DASD Celebrates Latino/a/x and Hispanic Heritage Month
In celebration of Latino/a/x and Hispanic Heritage Month, students in Mrs. Egan’s Beaver Creek 3rd grade class made worry dolls, which originate from Guatemala.
During the 2021-22 school year, Downingtown Area School District (DASD), its Cultural Equity Task Force team and the school community at large made a concerted effort to celebrate many of our nation’s month-long observances. Once again,...
St. Gabriel’s hosting Cow Pie Bingo, Oct. 2
St. Gabriel’s Parish is hosting its annual fundraiser Sunday Oct. 2 at noon. Proceeds benefit local charities like Mission Santa Maria (Coats for Kids), the Kennett Area Community Center and parish programs.
The event is called “Cow Pie Bingo.” While it is a fundraiser, it is a family event and there is no cost to attend. Tickets for the bingo and sandwiches are available for purchase. ...
What To Do: Labor Day means one last blast of summer events
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show
Hard as it is to believe, we’ve arrived at Labor Day Weekend — the weekend when summer unofficially draws to a close. The official end of summer arrives later in the month but for some, summer is already over because the new school year has already begun.
One thing that will never change about the Labor Day Weekend...
Brandywine River Museum presents ‘Fragile Earth’ exhibition
James Prosek (b. 1975), Invisible Boundaries, 2022, digital print on polyester scrim vinyl, 16′ x 27′. Courtesy of the artist and Waqas Wajahat, NY
Coming to the Brandywine River Museum of Art this fall, Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art will highlight the diverse approaches taken by four of the leading contemporary American artists whose work engages with environmental...
What To Do: Ukrainian Independence Folk Festival tops busy local event schedule
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Ukrainian Independence Folk Festival
The weekend at the end of August and Labor Day Weekend have an amazing number of annual events with long histories. Some of this weekend’s events have impressive annual numbers – 31 for a Ukrainian festival, 43 for a Renaissance event, 27 for a summer fest and 170 (not a typo) for the Allentown Fair.
One event...
United Way of Chester County readies new HQ; to open this fall
United Way of Chester County has purchased and renovated a 5,000 square foot stand-alone building, located at 150 John Robert Thomas Drive in the Commons at Lincoln Center in Exton, that will serve as the permanent new headquarters for United Way of Chester County staff as well as host a Social Innovation Lab, Leadership Training Center and Financial Independence Hub for the community. The center is...
CCIU’s Practical Nursing Program ranked as one of the best in PA
The Nursing Schools Almanac ranked the Chester County Intermediate Unit’s (CCIU) Practical Nursing Program (PNP) as one of the best nursing schools in Pennsylvania for the second year in a row.
In 2022, data was collected from approximately 3,000 nursing schools and campuses nationwide. Of the schools surveyed, only 40% made the list, which included the CCIU’s Practical Nursing Program....
High quality on display at 2022 Chester County 4-H Livestock Show and Sale
Supreme Champion Showman Competition participants with Judge Drew Cashman.From left to right, Drew Cashman, Kaycee Engle, River Lease, David Bell (Reserve Champion Showman), Sawyer Lease, Olivia Macomber (Supreme Champion Showman), Melinda Stoltzfus, Sarah Uhlman, Alexis McCafferty.
HONEY BROOK — Quality ran deep through all the livestock species shown this year at the Chester County 4-H Livestock...
What To Do: Cirque Italia goes Paranormal
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Paranormal Cirque
There are plenty of professional wrestling events on the calendar every year. And this is the season when there are many travelling circuses bringing their Big Tops to the region.
This weekend’s calendar features a wrestling event that definitely is not normal and a circus that is not normal by any stretch of the imagination.
Cirque Italia...
Becerril to return as guest MC for 6th annual Coatesville Grand Prix
Jaime Becerril
Telemundo62 Sports Anchor Jaime Becerril will make a return appearance at the 6th Annual Coatesville Invitational Vintage Grand Prix as guest emcee on Saturday, September 17 between 10:30 a.m. and noon. Passionate about all Philadelphia sports, Jaime is a longtime avid motorsport fan. He joins hometown professional announcer Bobb Rayner who has been emceeing the event since its inception,...
