Fabio Pedrazzi of Italy’s Kukaos Magazine sat down to discuss all things Blobfest, the theater’s history, horror film at the Colonial, and Splatterfest Italian Horror Festival with Marketing & Events Director, Emily Simmons. Check out their exchange on the Kukaos Blog....
The ‘Pope of Trash’ is coming to the Colonial Theatre and we’re celebrating with screenings of two of John Waters’ classics. Featuring the ‘Odorama’ (Smell-o-Vision) cards! Polyester | Friday, May 13th at 9:45 pm Get Tickets Hairspray (1988) | ...
Travis Brower of PHL-17 visited the Colonial Theatre recently and spoke with Director of Giving, Marketing & Events, Emily Simmons. The interview aired on the Saturday, April 17 “Weekend Philler” segment. The Colonial Theatre is a great old school...
NEW! WIN A PRIVATE SCREENING OF THE BLOB ON JULY 8 $30 per chance For the very first time in the history of the Colonial Theatre (we’re not joking!), we are giving one lucky Blobbie and up to 29 of...
Dads From the Crypt: A Tales from the Crypt Podcast interviewed Colonial Theatre Program Director, Bob Trate, in Episode 37: Split Second.
Read full article ALLENTOWN, PA — John Oates is best known as half of one of the most successful musical duos in history — Hall & Oates. In the 70s and 80s, the Philadelphia natives scored six number one...
This story was covered by VistaToday.com, Phoenixville Patch, and The Philadelphia Business Journal. Jennifer Carlson, a leader with decades of experience in historic preservation and the arts as well as ties to multiple Greater Philadelphia organizations, has been tapped...
February 13, 2022, a day defined by two words, Super Bowl. For most Americans, this means celebrating football, food, and other frivolities. At the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA, a couple hundred people traded these vestiges for madness, mustaches, and...
SHORTY’S SHORT FILM CONTEST Enter the 2022 Blobfest: The Uninvited Shorty’s Short Film Contest to tell your terrifying tale! Each year, inspired by the same muse that sung to Director Irvin “Shorty” Yeaworth when he conceived of The Blob, filmmakers...
Rick Deckard’s job as a “blade runner” in the year 2019 is to track down bioengineered humanoids. We don’t yet live in this dystopian future of synthetic humans and space colonies, but could we? What is artificial intelligence (AI) already...
Announcement For the 23rd consecutive year, Blobfest® will return LIVE and in person to the iconic Colonial Theatre! The annual signature event is a festival commemorating the Colonial’s place in cinematic history as a filming location for the 1958 classic film...
Phoenixville, PA – Horror Bowl is back and ready for its second down! What is Horror Bowl, you ask? A movie marathon at Phoenixville’s iconic Colonial Theatre with three horror films as an alternative to the “big game.” In keeping with Horror Bowl’s thematic tradition...
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