Around Town May 19

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 19, 2016

• The Kennett Area Senior Center offers a gentle yoga class led by Alexis Donahue on Mondays and Thursdays from 1 to 2 p.m. The cost is $35 for 10 classes. Call the KASC at 610-444-4819 for more details, or just drop in and check it out for $8.

• Visitors to the Brandywine River Museum of Art will discover a treasure trove of decorative and visual art along with outstanding 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century antiques during the museum’s annual Antiques Show on Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30. Twenty-six of the country's most distinguished dealers will offer American country and formal furniture, folk art, jewelry, folk art, glass, quilts, clock cases, accessories and much more. During the Antiques Show, visitors will be able to see the special exhibition “The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting,” as well as the museum's renowned holdings of the Wyeth family of artists, with galleries dedicated to the works of N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, as well as dozens of other artists.

The Canine Partners for Life event at the Brandywine River Museum of Art raised more than $104,000.

• More than 300 guests enjoyed food, beverage, a silent auction, live music, a caricature artist, and the amazing art that the Brandywine River Museum during a Canine Partners for Life event this past Saturday. Guests also had the opportunity to experience the CPL mission firsthand by interacting with graduates and their service dog partners. They even got to enjoy kissing our “future service dog” puppies, chatting with our training staff regarding the service dogs in training, and witnessing the independence that our service dogs bring to the lives of people with disabilities. The event raised more than $104,000.

• The annual fundraising yard sale at the Chadds Ford Historical Society will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 21, at the Chadds Ford Historical Society’s Barn Visitor Center at 1736 Creek Road. Items for sale will include antiques, collectibles, furniture, games, books, decorations and household wares. Proceeds from the day will benefit the Chadds Ford Historical Society's programs. For more information, go here or call 610-388-7376.

• A walk and run to raise awareness for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome will be held on Sunday, June 12, starting at 10 a.m. at Anson B. Nixon Park. POTS can drastically alter lives, many times turning a strong healthy individual into a bed-ridden medical mystery overnight. Erin Harten, a POTS patient and senior at Unionville High School, and Taylor Kulp, also a POTS patient and graduate of West Chester East High School, are co-hosting the event with the help of family and friends. The cost is $25 per person and includes a t-shirt for those registered before May 22. To sign up, go here.

• On Saturday, May 21, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Pocopson Township Historic Committee will hold a garage sale inside the Locust Grove Schoolhouse to raise funds for the 1800s building, which is located at 525 Locust Grove Road, near Corinne Road.

• The 2016 Relay For Life of Kennett Unionville will take place at Unionville High School on Friday, June 3, at 6 p.m. Take to the track with your friends and family to show that this community is in the fight against cancer. Participants will walk all night with activities and ceremonies throughout the event to help celebrate those who have beaten this disease and remember those who lost the battle. To register, go here.