DateBook Notes

The deadline for the DateBook is noon Tuesday, two weeks before the desired publication date. Information should include event, date, time, applicable fees and contact information that can be published for more information. Send to Spring-Ford Reporter at 290 Commerce Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034; fax to 610-948-5914; or e-mail to sfreporter@montgomerynews.com.

Athletic Endeavors

• West-Mont United Soccer Association will hold an Election Day Soccer Camp, Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hill Top Farm.

Sessions will include soccer technical and training activities; small group training; world cup matches; groups games; high caliber, professional trainers.

Full day camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for ages 7 to 15 and costs $40. Half day (9 a.m. to noon) for ages 4 to 6 costs $25. Extended day morning (8 to 9 a.m.) costs $10; Extended day afternoon (3 to 5 p.m.) costs $15.

West-Mont and non West-Mont players are invited. Registration forms can be attained at the West-Mont United Web site at www.westmontunitedsoccer.org.

Church events

• St. Eleanor Church, Collegeville, will hold a Bazaar and Craft Show Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school hall. It will feature 40 crafters, prize tables, a 50/50 raffle, visits with Santa Claus, a bake table, games and toys.

• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Black Rock and Egypt roads, Oaks, will hold its Annual Holiday Bazaar Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hand-made crafts and ornaments, stitch niche, baked goods, attic treasures, a book nook, and raffles will be available. Lunch -- including homemade vegetable soup -- will be served.

• Sacred Heart School, Lewis and Washington streets, Royersford, is holding its Seventh Annual Ladies Basket Raffle Nov. 13, in the school’s gymnasium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the raffle starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets ordered in advance are $10 per person; tickets bought at the door are $15. There will be more than 150 baskets, two 50/50 raffles, and Grand Prize drawings.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 610-454-0668 or e-mail ticketsforbaskets@sacredheartroyersford.org.

• St. James Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Swamp Pike and Kugler Road in Limerick, will hold its 17th Annual Craft Fair on Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Handmade crafts by over 40 local crafters will be featured. Jewelry, needlework of all types, country and Christmas items, fabric crafts, candy and wooden items will be offered. Lunch will be available as well as baked goods to take home. The Fellowship Hall is handicapped accessible.

Proceeds from the craft fair will go toward outreach programs and mission trips to Texas and South Dakota in 2010.

For additional information you may call the church at 610-287-7231 or e-mail office@stjameslimerick.com .

• Open Door Ministry Pantry, 350 Main Street, Royersford, is open every Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. except the last Thursday of each month, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Events

• Northern Star Farm, Trappe’s only remaining family owned and operated farm, announces its second annual Community Fall Fest.

The Fall Fest will run every Saturday and Sunday in October from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting. The festivities will include hay rides, pony rides, a corn maze, opportunities to watch the Dairy Herd being milked, a pumpkin patch where you can “pick your own” pumpkin, and additional special events planned throughout the month.

Fall Fest goers will be able to tour the Dairy Farm and visit with the farm animals, and the youngsters will have an opportunity to try their hand at milking Connie the Cow. Additional vendors will be on hand with family friendly food, and locally produced goods and crafts including hot and cold cider, caramel apples, and more.

The final day of Northern Star Farm’s Fall Fest is Oct. 31, and will feature a Halloween celebration for kids and adults alike with a costume contest and a trip through the Haunted Maze at dusk.

• The Central Montgomery County 4-H Horse & Pony Club presents its 2009 Fall Fun Horse Show Oct. 31 at 9 a.m. (registration begins at 8 a.m.) at the Montgomery Co. 4-H Center, Route 113 near Skippack.

The Costume Division is open to all and there is a special class for Best Dressed Any Animal. There are gaming and racing classes and plenty of good food.

For a prize list and more information call: 610-287-7619 or 215-272-1799

• Friendship Fire Co. and Ambulance, 269 Green St., Royersford, will host its second annual Basket Bingo Nov. 1.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Call Danielle at 484-369-8175 for more information or to purchase tickets.

• The Perkiomen Valley Art Center will hold its 54th Open Juried Exhibition, open to all artists, Nov. 2 through Dec. 4, at The Hill School Center for the Arts, Beech and Sheridan streets, Pottstown.

The public is invited to a free reception Nov. 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the exhibition site. Awards will be presented at 4 p.m. Exhibition hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by appointment (610-705-1039), and is closed Nov. 26 to Nov. 30.

Artists who wish to submit artwork for the show should contact the Perkiomen Valley Art Center at 610-287-0694 for details, in advance of the delivery date (Oct. 30), or visit www.perkvalleyart.org.

• A Mixer at Zwahlen’s Ice Cream & Chocolate Co., 670 Shannondell Blvd., Audubon, 19403, will be held Nov. 5 from 9 to 11 a.m. Register by e-mail at info@pvchamber.net.

The mixer will include chocolate tasting, gift baskets and chocolate apples!

• The Perkiomen Valley School District will hold at comedy show/silent auction Nov. 6 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Hotel Fiesole, 4046 Skippack Pike, Skippack, 19474.

Tickets are $35 per person and include the comedy show, auction, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

Tickets can be ordered at www.PSSDFoundation.org or by e-mailing kim Barrett at kbarrett@pvsd.org.

• The Friends of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary St., Pennsburg announces a “Back Porch Seminar” honoring and featuring veterans on Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. The program is free and open to the public and will be followed with light refreshments.

Emily Fox Moyer will moderate a panel of local veterans, who will share stories of their times of service . The audience is welcome to ask our panelists questions as well as add their own stories.

• A Multi-Chamber Mixer will be held Nov. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Spring Ford Country Club, 48 Country Club Road, Royersford.

Join business members from Perkiomen Valley, Phoenixville Area, Spring Ford, Tri-County Area Chambers of Commerce. This event is sponsored by Verizon.

• A Competitive Wing Bowl for Charity will be held Nov. 22 at DaVinci’s Pub. Cost is $15 for the main room, raffles open to everyone

A group of Ursinus College students are hosting an inaugural wing bowl. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Philabundance, a charity that donates food and money to food banks across the Delaware Valley.

• A Holiday Mixer, sponsored by the Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce, is planned for Dec. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Spring Ford Country Club, 48 Country Club Road, Royersford

Call 610-489-6660, fax 610-454-1270 or e-mail info@PVchamber.net to register.

• The 2009 Holiday House Tour will be sponsored by the Women’s Civic Club of Schwenksville from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 12. Five homes and one historic church are included on the tour this year: the 1924 Kulp General Store in Vernfield; an historic farmhouse built in the early 1800s just north of Schwenksville; the home of a country doctor built in 1922 complete with waiting room, office and lab; a Georgian Country manor home built in 1789 in Limerick; the 22-room Victorian in Linfield now operated as the Shearer Elegance Bed & Breakfast; and the congregation of Heidelberg United Church of Christ in Schwenksville.

Tickets are available for $15 in advance from Women’s Club members or Carol at 610-287-5488.

• Trappe Tavern will host Tavern Talks the third Thursday of every month.

Presented by St. Luke’s UCC, PSeC and the Trappe Tavern, the talks will feature presenters, current issues and interaction among participants.

For more information, email pastorann@stlukestrappe.org, blakesley@psec.org or visit www.yaya-spirit.org.

For kids

• Kids’ MusicRound, music and movement classes for families with young children, begins its fall semester at the Kiddie Academy on 301 Wartman Road in Collegeville.

The program will encourage parents and children to explore the art of music play and movement. Led by trained Kids’ MusicRound faculty, the 10-week, 45-minute sessions explore the joys of interactive musical play for families with infants and children through age 4. Classes are Saturday mornings in Collegeville. The program includes two CDs and a songbook of traditional, original and world music. The full schedule, with information on Kids’ MusicRound philosophy, teachers, song clips and videos is available on www.KidsMusicRound.com.

Semesters in fall, winter, and spring will run 10 weeks and include two CDs and a songbook.

To request a brochure or for more information, call 484-868-2383 or e-mail annmariec1146@aol.com. You can also visit our Web site at www.KidsMusicRound.com.

Halloween and

Holiday Events

• The Central Perkiomen Rotary Club presents the Schwenksville Annual Halloween Parade, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 29. Registration starts at 6 p.m. at the Heidelberg UCC Church, where participants will line up. The parade continues down 2nd Street toward the post office on Centennial Street. There is a judging platform set up at Jerusalem Lutheran Church to evaluate the floats and costumes. The parade route finished up in the parking lot beside the post office where refreshments and entertainment are offered.

Prizes will be awarded in two age groups (0-7) and (8-15) for the Most Original, Scariest, Best Character and Best Group.

• “Halloween Harvest Party” for 3 to 6 year olds, will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, Schwenksville.

Join us in costume for delightful stories, whimsical songs, giggly games and special picnic treats.

Fee is $12 for members/$15 non-memebers. Pre-registration is required.

Call 610-287-9383 or visit www.perkiomenwatershed.org for more information or to register.

• Crafters looking for an opportunity to showcase and sell their products in time for the Christmas holiday are invited to participate in the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish Community-wide Christmas Bazaar. The bazaar will take place Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 and will feature craft tables, photos with Santa, a Santa’s Secret Workshop, raffles, and food. The community-wide event will take place at the Blessed Teresa Education Center at Swamp Pike and Neiffer Road in Schwenksville and will draw attendees from throughout the area. For an application for a Crafter’s Table, contact Sueann Erb 610-970-7188 or sberb2003@yahoo.com or Wendy Parisano 610-495-7245 or wparisano@comcast.net. Applications are also available at www.blteresacalcutta.com. Space is limited.

Healthy Living

• RSVP of Montgomery County is offering free, confidential Medicare information to beneficiaries and their families. Information about Medicare health care options and prescription drug plans will be available.

• NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) holds monthly support groups for family members and caretakers of persons with mental illness (i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD etc.) the second Thursday of the month, 7:30 p.m., at Creative Health Services, 11 Robinson St. Room IOP3, Pottstown. For more information call 215-886-0350.

• Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, 1600 E. High St., Pottstown, will host the following events. Information: 610-327-7000; or www.pottstownmemorial.com

BiPolar Disorders Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month at 2 p.m. in the PMMC Boardroom #1 on the ground floor. For more information call 610-327-7633.

Breast Surgery Support Group meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Chesmont Professional Building, 13 Armand Hammer Boulevard, Chesmont Classroom #1 (rear of building). For more information call 610-327-7719.

Depression Support Group meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. in Private Dining Room A (ground floor) at PMMC. For more information call 610-327-7633.

Diabetes Support Group meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in Private Dining Room A (ground floor) at PMMC. For more information call 610-327-7463.

Grief Support Group meets the second and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Chesmont Professional Building, 13 Armand Hammer Boulevard, Chesmont Classroom #1 (rear of building). For more information call 610-327-7596.

Prostate Support Group, “Man to Man”, meets the third Wednesday of every month at noon, Chesmont Professional Building, 13 Armand Hammer Boulevard, Chesmont Classroom #1 (rear of building). For more information call 610-327-7585.

• The Pottstown Memorial Medical Center Senior Circle will host exercise class every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Mercy & Truth Synagogue, Keim Street, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. No registration is necessary. For more information call 610-327-7699.

• The Colonnade Assisted Living Community, 300 Perkiomen Avenue, Schwenksville, will hold the following. Information: 610-287-1822.

Monthly Alzheimer’s Support Group meetings for people and families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia are typically held the last Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. The meetings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Call to register.

• Family Services’ Meals on Wheels program is accepting new clients. Each weekday, Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver two meals, a hot lunch and a cold supper to refrigerate, to homebound elderly and disabled individuals in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley.

The eligibility requirements to receive Meals on Wheels are: age 60 or older, primarily homebound; unable to cook or shop for groceries because of lack of transportation, illness or disability, at-risk of malnutrition because the proper support is not available in the home.

For more information or to apply, please call Family Services at 610-326-1610.

Library Events

• The Perkiomen Valley Library, 290 Second St., Schwenksville, will hold the following events. Information: 610-287-8360; or www.pvlibrary.net.

Storytimes at Perkiomen Valley Library at Schwenksville. Join us for stories, fingerplays and fun. Infant Storytimes are Tuesdays at 11 a.m. and the Volunteer Story Hour for all ages meets Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. To register call 610-287-8360. The library is located at 290 Second Street, Schwenksville.

Family Storytime with Miss Emily will be Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. Bring the family to a fun monthly programs of stories. To register call 610-287-8360.

Brown Bag Book Discussion An Afternoon Book Discussion for Adults Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy a lively discussion of “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest Gaines. Copies available at the library. To register call 610-287-8360.

Turkey Time Storytime Nov. 21 at 10:30 a.m. Children ages 4 to 8 are invited to enjoy Thanksgiving stories and make a holiday craft. To register call 610-287-8360.

Evening Book Discussion Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. come for a discussion of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. Copies available at the library. To register call 610-287-8360.

• The Spring City Library is located at the Brown Street Pavilion (245 Broad St.), Spring City, 19475. Visit the library online at www.ccls.org or call 610-948-4130. The library holds the following programs:

Story Times:

Wee Read, Story time for 0 - 2 years old, Thursdays at 10 a.m.

Alphabet Soup, Story time for 3 - 5 years old, Tuesdays at 1 p.m.

Registration for story times is requested.

Thanksgiving Story and Craft for children PreK through second grade, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. Registration is required

Book Bunch, Book discussion group for grades 3 to 6, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. Registration required.

Saturday Story Time, All ages welcome, Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. Registration is requested.

New hours effective Nov. 30:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Royersford Free Public Library’s Story Times for Nov. 2 through Nov. 30 are Mondays 10:15 a.m. – children of any age, Mondays 11:15 a.m. - children age 2 to 3; Tuesdays 10:15 a.m. - infants to age 24 months, Tuesdays 11:15 a.m. – children age 2 to 3; and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. - children of any age. Library closed Nov. 26.

Nov. 3, 1 to 4 p.m. Holiday Craft Drop-In for children ages 4 and over. First craft is free, $1 donation per each additional craft please.

Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m. DART Dogs Are Readers Too at Royersford Free Public Library. Children may read with therapy dogs. You may call to pre-register. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Nov. 13, 10 to 11 a.m. APPRISE Medicare Counseling at Royersford Free Public Library. Free. No appointment necessary. A great resource for seniors or caregivers.

Nov. 18, 10:15 a.m. Book Discussion Group for Adults at Royersford Free Public Library. “No! I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year” by Virginia Ironsides. Call the Library to reserve a copy. New readers welcome.

Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. Book Discussion Group for Adults at Royersford Free Public Library. “The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken” by Laura Schenone. Call the Library to reserve a copy. New readers welcome.

Nov. 21, 10:30 or 11:15 a.m. Makin’Music with Mr. Dan at Royersford Free Public Library. Call to pre-register for a show. Space limited.

Nov. 23, 10:15 a.m. “Going on a Sleigh Ride” show, for ages 3 and over, at Royersford Free Public Library. Space limited, you must preregister. Interactive show with storyteller Victoria O’Neill. There will be no other story times this morning.

Nov. 23, 1 to 4 p.m. Holiday Craft Drop-In for children ages 4 and over. First craft is free, $1 donation per each additional craft please.

Nov. 27, to Dec. 23 Holiday Bag-Rates for Used Books at Royersford Free Public Library. Go green and purchase an oversized, canvas Friends of the Library book bag for $10 and receive one free fill in the used book sale room. Bring your bag back between Thanksgiving and Christmas and fill it again for only $5. Lots of great books to choose from.

Royersford Free Public Library is located at 200 South Fourth Ave., Royersford. For a complete schedule of events go to www.mc-npl.org choose the Royersford Branch, or call 610-948-7277.

• The Montgomery County Library District’s Bookmobile will make the following local stops:

Oct. 30, Nov. 13, 27 -- Skippack Fire House, Route 113, Skippack, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Nov. 3, 17 -- Upper Providence Meeting Hall, 1301 Black Rock Road, Upper Providence, 10:30 a.m. to noon; Augustus Lutheran church lot, Main Street and Seventh Avenue, Trappe, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Nov. 6, 20 -- Waltz Golf Farm, 303 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; TD Bank, toutes 113 and 73, Skippack, 1 to 4 p.m.

Nov. 7, 21 -- Upper Frederick Township Building, Route 73 (3205 Big Road), Obelisk, 2 to 4 p.m.

Nov. 10, 24 -- Collegeville Shopping Center, Route 29 and Main Street, Collegeville. 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.

• Lower Providence Community Library, 50 Park Lane Drive, Eagleville, will hold the following. Information: 610-666-6640; or visit lowerprovidencelibrary.org.

Story times for infants through 2-year-olds, will be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

Story times for children 2 to 3 years old are held Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays at 11:15 a.m.

Story times for children four and older are held Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. All story times are held in the community room.

Library Mini Golf is coming to the Lower Providence Community Library Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. An 18-hole mini golf course will be set up inside the library. Enjoy food, face painting, balloon art and other activities. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for kids 14 and under. Food and other activities are sold separately. Find more information at www.lowerprovidencelibrary.org or call 610-666-6640.

Music

• Imani Winds, the Grammy-winning, New York based woodwind quintet will perform in Trappe on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. as part of the “A Little Night Music” concert series held at Community Music School, 775 West Main Street.

Adult tickets priced at $16 and students/senior tickets at $12 are still available and may reserved by calling 610-489-3676.

Nature events

• Join in with the Schuylkill Canal Association on Nov. 14 and be a part of the international clean up effort being performed by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world with the goal of removing trash and debris from our area beaches, lakes, and streams. Volunteers of all ages from every continent will form the largest one-day volunteer event on behalf of clean oceans and waterways — Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup.

Lend SCA a helping hand as it works along the 3-mile linear greenway known as the Schuylkill Canal Park throughout Mont Clare and Port Providence, Upper Providence Township, PA. SCA’s participation in this year’s International Coastal Clean Up is sponsored by the Altria Group of Companies; Philip Morris and John Middleton Cigars. SCA is thankful volunteers from the two area John Middleton plants will be helping in the clean up. Tasks to be completed include trail clearing, litter pickup, tire collection, and retrieval of debris in the two waterways; the Schuylkill River & Canal, with the park area, to name a few items on the to do list.

Those interested are invited to meet Nov. 14 at 8:30 a.m. (the event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) at Lock 60 on the Schuylkill Canal, Locktender’s House, 400 Towpath Road, Mont Clare, 19453. For directions, visit www.schuylkillcanal.org

To register please contact: Betsy Daley, Schuylkill Canal Association, at edaley@schuylkillcanal.com, www.schuylkillcanal.org or call 610-917-0021.

Reunions

• The Spring-Ford Area High School Class of 1974 will host a 35-year reunion on Nov. 27 at Spring Hollow Golf Club.

Class members should forward current contact information to Judy Slinkard, jgslinkard@comcast.net or 610-999-2685.

• Plans are under way for a get-together for members of all graduating classes of Owen J. Roberts High School.

The event is planned from 3 to 7 p.m. on May 22, 2010, at St. Peters Inn, St. Peters. Cost will be $55.

For more information on the event or for reserving overnight accommodations, call 484-433-9050.

• The Pottstown High School Class of 1969 will host a 40-year reunion on Nov. 13 and 14. An informal gathering on Friday will kick off the event. Saturday’s festivities include a tour, a concert at the high school and a dance at the Elks Home, Pottstown.

• JW Hallahan Catholic Girls H.S. Class of 1979 will hold its 30th Reunion on Nov. 7 at Finnegan’s Wake, Spring Garden Street

For more info:frmulholland@na.ko.com or call Monica Stuart Stinson at 215-669-1528

• The Class of 1989 of Northeast High School, Philadelphia, will hold its 20-year reunion on Nov. 28, 2009, at the Sheraton Society Hill, 1 Dock st., Philadelphia. For more information, contact nehs1989@verizon.net.

• John Bartram High School 45th Class Reunion of the January and June Class of 1965, will be held June 25 to June 27, 2010, at Embassy Suites near the Philadelphia Airport.

Calling members of the 1960 through 1966 classes to join us

For more information, contact Bernard Diggs at 215-727-8883

Support

• The Center for Loss and Bereavement holds the following professional counseling groups for individuals, couples, children and families dealing with loss and bereavement:

Adult Support groups: Loss of Spouse/Partner, Thursdays from 7 to 8:15 p.m.; Support for Suicide Loss, Mondays from 7 to 8:15 p.m.; Monthly Loss of Child Support: the second Mondays of the month, from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

More groups will be scheduled as interest is shown. Child’s Bereavement Support Program, nello’s Corner, is ongoing and free of charge. Local chapter of Parents of Murdered Children meets at the center. Call 610-222-4110 ext. 118 for counseling and program information.

• NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) holds monthly support groups for family members and caregivers of persons with mental illness (i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD etc.) on the first Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. at St. John’s United Church of Christ, Main Street and Richardson Avenue, Lansdale; on the first Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m. at the Montgomery County Human Services Center, 1430 DeKalb Street, Norristown; and the second Thursday of the month, 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, 200 West Main Street, Trappe.

For more information call 215-886-0350.

Ursinus events

• The exhibition Muriel’s Moores: Works on Paper by Henry Moore runs through Nov. 15 at The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art on the Usinus College campus.

Over the course of 30 years, Muriel Berman assembled a comprehensive collection of lithographs, drawings and etchings by Moore. Meticulously documented, many of these works were acquired directly from the artist with whom she and her husband Philip had a personal relationship. While the Bermans selected numerous bronzes together, Muriel herself defined the parameters of the graphics collection. She studied, lectured on, and curated focused exhibitions of these works, which include series such as “Stonehenge,” “Elephant Skull,” “Animals in the Zoo,” “Mother and Child,” studies for sculpture, and illustrations for the publications of poets such as W.H. Auden.

The Berman Museum Museum of Art is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Museum is closed Sundays, Mondays and college holidays. The Museum is accessible to the physically disabled and admission is free.

• Davide Rondoni will read from his poetry Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Bomberger Auditorium on campus. The event is free and open to the public. No reservations are necessary.

Rondoni is the author of a dozen books of poetry, several critical books, and is a translator of Baudelaire, with a regular presence on Italian television. He founded, and directs, the Center for Contemporary Poetry at the University of Bologna.

• The International Film Festival at Ursinus College will present six films during the fall semester. All films will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium, and light refreshments and conversation will follow. All are subtitled in English.

On Nov. 5, director Guillaume Canet’s Tell No One (French, 2006) will be presented. On Dec. 3, Director Fatih Akin’s Edge of Heaven (German, 2007) will complete the festival.

For more information on the International Film Festival, please contact Colette Trout at ctrout@ursinus.edu or 610-409-3000, ext. 2432.

• A Watercolor Demonstration by Andrew Kish III is set for Nov. 1, from 1 to 3 p.m., and a Gallery Talk by Lisa Tremper Hanover, director of the Berman Museum, will take place Nov. 11 at 4 p.m.

• The Ursinus Jazz Ensemble will present a concert Oct. 31 at 4:30 p.m. in The Kaleidoscope Lenfest Theater. The concert is free, open to the public, and no tickets or reservations are needed.

Holly Gaines, assistant professor of music, will conduct a program including swing, ballads, Latin and funk styles for big band. Classic works by Miles Davis, Count Basie and Charles Mingus will be performed as well as modern compositions by Don Menza, Don Sebesky, Les Hooper and Victor Lopez.

• The Ursinus College Choir and the Meistersingers will present a concert Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Bomberger Auditorium. The event is free, open to the public and no tickets or reservations are needed.

• The Ursinus College Dance Company will present its fall concert Nov. 19 through 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kaleidoscope Lenfest Theater.

Tickets are $5 for general admission and $2 for students and senior citizens. For more information and reservations, please call 610-409-3795.

The program will feature new works by Chris Aiken, associate professor of dance at Ursinus; Duane Holland, assistant artistic director of Rennie Harris Puremovement; Cuban choreographer Marianela Boan, and excepts from Danny Buraczeski’s “Swing Concerto.”

Ursinus College is located at 601 E. Main St., Collegeville. For more information, call 610-409-3000; or visit www.ursinus.edu.

Volunteer

Opportunities

• Family Services’ Meals on Wheels program is in need of volunteers to deliver meals in the Royersford and Lower Perkiomen Valley areas.

Each weekday, Royersford Meals on Wheels volunteers meet at Gethsemane Tabernacle of Hope Church (425 Walnut Street, Royersford) at 10:40 a.m. to pick up the meals for delivery.

Lower Perk volunteers meet at Perkiomen Valley Brethren in Christ Church (46 Trappe Road, Collegeville) at 11:15 a.m. to pick up the meals for delivery.

All meal delivery routes take approximately one hour to complete. Most volunteers commit to delivering meals once a week, while others volunteer on a substitute basis. Training is provided.

For more information, please call Cindy Koser, Meals on Wheels caseworker, at 610-326-1610, ext. 228 or e-mail ckoser@fsmontco.org.

• VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of Philadelphia is need of volunteers throughout Montgomery County. Volunteers complete classes and then provide respite for caregivers, offer companionship for patients, run errands and help in many meaningful ways. They work in private homes, nursing homes and hospital inpatient units staffed by VITAS. For more information, call 800-209-1080 or 610-260-6020 or e-mail lee.gordon@vitas.com