Art Watch: Art celebrates Earth Day
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This Friday, April 21, The Oxford Arts Alliance celebrates Earth Day with an exhibition that is a delight to the senses, “Living Art”. The opening reception is from 5-8pm, and the show continues through May 12th. Also celebrating Earth Day this week is Street Road Artist’s Space, at 725 Street Road in Cochranville, with interesting discussions...
On Stage (Extra): Dave Davies, gets the kinks out, working solo
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Dave Davies
The Kinks got their start in 1963 in the Muswell Hill section of North London.
Recognized as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the 1960s and early 1970s, the Kinks closed up shop around 1996 and were inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame in November 2005.
Since the band’s demise almost two decades ago, lead guitarist...
On Stage: Mindy Rhodes transcends genres
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Mindy Rhodes
Mindy Rhodes is a versatile performer whose music transcends genres. She has performed in nightclubs as a jazz vocalist with a backing band, at smaller venues with her solo cabaret act and frequently at area restaurants with a duo line-up.
For years, Rhodes has been a regular attraction at General Warren Inne (Old Lancaster Highway, Malvern,...
Art Watch: Celebrating American masters
Editor’s Note: Our regular Art Watch columnist, Lele Galer, is getting a well deserved week off. Filling in is Vickie Manning, owner of Somerville Manning Gallery in Greenville, DE.
By Vickie Manning, Special to the Times
Angered Dandelions (Pissed Dandelions) by Jamie Wyeth, as seen at Somerville Manning Gallery.
Somerville Manning Gallery is currently featuring two exhibitions at their...
UHS to perform ‘Charley’s Aunt’ April 20, 21 & 23
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville High School is proud to present Charley’s Aunt, with performances on April 20th, 21st, and 23nd at 7:30pm. Written by Brandon Thomas, Charley’s Aunt is a classic screwball comedy that was first produced at the Royalty Theater in London in 1892 and became a smash hit. Since then it has entertained literally thousands of audiences in theater and movie productions...
On Stage (Extra): A bit of Nashville comes to Kennett
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Peter Bradley Adams
For years, Nashville has been home for a slew of talented singer-songwriters.
And, for years, many of them have found a performance home at the Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http://www.kennettflash.org).
One of them is Peter Bradley Adams. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter will visit the area on...
On Stage: Ann Wilson keeps on rockin’ with (or without) Heart
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Ann Wilson
The heart, which is the muscle that keeps a body alive by pumping blood, consists of two ventricles. If one or the other shuts down, everything stops working and life usually screeches to a halt.
Heart, a band from the Pacific Northwest that has been around for more than four decades, consists of two sisters – Ann and Nancy Wilson. Fortunately,...
Art Watch: A full circle collaboration at Mala Gallerie
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
With so many exciting art openings this Friday April 7th, it will be hard to choose which reception to attend! Before the weekend starts up, you might want to go to The Brandywine River Museum of Art this Wednesday evening to attend Phillips Collection Curator Susan Frank’s discussion of the history of the art at The Philips Collection in Washington DC.
This...
On Stage (Bonus): Chesco natives shine in Cabaret
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Kelsey Beckert graduated from Bishop Shanahan High and then headed to Montclair University in North Jersey in 2008.
Ryan DeNardo graduated from Downingtown West High and then headed north to Ithaca College in 2006.
Now, both of them are headed down to Philadelphia in April 2017 – with Berlin as their final destination….Berlin in 1931 when the Nazis were...
On Stage (Extra): Lawrence offers two shows in one
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
There once was a series of commercials for Certs mints that features this slogan — “It’s a breath mint…. it’s a candy mint…. It’s two, two, two mints in one!”
A take-off on that slogan could be used for shows on April 1 at the Broadway Theater of Pitman (43 South Broadway, Pitman, New Jersey,www.thebroadwaytheatre.org, 856-384-8381) —...
