Around Town Oct. 4

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 4, 2018

Academy of International Ballet will perform at the Brandywine River Museum of Art on Sunday, Oct. 7. (Photo by Rick Prieur)

• Rachel Kohl Library is gearing up for Halloween with spooky stories on Oct. 30 at 3:30 p.m. for kids aged 4-6, and 6:30 p.m. kids 7-11 years old. These spooky stories will be geared towards different age groups, so please try to come to the event that best fits your child. Come by the library for some fun scares!

• Chadds Ford native Jennifer Nicole Campbell, the Delaware County Symphony ’s artist-in-residence will be hosting a special “Open Rehearsal” for children offering them an introduction to classical music with the assistance of the 84-member symphony during a live rehearsal. The program also includes insights into the symphonic sounds including basic conducting technique. The event is Oct. 8 from 6-7:15 p.m. at the Meagher Theater in the Life Building of Neumann University in Aston. This special program is free.

• The Academy of International Ballet will perform at the Brandywine River Museum of Art on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 11:30 a.m. Admission to the museum and to the ballet performance are free and there is ample free parking adjacent to the museum. The dancers will perform a variety of classical and contemporary works as well as excerpts from the Nutcracker Ballet, under the artistic direction of Denis Gronostayskiy and Anastasia Babayeva. The seated event will be held in the lower level Lecture Room.

• The Great Pumpkin Carve is two weeks away. The annual event at the Chadds Ford Historical Society opens at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18 in the meadow behind the society’s Barn Visitors’ Center. It continues on the 19^th, also beginning at 4 p.m. and again on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. The pumpkin patch has been expanded and the Haunted Trail will be "spooktacular". The event also features live music, hayrides, food, beer, wine and cider. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for kids 7-17. It’s free for children under 7 and CFHS members.

A spooky fundraiser at West Chester University.

• Members of West Chester University’s University Theatre group are once again polishing off their theatre skills to cook-up a harrowing Halloween adventure. Now in its fourth year, University Theatre takes over the first floor of the E.O. Bull Center, at 2 Rosedale Ave., on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 7 – 10:30 p.m. to frighten, frazzle and spook members of the community. They’re doing it as a fundraiser for the student-run group. Admission is nothing more than a suggested donation at the door…or your life! About 12 – 15 themed rooms are being concocted this year, including a Dante’s Inferno-themed room, a Seven Deadly Sins room and a Mirror Maze. Tour guides, in character, guide visitors through the Haunted House, leading them from room to room.