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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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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FEATURED STORIES 45th Anniversary Exhibit – Fifth Display Opening: Well-being & Community: The Good Life at Pennswood (concluding with Shadowlands, a short play written about our founders) See All Five Opening Videos (click here) Click Picture to WatchClick the lower right corner for full screen view. | Use “ESC” key to exit full screen. Move
One of the remarkable things about our community is the talent and creativity of our residents. Theater, music, literature, lectures, sports, travel, and more beckon us to come out and play. The community generates dozens of activities and events every month both on and off campus. A Sampling of Activities: The video below is of
(Village Voices 2007-2022)A Telling Our Stories program in Penn Hall on 3/14/23 What can we learn about ourselves from the Village Voices that have been printed over the last 15 years? In 2007, Village Voices’ original vision was for this mostly-monthly publication to be“casual communications among us on a variety of topics….personal ads, photos, guest
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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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This website is built with pages of stories–narratives, videos, photographs describing the Pennswood Community. The home page gives a sample and an index of terms linked to the stories. On this page, you can browse through summaries of all of those stories, and select anything that interests you to read and see more. Topics: not
On June 27th, 2022 in Penn Hall we launched our two-year project to learn about Pennswood’s past and present through interviews of current and former participants and other research efforts using both community records and external sources. This video introduces the project, invites residents to participate, and includes the history of the land that Pennswood
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Topics: not assigned Beautiful Meadow | community | Environmental Stewardship | Ken Burton | Land | Pennswood | Pennswood community | Pennswood meadow | Pennswood Village | stories | storm | unity | Video | Video
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