• Visit historic Newlin Grist Mill on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to experience the Fall Festival, an event filled with history, archaeology, and family fun. The festival features a wide variety of demonstrations, displays, performances, and hands-on activities for all ages. Festivalgoers can learn English country dancing with the Heritage Dancers and listen to the historical harmonies of the Colonial Revelers singers. Families can also enjoy face painting, historic toys and games, and hayrides. In addition, the site’s millwright shop and blacksmith shop will have demonstrations ongoing throughout the day, and sections of the 1704 Grist Mill will be open to visitors. Admission to the festival is free. Parking is $5 per car (cash only). Newlin Grist Mill is located at 219 Cheyney Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342. Shuttle buses between the parking area and the festival site will run every 15 minutes throughout the event. For more information, visit www.newlingristmill.org/fall-festival/ or call the site at 610-459-2359.
• A reminder, the Battle of Chadds Ford/Chadds Ford Days is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15, at the Chadds Ford Historical Society, 173.6 Creek Road. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, And 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Battle reenactments will take place.
• Delaware County Symphony presents Delco Arts Week Chamber Concert on Sept. 22, 3 p.m. in Neumann University's Meagher Theatre. Highlights include Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Bach’sPreludefromSuite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello, and cello duets by Domenico Gabrielli and Georg Sothilander. A string quartet will perform the traditional Celtic tunes Star of the County Down and After the Battle of Aughrim. Celebrate the arts in Delaware County and join us for the first chamber concert of the season. Tickets for the concert may be purchased at dcsmusic.org/tickets.
• Explore a historic world of color at the Chester County History Center on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. During ColorQuest: Explore History...In Color. Visitors can learn how people of the past created and used colors in everything from fabric to art, to the everyday objects around them. Learn how we used natural materials to craft a rainbow of colors for clothing and then dye your very own take-home bookmark. The West Chester University Astronomy Club will share the science of prisms and how light travels at different speeds to make different colors, and you'll learn how we get brilliant colors from metals, stones, and plants. There will also be an interactive scavenger hunt through the museum, which will have you seeing the world in a whole new way. Get tickets here.
• Enjoy a stroll through the trial gardens of Mt. Cuba with a signature cocktail in hand and manager of horticultural research, Sam Hoadley, by your side. In Sip and Stroll: Horticultural Trials, Sam will explain the assessment process that the plants undergo during the trials to achieve top performer status. Sample signature cocktails prepared by mixologist Diane Keesee, who uses ingredients foraged from common local plants for a new twist in mixology. (Ages 21 and over). This program takes place in person at Mt. Cuba Center on Friday, Sept. 20, from 5-7 p.m. (Rain date is Friday, Sept. 27). The cost is $45. Go here to register.
• The Artist of Landenberg Studio Tour takes place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 4.m. both days. Each of the nine host studio artists are within an easy and scenic drive to each other and will be featuring their original artwork along with one or more guest artists or craft persons. This includes, but is not limited to paintings, works on paper, jewelry, ceramics, glass, notecards, leather goods, and prints. The event is free and open to the public. All works will be available for purchase.
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