Entertainment
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Tossing the Calendar Aside in the Name of Fun, Mummers Meet Mardi Gras in Warrington
The fact that both New Year and Ash Wednesday 2022 were long in the rear-view mirror didn’t dim Neshaminy Manor’s Mardi Gras party with the Uptown String Band. All Around Bucks County covered the afternoon of strutting and music. The Langhorne mummers’ appearance — a surprise to residence’s seniors — came about from the Twilight…
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Local Orchestra Conductor, Far from His Beginnings as a Harmonica Player, Leads Concert in Ivyland
Joseph Lovecchio, Music Director/Conductor of Warminster Symphony Orchestra, remembers his first real exposure to an instrument. He was a boy. And it was a humble harmonica. But what he recalls isn’t that he played it like a typical kid, blowing and sucking air to make it wheeze shrilly. He actually played it. His upbringing in…
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Langhorne Theater Group Continues to Produce ‘Plays That You Probably Won’t See Anywhere Else’
Langhorne Players’ latest production, A Kid Like Jake, closely aligns with the troupe’s desire to present compelling and relevant drama. The play’s themes — as covered by Stephi Wild of Broadway World — include modern-day parents facing their preschool son’s identity, a topic of much discussion locally and nationally. The plot explores Manhattan parents Alex…
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Fretting There’s Nothing to Do? A Perkasie Guitar Manufacturer Offers Factory Tours
Bucks County guitar fans who want a peek behind the curtain about how their favorite instruments are crafted generally flock to the Martin Guitar Factory in Nazareth. And while that provides a worthy look at an historical line of instruments, there’s a closer option of equal renown. Martin’s product line focuses on acoustic guitars; Ken…
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Musical on Reproductive Rights Set in 1800s Coming to Bucks County Playhouse
A one-night presentation of Female Troubles, a musical about reproductive rights set in the 1800s, is coming to Bucks County Playhouse this Saturday (tomorrow night), writes Jane M. Von Bergen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The showing is part of playhouse’s annual Oscar Hammerstein Festival, with the current portion dedicated to preparing and practicing musicals on…
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Peddler’s Village Named No. 1 Tourist Destination in the Philadelphia Region
For the second consecutive year, Peddler’s Village has been named the number one tourist destination in the Philadelphia region. The designation was made by the Philadelphia Business Journal and is based on the number of visitors — two million — in 2021. Prior to 2020, the Village had been ranked as a top-five tourist destination…
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‘Pawn Stars’ Coming to Valley Forge as Part of Eight-City Tour
If you have a collection of historical artifacts or a valuable family heirloom, now is the time to dust them off, writes George Stockburger for abc27. The hit History Channel show Pawn Stars is coming to Valley Forge to tape an episode of the long-running reality series. Its hosts, members of the Las Vegas Harrison…
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Eddystone Home Once Lived in by Jennifer Aniston Recently Sold
A three-bedroom home in Eddystone where Friends actress Jennifer Aniston spent part of her childhood has recently sold, reports 94.5 WPST. The dwelling, no longer owned by Aniston’s family, sold a few weeks ago. It is located on a quiet street south of Philadelphia International airport. The home was owned by Aniston’s grandmother, Stella Anastassakis. Aniston…
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Penn Community Bank’s Concert Season Recalls Iconic Sounds and Styles of Summers Past
Wednesdays. The midpoint of the workweek. Sure, Mondays and Tuesdays are in the rear-view mirror. But Thursdays and Fridays still loom. For locals needing a mid-week break the Penn Community Bank Amphitheater in Bensalem has a summer 2022 schedule of entertaining evenings — all Wednesdays — that provide the perfect bridge to the weekend. This…
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Pre-K Teacher in West Chester a Viral Sensation Who Uses TikTok to Educate an Audience of Millions
Tell Williams, an educator in West Chester, has been using humor and his life experiences as a gay pre-K teacher to reach the hearts of millions of viewers, parents, and children, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. Williams’s videos on TikTok have earned him more than 2.2 million followers as he uses his platform to advocate…
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Even Parx Casino, Like Other Businesses, Finds Itself at Odds with Inflation
An American Gaming Association survey asked industry executives about their pain points. Despite being stymied supply chain delays and labor shortages, inflation has also emerged as a business hurdle. Erin Flynn Jay reported the trend for Play Pennsylvania. Sixty-three percent of gaming industry leaders identified interest rate concerns as a top current worry. It rated…
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Upcoming Concert Supports Quakertown Nonprofits at Free Kickoff to Summer
The June 25 “Outreach ’22” concert in Quakertown is a 3-2-1 opportunity. It assists three worthy local charities through the musical performances of two bands at one venue: the Univest Performance Center. Best of all, the night of music comes with no admission charge. Instead, organizers are hoping for generous donations to the three organizations…
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Bucks County Playhouse One-Woman Show Features First Asian-American Actress to Win an Emmy
Jodi Long is the first Asian-American actress to win an Emmy Award, an accomplishment worth noting during June’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The witty, talented writer-performer is currently lighting up the Bucks County Playhouse with an original, biographical work. Chandler Lutz, of CBS3, drew back the curtain on the tour-de-force night of…
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Downingtown ‘Top Gun’ Actor Fires Off Ceremonial First Pitch at Recent Phillies Game
Miles Teller, a Downingtown native and lifelong Phillies fan, returned to the area last week to promote his new movie, Top Gun: Maverick, writes Brian Gallagher for the Daily Mail. The 35-year-old actor threw the first pitch at a Phillies game, where the first 1,500 fans who arrived at the stadium received an exclusive bobblehead…
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O’Sheas Las Vegas Pub and Casino Opens at Harrah’s in Chester, Offering Neighborhood Bar Vibe
The Las Vegas pub and casino O’Sheas opened its first East Coast location at Harrah’s Philadelphia in Chester Friday. Eager visitors lined up an hour before the 4 p.m. grand opening, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. “We want this to feel like Delco’s bar,” said Chris Albrecht, Senior Vice President and General Manager…
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Doylestown Man’s Mom — a Famed Puppeteer Who Strung Together an Influential Career — Passes Away at 99
Margo Lovelace was a working mother like countless others. But the performing career in which supported her family was anything but common. Her now-adult son, Doylestown’s David Visser, remembered her story-filled, storied life for Janice Compton at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Lovelace’s career lasted more than 30 years, during which she performed puppet shows in Pittsburgh’s…
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Bucks County Playhouse Seeks Out-of-This-World Teenage Actors for Upcoming Musical
If you’re an actor 13–18 years old with a certain star quality, the Bucks County Playhouse Youth Company would like to hear from you. The theater is preparing an August 4–6 run of a musical called ALiEN8 and is seeking five actors (male) to fill the roles. ALiEN8 is called a “musical about being human.”…
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An Eagles Dance to a Janet Jackson Song From an Older Fan From Wayne Goes Viral
Marybelle Alston is a big Eagles fan and she’s got the dance moves to prove it. Alston, 88, and her family live in Florida now, but the former longtime resident of Wayne never gave up her citizenship in Eagles Nation, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Now, a video of Alston dancing to Janet…
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