Celebrate the season with a one-of-a-kind holiday experience. The Yuletide tour at Winterthur showcases rooms in Henry Francis du Pont’s former home decorated in full holiday splendor, including specialty decorated trees that celebrate the garden, and du Pont family traditions. The displays are inspired by the traditions and festivities of the season as enjoyed by H. F. du Pont and his family.
Special holiday programs throughout the season include Wonderful Wednesdays in December, evening events featuring live jazz performances, caroling, and workshops. In addition to the Wednesday evening festivities, visitors can enjoy a live one-man performance of A Christmas Carol by Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, wine and cocktail tastings, and family events with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.
Visit our galleries to see a magical 18-room dollhouse as well as our newest exhibitions, Outside In: Nature-Inspired Design at Winterthur; Lady of the House, Ruth Wales du Pont; Transformations: Contemporary Artists at Winterthur; and Bearing Witness.
Included with admission. Open New Year’s Day. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Tuesday, December 14, 10 AM
PREVIEW POLICY
William Bunch welcomes you back for open previews on Friday, December 10th and Monday, December 13th from 10 AM - 4 PM
Pick-ups remain by appointment only
Spend an evening enjoying the holidays at Winterthur. Tour the decorated mansion, toast marshmallows by the fire, savor a seasonal cocktail, listen to live jazz, choose a unique gift at our newly opened museum store, and sing along with carolers. Each evening features a different performer and special workshop. Includes Yuletide Tour, live jazz, and caroling. Food and drink available for purchase. Additional fee for workshops. Included with admission. Free for Winterthur and DMNH members. House tours be reservation only, with limited capacity. Admission (no house tour) $10.
Jazz Performers:
December 1 Cartoon Christmas Trio
December 8 Tony Smith Quartet
December 15 Sharon and Shawn Trio
December 22 The Q Factor
December 29 The Greg Farnese Quartet
The Chester County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution with Wreaths Across America will hold a ceremony, laying wreaths on 580 veteran graves on Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. at the Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery to honor and remember their service.
Spend an evening enjoying the holidays at Winterthur. Tour the decorated mansion, toast marshmallows by the fire, savor a seasonal cocktail, listen to live jazz, choose a unique gift at our newly opened museum store, and sing along with carolers. Each evening features a different performer and special workshop. Includes Yuletide Tour, live jazz, and caroling. Food and drink available for purchase. Additional fee for workshops. Included with admission. Free for Winterthur and DMNH members. House tours be reservation only, with limited capacity. Admission (no house tour) $10.
Jazz Performers:
December 1 Cartoon Christmas Trio
December 8 Tony Smith Quartet
December 15 Sharon and Shawn Trio
December 22 The Q Factor
December 29 The Greg Farnese Quartet
Spend an evening enjoying the holidays at Winterthur. Tour the decorated mansion, toast marshmallows by the fire, savor a seasonal cocktail, listen to live jazz, choose a unique gift at our newly opened museum store, and sing along with carolers. Each evening features a different performer and special workshop. Includes Yuletide Tour, live jazz, and caroling. Food and drink available for purchase. Additional fee for workshops. Included with admission. Free for Winterthur and DMNH members. House tours be reservation only, with limited capacity. Admission (no house tour) $10.
Jazz Performers:
December 1 Cartoon Christmas Trio
December 8 Tony Smith Quartet
December 15 Sharon and Shawn Trio
December 22 The Q Factor
December 29 The Greg Farnese Quartet
Wishes for a happy and healthy new year.
Celebrate New Year's Day in the tradition of the du Pont family's annual event. They offered hospitality to those who would come to visit on New Year's Day to exchange season's greetings. Begin 2022 with a Yuletide tour and craft activities for all ages. Enjoy Winterthur holiday hospitality-hot chocolate, cookies, and the gift of a paperwhite bulb to bloom in your home.
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First Friday West Chester
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As One Of The Nation’s Most Acclaimed Chicago Tribute Bands, Beginnings Authentically Recreates Such Classic Hits As "25 or 6 to 4," "Make Me Smile," & "Saturday In The Park"
The sweet sounds of Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago will fill the air at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 N. High St., West Chester, PA) on Friday, January 21 at 8 PM as the preeminent Chicago tribute band Beginnings – A Celebration of the Music of Chicago takes the famed West Chester stage.
Since their genesis in 2002, Beginnings has earned the title as one of the nation’s favorite Chicago tribute bands thanks to their authentic replication of the iconic seven-piece band. Comprising several seasoned performers who have experience working with such legendary recording artists as The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, and Victor Wainright, Beginnings is famous for recreating Chicago’s massive collection of hits, including five of their Platinum albums and 20 of their most popular songs.
They brilliantly rejuvenate Chicago’s notorious setlists for a modern but respectful look into the rock’n’roll days of old, with songs such as "Make Me Smile," "25 or 6 to 4," "Call On Me," "Saturday In The Park," "Old Days," "You're The Inspiration," and many more.
Additionally, as seasoned performers for over twenty years, Beginnings makes it a priority to ensnare their audiences with high-energy performances that bring all the enthusiasm of Chicago’s original performances straight to the audience. Along with their dedication to authenticity, comes a promise straight from the band to “Make You Smile,” with every performance.
“Chicago has always been, and remains to be, one of the biggest names in rock n’ roll. To have the opportunity to host the best Chicago tribute band and have them perform their hits with a passion and dedication to accuracy that is parallel to none will only make this experience so much better,”said April Evans, executive director of Uptown! “I am so excited to see what they have prepared for our audience!”
Beginnings – A Celebration of the Music of Chicago show is just one of many exciting upcoming performances and events at the Uptown! Performing Arts Center in the new year. Others include a showing of Ratatouille (Jan. 24), Dueling Pianos; a monthly experience of pianist duos (starting Jan. 27); Hollywood Nights - The Bob Seger Experience (Jan. 29), a watching of the film, No Reservations (Jan. 31); and much more.
Tickets for Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center: Beginnings – A Celebration of the Music of Chicagocan be purchased here: https://secure.uptownwestchester.org/94
To view a video of Beginnings – A Celebration of the Music of Chicago,visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTP4gGqF5Vw&t=6s
Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center is located at 226 N. High St., West Chester, PA. For more information visit https://uptownwestchester.org.
About Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center
Established in 2017, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Centerfeatures world-class performing arts in historic downtown West Chester, PA. Uptown! offers professional musical theater, opera, jazz, comedy, classical and contemporary music, film, and renowned speakers, not to mention award-winning performing arts education classes and workshops for youth and adults.
Through its programming and outreach efforts, the nonprofit theater has become a special gathering place in the community, reflecting the demographic and cultural diversity of the region.
Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center is conveniently located near parking, shopping, and restaurants at 226 North High Street, West Chester.
Drop by Saturday, January 22 12:00 to 4:00 for a special sale in our gallery space at the Chadds Ford Barn Shops
NO MATTER HOW YOU SAY IT ...“MOORE FOR LESS” or “LESS FOR MOORE “
I am closing my brick and mortar Gallery ...
So come on in,
I’m having a $ale.
Framed, Unframed Wyeth Editions and other Artists of Note Originals
Chadds Ford Barn Shops
Chadds Ford, PA
But, Everyday ...Business as Usual at my Online Gallery
Pet Nail Trimming
on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month
Brandywine Ace Pet & Farm
1150 Pocopson Rd
West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: (610) 793-3080
Store Hours:
Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sat 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sun 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Bob Seger Experience is the ultimate tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. This 9-piece New Jersey-based powerhouse has set out to re-create everything about Bob and his music, right down to the smallest detail. The band prides itself on continuing the amazing groundwork laid down by Bob over the past 30 years.
Pick up a libation of your choice at the Mac foxhole Loungh off the lobby and take it to your seat. (There are cup holders for you)
The 327 seat theater provides you with an intimate experience of the live event. A state of the art sound system provides you with phenomenal sounds and clear speaker parts in a play.
Masterworks 1
Sunday, January 30, 2022 – 3:00pm
Unionville High School
- Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman – Joan Tower
- Piano Concerto No. 2 – Camille Saint Saens, Xiayin Wang, piano
- Symphony No. 3 – Ludwig Van Beethoven
We celebrate Kennett Symphony’s return to the stage with two fanfares. Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man was commissioned to build patriotic sentiment during World War II, and honors the common man fighting for his country, while Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, an homage to Copland using the same instruments, is dedicated to adventurous women. Celebrated pianist Xiayin Wang will join us for Camille Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2. We finish the program with Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 3, in which he embraced the heroic in everyone, making it especially apropos as we move forward from the pandemic.
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The Rotary Club of Kennett at Longwood is holding it's 2nd Annual Great Grub Grab Rotary Restaurant Raffle (GGGRRR). This raffle is truly a win win for our local restaurants and our local community. The Rotary Club purchases the gift cards from the restaurants.
The money raised from selling the raffle tickets helps support many of the projects, scholarships, and programs of our local non-profits.
Click HERE to get your ticket.
There are 13 prizes to be won:
First Prize - $2500 in gift cards to local restaurants.
Second Prize - $1500 in gift cards to local restaurants.
Third Prize - $500 in gift cards to local restaurants.
4th - 13th Prize - $100 in gift cards to local restaurants.
A Reimagined Reopening
After meticulous restoration and an innovative transformation, our new Orchid House serves as the first realization of Longwood Reimagined: A New Garden Experience … and we are thrilled to share the preservation and expansion of this beloved, century-old space with you.
Transformed into an open, gallery-like space—boasting a new glass roof to restored interior and exterior concrete—our Orchid House provides an immersive orchid-viewing experience like never before. Hundreds of orchids lovingly displayed in custom frame trellises and our restored bronze case dazzle and delight, showcasing the beauty and diversity of our renowned orchid collection. With our curated orchids hand-selected five times per week for rotating display, there’s always something new—and something breathtakingly beautiful—to see.
Our restored Orchid House also sheds light on our dedication to save endangered orchid species both near and far. Through our Orchid Conservation Program, we have developed the technology to grow large seedling populations of native orchids for the purpose of restoring native orchid populations, in our backyard and far beyond.
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Celebrate the winter garden and early bulb display of the March Bank. Enjoy the lecture Unusual Blubs for the Garden by John Lonsdale of Edgewood Gardens at 11:00 am. The day also includes a plant sale and guided and self-guided tours.
HUNCHBACK of NOTRE DAME performance of your choice at the Unionville High School Auditorium. Performances will be held on Thursday, March 10, Friday, March 11, and Saturday, March 12 at 7:00PM.
Kennett Festivals presents the first annual KBC Jazz Fest! Seven Chester County jazz groups coming together for an all-day musical journey on 4/10/22. Doors open at 11:30am. Performances begin at noon until 9pm.
For tickets, please click here.
HUNCHBACK of NOTRE DAME performance of your choice at the Unionville High School Auditorium. Performances will be held on Thursday, March 10, Friday, March 11, and Saturday, March 12 at 7:00PM.
HUNCHBACK of NOTRE DAME performance of your choice at the Unionville High School Auditorium. Performances will be held on Thursday, March 10, Friday, March 11, and Saturday, March 12 at 7:00PM.
West Chester Student Experience: History of Student Life at WCU | REGISTER »
At the beginning of the 21st century, many colleges and universities have a broad educational mission: to develop the whole student. At WCU, extracurricular involvement has evolved from literary societies, special interest clubs, and formal dances to a total “co-curricular” approach as the key tool in personal development. Examine the exhibit’s rich collection of artifacts that speak to our unique student culture with Di Giovine; student co-curator Chelsey Moore; Charlie Warner, retired student life director of 30 years; Cara Jenkins, current director of Fraternity and Sorority Life; and Barrett McGee, associate director of Student Activities.
Join master drummer Pape “Paco” Dembe Samb for a one hour group djembe drumming experience at grooveKSQ.
People of all ages and ability levels are welcome. This is a terrific opportunity to experience percussion in one of its most powerful and meditative forms.
Seating is limited to 12 guests.
Chadds Ford Elementary School Presents 73rd Annual Art Show and Sale
Featuring Artwork to Satisfy Every Taste and Budget
hadds Ford Elementary School will present its 73rd Annual
Art Show and Sale March 18 through March 19, 2022. We are excited once again to host the
time-honored event at Chadds Ford Elementary School. There is no admission fee for this
event. This year’s Featured Artist is Rick Phillips, and our Donating Artist is Stephen Brehm.
The event will showcase more than 60 local and regional artists’ work in an array of mediums,
across palates and price points. Patrons may purchase artwork as well as artisans’ jewelry,
wooden items, glass designs, and much more. We will also feature items donated by local
businesses and families for our newly revamped raffle/auction, which will be conducted
through the auction website: 32auctions.com. Items to be bid on will be available for
preview at the show.
Proceeds support educational enrichment programs at Chadds Ford Elementary.
About the Annual Chadds Ford Art Show and Sale
The late Betsy Wyeth, wife of the late Andrew Wyeth, started the Annual Chadds Ford Art
Show and Sale in 1949 and remained involved while their sons Jamie & Nicholas Wyeth were
students at Chadds Ford Elementary.