Read Full Article By Mark Abrams KYW Newsradio 1060 PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — Just as the Blob engulfed everything in its sight, it would seem so does COVID-19. Now, the historic Colonial Theatre is trying to prevent becoming another casualty of the...
Read Full Article Help save a local legend in Phoenixville! The Colonial Theatre (aka Home of The Blob) is facing an unusually challenging winter: one in which we’re nearly 100% dependent on donations for survival. They’ve launched their (first ever) GoFundMe...
Read Full Article by Jonathan Weidler Pennsylvania’s Colonial Theatre is offering a virtual marathon of classic horror to get you in the mood for Halloween season. The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA is no stranger to weird fare. While the beautifully-preserved...
Read Full Article By Mark Abrams KYW Newsradio 1060 PHOENIXVILLE (KYW Newsradio) — The Phoenixville theater featured in 1958 sci-fi classic film “The Blob” is staging its first Halloween film festival later this week. All the programming will be available online because of...
Read Full Article By Carol Metzker The Show Must Go On Phoenixville businesses have risen above current challenges, too. A few blocks of Bridge Street transform into an open-air market part of each week. Students attended a summer Virtual College...
Read Full Article When the Colonial Theatre reopened in downtown Phoenixville last month, its board was optimistic — as long as moviegoers were willing to wear masks and follow a long list of coronavirus safety precautions. It turned out, however,...
Read the full article PHOENIXVILLE (KYW Newsradio) — The historic Colonial Theatre on Bridge Street in the Chester County community of Phoenixville is still trying to find its way after opening more than three weeks ago under COVID-19 safety...
Read Full Article Ken Metzner, executive director of the Colonial Theatre, says it will open to the public on Friday, July 3. The spacious main theater, which can seat 650, will allow room for social distancing for 250. (Emma Lee/WHYY)...
Read Full Article Blobfest, the annual celebration of the 1958 filming of the B-horror flick “The Blob” in Phoenixville, will be a very different celebration this year. During the coronavirus pandemic, the 21st annual celebration on Friday and Saturday, July...
Read the full article Colonial Theatre—Phoenixville, Pennsylvania The Colonial has leaned on puns, riffing on movie titles by posting messages like “Don’t Stand by Me” and “No Close Encounters of any kind” on its marquee. “That usually takes two people. It...
Read full article 4. This theater is “showing” this almost Steven Spielberg movie:
Read the full article One of the major casualties of our modern age has been the pun. Once treasured as the product of quick and lively minds (see: Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Groucho Marx), the mighty pun has been made obsolete by the...
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