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Event Packed Weekend In Pottstown
Every now and then there are those weekends that are jam-packed with activities. This warm and sunny weekend was just such a time. If you live in the TriCounty Area here’s what went on.
Saturday and Sunday in Memorial Park a Native American Powwow took place. There was music, dancing, food etc… Nice write up in the Mercury about it with pictures:
http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20150502/pottstown-jam-packed-with-saturday-full-of-fun
Saturday night was the first Nostalgia Night of the season on High Street, downtown Pottsown. The first Saturday of May, June, July, August and September you can find hundreds of classic cars downtown along with music and food. To learn more about Nostagia Nights, click here:
http://www.pottstownclassics.com/
This weekend was the opening weekend for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” at the Steel River Playhouse in downtown Pottstown. The show continues next weekend. Click here for details and to buy tickets: http://www.steelriver.org/current-season/4438-2/
Today, Sly Fox Brewing Company held their annual Bock Fest and Goat Races in Pottstown at the site of their brewery on the Circle of Progress. Thousands of people attended. The event featured live music, food, beer and goat races. Here are some pictures from this afternoon:
Thousands Share In American Indian Culture At Final Powwow
Counties constituting the Happy Valley Region of Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP, PA — To his knowledge, John Sanchez is the only American Indian faculty member at Penn State and when his kids were in the elementary and high school system, they were the only American Indian students.
Though he loves his job, Sanchez uses the annual traditional American Indian powwow as a way to recharge his batteries and interact with other Indians.
After this year, he will have to have to find another way to do that.
The 11th annual event took place at Mount Nittany Middle School on Saturday and Sunday, but Sanchez, the event coordinator, said it will be the last. Moving closer to retirement, Sanchez said the event planning takes too much time on top of his job teaching media ethics in the College of Communications and his distinguished professorship with the Schreyer Honors College.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2014/04/06/4122749/thousands-share-in-american-indian.html?sp=/99/264/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy
Pottstown To Host Native American Pow Wow In Memorial Park
Schuylkill River Festival, Saturday, October 8th, Pottstown
The 2011 Schuylkill River Festival in Pottstown will be held this Saturday, October 8th from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Fine art, crafts, kid’s activities, music and food. Native American Dancing and displays, cultural exhibits from various groups, and Environmental Conservation and Preservation Displays.
The Scenes of the Schuylkill River Heritage Area Art Show and Sale, featuring original 85 works from regional artists, will be open throughout the day at Montgomery County Community College‘s Art Gallery, at 16 W. High Street.
The Schuylkill River Heritage Area will also host a Schuylkill River Trail information table with free full-color maps to anyone signing up for our email updates.
New this year will be a geocaching table, sponsored by Vintage Connections, with guided geocaching hunts at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. You can take the 2011 Schuylkill River Trail Geocaching Adventure and enter to win a gift basket with wine, books and other items from the Schuylkill River Heritage Area and Vintage Connections.
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