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WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT? “We’re putting up a fence. We’re about to dig a post hole with an augur. It’s easier that way.” Jason Krause of Upper Dublin, on the job for Everlasting Fence.

 

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‘CRAB BOIL’ IN G’TWN: On Sunday, July 30, Geechee Girl Rice Café, 5946 Germantown Ave., is having a Low Country Crab Boil. This is the best of traditional Low Country summer fare: hardshell crabs, shrimp, smoked sausage, corn and potatoes. It’s a meal complete with hors d’oeuvre, tossed salad, and a peach cobbler dessert. $32.50 per person. Dinner is served at 6:30. Reservations are necessary. Seen here is owner Valerie Erwin. Call 215-843-8113 or visit www.geecheegirlricecafe.com (Photo by Leila Sawyer)

 


FREE SUMMER CONCERT: The pealing of bell music will again ring out as the St. Thomas’ Carillon at St. Thomas’ Church, Bethlehem Pike and Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, continues its annual concert series on Tuesday, August 1, 7 p.m., rain or shine, with carillonneur, Peter Langberg of Denmark performing on the 48-bell carillon (seen here in the belfry). Admission is free. Enjoy a unique evening of music; bring your picnic, blanket, lawn chair, or listen from your parked car. Open tower tours will be held beginning at 8 p.m. For more information, call 215-233-3970.

 

‘ZEN’ BAND IN MT. AIRY: King Platypus (Jim Harris and Jake Michaels) is Philadelphia’s premier Zen, world-beat, show tune, surf-folk fusion band. They will perform Saturday, July 29, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Mt. Airy Train Station, Gowen and Devon Avenues. (They were originally scheduled to perform last Saturday night, but the concert was cancelled due to rain.) Bring lawn chairs or blankets/picnics. Questions: 215-242-0854. Walk a Crooked Mile Books, the area’s largest used bookstore, which sponsors the free concert, has 80,000 affordable used books, paperbacks to collectibles.

FREE CONCERT IN MT. AIRY: Walk a Crooked Mile Books presents a free concert by Rhetta Morgan. Accompanying herself with piano, percussion, and mandolin, she writes and arranges songs of profound expression connecting her voice with the listener’s heart. Thursday, July 27, 7-9p.m. Raindate Friday, July 28, 7-9 p.m. Mount Airy Train Station, Gowen Avenue and Devon.Bring lawn chairs or blankets/picnics. Questions: 215-242-0854.