RSS Feed from The Berks-Mont News: http://www.berksmontnews.com The latest news from The Berks-Mont News: http://www.berksmontnews.com website: all stories http://www.berksmontnews.com The Berks-Mont News Wed, 10 May 2017 20:04:16 -0400 60 <![CDATA[Twin Valley School Board 2017 Primary Election Candidates]]> Twin Valley School Board Region 1

Deanna Herman, Birdsboro, cross filing Democrat & Republican, 4 year term

Jeffrey Horrocks, Elverson, cross filing Democrat & Republican, 4 year term

Twin Valley School Board Region 2

Sandra Deemer, Morgantown, cross filing Democrat & Republican, 4 year term

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<![CDATA[Arts & Craft Festival and Car Show rolls into Hamburg May 20]]> On May 20, downtown Hamburg, will be energized with the vibrancy of art as it hosts the seventh annual Hamburg Arts & Craft Festival and Car Show.

The festival includes artisans and crafters, numerous art activities for children, and live music by popular local bands at the beer and wine garden.

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<![CDATA[Amity community dedicates Nature Center]]> The idea four years ago of a garden for students has grown into a large community effort resulting in a Nature Center and trail, pavilion, and garden, all located behind the Amity Elementary Center (AEC).

The new DBIC (Daniel Boone Intermediate Center) Nature Center was dedicated on Saturday, April 22, as part of Earth Day 2017 activities.

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<![CDATA[CONCERT BEST BETS: York's Live comes to Philly for WMMR BBQ event in Camden]]> Welcome to "Seven in Seven," where each Friday we take a look at shows coming to the region over the next week. Whether your musical tastes are rock and roll, jazz, heavy metal, singer-songwriter or indie, there'll always be something to check out in the coming days.

Here are seven of the best for the week beginning May 14:

Tall Heights - May 14 at Johnny Brenda's

Progressive folk-rock duo Tall Heights have been kicking around the Northeast and their hometown of Boston since forming in 2009.

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<![CDATA[Crack The Sky makes rare area appearance at Sellersville Theater]]> Emerging in the early '70s with the talent and promise of impending commercial success, progressive rock band "Crack The Sky" never attained the heights of notoriety that the group had hoped for.

Praised by Rolling Stone magazine for their first self-titled record as "Debut Album of the Year" in 1975, Crack The Sky was often compared to Steely Dan.

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<![CDATA[FROM THE GROUND UP: Beautiful spring whites]]> Several weeks ago (From the Ground Up, April 20), I wrote about the Bradford Callery Pear; how this once-heralded and widely-planted cultivar has become a serious nuisance tree. Believed to be sterile, it has been cross-breeding with other pear trees and is now out of control. In the column, I mentioned several similar spring-flowering native trees with white blossoms that are a much better choice.

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<![CDATA[Village Library of Morgantown holds Spring Book Sale]]> Things were hopping with a steady stream of patrons coming and going filling bags with books. Saturday, May 6 was the final day for Morgantown Village Library's annual Spring Book Sale.

Outside in the library's front garden, Kade Elliott shoute, "Good Morning," while weeding. The Twin Valley High School student is a weekly volunteer and the library's youngest board member.

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<![CDATA[Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts presents student exhibition -- artists from Chesco, Delco, Berks featured]]> Among the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' famous former students are Fern Coppedge, Edward Redfield, Walter Baum and Daniel Garber.

What celebrity artists of the future will emerge from the 116th Annual Student Exhibition (ASE) May 12-June 4 in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building at 128 N.

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<![CDATA[REVIEW: Theatre Horizon's 'White' delves into artistic, racial and gender politics]]> The intersection where Art and Commerce meet has always been a rough neighborhood. Nowadays it seems worse than ever.

It's garishly lit and rents are sky high. If you're an artist, the growls and gavels of auctioneers and the white noise of social media makes it hard to focus on your work. There's a lot of strangers hanging around pretending they knew you when.

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<![CDATA[Joanna Furnace Iron Works Day set for May 20]]> On Saturday, May 20, the heat is on in the Joanna Furnace Iron Works casting house where visitors will be able to watch the founders make actual castings from molten metal. The process used during the 106 years Joanna Furnace was in operation will be interpreted and demonstrated continuously.

The Blacksmith's bellows will be creating a roaring hot fire in the hearth and he will be demonstrating the art and science of creating wrought iron products.

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<![CDATA[Main Line tradition: Hurdling horses, with tailgating, in the countryside with Radnor Hunt Races]]> It's tent parties and six steeplechase jump races for open space with the 87th Radnor Hunt Races in Malvern on May 20.

Don't say we didn't warn you. You need to purchase your passes/parking spots by Friday May 12, or you're out of luck.

Do they wear fancy hats like the Kentucky Derby?

That's a different kind of horse racing, but there will be a chapeau contest for women and children, judged on beauty and theme, and prizes to men with the best-themed ties.

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<![CDATA[WEEKEND FUN GRAB BAG: Festivals, concerts, regatta and much more planned around the region]]> Get some fresh air

Peddler's Village: Celebrate berry sweet traditions at the 39th annual Strawberry Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 20-21. The weekend features a variety of strawberry foods, a Strawberry Fields Fun Area for kids, a Strawberry Express Train, live music, dance performances, strawberry pie eating contests, an artisan marketplace and more.

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<![CDATA[Music Around Town for May 10]]> 10 May - Kim & Paul at Mackey's, Douglassville ( 8 p.m. start)

11 May - Michael Kropp at Tavola Restaurant, Springfield in Delaware County (2 p m.)

12 May - Kim & Paul at Kelsey O'Shay's, Douglassville ( 8 p.m. start)

12 May - Michael Kropp at The Speckled Hen, Reading (7 p.

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<![CDATA[Savor an Elegant Victorian Tea at Historic Joanna Furnace May 13]]> The Ironmaster's wife at the Joanna Furnace Iron Works invites guests to the 11th annual Victorian Tea. Register now to reserve your spot for this special event, which will take place Saturday, May 13, at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Historic Joanna Furnace.

This year, guests will participate in a program entitled "A Woman's Place in Postwar Society," which focuses on the roles women played in the years following the Civil War.

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<![CDATA[Kennett Flash show with W. Chester's Mason Porter celebrates music of Bob Dylan]]> Bob Dylan turns 76 on May 24, but West Chester band Mason Porter (and friends) gets the party started early on the 19th.

"This is the fourth year in a row we've done a Bob Dylan birthday show," said guitarist and singer Paul Wilkinson. The music' scheduled to get underway at 8 p.m. at Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square.

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