What To Do (New Year’s Eve Edition): Mushroom Drop, fireworks and more to ring in 2024

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Mushroom Drop The year 2023 is speeding toward its end – and it’s going out with a bang. This weekend features a wide array of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events. And there are many Christmas activities in their final or penultimate weekends. The primary focus this weekend will be on New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Eve is about partying...

What To Do: Catch these Christmas celebrations while they last

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Brandywine River Museum Christmas Day is now in the rear-view mirror but that doesn’t mean that holiday celebrations have drawn to a close for 2023. The Brandywine River Museum of Art Route 1, Chadds Ford 610-388-2700, www.brandywinemuseum.org) is celebrating the 51st anniversary of the Brandywine Railroad holiday train display now through January...

What To Do (Local): Yuletide at Devon, lights at Griswolds and more this weekend

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: this one for the local Chester County, Delaware County and Delaware and a second for events around the greater Philadelphia region. Yuletide at Devon Christmas Day is looming on the horizon. Holiday celebrations in Chester County are everywhere...

What To Do (Regional): Light shows, reenactments and more for holiday weekend

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: one for the local Chester and Delaware County and a second, this one, for events around the greater Philadelphia region. LuminoCity The Delaware Valley’s list of holiday events is overflowing with attractive events and activities in the City...

Once again, Kennett Sq. will be the place to be on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve in Kennett Square Kennett Square gears up for its New Years Eve celebration like no other – Midnight in the Square, famously known as The Mushroom Drop! Get ready for an enchanting evening filled with laughter, music, and the iconic lowering of the light-encrusted 500-pound stainless steel mushroom. Imagine a dazzling spectacle as the Mushroom, adorned with twinkling lights,...

UCFSD auctioning off driving simulators

Unionville Chadds Ford School District is auctioning off 8 Ultra Interactive Driving Simulators just in time for the holidays. These simulators make perfect holiday gifts for teenagers who are learning how to drive, or they can be repurposed for in-home arcades! The online auction is open to the public at municibid.com and ends on Friday, December 22nd. Pennsylvania residents are able to bid in...

What To Do (Local edition): Lights and Santa in W. Chester

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times  Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: this one for the local Chester County, Delaware County and Delaware and a second for events around the greater Philadelphia region. Christmas Day is a little more than one week away – and you know what that means. It means that there is a plethora...

What To Do (Regional): Lights, some chills and more in the Delaware Valley

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times LuminoCity Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: one for the local Chester and Delaware County and a second, this one, for events around the greater Philadelphia region. The Delaware Valley’s list of holiday events is overflowing with attractive events and activities in the City...

Record 1,141 pets found homes for the Holidays at Brandywine Valley SPCA’s Mega Adoption Event

This kitten was among the many pets who found their forever homes at Brandywine Valley SPCA’s Mega Adoption Event. The Brandywine Valley SPCA (BVSPCA) announced today that the weekend’s Mega Adoption Event resulted in 1,141 adoptions, breaking the record for their in-shelter Mega Adoption Events. The event, held at all Brandywine Valley SPCA locations and 9 other area shelter partners across...

What To Do (Local): Dozens of local holiday events in Chesco/Delco this weekend

Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: this one for the local Chester and Delaware County and a second for events around the greater Philadelphia region. By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times  Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas You could attend two different holiday events in Chester County every day from now until...