Arts & Entertainment

Kennett Symphony Board of Directors President Timothy Blair has received another honor, this one from the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association. He was honored earlier this year by the Music Teachers National Association. The PMTA Distinguished Service Award came during the association’s 2025 conference, Rising Together: Building collaborative pathways to music, held June 7 at Lycoming College. A press release said the award is given to…

Most people think of Emily Dickinson as a poet, but not many know that she was a gardener and botany student before turning to poetry. It’s that last fact that inspired a new exhibit at the Brandywine Museum of Art, This Earthen Door: Nature as Muse and Material. The exhibit is the creation of two artists, Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey. It took the pair…

Chester County Tourism, formerly the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau, has moved into new digs. Operating as the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau, the organization had its offices on Greenwood Road near Longwood Gardens after moving out a space in West Chester. Now rebranded as Chester County Tourism, it’s moving back into the old historic courthouse at 21 W. Market Street, using space…

Tim Blair, president of the Kennett Symphony Board of Directors was recently honored with the Leadership Service Award by the Music Teachers National Association. The honor came on March 19 during the MTNA National Conference in Minneapolis, Minn. The award was announced in a press release, but in a follow-up email, Blair, reluctant to talk about himself, simply said only, “I am both humbled and…

The Kennett Symphony picked up an extra $385 without a note of music. The fundraiser was Dine Out for Charity held at Sedona Taphouse in West Chester during February. Kennett Symphony Board Vice President Colin Hanna explained how the month-long event played out. “The way it works is that Sedona offers two special half-price menu items on Mondays (only) during a given month — one…

The 76th annual Chadds Ford Elementary School Art Show and Sale came together smoothly with a steady stream of art lovers and buyers despite some soggy weather. The event, started by the late Betsy Wyeth, is a fundraiser for the CFES PTO, and principal Danielle Clark said the money raised is both appreciated and well spent. “Most recently, in the past year we used the…

Those who love black and white photography can get an eye-full at the Brandywine Museum of Art through May 4. The message of the exhibit may give some people pause, however. "Robert Frank & Todd Webb: Across America, 1955" has an eye on “America as Myth,” as one panel in the third-floor gallery says. “In 1955, each from their own perspective, they started to question…

The Brandywine Railroad at the Brandywine Museum of Art has been a fan favorite ever since it chugged into an annual Black Friday event in 1972. Everyone of all ages — men, women, boys, and girls — seems to be drawn to the display of O-gauge model trains. This year was no exception. While the display opened to the public two earlier, the room with…

The UHS annual Art Gala this year featured the works of more than 100 artists, half professional and half student, according to event chair Caroline Cullen. And about 35 of the pros were new to the show this year. This year was the 48th anniversary of the show. “We kept the number of artists a little bit smaller this tear because we thought last year…