Around Town Jan. 16

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on January 15, 2014

• Fellini Café is now open. The new Italian restaurant located in the old Wawa in the same strip mall as the U.S. Post Office is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is still no word on when the Tavern will re-open.

• To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy and draw attention to ongoing civil rights struggles, Swarthmore College’s Chester Children’s Chorus will perform at Chester’s historic Calvary Baptist Church, 1616 West 2^nd Street in Chester, on Friday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. The performance will kick off local Martin Luther King Day celebrations and will feature original music and a special tribute to Dr. King.

• The Chester County Pops Orchestra, under the direction of new Music Director Joseph Gehring, will present Ellis Island: The Dream of America, by composer Peter Boyer, 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25, at Unionville High School and at West Chester East High School on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. Ellis Island: The Dream of America is a multimedia performance with actors, video projections, and original music based on the immigrant experience in the first half of the 20^th century. Ticket prices are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors (62 plus). All children and students are admitted free. Tickets will be available online and at the door. For more information, and for online tickets visit www.chescopops.org, visit us on Facebook, or call 610-594-9178.

• Go on an evolutionary adventure and discover the link between dinosaurs and modern birds at Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure, on display Jan. 25 through May 26, at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Using a kid-friendly storyline, Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure follows a boy named Charlie as he works on a book report about kiwis, a flightless bird found in New Zealand. To understand how kiwis evolved, Charlie travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Visitors will learn with Charlie by unraveling puzzles, playing games, exploring computer interactives, and observing live birds. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for children (3-17), $8 for seniors and free for children 2 and younger and for museum members.

• The Kennett Symphony of Chester County is holding a Junior Instrumental Competition for students in grades 4-8 who live in the Chester, Delaware, and New Castle County area. All instruments normally found in an orchestra, or band, are included. There will be three winners in the grades 4-6 category and three winners in the grades 7-8 category, with prizes in each of $100, $50, and $25. Presentation of the prizes will be made at the Kennett Symphony’s Children’s Concert on March 9, at West Chester University’s Asplundh Hall. The winning selections will be based on auditions, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 15, in the auditorium of Kendal at Longwood in Kennett Square. Additional information and applications may be obtained online at www.kennettsymphony.org or from the Kennett Symphony office at 610-444-6363. All applications should be postmarked no later than January 29, 2014 and sent to: Kennett Symphony Jr. Instrumental Competition, c/o Paul Merluzzi, 1445 Grand Oak Lane, West Chester, PA 19380.