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==Arts and culture== [[File:Collingswood exterior 72dpi.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Perkins Center for the Arts]]]] Collingswood's retail district is anchored by Haddon Avenue, a section of [[County Route 561 (New Jersey)|County Route 561]] which runs from [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] to [[Haddonfield, New Jersey|Haddonfield]]. Collingswood's downtown is known primarily for its restaurants, which span a variety of cuisines. On Saturdays from May to November, the borough hosts a [[farmers' market]] under the [[PATCO Speedline|PATCO]] line, featuring local produce, baked goods, and crafts.<ref>[http://www.collingswood.com/things_to_do/arts_and_events/collingswood_farmers_market.php Collingswood Farmers' Market], Borough of Collingswood. Accessed March 24, 2020.</ref> Collingswood Porchfest is an annual music event held in September, featuring more than 100 bands playing music around the borough.<ref>Wright, Madeleine; Morrison, Chase. [https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/collingswoods-porchfest-has-neighbors-rocking-out-from-the-comfort-of-their-front-lawns/ "Collingswood's Porchfest has neighbors rocking out from the comfort of their front lawns"], ''[[CBS News]]'', September 30, 2023. "Collingswood Porchfest is not your typical concert. Instead of having to go somewhere to hear music, the music, in a sense, just comes to you. All Saturday long, performers have been setting up shop on people's porches to play at their designated time slots. There were more than 100 bands all playing throughout the town."</ref> Collingswood sponsors a bike share program, a community [[greenhouse]], as well as a composting program. Beginning in 2009, Collingswood hosts a Green Festival to raise awareness of environmental responsibility.<ref>[http://www.collingswood.com/arts/greenfestival Green Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205451/http://www.collingswood.com/arts/greenfestival |date=2014-08-12 }}, Borough of Collingswood. Accessed August 10, 2014.</ref> Monthly "2nd Saturdays" have the borough's art galleries, stores and restaurants hosting new exhibitions by local, national, and international painters, sculptors, and photographers. In 2002, the [[Moorestown, New Jersey|Moorestown]] based [[Perkins Center for the Arts]] opened a second location in Collingswood. The borough is home to two theater companies, the Collingswood Community Theatre<ref>[http://www.cctarts.net/ Home Page], Collingswood Community Theatre. Accessed March 24, 2020.</ref> and the Collingswood Shakespeare Company, which perform throughout the year. The Scottish Rite Auditorium was built in 1930. The auditorium and its ballroom hosts local theatrical productions and has hosted national recording artists [[Ben Folds]] and [[The Beach Boys]].<ref>[https://scottishriteauditorium.com/about-us/history/ History], Scottish Rite Auditorium. Accessed February 24, 2024.</ref> [[File:Collingswood Theater Collingswood NJ 0160.jpg|thumb|left|Collingswood Theater, which now houses retail shops and The Factory, a creative work space]] The [[Rutgers University-Camden]] based [[Symphony in C (orchestra)|Symphony in C]] orchestra's administrative and box offices are located on Haddon Avenue.<ref>Wood, Steve. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130322/NEWS01/303210071/Symphony-C-moves-office-Collingswood?nclick_check=1 "Symphony in C moves office to Collingswood"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', March 22, 2013. Accessed May 2, 2013. "Symphony in C is moving to Collingswood. The symphony was sharing office space with the Greater Camden Partnership at the Victor Building in Camden, and when that organization moved out, the rent became too much of a burden."</ref> The annual Collingswood Book Festival<ref>[http://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com/ The 12th Annual Collingswood Book Festival Saturday, October 11, 2014], Collingswood Book Festival. Accessed August 10, 2014.</ref> hosts various authors including [[Camille Paglia]] and [[Matthew Quick]], whose novel ''[[The Silver Linings Playbook (novel)|The Silver Linings Playbook]]'' is set in the borough (with scenes set in [[Oaklyn, New Jersey|Oaklyn]], [[Voorhees Township, New Jersey|Voorhees Township]] and the city of [[Philadelphia]]), though [[David O. Russell]]'s [[Silver Linings Playbook|film adaptation]] was set in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]] and Philadelphia.<ref>Eichel, Molly. [http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/movies/First-trailer-for-around-Philly-shot-Silver-Linings-Playbook-debuts-.html "First trailer for Collingswood-set 'Silver Linings Playbook' debuts"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', June 28, 2012. Accessed July 20, 2023. "Based on the novel of the same name by former Haddonfield High teacher Matthew Quick, ''Silver Linings'' is set in Collingswood and was filmed in Ridley Park."</ref> Art Within Reach is a program that offers handmade items produced by local artists, with all profits going to the artists. With the 2014 season, the shows are held twice each year at The Factory.<ref>[http://www.artwithinreachnj.com/#!about/aboutPage About], Art Within Reach. Accessed May 4, 2015.{{dead link|date=December 2024}}</ref> Collingswood has a large [[LGBTQ]] community and Mayor Jim Maley was one of a handful of New Jersey mayors to perform midnight [[civil union]] ceremonies the day New Jersey's Civil Union law took effect in 2006; in 2013 Mayor Maley performed a number of same sex marriages at the Scottish Rite ballroom after same-sex marriage was recognized in New Jersey.<ref>Briggs, Ryan. [http://citypaper.net/News/In-small-town-Jersey-a-run-on-same-sex-weddings/ "In small-town Jersey, a run on same-sex weddings"], ''[[Philadelphia City Paper]]'', October 31, 2013. Accessed August 29, 2015.</ref> In 2004, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' wrote about the borough's "fast growing gay and lesbian community," and the statewide [[LGBT]] advocacy and education organization [[Garden State Equality]] maintained a Southern New Jersey office in Collingswood until 2010.<ref>[http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=15612&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm Same-Sex Couples Find N.J. Laws Appealing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011059/http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=15612&TEMPLATE=%2FContentManagement%2FContentDisplay.cfm |date=2014-02-03 }}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 26, 2004.</ref>
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