Entertainment
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What are you doing this weekend?
November rolls on and so does a busy calendar of events for Montgomery County, Pa. This week’s biggest events include the one-and-only Carlos Mencia performing at the Valley Forge Casino Resort. We also take time for a more serious celebration as Valley Forge National Historical Park hosts a Veterans Day Commemoration. [uam_ad id=”54865″] But the…
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5 Wits opens with a bang at Plymouth Meeting Mall
Montgomery County dignitaries welcomed a unique entertainment destination to Plymouth Meeting Mall at a recent ribbon-cutting and VIP reception. 5 Wits was recently voted one of the top 5 escape rooms in the country by USA Today 10Best. The new, 4,000-square-foot venue at Plymouth Meeting, located across from Legoland Discovery Center, is an immersive, hands-on experience that…
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Holiday Soiree coming to Normandy Farm
Normandy Farm Hotel is excited to host the area’s first communal business holiday celebration. This event is designed for corporate clients looking to celebrate their team with an experience that is extravagant yet affordable. Guests will experience the resort’s most tantalizing menu creations, and will enjoy live music by nationally recognized and Philly based singer-songwriter,…
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Former Montco commissioner Josh Shapiro makes ‘most influential’ list
What’s fascinating about compiling a list of the most influential people in Philadelphia is that there’s really no way to quantify influence. Influence is slippery. It’s mercurial. It can swell in an instant and vanish just as quickly. It foments in corner offices and in the halls of power, but also on stages, in newspaper…
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Bala Cynwyd-based Entercom Communications approved for CBS Radio acquisition
Entercom Communications Corp. earned approval from the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice to complete its $1.7 billion acquisition of CBS Radio by reaching agreements to swap stations with competitors in numerous markets, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. As a result, Bala Cynwyd-based Entercom (NYSE: ETM) expects the CBS deal to close as early as Nov.…
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Slyfox Brewing Co. bringing Cyclocross back to Pottstown
Attention all adventure seekers! The annual Sly Fox Cyclocross is returning to Pottstown. On Saturday, Nov. 11, beginning at 8 a.m., Sly Fox Brewing Co. will host their annual Sly Fox Cyclocross, an off-road bike race that is open to anyone with a cyclocross bike and a USA cycling license. The course is described as…
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Cirque du Soleil is on its way to Montco, PA
Cirque du Soleil is coming to Montgomery County in 2018. That announcement was made Friday afternoon during the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board’s annual luncheon — and was met with applause from the luncheon’s nearly 500 guests. The world-renowned Cirque du Soleil will set up its tent on property just off of Route 422…
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Internet gambling coming to a laptop near you
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania, which is second only to Nevada in commercial casino revenues, voted Thursday to approve the biggest expansion of gambling in the state since casinos were legalized more than a decade ago, writes Marc Levy for the Associated Press. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Desperate to find ways to help plug a giant budget hole, the…
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What are you doing this weekend?
It’s the final week before Halloween and Montgomery County is ready with a full slate of events to scare and celebrate. We’ve also got fall festivals, beer festivals, cigar festivals, living history events and incredible concerts. Here are a few ways to #MakeItMontco this week: [uam_ad id=”54865″] FEATURED EVENT – MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL Glencairn Museum October…
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Montco native Lisa Salters roaming MNF sidelines
If you ask ESPN reporter Lisa Salters whom she aspired to be growing up in King of Prussia in the 1980s, she won’t mention Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, or any of the other famed broadcasters she stayed up late watching on Monday Night Football, writes Rob Tornoe for philly.com. Her idol growing up was Lisa Thomas…
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Clock ticking on Entercom Communications – CBS Radio deal
CBS Corp. has taken a crucial step toward consummating the sale of CBS Radio to Entercom Communications Corp., a Bala Cynwyd-based company, by launching an exchange offer for its shareholders. As part of what is called a Reverse Morris Trust maneuver, the offer allows CBS Radio shareholders to exchange their Class B shares of common stock for shares of CBS…
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5 Wits, where escape room meets video game immersion
Using the slogan, “Your adventure awaits,” 5 Wits relies on computer-controlled special effects, themed rooms, and physical interaction to put participants in the center of the action, as if they’re in a movie or video game, writes Suzette Parmley for philly.com. Reflecting its name, a participant relies on five wits to get out of jams: common…
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What are you doing this weekend?
ALL HALLOW’S EVE FALL FESTIVAL October 21 Pennypacker Mills Bring the family for a day of fun on the farm at the Pennypacker Mills All Hallow’s Eve Fall Festival. The event features old-time fun including tractor-pulled hayrides, pumpkin painting, corn shucking, apple pressing and more. Admission and parking for the event are FREE. [uam_ad id=”54865″]…
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Narrowing in on name for Philly’s new lacrosse team
The field of potential names for Philadelphia’s new National Lacrosse League franchise has been whittled down to three candidates: the Philadelphia Fire, the Philadelphia Founders, and the Philadelphia Wings, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Philadelphia had a professional lacrosse team named the Wings for more than 25 years before the franchise relocated to Connecticut…
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Ron Jaworski to be keynote speaker for VFTCB luncheon
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) is excited to announce Ron Jaworski as the keynote speaker at their Annual Luncheon, according to a press release. “We are ecstatic to have legendary ESPN personality and former Eagles quarterback, Ron Jaworski, as the keynote speaker at our Annual Luncheon,” said Mike Bowman, VFTCB President &…
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What are you doing this weekend?
FEATURED EVENT – TASTE! Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine & Spirits October 13 – 15 Valley Forge Casino Resort Three days of fine food and drink are coming to the Valley Forge Casino Resort this October. Taste! Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine & Spirits features chef demos, wine and spirits tastings, and appearances from special…
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Studio founder, Emmet Robinson, encourages reinvention
No need to reinvent the wheel, just reinvent yourself! Emmet Robinson has reinvented himself about half a dozen times over the course of his career — and at 78, he’s not done yet, writes Erin Arvedlund for philly.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] In the late 1960s and 1970s, Robinson worked as a nightclub manager and began taping…
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Bala Cynwyd’s Entercom to sell certain radio stations
In order to obtain regulatory approval for its planned $1.7 billion acquisition of CBS Radio, Entercom Communications Corp. has agreed to divest 16 radio stations in four different cities in order to ensure regulatory approval, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Entercom acknowledged in a Tuesday SEC filing that it had offered to divest certain stations to comply…
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