What To Do: Ring in the new year in style
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Kennett Square Mushroom Drop
New Year’s Eve is about partying – dining, drinking, welcoming the new year and…partying.
The biggest party night of the year is the highlight of the schedule for the next week. Tuesday night is December 31 – New Year’s Eve.
On New Year’s Eve, Kennett Square will be partying in style at its annual “Midnight...
Inner Nature: Gender — sex made visible
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
Charles Darwin concluded his seminal “Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” with this immortal paragraph: “Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers,...
Bosworth honored for 10K hours of service on Kalmar Nyckle
Tony Bosworth aloft in the rigging of Kalmar Nyckel in Washington D.C. in 2009.
Climbing 95 feet above the deck of The Tall Ship of Delaware would be a thrill for some of us. For Tony Bosworth, it’s been a 21 year passion. As a Kalmar Nyckel volunteer he reached his 10,000-hour milestone for service to the ship this summer, and now a carving of his likeness will be mounted on the stern of the...
What To Do: Savor those last holiday fun days of the year
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Holiday Trolley Tours
With Christmas coming in the middle of the week, holiday attractions have an extra weekend to remain open.
Valley Forge National Historical Park (Route 23, Valley Forge, https://encampmentstore.org/trolley-tours/) is presenting special Holiday Trolley Tours now through December 31. Park guides will offer three tours each day...
On Stage: Cirque Dream Holidaze at the Merriam
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Cirque Dream Holidaze
“Cirque Dream Holidaze” is what you get if you pair the magic of a circus performance with the excitement of a holiday production.
From 26-29, “Cirque Dream Holidaze” will visit the area for an eight-show run at the Merriam Theater as part of the Kimmel Center’s Broadway Philadelphia series (250 South Broad Street,...
Merry Christmas
As we are about to begin our 10th year serving the greater Chester County community, we offer warm wishes for a happy and safe holiday season, and of course, Merry Christmas to our many friends and readers.
We will be spending the holiday with friends and family, so hopefully, you too can take some time away from screens to enjoy the people in your life who bring you joy. We’ll be back with...
County native to join Peace Corps in Albania
Matthew Skros
Matthew Skros, 24, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will depart for Albania in January to begin training as an education volunteer.
“I knew from a young age that I wanted to pursue a life in public service, and the Peace Corps provided the opportunity to life that life! I loved the grassroots nature of the work and the idea of immersing myself...
Coatesville gets 2nd round of redevelopment funding
COATESVILLE — As a part of their five-point, city-wide revitalization strategy, the Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance places a high priority on the redevelopment of the downtown commercial core. In 2018, they applied for – and received – a Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP) grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
NPP is a PA tax credit incentive...
Houlahan deserves credit for careful consideration on impeachment
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
By now, America has absorbed the fact that President Donald J. Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
While Republicans in Pennsylvania had little choice but to submit to the cult of Trump personality — conform or suffer electorally fatal Twitter attacks from the president — Democrats, like our own Rep. Chrissy Houlahan approached...
On Stage: Rockin’ Christmas puts local stars in spotlight
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Tantric’s singer Hugo Ferreira could ask the band’s live audience if he could sing a fado song for them. Having no idea what he was taking about, they would probably respond – “forget that…just rock out, dude.”
Ferreira is an Portuguese-American singer, songwriter and musician who has been the front man of the hard rock band Tantric since...
