Around Town July 2

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 1, 2015

• Nightscape opens to the public tonight at Longwood Gardens. The music and light creation was previewed by Garden members this week in two sold-out showings. Nightscape “transforms our Gardens into a living canvas where light dances with shadow, music fills the air, and your imagination soars.” The show is open Wednesday through Sunday evenings now through October 31.

• The Brandywine River Museum of Art is offering "Shape Escape" - PNC Arts Alive First Sundays for Families on Sunday, July 5, 10 a.m. to noon. Escape off the page with a morning of three-dimensional art making in response to sculpture from the Brandywine's collection, both inside the museum and on its grounds.

• The museum is also offering Explorer Mornings on Thursdays, through July 30, at 10 and 11 a.m. The sessions are for kids aged 3-10 and accompanied by an adult. Each program will include a thematic, interactive guided tour followed by an art project. There is a different theme each week so you can participate in one workshop or all five. Workshops are free for members and included in museum admission. To save a space, call 610-388-8382 or email education@brandywine.org.

• The YMCA of Greater Brandywine’s West Chester Area branch on Airport Road is now offering a cutting-edge cycling class specifically geared to individuals with Parkinson’s: the Parkinson’s Cycling Program. This 12-week program is led by instructors specially trained to teach cycling to individuals with Parkinson’s disease. The class takes place every Wednesday and Friday at the Airport Road YMCA beginning at noon. Participants bike at specified RPMs, for certain set periods of time; working at their own individual paces and gradually increasing with time. To learn more about how this important program can help you or a loved one, contact Lisa Drake at 610-431-9622, ext. 2232 or ldrake@ymcagbw.org.

• Blood Bank of Delmarva is holding the 13th annual Summer Blood Challenge through Sept. 26. The Summer Blood Challenge is a fun and easy way for your organization to help the Delmarva community and save local lives. The summer can pose a challenge for the blood bank due to the lack of high school blood drives and summer vacations. The Summer Blood Challenge was developed as a unique way to involve employers to help spread the word about preventing summer blood shortages by encouraging their employees to give blood. For more information about the Blood Bank or to schedule an appointment, visit www.DelmarvaBlood.org or call 1-888-8-BLOOD-8.