Art Watch: Jeremy McGirl
Mixed media artist never takes the safe route
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
An artist’s artist.
This week’s local art watch is focused on the mixed media work of artist Jeremy McGirl. Jeremy is an artist’s artist because his work always speaks to the creative process, and he never sacrifices invention or creativity for the what is safe. When I first saw Jeremy’s work...
Art Watch: Patsy Keller
Turning a passion for glass into an art
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week, we are looking at the artwork of local fused glass artist Patsy Keller. Patsy’s attention to detail is evident in each piece she creates. Her pendants, often including dichroic glass or mica, are both beautiful and wearable. She also makes colorful eye-catching vases, plates and bowls that dazzle in the...
Art Watch: Denise Vitollo
Award-winning pastel artist unafraid to innovate
Note to readers: This is a special preview of what will be a regular Sunday feature in The Times, Art Watch, written by Lele Galer, a noted local artist herself and Unionville resident.
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week’s featured artist is Denise Vitollo who is an award winning pastel artist currently on faculty at The Padua Academy...
Old Fiddlers’ Picnic marks 85th year, Saturday
This year’s event will be held at Hibernia County Park
The Fiddlers’ Picnic will feature the Old Fiddlers’ House Band.
On Saturday, August 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Hibernia County Park will come alive as hundreds of musicians and music lovers gather to celebrate traditional music at the 85th annual Chester County Old Fiddlers’ Picnic.
The rain date is Sunday, August...
The Flash offers live streetside music on First Friday
Pocopson natives Glenn and Brad McNemar perform an acoustic music set as part of First Friday in Kennett Square.
KENNETT SQUARE — First Friday saw what is becoming the familiar Flash tent at the entrance to Sycamore Alley, the footpath from State Street to the live concert and entertainment venue.
With a warm welcome from Flash neighbor La Verona Italian Restaurant owners, The Flash tent was set...
County libraries plug into new children’s resource
Interactive e-reading program pairs fiction, non-fiction for ages 3-8
Chester County Library patrons now have free access to new children’s e-reading technology made available by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the library announced Tuesday in a news release.
BookFlix, an online e-reading program from Scholastic that pairs classic fictional storybooks with similarly themed nonfiction e-books...
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...
