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Friday Night Live fall season wraps up with a special performance by internationally acclaimed blues musician Corey Harris, who will give a solo acoustic performance. His new album, Insurrection Blues, comes out the day of this show. The concert will be held Friday, November 5, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the large art gallery. Seating is provided, including some tables and concert style seats. Seating selected on a first come, first served basis.
Local Authors, Caroline and Allan Reeves, have publish their first collection of poetry and photography, Journey in Progress.
“The Media Bowl trophy will stay on S. Providence Road…,” was the call last Friday night, as Strath Haven continued their recent dominance in their local rivalry with Penncrest, marching to a 42-6 victory.
According to the preliminary results of the 2020 U.S. Census, which came out recently, since 2010, Chester City’s population has decreased by 1,367 people (4.02% of its population). Is this data accurate? It seems that many Black folks here prefer not to be counted in the Census. In fact, it was even hard to persuade Black folks in Chester to work as census counters for the Census Bureau, even though they were eager to hire people, and were paying close to $20 an hour.
I moved to the United States from Europe in 2018 to pursue my music career. One night we played at the waR3house3 in Swarthmore. I totally loved the vibe of the place and the awesome crowd. After a couple of months, I decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee. I had bought a car for that purpose, and I was ready to go, but then I wrecked it. On January 25, 2019, my friends helped me put a show together at the waR3house3 called “The Road to Nashville,” which helped me raise money for my adventure. I’ll forever be grateful to everyone who was in the room that night.
You may remember back in early April of this year, Ben Yagoda crafted an Unscientific Survey attempting to apply the concept of the “wisdom of the crowd” to the 2021 baseball season. We asked at that nascent part of the season (the Phillies were off to a 4-0 start) to guess how far they would make it into the postseason, if they would at all. Also, we asked how many games you thought they’d win. So, how wise is this crowd?
Former Ohio State Head Coach Woody Hayes once said, “There are only three things that can happen on a pass play, and two of them are bad.” While the Strath Haven passing attack has certainly been productive this year, last week’s game versus 5-1 Conestoga ended up following the recommendation of Mr. Hayes, as the Panthers kept the ball in the hands of four capable runners for the entire evening in a 35-14 victory over the Pioneers.
Wallingford Presbyterian Church is celebrating great music and making a difference in the community through Concerts for a Cause. The series will begin at 3 p.m., on Sunday, October 17, with classical guitarist Yovianna Garcia.
The Rose Valley EAC invites all Friends of the Wildlife Preserves to come out to help on the weekend of October 23 and 24. This year, we will focus on the Saul Preserve where there are trails to repair, young new native plantings to maintain, invasives to remove, and new native plants to install.
Swarthmore United Methodist Church has hosted several educational fundraising events in support of Justice for Our Neighbors of the Delaware Valley (JFON), which provides pro bono immigration support services. The church will hold another one, “Songs of Freedom,” on Saturday, October 16, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., on the church lawn.
After a gut-punch loss to Garnet Valley seven days earlier, the Strath Haven Panthers were teetering on the edge of a possible losing streak for the first time in 2021. Last Friday, a dominant first half and 14-0 lead over Springfield evaporated late in the fourth quarter and the Cougars had all sorts of momentum on offense and defense alike. But a late drive pushed the ball close enough for Panther kicker (and soccer goalkeeper) Charlie Shankweiler to nail a clutch “full send” 31-yard field goal through the uprights as time expired, giving Strath Haven (5-1) a dramatic 17-14 victory.
Goldenrods, which many had long seen as merely a roadside weed, have in recent years become very popular plantings: they are great, stalwart perennials; they are durable and resilient, attract myriad pollinators, are relatively deer-resistant, and provide golden flowers throughout late summer and into the fall.
For the 12th consecutive year, Swarthmore College will conduct a public hunt of the deer population in the College’s Crum Woods, on the west side of the creek.
After taking their first loss of the season, Strath Haven will look to bounce back on the road this week against a Springfield Cougar squad on a two-game winning streak.
We asked our subscribers how they felt about being inside with others these days. As we anticipated, the majority of people (62%) responded “it depends.” Only 17% felt truly comfortable being inside with others.
Fall is a time of brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds adorning the trees and blanketing the ground with color. It is also the time of year that many people drag out their rakes and leaf blowers to remove all that summer growth. There is good news for those who dread this annual chore: don’t do it!
September 2021 is fundamentally different from 2020 in another crucial metric: It now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. As a pediatrician working at the major children’s hospital in our area, I saw it during my week on service which ended just a few hours ago: The teenagers and young adults admitted with COVID—some intubated, some dying from the disease—come from all walks of life. Widely diverse and yet they all share one characteristic: They are unvaccinated.
This week, Andrew Bunting highlights one of the most effective approaches to create privacy: to use living plants as formal or informal hedges.
Former Swarthmorean Editor Chris Reynolds documents his travels this summer along U.S. Route 395 in California.
Three weeks down, and three wins in the books for the Strath Haven Panthers have many high school football fans taking notice of the silver and black. And with an impressive 49-35 road win over 6A Haverford High last Saturday, the Panthers are poised to move to 4-0 this week with a challenging Central League schedule looming.
