Visit Newlin Grist Mill for fall fun at harvest fest Oct. 7
CONCORD » Visit historic Newlin Grist Mill from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, for family fun its annual Fall Harvest Festival.
This year’s festival features over two dozen different demonstrations of historic skills and trades, including blacksmithing, open-hearth cooking, Native American skills and more. Hear music from the Colonial Revelers, learn colonial dancing, and enjoy performances by Tuckers’ Tales Puppet Theatre. Enjoy traditional festival activities including pumpkin painting and hayrides.
Visitors can shop in the festival’s Colonial Market for handmade soaps, colonial games, pumpkins, and cornmeal ground in the site’s 1704 gristmill. Traditionally made pretzels from an on site bake oven are available for purchase. The Concord ville Chad d’ s Ford Rotary Club’s food truck has food for sale throughout the day. For adult guests, a Colonial Tavern is open from 1-3 with Twin Lakes Brewing Company on hand to sell beer, including an exclusive English Ale that was brewed onsite at Newlin Grist Mill.
Admission is free. Parking is $5 per car. Additional costs apply for hayrides and pumpkin painting. Visitors must be 21-plus to drink in the tavern. For information, visit www.newlingristmill.org or call the site at 610-459-2359.
Get job search tool in Wayne
RADNOR » Church of the Saviour, 651 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne, hosts a “Jump Start Your Job Search” workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Cost is $10.
The interactive day of information and ideas to provide help and hope in job seekers’ transition includes sessions: “Networking Made Easy” with Amy Dinning and Michael Goldberg, on on the do’s and don’t’s of networking and the opportunity to practice networking techniques; “Critical Networking Tools for Your Toolkit” with Ford Myers. Since networking is such a critical method of job search, Myers focuses on critical tools for successful networking: networking script, networking agenda, networking profile, target-company list, networking tracking and mini-newsletter; “Charisma: How to Positively Present Yourself So People Take Notice” with Matt Levy. Reent studies have found charisma to be not so much a gift as a learnable skill that anyone can master. In this thought-provoking and action-oriented session, guests learn skills to help be more charismatic — in person, online and on paper; “Structured Networking” with Michael Goldberg, who leads guests through several different networking exercises.
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.; workshops run 9-4. Guests should business cards. Snacks and sandwiches are provided; those with special food needs should bring your lunch. Following lunch and before the final workshop, there is a questionand-answer session with the presenters.
Registration is required by Wednesday, Oct. 18. Walk-ins are not accepted. To register, visit www.cosnet.org/care/jobtransition
Lansdowne Theater turning 90
LANSDOWNE » Lansdowne Theater celebrates its 90th anniversary with “The Lansdowne at 90: A Salute to the Silver Screen” from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Metropolitan Opera stars Daniel Mobbs, bass-baritone and Margaret Mezzacappa, mezzo-soprano, with Erik Flaten at the piano, honor the theater’s past and highlight its future with performances of music from the great movie musicals which were frequently seen at The Lansdowne. The performance is held in the grand auditorium of the pre-restored theater. Cost of $50 per person includes hors d’oevres along with beer and wine in the pre-restored lobby of the theater. Proceeds benefit the ongoing restoration of the Lansdowne Theater.
The historic Lansdowne Theater opened on June 1, 1927, with a screening of the silent film “Knockout Reilly” starring Richard Dix. Designed in the Hollywood Moorish style, The Lansdowne is one of the last great movie palaces from the 1920s remaining in the Philadelphia region. The Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation (HLTC), the nonprofit owner of the theater, will renovate the 1,358-seat movie theater into a vibrant live performing arts center, featuring nationally known musicians from classic rock bands to singer-songwriters, hosting non-profit performing arts organizations and serving as a gathering place for local civic and educational organizations. The theater has been closed except for special occasions since a fire in 1987.
The theater’s retail and office spaces; marquee, and outdoor lobby have been restored. Extensive architectural planning phases have been completed and the Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation is raising funds to restore the theater. For tickets and information, visit www.lansdownetheater.org
Dig Bandstand sound, salute vets
UPPER DARBY » Upper Darby Township salutes veterans with an “Oldies Night” featuring live performances by the celebrated Bobby Rydell, Lou Christie and The First Ladies of Rock and Soul at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, 601 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill.
Tickets are $40 for reserved seating; $35 for veterans. The show is hosted by radio personality Lou Costello of Cruisin’ 92.1 WVLT FM. Mayor Tom Micozzie recognizes local Veterans to kick off the show.
“This is an incredible night of music that will take people back to the late ‘50s and early ‘60s when early rock ‘n’ roll, doo-wop, and teen idol crooners was all the rage and the music we listened to on our transistor radios,” said Harry Dietzler, executive director of performing arts center.
“Part of the ticket proceeds will help to jump start a Veterans Memorial within Upper Darby Township,” said Lou Ballezzi, who is producing the show and who produces and performs with The First Ladies of Rock ‘n Soul.
Appearing along with legendary teen idol Bobby Rydell and distinct falsetto performance of fellow ‘60s hit-maker Lou Christy, the First Ladies of Rock and Soul start off the evening by turning the clock back to a time and place in music history that only comes around once. Their performance includes hits from the Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Marvelletes, and Mary Wells. With a musical line-up that includes “Da Do Ron Ron,” “Going to the Chapel,” “Be My Baby,” “Too Many Fish in the Sea,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “The Locomotion,” “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” audience members will enjoy an electrifying performance by this “girl group.”
The Upper Darby Performing Arts Center is jointly sponsored by Upper Darby Township Mayor and Council and the Upper Darby School District Board of School Directors through the Department of Recreation and Leisure Services.
For tickets, call the box office at 610-6221189 or visit www.udpac.org
Experience life, get college credit
MARPLE » Visit Delaware County Community College’s Credit for Prior Learning information sessions to learn how knowledge gained through training and life experiences can be turned into college credit. Sessions are held Wednesday, October 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the Marple Campus (Room 2256, 901 S. Media
Line Road, Media) and Thursday, October 12, at 11:05 a.m. at the Downingtown Campus (Room 217, 100 Bond Drive). These sessions help students discover ways to earn academic credit for learning acquired outside of the classroom.
Students come to college from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, some of which may involve college-level learning. Prior learning assessment can help students attain credit for learning they have already mastered outside of the traditional college classroom.
Credit received may be applied to many programs of study at Delaware County Community College, allowing students to complete their college education sooner and at a lower cost.
Assessment counselors help students identify practical and relevant life experiences, such as participation in professional workshops, volunteer activities, and military or technical training classes, equivalent or closely related to the learning expectations of the College’s courses.
Information is also available about the College-Level Examination Program, credit by examination, transfer of credits from other colleges and portfolio development.
For information and registration, call Assessment Services at 610-359-5322 from 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday or 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. Friday.