Award-winning artist Randall Graham will demonstrate oil media and techniques at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Randall Graham is a local award-winning artist and instructor, known for his personal style of plein air painting. He has exhibited at Winterthur Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, the Edgar Allen Poe Museum, The Art Trust Gallery & Chester County Art Association, and teaches classes at Oxford Art Alliance and Franklin Commons Gallery.
Delaware Photographic Society
Explore a summer exhibit from one of America’s oldest and most respected photographic associations.
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Open Air Theatre Fountain Shows
750 jets of water come alive with five-minute shows set to music.
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Main Fountain Garden Fountain Performances
Enjoy the thrill of what 1,719 jets can do—from spinning and dancing to music, to soaring as high as 175 feet.
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Fireworks & Fountains Shows
8:15 p.m. Fireworks fly, fountains dance, and music sets the tone during these captivating evenings.
Registration required. Call the library at 610-358-3445 to register.
Thursday, August 15, 11am-11:30am
First and third Thursdays of the month, April–October
Share the joy of reading while cultivating an interest and appreciation for nature. Story Time takes place at the Story Stones in Enchanted Woods. Members free. Included with admission.
Ring in the fall season with a fresh, new container! Peg Castorani, co-owner of Gateway Garden Center, leads you on an inspirational tour of Mt. Cuba Center's native plant containers, discussing design principles and container selection, after which she presents practical advice on the basics of planting and maintaining containers. Make your own autumn-themed garden-in-a-pot to give your outdoor living space a seasonal flourish. Bring gardening gloves. Plants and container included in the fee.
Art Stroll Kennett Square
https://historickennettsquare.com/
Art Loop Wilmington
First Friday West Chester
THE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL
A small group of mushroom enthusiasts decided to have a festival to celebrate Kennett Square’s number one cash crop with the hope of raising funds to give as scholarships to local high school students. In 1986 that became a reality as Kennett Square hosted its first Mushroom Festival. It was a one day affair and just one block long. Thirty-two years later the Festival stretches a mile and features culinary events, growing exhibits, children’s entertainment, and 250 vendors with attendance calculated at up to 100,000 guests. The Mushroom Festival’s Grant Program has given over $1,000,000 in grants to local non-profits since 2000. In 2019, 32 organizations received $50,000 in grants from the Mushroom Festival.
Join us this year as the Brandywine Conservancy, East Bradford Township and West Bradford Township team up for a neighborhood collaboration! Inspired by the beauty of the Brandywine Greenway, the 26th Annual Brandywine River Cleanup will encompass the banks of the Brandywine River along Harmony Hill Covered Bridge and Brandywine Meadows Preserve Trail. Volunteers are advised to wear hats, long pants, heavy shoes or boots, and sunscreen. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Lunch will be provided at each cleanup site at noon. This event is appropriate for children over the age of five.
Each year, the Annual Brandywine River Cleanup helps to ensure cleaner water for communities that rely on the Brandywine as a source for their drinking water, a healthier habitat for wildlife, and a safer environment for recreational activities. Since the event's inception, volunteers have removed more than 30 tons of trash from the banks of the Brandywine between Lenape and the Delaware state line.
For more information, call 610-322-0331
Nancy Fromnick, Chester County Recycling Coordinator
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION
The Chester County Recycling Coordinator, Nancy Fromnick, announced the fifth Chester County Household Hazardous Waste Collection event for 2019. Residents from Chester County municipalities may participate on Saturday, September 7 at the Oxford School District Administration Building, 125 Bell Tower Lane, Oxford, PA 19363. Proof of residency may be required. This event is for Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia residents only. The collection site will be open at 9:00 AM and will close at 3:00 PM sharp.
NO ELECTRONICS, TV’S, OR APPLIANCES WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO ITEMS CONTAINING REFRIGERANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Designed for residents not businesses, no more than 220 pounds or 25 gallons of hazardous product per household will be accepted. Hazardous cleaning and maintenance products will have the following cautionary words on the label: poisonous, caustic, toxic, flammable, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, caution, warning, danger or hazardous. Many items, such as fertilizer or cleaning products, should just be used as they were designed to be used and do not need to be treated as hazardous waste.
The following items WILL NOT be accepted: latex paint, used motor oil, tires, asbestos, explosives, propane, Helium or gas cylinders, household alkaline batteries, PCB’s, medical waste, unidentified waste, commercial and industrial waste, ammunition, computers, TVs, electrical appliances and appliances containing refrigerants.
LATEX PAINT IS NOT HAZARDOUS WASTE! Residents should not bring latex paint to Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events. Solidify latex paint by either air drying small quantities or pouring the paint into a plastic trash bag with sawdust, clay-based kitty litter or rags and placing the bag and the opened can in the trash after the paint is solidified. Paint hardener may also be purchased at hardware stores. Oil-based paint only should be brought to a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.
Interested residents can visit www.chestercountyswa.org or call their municipality or the Chester County Solid Waste Authority at 610-273-3771 *228 for information on how to properly handle unacceptable materials and for the other regional collection events scheduled throughout the year.
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September 7, 11:00 am–12:00 pm
There is no better way to immerse yourself in British history than by living in it. Join Winterthur’s Director of External Affairs and Anglophile Tom Savage on this lecture tour of the best country houses turned deluxe hotels and the private seats of earls and countesses where he has been a house guest over four decades, most recently with Winterthur’s Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle. Copeland Lecture Hall. $10 per Member. $15 per nonmember.
September 10, 2019–January 5, 2020
A 19th-century prosthetics workshop, a jazz club featured in the Green Book, and a Polish-American car dealership are vastly different businesses, but owners and workers at all three turned to photography to portray themselves and their work. Open for Business: Photography, Trade, and Self-Image, 1870–1950, a student-curated exhibit at Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library, examines how photography helped small business owners to advertise and represent their shops, goods, and workers. Visitors will encounter historic photographs and objects and explore how entrepreneurship and photography were intertwined. By partnering with the Delaware Historical Society, Open for Business also showcases local business histories, including popular 20th-century Wilmington locales such as The Spot Café, Elsie’s Chicken, and Federal Bakery. The exhibit includes personal interviews and crowdsourced photographs in addition to more than 30 objects from the Winterthur and Delaware Historical Society collections. It will be on view in the Winterthur Galleries.
Enjoy a relaxed morning out with your little one while engaging with art in the galleries at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. This guided tour is designed especially for adults accompanied by babies.
Stroller Tours are held on the second Tuesday of every month, each with a new theme. Upcoming schedule here: Tuesday, September 10 – Jamie Wyeth; Tuesday, October 8 – Fractured Fairy Tales; Tuesday, November 12 – The Art of Peter Paone; Tuesday, December 10 – Holiday Tour featuring Brandywine Critters.
Gather a team of mates, grab a drink, and go head to head with other royal aficionados for a fun night of trivia. We'll crown the most clever team and also hand out prizes for best table decorations and best royals inspired outfit. You're sure to have a scandalously good time. $5 per person. Maximum of 5 people per team. Drinks and light fare not included. Space limited.
September 10: "Royal Films" 6-8PM
The library will be showing The Hustle. No registration required.
COSA Offers the WISE Program at Surrey Senior Center in Media – Begins Thursday, September, 12th.
The County of Delaware Office of Services for the Aging (COSA) is working collaboratively with Surrey Services to offer the award winning evidence-based program entitled WISE (Wellness Initiative for Senior Education) developed by the New Jersey Prevention Network. This 6-session evidence-based program covers a wide range of topics including the aging process, stress management, strategies for healthy living, and medication management. The program uses an interactive approach to help seniors celebrate this exciting stage of life, make healthy lifestyle choices, and feel more confident and in control of their lives. The program begins on Thursday, September 12th from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. at Surrey Services Senior Center, 302 S. Jackson Street, Media PA 19063. Must register by contacting the center at 610-566-0505 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Douglas B. Dowd, Professor of Art and American Culture Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, and director of the university’s Modern Graphic History Library, will discuss N. C. Wyeth’s commercial images and how the artist situated American consumers in a golden past to meet the needs of a nascent, modern advertising business. The Museum will open at 5:30 p.m. with the program at 6 p.m. and a reception to follow.
Professor Dowd received his BA in History from Kenyon College and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His work as a writer, illustrator, animator and printmaker addresses the social landscape. Dowd's fine books and prints are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Fogg Museum at Harvard University. Dowd is also active as a curator, essayist and critic in the realm of modern graphic culture, writing on topics in comics, animation and illustration. He writes the blog Graphic Tales and serves as an advisor to the Norman Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Having trouble fitting native perennials neatly into your garden? Not to worry! There are many beautiful species that work well in both naturalistic and formal designs. George Coombs, Director of Horticulture at Mt. Cuba Center, shows you how to combine perennials with shrubs and other flowering plants, as demonstrated in our South and Round Gardens. Seasonal selections for late summer will be highlighted and helpful maintenance tips are provided.
This exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum of Art presents the Halloween-themed paintings of renowned Philadelphia artist Peter Paone (born 1936). Halloween has long been a subject of fascination for the artist, and in the last decade he has produced a series of works devoted to the theme. Richly painted in jewel tones and textured surfaces, these works give visual form to his view of Halloween as a “day of denial,” one in which people have the freedom to adopt different personas that often reflect their inner desires. Paone creates paintings of extravagantly costumed figures whose mask-like expressions create an unsettling mood.
Paone works in the figurative tradition, yet his subjects spring wholly from his imagination. These mysterious, provocative and sometimes unsettling works reflect Paone’s own psychologically charged conception of Halloween. At the heart of Paone’s Halloween paintings is his pursuit of conveying a visual connection to the human condition. Deeply personal, the works that will be exhibited are deliberately open-ended, inviting speculation and challenging viewers to bring their own interpretation.
Paone’s remarkable career has spanned six decades. He has had over 50 solo exhibitions of his paintings and prints in his native Philadelphia as well as in New York, London, Vienna and Hamburg. He has also participated in numerous national and international group exhibitions. Among the many public institutions in which Paone’s work is represented are the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Woodmere Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Art Gallery, and the British Museum, in London. A respected teacher, Paone taught for over 30 years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Join us for a day of archaeology fun and discover the rich archaeological heritage that lies beneath our feet! This year’s festival highlights the industrial legacy of the area, to coordinate with Delaware County’s “Year of Mills 2019.”
Activities include:
- Assist archaeologists with excavations
- Clean artifacts in the lab
- Remotely-operated vehicle demonstrations
- “Kids Dig” and Pottery Assembly
- Archaeology displays & exhibits
- Food vendors
Welcome to a colonial festival celebrating the history of Chadds Ford. This event has been a community tradition since 1958 and features colonial demonstrators, craft vendors, artists, barn market vendors and Revolutionary Reenactors. Enjoy live music throughout the day, food vendors and an outdoor tavern serving wine and beer. The Kids Korner features fun activities for children including house bounces, crafts and games. Our historic John Chads House and Springhouse are open for tours. Stop in the Visitor Center to view our 2019 exhibit "Thrills, Hills and Spills: Lenape Park and Chadds Peak". Join us and have an historically good time!
September 14, 10 am–3 pm
Celebrate nature and the environment in the First State on this special day at Winterthur along with local “green” organizations on hand as we feature talks, walks, family fun, demonstrations, and workshops. Visit winterthur.org/exhibitions-events/events/delawild for details. Free with admission. Members free.
The Friends Folk Club along with St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church is pleased to announce a performance by The Shades of Blue Orchestra on Saturday, September 14th at 7:30 pm.
Bold, Brassy, Baltimore-based, Big Band - These words only partly describe Shades of Blue Orchestra... the best in Big Band music in the Mid-Atlantic Area!
Here's more...The Shades of Blue Orchestra performs a variety of musical styles and selections in an effort to promote and recreate the Big Band sound – applying that sound to popular music from the 30’s to the present. Established in 1976, this 18-piece Big Band consists of a well-balanced complement of brass, woodwind, and rhythm instruments as well as three of the finest Big Band vocalists anywhere. The band plays all the old popular music from the 40`s, and 50`s such as “Sing Sing” “In the Mood”,“Misty”, “Fly Me to the Moon, and some of the newer music such as “Proud Mary,” “Respect”, “Mony Mony”, “Twist and Shout” As well as some Patriotic songs such as “Armed Forces Medley“, and “Stars & Stripes Forever.”
Join Shades of Blue on Saturday, September 14th for outstanding entertainment featuring Big Band classics, popular standards from various eras, and tremendous vocals from Tony Liberto & the Liberto Sisters.
Nothing beats the musical style and sound of a variety Big Band!
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church is located at 116 Lancaster Pike in Oxford, PA 19363 .
Doors open at 7:00pm and starts at 7:30pm. Proceeds from this concert will benefit St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church.
Attendees are asked to bring nonperishable food items which will be given to the local area food cupboards.
Tickets are $15. Children 12 and under are free.
The Bryan Tuk Complex is a high energy large ensemble that covers a wide variety of musical styles from straight ahead jazz and big band to 1970s funk, and variations on modern rock and pop songs. This 13 piece band is a hard charging group that always delivers the goods!
Tonight we celebrate the release of the band's upcoming full-length album! Copies will be available for sale at the performance. You can see and hear a preview of the album by clicking right here.
For more information, please visit http://bryantukcomplex.com
Top off the tank and ride in style to this year’s “Rolling Elegance: Luxury Automobiles” special feature of the twenty-fourth annual Hagley Car Show on Sunday, September 15, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Many well recognized brands will be on display, such as Rolls Royce, Cadillac, Bentley, and Lincoln. The Hagley Car Show will showcase more than 500 antique and restored cars, trucks, and motorcycles dating from the early 1900s through 1994.
“Luxury may be described as an indulgence rather than a necessity, sumptuous, or expensive, with an abundance of ease and great comfort,” says John McCoy, chairman of the Hagley Car Show and Curator of Mechanical Exhibitions. He adds that the automobiles on display will be “defined by attention to detail, meticulous workmanship, sumptuous atmosphere and discerning good taste.”
Lou Mandich, a planning committee member and exhibitor at the Hagley Car Show, describes luxury cars such as his 1937 Buick Roadmaster as “a big, comfy car” with “lots of power.” His Roadmaster also features a ditch light to help detect roadside obstacles, fog lights, and two side-mounted spare tires – a trademark of luxury automobiles as fashion shifted from retaining a full-time chauffeur to owner operated. Mandich adds that these classic luxury cars have become even more drivable in recent years, with a little help from “cell phones and AAA.”
The Hagley Car Show promises fun for the whole family. Visitors will enjoy vehicle parades, a showcase of vintage jukeboxes, video simulators, pedal car racing, and a festival food court. The show will be held in the area surrounding the first du Pont home, garden, and barn.
Admission and Parking Details
Visitors can enter through Hagley’s main entrance off Delaware Route 141. The GPS address is 200 Hagley Creek Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807. Tickets to the show will be offered in advance at www.hagley.org/carshow from August 1 through September 14. Pre-event tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-14. Tickets purchased at the Car Show will be $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-14. Admission is free for Hagley members and children age 5 and under. The event will be held rain or shine.
Welcome to a colonial festival celebrating the history of Chadds Ford. This event has been a community tradition since 1958 and features colonial demonstrators, craft vendors, artists, barn market vendors and Revolutionary Reenactors. Enjoy live music throughout the day, food vendors and an outdoor tavern serving wine and beer. The Kids Korner features fun activities for children including house bounces, crafts and games. Our historic John Chads House and Springhouse are open for tours. Stop in the Visitor Center to view our 2019 exhibit "Thrills, Hills and Spills: Lenape Park and Chadds Peak". Join us and have an historically good time!