| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | MST3K: Time ChasersPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 17, 2012 If you studied the greatest time travel tales in history, Time Chasers would surely be the weakest. It’s got a guy and some other guy in it. They use a biplane to fly back in time and do stuff. If it all sounds like so much enchantment – it isn’t. It does, however, setup up our intrepid movie riffing trio (Mike, Crow and Servo) with a veritable feast on which to heap scorn! Join us once again for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 crowd experience unlike most... | The Colonial Theatre | 02/17/12 | Phoenixville |
The Secret of MoonacrePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 18, 2012 Based on the book The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (JK Rowling’s favorite childhood book!).
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather’s father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn’t know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor. Soon Maria finds herself in a crumbling moonlit world torn apart by the hatred of an ancient feud with the dark and... | The Colonial Theatre | 02/18/12 | Phoenixville |
Ain't Misbehavin'Presented by Village Productions at Tri-County Performing Arts Center February 10-February 19, 2012 Winner of the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical, the comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's best! The inimitable Thomas "Fats" Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin' new beat, Swing. Although not quite a biography, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’... | Village Productions | 02/10/12-
02/19/12 | Pottstown |
TabloidPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 19, 2012 “Timed serendipitously with the sudden collapse of Britain’s 168-year-old gossip rag News Of The World, Errol Morris’ Tabloid reveals, among many other things, the fierce, unscrupulous reporting that goes on at competing publications—in this case, Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Express. In spite of its title, this gossip war isn’t Tabloid’s subject, but it does underline a long-running theme in Morris’ work about the elusive,... | The Colonial Theatre | 02/19/12 | Phoenixville |
Turtles Can FlyPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 25, 2012 “In the makeshift refugee villages of northern Iraq shortly before 2003′s U.S.-led invasion, parentless children spend their days collecting landmines and awaiting information on the impending war. With no responsible adults to guide or shelter them, the kids—led by a precocious boy named Satellite (Soran Ebrahim), whose skill with technology makes him a vital member of the temporary community—toil and suffer in quiet, resigned to their bleak fate as dispossessed... | The Colonial Theatre | 02/25/12 | Phoenixville |
TEDxPhoenixvilleLive: TED2012 SIMULCASTPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 29, 2012 TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference; events can be simple viewing events, and may also host live speakers. TEDxPhoenixville is pleased to host a free webcast of all four available TED2012 sessions. We will not have any live speakers that day, but instead plan on... | The Colonial Theatre | 02/29/12 | Phoenixville |
Night of the CreepsPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 2, 2012 “Fred Dekker’s 1986 horror-comedy Night Of The Creeps had the curious distinction of being simultaneously anachronistic and ahead of its time.
By the mid-’80s, the heyday of campy, drive-in-ready B-movies about square young men battling creepy-crawlies from another world while trying to muster up the courage to ask their gals to the big dance had long passed. But the winking meta-commentary of Scream and Hot Fuzz wasn’t yet in vogue. Like... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/02/12 | Phoenixville |
Balloon Freak John CassidyPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 3, 2012 John Cassidy, our most popular kids performer at the Colonial, is an eccentric comedian whose bizarre antics have earned him widespread acclaim as one of the most original and unique performers today. He has also made numerous television appearances having appeared on such popular shows as Live with Regis and Kelly, NBC’s Today Show and Martha Stewart Living and regularly plays Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City and his native Philadelphia. John also holds several Guinness World... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/03/12 | Phoenixville |
Maple Sugar FestivalPresented by John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove at John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove March 3, 2012 The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove (JJAC) celebrates all things maple sugar with a free, family-friendly event. This event takes place on JJAC's 175-acre historic grounds. Throughout the grounds, JJAC staff and volunteers guide festival visitors to different stations where they can discover maple sugars past and present.
Indigenous legends and techniques come alive at the Native American & Colonial Sugar-Making station. The Sugarbush station explains the science of... | John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove | 03/03/12 | Audubon |
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee TilesPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 4, 2012 Q&A with director and Philly native John Foy immediately following the screening.
“Alien to the street yet embedded within it, easy to read but impossible to decipher, the Toynbee Tiles are an internationally enigmatic, handcrafted phenomenon. First discovered in the early 1980s, these crudely tiled signs have appeared in pavements all over the world, each uniquely made yet all expressing an identical message:
Toynbee Idea
In Kubrick’s... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/04/12 | Phoenixville |
| Looney Tunes | The Colonial Theatre | 03/10/12 | Phoenixville |
Mister Rogers & MePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 11, 2012 Q&A with filmmakers and former Berwyn residents Benjamin and Christofer Wagner immediately following the screening.
“Unlike almost everyone on TV who’s invented a persona, Mr. Rogers was the same person off screen. His life and his work touched children, politicians, celebrities and religious leaders. He did it in a way that was both humble and authentic. I learned this watching a profoundly moving film – Mr Rogers and Me by Benjamin and Christofer Wagner.... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/11/12 | Phoenixville |
Bill and Ted’s Excellent AdventurePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 16, 2012 “Just stupid enough to be endearing.” (Rob Thomas, Capital Times)
“The boys are back in town – and back in the telephone-booth time machine. As these high school goofballs travel back in time to score some heavy dudes like Napoleon, Socrates, and Billy the Kid for their history presentation, they wrote themselves into the teen-movie pantheon. Everything Reeves has done since always has the whiff of “Ted” about it. Party on, dudes.” (Marjorie... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/16/12 | Phoenixville |
Darby O’Gill and the Little PeoplePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 17, 2012 Albert Sharpe is an Irish caretaker whose tendency to spin the blarney causes no one to believe him when he becomes the guest of the Leprechauns in their underground home. Great special effects create a timeless atmosphere of charm and fantasy. Also starring Sean Connery. (TLA Film & Video Guide 2002-03)
Directed by Robert Stevenson. US. 1959. 6+. 93 min. Buena Vista. 35mm.
| The Colonial Theatre | 03/17/12 | Phoenixville |
The Art of the StealPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 18, 2012 “As a forward-thinking art collector in the 1920s, Dr. Albert Barnes snapped up an extraordinary wealth of post-impressionist and modernist paintings from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, Renoir, and Cezanne; though dismissed by tastemakers at the time, his collection is now valued in the tens of billions. In his will, Barnes was specific about what the trustees were to do with his assets: He wanted them to remain housed in his small, meticulously conceived institution in the... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/18/12 | Phoenixville |
SupermanPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 24, 2012 “Superman was an extraordinarily expensive film, and on the whole the money was well spent. Perfect casting and stunning special effects combine to relate the origins of the famous DC Comics here.
Superman’s father (Marlon Brando) jettisons his child into space to save him from the death of planet Krypton. Christopher Reeve plays the adult Superman, who, as Clark Kent, gets a job at The Daily Planet where he meets Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Lex Luther (Gene... | The Colonial Theatre | 03/24/12 | Phoenixville |
| Craig Bickhardt, Thom Schuyler, and JD Malone | Chaplin's - The Music Café | 03/24/12 | Spring City |
Toys in the AtticPresented by Village Productions at Tri-County Performing Arts Center March 8-March 25, 2012 Meet Carrie and Anna Berniers, two sisters living in genteel poverty who have sacrificed their own ambitions for those of their ne’er-do-well younger brother, Julian, whose grandiose dreams repeatedly lead to financial disasters. When Julian unexpectedly returns home accompanied by his emotionally unstable, childlike bride Lily, her aloof, aristocratic mother Albertine, and an unexplained large sum of money, Carrie and Anna suddenly find the position of power they always have held... | Village Productions | 03/08/12-
03/25/12 | Pottstown |
Easter Crafts for Kids WorkshopPresented by Pennypacker Mills at Pennypacker Mills March 25, 2012 The themes of Easter and Springtime will be explored as children create wonderful ornaments and cards to take home and share with loved ones & friends. All materials & instructions are provided along with refreshments. Confirmation will be sent to each participant along with directions and site map. | Pennypacker Mills | 03/25/12 | Schwenksville |
Spring Pipe Organ ConcertPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 25, 2012 Glenn Hough will play a selection of music appropriate for Spring, St. Patrick’s Day and the moon. There will be one intermission and the overall program will last about 2 hours. This program benefits the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley (TOSDV) Theatre Pipe Organ Restoration Fund.
| The Colonial Theatre | 03/25/12 | Phoenixville |
Point Entertainment presents Leon RedbonePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 30, 2012 Leon Redbone returns to the Colonial Theatre with his own special bled of jazz, ragtime and blues. He’s known for his eccentric sense of humor, skilled instrumental talent, and recurrent gags involve the influence of alcohol and claiming to have written works originating well before his time.
| The Colonial Theatre | 03/30/12 | Phoenixville |
Stand by MePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 7, 2012 “The line between sappy and sweet is a razor-thin one. We’ve all been held hostage by coming-of-age stories that shamelessly cudgel us into sniffling submission. And while they might succeed in making us reach for the Kleenex, we rarely feel good about it afterward. Then there’s a movie like Stand by Me, which gets your tear ducts working honestly.
Based on a Stephen King novella, the film tells the sepia-tinted story of four childhood pals destined to... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/07/12 | Phoenixville |
Point Entertainment presents Leo KottkePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 13, 2012 “Amazing” and “incredible” are two words often used to describe a Leo Kottke show. Internationally recognized as a master of both the 6 and 12 string guitar, he is widely known for his innovative finger-picking style which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk; and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Fans of Tommy Emmanuel and Jorma Kaukonen will love Leo Kottke.
Tickets
Gold Circle:... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/13/12 | Phoenixville |
Point Entertainment presents Suzanne WestenhoeferPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 14, 2012 All new for 2011! A crazy, heart-pumping, mind-bending, hilarious romp through heartbreak, comedy, life, love, and everything about couples un-coupling in the modern world. You’ve never seen Suzanne like this before! Expect non-stop inappropriate comedy from the woman Curve magazine voted “America’s Funniest Lesbian.”
Tickets
Gold Circle, Orchestra & Front Balcony: $29.50 ($35 day of show)
Rear Balcony: $20 ($25... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/14/12 | Phoenixville |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 14, 2012 Audiences young and old enjoy this larkish musical/fantasy featuring precocious children and childlike adults. Gene Wilder stars as the eccentric candy maker searching for the child who will inherit his fantastic factory. For a contrarian, but not completely off base, review check out Chuck Bowen’s on SlantMagazine.com.
Directed by Mel Stuart. US. 1971. 8+. 98 min. Warner Bros.... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/14/12 | Phoenixville |
Francis DunneryPresented by Chaplin's - The Music Café at Chaplin's Music Café April 14, 2012 Francis Dunnery is impossible to pigeon hole.
After spending much of his life as a British Rock Star, being chosen to lend his guitar playing skills for such respected artists as Robert Plant, Santana, Yes, Lauren Hill, John Mellencamp and Ian Brown, Dunnery hit the middle of life with a bang and was forced inward. He has spent the past twenty five years not only pursuing his incomparable music career but also studying, philosophy, psychology and astrology
The Francis... | Chaplin's - The Music Café | 04/14/12 | Spring City |
MST3K: MitchellPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 20, 2012 Joe Don Baker is unappealing, doughy and alcoholic cop Mitchell who gets caught up in political intrigue and the local mafia drug trade after he’s called in to investigate the murder of a prowler by a local embezzler (played by John Saxton). This is the first of two Joe Don Baker films that the Satellite of love crew lambaste- the other being “Final Justice” (Mitchell in Italy), which we featured at the Colonial for out Cult Cinema show back in May ’11.
Not... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/20/12 | Phoenixville |
The Princess BridePresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 21, 2012 “Writer William Goldman’s love story of a farm boy-turned-swashbuckling hero, the princess he rescues from an arranged marriage, and the friendships and revenges the two encounter along the way recreates the high-flying milieu of a Fairbanks or Flynn adventure yarn, placing it within the narrative frame of a grandfather reading a storybook to his sick grandson.
…Reiner’s contribution was to cast actors in the lead parts who captured the folkloric ambiance of... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/21/12 | Phoenixville |
Point Entertainment presents Two Funny Philly GuysPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 28, 2012 Listeners to Sports Radio WIP are no strangers to these two funny Philly guys. On the morning show, Joe Conklin, the man of “a thousand” voices, does uncanny impressions of Harry Kalas and Charles Barkley, to Bill Clinton and Ed Rendell. Big Daddy Graham, who hosts the overnight shift, originally started out as a musical comedian opening for rock shows, now focuses on what he calls observational comedy, telling stories about living in Philadelphia. This show sold out when the... | The Colonial Theatre | 04/28/12 | Phoenixville |
Farragut NorthPresented by Village Productions at Tri-County Performing Arts Center April 20-April 29, 2012 It’s January in Des Moines, Iowa, during a tight primary race. Wunderkind Stephen Bellamy is young, aggressive, talented, and tremendously successful as press secretary for Governor Morris in his bid to run for President. Thrown into the scheming backroom politics of more seasoned operatives, Stephen struggles between the lust for power and loyalty to the cause. Named for the Metro Station that is the center of the Washington, D.C. lobbyist district, FARRAGUT NORTH is opening in... | Village Productions | 04/20/12-
04/29/12 | Pottstown |
Art Exhibit ReceptionPresented by Steel City Coffeehouse at Steel City Coffeehouse April 29, 2012 This exhibit is open to the public with free admission during the Phoenixville Fine Art Festival and normal business hours of the coffee house; Free admission does not apply to most performances and/or events which require admission* The artwork is displayed throughout the entire coffee shop, so grab a cup of Joe, and view all the amazing work. Curated by Frank Giammatteo.
| Steel City Coffeehouse | 04/29/12 | Phoenixville |
How I Learned to DrivePresented by Theatre Horizon at Centre Theater April 1-April 30, 2012 A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, How I Learned To Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and life from behind the wheel. | Theatre Horizon | 04/01/12-
04/30/12 | Norristown |
Art ExhibitPresented by Steel City Coffeehouse at Steel City Coffeehouse February 3-May 4, 2012 This exhibit is open to the public with free admission during the Phoenixville Fine Art Festival and normal business hours of the coffee house; Free admission does not apply to most performances and/or events which require admission*
Featured this exhibit : Katrina Kiefer, Michael Reimer, Gregg Nixon, Alan Allum, Michelle Anderson, Jonathan Pinkett, Monty Milne.
The Jack Miller Collection: Konstantin Bokov, Arnold Wood, and more. Curated by Frank Giammatteo. | Steel City Coffeehouse | 02/03/12-
05/04/12 | Phoenixville |
Point Entertainment presents An Evening with Ottmar Liebert & Luna NegraPresented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre May 10, 2012 Ottmar Liebert’s incredible global success on a musical level often seems like a simple outgrowth of his cultural background and powerful wanderlust in his formative years. Born in Cologne, Germany to Chinese-German father and Hungarian mother, he began playing guitar at 11, and traveled extensively through Europe and Asia intent on fully absorbing each musical tradition he encountered.
By 1989, he had founded the first... | The Colonial Theatre | 05/10/12 | Phoenixville |
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