Tag: Harry Potter

Chestnut Hill: Road Closures Planned For Harry Potter Festival

October 20, 2016 Marie A Sechuk

The community’s annual Harry Potter Festival has become so popular that officials have decided to close a portion of Germantown Avenue during the event, which runs this year from Oct. 21-22. According to Chestnut Hill Local

Amateur Sports: Where People Run Around On Broomsticks and Peg People with Dodgeballs

June 7, 2016 Andrew J Knight

The name of the game is quidditch. Based off J.K. Rowling’s fantasy literature series Harry Potter, United States Qudditch was founded in 2010. Quidditch is a co-ed contact sport that is a mixture of dodgeball,

Chestnut Hill: Association Works with Businesses to Promote Neighborhood

April 3, 2015

Small businesses are no stranger to Chestnut Hill. Shops, boutiques and restaurants flood Germantown Avenue. Whether it is an upscale clothing boutique, a small frozen yogurt shop or a historical store a customer wants, their

Chestnut Hill: Businesses Come Together to Create a Magical Weekend

November 4, 2013

On the third weekend in October, businesses along Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill came together to transform a few blocks into J.K. Rowling’s magical world of Harry Potter. The Chestnut Hill Business Association put on

Chestnut Hill: Harry Potter World Casts Spell Over Germantown Avenue

October 27, 2012

Most days, Walt Maguire works with Web content at Fox Chase Cancer Center. This weekend, he slipped into a silver cloak and became Albus Dumbledore, also known as the long-bearded professor from the Harry Potter