Chester County Library seeks applications for Teen Artist-in-Residence
Chester County Library is pleased to announce a call for teen artists for our inaugural Teen Artist-in-Residence Summer Program. The residency program provides an opportunity for teen artists to create inspiring work, advocate for the arts, and share their amazing talents with the community. The selected teen artist will hold regular studio hours at the library allowing the artist to create on-site...
KACS seeks to bring affordable housing to so. Chester County
Kennett Area Community Services (KACS) focuses on basic human needs: food security, housing stability, and a path forward through educational workshops for adults in Southern Chester County. While the KACS Emergency Assistance Program has been extremely important to our community, we cannot only rely on short-term fixes to the systemic problem of housing instability.
KACS is poised to become a developer...
Local Cub Scouts honored for Mt. Bradford Preserve Beautification Project
Cub Scout Pack 86 scouts Turner Wilson, Charles Larison, and Matthew Pentz and parents Laurent Larison, Rachel Pentz, Bill Pentz, and Lauren Wilson receive a Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ 2023 Youth Award from PSATS Second Vice President Steven D. Hess. The event, which recognizes youth groups that make valuable and lasting contributions to improve life in townships of the...
Volunteer Fair coming to Chester County Library
EXTON— Non-profits from a variety of service sectors will be at the Chester County Library in Exton to promote their open volunteer positions. Stop by on Saturday, May 6 between 9:30 am-1:00 pm to learn about 17 different organizations’ missions and opportunities to give back. Adoptable dogs from Main Line Animal Rescue will also be on site.
The fair will take place in the Reference Department...
Winners announced at the Chester County High School Art Exhibition and 6th Congressional District Art Competition
2023 Congressional District Art Competition winner, Isabella Woo, stands proudly next to her drawing.
From sculptures to oil to colored pencil and photography, over 450 pieces of art were displayed at the 2023 Chester County High School Art Festival and 6th Congressional District Art Competition. The exhibition kicked off on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at the Chester County Art Association, and ran through...
What To Do: Lights, camera…WC Film Festival
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Spring is here with flowers in bloom everywhere. Winter is now in the rear-view mirror and, not surprisingly, the area’s schedule of special things is filled to the brim.
Three of the area’s more popular events are slated for this weekend – a film festival, a nature event and an art show.
If you’re looking for something different in films, you’ll...
Repair Cafe in Downingtown, May 13
DOWNINGTOWN — There will be a Repair Cafe at Central Presbyterian Church (100 W. Uwchlan Ave. Downingtown, PA 19335) on Saturday, May 13, from 10 am to 2 pm
Everyone is welcome no matter where you live bring your beloved but broken items and you can fix it for free with our repair coaches.
Some of the items that can be fixed include:
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Mushroom Festival awards community grants
Grant winners from the Mushroom Festival recently gathered to accept their grants.
The Mushroom Festival awarded over $77,000 in grants to 38 local non-profit and community organizations at their annual Grants Reception last week, the Mushroom Festival Board announced today.
While the Mushroom Festival is a weekend event, the impact continues all year. Each year, the Mushroom Festival provides proceeds...
Franklin Mint Credit Union celebrates opening new site for Longwood branch
(L to R) Deborah Kinsey, FMFCU MRA; PA State Representative Christina Sappey; Michael Magnavita FMFCU President & CEO; Christine Gordon, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management; Doug Doerfler, SPHR, SCCCC Chairman (WSFS Bank); Leon R. Spencer, Jr., FMFCU Chairman of the Board; Nicholas Martucci, FMFCU Branch Manager; Cheryl B. Kuhn, IOM President & CEO, Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce; ...
Willowdale Steeplechase to hold art show and sale, April 27
A painting of the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup by Sam Robinson.
The 30th Anniversary Running of the Willowdale Steeplechase will take place on Saturday, May 13.
As race day approaches, the organization is kicking off the celebrations with an art show and sale and cocktail reception presented by Katherine S. Bucklin’s Star Gallery.
On Thursday April 27th, from 5-7 pm, the Big Room above Landhope Farms at...
