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Written in March 2005, this play was first performed as part of Pennswood’s 25th Anniversary. It was funny then and remains funny now. Topics: not assigned Edgar Stromberg | Folklore | Fun | Pennswood | Tales
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When Ruth Peterson and Jack Bertolino came to Pennswood 30 years ago, they very much wanted to start a Dance Committee. The earliest mention we have of a dance at Pennswood was a Square Dance that occurred in the Activities Room in 2004.
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Famous New Yorker Cartoonist Henry Martin’s humor tempered the necessary disruption of creating Pennswood’s meadow. Topics: not assigned Beautiful Meadow | Cartoonist | Drain | Drain the Swales | Environmental Stewardship | Famous New Yorker Cartoonist | Henry Martin | Humor | Humor | Image | Land | New Yorker Cartoonist | Pennswood | Pennswood meadow | Pennswoods meadow | Pennswood Village | Play | Swales
Resident Weezie Wentzel became blind at the age of _____, but that never diminished her art or her passion. Topics: not assigned Art | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present | Sculpture | Sculpture | Weezie Wentzel | Wentzel
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Interview with Ruth Bertolino and Jack Williams 10-31-22 Remembering Jack Ruth Bertolino and Jack Williams Interviewer: Marguerite Chandler OK, we’re recording. This is October 31, 2022. And you are? 00:08 Ruth: I am Ruth Bertolino. My husband, Jack, and I arrived in Pennswood on September 9, 2003, when Mott was a brand new building. 00:23 MC
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In February 2024 the PVRA sponsored a fair to showcase all of the many service and entertainment activities that residents create for the Pennswood community. Topics: not assigned community | Customs & Culture | entertainment activities | Events | events | Fair | February 2024 | Gallery | Pennswood | Pennswood community | service activities | sponsored | unity
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Multi-talented Kurt Martin has supported the Pennswood Singers, memorial meetings for residents, Pennswood’s Got Talent and more. In this interview, Kurt shares his Pennswood journey.
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Pennswood residents often display their sense of humor and fun with installations and art at their apartment threshold. Here are some examples. Topics: not assigned Customs & Culture | Fun | installations | Sense of humor | Whimsey
Residents read selections from past Village Voices issues that reveal the Pennswood community’s spirit. Topics: not assigned community | Customs & Culture | dramatic reading | dramatic reading | events | Events | history | Pennswood | Pennswood community | performing arts | Performing Arts | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present | spirit. | Video | Voices from the Past
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Our Pennswood Library has many treasures. Among them is this delightful book by Edgar Stromberg, who came to Pennswood in 1984. In his nineties, he compiled this collection of stories. Enjoy! (This layout is for reading online, the booklet layout is below it in a separate link.) For those who prefer to read a paper
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