• Santa Claus will be visiting Pocopson and Pennsbury Townships this weekend. Longwood Fire Co. will be escorting the big guy beginning at 9 a.m. on both days. Santa will be in Pocopson Saturday, Dec. 20, and in Pennsbury on Sunday, Dec. 21. No definitive schedule is available, but one of Santa’s elves at Longwood said they’d be visiting all the major developments.
• Registration for KAU Little League Baseball and Softball will begin the week of Dec. 22 and continue through the end of January 2015. KAU Little League is open to students who live in or who attend any public or private school in both the Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated School Districts. KAU’s baseball and softball programs begin with T-ball for both boys and girls ages 4-6 and continue with other age-appropriate programs for girls and boys up to age 18. Children and young adults with special needs are welcome to join a Challenger Division team. For more information and to register, visit www.kaulittleleague.org and click on the registration link. Player evaluations will be held in February at a time and place to be announced. All players are expected to be preregistered to participate in evaluations.
• Delaware Museum of Natural History’s popular Dino Days swoop in with all-new offerings on Saturday, Dec. 27, and Sunday, Dec. 28. Visitors can dig deep into the prehistoric world of dinosaurs with loads of family fun. Bird expert Phung Luu and his team at Animal Behavior & Conservation Connections return to the museum for more high-flying, avian acrobatics. This highly-trained team of experts will lead free-flight, live bird shows at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day with hawks, owls, falcons, and other birds flying untethered around the Museum’s backyard. Note: In the event of inclement weather, bird shows will be moved indoors. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for children (3-17), $9 for seniors, and free for children 2 and younger. For more information, visit www.delmnh.org/DinoDays.php or call 302-658-9111.
• The Brandywine River Museum of Art announces “First Sundays for Families” in 2015 — a series of free, hands-on workshops that focus on art in the museum’s collections and exhibitions, from February through August. Registration is not required to participate, and there is no limit on the number of family members you may bring. The programs are suited for all ages. The Feb. 1 exhibition is “Artful Animals,” featuring Jamie Wyeth’s work with animals. It coincides with a major retrospective of his work showing at the museum from Jan. 17 through April 5.
• The Kennett Symphony of Chester County will hold auditions for its Junior Instrumental Competition on Saturday, Feb. 7, in the auditorium of Kendal at Longwood in Kennett Square. The auditions are for students in Grades 4-8. Each student will perform one intermediate (or higher) composition lasting no longer than five minutes. Additional information and applications may be obtained online at www.kennettsymphony.org or from the Kennett Symphony office at 610-444-6363. All applications should be postmarked no later than Jan. 24, and sent to: Kennett Symphony Jr. Instrumental Competition, c/o Paul Merluzzi, 1445 Grand Oak Lane, West Chester, PA 19380. Presentation of the prizes will be made at the Kennett Symphony’s Family Concert on March 8, at West Chester University’s Asplundh Hall.
