Mural Corridor Helps West Reading's Ten Points Turn Corner
Unsupervised garages were an easy target for graffiti, so the Ten Points neighborhood group turned to local artists, teachers and students to create a series of vandal-repelling murals.
Unsupervised garages were an easy target for graffiti, so the Ten Points neighborhood group turned to local artists, teachers and students to create a series of vandal-repelling murals.
One of the institutions responsible for transforming downtown Reading helped usher in a new era of First Friday fun, complete with a poetry slam and its sixth annual art exhibition.
In one fell entrepreneurial swoop, a 26 year-old with no business background captured the essence of his revitalized native city. Mike Pasquini's Crimson Lion Hookah Lounge best represents the vibrant college town the Diamond City has become.
More than 1,200 Pennsylvania food-processing companies produce edibles on every segment of the food pyramid. Penn State University's Berks campus is planning a center to feed their efforts to innovate.
Last summer, 11,000 people flocked to rural Kempton in Berks County for the Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival.
Diane LaBelle is Executive Director of GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in downtown Reading.