Around Town June 2

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 2, 2016

• The Chaddsford Winery will host a Harry Chapin Tribute Concert on Sunday, June 12, featuring a performance from Gregg Parker. Parker will feature
the music of the legendary folk-rock performer and composer to gain support for inducting Chapin into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The concert will also serve as a benefit and food drive for the Chester County Food Bank. The event runs from 1 to 5 p.m. The event is free, but people are asked to bring food donations.

• Fair Acres, Delaware County’s skilled-care facility, invites friends and family to its main fundraiser of the year, the annual June Fair, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, on the campus in Middletown. Along with food, fun and raffles, the Fair Acres Office of Volunteer Services will hold an Attic Treasures sale to raise funds to support resident activities. The June Fair features water ice, strawberry shortcake, hot dogs, hamburgers, a bake table and a wide array of unique items that will be raffled off at the end of the day. Rain date for the June Fair is Thursday, June 9. For information, call Cheryl Everngham, Director of Volunteer Services, at 610-891-5770 or email evernghamc@fairacres.org.

• Chadds Ford Township resident and yoga instructor Disha Mattive will conduct her last Kids’ Yoga class on Thursday, June 9, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Transcend Yoga in the Barn Shoppes on Route 1. Mattive is moving to California later this month. Kids will be practicing their favorite poses outside (weather permitting) playing yoga games, finding some stillness with a mandala meditation, expressing their individuality with shimmer tattoos, monkeying around the aerial yoga hammocks, enjoying an aromatherapy relaxation. and some other special surprises. Space is limited to 10 yogis. Please pre-register to secure your spot by going here.

Visitors to the Brandywine River Museum of Art can help build and then launch a flat-bottom boat on June 11.

• The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art and artist Dylan Gauthier invite the community to join him on June 11 to construct a punt — a flat-bottomed riverboat — that he will use for a series of excursions on the Brandywine and nearby waterways over the course of his yearlong artist residency. Gauthier will lead his “crew” in reading boat plans and the basics of boatbuilding as the group assembles the custom-designed punt, scaled for two people, then launch the boat with a small celebratory ceremony at 5 pm. No prior boat building experience is required, just an avid curiosity and an interest in learning. To participate, please register by contacting Laura Westmoreland at lwestmoreland@brandywine.org or phone 610-388-8120. Please specify if you would like to join the morning or afternoon session (or both). There is no fee to participate.

• The first of four Household Hazardous Waste Collection events, offered by the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, at the Emergency Services Training Center, 1700 Calcon Hook Road in Sharon Hill (Darby Township). Electronic items and latex paint will not be accepted at this or any 2016 HHW Event. For information, including driving directions and recycling options, visit www.co.delaware.pa.us/recycle or call the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority directly at 610-892-9627.

• With 11 attractions – ranging from the Brandywine River Museum of Art to the Delaware Museum of Art – for one low price, the Brandywine Treasure Trail Passport offers a summer full of activity. The cost is $45 for an individual or $95 for a family of two adults and up to three children. It provides one-time admission to area attractions, which also include Mt. Cuba Center, Longwood Gardens, the Nemours Mansion and Gardens, and Winterthur Museum, Gardens and Library, through Sept. 5. Passports can be purchased at any of the participating locations or online here.