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Broadway Actress Teams Up to Provide Paoli School For The Blind With Books
With the help of a Broadway actress and a writer, the Main Line Animal Rescue has not only provided hope of a better life for its animals but also for students at Paoli’s Royer-Greaves School for the Blind. With funding from rescue member Bill Smith; books by Broadway actress, children’s author and animal advocate Bernadette Peters;…
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Atglen’s Schiffer Publishing Explores The Forgotten Corners Of New York City
The rural book farm publisher from Chester County’s quiet village of Atglen ventures to a vastly different world in inner-city New York with the publishing of a new book that gets up close and personal with some of NYC’s most famously forgotten places. Twelve of the 150 color images and revealing essays in Schiffer Publishing’s “Abandoned…
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Exelon Underwrites PAFA Art Exhibit On Henry Ossawa Tanner
Exelon Corp. and the Exelon Foundation are sponsoring a Henry Ossawa Tanner exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and will this summer put 100 students in this region to work enhancing Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Wissahickon Valley Green Park. The foundation approved a $150,000 grant to give…
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Hulafrog Lists Fun Weekend Kids Activities
By Alana Moran, Publisher of Hulafrog West Chester Hulafrog West Chester, PA a local website spotlighting local things for kids to do, features lots of great events happening all weekend long. On Friday evening check out Pins, Pop & Pizza at The Palace Bowling Center in Downingtown. The event runs from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and for $10,…
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New Sixties Exhibit Will Open At Historical Society
The Sixties! Winds of Change, is a new exhibit set to open at the Chester County Historical Society on Feb. 21 thanks to a gift from Wilmington Trust and M&T Bank. The first phase of the exhibit is titled “1960s Pop Culture: Movies, Memorabilia and The Media, The Steve and Michell Friedman Collection.” Part II…
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Braille Tails Brings Books Donates Books To Royer-Greaves School For The Blind
Braille Tails is a group working to publish braille versions of children’s books and donate them to schools for the blind, Mari Schaefer of Philly.com reports. Swarthmore children’s author Judy Schachner, author and illustrator of the best-selling Skippyjon Jones series, has donated some of her books to Braille Tails. The organization has translated 23 titles…
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Covered Bridge: Vintage Animal Videos
If you’re reading this you’re probably not on vacation, which means you could probably use a bit of a mental health break. Last week, we posted about the AP putting their collection of vintage newsreel footage on Youtube and now we’ve combed through it to bring you the most endorphin inducing vids. Turns out our…
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Wyeth Art To Be Included In Inaugural Show At State Museum Of Pennsylvania
Friday, Feb. 13 is a free admission day at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, which plans to exhibit the best of Pennsylvania art and artists in an exhibition titled “Inaugural Exhibit of Pennsylvania Arts.” Works from the Wyeth family and the Brandywine River Museum will be among the 55 pieces from 40 institutions.…
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Sly Fox Brewing Company Names SRT Ale To Honor Schuylkill River Trail
Pottstown based Sly Fox Brewing Company has plans for a new beer intended to tie in their love of both craft beer and the Schuylkill River Trail and Heritage Area. Sly Fox’s SRT Ale is named in honor of the popular Schuylkill River Trail, and is an American Pale Ale in style. Promote a beer,…
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Valley Forge National Park Plans To Lease Some Historic Buildings
Several historic buildings at Valley Forge National Park are being made available for commercial use, the Daily Local News is reporting. One of these is the 1816 Maurice Stephens House, the site’s former information center, which may be transformed in to a cafe. The Philander Chase Knox House and Kennedy Supplee Mansion on the site…
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Longwood Gardens Offers Indoor Feast For The Senses, Winter Concerts
Concerts, talks, tours and an Orchid Extravaganza in the warm 4-acre conservatory are all happening at Longwood Gardens now through March 29. There are more than 5,000 blooming orchids along with other indoor highlights including the Mediterranean Garden. Nectarines, melons and other fruits and vegetables are flourishing in the Estate Fruit House. OrKId Days (from…
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Victory Brewing Company’s Helles Lager Now Stocked In 35 States
By Shannon Maria Jones In response to growing consumer demand for a crisp-tasting lager beer, Victory Brewing Company is excited to share their best-kept secret by making Victory Helles Lager available to their entire 35 state distribution area. Long held as a favorite in the Philadelphia region because of the area’s longtime love affair with…
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Bruce Mowday Talks Will Give Listeners A Unique View Of Local History
Bruce Mowday, the Chester County author of more than 15 books on history, sports, business and true crime, has been invited to give a number of talks about local history and even paranormal mysteries associated with Gettysburg, and the community is invited. Mowday will take a unique look at the Battle of the Brandywine during…
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The Dish: Vote To Put West Chester Eatery On Philly’s Restaurant Scene!
This post seeking support for a West Chester eatery included in Philadelphia magazine’s Best of Philly poll went live on West Chester’s Dish.com this morning: The Best of Philly competition courtesy of Philadelphia magazine is underway, and one of our beloved West Chester restaurants has made the list of competitors. Core de Roma Trattoria is the only…
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Brandywine River Museum Hosts Jamie Wyeth Retrospective
The first major retrospective of the works of Jamie Wyeth is being featured at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, now through April 5. The exhibit of more than 100 pieces looks at six decades of the artist’s career and charts the evolution of his creative process from early childhood drawings to the recurring themes…
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Tree Maze At Linvilla Orchards Turns Christmas Waste Into Wonderland
Unsold Christmas trees have been transformed from heaps of waste to a winter wonderland at Linvilla Orchards in nearby Media, and the creative Linvilla Recycled Tree Maze has not only been a great help for the environment but also a boon for business. In addition to drawing local families out for a fun outing, the new…
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The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville Showing “Blade Runner” Tonight
The historic Colonial Theatre will be screening the Harrison Ford, Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien) sci-fi film Blade Runner this evening in Phoenixville. Based on Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” the cult film turned genre-classic presented futuristic visions of earth life with old-school film noir style story telling. From The New York Times:…
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Transfer Of Steel Mill Buildings From AkcelorMittal To Museum Could Spark Development
Steel industry conglomerate ArcelorMittal Plate is ironing out a deal to transfer two old Lukens Steel buildings to the National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum, and the resurgence of community history could spark a modern industrial revolution for the struggling Coatesville economy, according to a Daily Local News report. Transforming those vacant historic artifacts into a…
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