Bits & Pieces Oct. 6

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 5, 2011

• Darlington Arts Center presents the Copeland String
Quartet in concert on Oct. 16at 3 p.m. This quartet is comprised of
four renowned musicians: violinists Eliezer Gutman and Thomas Jackson, violist
Nina Cottman, and cellist Mark Ward, all veteran performers with the Delaware
Symphony Orchestra and the Kennett Symphony of Chester County. CSQ will be
performing String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Opus 49 by Dmitri Shostakovich and
String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 458, “The Hunt” by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Admission is $5. Darlington Arts Center is at 977 Shavertown Road in
Garnet Valley; for more information call 610-358-3632 or visit www.darlingtonarts.org.

• Photographer,
Kathleen Buckalew, will lead photographers on a fall photo safari, documenting
rich visual stories of the community in Kennett Square. This Documentary Photography Workshop, open
to intermediate and advanced students who know their camera well, meets Oct. 14
and 15. This workshop is offered by the Center for the Creative Arts in nearby
Yorklyn, DE, the fee is $116 ($96 for CCArts members). Students may register
online at www.ccarts.org. For additional
information or to register for by phone call 302-239-2434.

• Author Gene Pisasale will lecture on Lafayette and the
Battle of the Brandywine, at the Chester County Historical Society on
Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. For more
information call 610-692-4800 or visit www.GenePisasale.com
and click on "LECTURES."

• Families can put on their costumes to celebrate Halloween
with nocturnal animals at the Delaware Museum of Natural History's spooky
celebration Bats and
Other Creatures of the NightonSaturday, Oct. 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Family-friendly activities shed light on nature's night shift with games,
puppet shows, live animal demonstrations, and crafts. Admission is $10 for
adults, $9 for seniors, and $8 for children. Admission is discounted for museum
members. For more information, call 302-658-9111 or visit www.delmnh.org.