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Events
Neighborhood Safety Workshop 8/27/20
Just a reminder, please join WMAN and EMAN for our Community Safety Workshop taking place on Thursday, August 27th at 7 PM via Zoom.
Registration link https://tinyurl.com/y6de5p2f
Mt. Airy Day 2020 Update
Published: 3/15/20
Dear Mt. Airy Community and Friends
Mt. Airy Day is a signature community festival, hosted by East and West Mt. Airy Neighbors, which always takes place on the first Saturday in May. This year the committee was excitedly planning an awesome celebration of the 50th Annual Mt. Airy Day!
Recognizing the ongoing and increased uncertainty that COVID-19 is causing around the world, and due to the mandated limitations on mass gatherings for the next several months, the decision has been made to cancel Mt. Airy Day for this year.
While we are extremely disappointed, the health and well-being of our community is our first priority.
We look forward to seeing everyone next year, Save the Date May 1, 2021.
EYHO 2020 Update
Published: 3/15/2020
Since 2006, many of you have welcomed the dawning of spring at Mt. Airy’s premier dinner party, Eat Your Heart Out.
It has been West Mount Airy Neighbor’s pleasure to host the community at this unique event pairing talented chefs and generous hosts. Eat Your Heart Out also serves as our signature fundraiser.
We value and appreciate your continued support of WMAN and Eat Your Heart Out.
Recognizing the ongoing and increased uncertainty that COVID-19 is causing around the world, we have made the decision to postpone Eat Your Heart Out 2020 until the fall.
The date is still to be determined, but we will probably choose a date in October. As we know more, we will be sure to keep you informed so that you can plan to attend this wonderful event.
The Board and Staff of West Mount Airy Neighbors wishes all our friends and neighbors the best as our community navigates in this current climate. We look forward to seeing everyone in the fall.
Be Well.
WMAN Night @ Earth Bread & Brewery
No need to cook this evening! Join your friends and neighbors at WMAN Night at Earth, Bread & Brewery anytime between 430-1030pm
2019 Mt. Airy Village Fair
Join the fun and come on down to the Mt. Airy Village Fair
Join or Renew your WMAN membership at the Flash Sale!
at the corner of Greene St. and Carpenter Lane by Weaver’s Way.
Today (Sunday the 8th) between 11 and 4
2019 Annual Membership Meeting
Please Join Us!
We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Membership meeting. The nominating committee will be presenting the candidate for President and the candidates to fill open positions on the Board of Directors. You will have an opportunity to meet the candidates while enjoying light refreshments. All active WMAN members are eligible to vote on the slate.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Summit Presbyterian Church
6757 Green Street
Philadelphia, PA 19119
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
We will welcome ShellyYanoff, long-time West Mt. Airy resident, attorney and former Executive Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), as our guest speaker.
Shelly, well known for her advocacy for children, will share her perspectives on the continuing debate about public vs. charter school education in Philadelphia.
Mt. Airy Day 2019
Here are some of the events at Mt. Airy Day. For a complete listing, visit the Mt. Airy Day Website
Cliveden House Tours
Tours of the first floor of the Cliveden Main House will be offered for $2 per person, children 6 and under are free. Visitors will also be able to visit both the 1767 Kitchen Dependency and the 1959 kitchen, as well as their core exhibition Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness? in the Carriage House.
MAD KidZone
Children can enjoy games and more in Mt. Airy Day KidZone.
Mt. Airy Day Goes Green
Valet bike parking will be available in front of the Caring Heart Rehab and Nursing Center on Germantown Ave. and there will be recycling receptacles throughout the event site.
Mt. Airy Day Official Press Release
Philadelphia, PA 4/25/19
The 49th annual Mt. Airy Day celebration hosted by East and West Mt. Airy Neighbors is on Saturday, May 4th , 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (inclement weather date Sunday, May 5th). The festival takes place on the grounds of the historic mansions Cliveden of the National Trust, and Upsala located across the street from each other on the 6400 block of Germantown Avenue.
The fair features something for everyone! Children’s activities include a bounce house, popcorn, face painting, stilt walkers (1-2:00 pm) and a children’s stage with local entertainment all day. Be amazed by the Give and Take Juggles as they entertain the crowd with their Little Circus. Come see performances from Free to Be Dance Theater and Mt. Airy Performing Arts Center. The Kids Zone is not to be missed!
On the main stage starting at 11:00 am join Zumba specialist Sonia Maldonado. She will wake you up and get your body ready for the day. Next, enjoy a four piece cover band, Living Proof, performing Classic Rock, R & B, Top 40’s, Alternative and Country. Peace and the City Grease, a Funk/Rock band forged from the heart of Philadelphia, follows at 2:00. Finally, Hvddle, a band with flavors from Reggae, Hip-Hop and Soul begins at 3:30.
Back by popular demand Mt. Airy Day will host a beer garden with Attic Brewing Co., the soon to be brewery in Wayne Junction. Adults can come, relax and listen to the entertainment while enjoying a nice cold beverage.
Awbury Arboretum will bring their goats, The Philadelphia Area Corvette Club will display old and classic Corvettes, Weavers Way Co-op will have their annual plant sale and as always, the day will highlight over 100 vendors of crafts, treasures and personal services. You won’t want to miss the fun this year!
EMAN and WMAN are very grateful for our sponsors: Cliveden and Maplewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, PECO, Main Street Development Company, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia Federal Credit Union, Trolley Car Diner, Comcast, Loretta Witt Homes, Mt. Airy CDC, Plymouth Meeting Friends School, Cliveden, and Electrical Wizardry, Inc. Without your support this event would not be possible.
Check out our website MtAiryDay.org or call for information 267.587.7319.
EYHO 2019
14th Annual Eat Your Heart Out Fundraiser
Eat Your Heart Out (EYHO) is not is your typical boring meal served at a fundraising event. Rather, it’s an annual gathering and delectable dining experience that raises money for West Mount Airy Neighbors. The 14th Annual EYHO kicked off on Saturday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
As usual, EYHO began with a grand cocktail party hosted by Alex Aberle and Violette Levy at their generous home, the historic Upsala Mansion.
This is the time to see and be seen while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and libations. Earth Bread + Brewery donated their beer and owner, Tom Baker, who served our guests.
Our delicious food was donated by local businesses Bacio, Catering By Design, Little Jimmie’s Catering, Malelani Cafe, and Tiffin.
A bit later in the evening, most registrants collect their assignments to one of 10 homes in the neighborhood to attend intimate dinner parties of 10 to 12 people. Each dinner featured a different theme and menu, prepared by chefs who have volunteered their time and culinary passion for the event.
However, attending a dinner wasn’t a requirement as many neighbors still supported WMAN and participated in the festivities by opting to come to the cocktail party only.
EYHO always offers wonderful meals cooked by a roster of talented chefs. This year, local restaurant Mica loaned us its chef and owner, Yianni Arhontoulis.
Also cooking was Chef Angie Brown, well known to many as the former proprietor of the local restaurant that bore her name.
Careda Matthews, a new chef from Reading Terminal Market, lent her talents to a dinner, as did local caterer Kimberly Fonville of KF Culinary Designs.
Gail Hinson, who cooks pop-up dinners at Awbury Arboretum, and Bonnie Shuman, executive chef at Weavers Way Co-op, committed their expertise as well.
Culinary School graduates Emma Ford and Tahneyia Williams returned to EYHO this year. Mt. Airy resident and caterer Claire Lomax and talented chef Jim Steiker rounded out our list of chefs.
Our hosts included both veteran participants who have kindly opened their homes and pocketbooks many times, and first timers. A gracious thank you to High Point Cafe for donating coffee for our hosts information reception in March.
Our newest chefs and hosts help EYHO retain its character as a community dinner at which people have a great time socializing — just ask some of the many people who have attended for most, or all, of the last 13 years.
This year, the dinners and reception was completely sold out! Our 4 impressive raffle prize bags were won by (1) Tom Dolgenos, (2) Elizabeth Ryland, (3) Susan Nonlan, and (4) Lauren Kahn.
Our signature annual event would not have been possible without our generous neighbors, local business partners, hosts, chefs, and event committee members. We are deeply grateful and look forward to seeing you around town.
Discount EYHO Tickets for First Time Attendees
Introducing a Special Discount
for First Time Attendees:
$95 Per Person
(If you are a first timer and have already bought a ticket, contact us at wman@wman.net)
Eat Your Heart Out! 2019
Cocktail Party Hosts:
Alex Aberle and Violette Levy
Upsala Mansion, 6430 Germantown Avenue, 6 pm
Saturday, April 13
Tickets are $125
or if you just want to attend the cocktail party – $45
Join us for a Mt. Airy culinary tradition celebrating 13 years!
Begin the evening by sharing a cocktail with your neighbors. Then, continue on for a delicious dinner prepared by a talented local chef at a beautiful Mt. Airy home.
Your dinner hosts donate the food and drinks, the chefs their creativity and labor, and all the proceeds all go directly to West Mt. Airy Neighbors.
It doesn’t get any better— or more delicious—than that.
Please purchase your tickets at www.wman.net
EYHO 2019 – Meet The Chefs
Chef Kimberly Fonville grew up in West Mount Airy and is delighted to be involved with her local community while doing what she loves: creating delicious meals with an international focus. This will be Kimberly’s fourth year as an Eat Your Heart Out volunteer chef. Kimberly has turned her love of cooking into a flourishing personal chef business. Food has been more than just nourishment.
Her recipes for romance can be found in her self-published editions of “Tryst: A Woman’s Guide to Entertaining for Love.” Kimberly has become known in the world of film and television production as someone who can provide long-term catering services during production. That work often takes her out of the area, sometimes for extended periods of time Thus, as an EYHO chef, she will enjoy working at a home several minutes from the house in which she grew up and having the chance to feed her neighbors a wonderful meal with incredible flavor.
Gail Hinson is a chef and culinary educator. She has an Associates degree in Applied Science with an emphasis on biology and nutrition. Gail currently works as a corporate chef for Wakefern Food Corporation where she instructs culinary workshops for adults and kids. She is also involved with an after school “Grow and Eat” program where kids learn about growing foods, cooking foods, where our food comes from and the nutritional value of fresh foods.
Gail has worked for and now volunteers with an Urban Agricultural Youth Development Program, in which teens grow, harvest, cook and eat fresh foods. The teens also learn about nutritional value associated with locally grown freshly harvested foods, are taught kitchen etiquette, knife skills and job and entrepreneurship skills. In addition, Gail cooks and hosts themed Pop Up Dinner events at Awbury Arboretum featuring locally sourced foods and sumptuous cuisine
Tickets are $125
or if you just want to attend the cocktail party – $45
Join us for a Mt. Airy culinary tradition celebrating 14 years!
Begin the evening by sharing a cocktail with your neighbors. Then, continue on for a delicious dinner prepared by a talented local chef at a beautiful Mt. Airy home.
Your dinner hosts donate the food and drinks, the chefs their creativity and labor, and all the proceeds all go directly to West Mt. Airy Neighbors.
It doesn’t get any better— or more delicious—than that.
Please purchase your tickets at www.wman.net