Launched in March 2020, Main Line Tonight’s mission is to create community, conversation and connection. Now a multiplatform digital magazine, Main Line Tonight shines light on interesting people and places, their art, music, beliefs and experiences with a special emphasis on untold, undiscovered stories. Main Line Tonight is built on our unshakeable core values of editorial integrity, inclusion, equity, respect, transparency – and great writing.
Melissa Jacobs, Editor-in-Chief
After landing her first byline at age 15, Melissa Jacobs pursued a career in community journalism that has taken her from newspapers to magazines to digital media. Most recently, Jacobs was senior editor of Main Line Today. She served as an editor at the Jewish Exponent and associate producer for a WHYY-TV show after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. In March 2020, Jacobs started Main Line Tonight as a pandemic project to support her community during the COVID-19 quarantine. By October 2021, she’d transformed Main Line Tonight into a digital magazine covering news and entertainment on the Main Line and western suburbs.
Diane Oliva, Style Editor
Entrepreneur, fashionista, jewelry designer; Diane Oliva has done it all. Before her award-winning Ellie Main Line womenswear boutique suffered a COVID-related closing, Oliva was featured in Main Line Today, Philadelphia Magazine and Philadelphia Style. Oliva served on boards and committees for The Junior League of Philadelphia, Wayne Art Center, The Saturday Club, The Armenian Sister Academy, Wings for Success, and other nonprofits. Photo credit: Little Nest Portraits
Jamie Joffe, Culture Editor
Raised by a disco queen in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Jamie Joffe enjoyed a steady diet of “Soul Train” and “Scooby Doo.” A recovering publicist, Joffe runs anythingcanbedone, a consulting agency in Conshohocken, and Binge Or Cringe, a Facebook group with more than 23,000 members who discuss TV shows, movies, and all things streaming.
Michele Gargiulo, Food & Wine Editor
A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Michele Gargiulo is a sommelier at Jean-George, the award-winning restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. Previously, she was wine and beverage manager for Fearless Restaurants and its White Dog Cafes, Autograph Brasserie, Rosalie, Louie Louie and Moshulu. She is the author six books, including the bestselling Pairing Paws. and the new How To Build A Wine List.
Eli Bank, Arts & Culture Editor
From writing to videography to podcasting, D.C., Eli Bank covers art, culture and community in every flavor of new media. A lifelong Main Liner, they graduated from Woodlynde School before majoring in journalism at American University’s School Of Communications. Bank was the video editor at Podville Meda, and executive producer of digital media for “As You Are,” a queer bar in Washington, D.C. that opened during the pandemic in DC and was highlighted in the Lesbian Bar Project documentary. Most recently, Bank was social media coordinator for Visit Philly. They currently live in Wayne.
Jenny Ham-Roberts, Photography Editor
Jenny Ham-Roberts is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and independent curator. Her artistic practice consists of various media including video, installation and performance. Jenny received her BFA from Simon Fraser University and MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) and has exhibited her work extensively since 2001 in Vancouver, New York, Berlin and The Netherlands. While living in NYC, Jenny worked in the Education Department at the New Museum and co-edited Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education. Find her work at Jenny Ham Studio.
Victoria Rose, Brandywine Art Guide Editor
Created in 2022 by lifelong Chester County resident Victoria Rose, Brandywine Art Guide began as a social media account featuring artists and art exhibits in the region. Rose, an experienced editor and writer, grew the guide into a respected resource for art lovers. In 2024, Brandywine Art Guide joined Main Line Tonight to expand readership of Rose’s writing and the artists she spotlights.
Tara Behan Marmur, Contributing Editor
One of the region’s most respected journalists, Tara Behan Marmur was senior editor of Main Line Today, the regional magazine which she helped lead for 20 years. Since 2018, Tara has been a freelance writer based in Bucks County, where she lives with her family.
Davis Giangiulio, Contributing Editor
A graduate of Lower Merion High School and student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Davis Giangiulio‘s reportage on COVID-19, equity and inclusion in public education and political campaigns has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Main Line Today, Wake Up To Politics, Delaware Valley Journal, Inside Sources, the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, and the International Policy Digest.
