Eagles’ Brown to speak on homelessness awareness at DASD event
Sydney Brown
Downingtown Area School District (DASD) is excited to welcome Philadelphia Eagles Safety Sydney Brown for a special session on homelessness awareness on Tuesday, November 14 at 6 p.m. in the Downingtown High School West High auditorium (445 Manor Avenue, Downingtown).
Brown’s journey from homelessness to the NFL serves as a remarkable testament to his resilience and determination. During...
What To Do: 89th PA Hunt Cup
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Pennsylvania Hunt Cup
There are several events in the area this weekend with impressive numbers regarding anniversaries – lofty numbers such as 89, 76, 54, 48, and 42 – numbers marking the events’ anniversaries.
The Pennsylvania Hunt Cup (Pennsylvania Hunt Cup racecourse, Newark Road, Unionville, 484-888-6619, http://pahuntcup.org) is one of the...
Unionville Art Gala returns for 47th year, Nov. 17-18
Jersey Calf by Shawn Faust
Unionville High School Art Gala celebrates its 47th year. The annual art show and sale, to be held November 17 and 18 at Unionville High School, showcases local working artists, Unionville High School (UHS) Alumni, and current UHS student artists. In addition to beautiful artwork, there is live music to entertain and delicious desserts to enjoy. Funds raised will benefit...
What To Boo: Halloween events for the timid and not-so-timid
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Halloween events and activities should be scary. They should be scream-inducing. They should be off-limits for the timid.
Fortunately, this area has a multitude of Halloween events – many of which rank high on the fright level.
The intriguing new production Paranormal Cirque (https://paranormalcirque.com), which is intended for a mature audience,...
What To Do: Fall foliage tours hit their peak
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
West Chester Railroad
There are people who love Halloween – people who love the concept of trick-or-treat — people who love pumpkins, eat pumpkin muffins with pumpkin-spiced lattes and would probably gargle with pumpkin-flavored mouthwash if it existed.
Then there are people on the other side of the fence (or the other side of the pumpkin patch)....
WCU kicks of RamTHON, benefitting CHOP, Nov. 4
Students participating in last year’s RamTHON are pictured playing a “Minute-to-Win-It” game with Rammy, WCU’s mascot.
WEST CHESTER — RamTHON, a no-sitting dance party organized to raise $30,000+ for the children at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), will officially start the season-of-giving at West Chester University on Saturday, November 4, 1-7 p.m., in Sykes Student Union,...
Benefit concert planned for Oxford fire victims
Pennsylvania music makers, Lisa Bodnar and Whistlegrass have one mission: to provide concert events in all 67 PA counties to unite communities and help raise funds for those in need. These events are fundraisers for non-profit organizations whose work helps with one of the following community needs: Food Insecurity/Homelessness, The Environment, Arts/Education, and Emergency First Responders.
On Thursday,...
Bishop Shanahan High School earns national STEM Certification
From left to right, back row: Mrs. Janet Moore, Mrs. Lisa Rossana, Mrs. Beth Harper Briglia (BSHS Board Chair), Mrs. Mary Kay Hennessy ’75Front left to right, front row: Ms. Corinne Alfano, Mrs. Michele Verratti, Sister Christina Marie Roberts, IHM, Dr. Robert Moran (BSHS Principal), Dr. Marissa Prather (NISE STEM Leadership Coach), Dr. Brooke Tesche (Archdiocese of Philadelphia Superintendent...
What To Do: A ‘spooky’ large number of events for Halloween
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Great Pumpkin Carve
This is the time of year when there are so many Halloween events on the calendar that you could visit four events a day each day from now until October 31 and still not see them all.
There are also numerous harvest festivals, fall foliage events, hayrides and other special activities such as a dwarf wrestling, a spooky circus...
Clover market returns to Kennett Square, Oct. 22
The Clover Market in Kennett Square
Returning to Kennett Square on Sunday, October 22nd, the award-winning Clover Market brings together the best of handmade and vintage artistry, delicious local food, and live music. Janet Gardner Long, founder of Clover Market, shares the origins of this fantastic event, a little bit about herself, and how it has become a Kennett bi-annual mainstay.
Clover Market...
