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2022 Tri-County High School Art Exhibition at MCCC Pottstown Campus Highlights Student Talent
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the annual Tri-County High School Art Exhibition returns to the North Hall Gallery at Montgomery County Community College’s Pottstown Campus, 16 E. High Street. This year, MCCC received 174 submissions from 16 area high schools. The exhibit features a wide array of artwork, including paintings, drawings, prints, fibercrafts,…
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Pennypacker Mills Announces Fun & Creative Events Starting April 2
Spring Workshop for Kids Saturday, April 2, 2022, 10 a.m. to Noon Bring your creativity and scissor skills to the Mills for a workshop that will get you into spring. They’ll be making four kid-friendly crafts to share with friends or family: a fun “moveable” card, a unique colorful dragon fly pin, an Easter bunny…
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Neumann Professor/Punk Musician Creates Album to Benefit Ukraine
Janis Chakars, a Neumann University communications professor and a founding member of the punk rock band Citizens Arrest, is combining both occupations to help the people of Ukraine, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. With family in Eastern Europe, he’s been particularly outraged by the Russian invasion. So he’s created a compilation music album,…
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“Solid Air, Invisible Killer: Saving Billions of Birds from Windows,” Presented by Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr. at John James Audubon Center
Join Dr Daniel Klem on March 30! The John James Audubon Center and Valley Forge Audubon Society are excited to offer this exciting program featuring Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr., Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology at Muhlenberg College and world expert on bird collisions with glass. Wednesday, March 30, 20226:00pm – 7:30pm EasternAudubon, Pennsylvania Detailed objective observations…
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Pottstown’s Daryl Hall Releasing New Solo Retrospective Compilation, ‘BeforeAfter’
Pottstown native Daryl Hall, a member of one of the most popular music duos of all time, Hall and Oates, is set to release his new solo retrospective compilation, BeforeAfter, on April 1, writes Rob Tannenbaum for the Los Angeles Times. Over the years, Hall has released five solo albums. He has recorded with an…
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35th Annual “Touch the Future” 2022 Art Show Honors Montgomery County High School Students
For the 35th year, top works of art from Montgomery County and Bucks County high school students will be featured during the Annual “Touch the Future” art show, which is returning to an in-person show this year in collaboration with Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell. “Touch the Future” is a professionally-juried art exhibit named…
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Book Excerpt: History of The Main Line from The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
The following is an excerpt from “The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality,” a new book authored by Mike Sielski, a sports columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Inquirer.com. In The Rise, Sielski takes readers from the neighborhood streets of Southwest Philadelphia where Joe Bryant, Kobe’s father, became an all-city basketball standout―to the Bryant…
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Damaged Montco Parcels of Land to See New Life, Planned as Open Space After Hurricane Ida
In September, many areas in Montgomery County were ravaged by Hurricane Ida, and now the Montgomery County Planning Commission and the Montgomery County Commissioners are seeking to repurpose the damaged areas in Perkiomen Township, writes Rachel Ravina for The Reporter. Montgomery County Planning Commission representatives can now apply for grant funding through the Pennsylvania Department…
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Longtime Art Teacher Finds a New Canvas for His Work at King of Prussia Mall Art Installation
Artist Brian Hearns — a 15-year art teacher at East Ward Elementary School in Downingtown — is known for works that command attention, writes Melissa Jacobs for Main Line Tonight. Many people are getting introduced to his work thanks to a new King of Prussia Mall installation that includes the artist’s “Bonded To Comprise.” “If…
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Dr. Henri Parens, Holocaust Survivor, Groundbreaking Psychoanalyst, and Former Wynnewood Resident Dies at 93
Henri Parens, a former resident of Wynnewood, celebrated psychiatry professor at Thomas Jefferson University, research professor of psychiatry and the Medical College of Pennsylvania, an analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, prolific author, and Holocaust survivor, passed away on February 19 at the age of 93. He died of congestive heart failure at an…
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Springtime in Montco: Budding Flowers, Singing Robins, and Lanternfly Eggs, Prime for Squishing
While the area’s most prolific summer pest won’t fully appear until May, their harbinger — lanternfly eggs — make themselves known earlier. And that appearance provides an apt time to eliminate them, reducing future numbers before the adult bugs can lay siege to area yards, streets, parks, and gardens. Frank Kummer reports on the value…
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Check Out Montco’s Norristown Farm Park Educational and Family-friendly Events for March
Montgomery County’s Norristown Farm Park has released their upcoming educational and family-friendly events scheduled for March, like a Bird Walk and Wilderness Survival class. Spring WreathSaturday, March 19, 10:30 a.m.Join us to create a beautiful Spring Wreath! We will provide a 10-inch grapevine wreath with various silk and dry flower options. Also, ribbon to create…
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Annual Jazz Festival Returns Next Week at West Chester University
For the first time since 2019, the Wells School of Music at West Chester University will bring world-class entertainment and live jazz to the surrounding community during the annual Jazz Festival from March 23-26. Most performances are free and take place in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, located in the Swope Music Building and Performing…
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111 Acres of Land Conserved in Chester County Thanks to Conservation Trust, Family Property Owners
Partnering with Charlestown Township, French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust has put 111 acres under protection in northern Chester County, writes staff from the Daily Local News. Conservation easements were pioneered by brothers Christopher, Nicolas, and Geoffrey Crowell on two properties, with funding for the easements coming through the Open Space Initiative. Moreover, the easements…
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WCU to Host First-of-Its-Kind Production of Lincoln vs. Douglass Debate That Never Was … but Should Have Been
The complicated relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and famed Abolitionist/Statesman Frederick Douglass will be brought to life during the world premiere of a heated debate that never was but should have been. Charles Cook, an Emmy-nominated documentarian who resides locally, has reached back in history to create a riveting stage production that draws from the…
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These 6 Montgomery County Towns Are Among the Most Walkable Philadelphia Suburbs
Walkable suburbs and neighborhoods are currently all the rage in the real estate world as developers rush to add foot-friendly amenities to car-centric places. Meanwhile, Montgomery County towns were built for strolling in the first place, according to Philadelphia Magazine. According to Walk Score, a real estate industry standard that measures the walkability of places…
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Battle Flag Carried by Cheltenham Regiment Sold to Save Philadelphia’s Last Civil War Museum
The Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library, Philadelphia’s last exclusive Civil War museum, was faced with a difficult choice: to sell a rare battle flag carried by a regiment of United States Troops who trained near Cheltenham or close, writes Mike Newall for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The flag was hand-painted by David Bustill…
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New Book by Elkins Park Native Delves Into Her POV of Failure of Catholic Universities Response to Racism
Maureen O’Connell, an Elkins Park native and associate professor of Christian ethics in the department of religion and theology at La Salle University, is exploring what she sees as the long-standing failure of Catholic universities to respond to racism in her new book, Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness, writes Susan Snyder…
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