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April 8, 2016
PHOENIXVILLE The Girls In Medicine program run by the Clinic in Phoenixville, has received a welcome boost in the form of a $10,000 grant from the McLean Contributionship to help purchase equipment for its program that helps high school girls who want to pursue a career in medicine. The Girls In Medicine program is an intensive one-year program aimed at providing guidance for highly motivated and talented high school girls interested in pre-medicine and health care careers. The program gives ... View Article
April 8, 2016
April 5th, 2016 Inside Out expands across the Philadelphia region, bringing more pop-up art installations to more neighborhoods The Philadelphia Museum of Art, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is launching the 2016 season of Inside Out, a major arts initiative that brings high-quality reproductions of Museum masterpieces into communities throughout the city and region. From April 6 through July, residents of Old City and Tacony in Philadelphia, and Coatesville, Doylestown, Lansdowne, and Narberth ... View Article
April 7, 2016
March 28, 2016 – Phoenixville, PA – – – The historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville is undergoing the biggest change the theatre has seen since it was originally constructed in 1903 before the advent of talking pictures. On Tuesday, April 5th in a public groundbreaking ceremony on Bridge Street, the iconic ‘Home of the Blob’ will announce an $8 million building expansion campaign. The project, which is expected to triple the Colonial Theatre’s patronage within three years of completion, is ... View Article
March 24, 2016
photo courtesy Bluebird Distilling PHOENIXVILLE: The American Craft Spirits Association (a registered non-profit trade group representing the U.S. craft spirits industry) has awarded five medals to local distillery Bluebird Distilling at their annual awards event, held this year in Chicago. Of the five categories in which Bluebird competed, they received a medal in each one. Their Vodka, Whiskey, and Sugarcane Rum were awarded silver medals, while their Four-Grain Bourbon and Juniperus Gin took home the bronze. Considering the relative youth ... View Article
March 17, 2016
PHOENIXVILLE: The Rebecca Lukens Award, presented by The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum, will this year be awarded to Phoenixville’s own Barbara Cohen, of the Schuylkill River Heritage Center. The award, issued by The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum since 2007, “honors individuals who exhibit the qualities of Rebecca Lukens — resilience, leadership, courage, and strategic outlook,” according to the Museum’s website. We of the Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate Barbara Cohen on this deserved award. ... View Article
