What To Do: Ridin’ the rails with the Easter Bunny
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
West Chester Railroad
The Easter Bunny is known for hopping around but not always. Sometimes, he opts for a different form of locomotion – with real locomotives.
Sometimes, instead of bouncing along the ground, the big happy rabbit rides a train. This weekend, the holiday bunny will be riding trains all around the area.
One of the best train rides...
What To Do: Holiday weekend events are, uh, hoppin’
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
West Chester Railroad
Easter weekend has arrived and special Easter activities – big and small — are happening all over.
The Easter Bunny is known for hopping around — but not always.
Sometimes, instead of bouncing along the ground, Peter Cottontail opts to ride a train. The holiday bunny has already embarked on his holiday spree of riding...
What To Do: Turk’s Head Music Fest to rock W. Chester
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Turk’s Head Music Festival in West Chester (Everhart Park, Bradford Avenue and Everhart Street, West Chester, 610-436-9010, http://www.turksheadfestival.com) just keeps rocking on year-after-year — and just keeps getting better.
This year, the annual Turks Head Music Festival will be held on September 19 from noon-8 p.m. in the park at the west...
What To Do: First Fridays offer summer fun
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
If it’s a Friday and the date is 7 or below, you know what that means. It means that it is First Friday
The first Friday of the month is a good time to spend an evening in Kennett Square, West Chester or Lancaster – a time to enjoy special First Friday activities.
Kennett Square will celebrate First Friday a little more low-key than in pre-pandemic...
What To Do: Art shows, Radnor Hunt and more this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
A painting by Barbara Tlush, as part of the Chadds Ford Historical Society Arts Show.
While the major focus for events this weekend is on outdoor activities, there is also a focus on art-related events.
The Chadds Ford Historical Society’s “Spring Art Show at Thornbury Farm” is scheduled for May 15 at Thornbury Farm (1256 Thornbury Road, West Chester,...
What To Do: Spring brings many holidays and celebrations
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Linvilla Orchards
There is a quartet of religious holidays that occur close to each other every spring – Holi for Hindus, Passover for Jews, Easter for Christians and Ramadan for Muslims.
This year, Holi began on March 28 and ended on March 29. Holi marks the advent of spring and is widely celebrated throughout Hindu-majority India.
The festival...
What To Do: After a long year, museums, attractions slowly reopening
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Longwood Gardens
Amazingly, it was a year ago when COVID-19’s destructive path began to evidence itself all across the United States.
On Friday the 13th in 2020, things started to shut down in response to the newly arrived pandemic.
Because of Coronavirus, doors were beginning to close. But the doors were not being slammed shut and locked tight. That...
What To Do: Brandywine Railroad extended, Kennett Winterfest goes virtual
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Brandywine River Museum
With COVID-19 still impacting everyone and everything, there aren’t nearly as many things on the weekend activity schedules as there usually are.
Fortunately, there are still some worthwhile events and attractions – many of which are here in the heart of the Brandywine Valley.
The “Brandywine Railroad” display at the Brandywine...
What To Do: Beat the winter blues by getting outside for fun
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
One way to deal with winter is to get outside and celebrate it rather than staying inside and hiding from it.
This weekend, there is a great way to be out in the open air enjoying a winter event — “Chestnut Hill on Ice.”
“Chestnut Hill on Ice” (Germantown Avenue, Chestnut Hill, chestnuthillpa.com) is scheduled for January 29 from 5-9...
What To Do: A look at difficult history at Brandywine River Museum
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Brandywine River Museum
The Brandywine River Museum of Art (1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford, www.brandywine.org) has been hosting a pair of special exhibitions since February 1 – “Votes for Women: A Visual History,” and “Witness to History: Selma Photography of Stephen Somerstein.”
With regard to the former – if you snooze, you...
