Tag: Harry Potter Weekend

Chestnut Hill: Road Closures Planned For Harry Potter Festival

October 20, 2016Marie 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

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: Quidditch Comes to the Hill

October 28, 2012

https://vimeo.com/52549139] When Chestnut Hill College junior Stephan Wolfert put on his uniform this weekend he was not putting on his usual jiujitsu garb. Wolfert was dressed in an all-yellow outfit in order to be a

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