Concert Recap: The Cheddar Boys

Oct 15, 2022 by

If audience engagement is any indicator, The Cheddar Boys’ appearance on September 10 at the Glen Providence Park stage – on a...

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Concert Recap: Jim Boggia

Sep 8, 2022 by

An imposing 13’ wide crimson umbrella sheltered singer-songwriter Jim Boggia from the mid-summer sun in a cloudless late afternoon...

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Concert Recap: Blackbird Society Orchestra

Jun 7, 2022 by

It was a perfect clear and breezy spring evening on June 4 for the Blackbird Society Orchestra’s return to the Glen Providence...

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Native Tree Tending & Planting!

Oct 9, 2021 by

This year was our 10th National Public Lands Day volunteering in Glen Providence Park! On Saturday, October 2, 27 lovely adults...

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Concert Recap: Malidelphia

Oct 8, 2021 by

On an absolutely exquisite late summer’s evening on Saturday, September 11, you may have heard the heartbeat of Mali, West Africa...

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Concert Recap: Kossler Duo

Oct 8, 2021 by

The acoustic guitar and the outdoors were made for each other. As if to prove that point, on Saturday, August 7, brothers Adam and...

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Concert Recap: Paul Downie & Friends

Oct 8, 2021 by

Local drummer and percussionist Paul Downie brought his six-piece band of “Rhythm & Soul” rockers to light up the Glen...

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Concert Recap: Danie Ocean

Oct 8, 2021 by

Glen Providence Park’s stature as a neighborhood treasure was never more apparent than in the year 2020. The park provided...

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Our 10th Anniversary!

Jul 14, 2021 by

Friends of Glen Providence Park first met on July 14, 2011 at Seven Stones Café in Media. We organized in response to the...

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Concert Recap: The Bickel Brothers Band!

Jul 29, 2020 by

With our 2020 Arts in the Park postponed to 2021 due to COVID, we’re wistfully looking back at 2019… The Bickel Brothers...

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Concert Recap: Birdie Busch!

Sep 5, 2019 by

Under a cloudless evening sky on July 13, with a zero percent chance of precipitation, an audience-in-the-making filtered down State...

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Recap: Academy of International Ballet!

Jul 12, 2019 by

On June 1st – an exquisite spring evening – the audience with their blankets, chairs and the occasional basket of picnic...

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1941 Trail Plantings!

Oct 12, 2018 by

For our 8th National Public Lands Day on Saturday, October 6, we installed wildlife habitat plantings along the 1941 Trail in Glen...

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Concert Recap: Sweetbriar Rose

Sep 30, 2018 by

The summer of 2018 will be remembered as the Summer of Rain, and the final concert of the Friends of Glen Providence Park’s 2018...

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Concert Recap: Delco Symphony Brass Quintet

Sep 30, 2018 by

It was one of those perfect summer evenings. One that called for being outside to revel in a perfect late summer evening, and the...

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Concert Recap: Mutlu

Sep 30, 2018 by

The Friends of Glen Providence Park welcomed over 225 audience members on July 28 for the second concert in their 2018 “Arts in...

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Concert Recap: Tiffany Jones

Sep 30, 2018 by

Opening her set with a scintillating, soulful interpretation of Woody Guthrie’s most famous song “This Land is Your Land”,...

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Spring Cleaning 2018!

Apr 21, 2018 by

On this beautiful spring day, 26 adults, teens, and kids spent their Saturday morning volunteering in Glen Providence Park at the 21st...

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Wildlife Habitat Plantings!

Oct 4, 2017 by

For our 7th National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 30, we installed wildlife habitat plantings at the base of the sledding...

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Recap: Splintered Sunlight

Aug 21, 2017 by

An audience of wonderfully diverse, joyful and pleasant folks streamed into Glen Providence Park on July 8th to enjoy the vintage...

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