The Flash ready to open Act II in Sept.
The Kennett Square music venue, spun off as its own organization seeks broader audience
When The Flash reopens in September, there will be a few changes, some returning the Kennett Square music and performance venue to its roots.
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
KENNETT SQUARE — When The Flash reopens in September, more will be changing than just the name, and some of those changes might seem like...
Enjoy musical perks of signing up as volunteer
Brandywine Folk Festival recruiting for next month’s event in Kennett Square
Eager to experience the sights and sounds of a folk festival but short on cash? Organizers of the Second Annual Brandywine Folk Festival have a solution: Volunteer.
The three-day event, presented by the Brandywine Folk Collective, Historic Kennett Square Society, and WXPN, is seeking volunteers for the festival, which will...
Pocopson’s legendary stuntman taking band, artist to Europe
Local painter will provide live coverage of “Bam” Margera’s punk-rockers
Brandon “Bam” Margera will be accompanied on his global music tour by John Hannafin, a West Chester artist.
The unconventional antics of Pocopson Township’s Brandon “Bam” Margera, a former skateboarder whose “Jackass” stunts on MTV catapulted him to celebrity status, are moving overseas...
Breezes net windfall for Toughkenamon couple
They won Balloon Festival’s debut Landowner Appreciation Raffle
Lucky landowners Joe (counterclockwise from top right) and Billie Teti display their winnings with their daughter Michelle and their grandchildren: Jamison, 10; Mollie, 3; and Colin, 7.
On June 15, while participating in a mass launch during the annual Chester County Balloon Festival, the prevailing breezes prompted a hot-air balloon...
5th-, 6th-graders invited to submit book essay
Library of Congress contest wants input on reading that had impact
The Chester County Library System has been selected to participate in this year’s summer essay contest sponsored by the Library of Congress. This contest is held in conjunction with public libraries in the mid‐Atlantic region, encouraging rising fifth- and sixth-grade students to reflect on a book that has made a personal impact...
Free children’s summer art program returns
Hour-long classes will be held at the Garage; walk-ins welcome
Teachers will have different art projects prepared each day during the free, seven-week program for children at the Garage.
Starting on Monday for seven weeks, the Chester County Art Association is once again offering free summer art camps at The Garage Youth and Community Center in Kennett Square, courtesy of a local donor and State...
Storytelling Festival moves to Upland, starts tonight
The tents are set and ready to go for tonight’s kickoff of the Brandywine Storytelling Festival at Upland Country Day School.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — It was the festival too big to be contained in a mere building: the seventh annual Brandywine Storytelling Festival moves to a new venue, Upland Country Day School, as it kicks off tonight, starting at 7 p.m.
Originally planned for last fall, but postponed...
Jockeying to provide positive view of Coatesville
Unionville group to hold awards party at former furniture warehouse
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
“Beetles” by Jeff Schaller will creatively co-exist with horses at the annual Delaware Valley Point-to-Point Association’s 2013 Awards Party, which will be held at the old Lipkin’s warehouse in Coatesville on June 28.
The president of the Unionville-based Delaware Valley...
New Chadds Ford Gallery exhibit will feature outdoor painters and benefit tornado victims
Part of the proceeds from the Sunset Plein Air Exhibit will be donated to the American Red Cross – Central Oklahoma Relief Fund
Painting by Beverly Ford Evans, one of the artists who will be at the Sunset Plein Air exhibit on Friday
Chadds Ford – The Chadds Ford Gallery presents its first Plein Air Exhibit on Friday June 21 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The participating artists are well known for...
Exhibit connects shared passions of two painters
Brandywine River Museum showcasing works by Rockwell Kent, Jamie Wyeth
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Artist Jamie Wyeth (left) and his wife, Phyllis Wyeth, enjoy conversation with visitors at the Friday opening of his new exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum.
Jamie Wyeth’s 2013 “Portrait of Rockwell Kent” features the late artist in a pensive outdoor pose, clutching a brush...
