Ryerss Museum and Library. Photo/G. E. Reutter

The Ryerss Museum & Library on the Burholme/Fox Chase border is a site to behold, inside and out.

So the staff there is extending an offer to middle school students: visit the museum and write an essay about it for the chance to win a savings bond. continue reading »

Ryerss Museum and Library. Photo/G. E. Reutter

Do you enjoy the Antiques Road Show? Have an item passed down from generation to generation or picked up that unique piece at a flea market?

The Friends of Ryerss Museum and Library are hosting a antiques appraisal day on March 17 from noon to 3 p.m. Appraisers from Barry S. Slosberg will be available to those desiring to find out if that heirloom or found item has a monetary value. All items are welcome except books, coins, stamps and weapons. Photographs of items are acceptable. continue reading »

Ryerss Museum and Library, the Fox Chase Reading Series venue. Photo/G. E. Reutter

The Fox Chase Reading series kicked off the winter/spring season with a reading at Ryerss Museum and Library featuring poets Mike Cohen and Anthony Buccino. The series continues until the summer break with a reading each month at Ryerss.

“We are offering a group of diverse poets many who have appeared in magazines nationally and internationally,” said G Emil Reutter, who assists in coordinating the series and contributes to NEast Philly.

Poets Nathalie Anderson and Teresa Leo will appear on February 26th followed by Marie- Elizabeth Mali and Dilruba Ahmed on March 25.

Diane Sahms-Guarnieri the poetry editor of The Fox Chase Review added, “We are celebrating National Poetry Month on April 29 with a special event in memory of Northeast Philadelphia Poet and former Father Judge Teacher Louis McKee.” continue reading »

A Burholme resident and the retired supervisor of the Ryerss Museum and Library, Mary Louise Campbell died Jan. 10.

The 83-year-old began volunteering at Ryers in the ’60s, joined the staff in 1973 and retired 20 years later. Campbell is survived by her husband, three sons and five grandchildren. Her husband and son both have ties to the Philadelphia Inquirer, where you can read Campbell’s full obituary. continue reading »

A day of holiday festivities in Fox Chase ended with the tree lighting in Lions Park. Photo by G.E. Reutter.

Christmas came early to Fox Chase this past Saturday with three events in the neighborhood.

The annual green sale at Fox Chase Farm, Craft Sale and Bazaar at Ryerss Museum and Library and the annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Lions Park. continue reading »

Fox Chase will decorate this evergreen in Lions Park for its Christmas Tree Lighting Dec. 3. Photo by G.E. Reutter

Christmas is coming early to Fox Chase. Three celebrations on Dec. 3 will keep the family busy for the day. Events at Ryerss Museum and Library and The Fox Chase Farm run during the day, capped off by the annual Christmas tree lighting at Lions Park in the heart of Fox Chase.

Fox Chase Farm at 8500 Pine Rd. will hold its annual Holiday Green Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wreaths, swags, bows, candle centerpieces, white pine roping and baked goodies will be available to purchase.

Ryerss Museum and Library at 7370 Central Ave. will hold a Victorian Open House/Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by The Friends of Ryerss, the event will include the sale of greens, baked goods, a raffle, dining in the Victorian Tea Room, a black smith demonstration and sales of used books. continue reading »

Diane Sahms-Guarnieri signs books at Ryerss Museum & Library. Photo by G.E. Reutter

Lawndale poet Diane Sahms-Guarnieri celebrated the release of her latest collection, Images of Being, with a book launch at Ryerss Museum and Library this past Saturday.

Sahms-Guarnieri, a native of Roxborough has lived in Lawndale for more than two decades. She said the common thread in the book is Philadelphia: “Images of Being is a reflection of my life, triumphs and defeats and those Philadelphians who have woven themselves into who I have become.” continue reading »

Lynn Levin

As Fox Chase gears up for its second annual Poets on the Porch event at Ryerss Museum and Library, six of the seven poets slated to read at the event have shared some of their work with us. You can see them perform other works at Ryerss on Aug. 20 at Ryerss at 1 p.m.

The She-Bat
By Lynn Levin

Bats did not live in the eaves,
you said, nor did bumblebees though
three attended her in death. We
found her like a crumpled continue reading »

G Emil Reutter. Photo by Katie Reutter

As Fox Chase gears up for its second annual Poets on the Porch event at Ryerss Museum and Library, six of the seven poets slated to read at the event have shared some of their work with us. You can see them perform other works at Ryerss on Aug. 20 at Ryerss at 1 p.m.

Anticipation
By G Emil Reutter

Morning is quiet, traffic slow,
call of train echoes through
streets.  Praying man kneads
the beads  on the steps to the
church, recites. continue reading »

Elizabeth Pallitto

As Fox Chase gears up for its second annual Poets on the Porch event at Ryerss Museum and Library, six of the seven poets slated to read at the event have shared some of their work with us. You can see them perform other works at Ryerss on Aug. 20 at Ryerss at 1 p.m.

Legacy (for Catherine Carlo Pallitto)
By Elizabeth Pallitto

Their work is prayer, says Sister Mary
of the monks’ coffin-making labor.

Regal cheekbones
nose proud as a bird’s
hair, tufts of feather
the faraway look of one
perched before flight
the hospice bed but a temporary nest
for this bird-like creature. continue reading »