The annual Holiday Tree Lighting in Reading was graced by the vibrant performance of the Reading Recreation Commission (RRC) Dance Team, captivating the community with their spirited routines and festive cheer. Under the seasoned leadership of Heather Boyer, the dance team showcased not [...]
During the demolition of the Girls' High School at the corner of 4th and Court Streets in September 1961, Peter Zuk, president of Zuk Lumber & Demolition Co., Inc. of Belvidere, N.J., whose business had been hired to tear down the old school, received [...]
The "Gate" is an outdoor metal sculpture by Robinson Fredenthal, commissioned by the Reading Redevelopment Authority for the North Sixth and Penn streets courtyard in the Downtown East Urban Renewal Area. It was assembled by Eastern Machine Products Inc. and involved a complex [...]
The earliest known imagery of the Easter bunny in America came from Berks County. It was drawn near Orwigsburg (West Brunswick Township). Hand drawn and colored on laid paper (8 x 9.6 cm.), Johann Conrad Gilbert created this fractur near Orwigsburg, PA. The [...]
Ramon Lago was a well-known, respected artist and sculptor whose works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Ramon Lago was born in Cuba and brought to the United States of America at an early age. Lago also lived [...]
