Around Town March 14

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 13, 2013

• The Chadds Ford Elementary School Art Sale and Show is this Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16 at the school. The annual event — begun by Betsy Wyeth — has been gong on for 64 years. Seventy artists will be selling their work with 30 percent of the price benefiting the CFES PTO.

• Beautiful Mind Strong Body Center held an open house Saturday March 9 with demonstrations of the programs they offer: Hot Yoga, Vinyasa, Slow Flow Yoga, Yogilates and Barre. Husband and wife co-owners are Jenn Keil and Gary Keil. Gary Keil's specializes in pain management. Classes are held Monday through Saturday. The studio is located at 330 Kennett Pike Suites 107 and 109, across the street from the Mendenhall Inn. Phone is 484-770-8599. Class information is available on the Web at www.bmsbcenter.com/

• The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is reminding people not to pour used oil or antifreeze onto the ground or into a drain or storm sewer. DEP further reminds people not mix oil with other liquids or burn used oil in anything but am EPA approved waste oil furnace.

• State Rep. Stephen E. Barrar, R-160, of Boothwyn, is inviting the public to attend a free open house at his new district office in Concord Township. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at One Beaver Valley Road, at the intersection of Route 202 and Naamans Creek Road.

• House and studio tours are resuming at the Brandywine River Museum. Tours of the Andrew Wyeth’s Studio and the Kuerner Farm will be offered from April 4 through Nov. 24. A docent led tour of his art in the gallery will be followed by a lunch, then tours of his studio and the farm. The cost is $45 and includes museum admission, lunch and the tours. For reservations or information on other tours, please visit www.brandywinemuseum.org or call 610-388-2700.

• Due to the implementation of federal budget cuts, the April 10 Air Force Band concert at Unionville High School has been cancelled. The Air Force Band cancelled the rest of their spring tour as well.