Around Town Dec. 1

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 1, 2022

Brandywine River Museum of Art critters will be on sale at the Chadds Ford Historical Society this weekend.

• Now through Sunday, Dec. 4, the Brandywine River Museum of Art in-person Critter Sale will take place at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. It’s part of the society’s effort to give back to fellow non-profit neighbors. Sale times are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Dec. 1-3, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. Also on tap this weekend, Sanderson Museum curator Chuck Ulmann will be at CFHS selling greeting cards and ornaments to benefit the Sanderson, and the Historical Society will be selling bread baked in the beehive oven at the John Chads House. The society’s museum shop will also be open.

West Chester Courthouse with Christmas Tree. (Courtesy image, Gary Altonnian Photography)

• The West Chester Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting are back after a two-year hiatus because of the reaction to COVID. The borough’s 26-foot holiday tree will be lit just before the parade at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 2, on the steps of the Chester County Courthouse, with performances by the West Chester University Gospel Choir and West Chester Area School District Elementary Honors Choir. Featuring 11,000 lights and 1,500 silver metallic ornaments, the tree includes a quarter mile of gold festooning and 180 feet of white garland. The parade begins on Market Street at New Street, where it heads east toward Matlack Street and completes its one-mile loop heading west on Gay Street through the heart of West Chester’s historic district.

• The Delaware Theatre Company opens its new season on Dec. 9 with a production of ART, a French comedy about some friends who have a falling out after one of them buys a pricey painting. The dominant question is: Is it art? The show runs from Dec. 9-17. Ticket prices are $30 to $45 and are available here.

• How do animals survive winter? That’s what will be explored at the Mt. Cuba Center on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 1-3 p.m. Join Leah Brooks, Mt. Cuba’s public programs assistant, in the program How Animals Overwinter, as she highlights the strategies and adaptations that native animals use to survive the winter. Unlock the secrets of frogs that freeze, mammals that hunker in hollows, butterflies that bunk under bark, and more. A winter walk in the gardens is included. The cost is $29. Register here.