Entertainment
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Drexel Hill Man Partners With Temple Roommate to Create Rentable Gaming Pods
Dalton Carroll of Drexel Hill has joined with Temple University soccer teammate Sam Speaker to launch Gamrpod, a soundproof live streaming gaming booth for use at esports centers and events, writes Paige Gross for technical.lyphilly.com. The first booth launches next month in Chinatown’s TAP Esports Center. The pair were Division One soccer players and roommates.…
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Delco Arts Week Opens Tomorrow With Exhibits and Festivals and Runs Through Sept. 28
Come experience the Arts! Delaware County Arts Consortium and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance presents the first-ever Arts Week Sept. 21 to 28. Sponsored by Visit Delco PA and the Foundation for Delaware County, Arts Week showcases a wide range of art around the county. Visit DelcoArts.org and schedule times to experience music, dance, art,…
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Ridley Park’s John Scagall Releases Music Video About Coping with the Loss of a Pet
Ridley Park native and county singer John Scagall has released a music video “Send My Fur Angel” to remember his dog Tobey, who passed away last year, three days before Scagall’s wedding, reports MyChesCo.com. The video captures the pain and yearning Scargall felt to see his family dog again. Tobey’s collar was at the wedding…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers: Be a Super Hero for a Great Cause on Oct. 6
Join Child Guidance Resource Centers on Sunday, Oct. 6, for the 7th Annual Super Hero 5k Run for Prevention and Wellness Festival. The event will take place at Ridley Creek State Park Pavilion #17, from 7:30 AM to Noon. The hope of the fundraising event is to bring awareness to the issue of substance abuse,…
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Color Blind: Student Video Captures Life-Changing Moment
A simple act of kindness, captured on camera in December at Neumann University, has become the pivotal moment in a student-produced video that is now nominated for a national award. “Jake Loburak: The Colorblind Videographer,” a 90-second video produced by communications and digital media (CDM) majors Sean Spence and Jake Loburak, is one of four…
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There Are Treasures to Be Discovered in Delaware County During Delco Arts Week
Now is your chance to find out just how much art and culture there is in Delaware County, just waiting to be discovered. The first-ever Delco Arts Week Sept. 21 to 28 features art exhibitions, studio tours, garden tours, music and dance, theater, film and more. Festivals, events and activities will take place at various…
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Delco Arts Week 2019: Art and Culture Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
Culture is being celebrated in our own back yard for eight days in September. The first-ever Delco Arts Week Sept. 21 to 28 features art exhibits, music and concerts, theater, dance, film and more. Festivals, events and activities will take place at various locations throughout the county. This week of local arts and culture includes…
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Amy Rigby, Haverford Music Festival Performer, Is Also a Writer
Amy Rigby, who performed this past Saturday at the Haverford Music Festival, has written a memoir, “Girl to City: A Memoir”, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Rigby was backed by a band that included drummer Doug Wygal and her husband, Wreckless Eric on bass–the British punk-era songwriter who penned the immortal 1977 anthem…
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Move Over Vivaldi. Delaware County Gets Its Own Four Seasons, at Sept. 22 Symphony Concert
For the first time ever, Delaware County is getting its own musical composition. On Sunday, Sept. 22, at Neumann University, the original piece, “The Four Seasons of Delaware County,” will have its world premiere. The work for violin, cello, flute and piano will be part of the Delaware County Symphony’s first chamber series concert. The…
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Slinky Comes Back to Clifton Heights With Its Own Roadside Historical Marker
The Slinky, which celebrates its 75th birthday in 2020, was made right here in Clifton Heights, near Baltimore Pike and Springfield Road, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Now a roadside historical marker dedicated Friday on National Slinky Day will mark the spot near where they were made. Mechanical engineer Richard James invented the…
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Parx Casino Joins Philadelphia Union’s Roster of Corporate Partners
The Philadelphia Union has added Parx casino to its roster of corporate partners, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Financial terms of the sponsorship deal are being kept confidential. Under the agreement, Bensalem-based Parx Casino will be the presenting partner of the halftime show on local broadcasts of Union games. Parx street teams will…
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Community’s Invited to Join the Fun and Meet Everyone at Elwyn Day Oct. 19
For runners, there’s a challenging (but not too challenging) 5K. For those who like a more leisurely stroll, there’s a Fun Walk for families. For everyone, there’s a festival, with games like Ring Toss and Skee Ball, a Bounce House, arts and crafts, face painting and delicious food. It’s Elwyn Day Saturday, Oct. 19, that…
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Media Student Film on Fictional School Shooting Takes Film Award
“Closeted” depicts a school shooting from the point of view of a sheltering student, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The film claimed the audience award in the youth 11-17 category at the BlackStar Film Festival. It claimed a similar award during the Media Film Festival last spring. “Closeted” is a nine-minute…
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Woodstock: Delco Residents Offer a Local Spin on 50th Anniversary of Music Fair
When Janet Sanders, a Springfield High senior, announced she was going to Woodstock, her brother and late sister-in-law didn’t want her to go because they had seen photos of nude festival attendees at the Atlantic City raceway concert, writes Peg DeGrass for the Delaware County News Network. “I lied and went anyway, telling my brother…
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Upper Darby’s Tower Theater Sign Comes Down, Museum Gets Iconic Sphere and Letters
The Tower Theater’s radio tower sign, a landmark for 69th Street in Upper Darby, is unsafe and is being removed, writes Joseph A. Gambardello and Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Live Nation, the theater’s owner, said inspections by company engineers determined the signage atop the 92-year-old building had deteriorated, according to Upper Darby Mayor…
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Chadds Ford Woman Named All-Around Lumberjill at Lumberjack Competition
Martha King of Chadds Ford won her first All-Around Lumberjill title during this year’s Lumberjack World Championships at the 60th annual Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward, Wisconsin, writes Terrell Boettcher for Blue Mountain Eagle. A 2016 Philadelphia Inquirer article by Dan Geringer described King as one of a small group of lumberjills who chop, saw, and…
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Chester InmatesTell Their Stories Through Animated Films Made Inside Prison
“Hidden Lives Illuminated” is a collaborative effort of 20 incarcerated men at State Correctional Institution Chester to tell their stories, writes Samantha Melamed for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The men at SCI Chester are working with a crew hired by Eastern State Penitentiary to develop a series of animated shorts. The films will be screened starting…
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For This Happy Couple, Music Was the Food of Love
It was destined that a Springfield High School choir director and a music teacher at Walter Miller Elementary School in Levittown should make beautiful music together, and so, they married, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Elizabeth Folger and Michael Zubert were less than impressed with each other at choir camp in the…
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