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Events: Downtown Events

Get up, get out, get into town…Downtown Media is the place to be.

Fig Authentic: Lori Coyle

Connecting People Through Movement was the inspiration behind Sangha Space. A Media local, Lori started running Tango Hop social dances in the borough in 2005...

Foodie Guide:

We’re all about fresh here at Fig®. Fresh ideas. Fresh destinations. And, of course, fresh food. If fresh is best, you’ll have to travel far to find a place with greater raw materials at its fingertips. Or such a diverse array of restaurants.

Fresh Face: My Three Sons Hot Dogs

Newly established on the west end of State Street, My Three Sons treats customers to made-to-order “haute” dogs, a vast selection of gourmet beer, and a friendly environment...

Arts & Culture:

See a play, purchase a painting, catch a concert. Fall in love with arts and culture in the downtown. Support the arts and support a thriving community!

Education:

From the hyper-focused to the well-rounded—from arts to engineering—education opens the door to possibility. Luckily for us, Media offers learning opportunities for all, regardless of age, interest, or experience.

Shopping:

Do you love local? Money spent downtown in more likely to stay here, creating jobs and supporting local non-profit organizations in its wake.

The Latest: Blogs; Features; Events

Media Music Notes

The State Street Blues Stroll Returns with a Tribute to The Women of the Blues

It’s that time again! This Saturday, June 8, get your groove on with the return of Media’s own State Street Blues Stroll. Presented by the Media Business Authority in conjunction with...read on

Classical Music

Is There a Top Five of Anything?

Here is a fun game to play: pick a category of classical music and choose your own personal “top five” in that category. For example, select “Greatest Symphony” as a category and then...read on

Fig Fresh

It’s Burger Month at the Iron Hill Brewery

Sometimes there is nothing better than a good hamburger. And I’m not talking about a fast food hamburger either, but a real, honest to goodness, thick, homemade all-beef juicy burger...read on

Fig Fresh

The Media Farmers Market: Always Something to Discover

The Media Farmers Market: Always Something to Discover Media is a destination town for a lot of reasons: the Blues Stroll, Dining Under the Stars, Super Sunday, the Film Festival,...read on

Media Music Notes

Earth & State presents Frog Holler at Picasso: An Assault on Cancer Fundraiser

If you’ve ever run into a Star Wars Storm Trooper while enjoying an evening of Dining Under the Stars, odds are good that you’ve encountered Earth & State’s Assault on Cancer. Born...read on

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Giving Back: Bill Conville

Bill Conville—adventurer, art lover

According to Bill, his passion for the arts came into focus while studying at the Sorbonne in Paris during his junior year. “No one who lives in Paris as a student for an extended period of time can escape being saturated by the arts,” says Bill. He also once traveled to the outskirts of Southern Morocco, convincing a nomadic camel train of Berber

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Fresh Face: My Three Sons Hot Dogs & Beer Emporium

Newly established on the west end of State Street, My Three Sons treats customers to made-to-order “haute” dogs, a vast selection of gourmet beer, and a friendly environment the whole family can enjoy—complete with a vintage Pac Man machine.

Since celebrating their grand opening in December, My Three Sons has been garnering acclaim for their creative array of 10-inch, all beef

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Authentic: Lori Coyle

In sanskrit, the word for community is sangha—“a safe space, a home in which to learn and practice,” says Lori Coyle, proprietor of Media’s Sangha Space at 116 W. Baltimore Avenue. The meaning behind the name comes to life as a room full of dancers of all ages tango across the hardwood, twinkle lights sparkling from the vaulted ceiling. Original benches from 1894 line the walls where

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