Around Town Sept. 13

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 12, 2012

• Chadds Ford remembered the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, along with the Sept. 11, 1777, Battle of Brandywine with a ceremony at Brandywine Battlefield Park on Sept. 11. Speakers included State Rep. Stephen Barrar and Carl Closs, as Gen. George Washington. The ceremony included the ringing of Remembrance Bells. Shown ringing one of the bells are Sarah Liberace and her son Tristan of Pennsbury Township. (Photo by Rich Schwartzman)

• Rep. Stephen E. Barrar, R-160, of Boothwyn, is inviting area residents to his free annual Fall Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will take place at Endo Pharmaceuticals, located at 100 Endo Boulevard in Chadds Ford. Highlights of the event will include health screenings, a K-9 demonstration, face painting, National Guard and Army Humvees and representatives from state, local and nonprofit service agencies. More information about the event is available at SteveBarrar.com.

• Birmingham Township resident Lora Englehart won a framed copy of High Flier, a Richard Schwartzman photo, in a drawing held during Chadds Ford Days. The Chadds Ford Business Association conducted the drawing.

• Wine & Dinosaurs presented by M&T Bank celebrates its sixth anniversary at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Sept. 23, from 12-4 p.m., featuring fine wine and beer, live jazz, hors d'oeuvres, and a silent auction. Advance tickets are $50 for the general public and $45 for museum members. Admission will be $60 at the door. Wine & Dinosaurs was started in 2007 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the Delaware Museum of Natural History's dinosaur display. The fundraiser has evolved into a signature event, raising thousands of dollars to fund operations and programming while supporting the museum's mission to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.delmnh.org or call 302-658-9111. Must be 21 or older to attend.

• CCArts, Center for the Creative Arts in Yorklyn, announced hiring two new teaching artists to their talented faculty. Olga Nielsen will teach various figure drawing classes and Ellen Schwarzkopf will teach two jewelry-making classes focused on wire wrapping. Their talents expand the depth and breadth of creative opportunities available to CCArts students, a press release said. Olga Nielsen is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and studied fine art at the Moscow School of Fine Arts and Textile Institute. Ellen Schwartzkopf and her husband Don joined the Tuscarora Lapidary Society in 1999. There she learned her love of making jewelry and has been teaching wire wrap locally for 10 years.

• On Oct. 7, Families are invited to make a bird craft and find images of birds in the Brandywine River Museum's paintings. Experts from Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research will present an overview of their lifesaving work on behalf of wildlife with a focus on the challenges of rehabilitating crows and jays. Craft and gallery activities begin at 1 p.m.; Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research presentation begins at 2 p.m.