Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

The United Way of the Bradford Area is currently recruiting volunteers to give some of their time on Saturday, September 28th as part of the organization’s 3rd annual Day of Action. “Although we do not have the completed list of projects and activities at this point, we are excited to solicit our community members to give an hour of two of their time to support our area,” said Executive Director Mandi Wilton Davis. “We do know that we’ll be hosting ‘Stuff the Truck’ supply drives at local stores, where we’ll be collecting items needed by some of our partner agencies, as well as projects for other local non-profits.” Interested parties are encouraged to contact Davis at the United Way office by calling 368-6181. Volunteers may also sign up at www.uwbanews.org. “We’d love to have local groups or clubs participate together,” said Davis, “especially some of our younger community members. Our goal is to combine the time and talents of 200 individuals to make an impact in the Bradford...

A new endowment funded by its namesake will ensure the upkeep of the Bromeley Family Theater at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. The university received the $250,000 gift from the Pembroke Foundation and Jean H. and Thomas R. Bromeley and their children, Pamela B. and Donald J. Fredeen, and Amy B. and Daniel P. McCune, for the maintenance of the university’s theater, which is also named for the Bromeley family. The Pembroke Foundation is a family foundation originally established by Jean Bromeley’s parents, Corliss R. and Mary S. Hostetler. “It’s a lovely facility,” Thomas Bromeley said of the theater. “I think it is a good idea to develop a fund that can maintain and help keep it first class. It’s very easy to postpone maintenance when budgets are tight.” The Bromeley Family Theater is a 500-seat theater that opened in 2004 and has hosted performances ranging from intimate opera recitals to the Russian National Ballet Theat...