Otter Scouts set up ‘giving tree’ at Pets & Friends
64th Brandywine Otter Scouts at the Giving Tree. L-R: Riley Pacienza, Kyra Perkins, Corrine Perkins, Zane Page, Nicoli Morgan, Sara Ball, Samuel Castelo, Timberwolf Dylan Ball, Julian Hontz, Alex Chase, Carolyn Williams, and Assistant Otter Leader Rich Morgan.
WEST GROVE — On Sunday, November 20, Otter Scouts of the 64th Brandywine Baden-Powell Service Association (BPSA) decorated their third annual...
Tree sale to benefit vet/service dog program at Northbrook
POCOPSON — PAWS Training Centers is back again this year selling Christmas Trees at Northbrook Marketplace to benefit disabled veterans.
Proceeds from the tree sales help to fund training and placement of servie dogs for disabled veterans and active duty service members. In 2015, PAWS was able to place 38 service dogs with veterans and active duty service members to help them with their disabilities....
On Stage: After the feast, a feast for the ears
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Sounds
Thanksgiving is a very laid-back day for most people (except those preparing dinner) – a day filled with eating, drinking, partying and watching special TV shows such as parades and traditional football games.
When the day after Thanksgiving arrives, it’s a day to shake off the lethargy, get energized and power into a festive three-day weekend.
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Art Watch: Ivystone Studios holds its debut show
Also: area shows offer great holiday gift options
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
For this last week in November, several holiday art shows present great gift giving ideas, and the new Ivystone Studios in Downingtown has it opening show this Friday.
This weekend, November 25-26, 4-10pm, is the highly anticipated grand opening art show of Ivystone Studios, located at 138 Moore Road in Downingtown....
On Stage (Bonus): An American in Paris hits Philly
Also: Thanksgiving Eve rocks out at TLA
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
An American in Paris
If you’re looking for a great way to spend an evening during this holiday week, a tantalizing option is to attend the Philadelphia debut of the national tour of a Tony-winning musical which is on the road for the first time ever. From November 22-27, the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets,...
On Stage (Extra): Madeon
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Madeon
Porter Robinson was raised in America’s South and Hugo Leclercq grew up in the west of France. Both became successful EDM producers/songwriters as they moved through their late teens.
Their love of electronic dance music – and the accessibility of the internet – brought them together as trans-Atlantic friends. That friendship grew into a working...
On Stage: Tim Sköld brings the post industrial
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Tim Sköld
Tim Sköld is one of the best and most respected musicians in the world of industrial/techno/post-industrial music.
His latest project is a solo album “The Undoing” on Metropolis Records and a support tour for the disc – a tour that touches down in the area on November 17 at Asylum 13 (1706 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-746-2213,...
Art Watch: The Unionville High Art Gala is this weekend
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
Exciting new art exhibitions are unveiled all week long, all over Chester and Delaware County, including the famous 41st Annual Unionville Art Gala this weekend in East Marlborough at Unionville High School.
The Unionville Art Gala is the largest group art show of the season, starting this Friday November 18, 6-9pm and Saturday November 19 11am – 4pm. This...
On Stage (Even More!): Edgier Broadway comes to Delaware this week
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.
In recent years, the lineup of national tours of Broadway plays and musicals has been fairly predictable – and relatively safe. So many of the shows are either popular standards such as “Wicked,” “Annie” or “Beauty and the Beast” or revivals of old hits such as “Sound of Music” or “Music Man.”
Fortunately,...
On Stage (extra): A Prairie Home Companion comes to area
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer
If you’re in the mood to hear some live music that is more on the softer side – music that is soothing in this time when we all need to be soothed – there are several good options on November 12 with acts such as Jesse Terry, Callaghan, Giulia Millanta, Chris Thile and the Prairie Home Companion, RIVVRS and the Walcotts all playing in the area.
A vast number of...
