Culture
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Architect Archer & Buchanan Praised For Bringing Old World Look To Modern Home
There’s a timeless beauty in the one-of-a-kind appearance of authentic hardwood craftsmanship, and West Chester firm Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd. is masterful in its vision for turning millwork into masterpiece. A recent collaboration with E.B. Mahoney Builders, Inc. of Bryn Mawr showcased the splendor of poplar in a stunning new front entry hall for a…
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Longwood Gardens Has Nation’s Best Restrooms
Chester County’s own Longwood Gardens has the best public restroom in America, according to the 13th annual Cintas America’s Best Restroom contest. Thousands of online voters chose Longwood’s inspiring “green wall,” translucent glass and eco-friendly design over other restrooms including those at El Centro in Washington, D.C. and the Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis,…
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Chaddsford Winery Scores With Flyers Red And White
This fall, just in time for the hockey season, the Chaddsford Winery introduced two wines boosting the Philadelphia Flyers. Both are said to be preferred wine of the Flyers. Flyers White is a blended wine, a dry cellar blend of French-American Hybrid grape varieties with a fruity flavor, similar to a Sauvignon Blanc. The wine…
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Victory Brewing Company Explores All Natural and Bourbon Barrel Techniques
Keeping to its traditions of locally sourced ingredients and partnering with dynamite Pennsylvania businesses, Victory Brewing Company announced two innovative combinations in time for the holiday season. Victory has teamed up with Mt. Airy’s Earth-Bread + Brewery to create Earth & Flame, a limited edition bourbon barrel aged Scotch ale. West Chester-based Waffatopia has also…
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Another Naming Dispute Hits West Chester Restaurateur Dave Magrogan
After sorting out a restaurant naming dispute with The Hotel Hershey earlier this year, West Chester’s Dave Magrogan Group is now rebranding its Stella Rossa Ristorante chain in the wake of a challenge from a Texas winery that doesn’t even sell its product in the state and ahead of more expansion plans. “I was disappointed that we…
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Longwood Gardens Executive Director Receives Wyck-Strickland Honor
Paul B. Redman, executive director of Longwood Gardens, recently accepted the 27th annual Wyck-Strickland Award in honor of his outstanding contributions to the cultural life of the region. The award was given during the annual benefit for Wyck, a National Historic Landmark house, garden, and farm in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The award is…
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Victory’s Harvest Ale is Fresh from the West
Victory Brewing Company takes another leap forward for East Coast breweries with their new Harvest Ale, their first wet-hopped ale to be bottled. Truly a challenge to create, in order to successfully add fresh hops to a beer, they must be hauled swiftly in refrigerated trucks. In the case of Victory’s Harvest Ale, this means…
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Victory Beer Is Victorious and Seasonal
By Shannon Maria Jones The past few weeks have been full of excitement at Victory Brewing Company. Victory’s Golden Monkey won a Gold Medal at the 28th Annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, the largest commercial beer competition in the world. Golden Monkey beat out 58 entries in the Belgian-Style Tripel category from across…
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Historical Society State of the Organization Address Tonight
Chester County Historical Society President Rob Lukens (above) will share with the community the society’s vision for the future during a ‘state of the organization’ address set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 16. “Building Communities Through History” is the title of Lukens’ half-hour talk, to be followed by questions and a social hour. …
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Twin Brook Winery listed for Sale at $2.9m as Harvest Season Begins
The grape harvest is over and wine making is well under way at Pennsylvania’s wineries, which are also planning a wide variety of music and seasonal activities leading into the Christmas holiday. The Pennsylvania Winery Association advocates for more than 100 member wineries and 11 wine trails who are part of the state’s growing multi-billion dollar…
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Tague Lumber And Bob Wagner’s Flooring Are Part Of 2014 Philadelphia Magazine Design Home
Tague Lumber and Bob Wagner’s Flooring America Design Center, two long-time Chester County family businesses, are among the sponsors of this year’s Philadelphia Magazine Design Home project. This is the 13th year the magazine has showcased a design home, and the 2014 Design Home will be nestled among fine stone and Tudor homes in a…
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J.W. Pepper Employee Receives Regional Award
An employee of Paoli-based J.W. Pepper & Son, the largest sheet music in the United States, has earned the Texas Choral Directors Association’s service award. The award went to Luana Marler, who has been instrumental in supporting choral music in Texas and organizing the TCDA conferences for the past 10 years. “The entire staff has…
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Famous Chadds Ford Art Studio Of Andrew Wyeth Added To National Landmark
Some of the picturesque scenes and subjects painted by one of Chester County’s most famous artists have already become historic landmarks, and now the very place where realist painter Andrew Wyeth created his masterpieces has opened its doors to the public as the newest addition to the freshly renamed Andrew Wyeth Studio and Kuerner Farm…
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Longwood Gardens Announces $90 Million Fountain Revitalization Project
Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square is looking up with a $90 million project to replace the 83-year-old main fountain garden. “New Heights: The Fountain Revitalization Project” is the initiative that will install the latest fountain technology, improve guest access to the garden, and add innovative new elements that honor the visionary original design by Longwood…
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A Curiosity Of Cabinets At The Wharton Esherick Museum
The Wharton Esherick Museum in Malvern recently opened its new exhibition; A Curiosity of Cabinets. This juried exhibition features 14 imaginative wall cabinets selected from more than 60 entries by jurors Paul Eisenhauer, Executive Director & Curator of the Wharton Esherick Museum, Albert LeCoff, Executive Director of the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia,…
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Phase Three of Chester County Trail Now Open!
By Lance Knickerbocker Yesterday people gathered to witness the official Phase Three opening of the Chester County portion of the Chester Valley Trail. A wet and chilly morning did little to dampen the excitement of community members huddled close together at the Exton Trailhead; waiting for the ribbon to be cut. The idea for constructing…
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Coffee Break: Knock Knock
Knock Knock, a clever animated music video using fourteen different Apple devices performed by Brunettes Shoot Blondes, an indie/electro/pop band from Ukraine.
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Chester County Day Serves As Time Machine To Historic Era
Chester County’s once-a-year time machine will take residents and visitors back to an era when fox hunts, water-powered mills, tenant houses, cottage gardens, one-room schoolhouses, covered bridges and homestead mansions were commonplace sights across the Pennsylvania countryside. The 74-year-old tradition of Chester County Day arrives Oct. 4 with historic tours of restored homes, national landmarks…
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