What To Do: Chester County Balloon Festival soars to new heights
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Chester County Balloon Festival
Seeing hot air balloons in all shapes and sizes floating in the sky over your head is always a memorable sensation.
If you want to experience this sensation, then you should plan on attending this weekend’s 11th Annual Chester County Balloon Festival (New Garden Flying Field, 1235 Newark Road just off Highway 1, Toughkenamon,...
On Stage: Blues guitar aces, young and old, share stage
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Quinn Sullivan and Buddy Guy
Guitar ace Quinn Sullivan is headlining a show on June 22 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com) and will be performing dates with blues legend Buddy Guy later this summer.
Three weeks ago, Sullivan was sitting in class as a student at New Bedford High School in Massachusetts.
Art Watch: An exciting weekend of art
From steel sculpture in Chester Springs to Plein Air painting in Malvern, something for everyone
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This weekend offers a fun opportunity to enjoy a beautiful Chester County weekend of art, from Lisa Fedon’s Open Studio sale, to Ivystone Studio in Downingtown and a Plein Air competition at Gallery 222 in Malvern.
Metal sculptor Lisa Fedon will be opening up...
On Stage (Bonus): Reel Big Fish on a ‘Beer Run’
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Reel Big Fish
A hot summer night, live music under the stars and a variety of tasty craft beers on tap is a combination that’s hard to beat.
Reel Big Fish, a ska-punk band from California, is older that the legal age to drink in every state. So, it’s more than acceptable for the band from Huntington Beach to launch a national tour in celebration of America’s...
Runway of Dreams brings fashion to the differently abled
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Say what you will about the pitfalls of social media and its contribution to the degradation of society, but, sometimes its power for good is magnificent. Case in point, last week I was scrolling through Facebook and stumbled across a video shared by my friend, Cristi. It was a mini documentary highlighting an organization called “Runway of Dreams.”...
On Stage (Extra): Barone dives into the soul of 60’s Village artists
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Richard Barone
New York City is – and always has been – one of the music capitols of the world.
In the mid-to-late 1960s, folk music and rock music came together with some jazz influences on the side to take popular music to a whole new place.
It was when folk-rock was born and when the DNA for country-rock was starting to come into existence.
What To Do: Things looking up for Father’s Day
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Fatherfest at the American Helicopter Museum.
If there is a blimp, a helicopter or a bald eagle in the sky above you, it’s almost a certainty that you’re going to look up.
If it’s a helicopter, the sound of the plane also attracts your attention. Checking out a chopper flying overhead is virtually impossible to resist.
On Stage: FOXTRAX comes back from the wilderness
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
FOXTRAX
The band FOXTRAX has the rare distinction of sharing its name with a glowing hockey puck.
FoxTrax was a glowing puck — an augmented reality system that was utilized by Fox Sports’ telecasts of the National Hockey League. It only lasted one season.
It is time to try to dial back the anger
We’re deeply thankful that Costello, Meehan and Smucker are OK after DC shooting
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Rep. Ryan Costello (R-6) should have been at his usual perch, at shortstop, next to Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), Wednesday morning, when a lone gunman opened fire on Republican congressman and staffers Wednesday morning — but he missed his ride by a couple of minutes.
The congressmen...
Pocopson OKs regional EMS Commission plan
By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times
POCOPSON – Supervisors Ricki Stumpo and Alice Balsama (Elaine DiMonte was not in attendance) quickly moved through the agenda Monday night at the Pocopson Township meeting, as only one resident – other than those employed by the township and the press – sat in the audience. The resident had much to say regarding his dissatisfaction in the formation...
