Around Town July 27

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on July 27, 2023

Bike the Brandywine is back.

• The Brandywine Conservancy’s “Bike the Brandywine” event is slated to return for its sixth year on Saturday, Sept. 23. Cyclists can choose between three scenic route options — 25-, 45-, and 62-mile courses — that travel along some of the most picturesque roads in the Brandywine Creek Greenway and the surrounding Chester County countryside. Proceeds from the ride benefit the clean water and open space programs of the Brandywine Conservancy. The event will take place rain or shine on September 23, 2023, from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Advance registration is $55 per rider. To learn more and register, visit www.BikeTheBrandywine.org.

• Chester County’s 94th annual Fiddler’s Picnic will be held at Hibernia Park on Saturday, Aug. 12 (with a rain date of Aug. 13) from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. See the stage show or stroll through Fiddler's Cove to watch and hear musicians play tunes using a variety of instruments such as guitars, banjos, and mandolins, performing styles such as bluegrass, old-time, and gospel. This year there will be food trucks, craft vendors, kids inflatables, Bubbletopia, face painting, wagon rides, lawn games, and live blacksmith demonstrations. There will also be a Fiddle Off contest.

Delaware Theatre Company's new season starts on Sept. 20.

• Tickets are now on sale for Delaware Theatre Company’s 2023/2024 season. The season starts Sept. 20 with Noises Off, a Tony Award-winning comedy. Go here for tickets and more information about the upcoming season schedule.

• This Sunday, July 30 is the final day for the current Andrew Wyeth exhibit Home Places at the Brandywine River Museum. A new Wyeth exhibit, Abstract Flash: Unseen Andrew Wyeth, opens this Saturday, July 29, and runs through Feb. 18.

• Randell Spackman, president of the Chadds Ford Historical Society and owner of Thornbury Farm, has been appointed a member of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. “The appointment is a great honor for me,” Spackman said. “I’ll be able to pursue my interest in promoting the history of my local area, the battle of Brandywine, the American Revolution and the whole Commonwealth,” Spackman said in a press release.

• The Brandywine Valley SPCA will be holding a free vaccine clinic, providing rabies and distemper/FVRCP shots for dogs and cats. The clinic will be a drive-thru format. Attendees will bring their pets in a car, drive up to a check-in station, then drive up to an outdoor vaccination station. Pets will be vaccinated while in the car, if possible. Cats should be in carriers, and dogs should be leashed should they need to come out of the car for their vaccinations. No advance registration is required. The clinic is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Reeceville Elementary School in Coatesville.