June 21st, 2019 | 9:00AM | By Sarah Hojsak / www.thekey.xpn.org Open Sound Lansdowne is back, and bigger than ever. The summer concert series began last year in the up-and-coming suburb just west of the city. This year, the series has expanded to six weeks — every other Thursday from late June to early September — and each show will feature a lineup …
It’s Community Day!
This week marks the first of five Community Days at LFM 2019. Always a crowd pleaser. Come see what your friends and neighbors get up to in their spare time…hobbies cum cottage industries, civic and social organizations, and local small businesses. Diversity in the marketplace. A full listing of entrepreneurs can be found back in the full e-newsletter. Speaking of …
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Okay…now that I have your attention. This has been a test of the Lansdowne Farmers Market Communication System. If you have read this far, please stop by the Manager’s tent and collect one Market Buck to spend anywhere on the Market Midway. F’real. Wasn’t that easy? Another buck if you can recommend a good summer read relating to food, farming …
Drawing on Lansdowne: An Arts-Based Economic Development Plan for the Borough
In the spring of 2018 a team of graduate students, working in collaboration with the Lansdowne Arts Board and the Lansdowne Economic Development Corporation, completed two years’ work on a proposed arts-based economic development plan for Lansdowne Borough. Phase one of the project produced preliminary findings: demographic trends in the Borough, the political landscape, and best practices for creative placemaking. Based on those …
A DADITUDE Adjustment
It happens every third week in June…schools out, most of the graduation dust has settled, and vacation trips are still in the pipeline. So…oh yeah, Happy Fathers Day! Now, you may think what the man of the hour needs is a new tie, a new golf shirt, a ticket to a ballgame or concert. Things. But this year, how about …
Art in Nature…Nature in Art
At the Utility Works Kiosk June 12-26, 2019 A unique exhibit combining the shell collection of Susan E. Evans and the artwork of Todd Breitling. Inviting the visitor to see art from a different perspective and take a closer look at nature, the cousins have joined forces in such a way as to tantalize the mind and encourage guests to …
A Is For Asparagus
Question: What season is it when the world is all colored in red and green? Sit down if you said Christmas. The correct answer, my foodie friends, is early June, when the farmers’ tables are gift-wrapped in tender spring lettuce, early peas and beans, and get-em-before-they’re-gone asparagus (we’ll come back to them) …all glowing like neon lights, and the perfect …