What To Do: Cinco De Mayo in Kennett
Also, Sheep and Wool Day, and Goats
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Cinco De Mayo is day for partying — one of the biggest party days of the year for the people of Mexican descent. But, just as you don’t have to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, you don’t have to be Mexican to celebrate Cinco De Mayo.
With the huge Hispanic population in southern Chester County, Kennett...
What To Do: The 43rd Yellow Springs Art Show
Also: West Chester Film Festival runs this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The popular yellow Spring Art Show features more than 185 artists this year.
The Yellow Springs Art Show got its start back in 1973 as a free event featuring a variety of artists displaying their work on clotheslines. It has changed immeasurably since then and has become one of the largest and most prestigious...
Tulips in full bloom at Longwood
The tulips at Longwood Gardens are at the peak of color right now, Longwood officials say.
The tulips are at peak bloom now at Longwood Gardens! The historic 600-foot long Flower Garden Walk is boasting with more than 100,000 tulips and other seasonal blooms in a rainbow of colors. The Idea Garden is awash in innovative plant combinations that are always an anticipated sight. Peak bloom is expected...
SALTHSON 2016 raises funds for low-income youth
Salesianum students dance the night away while raising funds for the Summer Learning Collaborative.
WILMINGTON, DE – Salesianum’s gymnasium was the place to be for more than 1,200 students from Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey late Friday night through early Saturday morning. Together, these energized teens danced the night away at ‘SALTHSON 2016,’ with an electrified focus on...
What To Do: It’s Spring — get out there
Celebrate the blooming of a new season in a national park
By Danny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
April 16 is National Junior Ranger Day at National Parks.
Here are some important things to know.
National Park Week is April 16-24 this year. There are more than 400 National Parks in America. Quite a few of the nation’s most interesting National Parks are located in the Delaware Valley.
National Parks...
Art of Spring celebrated by Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail
For the entire month of April , seven winery tasting rooms along The Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail will be celebrating the “Art of Spring” with a wide variety of Spring inspired art events. Earth Day in April, will be marked by art that utilizes “up cycling and recycling” and encourages us to look at old things and repurpose them in new and utilitarian ways. Spring is also a...
What To Do: Made in The Americas
Winterthur looks at Asian influence on American design
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library looks at the impact of Asian sensibility on American designs in its “Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia” display.
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Route 52 just south of the Pennsylvania state line, Wilmington, Delaware, 800-448-3883, http://www.winterthur.org)...
What To Do: Spring bursts into Chester County
A weekend full of fun, local events and happenings
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Spring is bursting out all over, but especially at Longwood Gardens, which kicks off its ‘Spring Blooms’ show, Saturday.
Spring is bursting out all over — especially at Longwood Gardens (Route 1, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000, www.longwoodgardens.org).
Visitors to Longwood this weekend will...
Avoid spraying, prevent mosquito reproduction
If they can’t breed, you don’t need to worry about using pesticides
By Nathaniel Smith, Columnist, The Times
I recently noticed a newspaper article that is very misleading about the costs and benefits of spraying to control mosquitoes.
The story was much too casual about the use of toxic chemicals in residential properties. It brought out that the insecticides known as pyrethroids, widely...
What To Do: Get hoppin’ for Easter
The Easter Bunny is pretty much everywhere this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Easter Weekend has arrived and that means that the Easter Bunny’s daily schedule is shifting into overdrive. He will be at “Easter Egg Hunts” all around the area and he will be participating in a variety of special events.
One activity that is always a hit with youngsters is a ride on an excursion...
