• The Chester County Pops presents its 2015 Winter Concert 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at Phoenixville Middle School. The concert is under the direction of Music Director Joseph. Joining with the Pops are members of the choirs from the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester and Paoli Presbyterian Church. Tickets — available at the door — are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 62 and older. Children are admitted free. For more information or for inline tickets, visit www.chescopops.org
• Anyone interested in becoming a beekeeper is invited to attend a one-day conference on the subject hosted by the Chester County Beekeepers Association. The conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 14 on the West Chester University campus. It offers information on everything from setting up hives, harvesting honey and cultivating sustainable bee stock. To learn more or to register, visit www.chesobees.org by March 5.
• Devereux, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare organizations, is starting an Autism Assessment Center and will be having an open house on Friday, March 6 at 10 a.m. The Autism Assessment Center, designed to provide families with swift access to assessment and diagnostic services, is located at 600 Boot Road, Downingtown, Pa., 19335. For more information, visit www.devereux.org/site/DocServer/Devereux_Autism_Assessment_Center.pdf?docID=18201
• Darlington Arts Center welcomes Irish Folk trio Belfast Connection on Saturday, March 7 to the 2014-2015 Coffee
House Concert Series. Belfast Connection tells the story of Ireland and her people while inviting audiences to sing along. The trio returns to Darlington to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for the fourth straight year. Advance ticket purchase is strongly recommended. Tickets can be purchasing by calling 610-358-3632 or visiting www.darlingtonarts.org.
• The Kennett Area Senior Center sponsors free tax assistance to middle and low-income taxpayers, with special attention to those 60 and older. AARP volunteers will be available for appointments on Monday, March 9, Tuesday March 3, 17, 24 and 31 and Friday, March 6, 13, 20 and 27. The times are from 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and are by appointment only. Please contact the KASC @610-444-4819 to schedule an appointment.
• Two Unionville High seniors — Haley Eierman and Taylor French — are top finalists in the Regional Center for Women in the Arts fifth Regional Portfolio Competition. The RCWA, based in Westtown, is a nonprofit that sprang from one artist’s vision in 2000 and is dedicated to encouraging and promoting the best emerging and established women artists and to raising money for charities that benefit women in need.
• At the beginning of the last century, the cost of food consumed around 50 percent of the family budget, in contrast to around 10 percent today. At the Chadds Ford Historical Society Tuesday, Feb. 24, Dr. Katherine Leonard Turner described the how the eating habits of working-class Americans were shaped by jobs, families and neighborhoods. Options were limited before refrigeration and rapid transportation of fresh food. Ignorance of basic nutrition led to deficiency diseases such as pellagra. Turner autographed copies of her book “How the Other Half Ate” available for purchase online: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520277588
• Courtney Babcock is the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau’s new organization's sales manager. She is primarily responsible for social, military, educational, religious and fraternal market segments.
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