What To Do: Carnival and Valentine’s Day events fill out local events schedule
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Get ready for an unprecedented stretch of partying, bacchanal, sweet food treats and celebrations.
The party starts with the Lunar New Year on February 10 followed by Super Bowl on February 11. It continues with Mardi Gras and Carnival (and Fastnacht Day) on February 13, and concludes with Valentine’s Day on February 14.
The biggest celebration is...
What To Do: Trolls at the Philadelphia Zoo
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Trolls at the Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo has been a habitat for an amazing array of animals ever since its opening day in July 1874. Now, for the next two-and-one-half months, the Zoo will be home to a sextet of Trolls.
Now through April 15, the Philadelphia Zoo (3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia) is hosting the East Coast debut of Thomas...
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)...
What To Do: Catch live theater, while you still can
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Pretty Woman
With winter weather taking over, now is the time to consider indoor events to fill your free time.
One of the best ways is to attend a live theater performance – musicals, dramas, dance shows or classical concerts.
If you want to catch a live show, now is the time to do it. With COVID rearing its ugly ahead again, the expanded theatrical...
Penns Woods Jazz & Wine Festival, May 19
CHADDS FORD — Music, great wine and great food and fabulous shopping are just some of the reasons to mark May 19 on your calendar as the date of the date of the second annual Penns Woods Winery Wine & Jazz Festival.
You can enjoy wines from your favorite local wineries while mingling with wine makers. Shop from local artisans, enter to win from more than 20 raffle prizes, attend wine seminars,...