What To Do: Friends Fall Fest, WC Chili Cookoff

Mid-Oct. weekends are full of fun and local activities By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The will be a reenactment of a early 19th Century Quarker wedding as part of the the Friends Fall Festival at the Downingtown Friends Meeting, Oct. 11. Locally, fall festivals are usually festive events that celebrate topics such as pumpkins, bountiful harvests, apples and autumn foliage. This weekend,...

Artist brings history alive for painting series

Reenactors create authentic tableaus with Marshallton, Newlin as backdrops By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Sarah Papenhausen (top left) and Mark Slouf help Adrian Martinez reattach his Indian hairpiece. The process proved painstaking: A Downingtown artist shaved his head and mustache, donned handcrafted American Indian garb, and then attempted to reattach some hair – a far more...