Around Town March 1

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 1, 2018

"Pair" by Jaclyn Beam. Beam is the featured artist at this year's Chadds Ford Elementary School Art Sale and Show on March 16 and 17.

• Tickets are now on sale for the May 6 Winterthur Point-to-Point. Point-to-Point is a day of fun for all ages, including activities such as stick horse races for children, a parade of River Hills foxhounds, canine capers, and a display of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars. A highlight of the day is the George A. "Frolic" Weymouth Carriage Parade, named in honor of the late artist and founder of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art in Chadds Ford. For ticket information, visit www.winterthur.org/ptp, or phone 800-448-3883, or visit the Point-to-Point office at 4901 Kennett Pike in Wilmington.

The work of Henriette Wyeth will be discussed Wednesday, March 7 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art.

• Explore the luminous art of Henriette Wyeth with Kirsten M. Jensen, Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest, chief curator at the Michener Art Museum. Jensen will provide an overview of Wyeth’s early training and her nearly eight-decade career, sharing new research and paintings rediscovered in the course of preparing for the exhibition, Magical & Real: Henriette Wyeth and Peter Hurd, on view at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Jan. 21 through May 6. The lecture at the Brandywine River Museum of Art is Wednesday, March 7 at 11 a.m. Cost is $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers. Register online here.

• The 69th annual Chadds Ford Elementary School Art Sale and Show is Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17 at the school. Artists from the Brandywine Valley and beyond display and sell their art in an array of mediums to satisfy every taste and budget, and 30 percent of sale prices go to the school PTO for school projects. This year’s featured artist is plein air impressionist Jaclyn Beam. The donating artist is Kathy Ruck. The Friday, March 16 reception is from 7-10 p.m. and is for adults only.

Unionville High School present "The Kings and I" on March 15, 16 and 17.

• Unionville High School presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Broadway musical, “The King & I,” with performances on March 15, 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.showtix4u.com for $12. Tickets at the door are $14 adults/$12 students and senior citizens. Performances will be at Unionville High School, 750 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

• The Chadds Ford Historical Society’s Spring lecture series “Picturing the Past” begins March 14 with a slide presentation based on Arthur Lefkowitz’s new book titled Eyewitness Images from the American Revolution. Lefkowitz, the author of six award-winning books about the American Revolution, will present a color slide presentation of 18th century artistry in the form of studio executed historic paintings, portraits, illustrations, maps and rapidly executed drawings done in the field. Admission to the lectures is free for all CFHS members and $5 for non-members. All tickets are at the door; no advance ticketing is available. The 2018 Spring Lectures Series is held in the CFHS Barn Visitors Center at 1736 Creek Road Chadds Ford, PA 19317. For more information, visit www.chaddsfordhistory.org.

• The MLK CommUNITY of Greater Kennett Square kicks off their food drive starting Monday, March 12 to Saturday, March 24. Food items that are in the most demand include but not are limited to tuna, and peanut butter, rice, pasta, oatmeal, low sugar fruit, tomato sauce, fresh produce, and canned vegetables. Collected items may be dropped off at the Kennett Area Community Service Food Cupboard any day Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit KACS website www.kacsonline.net for location information.

• The Kennett Symphony of Chester County, under the direction of Music Director, Michael Hall, will present “Potions That Create Emotions” at its annual Family Concert on Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m., at Rustin High School Auditorium, West Chester. Tailor-made for young people, the concert is 45 minutes long without an intermission and presents excerpts of great classical masterworks. Program selections include Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Overture and Williams’Harry’s Wondrous World from Harry Potter. All tickets are $5 per person and seating is reserved. To order tickets, visit www.kennettsymphony.org or call the Kennett Symphony at 610 444 6363.