Community Calendar
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Phoenixville Public Library
for events/ programs can be made online through the Adult Events Calendar or by calling the library.
Adult writers of fiction invited to attend twice monthly meetings of the Phoenix Fiction Writers at the library. Free. Group meets second Thursday and third Tuesday of each month from 6:30to 9p.m. in the library’s Harrop Room. Led by Eric Parmer, offering local writers education, empowerment and constructive criticism. Writers ask questions about the writing process, read work out loud and receive/ offer input on material read. Writers wishing to have their work critiqued should submit to Eric before each meeting. Free and open to public. To submit writing samples or for more information, contact Eric Parmer at edparmer@gmail.com.
Free weekly clinic for the public on Thursdays from 5-7p.m., except the second Thursday of the month. Rick Linn, LLC will provide information, counseling and advocacy in areas of law including family law, trusts and estates, criminal defense, landlord-tenant law and legal issues facing small businesses. Consultations provided on a firstcome, first-served basis. Call for more information.
new weekly group on Saturdays from 12-1:30p.m. Group facilitated by John Argeseanu and open to ESL students and tutors and anyone in the community looking to improve/practice their English. Free and open to public. For more info, email johnargeseanu@gmail. com.
Your guide to resources available to unemployed and underemployed job seekers through the PA CareerLink and the United Way Financial Stability Center of Chester County, is available for free, walk-in appointments each Wednesday from 10:45a.m. to 12:45 p.m., immediately following the weekly meeting of the Library’s Career Success Group. Call for more info.
through December. Learn Microsoft Excel, Windows 10, Google Docs and other applications on selected Saturdays, through December, at Phoenixville Public Library. IT Professional Ernie Tidball is the instructor. The class schedule is as follows: Oct. 22(Excel Intermediate); Oct. 29(Google Docs Overview); Nov. 5(Mac OS X Overview*); Dec. 3(Excel Advanced). *Student must bring own laptop. Class time is 10a.m.to noon in the Library’s Community Education Room. Cost for each class is $5per person, payable at class time. Students should bring a USB drive if they wish to save their work and may bring their own laptops. Basic knowledge of computers and the ability to use a keyboard and mouse are required. There is a limit of 12students per class, and reservations are required. Class descriptions and online registration are available on the Adult Events calendar. For more information, you may also call 610-9333013ext. 132. counselor will be available at Phoenixville Public Library during Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period. Individual appointments will be available Wednesdays, Oct. 19through Nov. 30, at noon, 1:30p.m. or 3p.m. This service is free and open to the public. To schedule an appointment, call 610344-5234and leave your name, phone number, and a good time to call you back. Phoenixville Public Library is located at 183Second Avenue, Phoenixville.
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Mondays at 7:30p.m. Teens and adults. There is a charge per session. Join Adoja Amoah-Aggrey, RYT, for all levels of yoga. Bring a mat and wear comfortable clothing. Beginners welcome. E-mail questions to yoga.vaayu@gmail.com.
A new exhibit, “Smoke, Fire and Bravery-- A History of Phoenixville’s Fire Companies” is now open and runs through November at Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area, 204 Church St. Phoenixville. It features photographs, documents and artifacts including many from the collection of Phoenixville Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 1, that have never been seen by the general public. The exhibit is free. For more information, go to the HSPA web site, www.hspa-pa.org.
Area events
14.”1964…The Tribute” has been thrilling audiences all over the globe with what Rolling Stone Magazine has called the “Best Beatles Tribute on Earth. Tickets are $27.50- $39.50. Ticket prices do not include the $2 per ticket Facilities Fee or the$1.50per ticket Service Fee. These fees will be calculated at check out. Tickets available with cash, check or credit card at the Colonial Theatre Box Office, or online. Please note that the seats in the rear balcony have limited leg room. Visit us online for our full slate of events, concerts, and movies. at www.TheColonialTheatre.com
will perform at the Colonial Theatre at 8 p.m. A live Todd Snider show is a loose-limbed, informal experience its often just him and a guitar, and he introduces his songs with stories that can be personal memoir, shaggy-dog comedy, rueful memories of his troubles with drugs and alcohol, or sharp-eyed observation from his years as a touring musician. Tickets: $22- $35. Ticket prices do not include the $2 per ticket Facilities Fee or the$1.50per ticket Service Fee. These fees will be calculated at check out. Tickets available with cash, check or credit card at the Colonial Theatre Box Office, or online. Please note that the seats in the rear balcony have limited leg room. Visit us online for our full slate of events, concerts, and movies. at www.TheColonialTheatre.com with costume contest, full shadow cast, and prop bags ($5) with everything you’ll need for participation in the show. This show is NOT suitable for children. Anyone under 18will not be admitted without aparent. No confetti, rice, glass bottles, super-soakers, lighters, or food from the outside will be permitted.
Phoenixville Public Library invites adults in their 20s and 30s to the next gathering of the Millennials Book Club, Tuesday, October 25, 7:30PM, at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, 130Bridge St., Phoenixville. The book discussed will be “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel. This is an audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, from the author of three highly acclaimed previous novels. One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. A copy of the book may be reserved at the Library or at www. ccls.org. This event is free and open to the public. No reservations required. Food and drink are not included but will be available for purchase. For more information, e-mail Lindsay Friedenberg at lfriedenberg@ gmail.com.
Hot Spots and Storied Plot: The East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia is home to Laurel Hill, one of the few cemeteries in the United States to have received National Historic Landmark status. Join Laurel Hill tour guide (and Phoenixville resident) Rich Wilhelm as he tells tales of a fewof the thousands of people buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, on Thursday, Oct. 27at 7p.m. at Phoenixville Public Library. The cemetery’s “residents” include the “Mother of Thanksgiving,” “the Bruce Springsteen of early 20th century American opera,” and the man who took the very first “selfie.” Laurel Hill stories are historic, strange, funny and spooky and perfect for the autumn season. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required at http://phoenixvillelibrary. org/adults-events-calendar or by calling 610-933-3013 x132.