Morning Update: What Events are in Store Today? 10/24/2011

What’s Happening Today
• Skippack MOMS Club is hosting a Fall Fest Monday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. in Palmer Park
• , known for his paintings from the viewpoint of a car passenger, will speak at Ursinus College on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m., in Musser Auditorium of Pfahler Hall. McGrath's canvases focus on surrounding landscapes, in an impressionistic style, based on photo collages using pictures of his own journeys.
Check out more of today’s events here.

Mark Your Calendars
• Collegeville Rotary Halloween Parade on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. and judging starts at 6 behind Schrader's Aamco
• Schwenksville’s Halloween Parade is Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.  The parade route is along 2nd Avenue, concluding in the post office parking lot. Free food and entertainment. 
• The Perkiomen Township Fire Co. is holding its third annual comedy show Saturday, Nov. 5. Tickets are $25 each; doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30. Music and dancing after the show. For more tickets or more information, call 610-489-7707 or e-mail comedy66@live.com.
• You can help support Father Chuck’s Challenge at on Nov. 5 (more info here)

There’s Still Time
• Enter your kids’ creative Halloween costume for a chance to Battle of the Cupcakes by Oct. 28. (See entry form PDF)

Today in History
From History.com
• Thirty Years War ends (1648)
• Western Union completes first transcontinental telegraph line (1861)
• The United Nations is born (1945)

Born Today
• Jiles Perry “J.P., Big Bopper” Richardson (1930)
• Susan Leigh Still (1960)
• Ken Ryan (1968)

Halloween Song of the Day
• “Thriller” (Michael Jackson)

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