What to do, where to go
LIVE MUSIC
FRIDAY
Tripp Fabulous at Brownie’s 23 East, Ardmore.
Sugarbuzz at Kildare’s Irish Pub, Manayunk.
Chatterband at Maddies, Malvern.
52 Pick-up at Manayunk Brewing Company.
Right Hand Red at The Main Gate, Allentown.
The Loop at the Trappe Tavern.
Octane at the Whiskey Girl, Limerick.
William Collins at Vittorio’s Trattoria, Pottstown, through Saturday.
Staind with Papa Roach and Seether at the Sovereign Center, Reading.
Janis Ian at the Sellersville Theater.
Bob Weir & RatDog at the Theater, Upper Darby.
Candiflyp at Pizza Como/PC Pub, Pennsburg.
Rummo & Koko at the Sandtrap, Limerick.
Michael Glabicki with Spider Miranda at the Steel City Coffee House, Phoenixville.
The Acorn and Calexico at the TLA, Philadelphia.
Robert Earl Keen at the Trocadero, Philadelphia.
Michael Kropp at Osteria Restaurant, Collegeville.
SATURDAY
Lima Bean Riot at 1402, Reading.
52 Pick-up at 15 North Café, West Chester.
Bonehead at Bourbon Blue, Philadelphia.
The Benderz at Brownie’s 23 East, Ardmore.
Lost in Paris at Finnigan’s Wake, Philadelphia.
The Union at Maddies, Malvern.
Please Please Me at Reed’s, Blue Bell.
Dropping Deuce and Ganto Barn at the Rusty Nail Tavern, Ardmore.
Sugarbuzz at the Trappe Tavern.
Crystal Roxx at the Whiskey Girl, Limerick.
Swing Fever Dance Band at Sunnybrook Ballroom, Lower Pottsgrove.
Sickboy at Gear Jammers, Douglassville.
David Jacobs-Strain at the Landhaven Bed and Breakfast, Huff’s Church, Barto.
Jimmy Webb at the Sellersville Theater.
Decade 8 at Pizza Como/PC Pub, Pennsburg.
Bob Waldo at the Sandtrap, Limerick.
Second Hand Cherry at Tom’s Bar, Royersford.
Pat Wictor with Norman Taylor at the Steel City Coffee House, Phoenixville.
Tomorrow Calls at the Spunktown Tavern, Boyertown.
Sickboy at Gear Jammers, Douglassville.
David Jacobs-Strain at the Landhaven Bed and Breakfast, Huff’s Church, Barto.
Bayside at the Trocadero.
Michael Kropp at The Pourhouse, Pottstown.
M83 at the Starlite Ballroom, Philadelphia.
William Collins at Vittorio’s Trattoria, Pottstown.
SUNDAY
Secret Service at Finnigan’s Wake, Philadelphia.
Judy Collins with Amy Speace at the Sellersville Theater.
Student Recital: Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia.
Nat & Alex with Savannah Outen at the TLA, Philadelphia.
MONDAY
AC/DC at the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia.
TUESDAY
The Aquabats at the Trocadero, Philadelphia.
Neil Halstead at World Café Live, Philadelphia.
WEDNESDAY
Aaron Nathans and Love Goat at the Steel City Coffee House, Phoenixville.
SPECIAL EVENTS
TODAY
Village Craft Festival at the Historical Uwchlan Meeting House, Lionville, through Sunday. Hours are 2-8:30 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission.
Dark play or stories for boys at the Theatre at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, through Dec. 7. For information, visit www.theatreexile.org or call 215-922-4462.
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” at the Centre Theater, Norristown, through Nov. 23. For information, visit www.ironagetheatre.org or call 610-279-1013.
“A Bronx Tale” starring Chaz Palminteri at the Merriam Theater, Philadelphia, through Nov. 23. For information, visit www.ABronxTaleTour.com or call the Merriam box office at 215-336-1234.
“Parenting 101 - The Musical” at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, through Nov. 30.
“A Mountain Music Christmas” at The Pines Dinner Theatre, through Dec. 21. For information, visit www.pine3sdinnertheatre.com or cal 610-926-3702.
Two Reindeer Visit the Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, through Dec. 23. For information, visit www.ElmwoodParkZoo.org or call 610-277-3825 x231.
“Hairspray” at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, through Jan. 4. For informaiton, visit www.WalnutStreet.Theatre.org or call 215-336-1234.
FRIDAY
Domino Players presents “Love’s Labour’s Lost” in the Wachovia Theatre, Reading, through Nov. 22. For information, and tickets call 610-921-7547.
Film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at 9 p.m. at the Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe. For information, visit www.jtams.net or call 570-325-0249.
Phoenixville Area Community Services Empty Bowls Dinner Event from 5 to 9 p.m. at Artisans Gallery & Café, Phoenixville. For information and tickets, call 610-933-1105.
Back Door Used Book Sale at the Pottstown Public Library, through Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. For information, call 610-970-6551.
SATURDAY
Boyertown Unchained! throughout Boyertown. For information, visit www.boyertownpa.org or call 610-369-3054.
Mission Fair at Trinity United Church of Christ, Collegeville, through Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and noon-3 p.m. Sunday. For information, visit www.trinity.nu or call 610-489-4223.
SUNDAY
Fall Lecture Series: The Schuylkill Navigation Company and its Impact on the Oley Valley at 2 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Homstead, Birdsboro.
MONDAY
Elm Street Community Meeting at 6 p.m. at the Friendship Hook and Ladder Co., Boyertown. For information, visit www.boyertownpa.org
TUESDAY
Readings by Kathryn Craft, Pam Garlick, Carol Haile, Scott Heydt, Fern J. Hill and Sue Lange at 6 p.m. at the Gilbertsville Tea Room. Music will be provided by Gary M. Celima. For reservations, call 610-369-0678.
WEDNESDAY
“Cinderella” at the People’s Light & Theatre Co., Malvern, through Jan. 4. For information, visit www.peopleslight.org or call 610-644-3500.
DANCE
FRIDAY
International folk dancing from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Kimberton Arts Building. Dances taught first half of evening. $7 per person/$15 per family. For information, call 610-827-1486.
SATURDAY
United Singles from 8 p.m. to midnight at Gilbertsville Fire Co. DJ Johnny K. $9 members/$10 nonmembers. Smoke free.
George Batman from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Silver Wing Ballroom, Zern’s Farmers Market, Gilbertsville. $10 plus a non-perishable food item. For information, call 610-367-2461.
DO IT YOURSELF
TONIGHT
Open Mic Poetry Second Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Hard Bean Café, Boyertown. For information or to sign up, call 610-367-8066.
FRIDAY
Chess Club from 7-10 p.m. at St. Paul’s UCC, Douglassville, every Friday. For information, visit http://amitychessclub.googlepages.com/ or call 610-385-6324.
Writers Conference in the Science Center Theater, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, through Saturday. For information, visit www.mc3.edu/writers-conf or call 215-619-7422.
TUESDAY
Cooking Class: Classic Restaurant Items at Normandy Farm, Blue Bell. For reservations, visit www.normandyfarm.com/whats-new.asp or call 215-616-8108.
MUSEUMS
TODAY
Exhibition: Pennsylvania Glass Trail, Susan Ward and Chuck Sorrels at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, through Sunday. For information, visit www.goggleworks.org or call 610-374-4600.
Exhibition: Hello! Fashion: Kansai Yamamoto, 1971-1973 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, through November.
Exhibition: Multiple Modernities: India 1905-2005 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, through Dec. 7.
Exhibition: Working Women: Quilts from the Collection of Judy Roche at the Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, through Dec. 7.
Exhibition: Tamar Stone and Christine LoFaso: Women’s Bodies of/as Work tat he Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, through Dec. 7.
Exhibition: Then & Now at Montgomery County Community College West Campus, Pottstown, through Dec. 19.
Send information for What to Do/Where to Go to Diane Hoffman at dhoffman@pottsmerc.com. Please submit the information at least one week before it should appear.
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