Around town

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.

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.

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/let-themeat-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.

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.

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.

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 freewill donation is requested from adults. For information call 484-393-2832 or visit www.valleyforgechorale.org

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 - Non-resident. Info: 361-8352 jgrubb@ lansdale.org.

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-atvariety

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.

Spend an afternoon in Phoenixville enjoying a food and spirits walking tour with some light history! We visit restaurants, wineries and breweries. It is about a mile-long walk through this quaint town. The tours are offered 2 times/month from March through October. Our Spring/Summer dates are: March 29th, April 19th, May 3rd, 17th, and 31 st ,June 14 th, 28th. Join us for a stroll on a Sunday afternoon. See what Phoenixville has to offer! For tickets and information visit our website www. tasteandseetour.com.

Elmwood Park Zoo is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Centre Theater in Norristown that will combine zoo visits with admission to the iconic theater’s exciting new performance series. Centre Theater and its resident company, Theatre Non-Conforming, will kick off its new Family Series in April with a four week run of the beloved children’s classic “Pinocchio.” It will be followed in the summer by a run of “Tarzan™” (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. & Disney, All Rights Reserved), and conclude during the holidays with Charles Dickens’ timeless “A Christmas Carol. “Pinocchio” performances