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Youth Jazz Sundays with Chris Oatts
MAC’s monthly jazz performance series featuring young jazz musicians from area high schools and universities as well as a house band of professional jazz musicians. Led by saxophonist Chris Oatts he and local rhythm section will kick off the performance by playing a few selections, and local area high school combos will be invited to perform for and sit in with the professionals. Each performance will have a featured guest artist or theme of the month.
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Dramatic Reading
Join Jared Reed in our fourth annual reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with original music by Drew Petersen. Originally produced by Curio Theatre Company in West Philadelphia, Jared has crafted the piece from the reading version enacted by Dickens himself.
Original Playreading Series: Everybody's Hometown by Noah Mannix
Wednesday, November 13
Reading begins 7:30 PM
Tickets Pay what you wish - suggested $10
Youth Jazz Sundays with Chris Oatts
MAC’s monthly jazz performance series featuring young jazz musicians from area high schools and universities as well as a house band of professional jazz musicians. Led by saxophonist Chris Oatts he and local rhythm section will kick off the performance by playing a few selections, and local area high school combos will be invited to perform for and sit in with the professionals. Each performance will have a featured guest artist or theme of the month.
MAC Music Sessions Presents: Free Live Music on Monroe Street
Saturday, October 19th
12-5 pm
on the Media Community Center lawn
(next to the Tot Lot, on Monroe St between 3rd and 4th)
Come hang with us while the fantastic Ensemble Novo plays Brazilian Salsa & we sling beer by Sterling Pig.
Media Fellowship House - Jackson Street Jubilee: 80 Years of Justice
Live Music. Good Food. Street Party.
Playreading: The PlayMakers by Julie Zaffarano
Wednesday October 9
Reading begins 7:30 PM
$15
Lisa and Sebastian, a former successful romantic comedy playwriting team and couple that crashed and burned, are thrown together after several years apart and try to recapture their signature spark while their characters revolt as the lines between reality and fantasy blur.
DCHS Grand Reopening Open House & Gala
Please join us for an evening celebrating the incredible history of Delaware County.
Playreading: Suburban Legend by Jim Hawkins
Tuesday, September 24
Reading begins 7:30 PM
Tickets $15
Porchfest: MAC beer Garden & Music
MAC will host a beer garden, along with music from Brian Kors and friends at the Morris Bros Porch on 18 E 2nd Street.
Playreading: The Cure by Alex Dremann
Thursday, August 8
Reading begins 7:30 PM
$15
When her twenty-four year old son wills himself to death and donates all his organs, Joan goes on a quest to understand why.
Jasper Street Jam
Saturday, June 15th From 11:00-8:00. Only $10. 6 Great Bands, Food Vendors and Beer!
Playreading - Companie Men: A Historie Playe for Six Women
Thursday, June 13
7:30-9:30 PM
$15
This is the true story of how Shakespeare strong-armed Cuthbert and Richard Burbage into abandoning low comedy in favor of the sort of psychological drama that Elizabethan audiences came to prefer over public executions and bear fights.
Pride on State: Sketch with Pride - Draw and sip
We’re collaborating with the Media Theatre to bring you an hour and a half of FREE figure drawing from a costumed model inspired by queer culture. Whether you have years of experience or none at all, come join us!
Pride on State: Poetry Slam
This free event is part of the Pride on State 2024 lineup! All are welcome to attend and share or listen.
Community Financial Wellness Fair
Join us for an exciting and informative event focused on improving your financial well-being!
Playreading - The Lady Flyer by Gwen Armstrong
It is April 20th, 1987, the final meeting of the Stephen's Bend Women's Club. Catherine Oaks, iconic photographer/journalist and the “most famous person ever to come out of Stephen’s Bend” arrives, bringing troubles of her own.
Delco Gives Day May 8-9
Delco Gives Day is a 24-hour county-wide day of giving/community celebration, hosted by The Foundation for Delaware County, where people will make a donation to their favorite nonprofits. Media Arts Council is participating in the inaugural Delco gives day, May 8-9, 7pm-7pm. Join us!
The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History
The history of the Nile Swim Club in Yeadon is a story of perseverance that highlights an incredible part of Black history in Delaware County. Join author Robert Kodosky as he reveals the incredible history and legacy of the Nile Swim Club and the vibrant landmark it remains today.
MAC Classical Festival & Academy
April 19-21 don’t miss MAC’s first annual Classical Festival & Academy
Improv Comedy: Better Than Bacon (Blue Show)
Improv Comedy is At The MAC with Better Than Bacon!
Better Than Bacon Improv is a short form improv comedy troupe based in West Chester, PA. Improv comedy, as we say in our show openers, is a one-time only performance. We work without a script or a net. What you see in one show will never be seen again.
Playreading: Divided We by Dave Ebersole
When liberal talk show host Ben Simmons brings the infamous gay "right wing" loud mouth, Constantine Verrand on his show, the controversy it causes could cost him his friends, his partner, and his beloved show.
Youth Jazz Series With Chris Oatts
MAC’s monthly jazz performance series featuring young jazz musicians from area high schools and universities as well as a house band of professional jazz musicians. Led by saxophonist Chris Oatts he and local rhythm section will kick off the performance by playing a few selections, and local area high school combos will be invited to perform for and sit in with the professionals. Each performance will have a featured guest artist or theme of the month.
Media Film Festival: Media Theater
Weekend 2 of the 2024 Media Film Festival Takes place from April 4-4 at the Classic Media Theatre
Media Film Festival
Weekend 1 of the 2024 Media Film Festival takes place at The Towne House on March 29th and 30th with dinner/brunch and a movie.
Playreading: the Greatest Millennial Baby X
When the power suddenly and mysteriously goes out - a harsh light is shed on the power struggles and generational discord at Bonner Soaps, Inc.
The Main Line Opera Presents: That's Amore
Enjoy an evening of love Italian style at The MAC with light and popular Italian music sung by beautiful operatic voices. The program will include famous Italian opera numbers, Neapolitan Songs as well as Andrea Bocelli favorites
MEDBURG at 53: the 53rd Anniversary of the FBI Burglary in Media
On March 8th 1971, a group known as the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into the FBI office on Veterans Square in Media. The documents that they found exposed illegal surveillance activities by the federal government
Youth Jazz Series With Chris Oatts
MAC’s monthly jazz performance series featuring young jazz musicians from area high schools and universities as well as a house band of professional jazz musicians. Led by saxophonist Chris Oatts he and local rhythm section will kick off the performance by playing a few selections, and local area high school combos will be invited to perform for and sit in with the professionals. Each performance will have a featured guest artist or theme of the month.
The Man in the Brown Suit, a radio play based on the Agatha Christie novel
Attention mystery lovers! Join MAC and spoken word production company Lingua Obscura at the Towne House for an original audio performance of The Man in the Brown Suit, an exciting mystery novel by the queen of crime, Agatha Christie.
Poetry Nights at the MAC: Liz Chang
Tuesday, February 20
This session will focus on the transitional form: the prose poem. What strengths does this form borrow from poetry, from prose? Writers with both/either poetry and prose experience are welcome to join us.