• Tickets are now on sale for Longwood Gardens 2023-2024 Performance Series. Purchase a bundle of three, four, or five concerts and save 20 percent. This discount can be applied when tickets are purchased directly through Longwood’s Pick 3, Pick 4, or Pick 5 bundles. Please note, however, that the discount cannot be combined with any other promo code or Member/Innovator discount. Go here to view the lineup for the series.
• Chester County’s 94th annual Fiddler’s Picnic will be held at Hibernia Park this Saturday, Aug. 12 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Rain date is Aug. 13) 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, kid's inflatables, Bubbletopia, face painting, wagon rides, lawn games, and live blacksmith demonstrations. There will also be a Fiddle Off contest. Parking and admission are free.
• Ever try painting with pokeweed? Take the morning to celebrate native plants through a hands-on, ethnobotanical, foraging, and artistic experience at Mt. Cuba Center. Learn about the relationships Indigenous communities have with pokeweed, find out how to mindfully forage and gather pokeweed, make pèkòn (Lenape for red dye) with the berries, and create watercolor paintings with your homemade pèkòn. The program takes place in person at Mt. Cuba on Saturday, Aug. 19, with a rain date of Sunday, Aug. 20. It’s included with general admission, but preregistration is required. Go here to register.
• Share the joy of reading while cultivating children’s interest in and appreciation for nature during Story Time in Enchanted Woods at Winterthur. Kids ages 3–6 sit among the story stones to hear nature-based stories. Free for members and children under 2. Story Time starts promptly at the scheduled time and takes place the first and third Thursdays of the month, April–October. The Aug. 17 story is "Miss Maple’s Seeds” by Eliza Wheeler. Story time is 11-11:30 a.m.
• Fundraising time for the Rachel Kohl Community Library is approaching. Tuesday, Sept. 19 is the third annual Dinner Fundraiser for the library. It will be at Il Granaio beginning at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $100 per person. Tickets are available at the library. Call 610-358-3445, ext. 102, or email rkdirector@delcolibraries.org
• Battle lines are being drawn, at least as far as reenactments are concerned. The Chadds Ford Historical Society is gearing up for its reenactment and colonial festival commemorating the 1777 Battle of Brandywine, the largest land battle of the American War of Independence. This year’s two-day reenactment/festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16-17, on the grounds of the Historical Society at 1736 Creek Road in Chadds Ford. Reenactors in the personae of soldiers and camp followers will be on hand, as will colonial crafters and contemporary vendors. Free parking on site.
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