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Stuff To Do This Weekend

Posted on 22 April 2010. Tags: ,

New lambs have arrived at Peter Wentz Farmstead.

Lambs that arrived last year at Peter Wentz Farmstead in Worcester PA are ready to be sheared. See Saturday's Stuff To Do, below.

SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), April 23-25, 2010:

Friday, April 23

“Curtains,” the spring musical production of the St. Pius X High School theater department, will be presented Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m., on the stage in Father Doyne Hall in the high school, 844 N. Keim St. Pottstown PA. Tickets for the evening performances will be $15 for reserved seating, $10 for general seating, and $8 for elementary age and Blue and Gold Card holders. A free-will donation will be received at the Sunday matinee.

An exhibit called “Ecoart,” which focuses on artworks created from recycled, uncycled and salvaged materials, will be on display Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday  from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Gallery on High, 254 E. High. St, Pottstown PA. The show also includes more traditional two-dimensional work focusing on art and the environment.

Registration is under way for the 15th annual summer basketball league operated by a partnership of Phoenixville Area Positive Alternatives (PAPA)  and the Phoenixville Area Recreation Department. Registration forms completed and submitted before April 30 (2010) will qualify for registration fee discounts. For more information, call Sandy Booth at 610-983-4110, or Dolly Winston at 610-933-7728.

The Ursinus College Dance Company will present “Swing Concerto,” a 1993 piece by jazz choreographer Danny Buraczeski for nine dancers, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Kaleidoscope Lenfest Theater on the college campus, Main Street, Collegeville PA. Tickets will be $5 for general admission and $2 for students and senior citizens. The performance will also feature works by guest artists Melissa Chisena, ballet, and Marilyn and Sekou Sylla, African dance.

Disc jockey Bruce Miller will play favorite music from the 1950s through the current hit list during an adult dance party scheduled for Friday from 8-11 p.m. in Reflections at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. Admission is $5 for persons age 21 and older.

Saturday, April 24

A “Dr. Drill Boot Camp Clinic” for fitness and fund-raiser that’s open to the public will be held Saturday from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Pottstown YMCA, Adams and Jackson streets, Pottstown PA. Dr. Aaron Oberst, innovator and developer of Dr. Drill fitness program, is the featured instructor and motivational speaker. Tickets cost $10 per person. For information or a reservation, call 610-323-7300, Ext. 10. Proceeds benefit the annual Y Partners Campaign.

Pear Garden School of Tai Chi, Perkiomenville, will host World Tai Chi and Qigong Day on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at Hickory Park, New Hanover Township PA. The day is a free health and healing event, and includes a sample Tai Chi Class and demonstrations of Tai Chi sword and fan forms.

Amity Boy Scout Troop 597 presents its third annual Antique and Classic Car Cruise and Carnival on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St Paul’s United Church of Christ, 1312 Old Swede Rd. (Rt. 662), Amityville PA. Trophies will be awarded by people’s choice in each category during the rain-or-shine event, as well as Overall “Best in Show” and Overall “Scout’s Choice.” For more information, call 610-404-4922.

Montgomery County Community College will hold an open house on its Pottstown PA campus to give prospective students information about its educational programs. The West Campus open house will be held  Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon in North Hall, 16 High St., Pottstown PA. College admissions staff members will be on hand to provide individual academic advice, and also will answer questions.

Experience the annual shearing of the sheep and related activities typical of spring on a colonial-era farm during Sheep Shearing Day, scheduled for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at historic Peter Wentz Farmstead, 2100 Schultz Rd., Worcester PA. The farmstead will highlight many of the trades and crafts typical of the late 18th through early 19th centuries in a rural community. Refreshments will be available for purchase, and the museum shop will offer a discount on several items.

Author and storyteller Gary Giles presents Wondabubba – a multi-media, literary-based experience with rich, vivid illustrations, creative sound effects and voices, powerful storytelling, and interactive discussion – on Saturday in performances at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Tri-County Performing Arts Center, 245 East High St., Pottstown PA.
For more information and tickets, call 610-970-1199.

A Relay For Life dance to benefit the American Cancer Society will be held Saturday from 7-11 p.m. at the Birdsboro Fire Company, Birdsboro PA. Tickets cost $15, and the event will include door prizes, snacks, beer and soda. For information and tickets, call 610-404-1615.

Sunday, April 25

Sign outside the Historical Society museum.

Sign outside the Historical Society museum.

The Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society has scheduled its free monthly museum open house Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at the society’s headquarters and museum in the former Sanatoga Chapel, 2341 E. High St., Sanatoga PA. Society members will be on hand to greet visitors, and light refreshments will be available.

The first Owen J. Roberts High School 5K Run and Walk, and its second annual Wellness Fair, will be held Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Owen J. Roberts High School Wildcat Stadium, 981 Ridge Rd., Pottstown PA. This event will benefit the Owen J. Roberts Best Buddies Chapter, which fosters friendships of intellectually disabled individuals. For more information, call Jo-An Rechtin at 610-469-5697.

The fifth annual motorcycle “poker run” by area veterans organizations to raise funds the benefit the Southeastern Veterans Center will begin Sunday at 9 a.m., and end at 4 p.m., at the center, 1 Veterans Dr., Spring City PA. The run is co-sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 565 of Pottstown PA and the Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club of Montgomery County in Red Hill PA. All motorcycle makes and models, and all riders, may participate in the American Motorcycle Association-sanctioned event. It costs $15 per bike, or $25 with a passenger.

The Monarch Fire Company at 50 Pennsylvania Avenue, Monocacy PA, is having a flying board shoot Sunday at Noon. Call 610 385 3310 for more information.

Kimberton Waldorf School, 410 W. Seven Stars Rd., Kimberton PA, will host a free open house Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Information about Waldorf education and about the history of the local school will be available.

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