CCIU to host summer camp and activities fair, Jan. 23

It’s never too early to think about summer! Jump-start your planning on Tuesday, Jan. 23, with summer fun at the Chester County Summer Adventures Camp and Activities Fair. This year’s event will take place at West Chester East High School, located at 450 Ellis Lane in West Chester, PA. The event is free to attend and will be open from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Summer Adventures Camp and Activities...

What To Do: Many area events honoring MLK jr this weekend

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. This is the weekend that America pays tribute to Civil Rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Weekend will be celebrated on January 15 at the Eastern State Penitentiary (2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-236-3300,www.easternstate.org) from 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Visitors will be able to commemorate Dr. Martin...

LCH, CCIU team up for vaccine equity in migrant student population

LCH Health and Community Services is working with the Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU)’s Migrant Education program to ensure vaccine equity in the migrant student population. Migrant families who have moved to Chester County in the past three years and have minor children are eligible for vaccine referrals. LCH, with three health center locations in Chester County, provides primary care, pediatric...

Coatesville to reenact Selma march to honor MLK Jr.

In a citywide tribute on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, January 15, the City of Coatesville will host a day of public events, headlined by a peaceful reenactment of the historic Selma to Montgomery March (March 7, 1965). The public is invited to participate in the march, assembling at 8:30 a.m. at the corner of 1st and Lincoln Highway (the “Flats”). Coatesville City Council President Linda...

What To Do: ‘Three Kings Day’ at Kimmel

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Three Kings Day The list of holiday celebrations in November and December – a wide array of activities and special things to do – was enormous. Now it’s January and the list looks like it has been decimated by outside forces. Fortunately, the Kimmel Cultural Campus (Broad and Spruce streets, Philadelphia, 215-731-3333, www.kimmelculturalcampus.org)...

Freedom Village makes a difference with donation of toys, food & clothing

Photos of the donated items with Kim Ranck, Director of Community Life Services (left), and Shana Kelly, Community Life Services Coordinator (right) Freedom Village at Brandywine, a senior living community, dedicated the month of December to giving back to the local community. Through various initiatives, the residents and associates of Freedom Village demonstrated their commitment to helping those...

What To Do (New Year’s Eve Edition): Mushroom Drop, fireworks and more to ring in 2024

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Mushroom Drop The year 2023 is speeding toward its end – and it’s going out with a bang. This weekend features a wide array of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events. And there are many Christmas activities in their final or penultimate weekends. The primary focus this weekend will be on New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Eve is about partying...

What To Do: Catch these Christmas celebrations while they last

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Brandywine River Museum Christmas Day is now in the rear-view mirror but that doesn’t mean that holiday celebrations have drawn to a close for 2023. The Brandywine River Museum of Art Route 1, Chadds Ford 610-388-2700, www.brandywinemuseum.org) is celebrating the 51st anniversary of the Brandywine Railroad holiday train display now through January...

What To Do (Local): Yuletide at Devon, lights at Griswolds and more this weekend

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: this one for the local Chester County, Delaware County and Delaware and a second for events around the greater Philadelphia region. Yuletide at Devon Christmas Day is looming on the horizon. Holiday celebrations in Chester County are everywhere...

What To Do (Regional): Light shows, reenactments and more for holiday weekend

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: one for the local Chester and Delaware County and a second, this one, for events around the greater Philadelphia region. LuminoCity The Delaware Valley’s list of holiday events is overflowing with attractive events and activities in the City...