Around Town March 4

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 4, 2021

Chair yoga returns to Rachel Kohl Library on March 15.

• The Rachel Kohl Library is bringing back chair yoga, beginning March 15 at 11 a.m. This is a virtual one-hour program conducted via Zoom. There is no fee for the class, but monthly registration is required. Sign up for March classes here.

• The Philadelphia Orchestra will present a free encore broadcast of BeethovenNOW: Symphonies 5 & 6, including the world premiere performance of Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The performance was the last concert featuring the full Philadelphia Orchestra prior to the cancellation of all public concerts due to COVID-19. Dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the COVID-19 pandemic, this special presentation will be available on the orchestra’s Digital Stage beginning March 12, at 8 p.m. through March 19, at 11 p.m. The broadcast is free with registration at www.philorch.org/encore. The concert is a rebroadcast of the one from March 12 of last year.

Learn to sing it out at West Chester Studio for the Performing Arts at Uptown!

• West Chester Studio for the Performing Arts at Uptown! is now accepting registration for voice lessons. All classes and camps are led by a team of industry professionals who inspire and encourage everyone to reach for their dreams, both onstage and off. Specifically designed with a certain age range and theme in mind, little ones’ imaginations can run free in “Storybook Theater.” Teens can star in their own commercials in “Acting for the Camera.” Programs run for one week, with specialty camps running for two and three weeks. Early Bird Discounts are available through March 15, and Multiple Camp Discounts are available March 16 through the summer. For more information, visit www.WestChesterStudio.com, call 484-995-2915, or send an email to wcstudio@uptownwestchester.org.

• The Chadds Ford Historical Society will hold another drive-through bread sale on Saturday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Barn Visitors’ Center. The bread — baked in the beehive oven at the John Chads House by Lisë Taylor — is first come, first served, and available while supplies last. Loaves of French, herb, herb & onion, cinnamon dot, and cinnamon raisin sell for $7; and "Special" beer bread in honor of St. Patrick's Day is $8.

• Matt Eick, a 19-year veteran of EMS, was promoted to assistant chief of Emergency Medical Services at LongwoodFire Co. Eick was previously captain with total oversight of the ambulances and Emergency Medical Services.