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bookmark_borderThe Art of the Brick

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The Franklin Institute Presents The Art of The Brick, The World’s Largest Display Of LEGO Art, February 7-September 6.

In a show that’s a tribute to artistic ingenuity, The Art of the Brick showcases more than 100 works created entirely from LEGOs by contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya.

Sawaya is the first artist ever to create an exhibition of LEGO art — that is, using LEGO bricks as the artistic medium — and his work has traveled around the world for the past seven years.

In Philadelphia, the exhibition takes on several new components, including a practically life-sized Liberty Bell created by Sawaya exclusively for Philadelphia.

Broken out by type of LEGO artwork, guests can wander through galleries of LEGO re-creations of acclaimed artworks, 3-D classic sculptures (look out for Rodin’s The Thinker,) in addition to a 20-foot long LEGO T-Rex, original works of pop-art style pieces by Sawaya and much more.

Each work is made up of anywhere from a couple hundred to tens of thousands of LEGO bricks, and it’s fascinating to check out the gallery notes to see just how many LEGOs went in to the creation of each piece.

At the end of the exhibit, guests can leave their mark on the show by signing a LEGO brick and adding it to the Philadelphia LEGO wall of art.

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The Ambler Environmental Advisory Council will hold an Earth Fest on Saturday, April 18th, 2015 on the property of Calvary United Methodist Church, located on Lindenwold and Park Avenues, in Ambler Borough. Organizations whose focus is on environmental issues will display exhibits, tables and interactive educational displays and speakers will give presentations about environmental issues.  Activities for children will be offered. Volunteers are needed to assist in making the event a success.

In addition to exhibitors, vendors are invited to sell their products. Vendors will pay a small fee to participate. Fees will be used to compensate speakers and offset the cost of advertising.

This event is mainly geared to teens and adults with some activities for children and will be free and open to the public.

The Earth Fest will be held, rain or shine. Many of the exhibits will be located indoors in a large multi-purpose room and other rooms. Exhibitors and vendors have the option of having their displays outside.  Lectures and presentations will be held in the church’s main sanctuary or in small meeting rooms The main sanctuary contains audio-visual equipment including a projector and large screen.  All of the areas that will be used for the Earth Fest are wheel chair accessible.

bookmark_borderInternet Crimes Against Children

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In cooperation with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Major Crimes Unit and the East Norriton Township Police Department have joined efforts to protect children from internet predators. In addition to his regular duties as an East Norriton Township Police Department Detective, Detective Michael Henricks was recently sworn as a Special Montgomery County Detective by District Attorney Ferman. His specific enforcement focus, relating to ICAC, involves detecting and arresting child predators who utilize the internet as a tool to meet and sexually assault child victims.

In January 2015 Detective Henricks became involved in an undercover, electronic communication exchange with defendant Kurt Krumpholz. It was immediately apparent Krumpholz’s intent was to commit illegal acts.

On Monday, January 19, 2015 the ongoing undercover communications resulted in Krumpholz requesting to meet with whom he thought to be a 14 year old boy and his 13 year old male friend. Krumpholz’s proposed purpose for this meeting was for him to perform oral sex on two underage children.

On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 4:25 PM Krumpholz arrived at the agreed upon meet location, the Friendly’s Restaurant, 150 West Germantown Pike, East Norriton Township, Montgomery County. Upon his arrival at the Friendly’s Restaurant, he entered the restaurant in search of the two victims he believed he was meeting. After not finding them, Krumpholz quickly left but was met by law enforcement before he could re-enter his vehicle.