SERIES BEGINS

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

GOLD SPONSORS:




                   

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:

                 

If your interested in becoming a vendor, please contact
the office at 610*376*6424 or email: info@downtownreading.com 

 Christ Episcopal Church

and

Trinity Lutheran Church

Reading, PA

  www.fallfestivalofthearts.org

Fri., Aug. 10, 7:30 pm 

Sun., Aug. 12, 3:00 pm 

WCR Center for the Arts 

140 North 5th Street, Reading 

 

SUSANNAH 

Berks Opera Workshop and the Fall Festival of the Arts collaborate again, with a production of Carlisle Floyd's masterpiece, one of the most important and beautiful modern operas, laced with Appalachian folk songs, hymns and full-blooded operatic melodies.  

Written in the depths of the McCarthy era but inspired by the biblical Apocrypha, Susannah's story is eternal: an innocent young person is targeted by closed-minded hypocrites and preyed upon by a corrupt leader. With Tamara Black, soprano, Metropolitan Opera tenor and bass Charles Reid and Jeremy Galyon, and BOW young artists. BOW artistic director Francine Black conducts and Joel Gori directs.

Free multimedia introduction by BOW President David Richie 45 minutes before curtain. 

Tickets only available through Miller Center for the Arts box office at 610-607-6270 or online at www.racc.edu/millercenter , and at the door. $40 priority seating; $25 general admission; $13 students.

Funded in part by grants to the Berks Opera Workshop from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts,
the Reading Musical Foundation and the Puffin Foundation. 

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  READING PAGODA 
www.readingpagoda.com 

Calendar of Events 

 

Pagoda Writers will meet Saturday, August 4thh  [they meet every 1st Saturday of the month] from 1-3pm at the Pagoda. Their mission is to inspire writers [of all ages] and provide a creative writing experience through special speakers and workshop...all this is FREE!

8/2/12 - Thursday

7:00 - 9:00 pm   (1st Thursday of the Month)  

SUNSET AT THE PAGODA 

Have dessert and coffee while listening to some music.   The Pagoda Skyline Gift Shoppe will also be open for your shopping pleasure.   PLEASE NOTE, Sunset is at 8:13 pm

For more information call 610-655-2584 ~ readingpagoda.com or visit our facebook page  "ReadingPagoda"

Duryea Hillclimb Car Show: August 19th 2012 - for more information bmr-scca.org

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  PENN STREET POSSE  

to beautify center-city median strips

For immediate release - The Penn Street Posse, a group of volunteers working with the Downtown Improvement District and the City of Reading, will be beautifying the median strips with flowering plants and decorative grasses in the 400 and 500 blocks of Penn Street.

The planting of knock-out roses and liriope will occur the morning of Saturday, Aug. 4, beginning at 8 a.m. The posse, working with volunteers from the Berks County Master Gardeners, the City of Reading codes department, Entrepreneurs Connection, and others, will plant nearly 50 rose bushes (in pinks and reds) and the bluish-hued liriopethat morning.

Diane Salks, owner of Riverview Tree and Landscape, Alsace Township, has been a leader of this effort, donating much in the way of materials and manpower. Members of Salks' crew have completed preparatory work for the plantings, including the removal of stumps and dead shrubs in the medians as well as weed-removal treatment.

The original intent of the Penn Street Posse was to hold a landscapers' competition for the design and plantings of the medians. However, the recruitment of landscapers did not occur as hoped. The Plan B effort, spearheaded by Salks and Lori Kaplan, a posse member, insures that the median strips will become colorful and welcoming to residents, workers, and visitors to the downtown.

The cost of the plants and related materials for the effort is approximately $2,200. Members of the posse, who are donating funds themselves, and Charles Broad, executive director of DID, are reaching out to downtown businesses and organizations for contributions. Donations can be made payable to DID which will administrate the funds from a special account.

In addition, Riverview Landscaping, former Mayor Tom McMahon and GoggleWorks artist Jesse Gomez, are designing a special piece of public art which will be located at the western tip of the median in the 500 block of Penn Street. The debut of that art is expected to coincide with a special early September event at the Pagoda.

The work party kicks off Aug. 4. Mayor Vaughn Spencer and members of City Council are invited to participate and lend their support to the gardeners.

The Penn Street Posse previously successfully spearheaded a campaign to plant and place the flowering hanging planters along Penn Street. The donations for that effort exceeded goal, insuring there will be funds for a seasonal replenishment of the planters in time for the annual holiday parade in November.

Contact:

Donna Reed 610-823-0727

Lori Kaplan 484-336-8813

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   800 Penn Street

10:30 - 2:30

The summer season is in full swing at the Penn Street Market. Farmer vendors are bringing delicious local produce for your selection, including gorgeous red tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, radishes, zucchini, potatoes, watermelon, sweet corn, and much more. Satisfy your sweet tooth with a scrumptious cupcake from Weber's Cozy Corner, or some of their farm-fresh yogurt, cheese, or home-baked breads. Top off your visit to Penn Street Market with a cool, refreshing smoothy from the PerkUp Truck.

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Reading Eagle Theater

700 Penn Street

Reading, PA 19602

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The Teen Department at

The Reading Public Library

100 South Fifth Street

 Reading, PA  19602 ~ 610-655-6350

Sovereign Center

700 Penn Street

   Reading, PA 19602 

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONVENTION DATES                                                                                      

8/10/2012 - 8/12/2012

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Top of the Block is back for 2012!  Once again, #teamcorridor, in collaboration with First Friday Reading and RDG Hip Hop Summit, are bringing you one of downtown Reading's best family-friendly arts and music festivals.

Admission is FREE, Parking in the DoubleTree Garage is FREE. Come out and support the community's best musicians, artists, and restaurant vendors. Arts and Crafts and Food will be available for purchase as well as the return of the very popular Chinese Auction! Plus, there will be plenty of children's activities too!! Bring the whole family.

Over 1,000 people were in attendance last year! So please spread the word and be sure to invite everyone you know and help make this a hugely successful event, again!!