The Gallery School of Pottstown is excited to offer three free summer programs for students ages 8-12. Kids Art Academy is a general arts exploration class, where students will explore two and three-dimensional arts. Students in Clay Academy will delve into all aspects of creating with clay, including using a pottery wheel. The third class, Asian Arts, will take students on a journey through the art traditions of many Asian countries.
Art Academy and Clay academy begin in June, while Asian Arts starts in July. Applications must be received by June 8, 2012 for all three programs. Applications can be found online at http://www.galleryonhigh.com/programs.html,
or in person at the school at 254 E. High St.
All three programs are funded by the Greater Pottstown Foundation and are free for the students, with the exception of a small registration fee. While preference is given to those students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, students who do not qualify are also encouraged to apply. Questions can be emailed to info@galleryonhigh.com, or asked over the phone at 610-326-2506.
The Gallery School of Pottstown is a 501c3 non-profit community art school and gallery. The School offers day, evening and weekend classes to all ages. The goal of these classes is to help students develop their creative skills through self-expression and independence. The Gallery on High hosts rotating shows featuring local artists. The Gallery also sells handcrafted, one-of-a-kind gift items. The Gallery on High is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am – 4:30pm and Saturday 10am – 3pm. The Gallery is closed Sunday and Monday.
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Summer Classes For All Ages At The Gallery School Of Pottstown!
Pottstown, PA – Forty Chances for Creative Fun and a Free Class!
The Gallery School of Pottstown, a non-profit community art school, has a huge lineup of classes for all ages planned for this summer. Topics range from traditional drawing and painting to stained glass and sewing classes.
Students who register for a summer class by June 1, 2012 are eligible to take a fun workshop for free. They can choose from four great classes: Tic-Tac-Dough, Recycled Art, Fused Glass and Easy Earrings. For more information, and to register, visit this special page on the Gallery School’s website: www.galleryonhigh.com/free.html. Students and parents can also call 610-326-2506 to register.
See the lists below for the complete lineup of classes. Full details can be found on the Gallery School’s website at www.galleryonhigh.org.
New for 2012 are fun mini camps for kids. All mini camps run from 10am-3pm for 3 days, with a break for lunch and a snack. Children have an opportunity to really engage in fun, comprehensive projects. Topics include Kids Sewing Mini Camp, Kids Pottery Mini Camp and Jewelry for Kids Mini Camp.
Classes for kids include Summer Cray Pas, Summer Creative Kids, Summer Crafty Kids, Colonial Crafts, Summer Kids Pottery, Summer Story Sculpting Workshop, Summer Parent and Child Coil Pot Workshop, Summer Parent and Child Fused Glass Workshop, Basketmaking, and Kids Clay: Hand-Building Techniques One Day Workshop.
Classes just for teens include Summer Teen Studio, Basketmaking, Spirit Animal Mosaic, and The Heart of The Matter: Personal Essay Writing for High School Students.
Classes for adults and teens 16 and older include Altered T-Shirts Workshop, Yo-Yo Flag, Scratchboard, Introduction To Drawing I & Drawing II, Jewelry/Metalsmithing, Introduction to Figure Drawing I & Figure Drawing II, Clay: Hand-Building Techniques Two Day Workshop Clay: Hand-Building Techniques One Day Workshop, and Pottstown Photography Project.
Classes for adults include Summer Mosaics, Introduction to Stained Glass, Summer Adult Pottery, Summer Introduction to Encaustics, Adult Basketmaking , Introduction to Fused Glass Jewelry, Summer Introduction to Glass Fusing, Summer Fused Glass Open Studio, Simple Summer Skirt, Stripey Shoulder Bag, Found Object and Recycled Jewelry, and Flash Memoir and Essays for Adults.
The Gallery School of Pottstown is a 501c3 non-profit community art school and gallery. The School offers day, evening and weekend classes to all ages. The goal of these classes is to help students develop their creative skills through self-expression and independence. The Gallery on High hosts rotating shows featuring local artists. The Gallery also sells handcrafted, one-of-a-kind gift items.
The Gallery School of Pottstown
@Gallery on High
254 E. High St.
Pottstown, PA 19464
610-326-2506
www.galleryonhigh.org
Meet Captain Buy Local And Trusty Sidekick Small Biz
Monday, May 21st – 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Pottstown
Visitor’s Center / PDIDA Office
17 North Hanover Street
Pottstown’s Tri-County Performing Arts Center Transforms Into Steel River Playhouse
Location of Pottstown in Montgomery County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
POTTSTOWN, PA — You might call it their third act.
What began as a small local theater company called Village Productions, and then grew into the Tri-County Performing Arts Center has now matured into the Steel River Playhouse, the name and brand which will adorn the soon-to-be completed facade of Pottstown’s premier arts center.
As anyone who has driven or walked down the 200 block of High Street knows, the front of the former Newberry’s store has been “getting a little work done” for quite some time now.
But now that the appropriate materials have arrived, and a June 15 “grand re-opening” looms, look to see that new marquee finished in a short time, said Marta Kiesling, executive director of the Steel River Playhouse.
Warm Soup and Cool Art At Pottstown’s Gallery On High
POTTSTOWN, PA - The non-profit Gallery School of Pottstown will be holding a delicious, beat-the-winter-chill fundraiser on Saturday, February 18th from noon until 3:00pm. Guests can choose a handcrafted ceramic bowl and then fill it with their favorite soup. Bread, beverages and homemade desserts will complete the meal. They will have a nice variety of soups to sample, made by Gallery School members and volunteers, and donated by local restaurants. Vegetarian soups will be included in the selection. Guests can have some culinary fun sampling every option, or fill up on their favorite!
Tickets are only $15 and all proceeds benefit the non-profit Gallery School of Pottstown. Tickets can be purchase online at their website www.galleryonhigh.org, or in person at 254 E. High St.
When guests finish their soup, they will be able view the Gallery’s Winter Member Show: “Baby, it’s cold outside!”. This fun show is all about contrasts: warm and cold, tropical paradise and winter wonderland. Visitors can take a virtual vacation to a sunny beach or a snow capped mountain.
Participating artists include: Robyn Burckhardt, Joe Hoover, Joni Peters, Dora Siemel, Cari Myford, Tina Madonia, Sue Ploppert, Peter Ehlinger, Mary Chisak, Geoffrey Meyers, Donna Meyers, Arline Christ, Molly Light, Kristy Bell, Millie Lea, Charles McCann, Jackie Pierson, and Carol Ross Noyes.
The Gallery School of Pottstown is a 501c3 non-profit community art school and gallery. The School offers day, evening and weekend classes to all ages. The goal of these classes is to help students develop their creative skills through self-expression and independence. The Gallery on High hosts rotating shows featuring local artists. The Gallery also sells handcrafted, one-of-a-kind gift items. The Gallery on High is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am-4:30pm and Saturday 10am-3pm. The Gallery is closed Sunday and Monday.
The Gallery School of Pottstown
@Gallery on High
254 E. High St.
Pottstown, PA 19464
610-326-2506
www.galleryonhigh.org
GOLDILOCKS AND THE DOWN-HOME BEARS AT THE TRIPAC – POTTSTOWN
GOLDILOCKS AND THE DOWN-HOME BEARS – A Foot Stompin’ Musical (one-act family musical)
Saturday, Jan 28 & Sunday, Jan 29, 2012
Music and Lyrics by Karen Newman, Book by Neal Newman
Appropriate for All Ages (especially ages 5 – 12)*
PLEASE NOTE: This production is also available for school groups and clubs at the Tri-PAC or off-site from February through May.
Howdy folks! Come down to the holler to meet Goldie (Goldilocks) who is just about to celebrate the birthday that will make her a “teen Ager”. And what does she do? She runs away from her home and her strict parents, only to find the country cottage of the most fun lovin’, partyin’ three bears you ever did see. A down home musical for the entire family (especially for ages 5 – 12), GOLDILOCKS AND THE DOWNHOME BEARS celebrates family and friendships, and the joys and challenges of growing up for both kids AND parents!
Performances:
Saturday, January 28th @ 11:00am and 3:00pm
Sunday, January 29th @ 3:00pm
Tickets: Adult: $17, StudentT/SeniorR (65+): $15, Child (12 & under): $13
Buy Tickets: https://tix.cnptix.com/Online/?siteID=2109&cartID=1f363573-f98e-4daf-a158-5888504c00fe
High Street Bridge Reopens Friday – Cross One Pottstown Area Construction Project Off The List
The High Street Bridge reopened Friday afternoon with minimal fanfare. The bridge was completely rebuilt and the project was finished five months ahead of schedule! Do we have any other projects for these people to work on? Maybe they should get the Keim Street bridge contract!!!
Meanwhile, Route 100 bridge work is still ongoing and some other projects are scheduled to begin down the road. At least one item has been completed before anything else starts!
Two Roy’s Rants thumbs up to J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen for doing an awesome job!
Pottstown Shop-Local-First “Cash Mob” Event
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 11:00 AM
Gallery on High
254 East High Street Pottstown, PA (map)
Details:
$20 is the weapon of choice for Re-Occupy Pottstown Local Businesses’ next shop-local-first event, “Cash Mob.” For each “cash mob” event there will be a prearranged meeting spot (our first “cash mob” location will be The Gallery on High on Saturday, December 3 at 11 am). We will meet with $20 in hand ready to be spent at the local business (anyone can spend more if you are able and would like, of course).
This is a great demonstration of how, with a focused, joint effort, each person’s purchasing power can truly make a difference.
Pottstown Hometown Holiday Celebration 2011 Events
Here is a breakdown of this year’s Pottstown Hometown Holiday Celebration events:
Sunday, November 27th – Noon until 4pm
Crafters at the Farmer’s Market and face painting for the kiddies
Decorating downtown, starting at the Santa House at Smith Plaza
Free Trolley Rides throughout the day
December 2nd – 6:30pm until 9:30pm
Santa comes downtown at 6:30pm (photos with Santa are $7)
Candy toss
Tree lighting
Carol sing with Barbershop Quartet
Storytime sponsored by the Pottstown Regional Public Library every half hour starting at 7:00pm – TANGO 139 High Street
Face painting at Memories N More
Coloring at Argento’s
December 10th – noon until 4pm
Santa House open
Crafters at the Farmer’s Market
Face painting at Memories N More
Coloring at Argento’s
Storytime at TANGO 139 High Street – every half hour
Free Trolley Rides
December 18th – noon until 4pm
Hometown Holiday Brunch – Farmer’s Market and Juan Carlo’s. Reservations! To buy tickets call (610) 323-5400 by December 12th!
Santa House open
Crafters at Farmer’s Market
Face painting at Memories N More
Coloring at Argento’s
Storytime at TANGO, 139 High Street – every half hour
The following shops will be open from noon until 4pm on 11/27, 12/10 and 12/18:
Grumpy’s, J&H Produce, Freeland Meat Market, Cole’s Tobacco, Tri-PAC, Rich Renieri, Argento’s Pizza, Laserworks, Weitzenkorn’s, High Street Music, Christian Science Reading Room, The Brick House, Flaming Franks, Bistro 137, Old World Barber and Company Cakes.
Pottstown’s Mosaic Community Land Trust Headquarters
While I was downtown today supporting Small Business Saturday, I was temporarily whisked away to the Mosaic Community Land Trust’s new digs at 10 South Hanover Street by Katy Jackson. Katy is one of the founding members of the Land Trust and she was eager to show me the progress they have made fixing up their new space.
The first floor is a revolving art gallery and office space for now. Future plans include renovating the second floor and using the art gallery space on the first floor for events in a coffee-house style setting. There are even plans to serve food. This is very exciting because having organized events will help draw people into the gallery and in turn support local artists and musicians.
Mosaic Community Land Trust supports the revitalization of Pottstown. To that end the Land Trust will begin restoring properties in town and reselling them to people looking for affordable housing. Mosaic’s plan also includes growing the arts community in Pottstown. Revitalization via the arts has a proven track record across our country. We have a fledgling arts community already and adding to their numbers will only hasten the rebirth of Pottstown. Removing blight and increasing the home ownership percentage in Pottstown will stabilize neighborhoods, reduce crime, increase property values and help reduce the tax burden.
We urge you to stop in and check out the art, learn more about Mosaic and see what you can do to help move Pottstown forward.
Occupy Pottstown’s Small Business Saturday Event A Success!
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Today’s Occupy Pottstown event was not the usual demonstration or rally. Instead, Occupy Pottstown members shopped and dined downtown from 10am until 1pm. The emphasis of today’s event was to support downtown merchants and let them know Occupy Pottstown members are committed to shopping locally first, when possible. In other words, walk the talk.
Occupy Pottstown members distributed literature downtown ahead of today’s event and had the support of PDIDA and many merchants. Occupy members wore identification tags so that local merchants could see the tangible impact organizing an event like this would have. Occupy members were greeted with enthusiasm by local merchants.
There are actually more businesses downtown than I realized. We had no trouble spending three hours shopping. Some new businesses have sprung up including one new store selling fresh fruit, produce and baked goods at very reasonable prices. The group I walked around with did not have time to visit every store downtown. That just leaves more for the next trip 
After today, several members have decided to do as much of their Christmas shopping downtown as possible. Supporting Pottstown’s existing businesses will encourage other entrepreneurs to consider opening a new business in Pottstown. I would say the four people in my group easily spent $250 downtown today. Imagine if a few hundred people would regularly shop downtown on a Saturday! Imagine if only 10% of Pottstown’s 22,377 residents shopped downtown regularly.
I can happily report my group was not bothered by any panhandlers while we shopped. There were a few people “hanging around” but they kept to themselves or just said “hello”. It was a very pleasant experience.
Tri-County Performing Arts Center Presents “A Christmas Story”, December 1st – 18th
A CHRISTMAS STORY (family comedy)
Dec 1 – 18, 2011
Dec 1 – 18, 2011
By Jean Shepherd, a comedy based on the Warner Bros. motion picture; adapted by Philip Grecian / Presented through special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing / Directed by Bill Kiesling
Appropriate for All Ages*
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Don’t miss this classic holiday tale of the mischievous, be-speckled young boy, Ralphie, who dreams of getting a BB-gun for Christmas. In the weeks before the big holiday, Ralphie and his friends and family get into all kinds of sticky situations – including a bully with yellow eyes, a tongue stuck to a lamp post, a bar of soap in the mouth, a garish major award, and a Chinese Christmas dinner. Based on the humorist Jean Shepherd’s novel “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash”, A CHRISTMAS STORY is the perfect holiday treat for the whole family!
A CHRISTMAS STORY (Dec 1 – 18)
Thursdays, Dec 1 (preview), Dec 8 & 15 @ 7:30 pm
Fridays, Dec 2, 9 & 16 @ 8:00 pm
Saturdays, Dec 3, 10 & 17 @ 8:00 pm AND Dec 17 @ 3:00 pm
Sundays, Dec 4, 11 & 18 @ 3:00 pm
Special Events
- Opening Night Reception: 12/2
- Talkbacks with Director/Cast: Sundays, 12/4 & 12/11
Tickets
ADULT: Thurs $18; Fri, Sat & Sun $21
STUDENT/SR (65+): Thurs $16; Fri, Sat & Sun $19
CHILD (12 & under): Thurs $13; Fri, Sat & Sun $15
$2 off per ticket for groups of 10 or more!
Log on to www.tripac.org for tickets.
245 E. High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464
Gallery On High/Gallery School of Pottstown’s Annual Holiday Party, Friday, December 2nd
The Gallery on High/Gallery School of Pottstown is having their Annual Holiday Party on Friday, December 2nd from 5pm – 8pm. The event is free, open to the public and features food, beverages and fun. Everyone is invited to stop by.
The party ends in time for everyone to attend Tri-Pac’s A Christmas Story starting at 8pm.
The Gallery is located at 254 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464-5555
Voice: (610) 326-2506
Internet: http://www.galleryonhigh.com/
Pottstown’s Annual Holiday Ball 2011
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Friday December 9th 8:00PM |
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Come in costume as your favorite work of art or your favorite poet, musician, dancer, painter, mime, writer, clown, acrobat or movie star!! $35-single $60-couple ALL INCLUSIVE: divine munchies, luscious libations, (beer and wine), cerebral celebrations and full-frontal festiveness! Dance the night away to the local, musical machinations of artists Marc Dryburgh (drums), Chris Coyle (bass), Ben Bullok (keyboard) Jazz, Blues and Funk. ~ Silent Auctions ~ #1 Our friend, Sam, at Milkman Lunch Co. & Cake Shoppe will auction two original cakes made especially for the high bidders of these Sweet auctions. #2 A tribute to Lady Gaga and doing good deeds in Pottstown. We can all pick up trash when we see it on our streets. One small action with big results! Look sharp in a swanky Trash Pick-Up Get Up. Be the winner of one of these bejeweled and feathered ensembles of themed accessories, including a 36″ trash picker upper with suction cup tips so you’ll never bend over to seize a twinkie wrapper from the sidewalk or gutter again! All proceeds, (after we pay for this extravaganza), will be split between MOSAIC Community Land Trust and PDIDA. Two very worthy organizations doing very good deeds in Pottstown. |
Buy your tickets online at the MOSAIC website:
http://www.mosaiccommunitylandtrust.org/pottstownball/
Art Exhibit And Reception At Mosaic Community Land Trust – Pottstown
We would like to invite you to come join us at the MOSAIC Community Land Trust gallery located at 10 South Hanover Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania for a reception event. Exhibiting artists Raun Kercher and Let Ritvalsky’s opening reception is open to the public on November 12th at 7PM to 9PM.
We are also celebrating the volunteers who have contributed to preparing Pottstown’s First Community Gardens! We’ve much to celebrate so please join us!
Raun Kercher
“Raun Kercher’s artwork covers a history of American music from the genres of both American Blues and Jazz. The artwork tells a history while capturing emotions expressed in music.” www.raunkercher.com
| Let Ritvalsky
“My art, regardless of the medium I’m using, is simply an end result of whatever happiness runs from my brain through my hands to my tools each day that I work. This talent brings great energy to my life and I am honored to have it. My art isn’t about making a statement, unless that statement is to bring a smile to someone when they see my work.” The Mosaic Community Land Trust Gallery is located at 10 South Hanover Street across the street from the Brick House. For more information on MOSAIC Community Land Trust, please visit and subscribe to the blog here or become a friend on Facebook. Pottstown is on the brink of revitalization so you can follow the development of the gardens and other events by getting connected. MOSAIC Community Land Trust Email: PottstownCLT@gmail.com Internet: www.mosaiccommunitylandtrust.org |
Job Seekers Forum To Be Held In Pottstown, November 3rd
Tri-County Community Job Seekers Forum
Thursday, November 3, 6pm-8pm
Tri-County PerformingArtsCenter
245 East High Street,Pottstown
Learn more about job opportunities in the Tri-County area.
Get the inside scoop from employers.
Q & A with HR Representatives.
Refreshments will be served.
To register call 610-705-3301, Ext. 2
Brought to you by the
TCN Exelon Nuclear Workforce Development Program
The Brick House Versus The Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority
It never ceases to amaze me how The Fishwrap inserts itself into Pottstown’s affairs. There is a fine line between reporting the news and “creating” the news.
The most recent article about the dispute between PDIDA and Brick House owner Dave Walsh is a sterling example of taking a bad situation and making it worse, under the guise of “the public has a right to know”. The article is slanted in favor of PDIDA and against one of the most successful merchants downtown. It paints an unflattering picture of Dave Walsh.
I have read the study on the use of opera and classical music to remove vagrants from business districts. I agree it was worth a try. I also understand business owners have a right to their opinion, even if that opinion disagrees with PDIDA. Without business owners there would be no PDIDA. Frankly, downtown Pottstown is in the worst shape I have ever seen it; since moving here in 1983. Antagonizing and bad-mouthing Dave Walsh is spitting in the face of one of the few reasons to even go downtown.
I interviewed Dave Walsh a while back and found him to be one of the most down-to-earth people I have ever met. He answered all my questions, he was forthright, polite, genuine in his desire to help Pottstown and was a pleasure to talk with. It was the first conversation I ever had with him. He was a wealth of information. Instead of pissing him off, maybe PDIDA should pick his brain and find out why and how he is so successful! He readily shared that information with me.
As for Bonnie trying to mediate this “crisis” I LOL! Bonnie is firmly on the side of PDIDA, or should I say her agenda.
Andrew Monastra had the only sensible comments that were reported. And trust me Andrew, you are right on when you say Dave has valid points which are not personally driven. Dave Walsh could be a great asset to PDIDA. He is already a great asset to Pottstown.
As for the loitering problem downtown…we do have a police department, don’t we??? We have laws on the books. As usual we don’t use our existing tools to solve problems. The only way to turn Pottstown around is to clean it up. The police department is a key part of the equation. Playing opera only keeps undesirables away while the music is playing. We need to send a clear message that we will not tolerate this behavior on our streets and that can only be done by enforcing the law. Private citizens can not do that.
I really do applaud PDIDA for trying something. Sometimes things do not work, for a variety of reasons, and we need to regroup and move on. Demonizing Dave Walsh is neither productive nor proper. Dave is not the problem here. You should extend an olive branch and tap into what Dave knows.
Halloween (2011) In Pottstown
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Here is the schedule for Halloween activities in Pottstown borough:
Halloween Parade – October 19th, 7:00 p.m. – High Street
Trick or Treat Night – October 31st, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Pippin Opens At Pottstown’s Tri-County Performing Arts Center
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PIPPIN (musical)
Oct 13 - 30, 2011
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Roger O. Hirson
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International
Stage Director, John Moletress; Music Director, Deborah Stimson-Snow
Parental Guidance Suggested*
PLEASE NOTE: there is no performance Saturday, Oct 15. Instead, there is an additional matinée on Saturday, Oct 19.
PIPPIN is the tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale that captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere. Pippin is a young prince who longs to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power. In the end, he finds it in the simple pleasures of home and family. The energetic pop-influenced score bursts with one show-stopping number after another, from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers. PIPPIN is by three-time Oscar®-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, the creator of the Broadway hits WICKED and GODSPELL, and the animated films POCAHONTAS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, among many other musicals!
An opening weekend review by the Pottstown Mercury - http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2011/10/15/entertainment/srv0000014574205.txt?viewmode=default
The Tri-PAC & Village Productions
PO Box 1325
245 E. High Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Voice – (610) 970-1199
Internet – http://www.villageproductions.org/index.htm
High Street Bridge Progress In Pottstown
Here are the latest and greatest (haha) pictures of the High Street Bridge construction in Pottstown. As you can see, the Manatawny has been completed spanned and the deck is being laid. The project is actually moving ahead well considering the awful weather for the last several months, including flooding!
