MORTON — HOUR T.Y.M.E Entertainment LLC and The Culture Rock Griot will present the annual Morton Summer Jam Music Community Festival from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 27 at William P. Jacobs Park Field, 229 Harding Ave., Morton.
The all-day outdoor free entertainment event will feature music, vendors, food, workshops, free face painting and fun activities for all ages. Attendees are asked to bring canned goods for a local food drive.
The Morton Summer Jam will be focused on bringing future educational workshops to the Delaware Valley and to assist in bringing back the Morton Summer Camp Program for local children residing in Morton, which hasn’t had a summer camp program since 2013.
Special invited musical guests and world-renown artists from all over the tri-state area will perform at this year’s festival.
* Youth band H-Fam (former Morton residents now living in Wilmington
* Philly Hip-Hop emcee Supreem Da Rezarekta (Philadelphia)
* Spoken word/poet artist Naa Koikoi-Azizah Zenile Keke (Azizah Kinteth of Philadelphia/Sharon Hill
* Reggae tone artist C.E.O. Kat of World Lyfe Hype Radio FM (Strasbourg, Pa.)
* Hip-hop and spiritual dance ensemble The Kollective Talent Foundation Inc (Chichester)
* Hip-hop emcee Ant Geez (Philadelphia/Sommerville, N.J.
* Music and dance company/group 215 Live Entertainment (Philadelphia)
* Indi pop rapper and singer Lawrenzzz (Collegeville, Pa.)
* Hip-hop duo emcees/rappers DJ Norm Beats and Malik The Mos High (Philadelphia)
* Hip-hop/spoken word artist Mic-Keiya (Philadelphia)
* Funk/soul/blues/jazz/R&B artist Daille Kettrell with duo group Open 4 Business Music (Camden, N.J.)
* R&B singer/actress Keyshanna K. (Chester)
* Spiritual/gospel rapper Shawn “Phatside” Whiteside” (Morton)
* R&B singer and drummer Tariq Shabazz of 3rd Eye Visualizationz music company (Philadelphia)
* R&B singers Kyng RM and Ms. Kim (Philadelphia).
The music festival will be hosted by Kandy Brown of Philadelphia, play writer/talk show host “So’nya Yvette Jones” of Wilmington, DE, and “Ant Geeze” of Philadelphia/ Sommerville, New Jersey, a member of local Philly Hip-Hop group Boro Live.
HOUR T.Y.M.E Entertainment LLC and The Culture Rock Griot joined forces to give back to Morton, the hometown community where HOUR T.Y.M.E Entertainment’s Chris Nelson grew up and resided. Samantha Hollins, founder of The Culture Rock Griot once lived in Morton, as well.
They not only share a philanthropist vision, they are also a part of the world renowned rock unit, GhettoSongBird, and The Roxsploitation Band. Their mission is to give back to the community through the arts and celebrate Morton and the surrounding areas in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Thanks to sponsors that include Derek Jones of State Farm in Morton, The Social on Morton, Courage Unda Fire Entertainment of Wilmington, and many other community members, residents of all ages can attend a free day of fun, music, art and culture, organizers said. Everyone is welcome.
For more information about Morton Summer Jam 2025, on how to become a vendor or sponsor, contact Chris Nelson at 215-531-3208 or [email protected].
The Delaware County Health Department is partnering with Jefferson Health System to bring a free mobile mammogram screening to the Delaware County Wellness Center, 151 W. Fifth St., Chester, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1. Getting an annual mammogram is the best defense against breast cancer.
To get a free mammogram, you must be over 40 years old, have not had a mammogram in the last 365 days, and have no prior diagnosis of breast cancer.
Health insurance is not required for this screening, but patients who do have health insurance must bring a prescription from their primary physician/OBGYN.
To register for the free screening, call the DCHD Wellness Line at 484-276-2100 or email [email protected] by Monday, July 28.
Joy Dickerson, Ed.D., former assistant dean and now liaison for Delaware County Community College’s award-winning Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies program, has received the 2025 Howard B. Meek Award, bestowed by the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE). She was honored on June 20 at ICHRIE’s international conference in Indianapolis.
The award is the highest individual recognition a member can receive, recognizing a member’s lifetime contributions and outstanding service both to hospitality education and to ICHRIE.
Dickerson has spent the last 35 years in hospitality education following a career in the food and beverage industry.
She has served in both faculty and administration roles for DCCC, Widener University and the Culinary Institute of America.
After four years as an assistant dean at DCCC, she is now working on the development and opening of the college’s new home for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies at DCCC’s upcoming new Southeast Center in Drexel Hill.
The multimillion-dollar education and workforce training facility will feature two state-of-the-art commercial kitchens and a large demonstration classroom.
The college also offers culinary arts and hospitality studies classes in Phoenixville and at DCCC’s Main Campus in Marple Township.
Dickerson says her greatest joy has been serving students.
She has developed programs, curriculum and coursework at the undergraduate and graduate levels, but has most notably focused on the integration of undergraduate leadership development with experiential learning. She launched the first Bachelor of Science degree program in Hospitality Management at the Culinary Institute of America in 2018.
Additionally, she served as president of ICHRIE throughout the pandemic and was instrumental in reshaping the organization during that challenging time.
“I am so humbled, honored and grateful to be the recipient of this award,” she says. “I love this inspiring global community of hospitality and tourism educators, researchers, and industry leaders. I am excited that DCCC’s Culinary and Hospitality program expanded to Phoenixville this year, and that a beautiful new facility is set to open in January 2026 in Drexel Hill, bringing our exceptional instructors and courses to new locations accessible to more students in Delaware and Chester counties.”
For more information about the courses and programs at Delaware County Community College: http://dccc.edu.
Chester Senior Center, 721 Hayes St., Chester will offer COSA’s program, A Matter of Balance, on Wednesdays from July 30 through Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon.
The eight-week virtual program is proven to help reduce the risk of falls among adults, ages 60 and older.
The Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging (COSA), in collaboration with the PA Department of Aging, is offering the program virtually on Zoom, and it’s free to Pennsylvania residents.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings indicate that every 20 minutes an older adult in the U.S. dies from a fall, and that falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injury.
Many people do not know that fear of falling can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, putting us at an increased risk for falls. The good news is that participants can face their fears and learn what they can do to increase their physical strength, flexibility and balance and decrease their risk of falling.
Registration for this program is required.
Contact Chester Senior Center at 610-497-3550 or Vivica Holmes at [email protected] and provide name, address and phone number.
The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum will hold Free Family Fishing Night on Wednesday, July 30 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Volunteers and staff will be on hand to help families get their start. Rods and bait will be available for loan or guests can bring their own. No fishing license is needed. Attendees should meet at the Darby Creek fishing area.
The Heinz Refuge will also hold a free pop-up archery range on Thursday, Aug. 7 from 4 to 6 p.m. for anyone age 8 and older.
Those who want to try archery can take their first shot and learn a quick overview of the skills required to hit a bullseye. With safety as top priority, USA Archery certified instructors will help attendees with the basics of archery. No registration or equipment is required to participate.
The refuge is at 8601 Lindbergh Blvd. For more information on the fishing or the archery events, call 215-365-3118.
Artist/book illustrator David Hoffrichter, of Broomall, will hold a book signing at the Barnes & Noble in Bryn Mawr, 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 25. Hoffrichter was originally scheduled in June but due to a power outage the event had to be rescheduled.
Hoffrichter is a winner in the Illustrators of the Future contest earning him a trip to Hollywood, a weeklong master-class workshop as well as being honored at an awards event.
He created an illustration for the story, “The Rune Witch,” by Writers of the Future winner Jefferson Snow and both illustration and story are published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41, which was released on April 22.
Barnes and Noble casts a spotlight on some favorite local authors every Saturday, with books that include fiction and nonfiction, kids to adults. For more information about the illustrator, go to davidhoffrichter.com.
To contact Barnes & Noble in Bryn Mawr, call 484-222-4599.
Brandywine Museum of Art will host a special read-aloud story “Arlo Draws an Octopus” and special project for children at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 30 at Tinicum Memorial Public Library, 620 Seneca St., Essington, will host a program
Tinicum Memorial Public Library will also host “Medicare 101” at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8 for those who are new to Medicare or just looking for a refresher.
The session will provide clear, easy to understand guidance so attendees can make confident healthcare decisions.
Register for both of these programs at http://tinicumlibrary.org/events. For questions, call the library at 610-521-9344.
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