• The Brandywine River Museum of Art will celebrate the anniversary of Andrew Wyeth’s birth on Sunday, July 12, with free admission.
Junto Restaurant in Olde Ridge Village is now open for brunch on Saturday as well as Sunday. Saturday brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Owner MacGregor Mann also said the restaurant now gets 100 percent of its produce from local farmers.
• Celebrate stars, stripes, and steam during Steamin’ Day at Auburn Heights over the July 4 holiday weekend. This event will feature a special spotlight on small engines. Join us and visit our special guests’ displays of functional engines of all sorts. To coincide with this display, our special kids activity will include a building area where kids can see what they can put together using only recycled materials collected by our volunteers. Tours of the antique-furnished Auburn Heights mansion, which dates to 1897, are also available, along with rides on the Auburn Valley Railroad and in select antique automobiles from the Marshall Collection. Ride tickets — four rides in the antique autos or Auburn Valley Railroad are $11 for people ages 13 and up, $8 ages 12 and under (infants free). Mansion tickets are $12 and combo tickets are $19 for ages 13 and up, $16 ages 12 and under.
• A new exhibit on collecting is now on display at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. This exhibit highlights some of the more common, yet interesting items that both girls and boys have deemed worthy of belonging within their reach - to be examined, discussed and enjoyed. The exhibit will be on display through December.
• Stitch up a good time with this 4-H camp; Sew Much Fun – Intro to Sewing. Offered through Chester County 4-H and the Penn State Extension-Chester County, this fun, hands-on camp will be held July 13-16, 9:30 am – noon at the Chester County Extension office located in the Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, Suite 370, West Chester, PA 19380. This beginner sewing class will teach basic hand sewing stitches and introduce straight stitching on a sewing machine. The class promises to be both fun and enriching. All necessary supplies will be provided. The cost of this camp is $35. For more information visit http://extension.psu.edu/4-h/counties/chester/events/sew-much-fun or call the Extension office at 610-696-3500. Registration is on a first come-first serve basis. Please call the Extension office to verify class availability prior to mailing in payment.
• Join Natural Lands Trust and WXPN for a relaxing evening of live music, adult beverages, delicious treats, crackling fire, star gazing, and sunset socializing at the picturesque ChesLen Preserve in Unionville, Chester County. Friday, July 10, 8 to 11 p.m. (Rain date: Saturday, July 11.) There will be live music by Black Horse Motel and New Sweden, complimentary beer from Victory Brewing Company, wine from Brandywine Valley Wine Trail, non-alcoholic beverages, and both sweet and savory treats. After sunset, astronomers will train their telescopes on faraway planets and stars, and invite you to take a peek. Tickets are $25 per person; only $15 per person for Natural Lands Trust and WXPN members. Space is limited and pre-registration (no walk-ins) is required. To register, visit www.natlands.org/fridaynightlights
• It’s summer camp time again for the YMCA. This year, the YMCA of Greater Brandywine, is giving kids all the more to smile about at their eight summer camps. The Y has provided 30 hours of training for their close to 500 camp staff from all branches. Eight of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine’s branches will hold summer camp this year. Brandywine, Jennersville, Kennett, Lionville, Octorara, Oscar Lasko Youth Program Center, Upper Main Line, and West Chester all have summer camp this year offering both full day and half-day options with extended hours available. It’s not too late to sign up your child for a summer to remember at the YMCA of Greater Brandywine’s summer camp programs.
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