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Keith Haring’s legacy lives on in Pennsylvania's Americana Region

By Lisa Haggerty on May 04, 2017

Today would have been the 59th birthday of artist Keith Haring. Haring grew up in Kutztown, part of Pennsylvania's Americana Region. During his 31 years, Haring would rise to prominence as an artist for his generation, creating pieces on topics like war, sexuality, birth and death, many with a…

John Updike and Pennsylvania's Americana Region

By Lisa Haggerty on Mar. 27, 2017

Many people love the literary works of John Updike. The Pulitzer prize-winning author was a prolific writer, poet, art critic, and literary critic. He was also a resident of Pennsylvania's Americana Region, a place that influenced his writings immensely. Born March 18, 1932, in Reading…

Organic Farming in PA's Americana Region

By Lisa Haggerty on Mar. 02, 2017

I'm not sure about you, but by the time March arrives, I'm itching to get outside to w ork in my garden. I long to get my hands in the soil and start planting. While I know it's too early to do anything more than clean up my beds, there are things I can do in anticipation of the growing season ahead…

Our Favorite Cough Drop? Luden's, of Course!

By Lisa Haggerty on Feb. 17, 2017

It’s that time of year, cold season. Sore throats, coughs, and colds are rampant. How do you treat the symptoms of these bothersome maladies? For many of us in Pennsylvania’s Americana Region, a favorite over-the-counter remedy is none other than Luden’s cough drops. After all, this game changing…

Locally Produced

By Lisa Haggerty on Oct. 21, 2016

In an area with so many timeless farms, you would expect to be able to buy fresh produce and other farm products. And you can, right from the source, at the nearly 80 farms which have their own farm market. Each week, you can also meet the farmers at one of our many regional farmers markets. Yet…

Local History

By Lisa Haggerty on Oct. 21, 2016

As you may expect in an area where history goes back as far as ours does, there would be lots of historic sites to learn the story. There are - major locations like the Daniel Boone Homestead and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. Yet, Pennsylvania's Americana region is also dotted with more…

Local Artists

By Lisa Haggerty on Oct. 21, 2016

An old factory may not sound like a great place to see art - but in the Americana Region, that old factory is now the Goggleworks Center for the Arts, a magnificent restored and enhanced facility hosting artist's studios, where you can actually visit with the artists while watching their fascinating…

Trains

By Lisa Haggerty on Oct. 21, 2016

You may know us only for the Reading Railroad, yet the tracks of the Colebrookdale, which take you on an excursion between historic Boyertown and Pottstown, were built long before the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad was just a glint in the eye of a local coal baron. Built to serve the Colebrook…

First American Settlement of Germans

By Lea Gordon on Oct. 21, 2016

Unknown to many is the fact that Pennsylvania's Americana Region was home to the first American settlement of Germans from the Palatinate region. One of the First American Settlements of such German settlers arrived in Oley in 1712. They chose the area around the Manatawny Creek. Within 10 years…

Antiques and Eclectic Boutiques

By Lisa Haggerty on Oct. 21, 2016

Nearly 100 antique shops and eclectic boutiques dot the region, featuring the likes of needle-point pillows, Civil War daguerreotypes, engraved silver sets, and decorative mailboxes. Shopping is so authentic you can browse through VF Outlets, the first outlet center ever built in America that…

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