Chester County Art Association at 100 N. Bradford Ave. in West Chester is featuring Concordia Chorale Arts performance at 1pm on Saturday, 12/2 from 10 am - 3 pm with seasonal refreshments.
Take a guided walk through the Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes, every Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm.
Twilight Tidings at the Tavern at the Historic Barns-Brinton House
The Chadds Ford Historical Society introduces a new event for the holiday season, Twilight Tidings at the Tavern, on Saturday, December 2 at the Barns-Brinton House in Chadds Ford.
Celebrate the season with a historic look at the four major holidays of the 18th century winter season: Christmas, New Year’s, Twelfth Night and Candlemas. Similar to the Society’s popular Tavern Talks format, Twilight Tidings at the Tavern will be a 90-minute open house where you can explore the 1714 tavern at your own pace, meeting guides in authentic colonial clothing, learning about holiday celebrations of the 18th century, and enjoying samples of historic holiday foods and complimentary beverages like wassail, mulled wine and punch.
Winter in colonial America gave people a chance to relax and unwind following the harvest and butchering seasons. People often took time to travel and visit friends and relations during the winter months. Unlike the 21st century, the winter calendar of the 18th century was not dominated by the celebration of Christmas. New Year’s and Twelfth Night were often more festive, and raucous, holiday celebrations that may last for days. Twilight Tidings at the Taverns is a unique historic experience in which you’ll participate in the recreation of four distinct 18th century holiday celebrations.
Twilight Tidings at the Tavern is a 21-and-over event at the Barns-Brinton House, 630 Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1), Chadds Ford, PA 19317. There are two tour times available: 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Tickets are $20 ($15 for CFHS Members), and must be purchased in advance at the Society’s website, www.chaddsfordhistory.org, by phone at 610-388-7376 or in person at the Society’s office. Space is limited, and these tours will sell out. The Society’s office is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, and is located at 1736 N. Creek Rd. in Chadds Ford.
Visit www.chaddsfordhistory.org for additional information and tickets.
About: The Chadds Ford Historical Society is a non-profit organization based out of Chadds Ford Pennsylvania. We operate three historic buildings, the John Chads House, the Barns-Britons House, and The Chads Springhouse as well as the Barn Visitors Center. Proceeds from our events help support the Society’s educational programs, historic preservation efforts and our ongoing research projects on the history of the Chadds Ford area. For information about the organization visit www.chaddsfordhistory.org.
On Saturday, December 2, 2017, from 6:30 in the evening until 11:00 pm, Friends Association for the Care & Protection of Children invites guests to its 29th Annual West Chester Charity Ball at the West Chester Golf and Country Club. This holiday gala, part of West Chester’s Old Fashioned Christmas, is Friends Association’s largest fundraiser and is essential in funding the important work Friends Association does to improve the community. All proceeds benefit the mission of Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children: preventing and ending family homelessness in our community.
Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children is proud to honor the longtime work and support of Joseph “Skip” Brion with the 2017 Friend of the Community Award.
“I am so excited to be a part of honoring Skip Brion and I hope that the community will join us,” said Catherine Friedman, Friends Association Executive Director. “This year’s Charity Ball brings a night full of sensational entertainment, featuring celebrity emcee Craig Smith of QVC, and exceptional live and silent auctions. Enjoy a delectable dinner and festive cocktails while dancing the night away to The Midnight Hour Band featuring Pepper Duffy.”
This year’s silent auction will feature many exciting items including Walt Disney World Park Hopper passes and airfare, and designer handbags from Kate Spade New York. Featured live auction items are 4 tickets to the NYC Broadway musical Harry Potter and the Cursed Child musical parts 1 and 2, a gourmet dinner for 10 with wine pairings, and a one week vacation at a villa in Southern Spain.
“I am so pleased about this year’s West Chester Charity Ball because of the community support, but, also, because this year’s gala will again be ‘digital’ with online auction previews and bidding; and, using phones and tablets for bidding before and during the event. People can even bid from home,” Catherine added.
For more information about tickets, sponsorships, and Friends Association, please visit www.friendsassoc.org.
About Friends Association: Friends Association promotes the independence of families with children by providing shelter, programs and services that prevent and end homelessness in Chester County. In 2016, Friends Association saved over 124 families and 247 children from homelessness.
It’s our way of wishing you and yours a happy holiday!
The glorious sounds of the season fill the air capturing the magic of the holidays. Special guests Philadanco and the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus join the Symphony in a concert sure to delight and surprise audiences of all ages.
Tickets on sale now:
Adults – $53, $45, $30 in advance;
$58, $50, $35 day of concert
Students up to age 18 – $10
$5 order fee, per order
Click Here To Purchase Tickets Online
Our mailing address is:
Kennett Symphony of Chester County
Box 72
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Art and Nature and Yoga at the Brandywine
Sunday, Dec 3, 2017, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
$65, all inclusive: reserve tickets online at http://www.brandywine.org/museum/events
A Restorative Day of Art, Nature and Yoga
Join us for a special day of yoga, art, hiking and good food at the Brandywine River Museum of Art on December 3.
Schedule:
- 8 a.m. Restorative yoga class led by local yoga instructor Megan Van Riet of Bikram Yoga Chadds Ford. The class will be held in the Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks exhibition—a relaxing and immersive video experience with soothing sounds and images of the four seasons on and around the Brandywine River.
- 9:30 a.m. Light breakfast featuring coffee/tea/juice, fresh cut fruit, and pastries
- 10 a.m. Guided hike through the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art’s campus and Wyeth Artist Studio trails where your tour guide will explain the history of Brandywine Conservancy and the legacy of the Wyeths.
- 10:30 a.m. Arrive at the N. C. Wyeth Studio for private tour
- 11 a.m. Walk to the Andrew Wyeth Studio for private tour
- 11:30 a.m. Guided hike back to Brandywine River Museum of Art
- 12:00 p.m. Lunch at the Millstone Café featuring Artisanal Green Salad with house-made vinaigrette, homemade soup, choice of two wraps (one vegetarian), iced tea and lemonade, freshly baked cookies, coffee, decaf and a selection of assorted hot teas
After lunch enjoy a visit at your own pace at the Brandywine River Museum of Art during Brandywine Christmas, featuring the Brandywine Railroad, festive decorations and a wonderful collection of American art highlighting the accomplishments of the Brandywine Valley and Wyeth family of artists.
Note: the above is a rain or shine event. Please watch the weather and dress appropriately for hiking on wet and uneven ground. Hike is approximately 2 miles round trip on moderately flat ground.
Carols Concert
Sunday, Dec 3, 2017, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Included with Brandywine River Museum admission
This event in repeated on Dec. 10, Dec 17, and Dec 31, 2017
Listen to international opera singer Peter Campbell sing songs of the holiday season, accompanied by pianist Matthew Jewell.
Copeland Lecture Hall
Join Senior Curator of Education Deborah Harper and learn about all that is involved in putting together the annual Yuletide Tour Enjoy stunning images of Yuletides past, learn about traditions embraced by the H. F. du Pont family, and be inspired by this year's Yuletide Tour. Members free. Nonmembers $15.
This heartwarming one-man show is performed by Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, who depicts 26 characters of the classic tale. The Visitor Center Café will be open until 6:00 pm. Performance-only tickets: $19 per Member; $22 per nonmember; and $12 for children under 12. Package price (performance and general admission): $34 per nonmember; $18 per child. For tickets, call 800.448.3883 or purchase online. For more information about Gerald Charles Dickens' performances, visit the Byers' Choice website.
Galleries Reception Atrium
Hot Bijouxx performs an energetic mélange of Prohibition-era jazz, French gypsy swing-waltz, and Brazilian bossa nova. Renditions of Great American Songbook standards are metamorphosized by Hot Bijouxx’s arresting arrangements.
Children’s Christmas Party at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
Wednesday, Dec 6th 2017 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$12 adult members; $15 adult non-members; $5 children ages 3 – 8;
Free for member children and all children under 3
Purchase tickets on line at http://www.brandywine.org/museum/events
A Brandywine Tradition for four decades, the Children’s Christmas Party is one of the season’s highlights. Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus and enjoy entertainment, costumed characters, face painting, model trains, trees adorned with hundreds of “critter” ornaments and Cookie Land!
Courtyard gates open at 6:00 p.m.
Gerald Charles Dickens performs a reading of two stories by Charles Dickens: Doctor Marigold and The Signalman. The performances are 45 minutes each with a 20-minute intermission between performances. $10 per Member. $15 per nonmember. Not recommend for children under 12.
Professional photographer, Van As will display his images of nature and offer insight into his work.
The reception is Thursday, December 7, from 5-7pm.
The exhibit will be on display until January 4th at Chester County Art Association in West Chester from 10 am - 5 pm, Monday - Saturday.
This juried exhibition will provide a treasure trove of fine art priced $300 or less for our community to snatch-up as gifts for the holidays (the show is purchase-and-take).
Work will be on display and for purchase until January 4th, 2018.
You are invited!
Holiday Party - Dinner and Music for the Chadds Ford Business Association
Galer Estate Winery
December 7 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
RSVP to [email protected]
Gerald Charles Dickens joins us for brunch in the Visitor Center Cafe.
This heartwarming one-man show is performed by Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, who depicts 26 characters of the classic tale. The Visitor Center Café will be open until 6:00 pm. Performance-only tickets: $19 per Member; $22 per nonmember; and $12 for children under 12. Package price (performance and general admission): $34 per nonmember; $18 per child. For tickets, call 800.448.3883 or purchase online. For more information about Gerald Charles Dickens' performances, visit the Byers' Choice website.
This heartwarming one-man show is performed by Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, who depicts 26 characters of the classic tale. The Visitor Center Café will be open until 6:00 pm. Performance-only tickets: $19 per Member; $22 per nonmember; and $12 for children under 12. Package price (performance and general admission): $34 per nonmember; $18 per child. For tickets, call 800.448.3883 or purchase online. For more information about Gerald Charles Dickens' performances, visit the Byers' Choice website.
– On Thursday evening, December 7th, The Mill at Anselma will host a concert of holiday music featuring voice students currently enrolled with DoRayMi Lessons in Downingtown under the direction of Rosalind Hayes. Ten advanced students, many of them teens, will perform a variety of Christmas and winter favorites. Guests may recognize many of these vocalists from their previous appearances on stage at People’s Light and Theatre, at Kerr Park for Downingtown’s Boo Fest, and from the Falling Leaf Fest in Eagleview.
This event will be held in the Dining Hall at Montgomery School, 1141 Kimberton Road, Chester Springs. It will begin at 6:30pm with a wine, cheese and Christmas cookie reception, followed by the concert at 7:00pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $5. Members of the Mill at Anselma attend free of charge. All proceeds benefit The Mill at Anselma’s preservation and educational outreach.
DoRayMi Lessons is dedicated to creating a supportive, fully customized lesson experience for all their students. Younger students can expect to learn through play based experiences using movement and improvisation. Older students learn how to become musically fluent through hands-on creative activities like simple songwriting, lyric analysis, and more. Students can expect their teachers to be present at every stage of their musical development-from attending performances, recording lessons for students and parents, audition prep and more. DoRayMi Lesson’s goal is to foster a life-long passion for music through students and communities.
The Mill at Anselma (c. 1747) served its local agricultural community for nearly 300 years and is considered the most complete example of a Colonial-era custom grist mill in the United States. Restored and recognized as a National Historic Landmark, the Mill provides a powerful educational experience, allowing visitors to experience Pennsylvania’s industrial and agricultural heritage through milling demonstrations, tours of the site, hands-on activities, and its popular speaker series. The Mill is located on Rt. 401 (1730 Conestoga Road), ½ mile west of Rt. 113 in Chester Springs, PA. For more information, contact the Mill at Anselma at 610-827-1906, email [email protected], or visit www.anselmamill.org.
Dec. 7, “The Wisdom to Survive” at 7 p.m. Lobby open at 6:15 pm. Come early for tours of WCU’s new LEED-certified Business and Public Management Center. Refreshments and community group displays will be available in the lobby preceding each film. Expert panels and question and answer session will conclude each film. Contact Margaret Hudgings – [email protected] or Sean McLaughlin [email protected] . Location is Business and Public Management Center Room 101, West Chester, PA 19383.
A Celtic Christmas in Oxford with Charlie Zahm
The Friends Folk Club along with St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church is proud to announce the return visit of a Friend Folk Club favorite Celtic Balladeer Charlie Zahm on Friday, December 8th at 7:30pm.
"Charlie Zahm is one of the most popular soloists at Celtic music festivals, Maritime and Early American music events anywhere east of the Mississippi. With a baritone voice some have described as "coming along once in a generation," Charlie has become one of the most successful performers on the Celtic festival circuit, weaving magical moments of Scottish and Irish history for the listener and viewer, with passion for the performance and a chosen repertoire pleasing to all members of the family. A master of the guitar as well, Charlie brings an authentic love and respect for the music he sings—and with dashes of humor and a light in his eyes, he will draw you into the stories of his songs!"
Come witness this wonderful performance on Friday, December 8th at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church 116 Lancaster Pike. Oxford, PA. Doors open at 7:00pm and starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 for adults. Children 12 and under are free. Refreshments are available at a reasonable price. Come visit the best little concert series in Southern Chester County. The Friends Folk Club is an all volunteer-community run concert series.
Please call 610-869-8076 for more information.
Breakfast with the Trains at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
Sat., Dec 9, 2017 8:30 – 10:00 am
$ 20 members, $25 non- members; this event repeats on Dec 16th
All Aboard! Join in an exclusive, behind-the-scenes visit with the Brandywine River Museum of Art Railroad. Discover how the extensive layout—one of the world’s largest—is created and the complicated multitasking it takes to keep everything running. This before-hours event includes a private tour of the trains in action with Brandywine Railroad engineers including special activities for the youngest train fans and a continental breakfast in the Museum’s café. Children will receive a Brandywine Railroad souvenir; ages 3 and older accompanied by an adult are welcome. Please note that this event will be repeated on Dec. 16th.
A 19th Century Christmastide – Sing Along at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
Sat. Dec 9, 2017, 11:00 am and 1:00 pm
Price included with museum admission
Sing along as Rick Spencer presents familiar Christmas tunes from the Victorian age. Folksinger and composer Rick Spencer is known internationally for his performances of music in the American folk tradition.
Take a guided walk through the Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes, every Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm.
Formerly known as the Second Saturdays Garden Walk, these walks are on the second Saturday of each month, year-round at 1:00 pm (unless otherwise noted). All walks begin and end at the Visitor Center and are free for Members and included with admission.
Join Winterthur’s Director of Garden & Estate Chris Strand on a special walk highlighting interesting and seldom seen parts of the Winterthur landscape! Walks last about 90 minutes. Be sure to dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. In case of inclement weather, an update message will be left at 302.888.4915 approximately 3 hours before the walk.
Winterthur - Copeland Lecture Hall, 2:00 pm
Join author Marta McDowell for lessons from The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, a world of prairie, forest, farm, and garden. Book signing to follow. Free.
Brandywine Baptist Church, on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township, celebrates Christmas with a sing-along of favorite carols on Sunday, Dec. 10 from 4-5 p.m. Come, rejoice and enjoy reflections, singing and refreshments. The church is located at 1463 Baltimore Pike.
Enjoy a wide variety of musical selections for the holiday season performed by this award-winning ensemble. The UD Chorale is among the most highly regarded college choirs in the eastern United States. In recent years, the choir has been invited to perform on both regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). They have also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and Verizon Hall in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Arts. In addition to annual regional tours, the Chorale has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia. Benefactor-Level-and-above Members are free. $10 per Member. $20 per nonmember. $5 per student (ages 12–18). Advance purchase recommended.