Inner Nature: Digestion and food processing
By Vidja Rajan, Columnist, The Times
The previous group of Inner Nature articles were loosely organized around how organisms sense the external environment using vision, sound, touch, taste and smell. What is most remarkable about this cluster of what appears to be completely different mechanisms is the profound underlying similarity. This similarity is due to the outcome of notionally different sensory...
On Stage: Thumpasaurus makes Philly debut
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Thumpasaurus
Philly get ready — Thumpasaurus is on its first national tour and has a stop in Philadelphia planned for March 9.
The genre-bending band from Southern California is bringing its “Book of Thump Tour” to the Kung Fu Necktie (1248 North Front Street, Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com).
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SEPTA trains to return to Coatesville; Commissioners pledge $1M
Chester County Commissioners Terence Farrell, Michelle Kichline (front row left and second left) and Kathi Cozzone (second from right) present a check for $1 million to Coatesville City Council and city staff to kick-start a train station parking garage. The presentation was made as SEPTA announced its plan to return regional rail service to the city. Also pictured, is State Representative Dan Williams...
What To Do: Celebrating Charter Day
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
This weekend’s calendar features a wide array of Charter Day activities.
Charter Day, which is “officially” celebrated on March 11, recognizes the day William Penn received his land grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II of England in 1681.
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Mixed Media: Seven Million Acres submissions sought
By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times
I started off this week at Street Road Artists Space, co-hosting the 100 Women of Brandywine Valley, (an excellent charity event) but of course, I’m here to focus on Street Road. I had been meaning to visit this unassuming space off of Street Road (just past Rt. 41) run by artist, Emily Artinian, for a while. My trip was long overdue.
Artinian graciously...
Obituary: William Brinton Parker, Jr.
William Brinton Parker, Jr.
William Brinton Parker, Jr. of Kennent Square passed away peacefully on February 26. Mr. Parker is survived by his wife Barbara “Bobbie” Collins. He was 89. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late William Brinton Parker, Sr. and Naomi Cecelia Lodge.
Mr. Parker graduated from Westtown School in West Chester, PA and received a degree as an Electronic...
On Stage: ‘Revisiting’ one of the 60s top acts
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
Fans of music from the late 1960s know that a concert by Creedence Clearwater Revisited is a safe bet. And, in recent times, the band’s area concerts have been hosted by safe places to bet.
Around a year-and-a-half ago, Creedence Clearwater Revisited performed at a casino in downtown Philadelphia. On March 8, the band...
Chesco’s Usher picked for Philadelphia Fine Art Fair
Donna Usher’s Arrangement 101, 10 inches x 8 inches, acrylic on panel
PHILADELPHIA — Internationally-exhibited artist Donna Usher has been selected to participate in the inaugural Philadelphia Fine Art Fair.
Usher, who lives in Chester County and has a studio in West Chester, will exhibit seven paintings. The fair offers Philadelphia area residents a unique opportunity to experience high quality...
Don’t Retire, ReFire: Coming through the winter of our lives
By Gail Supplee Tatum, Columnist, The Times
As we come out of the winter and enter the season of spring, with longer days and warming temperatures, it brings to mind my own movement through winter and how I handled this dormant period of time. I then pondered on how we, as humans, get through the winter.
Winter is that one season that has the most effect on our emotions. “The Winter Blues” is very...
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