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A Frightening River Journey

Paul Adomites March 24, 2015 0 Comments Area Activity Updates allegheny river

Before spring finally makes up its mind, here’s a suggestion for a bleak wintry night. A river story, by legendary spookmeister Algernon Blackwood (what a name). He lived from 1869-1951, and this, perhaps his most famous story, is called “The Willows,” the tale of a canoe trip down the Danube by two young men. The way it evokes the glories of that famous river is wonderful. Until things get weird, of course. Guaranteed to add a chill to the bones of winter.
You can find it in several anthologies online. I like the reading of it on YouTube through LibriVox.
It’s a glorious example of how rivers speak to us.
Look for more Allegheny (and other river) posts soon.

Martin Ellis In Foxburg On The Wurlitzer

Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts presents the superb Martin Ellis on the Lincoln Hall Wurlitzer Theater Organ in Foxburg at 7:00 PM. The restored and historic Lincoln Hall Wurlitzer is a wonderful piece of Americana. Once the ubiquitous background music and orchestration for silent movies, the theater organ has become a unique curiosity for many. As time separates memory and reality, and fewer people having the real theater experience, the organ can serve as a bridge through time.

Martin Ellis returns to Foxburg this Friday the Sep 21st to play the Lincoln Hall Wurlitzer Theater Organ, anticipating a fun and musically pleasurable evening as he moves through a mixed repertoire of popular, classical and spiritual music.More

Foxburg Joint Mixer

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Foxburg held it’s second annual Joint County Chamber Mixer this past Wednesday which yeilded a turnout of attendees from Clarion, Franklin, Venango, Armstrong and Butler counties as well as members of the Armstrong and Butler tourist bureaus.

Foxburg Bridge is Falling Down!

Go Foxburg! July 24, 2009 Area Activity Updates allegheny river, foxburg, foxburg bridge, foxburg free library

A few days before July 24th, 2008 I had been trying to capture the “best view” of the old Foxburg Bridge that my modest Minolta Dimage Z1 would afford. Then I noticed this little flower planted among the bushes on the edge of the river. After assuming some awkward positions in an attempt to include the little flower within composure, I managed to take several shots from the perspective of someone who must have witnessed the Foxburg Bridge throughout the season leading to it’s end.More

Allegheny River Excursion

Go Foxburg! July 18, 2009 Area Activity Updates allegheny plateau, allegheny river, canoe, clarion river, daytrip, foxburg, lenape, parker, parker's landing, pittsburgh, scenery, summer, things to do, water, wildlife

If you listen closely, you may hear the waters calling out to you from the river’s edge. I could hear the beckoning when I moved to this quiet little town tucked in a valley of the Allegheny Plateau. Enchanted into dreaming, I saw visions of Lenape tribesmen gliding silently over the water. My senses drew inward like a breath, to a world that, one day, needed to be realized and after the passing of two summers, I could wait no more.More