• The comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is coming to City Theater Company in Wilmington on April 4 and continuing through April 12. Siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, bickering and complaining about their lives. When movie-star sister Masha swoops in — with new boy toy Spike — old resentments flare. Add in sassy maid Cassandra and young…
A lot is going on with NALT, the North American Land Trust. As previously reported, there’s a stream restoration project planned for the Brinton Run Preserve, and NALT is also looking at ways to preserve the Davis Tract, the former Camp property on Route 1 near the Barn Shoppes where N.C. worked and lived. There’s also a trail project planned. Now there’s a pollinator initiative…
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from March 10 to March 14. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility work will cause periodic daytime lane closures on Route 322 (Hannum Avenue) between N. Wayne and Washington streets in…
• Winterthur is gearing up for a new exhibit, Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery, opening on May 3 and running through Jan. 4, 2026. The exhibit is guest curated by Jonathan Michael Square, assistant professor of Black visual culture at Parsons School of Design, and is based on an 1859 essay written by a free black journalist and educator named William J. Wilson, this…
The Brandywine Conservancy is a month away from releasing the final version of its Brandywine Flood Study, a plan with recommendations that will help keep people and property safe in the event of future flooding. That was the word from Grant DeCosta, the conservancy’s director of community services. That study was spurred by the devastation from the September 2021 flooding from Hurricane Ida. DeCosta spoke…
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from March 3 to March 7. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility installation will cause periodic daytime lane closures on Route 1 between Joshua’s Way and Fairville Road in Pennsbury Township…
• Longwood Gardens has released the schedule for its summer performance series. Performances kick off on May 30 with The Savoy Company performing The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. On June 5 it’s BalletX. For a full list of summer performances, go here. • There’s going to be a Park Day at the Brinton Run Preserve on Oakland Road in Chadds Ford Township. The day…
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility installation will cause daytime lane closures on High. Street between Sharpless and E. Nields streets in West Chester through…
• One exhibit is leaving but two more are underway. The Andrew Wyeth exhibit Up East: Andrew Wyeth in Maine at the Brandywine Museum of Art is closing this Sunday, Feb. 23 but another two exhibits are already on display. The photo exhibit Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 (https://chaddsfordlive.com/2025/02/08/new-photo-exhibit-at-brandywine/) runs through May 11, while Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl…
PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change. • Utility installation will cause daytime lane closures on High. Street between Sharpless and E. Nields streets in West Chester through…
• Returning for its 82nd year, the Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point Races will be held on Sunday, April 6, featuring pony rides, a parade of fox hounds, and steeplechase races. The event is at the Myrick Conservation Center at 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road. Gates open at 11 and the races begin at noon. • The Revolutionary Speaker Series by the Brandywine Battlefield Park returns with a Zoom…