Saturday is the first day of June, and weather should be great for a day in the park.
The annual Strawberry Festival at New Goshenhoppen Park (3rd Street, East Greenville, PA) runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 1st. There is no admission fee to the event. There will be crafts and refreshments for sale, and multiple children’s activities (including Moon Bounce and supersized soap bubbles!) Harmony Corner Music and New Goshenhoppen Children’s Choir will take the stage at the bandstand at 11 a.m. and Juli Kells Dance Center will be showcasing their performers from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. The day closes with a concert by the Red Hill Band, from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. And, of course, there will be all sorts of strawberry desserts!
The Red Hill Band will be performing another free concert on Sunday evening, June 2, 2024 at the Green Lane Park Amphitheater (2298 Green Lane Road, Green Lane, PA) from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Audience members are advised to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets, and picnicking is encouraged!
DCP Theater’s latest production – The Wisdom of Eve – opens tonight and runs through June 9th. Tickets may be bought online or at the door.
Adapted from the story by Mary Orr on which the film All About Eve and the musical Applause were based, The Wisdom of Eve is an engrossing and revealing ‘inside’ story of life in New York’s theatre world, told in terms of an unscrupulous ingenue’s rise to Broadway stardom. When we first meet Eve Harrington, she is standing in the rain by the stage door of the theatre in which the renowned Margo Crane is starring in her latest long-run hit. As Eve begins to move ahead in earnest, her true character emerges as she lies, cheats, and blackmails her way to Broadway stardom-and then a Hollywood career-leaving the wreckage of her friends’ trust behind her.
Beginning on Tuesday, June 4th, the 2023 winners of the “Tribes” quilt contest, sponsored by the European Patchwork Meeting go on exhibit through August 4th, 2024. These award winning quilts made by fabric artists from around the world will be on exhibit and open to the public at the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center (105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA). The exhibit is free, as is entrance to the museum.
Thirty quilts made by international fiber artists interpret common elements a social group might share. The exhibit (is) open to the general public June 4 through August 4. Let us know your favorite, and we’ll have a special prize at the end of the show for our Pennsylvania People’s Choice. This exhibit was such a hit last year that we wanted to bring it back, and thanks to the generosity of our sponsors—Byers’ Choice, the Keystone Quilters, and Kay Bachkai—you’ll get to see a brand new show of stunning art quilts!
Last year, quilts ranged from showing scenes from favorite fairy tales and books, Star Wars and dragons, as well as a very personal tale of life in Ukraine. This year’s collection will doubtless be equally amazing and enthralling.
Looking ahead, next weekend is the Hendershot and Krieg Summer Open Studio. Free and open to the public, folks are invited to stop by between 10 a.m and 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 8th and 9th, and meet the artists Bradley Hendershot and Katharine Krieg , see where they work, and have a look at some of their latest original artwork and prints available for sale. Hoppenville House, 5455 Hoppenville Road, Green Lane, PA 18054. (Did we mention the light refreshments and beautiful landscaped grounds?)
It’s not too early to begin making your plans for Friday, June 21st, the 12th Annual Make Music Upper Perk – with 21 venues hosting musicians, happening in 5 towns, inside and outside, from 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. – all free and open to the public – difficult choices will have to be made! Check out the schedule and the map online, and consider picking up a copy at one of the venues, or picking up a Town and Country the week before, if you’d like a paper copy.
And if you’d like to be a part of Make Music Upper Perk, sign up here to volunteer!
Valley Art Scene 