SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), Dec. 11-13, 2009:
- These events have been added to The Post calendar.
The Phoenix sculpture, under construction for weeks in Phoenixville, goes up in flames Saturday during the Firebird Festival. See below.
Friday, Dec. 11
A gallery exhibit titled “Members and Friends Showing of Small-Priced Works,” which features – you guessed it – small-priced art in a variety of media, is being presented through Jan. 6 (2010; Wednesday) to observe the first-year anniversary of Studio B, 39 E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown PA. The Studio B gallery is open Fridays from 5-7 p.m., and Saturdays from Noon to 3 p.m.
Annual Holiday Spectacular activities in downtown Pottstown borough, sponsored by the Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority, continue from 6-9 p.m. with visits to Santa House, featuring a chance for children to visit with Santa and give him their wish lists. Pictures with Santa cost $6 this year. There are also horse and carriage rides for $5, free gingerbread cookie decorating for children under age 12, and roasted chestnuts and apple cider will be available.
Up for a challenge? The Amity Chess Club meets from 7-10 p.m. at St. Paul’s UCC Church, 1312 Old Swede Rd., Douglassville PA, for chess matches and lessons at all ages and skill levels. For more information, call 610-385-6324.
Playing in Pottstown.
“Honk,” a holiday musical that retells the Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling,” will be staged Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and in a Sunday matinée at 3 p.m., at the TriCounty Performing Arts Center 245 High St., Pottstown PA. Tickets are $23 for adults, $21 for seniors age 65 and older or students, and $15 for children age 12 and younger. Tickets can be purchased at the theater’s website, and at the door as available. For more information, call 610-970-1199.
Jazz violinist Regina Carter will bring her distinct blend of musical styles to Montgomery County Community College at 8 p.m. in the Science Center Theater, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell PA. Tickets cost $25 for general admission, $20 for students and seniors, and $10 for children. For information and tickets, call 215-641-6518.
Saturday, Dec. 12
“Holiday Celebrations With Cheese,” which promises to be a lip-smacking event featuring both fresh and aged artisanal goat cheeses made using age-old processes borrowed from both French and Italian traditions, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Yellow Springs Farm, 1165 Yellow Springs Road, Chester Springs PA. The farm, owned by Al and Catherine Renzi, breeds and raises Nubian goats, with occasional genetic crosses, that are selected for their naturally nutrient rich milk. Their goods will be available for tasting and sale. (This event from AroundPhoenixville.com)
He's here!
Santa Claus will visit the Gallery on High, 254 High St., Pottstown PA, from noon to 2 p.m. for its holiday open house. Guests can have their picture taken with Santa, enjoy cider and cookies, participate in holiday projects, and maybe get some Christmas shopping done, too. For more information, call 610-326-2506.
Older actors take to the stage at 3 p.m. to present music, sketch comedy and monologues in a “Senior Holiday Cabaret” in the Newberry Loft of the Tri-County Performing Arts Center, 245 E. High St., Pottstown PA. Seating is limited. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students and senior citizens, and $8 for children ages 12 and younger. For more information, call 610-970-1199.
Pet owners can have photos of their pets taken with Santa Claus from 3-5 p.m. in the offices of Pottsgrove Animal Hospital, 1361C Farmington Ave., Pottstown PA. For more information, call 610-326-8700.
Phoenixville’s sixth annual Firebird Festival has evolved to become a day-long celebration. Its arts- and music-related activities this year begin at 2:30 p.m. and stretch well into the night. See a full schedule here. The festival’s premier event is lighting – make that “setting on fire” – a wooden sculpture of a mythical Phoenix bird for which the borough is named, and which was to have risen from its own ashes. The sculpture has been built over several weeks in a cleared area just south of the busy downtown district. The actual lighting of the bird will begin at 8 p.m. (This event from AroundPhoenixville.com)
Hundreds of luminary candles will line the towpath of the Schuylkill Canal from the bridge on Route 29 in Mont Clare PA back to the Locktender’s House at Lock 60 on the canal from 6-9 p.m. Holiday music will be played by Meadowlark, and Santa Claus will greet children from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The Schuylkill Canal Association, and sponsors Fitzwater Station and PECO Energy, will serve holiday treats and hot cider in the house. The lighted path will be canceled only if there is a steady downpour of rain.
Sunday, Dec. 13
Participants from Montgomery County Community College’s Jazz Improvisation Workshop will perform at 1 p.m. in the Science Center Theater, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell PA. Free of charge and open to the public, the concert will feature two ensembles with a diverse mix of standards, modern jazz arrangements and holiday songs adapted to the jazz idiom.
The Historic Pottstown Neighborhood Association will again sponsor its annual holiday house tour, called “Historic Pottstown by Candlelight,” from 1-6 p.m. at several homes throughout the borough. The event showcases some of Pottstown’s architectural wonders, both inside and out. The day includes service of a Victorian tea, presented by the Doe Club, from noon to 2 p.m., at the Pottstown Elks Club, High Street, Pottstown PA. A model train display also will be operating. Tickets cost $12 for each visitor, and include all activities and homes on the tour, as well as free refreshments and trolley transportation between stops. For more information, call Sue Krause at 610-323-2220.
An annual holiday memorial service that pays tribute to loved ones and friends with a Tree Of Remembrance has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the offices of the Visiting Nurse Association of Pottstown and Vicinity, 1963 E. High St., Pottstown PA. The program is open to the public. For more information, call 610-378-0481.
Handel’s Messiah, the Christmas classic for orchestra and chorus created by the famed music composer, will be presented at 3 p.m. by the Pottstown Symphony Orchestra and the Coventry Singers in Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ, at the corner of Hanover and King streets, Pottstown PA. Tickets cost $15, and are available for purchase from the symphony’s website or at the church. For more information, call 610-327-3614.
The fifth annual Christmas luminara worship service conducted by the Limerick Garden Of Memories will be held at 7 p.m. in the Good Shepherd chapel and mausoleum on the grounds of the cemetery, 44 Swamp Pike., Limerick PA. The Rev. Dr. Daniel M. Peters, pastor of Limerick Chapel, will officiate.
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