Community Calendar
Note: All notices for events must be emailed to vcarey@delcotimes. com by Thursday at noon. We will not accept faxes or hard copies. All notices will appear online. Print is based on a space-available basis. Thank you.
Havertown Irish Festival:
Delaware County, often referred to as the 33rd County of Ireland and Havertown are delighted to welcome the 4th Havertown Irish Festival with an amazing lineup of Irish music and dancing! The event will take place June 25from 11am-8p.m. in the rear lot of the Manoa Shopping Center in Havertown. Kelly Music for Life Chairman Tom Kelly says, “We are proud to announce a lineup that includes international touring performers as well as local musicians and dancers including Runa, Jamison, John Byrne Band, Irish Wilburys, Shades Of Green, David Brown Band and performances by the Emerald Isle Dancers. Music Festivals are an important part of our fundraising. After 2years off for the pandemic we are beyond excited to bring the Havertown Irish Festival back!” Kelly Music for Life is a 501c3nonprofit organization that operates the Kelly Center for Music Arts and Community in Havertown. Net proceeds from festivals support their Arts and Education mission.
Circus Summer Camp: makes it one for the record books as one of the largest circus camps for kids in the country — right here in Philadelphia. Camp runs through August 26. Daytime regular camp sessions — various ages, 9a.m.-3 p.m., Extended camp 3-5p.m. Philadelphia School for Circus Arts, 6452Greene Street, Philadelphia, Free parking lot available. The most children in the history of PSCA are enrolled for summer 2022,
Kids ages 4 -5 (Tots), 6 -7 (Junior), 8— 12(Youth) and 13— 18(Teen), Artists: Professional performers perform. Past guests included a sword-swallower, International Jugglers Association Champions, and a sleight-of-hand magician. All camp sessions for Circus Summer Camp are taught by experienced youth educators. Pre-registration and a deposit is required for all camp programs. Sign-up by visiting www.phillycircus.com, e-mailing info@phillycircus.com, or calling (215) 849-1991. For families with multiple children enrolling, inquire about sibling discounts for all camp programs.
Brauhaus Schmitz: presents Sommerfest Block Party and Summer Festival on South Street June 25, from 11a.m.-7p.m. The city’s award-winning German restaurant will take over the entire 700block of South Street for a full day of family fun that includes the region’s largest Maypole, authentic
German dancing, live music, flower crowns, face painting, schnapski tent, games and much more. Brauhaus will pop-up with the city’s largest outdoor German Biergarten with seating and shade for 1,000 guests. From the kitchen, Chef Mason Nash will fire up currywurst, roast pork, bacon wurst, brats and pretzels. From the taps, look for 13 different beers pouring, including Kölsch to Hefeweizens, Pilsners, Kellerbiers and Spring Bocks. The Sommerfest VIP Brauer Bund Bierhall will include private access to bathrooms, air conditioning, indoor seating, an all-day exclusive appetizer buffet, a commemorative glass beer stein, exclusive beers and six beer tokens. Sommerfest is free to attend, with food and drink pay-as-you-go. VIP tickets are on sale now for $100each. For more info and VIP tickets, visit: www. brauhausschmitz.com/events/ special-events/ or call (267) 9098814.
Gatsby’s Weekly lineup: 4936 Pennell Road, June 24, DJ Jerry Dance Party, 6-10p.m. June 25, Don’t You Forget, 8p.m.-12a.m. June 28, DJ Steve Kurtz Dance Party, 5-8p.m. June 30, KARAOKE with Kurtz, 7p.m.
Martin’s Tap House: Wednesday, Karaoke with Kurtz, 8p.m.
Family Discovery Series: The Kimmel Cultural Campus is delighted to announce the returning Family Discovery Series for the upcoming 2022-23season. In its 7th year, the lineup includes kidfriendly favorites and re-envisioned family classics, curated to appeal to the littlest growing arts lovers. Packages and single tickets to select shows in the 2022-23 Family Discovery Series go are on sale. Packages can be purchased by calling 215-893-1950, online at kimmelculturalcampus.org, or at the Kimmel Cultural Campus Box Office. Group sales are available for groups of 10or more and can be purchased by calling (215) 7905883. More information at https:// www.kimmelculturalcampus. org/family. The 2022-23Family Discovery Series lineup includes: Annie (October 11— 16, 2022); Disney Junior Live On Tour: Costume Palooza! (October 28, 2022); Bluey’s Big Play (December 2— 3, 2022); Blue Man Group (December 27— 31, 2022); Divi Roxx Kids (February 25, 2023); KODO (March 7, 2023); CATS (March 14— 19, 2023); Disney’s Winnie The Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation (March 23— 26, 2023);
Step Afrika! (April 28, 2023) This season’s Family Discovery Series is generously sponsored by Dietz & Watson.
Eastern State Penitentiary:
Niight Tours: Summer Twilight, a new evening program that debuted at Eastern State Penitentiary last spring, returns this year with expanded operating hours: Thursday through Sunday evenings, now through September 4. Visitors can explore Eastern State’s historic cellblocks as the sun goes down, enjoy a Triple Bottom Brewing Company beer, soft drink, or snack in The Fair Chance Beer Garden, and reflect on Eastern State’s history and legacy of criminal justice reform through hands-on activities like trivia, letter-writing, and art. Night Tours visitors explore the historic site using “The Voices of Eastern State” Audio Tour, which is narrated by actor Steve Buscemi and features the voices of former prisoners and correctional staff. The route includes popular points of interest such as Al Capone’s cell, Death Row, and the award-winning exhibit Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Night Tours also includes some exclusive offerings, such as the Fair Chance Beer Garden. Presented by Eastern State Penitentiary and Triple Bottom Brewing Company, two organizations committed to fair chance hiring and social justice storytelling, the beer garden is located outdoors on the penitentiary’s baseball field and offers a selection of Triple Bottom beer for purchase. The Fair Chance
Beer Garden creates meaningful, living-wage jobs for people who may otherwise be excluded from the mainstream economy, including people who have experienced homelessness or incarceration. Visitors to The Fair Chance Beer Garden can also participate in hands-on activities as they reflect on Eastern State’s history and legacy of criminal justice reform. Activities focus on art, writing, and music, and prompt conversation on issues of justice today. Night Tours: Summer Twilight runs Thursday through Sunday evenings, now through September 4, 2022. Tickets are available online at www. EasternState.org or at the door, subject to availability. Ticket prices start at $19. Free for Eastern State members. For more information, visit www.EasternState.org/ NightTours.
Upper Chichester Senior Citizen’s Club: meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at The Community Services Building, 1950Market St., Linwood. All Upper Chichester residents 60years of age or older and their spouse regardless of their age are welcome to join. Bingo will be played prior to our meetings at 11:30a.m., meetings begin at 1p.m. Refreshments are served after our meetings. bProof of being fully vaccinated is required to become a member. For additional information contact: Jan at 610745-9858or Barbara
Johnson @ 6104979682. For trip information contact: Dot Bowman @ 610 485 -6284
The Penn Museum: is offering special events throughout the summer that expand access to archaeology and anthropology. In collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue
Star Families, and the Department of Defense, the Penn Museum is among hundreds of Blue Star Museums across the country that will offer free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel, including the National Guard and Reserves, and their families (up to 5members) through Labor Day. A military identification card must be presented at the welcome desk to receive free entry. The Penn Museum is free to active-duty personnel and military veterans all year long. High school students interested in art and science are invited to attend a free event “Caring for Culture: Introducing Teens to Museum Conservation,” July 1,, 10a.m.—5p.m. Special activities include Global Voyagers, a 45-minute interactive seated tour that offers an introduction to the museum and highlights remarkable objects; self-guided tours, scavenger hunts, along with “I Spy” adventures; and Cartifacts!, touchable replica artifacts on carts available in certain galleries. The Museum Café will be open from 11a.m.-1p.m. Registration is required. Ancient Alcohol: A Taste of Bygone Booze Tour and Beer Tasting invites explorers ages 21+ to experience the Penn Museum in an entirely new way, July 23, 3-4:30p.m. Discover ancient beer and wine, modern-day brewing techniques, and how “drinking culture” has changed over time. At the end of the tour, taste-test Flying Fish Exit 3Blueberry Braggot, which is similar to an ancient beverage recipe revealed by a Penn biomolecular archaeologist. Tickets include museum admission and
a guided tour. ($30for drinking adults who wish to participate in the beer tasting. $24for “designated drivers” who will not be given a beer.) All ticket holders for this event must be over 21and registration is required. More tours included with admission and other in-person and virtual summer programs can be found on the Penn Museum’s calendar of events.
Middletown Township Trips:
610.565.2700, www.middletowndelcopa.gov. June 18-Phillies vs Washington Nationals in DC — Join us for a game vs the Nationals in DC with no hassle or cost of driving & parking there! Round up your friends & have some Phillies fun in Washington DC. Seats are in section 229- which are under cover. LV/RT 11:30AM/11:30PM $99/person (4). June 28-Ellis Island — Book early — always sells out! Learn about this immigration station. Included ferry ride from NJ which visits Liberty Island. Photo ID required for anyone 18yrs. & older. Buy lunch or pack it! Brief stop on way home on turnpike. LV/ RT 7:30AM/7:30PM $82/person (4). August 6-NYC Broadway
Show — Six — Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over. The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic’s Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for! The Broadway season got supercharged!” LV/ RT 8:30AM/8:30PM $240(2). October 22-NYC Broadway Show — Music Man — Two-time Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award winner Hugh Jackman will make his highly anticipated return to Broadway in what is widely agreed to be the greatest role ever created for an actor in the history of musical theater: Professor Harold Hill in Meredith Willson’s beloved classic, The Music Man. Two-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy superstar, Sutton Foster, will star as Marian Paroo. One of the most universally cherished treasures of the American musical theater, The Music Man was an instant smash hit when it premiered on Broadway. It went on to win five Tony Awards, including the prize for Best Musical, and ran for 1,375performances. The Smithsonian Institution ranks The Music Man as one of the “great glories” of American popular culture. LV/RT 8:30AM/8:30PM $298/person(2)
Philadelphia Museum of Art: June 24, the museum kicks off the summerlong Art Kids, a lively series of family programs offering unique hands-on art activities in the comfortable, playful, air-conditioned, and imaginative setting of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. With activities in the Art Kids Studio, pop-up tours throughout the day, quiet mornings for sensory-friendly activities, and collaborative art making on Friday Nights, this summer season at the museum has something exciting for every family.
Morris Arboretum: Take a model train rail ride through America’s iconic roadside attractions in miniature, learn how to grind corn on a pedal-powered mill, and enjoy stories among the trees as spring kicks off at the Morris Arboretum. Join us as we celebrate the season with events that are fun for everyone. All events listed below are free with Arboretum general admission. For more information, visit morrisarboretum.org. Garden Railway: America’s Roadside Attractions, , May 27—October 10, Free with general Arboretum admission. The Morris Arboretum’s popular Garden Railway returns just in time for Memorial Day Weekend! View a wide range of model trains zipping in and out of tunnels and over bridges along a quarter mile of spectacular outdoor track.
Delco Foundation COVID-19 Impact Report: Thank you to our nonprofit partners, governmental allies, and donors for stepping up to care for our community. As we mark the second anniversary since the start of the COVID-19pandemic, The Foundation for Delaware County’s COVID-19Impact Report offers a glimpse of how we at the foundation and others in our community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s keep investing in Delaware County together. Report: https://delcofoundation.org/wp
content/uploads/2022/04/TFDCCOVID-19-Response-Final.pdf Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: The River Feeds Back, June 1- Oct. 30, free with regular museum admission. A new project commissioned by the Academy is created by collaborating artists Annea Lockwood, known for her explorations of the rich world of natural acoustic sounds and environments, and Liz Phillips, who combines audio and visual forms with new technologies to create interactive experiences. The enchanting soundscape for The River Feeds Back was recorded at Pennsylvania sites along 135miles of the Schuylkill River, from its headwaters to its mouth, as well as its tributaries including Tulpehocken Creek, French Creek and Wissahickon Creek. Lockwood and Phillips have composed a layered sound map
that captures glimpses of the river system above and below its surface, including the underwater life of aquatic insects, eels, fish and swirling currents. Participants will experience this dynamic sound work through a variety of listening portals spatially arranged throughout the Academy’s Dietrich Gallery. Benches, hollowed tree trunks, and pieces of slate embedded with transducers (devices that translate electronic signals to sound waves of varying frequencies, some below the range of human hearing) will provide a visceral experience of the river and transport listeners to the subaquatic worlds of the Schuylkill. A wooden table etched with a contour map will pinpoint the artists’ recording sites along the Schuylkill’s riverbanks in a tactile form.
Delaware County Victim Assistance Center: (formerly known as Delaware County Women Against Rape) has been providing services to victims of sexual assault and to their significant others since 1974. The non-profit agency depends
on the support of our volunteers to help us assist meeting the needs of our clients 24-hours a day. Services to victims include hospital/police interview accompaniment, and telephone crisis intervention. Volunteers receive a 40-hour training to prepare them for their responsibilities and are asked to provide support at least twice a month for an evening or weekend shift. Delaware County Victim Assistance Center is asking interested community members to please contact Lauren Guenther at 610-566-4342or lciatteo@ delcowar.org
Delaware County Victim Assistance Center: (formerly known as Delaware County Women Against Rape) offers free and confidential counseling in person and through our 24-hour hotline to victims of sexual assault. The agency provides medical, police and court accompaniment. DCVAC also facilitates support groups for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Adult Rape Survivors, and Teen Survivors of Sexual Assault. Educational
programs are available to schools, professionals and community groups. Any questions or for services please contact our 24-hour hotline at 610-566-4342. Delaware County Victim Assistance Center: (formerly known as Delaware County Women Against Rape) offers police/court accompaniment, advocacy and free confidential counseling to victims of serious crimes including robbery, burglary, assault, arson and the surviving family members of homicide victims. Any questions or for services please contact Delaware County Victim Assistance Center at 610-566-4342.
Andalusia Open Saturdays: 1237 State Rd, Andalusia, PA 19020. Date: September 17, October 29 and November 5. Time: 10a.m — Noon and 1-3p.m. Open Saturdays provide six special opportunities for you to visit Andalusia on the weekend. Enjoy self-guided garden tours through the beautiful gardens and riverfront grounds. Tours including access to the “Big House” are also available at 10a.m. 11:30a.m.
and 1p.m. Cost: Starting at $20 Website: https://andalusiapa. ticketleap.com/open-saturdaysself-guided-garden-tours-2022/ Travel Club: For information 2157125-5004. June 30, Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, The Magic Of Bette Midler & Barry Manilow, A Musical Tribute (Not The Real Ones), $69Pp, Package Includes Show Ticket And $25In Slot Play. July 28, Ceasars Casino Atlantic City, The Drifters “Under The Boardwalk “Charlie Thomas Played A Monumental Roll In The Rise Of The R&B Sensation The Drifters In The 50’s An Original Member Of The Group You Will Be Hearing Classics Like There Goes My Baby And Save The Last Dance For Me Package Includes Show Ticket And $25Slot Play. Show At 3:30, $69 Pp. September 11-17, Mackinaw Island Michigan, Franklenmuth and Walnut Creek Ohio, Motor coach transportation one night Femont OH, Ford factory and museum, 3 nights in Mackinaw City Lake front rooms, Mackinaw Island for the day Boat ride to Island with lunch at
the Grand Hotel, 2hr carriage ride of the Island time to shop Soo Lock boat ride Sault st Marie time for shopping, Tour of Mackinaw city , Frankenmuth barvaria Lodge Tour of Frankenmuth Bonners Christmas village Wine tasting, Walnut Creek Ohio Amish country of Ohio, All meals accommodations tours gratuities all included 1,299.00pp Double, More complete information and flyer call 215-715-5004October 20, The Capris, Sweet Doo Wop Sounds Of Ny Street Corner, Hit Song There’s A Moon Out Tonight And More, Package Includes Show Ticket And $25Slot Play, $69Pp. October 20, Ceasar Casino Atlantic City, The Capris, Sweet Doo Wop Sounds Of Ny Street Corner, Hit Song There’s A Moon Out Tonight And More, Package Includes Show Ticket And $25Slot Play, $69
Pp. Mackinaw Island Michigan, Frankenmuth Michigan, Walnut Creek, Ohio, November 1, Sight and sound theater show David Lunch at Hershey Farms includes bus transportation and is an 11show $140pp. Call 215-715-5004