The Reading Theater Project is presenting a staged reading of \u201cRomeo and Juliet, Class of \u201997\u201d by Kimberly Patterson Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Boscov Theatre at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading. The play, directed by Andrea Kennedy Hart, is a reimagination of William Shakespeare\u2019s tale set in modern times but before 9\/11 and Columbine and in an era of youth having less reliance on cellphones and social media.<\/p>\n
A talkback follows the performance, with audience members invited to share their feedback on the play.<\/p>\n
Tickets are available at rtp.ludus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Music festival<\/p>\n The Hamburg Area Arts Alliance presents the Hamburg Music Festival Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. at State Theatre Square, 222 State St. Featured acts include Soraia, Stacy Gabel, Ledpetal, Vinyl Rush, Total Quality Institute, Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen, Threat Michaels, Let There Be Rock Band and Anthrophobia.<\/p>\n Vendors will be at the free festival selling food and other items. There will be beer by Copperz Brewing Co. Learn more at hamburgarts.org\/etn\/hamburg-music-fest\/<\/a>\u00a0or follow the Hamburg Area Arts Alliance<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n Leesport history<\/p>\n The Leesport Area Historical Society presents a \u201cMagical History Tour\u201d of the Leesport Lock House. Bus tours leave the Leesport Fire Company lot Saturday at 9 a.m. and noon. Reserve seats by calling 610-781-4012. The day includes food, vendors and demonstrations.<\/p>\n Lincoln program<\/p>\n The Friends of Hopewell Furnace presents a program on Abraham Lincoln\u2019s roots in the iron country of Berks and Chester counties with historian Tom Walsh. The free event is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Visitor Center in Union Township. Seating is limited.<\/p>\n Strawberries and ice cream<\/p>\n Fleetwood Grange, 2864 Moselem Springs Road,\u00a0 is holding its Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival Friday from 4 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n Food for sale includes strawberries and ice cream as well as Dutch fries. The Happy Dutchmen Band will perform, and there will be children\u2019s activities and Chinese auction baskets.<\/p>\n Father\u2019s Day concert<\/p>\n The Reading Pops Orchestra is holding a Father\u2019s Day concert and commemoration of America\u2019s 250th birthday. The free event is scheduled for June 21 at 3 p.m. at the Green Valley Chateau Tent, 160 Green Valley Road, Lower Heidelberg Township.<\/p>\n The orchestra is collaborating with singer and guitarist Dave Kline for \u201cEpic Tales in American Music\u201d under the direction of Dr. Will Rapp. New orchestral arrangements highlighting music through the eras will be featured.<\/p>\n Birding talk<\/p>\n A birding presentation will be held June 20 at 2 p.m. in the Muhlenberg Community Library, 3612 Kutztown Road, Laureldale. Author Barbara Malt from the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society will be at the library with copies of her book and will discuss gardening for birds. Register at 610-929-0589 or muhlenbergcommunitylibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Radio Field Day<\/p>\n The Reading Radio Club\u2019s ARRL Radio Field Day operation at French Creek State Park is scheduled from 2 p.m. June 27 to 2 p.m. June 28. The club will be setting up radio systems and antennas to transmit both locally and internationally. Activities will take place in and around Grubb\u2019s Cabin at Organized Group Tent Site 11 (259 Fire Tower Road, Birdsboro).<\/p>\n The public will have an opportunity to watch the exercises, learn how radio systems operate and participate in an interactive signal-finding \u201cfox hunt\u201d discovery activity.\u00a0 Attendees can try transmitting and make contact with people from around the world.<\/p>\n The radio club aims to provide public service communications for local events and emergencies free of charge and educate the public on radio communication and related science, technology, engineering and math topics.<\/p>\n Fine art show<\/p>\n The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary St., Pennsburg, is hosting the Pottstown Area Artists Guild Juried Fine Art Show through June 28. It includes two-dimensional artwork in a variety of media as well as sculpture. All are for sale.<\/p>\n There also is a special art installation through June 18 by metal sculptor Val Bertoia. Entitled GOSH: Garden of Sound Healing, Bertoia\u2019s concept is that the sound sculptures on display ultimately will encourage the healing that nature can bring.<\/p>\n For more information, visit schwenkfelder.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn about bats<\/p>\n The Daniel Boone Homestead in Exeter Township hosts \u201cAll About Bats,\u201d an educational program set for July 17 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Retired professor Dr. Karen Campbell will deliver a presentation on the bats that live at the historic site. After a presentation in the Wayside Lodge, participants will take a walk to search for bats as dusk falls.<\/p>\n No admission is charged for this program. No pets (except service animals) and no smoking. Learn more at www.thedanielboonehomestead.org<\/a> or Daniel Boone Homestead<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n Submit items to news@readingeagle.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reading Theater Project is presenting a staged reading of \u201cRomeo and Juliet, Class of \u201997\u201d by Kimberly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,858,28,128,130,129,289,706],"class_list":["post-213630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-ontap","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}