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Whether you’re on the hunt for locally-grown produce, a fun weekend activity, or you want to learn a little more about agriculture, one…
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Dinniman Together Fund at West Chester University…
The view from Bridget Collins-Greenwald’s seventh-floor office in Philadelphia’s City Hall — a stunning one that overlooks Dilworth Plaza and provides a…
Newlyweds in the Philadelphia region have chosen 14 venues in Chester County for this year’s 2022 Couples’ Choice Awards, according to WeddingWire.
The WeddingWire…
Berks County native Nicholas Imbesi is the Senior Manager of Advocacy and Government Relations at Chester County Food Bank where he advocates for the Food…
A new game has hit the market that tests individuals’ knowledge of Philadelphia, reports Brian Taff for 6abc.
The game is called, You Gotta Know…
People’s Light will host a Gala benefit on Apr. 19 in honor of community leader and advocate Ken Mumma.
Mumma is a Trustee and…
Calling all brides and grooms! If you’re looking for a place to hold your upcoming wedding, these three Chester County barns should be on…
Jerrilyn Lanier Duckworth designed the wigs and costumes for the ripple, the wave that carried me home, the new People’s Light production about the…
Steel River Playhouse announces with regret that Leena Devlin will step down from her role as Managing Artistic Director, effective June 30, 2024.
Devlin will…
Malvern-based theatre company People’s Light has revealed the second half of the 2023/2024 season with three productions, including a world premiere and…
Jennifer L. Carlson, Executive Director of the Colonial Theatre, grew up in Lancaster County and moved several times as a kid. To make friends, she…
Even though December with its packed schedule is over, there are plenty of events around Chester County to keep you busy and entertained throughout January…
Company member Mary Elizabeth Scallen sat down with Zak Berkman, Erica Ezold, and Katherine McNabb to ask them about their leadership roles at People’s…
In anticipation of the 50th Anniversary season in 2024-25, People’s Light has had 10 new members join the newly-named Company of Artists…
While there’s always a risk of scratched furniture or accidents on the carpet, the benefits of pet ownership on people’s mental health seem…
For Partners in Outreach, the Laughs 4 Literacy event is critical for funding their work throughout the year. The organization’s goals to close the…
Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia’s hometown health insurer, recently celebrated its 85th anniversary at a festive event featuring executive leadership, special guests, and a display…
Beginning Nov. 1, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light will present the world premiere of the immersive audio play Crushed Earth by playwright Deepa Purohit…
Beginning Nov. 15, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light continues its 2023/24 season with a production of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol…
During its 7th annual Champions of Change Breakfast on Oct. 25 at The Farmhouse at People’s Light, The Fund for Women and Girls will…
Predicting the future may be impossible, but we can always try to uncover what’s next in digital marketing and the trends that will reshape…
On Friday, Oct. 13, comedian Tom Cotter will be at the People’s Light. Cotter, the runner-up on America’s Got Talent, will be…
Beginning Sept. 22, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light opens the 2023/24 season with the world premiere of Bonez by acclaimed actor, director, and…
Malvern-based theatre company People’s Light has released the first half of the 2023/2024 season with four productions including a world premiere, two…
Pottsgrove High School graduate Maria O’Connell is the owner of the Chester County/Main Line office of Express Employment Professionals, a franchise that partners…
The brains behind a Devon home listed for $2.95 million is Main Line architect Paul Bloomfield whose style is transforming traditional buildings into the…
Beginning Aug. 2, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light concludes its Spring/Summer Series with True West by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard. True…
People’s Light has announced the launch of Queerways, PA, a new play and community engagement initiative aimed at developing works inspired by stories of…
Faith has been an important companion in Melissa Paone’s career.
As Neumann University’s executive director of marketing and communications, Paone has often taken…
Beginning June 17, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light presents the regional premiere of Lettie by award-winning playwright and TV writer Boo Killebrew. In…
Tucked into the rolling rural hills of Malvern, The Fern & Fable at People’s Light is a natural treat and distinctive enclave for those…
The first time Sam Sturkey rolled her wheelchair onto a basketball court, she was only five years old. Within an hour, young Sam was certain…
“When Malvern Bank supports an industry, we don’t do so halfway,” said Anthony C. Weagley, President and CEO of Malvern Bank, National Association.
Malvern…
People’s Light has promoted director of finance and operations Erica Ezold to managing director. Ezold has entered her new role as of May 1…
Beginning April 26, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light will present the critically-acclaimed production Songs for Nobodies by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith. The…
Malvern-based theatre company People’s Light has announced the launch of its New Works Lab, The Kiln, an annual program where theatre artists are…
There has been much anticipation for Thurgood at People’s Light Theatre in Malvern. Now that Thurgood Marshall himself has come alive on stage, audiences…
People’s Light is preparing for a memorable evening in Malvern. The annual Spring Gala will take place on Saturday, March 18, from 6 – 10…
Beginning Feb. 22, Malvern-based theatre People’s Light presents Thurgood by playwright George Stevens, Jr. Actor Brian Marable (Skeleton Crew) captures Thurgood Marshall’s…
A barn house wedding in Chester County for folks who appreciate the countryside is right around the corner with quaint and historical barn venues for…
With nearly 600 photo entries in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s 2022 Photo Contest, there was stiff competition for the twenty prize slots…
People’s Light in Malvern has named Bryanna Martinez-Jimenez the inaugural recipient of the Graham Smith Acting Fellowship. In honor of the memory of…
Have you heard that Chief Twit axed the entire accessibility engineering team at Twitter last month? Oopsie! Those layoffs were probably not a good thing…
Chester County is full of an abundant cultural community. From theaters to museums—there’s countless sites to visit to get a creative fix. Here…
Now in its fourth year, the Pavilion of Trees presented by Elite Therapy Solutions returns to Coatesville on Friday, Dec. 2 as part of Christmas…
A beloved holiday tradition returns to People’s Light with the world premiere of Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Panto. On her first day of…
The booming mushroom industry in Kennett Square, which has dubbed the town the Mushroom Capital of the World, that is celebrated in an annual festival…
West Chester University’s recent ribbon-cutting of the SECC building is the latest evidence that the university is a powerhouse to be reckoned with…
The Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), a program offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), allows eligible businesses to receive significant…
People’s Light presents the world premiere of Mushroom, an original play from Pulitzer Prize finalist and Mare of Easttown cast member Eisa Davis. In…
Chris Bickel, Main Line Market Leader at Centric Bank, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Berwyn, the competitive spirit he honed through sports…
Niamma Mayo always wanted to bring a bit of sparkle into everyone’s lives, and now she shares her creativity and caring spirit through Sophisticated…
The cast and crew from a new play at People’s Light about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin gathered in West Chester to gain a…
With more than 400 of the region’s top business and community leaders gathered together, the Chester County Economic Development Council inducted Meridian Bank CEO…
It was like visiting an academic theme park, where the thrill of a roller coaster was replaced with the excitement of scientific and artistic exploration…
Meridian Bank founder and CEO Chris Annas, who has served as a leader and positive force in the region for years, will be inducted into…
“The new normal every company must accept to be successful is to create an emotionally safe working environment marked by respect, acceptance, and celebration of…
The much-anticipated time has finally arrived, and VISTA Today is thrilled to reveal its 2022 Class of VISTA Millennial Superstars, an initiative presented by…
Brumbaugh Wealth Management, a strategy-driven firm based in Exton that creates comprehensive and flexible financial solutions that help pursue the needs of today while…
With “now hiring” signs on every street corner across the United States, businesses are in crisis as more than one-third of Americans (35 percent…
We all know the pandemic caused a great deal of upheaval in what businesses have done well. So it is likely of little surprise that…
The Fund for Women and Girls is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Gladys Black ‘Woman of Distinction’ Award and the 2021 Corporate Champion of…
People’s Light in Malvern is one of 10 regional theaters streaming The Catastrophist. The thought-provoking filmed play addresses issues of family, mortality, and…
The Backstage Apothecary, founded by Phoenixville’s Kate Fossner, provides an all-natural path to wellness. It features an extensive line of organic home and…
Immaculata University’s Fashion Merchandising program has completed a virtual fashion show, thus continuing an annual tradition that was disrupted by COVID-19 last year…
When a company in Reading needed working capital to sustain its fast-growing business, Meridian Bank restructured its financing. Since then, the company has become…
Anti-war protesters used the distraction of the “Fight of the Century” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier on March 8, 1971 to break into…
I heaved the box into my parents’ house. My mom stared at me in alarm.
“You’re out of breath!” she exclaimed in horror.
You…
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Department of Community and Economic Development, has designated 190 West Lincoln Highway as a Keystone Innovation Zone, the first…
Thomas K. Cloetingh, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, has died at his Phoenixville home at the age of 67, writes Bonnie Cook for The Philadelphia Inquirer…
The West Chester University Wells School of Music will continue an annual tradition, virtually, as the 99th Annual Holiday Program will be available to members…
Graham Smith, the actor who brought grand characters like King Lear to life on stage at People’s Light in Malvern, has died at the…
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed another victim, this one in West Chester, according to a report in the Daily Local News.
Jacobs Music Company’s…
Berwyn resident Jennifer Licate, a counselor at St. Norbert School in Paoli, has written a book for kids ages 9 to 12 that highlights the…
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed in March 2020 ushered in several measures designed to help IRA and retirement plan account…
Some creative Havertown residents are taking Burning Man out of the Nevada desert and bring him into town, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times…
A new literary anthology, Braving Veracity, features personal essays and memoirs written by eight women from Chester County and the Brandywine Valley, writes Richard Gaw…
Live music continues amid the pandemic with a series of drive-in concerts organized by Point Entertainment in the parking lot of People’s Light…
By Jennifer Leonard
Her lifestyle brand, Have Some Fun Today, just debuted on QVC, and designer Stephanie Rado Taormina already has another project in the…
Feed Your Mind, a new book from award-winning author and Glenmoore resident Jen Bryant, tells the life story of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August…
Founded in 1974, People’s Light is an award-winning nonprofit theatre in Malvern that produces classics, contemporary plays, and original works.
Sales Manager – The…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls recently hosted its third annual Champions of Change Breakfast at The Farmhouse Bistro at People’s Light…
A corgi named Miles has earned Internet fame after his owner, Conshohocken’s Paul Watsko, posted an image of him in a Wawa hoagie costume…
People’s Light in Malvern has become the first theater in the country to introduce closed-caption glasses, a new technology that improves access for…
Last month’s Faith March through the streets of West Chester gave local Scouts the opportunity to learn about various religions, while demonstrating that Scouting…
PECO has partnered with the Philadelphia chapter of Cradles to Crayons for the latter’s most critical collection of the year.
The BIG GIVE is…
There seems to be a lot of downsizing and reorganizing going on in companies in the region, which has led to the growth of our…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls will host its third annual Champions of Change Breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at The Farmhouse Bistro…
Aubie Merrylees, a Downingtown native, is currently making his Broadway debut in To Kill a Mockingbird, one of this season’s biggest hits, writes Deb…
Three generations of a West Chester family come alive on stage at People’s Light in the new play Mud Row, written by award-winning…
By Michael Gidlewski
Last week, I discussed fear as one of three basic ways people are motivated. This week, I’d like to talk about…
The latest work of award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau is inspired by the people and places of West Chester, writes Natalie Smith for the Chester…
Everyone is invited to attend the premier social event of the year in Chester County as the Brandywine Health Foundation presents its 17th Annual Garden…
The grand prize winner and two other category winners of West Chester University’s seventh annual Business Idea Pitch Competition shared the theme of developing…
When Anthony Thompson ’19 came to Church Farm School as an eighth-grader – the school has since dissolved its Middle School – he had never sung…
Chester County Women’s Commission
In honor of Women’s History Month in March, the Chester County Women’s Commission and the Chester County Commissioners…
Barbara Lettiere, the President of Immaculata University, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in New Jersey, what she learned at her first job, and…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls recently hosted its second annual Champions of Change Breakfast at The Farmhouse Bistro at People’s Light…
Theatre Philadelphia announced this year’s Barrymore Awards, and Malvern’s People’s Light is one of the biggest winners, according to a report from…
Leo Parsons, the President and Chief Operating Officer at West Chester-based CTDI, will speak about creating and maintaining a meaningful corporate culture from both…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls will host its second annual Champions of Change Breakfast on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at The Farmhouse Bistro…
People’s Light will be hosting its annual Golf Classic on Monday, Oct. 1 at White Manor Country Club in Malvern. One of two fundraisers…
Phoenixville Community Health Foundation
Nine leaders in the Greater Phoenixville region’s nonprofit community have graduated from PCHF’s 2018 Executive Leadership Institute.
The mission…
PennDOT’s Green Light-Go Program
Three municipalities in Chester County will receive more than $1.1 million in total funding for traffic control system…
The Skeleton Crew production by Malvern’s People’s Light and Theatre masterfully explores the relationships between employees and their jobs at a car plant…
The future site of the expanded National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum in Coatesville is filled with dusty steel shavings and now-quiet motors from…
Founded in Malvern in 1974, People’s Light & Theatre is one of Pennsylvania’s largest professional nonprofit theatres that, over the course of each…
Regional theater in Greater Philadelphia has always provided great entertainment, but the latest bold experiments have lifted it to a whole new level, writes John…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls recently hosted its first annual Champions of Change Breakfast at The Farmhouse Bistro at People’s Light…
The new year is here, and People’s Light in Malvern is kicking it off in style, with a Networking Happy Hour at its Farmhouse…
Television star Dulé Hill – known for his roles in The West Wing, among other hit shows – starred in a recent run of Lights Out: Nat…
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls will host its first annual Champions of Change Breakfast on March 1 at The Farmhouse Bistro at…
Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell has had a strong hand in helping the county become the best place to live in Pennsylvania and perhaps all…
Publishers Note: This event has been postponed.
The Suburban Philadelphia Speaker Series continues with its second installment on Wednesday, Nov. 15, when journalist and author…
Dismiss this billion-dollar industry at your own peril.
That was the message, regarding the explosion of eSports, of Brian Selander – the Entrepreneur in Residence…
Perhaps now more than ever, America is in a state of transition.
The things we do, the way we do them, and the impact they…
Philadelphia will soon put together a band of unlikely heroes to battle for the future of global eSports.
Home to hundreds of thousands of Overwatch…
Once dismissed as a simple diversion or an unhealthy obsession, depending upon your view of video games, eSports have quickly become a permanent fixture on…
By Chris Cooper
The Suburban Philadelphia Speaker Series, which debuts on Oct. 4 at People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, will meet an unfilled…
The rise of virtual sports is beginning to show up on the world’s biggest real stage, as French officials publicly acknowledged the possible addition…
What was once seen as a major distraction on college campuses is now viewed as an asset for university athletics.
The rise of competitive electronic…
Noted philanthropists Jennifer and Robert McNeil will once again welcome more than 500 guests to their Springbank Farm in Coatesville for the…
According to the Chester County Department of Community Development (DCD), 570 people experience homelessness in Chester County on any given night.
With…
VISTA Today speaks with Tony Coyne, franchise owner at DetailXPerts of Chester County about growing up in suburban Washington, D.C., and how his natural…
Malvern’s People’s Light is leading a cohort of six professional theatres in the area in expanding the availability of Relaxed Performances (RPs) in…
The Farmhouse at People’s Light, a premier venue for weddings and special events in the Delaware Valley, is undergoing an expansion project that will…
In March, People’s Light in Malvern launched a month-long crowdfunding campaign around Project Dawn, a vital new play inspired by Project Dawn Court…
Chester County Association of Township Officials
In a first-of-its-kind appointment, Michael “Mac” Cotter, West Chester Borough Manager, is the 2017 borough representative…
The North American headquarters of one of the world’s largest building materials companies is located right here in Chester County.
The roots of Saint…
PECO is paving the way for more recreational trails and community parks in Chester County with $30,000 in grants.
The good news came last…
Thanks to its Corporate Circle initiative started in November last year, People’s Light has been shining a spotlight on local businesses who support the…
Located in Malvern, People’s Light & Theatre is now in its 41st season and is one of Pennsylvania’s largest professional non-profit theatres…
By Commissioner Terence Farrell
Chester County’s relationship with China officials is leading to ever increasing opportunities for county businesses in China, and Chinese investment…
By Shannon Mannon, “If you came to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound with…
A handful of new actors have stepped into the decision-making spotlight for People’s Light, the nonprofit professional theater in Malvern that performs plays…
Ask anyone who has attended the Brandywine Health Foundation’s Garden Party, the event that since 2003 has formally shepherded in the Strawberry Festival, and…
Today’s rundown of the shorter stories happening around Chester County.
Old Glory Tour to Honor Local Law Enforcement for National Police Week
Century Link…
By Sarah Alderman,
The first inspiration for BYPASSED came to me about 7 years ago, when my twin daughters had just been born. At the…
Instead of an April Fool, the first and second grade students of Wissahickon Charter School got a real treat with an entertaining and interactive discussion…
Fewer than 100 non-Chinese military veterans have ever been bestowed a medal of honor from the People’s Republic of China, but this week…
After 350 years, the global building materials pioneer Saint-Gobain is still at the cutting edge of construction technology, and today in Malvern it unveiled…
Business Briefs are concise stories that quickly inform you of what’s happening in Chester County. This Morning:
BB&T to Close Around 25…
Despite an initial disbelief that revival could come to poverty-stricken Coatesville, community members are fast becoming believers in the Brandywine Health Foundation’s master…
Where you live can have an impact on marriage choices and living in Chester County means a millenial’s odds of being married by age…
Mars Drinks is furthering the cause of gender equality by partnering with the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) in an initiative to better understand the effects…
There might not be a Main Line were it not for Chester County.
That’s the impression Main Line Times unintentionally conveys with their “101…
SEPTA is changing its schedules Sept. 2 and has issued a commuter alert for anyone who relies on SEPTA transportation, particularly those who use Route…
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