NEWTOWN — To encourage the planting of more trees in local communities, Newtown Square in Bloom (NSiB) recently announced it is the recipient of a $4,000 2024 Healing the Planet grant from The Giant Co. and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. The grant will fund the replanting of 33 native trees and 30 native evergreens on the 1 mile-long tree corridor between the Goshen Walking Trail and Goshen Road where many of the ash trees had to be removed due to the emerald ash borer.
Work on the project will be done with assistance from Newtown Township Public Works, Newtown Township Environmental Advisory Council, Newtown Township Parks and Recreation and the Shade Tree Commission. The goal is to complete the project by the end of November. “This grant will help provide better air quality, filter stormwater runoff, prevent water puddling on the walkway and create an automobile noise buffer.
” said Paul Seligson, chair of NSiB. “A total of 76 applications were received, making this a very competitive process. We are extremely grateful to PA Representative, District 168th, Lisa Borowski, for helping our township secure this grant.
” The project was funded by The Giant Co. and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Healing the Planet grant program. The Giant Co.
and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful awarded a total of $108,243 in support of 32 projects focused on tree planting projects. Funding for the grants was provided by customers at Giant supermarkets, Martin’s, and Giant Heirloom Market stores who agreed to round up their grocery purchase to the nearest dollar from March through May. Donations to Newtown Square in Bloom from the public are being accepted for beautification projects such as hanging baskets, floral displays at Newtown Township welcome signs and street trees.
Volunteers from many of the township’s residents, organizations and businesses join in to help plant flowers and trees, develop the township’s trail network, clean up parks and streams on Arbor Day, weed and maintain the Drexel Lodge Park Pollinator Garden and help enhance the significance of the historic buildings. To learn more about volunteering, “Like” the NSiB Facebook page or go to: http://newtownsquareinbloom.com .
Donations can also be mailed to Newtown Square in Bloom, Box 592, Newtown Square, PA 19073. Checks can be made payable to Newtown Square in Bloom, a 501(c)(3) tax deductible organization. ‘Portraits of Sound’ exhibit to open at Community Arts Center The Community Arts Center will present “Portraits of Sound,” an exhibition of photographs by fine-art photojournalist and rock photographer Liza Chen from Saturday, Sept.
7 to Friday, Oct. 11 in the Duke Gallery at the center, 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford. Many first-edition canvas prints of some of her finest photos will be on display and available for purchase.
From hard rock and metal to blues and jazz and all musical genres in between, Chen’s work captures the energy, skill, excitement, passion, and deep soul of the musicians she photographs, according to a CAC press release. A reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 6 from 7 to 9 p.
m. Refreshments will be served. There will be brief remarks at 8 p.
m. Chen received a bachelor’s degree in fine-art photography with special studies in war photojournalism and a master’s in fine art education from Arcadia University. Her unique background has equipped her to capture the drama and majesty of live musical performance with precision and elevate the resulting images to a fine-art level.
“I’m excited for members of the music community to come out and see themselves represented in my work, and for the public to experience their music through my photographs,” Chen said. “The energy and excitement and soul of the live performances, and the joy of working directly with the musicians, is what inspired the show.” For more information, contact the gallery at info@communityartscenter.
org or the artist at [email protected] or go to http://www.communityartscenter.
org . Broadcast Pioneers present ‘Dancin’ On Air’ program Broadcast Pioneers launches its 2024-25 season with “A Salute to ‘Dancin’ On Air!’ ” on Wednesday, Sept.18 at McCall Golf Club, 201 N.
Lynn Blvd., Upper Darby. Attendees can celebrate, reminisce and learn more about the classic show, “Dancin’ On Air!” by enjoying exclusive videos from the show, music, dancing and a panel discussion featuring special guests hosts Eddie Bruce and Christy Springfield; directors Cathy Youngman and Dave Abramson; producer Kathy Flaherty; and dancer Joe Ceccola.
Guests are welcome to share their own memories of this local — and national — sensation. “Dancin’ On Air” was a television dance music reality show that aired in the 1980s. It was the forerunner of the TV show “Dance Party USA” of the same genre.
Both shows were produced and created by Michael Nise and his father, Frank. “Dancin’ On Air” was shot live daily at WPHL-TV Channel 17 studios in Philadelphia, but occasionally broadcast live on location from Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia; Ocean City, N.J.
; Wildwood, N.J.; Six Flags Great Adventure, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, and Hersheypark.
Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. for a meet-and-greet, followed by the luncheon and panel discussion at 12:30 p.
m. Guests do not have to be a Broadcast Pioneers member to attend this special event. Tickets are on sale until noon on Friday, Sept.
13. Advance registration is required. For members, tickets cost $35; non-members and guests, $40, plus a nominal online transaction fee per ticket.
No payments will be accepted at the door. Parking is free. For questions, email rsvp@broadcastpioneers.
com or call 215-780-5457 to leave a message and someone will return the call. For tickets, go to www.eventbrite.
com/e/broadcast-pioneers-of-philadelphia-september-18-2024-luncheon-tickets-913437826127. 2 of Boston’s finest blues bands to play at Jamey’s House of Music Two of the Northeast’s most engaging blues bands trek from Boston to Philly to perform at Jamey’s House of Music in Lansdowne at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 21. Bees Deluxe, whose repertoire bends the blues genre and infuses it with jazz and funk, and the award-winning One Dime Band share the stage and contrast their distinct approaches to modern blues in this not-to-be-missed show.
“We love to catch up with Bees Deluxe whenever they pass through Philly,” says Jamey Reilly, owner of the legendary venue. “Now, with the One Dime Band joining the bill, we’re bracing for a Boston blues tsunami!” Bees Deluxe, the British-American acid blues band, tour from Maine to Miami and have been frequent performers at Jamey’s House of Music. Incorporating their own compositions with re-imagined arrangements of classic songs by such artists as Etta James, Albert Collins, Robert Cray and Billie Holiday, the band has performed alongside Ronnie Earl, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Mike Zito, Walter Trout, Joanna Connor, Matt Schofield and Roomful of Blues.
John Kereiff of The Rock Doctors Hot Wax Album Reviews described their latest album “Hallucinate” as “This is what Steely Dan would sound like if they played the blues.” One Dime Band won the 2022 Boston Blues Challenge solo/duo act and the New Hampshire 2023 Granite State Blues Society Challenge. The duo also competed in Memphis at the semifinals of the International Blues Challenge in January 2024.
The band, John Brauchler and Paul Gallucci, began as an acoustic duo when they were both still in high school, and have crafted their sound and songwriting prowess by blending elements of blues, R & B and soul. Their latest album “Side Hustle” features guest appearances by Paul Kochanski, Johnny Blue Horn, Mario Perrett, Ilana Katz Katz, Robin Hathaway, Holly Harris and Romeo Dubois. Jamey’s House of Music is at 32 S.
Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne. For tickets or more information, go to: http://jameyshouseofmusic.
com . FMFCU announces new board member Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union announced the election of Paige Simmons to its board of directors. Simmons is an attorney with nearly 15 years of experience and currently a magisterial district judge in Chester County.
She previously served on the FMFCU Chester County Advisory Board and presently serves on the Downingtown Area School District Advisory Board. Simmons earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Adelphi University, a juris doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and a master’s degree in public management from John Hopkins University. Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union has provided financial products and services to its members in the greater Philadelphia region and beyond since 1970.
FMFCU ranks eighth in asset size among credit unions in Pennsylvania and is the largest financial institution headquartered in Delaware County. FMFCU has 145,000 members, 2,500 partner organizations and 17 branches. For more information, go to: http://fmfcu.
org. Main Line Health to offer ‘Safer Steps’ program Main Line Health will offer the program, “Safer Steps: Fall Prevention for Older Adults,” from 10 to 11 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 20 at Senior Community Services’ Schoolhouse Center, 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom.
Kara Chivalette will teach participants how to identify and control fall risks, make changes to reduce fall risks at home, add a few basic exercises to their daily routines to support flexibility, and set goals for increasing activity. The program is free. To register, call 610-237-8100.
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