• It’s Enchanted Summer Day at Winterthur on Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Little ones are encouraged to dress up as pixies and fairies for dancing, singing, and playing games in Winterthur’s award-winning children’s garden Enchanted Woods. Children can make their own flying Bee Buzzer, Colorful Critter necklace, Silly Spider ring, or decorate a Fluttering Frisbee. They’ll even learn how to germinate a seed in their very own Mini-Sprout House. Storyteller Terry Colonna will regale children with exciting tales as she strolls the garden from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Magic Tad will captivate young pixies and fairies with his mesmerizing works of magic. Activities are free for members and children under 2 and are included with general admission.
• The award-winning Clover Market will be popping up for the first time in Kennett Square on Sunday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. The event will be held in the Genesis HealthCare parking lot at 600 S. Broad Street, and will feature more than 100 vendors with antiques, vintage, and finely handcrafted items along with a lineup of food trucks, sweet treats, beer by Victory Brewing Company, wine from Paradocx Vineyards, and music in the afternoon by local favorites Couple Days. Also included are free kids crafts by the Handwork Studio and the Chester County Arts Association, a photo booth from Tiny Tin Photo Booth, face painting, and "meet and greets" with the adoptable animals from Finding Shelter Animal Rescue (no onsite adoptions permitted). More info can be found at www.theclovermarket.com and http://historickennettsquare.com.
• The Brandywine River Museum will present Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect, a new, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of iconic works by this master painter. The first major career retrospective of Andrew Wyeth since his death in 2009, this exposition features over 100 works spanning the entirety of the artist's career: from the early watercolors that established his reputation to his final painting, Goodbye, completed just a few months before his death. Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect commemorates the centennial of the artist's birth and provides the most in-depth presentation of the renowned artist's diverse and prolific practice to date. The exhibition will be on view to the public from June 24 through Sept. 17, before traveling to the Seattle Art Museum in October.
• The Friends Folk Club will present an "unplugged" performance by The Sin City Band on Saturday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. The Sin City Band has been playing Americana, roots, and folk music throughout the Delaware Valley since 1974. They have been ambassadors of "genre-blending" from The Grand Bahamas to The Grand Opera House, from New England to Colorado and from Wilmington to Oxford. The concert will be held at the Oxford Friends Meeting, 260 S. 3rd Street in Oxford. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. Children 12 and under are free. Refreshments are available at a reasonable price. For more information, call 610-869-8076.
• Youth ages 8 to 18 are invited to join Chester County 4-H on a candy-making adventure. The candy making day camp will be held June 30, from 9:30 a.m. to – 3 p.m. at the Penn State Extension Chester County 4-H Office. The cost of the program is $35. Participants will learn various candy-making techniques and leave with various sweet samples of their work. Participants should bring a bagged lunch and are encouraged to bring an apron. All other supplies will be provided. Please notify us if your child has any food allergies before the class. Registration for Candy Making and all Summer Specials are processed in the Penn state Extension/Chester County office. The registration form and more details are available at http://extension.psu.edu/4-h/counties/chester/news/2017/2017-4-h-summer-camps or by calling the Extension Office at 610-696-3500.
• The Kennett Area Senior Center sponsors free Medicare counseling sessions every Thursday during the month of June from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sign up to meet with a Department of Aging volunteer from APPRISE who can help you with any questions you have about Medicare and your individual coverage. Please call the KASC at 610-444-4819 to make an appointment.
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