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34th Annual “Touch the Future” Art Show Honors Bucks & Montgomery High School Students
Top works of art from Bucks and Montgomery County high school students were featured during the 34th Annual “Touch the Future” art show, presented virtually this year in collaboration with Montgomery County Community College. “Touch the Future” is a professionally juried art exhibit created in honor of Christa McAuliffe, the NASA teacher and astronaut who…
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Smooth Future Sought for Moravian Pottery & Tile Works
Considering it was once the site of a hand-crafted commercial endeavor, it seems somehow fitting that there is now a question about into whose hands the Bucks County’s Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, should go, characterizes Peter Blanchard for the Doylestown Patch. The County, the current owner, is grappling with its long-term financial health. The Bucks County Historical Society (BHCS) has countered, saying…
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Blazing with Colors in the Sun, Stained-Glass Window Glorifies the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
A stained-glass window, at least a century old, now catches the springtime sun at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, painting the chapel floor with beams of color. Gracing a wall of the Shrine’s lower church, the window depicts St. Stanislaus, bishop and martyr. In 1079, at the age of 48, Stanislaus was killed in Krakow, Poland, after prolonged animosity with the king. The window is one of two that…
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Renowned Free Area Garden Welcomes Visitors Back Safely With Re-Imagined Garden Spaces
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will welcome guests back to Meadowbrook Farm beginning April 14, 2021 with timed and reserved tickets available to the public starting April 1, 2021. Meadowbrook Farms will be open through October 30, 2021. Meadowbrook Farm is a 25-acre garden property that was entrusted to PHS by the late J. Liddon Pennock,…
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Federal Grant Opens the Window to Additional Care for Mercer Museum Collection
A $40,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency, is enabling the Mercer Museum to ensure its curated items aren’t in danger of being harmed by streaming sunlight or dripping rain. The funding will support the herculean task of surveying all 256 windows, dormers, and skylights located in the original 1916 National…
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Dancing in the Streets: Bristol’s Newest Mural Honors its Doo-Wop Past
First, came the dances at the Good Will Hose Company, a Bristol fire hall where a step called The Stomp became a thing. That step was eventually memorialized in a song, “The Bristol Stomp,” which was a massive hit for The Dovells. Now, the public arts program of Bristol Borough is celebrating those original teenyboppers and their doo-wop ditty with a mural, writes Tom Sofield of LevittownNow. …
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Neshaminy Mall’s Massive Historical Dioramas Are Saved by a Partial Rescue
The Historical Society of Bensalem has rescued four of the seven the massive Neshaminy Mall dioramas, keeping them safe for the time being, reports 6ABC. As reported two weeks ago, these intricate displays — installed as part of the Strawbridge & Clothier department store — were large-scale representations of local history. Through animated figures and music, they captured local moments in history, such as the winter encampment at Valley Forge and the…
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Snapshots of Struggle: Art Exhibit Honors Bucks County’s Tireless and Dedicated Essential Workers
It’s hard to think about the COVID-19 pandemic in inspirational terms, given the woe that is being left in its wake. But that’s what artists do: capture beauty and grace amid pain and suffering. That’s what makes a new photography exhibit at the James A. Michener Museum so notable, reports Jamie Stover for WFMZ. “Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait” comprises 20 photos that encapsulate the local…
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Bucks County Borough One Step Closer to Being Designated a National Historic District
Perkasie Borough’s downtown area is taking steps to become a National Historic District, as determined by the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office. “The Borough has worked for the past five years to ensure Perkasie takes its rightful place among the most cherished hometowns in Pennsylvania,” said Scott Bomboy, chair of Perkasie Borough Council’s Historical Committee. “It is an…
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New York Times: Rajie Cook, Washington Crossing Designer of Worldwide Pictogram Symbols, Dies at Age 90
Rajie Cook, the Washington Crossing designer who, together with Don Shanosky, developed the pictogram symbols used around the globe to identify public spaces, died on February 6 aged 90, writes Neil Genzlinger for The New York Times. Cook & Shanosky Associates won a contract in 1974 to develop a set of symbols that could be universally understood to provide information…
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Washington Post: Under Cover of the ‘Fight of the Century’ Activists Broke Into FBI Offices in Delaware County
Anti-war protesters used the distraction of the March 8, 1971 Muhammed Ali-Joe Frazer “Fight of the Century” to break into an FBI Media Borough office and steal documents highlighting the government’s persecution of activists, writes Kevin B. Blackistone for The Washington Post. The seized documents shed a public light on COINTELPRO, or Counter Intelligence Program.…
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Bensalem Seeks to Rehome Massive Displays of Local History from Shuttered Neshaminy Mall
A set of five historic dioramas — near life-sized models with detailed backgrounds — must be rehomed, writes Damon C. Williams for the Bucks County Courier Times. The artwork was originally installed in the Neshaminy Mall at its opening in 1968 as part of the now-defunct Strawbridge & Clothier’s. Macy’s took over that anchor spot (as well as the display) in 2006. But the dioramas’ future began to get shaky…
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Remembering Gaston Longchamp, Impressionist Artist Who Called Kintnersville His Home for Four Decades
Fernand “Gaston” Longchamp, the impressionist artist who learned his craft in Paris from Georges Seurat, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Marc Chagall, among many others, later called Kintnersville his home for more than four decades, writes Carl LaVO for the Bucks County Courier Times. His parents, a French mother and Cayuga-Iroquois father, moved from New…
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Another Beloved Tradition Falls Victim to Pandemic: No Reenactment of Washington’s Christmas Day Crossing of the Delaware River
The traditional reenactment of General George Washington’s Christmas Day crossing of the Delaware River was canceled this year due to the pandemic, writes James Freeman for The Wall Street Journal. Instead of the reenactment that usually takes place in front of cheering crowds, the Washington Crossing Historic Park debuted a special pre-recorded crossing video on…
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Find Perfect Gifts for the Bookaholic in Your Life in These Local Indie Bookstores
The best way to surprise the bookaholic in your life with a perfect gift and support local small businesses at the same time is to shop in some of the best independent bookstores in the region, writes Nick Vadala for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Narberth Bookshop is open for in-person shopping and is also taking orders…
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Lanternfly Remediation Tactics Can Be as Simple (and Humane) as Catching the Li’l Buggers in a Water Bottle
Lanternfly remediation tactics don’t have to be an out-and-out war on the bugs. For those who dislike the thoughts of squashing or stomping on the insects, a more humane way is out there. Ben Panko explained the process for the Smithsonian Magazine. A water bottle hack that has gone viral has been tested with great…
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Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary: It’s Prime Hunting Season, Especially for Lanternfly Egg Masses
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding issued the reminder that the chance to get ahead of the 2022 lanternfly season is to prevent them from hatching in the first place. The way to do that, according to a staff report from The Sentinal, is to destroy lanternfly egg masses that are being laid now. “Every spotted…
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Philadelphia Region Feeling Fallout of Ongoing Increase in Tropical Storms
This season, the Philadelphia region has been affected by four tropical storms — a possibly unprecedented number. Their after-effects have implications that are both accumulating and devastating. Anthony R. Wood explained this dangerous weather trend for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In the past two years, the Philadelphia region has been affected by tropical storms (or their…
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