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!women's History Month Special I

1983. Today there are stores in Bryn Mawr, Chestnut Hill, and most recently in Manhattan.

The TLA is now a concert venue for some of the hottest new bands on the music scene.

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The TLA has housed acts such as Danzig, the Goo Goo Dolls and Radiohead.

The Keswick Theater in Glenside is another little known hot spot. It fust opened on Dec 25, 1928. Horace Trumbauer, famous for designing the Philadelphia Art Museum, built the Keswick.

The Keswick allowed residents in the Philadelphia suburbs to catch some of the top acts on the vaudeville circuit.

In 1955, the Keswick was converted into a cinemascope film house and premiered most major first-run films in the 1950s and 1960s.

The Keswick was forced to close in 1980 and was preparer for demolition. The Glenside Landmarks Society, a non-profit

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