into. No agenda and no expertise required. Bring a snack or a drink to put on the table.
Clouzot's 1955 thriller about a wife and a mistress who plot together, the one Hitchcock wished he had made first. Part of the French Film Series, free for Ambler members.
October's pick is Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary. The group meets in the afternoon at the Race Street branch, and the library says new members are always welcome, so you can turn up cold.
Pennebaker's handheld record of Dylan's 1965 England tour, cue cards and all. Sixty years on it still reads as the blueprint for every rock documentary that came after.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
Two hours on a Saturday morning to hand over dead batteries, old media and stopped watches at the township building on Wentz Road. Run by Whitpain's environmental advisory council, no appointment listed.
Sunday afternoons at Hope Lodge run on the same pattern: a short film, then guided tours at 1:00 and 2:30, with the site closing at four. Eight dollars for adults, cash or check at the door.
An Art on Screen documentary about the painter behind the portrait everyone calls Whistler's Mother, plus the London and Paris years that made him famous and litigious.
Historian Jim Segrave-Daly traces how the Supreme Court came to be and how it changed. One of the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society's Monday evening programs at the 1895 Schoolhouse.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
Cory McAbee's black and white space western musical, screening on 35mm. Barn dances on asteroids, a fruit thief and original songs. There is nothing else quite like it in town.
Lynch's 1980 film with John Hurt as Joseph Merrick, shot in stark black and white. A Reel Rebels pick, and one of the gentlest things Lynch ever put on screen.
A women's health and business gathering hosted on the Temple Ambler campus by the local NAWBO chapter. Seven dollars to attend. Start time is posted but no end time, so check before you plan the afternoon.
Punk soundtrack, talking corpses and a graveyard full of trouble, on a 35mm print. The 1985 film that gave zombies their taste for brains, screening in the Retrograde series.
Arboretum director Kathy Salisbury walks the Temple campus grounds and talks through what is going in, what is coming out, and the history behind the beds. Ninety minutes, outdoors.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
The arboretum's own nursery opens its gates for fall planting, heavy on natives grown right there on the campus. Six hours on a Saturday, with staff who know what survives here.
Five dollars gets the family into a Saturday morning screening. Costumed monsters, the Mystery Machine and a plot that runs on trap doors. Free for Ambler Theater members.
A guided walk between Ambler bars with actors playing Revolutionary era characters along the way. Three hours, twenty one and over, ticketed. The organizer has not named the stops yet.
The last Sunday tour posted on Hope Lodge's autumn calendar before the Halloween and Christmas programs take over. Film, then guided walks at 1:00 and 2:30. Group tours can be arranged by email with notice.
Patty McCormack as the pigtailed eight year old her mother slowly stops trusting. A 1956 shocker that plays a lot nastier on a big screen than it does at home.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
A 1927 old dark house mystery with a will read at midnight, screened with a live original score from Not So Silent Cinema. Silent film with a band playing in the room.
Danny Boyle's empty London, shot on video and still unsettling. Cillian Murphy wakes in a hospital to find the city gone quiet. A Cinema Studies pick for Spooky Season.
Trick-or-treating storefront to storefront down Butler Avenue, the Friday before Halloween. Bring a bag with some structural integrity.
Thousands of secondhand bracelets, rings, watches and pins laid out on tables at Twining Valley Park, most priced between a dollar and ten. Five hours only, and the money goes to the Upper Dublin library's Friends group.
Thirty four high school robotics teams from as many as eight states fill the Wissahickon gym for a day of arena matches. Face painting and robot driving zones between rounds, plus a charity food drive.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
The 1740s house on Bethlehem Pike after dark, walked by lantern light with a spooky turn to it. Reservations are required and admission is charged, so sort tickets well before Halloween week.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
A policeman lands on a Scottish island looking for a missing girl and gets folk songs, May queens and dread instead. The 1973 original, not the one with the bees.
Romero directing Stephen King in comic book panels and lurid color, printed on 35mm. Five stories, one wooden crate, and Ted Danson buried up to his neck in sand.
Claude Rains spends most of 1933 as a voice and a set of bandages. James Whale's Universal horror still lands its effects, and the cackling holds up better than expected.
Ambler's beloved Saturday morning farmers market brings local produce, baked goods, and artisanal treats to downtown. Stroll the stalls, grab a coffee, and enjoy the small-town morning vibe.
The Ambler Theater's late-night Halloween screening, separate from its usual movie-night lineup and easily the theater's biggest costume night of the year. Come dressed — the popcorn line is half the fun.
Coward's 1925 comedy about two friends waiting on the same old flame, filmed live on stage and brought to the Ambler screen. Sunday matinee, with a repeat on November 10.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
A monthly sit-down at the Ambler branch where the topic is whatever the starter questions turn into. No agenda and no expertise required. Bring a snack or a drink to put on the table.
Hitchcock's Vermont comedy about a body nobody wants to claim, in a new restoration. Shirley MacLaine's first film, autumn leaves everywhere, and a very light touch of murder.
Robin Williams at Welton Academy, and a room full of boys standing on desks. A Reel Rebels screening of the 1989 film that sent a generation to go read Whitman.
Five dollars, Saturday morning, Gene Wilder in purple velvet. The 1971 version with the boat ride that scared everybody. Free for members and short enough for small attention spans.
Continental and British reenactors camp on the Hope Lodge grounds to mark the weeks in 1777 when Washington's army sat in the Whitemarsh hills. Six hours of living history. The schedule goes up closer to the date.
Doris Day as singer Ruth Etting opposite James Cagney as her gangster husband, a much darker musical than the poster suggests. A Deep Focus pick on a Sunday afternoon.
Matthew Kalos of Brookdale College speaks on an American Revolution topic at the Wissahickon Valley Historical Society's November Monday program. Held at the 1895 Schoolhouse, and the public is welcome.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
The Tuesday evening screening of Coward's comedy about two wives, one former lover and a great deal of drinking while they wait for him. Filmed live on stage.
Peter Finch, mad as hell, in Sidney Lumet's 1976 satire of television that gets less funny every year. A Cinema Studies pick inside the Reel Rebels series.
November's book is The Art Spy by Michelle Young. Same afternoon slot at the Ambler branch, same standing invitation to new readers, so one month is enough of a commitment to try it.
The 1995 video game adaptation on 35mm, techno score and all. Retrograde puts it in the eight o'clock slot on a Thursday, which is exactly where it belongs.
Noirvember opens with a 1946 Cornell Woolrich adaptation, a pianist and a wife's killer somewhere out in the dark. First of nine classics the Ambler runs across one weekend.
Holst's The Planets in full, plus viola and tuba concertos played by orchestra members. The Ambler Symphony opens its 75th season. Twenty dollars for adults, ten for students.
A 1943 British wartime thriller with Anna Neagle, closing the first night of Noirvember. Nine noir classics run across three days at the Ambler, this one takes the late Friday slot.
Sinatra as a card dealer with a habit, in the Otto Preminger film that broke the production code open over drug addiction. A late morning start on Noirvember Saturday.
Robert Wise's 1959 bank job that falls apart on the racism between the men pulling it. Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan, with a score from the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Laird Cregar as a composer who loses time whenever he hears a discordant note. A 1945 gaslit London thriller with a Bernard Herrmann score, in the Saturday teatime slot.
Ida Lupino sings in a nightclub and gets tangled up with the man who owns it. Raoul Walsh's 1947 picture takes Saturday night of the Ambler's nine film noir weekend.
Kirk Douglas plays a trumpeter modeled on Bix Beiderbecke, with Lauren Bacall and Doris Day alongside. Sunday morning of Noirvember, and the horn is dubbed by Harry James.
Burt Lancaster's gossip columnist and Tony Curtis's press agent, trading dialogue sharp enough to draw blood, shot in a New York that no longer exists. Sunday afternoon of Noirvember.
Joan Crawford bankrolls John Garfield's violinist and neither of them comes out of it well. A 1946 melodrama that closes the Ambler's Noirvember weekend on Sunday night.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
Leos Carax's 1991 film about two drifters living on a closed Pont Neuf, with fireworks over the Seine. French Film Series, and free for Ambler Theater members.
A plant heavy tour with the arboretum director and Tyler School horticulture staff, walking the November grounds. Aimed at people who want the Latin names, not just the fall color.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
Ambler Main Street puts the day on the downtown calendar under shopping and holiday events. No central program is posted, so hours and deals come from the individual Butler Avenue storefronts.
The national shop-local day lands on Butler Avenue, where most storefronts are somebody's own business. Ambler Main Street lists it, though the shops set their own specials and hours for the day.
Free Monday night English classes at the Ambler branch, run with Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Three beginner levels, so brand new speakers and people already stringing sentences together each have a room. Email Anne at the library to register.
Butler Avenue's holiday parade kicks off the season, a week ahead of Santa's arrival by train. Claim a curb spot early — this one draws a crowd.
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| 29 |
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Nothing matches here this month.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Thursday, December 3
Nothing matches here this month.
Burby
Your dog in the burbs