• The Brandywine River Museum of Art is hosting a conversation with James Welling on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. Welling is known for his compelling photographs that explore the technical boundaries of the medium. Join Thomas Padon, director of the BRM, for a conversation with Welling in which they discuss the artist’s almost four-decade career, including Welling’s Wyeth works, on view in the exhibition, Things Beyond Resemblance: James Welling Photographs. Topics such as Andrew Wyeth’s formative influence on Welling’s career and Gradients, Welling’s first sculptural installation, will be explored. The museum will open at 5:30 pm with the conversation at 6 pm followed by Q&A with the audience and a reception. Price: $20; members, $15. Tickets may be purchased on line at www.brandywine.org
• The Save the Valley Music Fest will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, at The Queen in Wilmington. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the show begins at 6 p.m. Half a dozen bands will play, and all proceeds will be donated to Save the Valley for its efforts to preserve Beaver Valley.
• On Saturday, Sept. 19, eight branches of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine will host a Mega Fitness Fest featuring the largest group exercise class in Chester County. This fun fitness fest is free and open to all members of the community. Beginning at 9 a.m. and lasting until noon, the fest will feature Latin-inspired Zumba, martial arts inspired Bodycombat, stress-reducing yoga, core-building Pilates, and Chester County’s largest family-friendly group exercise class, which begins at 11 a.m. The first 50 participants at each branch will get a free T-shirt. The eight branches are in Coatesville, Jennersville Y in West Grove; Kennett Area Y in Kennett Square; Lionville Community Y in Exton; Oscar Lasko Youth Program Center in downtown West Chester; Upper Main Line Y in Berwyn; West Chester Area Y on Airport Road, West Chester; or Y at Great Valley in Malvern.
• The Friends of Marshall Square Park in the Borough of West Chester are hosting the second annual Marshall Square 5K Walk/Run to raise funds to complete the restoration of the historic 1889 fountain that will be returned to the park in 2015. The race fee is $20 before Sept. 10, $25 beginning Sept. 11. Secure online payment may be made at www.runccrs.com. The race will begin at the corner of E. Biddle and N. Walnut Streets. For more information, go to www.marshallsquarepark.org.
• Salon Sestra, in Olde Ridge Village, will be doing Hope Cuts on Sunday, Sept. 13. All proceeds that day will go to the City of Hope, which supports women’s cancers, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, etc. The shop is taking appointments and will be joined by stylists from Philly, Media and Glen Mills to help raise as much as possible. During the event, prices for cuts are discounted. Women’s cuts will be $40, $25 for men’s and kids.
• Wine & Dinosaurs, the Delaware Museum of Natural History's signature fundraising event, will take place on Sunday, Sept. 20, from 12-4 p.m. Guests will enjoy fine wines, craft beer, premium spirits, live music, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, and the museum's fascinating permanent exhibits. Wine & Dinosaurs started in 2007 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the museum's dinosaur display. The fundraiser has evolved into a signature event, raising thousands of dollars to fund operations and programming, while also supporting the museum's mission to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery. Admission is $45 for members, $55 for non-members, and $65 at the door. For more information, visit www.delmnh.org or call 302-658-9111.
• The organizer of Brandywine In White, a local version of the French En Blanc dinner, which includes a gourmet meal in elegant surroundings with a like-minded crowd interested in supporting nonprofits, said the beneficiary for the Aug. 22 event was the Sunday Breakfast Mission in Wilmington. In addition to dropping off about 250 pounds of food that was collected at the event, which was held at Chadds Peak Farm, Vince Moro said he gave the nonprofit a check for $1,000.
• Weather permitting, the Chester County Health Department will conduct a mosquito control treatment in various area parks on Wednesday, Sept. 2, between 7:45 and 11 p.m. The parks to be treated include Barker Park in West Goshen Township, East Goshen Township Park, and Charles Martin, Spring Run and Shamona Creek Parks in Uwchlan Township. The treatment will be administered with ATV-mounted and/or truck-mounted spray equipment, which dispenses a permethrin insecticide product.
• The Budweiser Clydesdales are coming back to downtown West Chester to participate in First Friday on Sept. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. in downtown West Chester. The fuzzy-footed giants will clippity-clop along Gay and Market Streets, starting at Gay and Matlack Streets, proceeding west to Darlington, then south to Market, then east to Walnut Street. Shops will be open, and the West Chester Vintage Market at the Chestnut Street Garage will operate from from 4 to 9 p.m. On Sunday, Sept. 6, the horses will visit Brandywine Ace Pet & Farm on Pocopson Road from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Take a 90-minute train ride on one of America's oldest railroad routes through the Chester Valley on Sunday, Sept. 6. Starting at noon, climb aboard for the West Chester Railroad Summer Picnic Special. Pack a lunch and have a picnic at the Glen Mills train station picnic grove before returning to West Chester. See details at http://westchesterrr.net.
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