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Hobart’s Run extends enthusiastic thanks to California-based film producer Grady Craig, originally of Chester Springs, and the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville for hosting…
Decades of teamwork between local business leaders and borough management have helped turn downtown Phoenixville from a crime-ridden main drag into a bustling commercial…
As Phoenixville undergoes a renaissance, the Colonial Theatre remains its culture and history epicenter. Specifically, for the acclaimed film The Blob (1958) which was shot…
Independent Marketing Consultant Jocelyn Harris was recently chosen as the new Board President of Phoenixville’s 122-year-old arts venue, the Colonial Theatre. Harris…
Community members will be treated to a free community Movie in the Park in Phoenixville on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 PM when the Colonial…
There aren’t many communities with operational, century old movie theaters. Rarer still are those survivors that possess markers of their age such as analog…
Phoenixville’s historic Colonial Theatre will host a screening of Hidden Figures, a 2016 film that tells the story of a team of female African…
The movie monster that put Phoenixville’s Colonial Theatre on the map will be celebrated once again at the return of Blobfest.
The signature annual…
The historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville has named Jennifer Carlson its new executive director, writes Laura Smythe for The Philadelphia Business Journal.
Carlson’s appointment…
Regal Downingtown in East Caln Township is about to close its doors for the second time since the pandemic began, writes Donna Rovins for the…
In the throes of a pandemic, Phoenixville’s Colonial Theatre is having trouble getting people to show up for regular screenings of older movies, but…
As part of Chester County’s ongoing efforts to support businesses through the reopening process and beyond, the COVID-19 Business Task Force asked local…
Phoenixville’s rebirth has been lauded as nothing short of remarkable.
However, if the borough, appropriately named after a bird that obtains new life by…
This weekend, the 19th annual Blobfest will once again attract fans of The Blob to Phoenixville’s Colonial Theatre, where the cult classic was filmed…
Mary Foote, executive director of the historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, has announced she will step down from that position later this year to pursue…
She’s seen a thousand towns give revitalization a shot, but Phoenixville was one of the few that caught her eye.
After 25 years of…
Check out this awesome video in which Mary Dunbar of voxipop interviews Tom Carnevale, of Carnevale Eustis Architects, about the current state of the expansion…
Alongside a thriving restaurant scene, the hub of entertainment in many small towns in America is a local theater.
In Chester County, West Chester, with…
Chester County Association of Township Officials
In a first-of-its-kind appointment, Michael “Mac” Cotter, West Chester Borough Manager, is the 2017 borough representative…
During its seventh annual Heritage Award Celebration, Phoenixville’s Schuylkill River Heritage Center honored Mary Foote, the executive director of the historic Colonial Theatre, with…
Outside of Philadelphia, Chester County is the place to be. Renowned for its rich quality of life, the western suburb is home to more than…
Thousands of spectators gathered on Friday in front of the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, to watch the annual “Run-Out” that signals the start of…
The hundreds of Phoenixville movie fanatics and culture enthusiasts who flocked to the Colonial Theatre for its $8 million expansion groundbreaking caught a glimpse of…
The biggest news since the Blob sent the Phoenixville faithful fleeing from the Colonial Theatre will likely incite a rush of movie-goers screaming back…
Phoenixville’s rapid rise to stardom threatens to burn up a rating it is still celebrating at the moment: one of Pennsylvania’s top 10…
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