On Stage Extra: Soft Machine just keeps on going
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Soft Machine
Any discussion of British bands with impressive longevity has to include Soft Machine.
Soft Machine (billed as The Soft Machine up until 1969 or 1970) were formed in mid-1966 by Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals), Daevid Allen (guitar) and Mike Ratledge (organ).
Allen, Wyatt and future bassist Hugh Hopper had...
ReFirement At Any Age: Individuation
By Gail Supplee Tatum, Columnist, The Times
Individuation. I had not heard of this principle until recently. It intrigued me to learn more and eager to share it with you.
My interpretation is that it’s a recipe for an amazing blessed-filled life if you understand it and practice it.
Here are my findings…
Individuation is a profound psychological concept that was first introduced by Swiss psychiatrist...
What To Do: Chester County Day celebrates 82nd anniversary
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Chester County Day (locations around Chester County, 610-431-5301, www.chestercountyday.com) is one of the oldest annual events in the Brandywine Valley.
On October 7, the 2023 Chester County Day, which will be held in and around West Chester, is celebrating its 82nd anniversary and is honoring the 130th anniversary of Chester County Hospital.
Chester...
On Stage: Vanessa Collier goes ‘Live’
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Vanessa Collier
After releasing five studio albums over the last decade, Vanessa Collier finally decided to make a live album.
Collier, who is headlining a show at Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com) on September 30, recently released “Live At Power Station.”
Power Station at BerkleeNYC is a recording...
On Stage Extra: Briscoe brings a bit of Texas to Philly
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Briscoe
Get ready, Philly – here come a pair of “Good Ole Texas Boys” – make that “Good Young Texas Boys.”
Briscoe, which is headlining a show on September 27 at World Café Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, www.worldcafelive.com), is making it area debut.
Briscoe is Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton.
Briscoe traces its roots back...
Inner Nature: The need for sleep
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
The death-like appearance of sleepers has fascinated people for millennia; death is even euphemistically called “eternal sleep”. But why do we and other animals need sleep? A good night’s sleep is considered a key to a clear head, and most of us sleep between 6 and 8 hours. But some notoriously high achievers, including Leonardo da Vinci Nikola Tesla, and...
Coroner’s Office hosts training for first responders on Xylazine
More than 160 people, many representing the first responder community, attended the Chester County Coroner’s Office xylazine training event.
The Chester County Coroner’s Office hosted Xylazine: Arrival, Trends & Effects of this Prevalent Drug, its first-ever continuing education training seminar/webinar, on Friday, September 15.
Xylazine is a large animal sedative used as an adulterant in illicit...
What To Do: Dressage at Devon, Downingtown FallFest
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Dressage at Devon
Quite a few events on this weekend’s calendar are welcoming the fall season but one is closing out an annual spring and summer tradition in the Brandywine Valley.
Chester County’s annual schedule of equestrian activities is getting near the end – but it’s not quite there yet.
The annual Dressage at Devon (Devon Horse Show grounds,...
On Stage Extra: People’s Light opens ’23-’24 season with ‘Bonez’
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Keith A. Wallace
This weekend, People’s Light (39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, www.peopleslight.org) is celebrating the opening weekend of its 2023-2024 season.
From September 22-October 15, People’s Light opens the new season with the world premiere of “Bonez” by acclaimed actor, director, and playwright Steve H. Broadnax III.
An Associate Artistic...
On Stage: Maci Miller brings jazz stylings to Uptown!
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Maci Miller
Maci Miller, one of the Delaware Valley’s premier jazz singers, is known for her topflight albums and her spellbinding club dates.
This week, Miller will perform an infrequent theater concert here in Chester County.
On September 21, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org) will...
