The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Free movie night; learn about ‘Reading Your House’
Easter Food orders
Please call Presentation of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church at 215-3629599. Leave your name and phone number clearly to receive a call back to confirm your order for Pierogi, Kielbasa, Nut Rolls, and Paska for Easter! Orders are being accepted March 1st through March 21st. Pick up at the church is April 4th from 1-3 PM. center. The second arrangement will be for the participant to take home. There will be a five-dollar charge to participate. Guests are welcome to participate. Signup is required by March 4th. Contact Mia Dorazio at miadorazio@ msn.com or 215-542-1330.
Pottstown NAACP Book Club
The book club meets 6:30-7:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month at the Pottstown Regional Public Library, 500 E. High Street, Pottstown, 19464. On March 9, we’ll be discussing “Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race” by Debby Irving. All are welcome. For more information: Sandy Bauers at 610-327-1213 or sandybauers10@gmail.com
Free Movie Night
March 18, 2020, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Many people entering the doors of our Research Library & Archives are searching for information about their home. When was it built? By whom? What did it look like originally? Why does it look the way it does now? What can I do to preserve it? Our new workshop series this spring will offer an introduction into some of the things that will help anyone discover a little more about their home. The workshop will take place on two evenings in March. “Reading Your House” on March 11, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, will introduce attendees to the fundamental tools you’ll need to start seeing your house in a new light. We’ll cover introductory topics on historic architecture including: formal and vernacular architecture, regional differences in house types (pre-1850), basic styles and construction techniques from 1700 to 1920, how to measure and draw a house, and how to look around at the landscape of houses in Montgomery County. Part 2 of the course, “Researching Your Home,” on March 18, 2020, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, will examine various documents related to house construction and occupancy that will give researchers more information about how houses and architecture function. We’ll look at deeds and probate records, mechanics’ liens, maps, census and tax records, and other sources of documentary evidence related to houses. We’ll also spend part of this session looking at various local and regional resources that relate to the restoration and preservation of historic architecture. Where:Classes will be held at 1654 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA, in the Meeting Room of the Historical Society of Montgomery County. When: Reading Your House, March 11, 2020, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm; Researching Your Home, March 18, 2020, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Cost: Cost to attend each individual class is $25.00 per class for members of the Historical Society of Montgomery County and $30.00 for non-members. Cost to attend both sessions is $40.00 for members of the Historical Society of Montgomery County and $50.00 for non-members. For more information or to register call 610-272-0297.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. on Fayette Street in Conshohocken. Sponsored by the AOH/LAOH Notre Dame Division. This year’s parade theme will be “My The Road Rise Up To Meet You.” March 12th the Annual Irish Coffee Contest will take place at the AOH Hall. Local organization and businesses who help sponsor the parade compete for bragging rights for the best Irish Coffee in the area.
Let Them Eat Cake – Mythical, Magical Beasts and Creatures
Join Variety at Let Them Eat Cake – Mythical, Magical Beasts and Creatures in March 15, 2020 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 12th and Market streets. Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door. To purchase tickets, visit https://varietyphila.org/letthem-eat-cake. Each year, over two dozen of Philadelphia’s greatest pastry chefs come together to compete in a cake competition which follows a certain theme. Bakers can win awards in categories such as Best in Show, Best Taste, and Audience Choice.
The Lure of Antique Clocks
At the Pottstown Historical Society, 568 High St., Pottstown, Pa. March Meeting - Monday, March 16th, 7:00pm. Guest speaker for the evening will be Don Muzyka, who will talk about “The Lure of Antique Clocks”. Don is from Massachusetts but has made his home in the Reading area for the last 50 years. He has a BS, MS and PhD in engineering and retired in 2000 as CEO of a major company in the high-performance alloy business. He and his wife, Eileen, have three sons. Don has been collecting and restoring antique clocks for nearly 50 years and Eileen is an expert on restoring them, too. They will talk about how they started collecting clocks and how they got in to repairing them along with some photographs of various clocks and details of the movements. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served.
Trivia Night
The King of Prussia Historical Society is hosting a TRIVIA fundraising event on Friday, March 20, at 7:00 pm, at Good Will’s Shamrock Room in Bridgeport. Tickets are $30. Raffles, prizes and 50/50. Players can bring own food and non-alcoholic beverages for their tables. Cash bar. Purchase tickets at Eventbrite. Visit kophistory.org for more information.
Valley Forge Chorale
Presents “Children’s Movie Music Concert” at Lower Providence Presbyterian Church, 3050 W. Ridge Pike, Eagleville. A celebration of musical favorites of both children and adults. Character costumes are encouraged. Complimentary themed refreshments will be served. Admission free, no tickets required. A free-will donation is requested from adults. For information call 484-393-2832 or visit www. valleyforgechorale.org
Pysanky workshops
On Saturday, March 21, 2020. Session 1: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m; Session 2: 1 pm. 5 p.m.Hand-decorated eggs that are made with an ancient wax resist process. Ukrainians have been decorating beautiful eggs this way for centuries.Where: Parks & Recreation Office, 660 Lansdale Avenue, Lansdale. Fee: $30/session - Lansdale Borough Resident, $35/session - Nonresident. Info: 361-8352 jgrubb@lansdale.org.
Vegas at Variety
Saturday, March 28 from 6 PM to 10 PM at College Hall, Montgomery County Community College, 340 Dekalb Pike (Rte. 202), Blue Bell, PA. Tickets are $47 in advance, $55 at the door. The purchase tickets, visit https://varietyphila. org/vegas-at-variety
36th Annual Spaghetti Dinner
Boy Scout Troop 481 is pleased to announce it’s 36th Annual Spaghetti Dinner being held at Mother Teresa Regional Catholic School on Allendale Road in King of Prussia on Saturday,March 28, 2020 from 4pm to 8pm. Adult tickets are $10.00 each and children’s tickets are $5.00 each. First responders are free as are children two and under, also. TIcket price includes all you can eat pasta, meatballs, sausage, salad bar, dinner rolls, ice tea, lemonade, and or coffee, tea and dessert. Each ticket provides an opportunity to participate in the raffle and the silent auction, too.