Around Town Aug 22

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on August 22, 2024

Andrew Wyeth, The Culvert, 1963

• While one Andrew Wyeth exhibit is about to come down at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, another is about to go up. The exhibit Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination comes down on Sept. 15 and a new exhibit, Up East: Andrew Wyeth in Maine opens on Sept. 19. Up East brings to Chadds Ford for the first time a broad overview of the key sites of Wyeth’s Maine work, including two temperas and 32 watercolors, many of which have never been exhibited before. The exhibit runs through Feb. 16.

• On Saturday, Sept. 7, the Westtown Historical Commission will be presenting Lafayette at the Battle of Brandywine. A 19-year-old Lafayette experiences the first battle in his life and was wounded during the attack. This talk will run about an hour and will be presented by local historian, Bruce Mowday. The talk will take place at 10 a.m. at Stokes Hall, Westtown Township Building,1039 Wilmington Pike, West Chester.

• Longwood Gardens Wine & Jazz Festival is Saturday, Sept. 14, from 2-9 p.m. Go here for tickets and more information on the performance lineup.

• See Mt. Cuba Center in a new light – no light, that is. Embark on a guided Night Hike to experience the stars and sounds of our natural lands after dark. The hike is on Sept. 13, from 7:30-9 p.m. Listen as the night comes alive with the chatter of owls, frogs, crickets, and maybe even a fox or two. Go here for more information and tickets.

• One hundred years before COVID there was the Flu Pandemic. In late 1918 and early 1919, the people of the world were linked by something even more powerful and wide-ranging than the First World War: the virus that caused the pandemic struck every nation, every island, and every remote corner of the world. On Sept. 10, from 7-8 p.m., a Chester County History Center program offers a professional researcher's exposition of the experience of Chester County, with a focus on the community of West Chester, during the 1918-1922 influenza pandemic. Viewers can expect a brief introduction of the influenza virus and the sickness it causes, as well as the unique features of the H1N1 virus that caused the 1918 pandemic and its unprecedented killing power. This is a virtual event and is pay-as-you-wish. Reserve a spot here.