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A dining experience that goes beyond what’s on your plate. Celebrate our nation’s founding farmers & explore the exclusive artwork at Founding Farmers King of Prussia. To learn more & reserve your table, visit FoundingFarmers.com. TOURS PUBLIC PROGRAMING SPECIAL EVENTS PRIVATE RENTALS WWW.BAHISTORICDISTRICT.ORG ~ 215.947.2004 2 3 DISCOVER THE ARTS A LETTER from OUR PRESIDENT 6 18 Comedy Preview Historic Holiday Tours elcome to Valley Forge & Montgomery County, a land of timeless beauty Act II Playhouse, Keswick Theatre, and Celebrate the Season at Montgomery Valley Forge Casino Resort County’s Historic Attractions where the arts come alive, history marches off the page, and memories W are made. This guide is designed to help you discover an amazing arts destination perfect for your next weekend getaway or staycation. 8 20 Arts on Campus Discover Montco’s MONTCO IS HOME TO MORE THAN Manor College, Montgomery County House of Peace Mike Bowman, President & CEO Community College, and Ursinus College Visit the One and Only Synagogue Designed 200 ARTS ATTRACTIONS by the Legendary Frank Lloyd Wright In these pages you’ll read about: 10 Ardmore Music Hall 22 • Live music venues, like Ardmore Music Hall, which has hosted acts ranging Puts Montco Music Scene Artistic Places to from George Clinton & P-Funk to The Hooters, Snarky Puppy, and Macy Gray. The on the Map Tie the Knot venue celebrated its five-year anniversary this September. Montgomery County Concert Venue Six Scenic Spots to Plan Your Celebrates Five Year Anniversary Wedding Weekend • A 2018/2019 season preview of live theater and comedy acts at Montco’s award-winning playhouses. • Historic movie theaters, like the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, the leading suburban, 14 26 nonprofit movie theater in the country. Theater 2018/2019 Flower Power Season Preview The Philadelphia Flower Show Comes to the Pennsylvania Convention Center • The amazing architecture of the iconic Beth Shalom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Upcoming Productions at Montco’s the only synagogue designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Award-Winning Playhouses • Artistic places to tie the knot. Plus, arts on our college campuses that are accessible to everyone, historic holiday 16 home tours, and an announcement of the theme for the 2019 Philadelphia Flower Bryn Mawr Film Institute Show to get you ready for spring! BMFI Evades Near Extinction to Become a Vibrant Film and Educational Center What are you waiting for? Plan your stay today! Please use this guide as a starting point to get out and explore. And we hope that you’ll come back for more. PLAN YOUR VISIT Mike Bowman, 30 34 President & CEO Member Listings Montgomery County Hotels To learn more about the arts in Montco, please visit our website artsmontco.com or follow Arts Montco on social media @artsmontco on Facebook and Twitter. 4 5 Curated By Alec Hersch Valley Forge Keswick Theatre Casino Resort Glenside King of Prussia Sinbad Comedy Club Presents at The Vault: December 1 at 8 pm ABDC Tour Sister’s Christmas Catechism November 2 at 8pm December 16 at 3 pm Julian McCullough Stand Up Global Presents: The First Night of Funny November 9 at 8pm December 31 at 8 pm Maureen Langan November 16 at 8pm Act II Playhouse Ambler Jimmy Shubert Rosie the Reindeer and the Case of November 23 at 8pm the Stolen Snow Globe Chris Coccia December 8-28 November 30 at 8pm Better Than Bacon DC Benny June 2, 2019 at 8 pm December 7 at 8pm Tom Van Horn December 14 at 8pm Aunt Mary Pat and Friends December 21 at 8pm Mark DeMayo and Tracy Locke December 28 at 8pm 6 Fall 2018 ARTS Montco Guide • artsmontco.com • #MAKEITMONTCO Fall 2018 ARTS Montco Guide • artsmontco.com • #MAKEITMONTCO 7 Whether you are an undergrad, alum, lifelong resident, or visiting from out of town, the arts are alive and well on Montgomery County campuses. They are a true depiction of the local artistic value and are well worth visiting. By Samantha Cummons Ukranian Heritage Museum Montgomery County Community College West Campus Art Gallery Manor College Montgomery County Ukrainian Heritage Museum – Jenkintown Community College Manor College in Jenkintown has an on-campus museum Art Galleries - Blue Bell and Pottstown dedicated to preserving Ukrainian artifacts and culture. Located in Blue Bell and Pottstown, MCCC’s galleries The Ukrainian Heritage Museum is part of the Ukrainian showcase thought-provoking art exhibitions, lectures, and Heritage Studies Center (UHSC), which was founded in programs throughout the academic year. All are free and 1977 to preserve, promote, and perpetuate Ukrainian open to the public. culture and traditions through educational and cultural programs. In addition to a folk-art collection, the UHSC Lively Arts Series - Blue Bell maintains an extensive Ukrainian library and archives as For over 30 years Montco’s Lively Arts Series has well as The Maria Mazur Gallery, an exquisite, handmade brought an array of extraordinary talents to the heart of pysanky gallery. A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, Montgomery County, allowing audiences to experience decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a established and emerging artists alike. Whether you’re a wax-resist method. fan of theater, music, dance, film or comedy, the Lively Arts Series has something for you. Performances, along with The museum is open to the public by appointment by the Film Series, are held in the Science Center Theater, an calling 215-885-2360. intimate venue located on the Central Campus in Blue Bell. Ursinus College The Sound Recording Technology The Philip and Muriel Berman (SRT) Studio - Blue Bell Museum of Art - Collegeville The SRT Studio is the only facility of its caliber open Notable art collector and former chairman of the to the public for use in the region. The SRT Studio was Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philip Berman, graciously designed by the Walters-Storyk Design Group – the best built a strong arts presence alongside his wife at his in the business, with design credits including Electric Lady alma mater, Ursinus College. Ursinus is now home to Studios for Jimi Hendrix, Jay-Z Studios, Jazz at the Lincoln the Berman Museum, an internationally-recognized, Center, and Alicia Keys’ Oven Studios. The director of impressive collection of fine art. Focused collections the Sound Recording Technology Program at the MCCC, include American 19th and 20th century paintings, prints, David Ivory, is a gold and multi-platinum, Grammy- and sculpture, which are utilized to illustrate historical nominated engineer and producer, who from time to time trends in art, literature, science and political and offers master classes that are open to the public. social history. The Culinary Arts Institute - Lansdale Sculpture Tour - Collegeville Whether you want to take a cooking class for fun or The outdoor sculpture collection of the Berman Museum earn a culinary certificate or associate degree and The Current Exhibition at the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College Runs Through July 28, 2019 is comprised of more than 75 contemporary artworks start a career, The Culinary Arts Institute (CAI) has spread over the grounds of Ursinus College, forming a something for every taste and pursuit. Opened in 2013, unique perceptual and physical gateway to the campus the Lansdale-based CAI provides hands-on instruction in at large. Much of the collection was gifted to the College four modern, professional kitchens including a restaurant by Berman and his wife, Muriel. The couple immensely demonstration kitchen, pastry kitchen, and cold food valued the work of artist Lynn Chadwick and were proud kitchen or garde manger. In search of a delicious and to hold more works by her in their Ursinus collection than enriching activity? Sign up for a culinary enthusiast class any other institution in North America. or boot camp. “We believe art should be seen; sculpture should be in public places and art should be in the arena of learning such as colleges and universities.” – Philip Berman Berman Museum of Art The Outdoor Sculpture Collection of the Berman Museum of Art 8 Fall 2018 ARTS Montco Guide • artsmontco.com • #MAKEITMONTCO Fall 2018 ARTS Montco Guide • artsmontco.com • #MAKEITMONTCO 9 By Emily Keel he City of Brotherly Love and the greater Philadelphia Following the Hall’s Anniversary show, WXPN welcomed area have been a haven for touring musicians for singer/songwriter Pete Yorn for his solo, acoustic You & T decades. And Montgomery County is no exception; Me Tour. here we have an abundance of unique venues that host Yorn is best known for his gold-selling album incredible local and touring acts year-round. musicforthemorningafter, released in 2001, featuring the Just three miles outside of Philadelphia lies Ardmore, one singles “Life on a Chain,” “Strange Condition,” and “Just of the Main Line’s most bustling towns and home to the Another.” Yorn has since released six other full-length EP’s, legendary Ardmore Music Hall (AMH). including musicforthemorningafter’s, follow-ups, Day I Forgot (2003) and Nightcrawler (2006). The venue officially opened under that name in 2013 and has since hosted acts ranging from George Clinton & P-Funk to AMH also provides bands with a place for regularly scheduled The Hooters, Snarky Puppy, and Macy Gray. shows. Cover bands such as Splintered Sunlight, a Grateful Dead tribute band based out of Philadelphia, have set up In addition to the overall quality of the acts, the sound multiple shows throughout the remainder of 2018. can reach every corner of the room thanks to the venue’s outstanding acoustics. There are plenty of opportunities to catch a glimpse of the stage. AMH has three different areas for audiences to watch a Throughout the year, Ardmore welcomes many local and performance: standing room, general admission seating, and touring acts.