{"id":417224,"date":"2025-12-01T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/417224\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:59:11","slug":"lansdownes-a-bit-of-the-arts-a-weekend-event-and-holiday-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/417224\/","title":{"rendered":"Lansdowne&#8217;s A Bit of the Arts a weekend event and holiday tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lansdowne Economic Development Corp. held A Bit of the Arts on Friday and Saturday at the 20th Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The event remains one of Delaware County\u2019s longest-running holiday traditions and a powerful reminder of what it means to shop local during Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, said LEDC Executive Director Clare Finin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A Bit of the Arts Festival was about shopping local for unique gifts and supporting local artists and makers. (Daniel Jackson @Embassy730) \/ Embassy: Interactive @embinteractive) \" width=\"3360\" height=\"329\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025ABitoftheArts11-29-25-230.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1708893\" \/>A Bit of the Arts Festival was about shopping local for unique gifts and supporting local artists and makers. (Daniel Jackson @Embassy730) \/ Embassy: Interactive @embinteractive)<\/p>\n<p>At a time when national economic pressures are felt by families and small businesses alike, A Bit of the Arts offers a meaningful alternative to big-box shopping. The festival transformed the 20th Century Club into a vibrant marketplace and community connection, ensuring that every purchase supports a working artist or local creative entrepreneur, she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Happy shoppers after Lansdowne Economic Development Corp.'s A Bit of the Arts Festival. (Daniel Jackson @Embassy730) \/ Embassy: Interactive @embinteractive)\" width=\"2477\" height=\"356\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025ABitoftheArts11-29-25-339-e1764554476146.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1708894\" \/>Happy shoppers after Lansdowne Economic Development Corp.&#8217;s A Bit of the Arts Festival. (Daniel Jackson @Embassy730) \/ Embassy: Interactive @embinteractive)<\/p>\n<p>Some of the happenings:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dozens of local artists and makers with curated selections of fine art, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, and other handmade goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11 local musicians brought festive sounds to those at\u00a0the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There were about 200 works by students from Penn School District and regional schools, with prizes sponsored by Blick Art Materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Penn Wood High School choir performed, supporting arts education.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There was an art raffle with original pieces donated by exhibiting artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lansdowne Economic Development Corp. held A Bit of the Arts on Friday and Saturday at the 20th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":417225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,7282,24005,728,50,1448,2830,1311,11104,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-417224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-delaware-county","10":"tag-lansdowne","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pa","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-top-stories-dtd","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}