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The Rotary Club of West Chester hosts the Annual West Chester Chili Cook-Off on October 11, 2015. Last year the charity event raised $60,000.

Patrons get to sample and vote for hundreds of teams that enter the competition.

Last year the Rotary Club utilized the money by awarding grants to the following non-profit organizations:

– The Arc of Chester County
– Care Center Foundation
– Chester County Children, Inc.
– Crime Victims Center of Chester County, Inc.
– Domestic Violence Center of Chester County Inc.
– Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children
– Handi-Crafters
– Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
– Maternal and Child Health Consortium
– Safe Harbor of Greater West Chester, Inc.
– West Chester Food Cupboard
– West Chester Public Library
– Wings for Success

The mission of Glen Foerd on the Delaware is to connect visitors to the legacy of Glen Foerd through programs in the arts, nature and history and to preserve and protect the landscape, buildings and collections for the enjoyment of the community and future generations.

Glen Foerd is a Fairmount Park property operated by the Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation in cooperation with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and supported in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.

Halloween Hayday!
Glen Foerd on the Delaware and Three Monkeys Cafe are teaming up to bring you a day of hayrides and children’s crafts and activities to get you into the Halloween spirit on Saturday, October 17th from 10:30 am-1:30 pm. Admission $5 per child, adults are free! Parking and admission will be held at Three Monkeys Cafe, 9645 James Street, not at Glen Foerd.

The West Chester Restaurant Festival is an annual event held on the third Sunday in September. Hundreds of restaurants showcase their food. There are three stages featuring a variety of musical genres. It is a family friendly event that is free to the public.

Presented by Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society

September 23rd
To be held at:
Journey’s Way
403 Rector Street
Philadelphia, PA 19128
@ 7 PM
Guest Speaker — Mike Jesberger, Historian
“The Common Soldier During the American Revolutionary War”

October 28thnd
To be held at:
Journey’s Way
403 Rector Street
Philadelphia, PA 19128
@ 7 PM
Guest Speaker — Reverend Ron Matlack, Historian
“Colonial Philadelphia”

November 18th
To be held at:
Journey’s Way
403 Rector Street
Philadelphia, PA 19128
@ 7 PM
Guest Speaker – John Johnstone, Local Historian
“Shawmont Station-The World’s Oldest Railroad Building”

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Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

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The Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society welcomes those interested in local history, the Roxborough Library Archives and public and monthly Society Meetings, bringing forth educators specializing in area history.

The Philadelphia Story is a historical look at the Roxborough neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

WEST CHESTER, PA — Curtis Smith, 34-year-old resident of Coatesville, was shot dead by a Sheriff’s deputy at the Justice Center in West Chester. Curtis had attacked another Sheriff’s deputy with a knife causing injury to deputy’s arm and wrist.

Curtis was also involved in a March incident for climbing the White House wall in Washington, DC.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — On September 5-6, 2015, the Made In America Music Festival will take over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia. “Jay Z has curated a stellar and eclectic mix of performers that should please even the pickiest of music fans. This year is going to be epic with performances from Beyoncé, The Weeknd, J. Cole, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Meek Mill, Santigold, Del La Soul, Metric, Earl Sweatshirt and many more.”

Upper Salford, PA — The Philadelphia Folksong Society held the 54th annual Folk Fest at the Old Pool Farm. Highlights included performances by Shakey Graves and the North Mississippi Allstars.

Shakey Graves

Shakey Graves’ set up caught your ear and your eye. An old suitcase was turned into a kick drum. Shakey played it backwards with one foot while playing a tambourine with the other. At the same time, he shredded an electric guitar while singing. “Shakey Graves, born Alejandro Rose-Garcia, is an Americana musician from Austin, Texas. His music is a cross between blues, country, and rock and roll. Shakey Graves is known his one-man band set up, and most of his debut album Roll the Bones is Rose-Garcia playing unaccompanied by other musicians. When he began working on his sophomore album, And the War Came, Rose-Garcia added musicians to his recording set and live set. Three songs from And the War Came are duets with ex-Paper Bird member Esme Patterson. Patrick O’Connor, from the LA music scene, plays guitar and bass with Shakey Graves at various live shows. Rose-Garcia is also occasionally accompanied by another ex-Paper Bird member, Macon Terry, on double bass, and Aaron Thomas Robinson on steel guitar.”

North Mississippi Allstars

The North Mississippi also had a multi-instrumentalist that played drums, keyboards, guitar and vocals at the same time. “Having soaked up the music of their father, Memphis legend Jim Dickinson, and absorbed the North Mississippi legacy by playing in juke joints with their blues ancestors, brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson formed the North Mississippi Allstars in 1996, pioneering their own brand of blues-infused rock and roll.

The North Mississippi Allstars released their debut album, Shake Hands With Shorty, in the spring of 2000. Their debut proved to be a success and earned them a Grammy nomination for ‘Best Contemporary Blues Album’. After earning 2 more Grammy nominations in the same category for 51 Phantom (2001) and Electric Blue Watermelon (2005), the North Mississippi Allstars earned the reputation as one of the most intriguing acts to emerge from the loam of Southern blues and roots rock.

In 2008, after five studio albums and more than a decade of touring together, the Dickinsons decided to branch out and pursue other projects. In 2009 Luther teamed up with Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus to form the South Memphis String Band. The trio has toured across the country and released two albums since then. In 2012, Luther formed The Wandering, a five-piece folk band featuring Shannon McNally, Amy LaVere, Valerie June and Sharde Thomas (Otha Turner’s granddaughter). He also recorded and released a solo acoustic album, Hambone’s Meditations, which received a 2013 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Folk Album.’”

This is a bird’s eye view of the Art Museum area in center city Philadelphia. First, you think about running up the steps. Then, you run up the steps, turn around, and look down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. As the adrenaline pumps through your body, you become one with William Penn.

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