Animatronic T-Rex recognizes human faces
Now through Labor Day, visitors to the Reading Public Museum will have the opportunity to experience some up-close and personal interactions with a number of huge animatronic dinosaurs."Dinosaurs:...
View ArticleThe blueberry takes center stage at Linvilla Orchards
The recent weather has provided great growing conditions for locally-grown fruit and that means that it is time to enjoy outdoor festivals celebrating fresh seasonal fruit.In 1999, the United States...
View ArticleCelebrate ice cream in Rockwood Park
The Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park is back.The popular annual mid-summer festival in northern Delaware was regarded as Delaware's longest running family picnic. Then, the financial...
View ArticleNighttime bicycle racing returns to West Chester
Get ready, West Chester- the Criterium is coming.But, don't worry-the Criterium is not some apocalyptic event. A criterium is a bicycle race of a fixed number of laps held on a short, closed course...
View ArticleTrailer for Cruises next film project rolls out
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Cruise's personal life may be in upheaval, but it's still business as usual for the studio promoting his next movie.Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for Cruise's...
View ArticleDurable Borgnines motto: You gotta go to work
LOS ANGELES (AP) - He was a tubby tough guy with a pug of a mug, as unlikely a big-screen star or a romantic lead as could be imagined.Yet Ernest Borgnine won a woman's love and an Academy Award in...
View ArticleDurable Borgnines motto: You gotta go to work
LOS ANGELES (AP) - He was a tubby tough guy with a pug of a mug, as unlikely a big-screen star or a romantic lead as could be imagined.Yet Ernest Borgnine won a woman's love and an Academy Award in...
View ArticleWith July 4 over, Philly turns attention to Jay-Z
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Now that Philadelphia has cleaned up from its massive July Fourth concert, officials are turning their attention to the next big outdoor show.Jay-Z's "Made In America" festival is...
View ArticleJohn Mayall performs tonight at Queen in Wilmington
When British blues legend John Mayall was in his teens, he was listening to his father's blues and jazz 78s. Little did he know then that he would still be touring the world playing live blues music...
View ArticleArchie, pals to find Glee in crossover
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The kids from Riverdale are no strangers to high school angst, worries about fitting in or music. Neither are the teens from "Glee."Now, Archie, Betty, Veronica and Riverdale's...
View ArticleFarm Aid benefit concert heading to Hershey
Associated PressHERSHEY - The annual Farm Aid benefit concert is coming to Hershey in September as the country's small and medium-sized farms face a shifting economic landscape, but board member Dave...
View ArticleHunger Games adds Oscar winner Hoffman to cast
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Hunger Games" has bagged an Academy Award winner.Philip Seymour Hoffman, who earned the best-actor Oscar for 2005's "Capote," has joined the cast for part two in the futuristic...
View ArticleSeventeen magazine: We celebrate all shapes, sizes
LEANNE ITALIEAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Score one for girl power.A 14-year-old Maine ballet dancer who led a crusade against altered photos in Seventeen magazine now has a promise from top editor...
View ArticleUS chides NKorea over unauthorized Disney display
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is urging North Korea to respect intellectual property rights after an unauthorized stage performance of Disney characters at a concert for the reclusive country's new young...
View ArticleChesco Pops to perform favorites from movies, TV and musicals
PHOENIXVILLE - After a successful wintertime concert, the Chesco Pops will be performing at three area venues for the summertime concert series.The Pops are playing a show titled, "Lights ... Camera...
View ArticlePolka, pierogies headline the Polish Festival
Not far from the King of Prussia Plaza is a small village called Swedesburg. For one weekend each year, the tiny village in Montgomery County looks more like a village in Poland.This weekend, it's...
View ArticleWilmingtons Peoples Festival is a tribute to Bob Marley
Wilmington's annual "People's Festival - Tribute to Bob Marley" is a musical event with a lot of history behind it.Wilmington native Ibis and his wife Genny became friends with Bob and Rita Marley...
View ArticleFirebird Theatre performs Wizard of Oz and the sequel The Trouble in Oz
This weekend, the Firebird Theatre has an offer that's hard to resist - double-dip and take a trip. Patrons of this weekend's performances will be able to see two productions for the price of one and...
View ArticleGalleries
"Works Done at the PAFA Country School at Chester Springs" opens Thursday, Aug. 2, and runs through Friday, Aug. 31 at Historic Yellow Springs Chester Springs Studio.The exhibition of "Works Done at...
View ArticleNightlife
BLARNEY STONE, 1227 West Chester Pike, West Chester (610-436-5222). Tuesdays "Name That Tune" with DJ Tony. Guitar George live acoustic music on Wednesdays. Quizzo on Thursdays. Bands on Friday and...
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