Arts & Entertainment Subscribe to Arts & Entertainment
Growth spurt happening on multiple levels at Modena business
Energy Independence Day Festival expanding – along with Mogreena Garden Project
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The creative folks in Modena who turned recycling into a successful business venture have taken the same approach to celebrations: Expand and innovate.
On Sunday, Waste Oil Recyclers will host its Fifth Annual Energy Independence Day Festival at its four-acre [...]
At Kuerner Farm: Hear today, gone tomorrow
Musical element aims to add new – and fleeting – dimension to visitors’ experience
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The grant-imposed deadlines for curators at the Brandywine River Museum initially seemed prohibitive: eight weeks from start to finish to create an unconventional, ephemeral experience for visitors.
Now, several weeks into what evolved into an exhilarating [...]
Tickets now on sale for Foundation Fest 2013
The best of Broadway comes to Unionville for benefit show, June 1
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Tickets are now on sale for Foundation Fest 2013: Broadway on The Brandywine, the spring fundraiser for the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation.
The June 1 event at Unionville High School will feature the best of Broadway as performed by Unionville-Chadds Ford School [...]
A venue where pipe dreams can come true
Longwood Gardens is hosting international organ competition
Organ aficionados, take note: Longwood Gardens’ is hosting an international competition with a $40,000 first prize.
Ten renowned organists will compete in the inaugural International Organ Competition, playing Longwood’s restored, 10,010-pipe organ in the ballroom. All contestants will compete in the preliminary rounds June 18-19, with the top five contestants [...]
Chester County Studio Tour returns, May 18 & 19
Art is everywhere in Chester County, but it will be on display on a special behind-the-scenes tour of some of the top studios and artists in the county.
The two-day Chester County Studio Tour of 23 local studios and 53 artists takes place on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May [...]
‘Native Boy’ earns award for Pocopson native
Henry Roosevelt’s short film earns first place at USA Film Festival
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A Pocopson Township native’s short film about a boy chasing the sun continues to enjoy a meteoric rise.
“Native Boy,” a 20-minute narrative by Henry Roosevelt, 27, now a resident of New York City, took first place out of [...]
Promoter of acoustic guitar abuse to perform
Dan Navarro scheduled at the Kennett Flash on Friday
Billing himself as “a known abuser of acoustic guitars,” a longtime singer-songwriter is bringing his talents to the Kennett Flash on Friday.
For over thirty years, Dan Navarro has written, sung, played, and acted his way through a diverse career. A songwriter for artists who include Pat Benatar, [...]
Visitors invited to enjoy Art Stroll on Friday
Kennett Square Farmers Market will also open for season
Put some spring in your step by celebrating the seasonal opening of the Kennett Square Farmers Market followed by the Art Stroll on Friday.
The market will operate in the Genesis Walkway and along East State Street from 2 to 6 p.m. Vendors will showcase fresh produce, artisan [...]
Brandywine Valley Chorale to perform with UHS students, May 3
‘Night & Day’ features Chester County debut of Sunrise Mass at Unionville High School show
EAST MARLBOROUGH — In its sixth season, The Brandywine Valley Chorale (BVC) with the Unionville High School Chorale, presents Night & Day, featuring the Chester County Premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s SUNRISE MASS.
Led by Artistic Director Jason Throne, the BVC’s Spring Concert [...]
Show features the edgy work of local photographers
‘Close To The Edge’ showing ends April 27
GREENVILLE, Del. — Next time you are feeling a bit overwhelmed with Instagram photos on your Facebook news feed (presumably you even engaged in that forum) , consider how its only been in recent decades that photography has been given the kind of critical attention other art forms [...]
