Community Calendar

Glory of Stories introduces young visitor to art and the Museum through a story reading followed by an interactive tour of relevant works of art and a studio art project. This program encourages learning through discovery, exploration, and hands-on experiences.

Ages 2 and up.

Oct 9 The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
Oct 16 The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
Oct 23 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Festival of Goblins 092Glory of Stories: Special Halloween Edition
Oct 30 @ 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boo! Dress up in your Halloween costume and join us for a special Halloween edition of Glory of Stories. We’ll read Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara, “trick or treat” through the galleries, and make spooky art together.

Nov 6 Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky
Nov 13 The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
Nov 20 A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman
Nov 27 Cancelled in observation of the holiday

Celebrate Archaeology Month

Dig into History & Archaeology at the Brinton 1704 House! The whole family can dig in the dirt, touch real artifacts, and enjoy light refreshments. The 1704 House will be open for tours.

Admission: Adults $8, Children $5.

Saturday, October 17, 2015.

1-5 p.m.

Brinton 1704 House

21 Oakland Road

West Chester, PA 19382

610-399-0913

[email protected]

First State Ballet Theatre presents the ballet classic, The Sleeping Beauty, in a beautiful production staged by Kirov trained artistic director Pasha Kambalov and danced by the company's 20 professional dancers on October 17 at 7:00 pm and October 18 at 2:00 pm at The Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE.  Sparkling costumes created in Russia and Tchaikovsky's gorgeous score complement spectacular dancing in this timeless tale with the ultimate happy ending. For tickets call 1 800-37GRAND or visit www.ticketsatthegrand.org.  Adults $28-48, students half off adult price, seniors and groups $5 discount.  (discounts not available on-line)

MASTERWORKS 1: 75^th Anniversary Opening Night Concert

Saturday, October 17, 2015, 7:30pm

• Michael Hall, Conductor
• Timotheos Petrin, Cello
• Venue: Unionville High School

Our opening concert celebrates our 75th anniversary with a commission by the acclaimed young composer, Anthony Constantino whose music has been described as, “Plush, cinematic and animated” by Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic for The New York Times. Timotheos Petrin, winner of the Techni Cello Competition, will perform the Saint Saëns Cello Concerto. The program includes Puccini’s beautiful and melancholy elegy for strings and builds to a boisterous finale with Respighi's epic tone poem, The Pines of Rome.

PROGRAM

Constantino     KSCC 75^th Anniversary Commission/World Premiere

Saint-Saëns     Cello Concerto No. 1

Puccini                        Crisantemi

Respighi          The Pines of Rome

Painting in Pumpkinland

October 17^th and 18^th from 11-5pm and October 24^th and 25^th from 11-5pm

A family-fun event! Paint pumpkins and enjoy the vineyard views in the fall!

Pumpkin Picking and Painting Sessions:

Saturdays at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm

Sundays at 12pm and 2pm

Tickets are $18 and include a pumpkin, painting supplies, and decorations.

Parents admission is FREE!

Enjoy live music and Penns Woods Wines in a tasting, by the glass, or by the bottle!

For tickets and more information, visit our website or call 610-459-0808.

Local cheese and chocolates are the highlights for this October's "Art of Food." October 18th, Galer Estate Winery in Kennett Square will host the Chester County Artisans, which include: The Farm at Doe Run, Amazing Acres, Birchin Hills Farm, Meadowseat Farm, Yellow Spring Farm, Conebella Farms, and Shellbark Hollow Farms. Most of these cheese makers only sell to wholesale customers, which makes their gathering at Galer Estate Winery on October 18th all the more exciting for the local consumer. Locally made chocolates are also a huge favorite in our area. Eclat Chocolates will be paired with Galer Estate wine on the 18th.

Flickerwood Winery's tasting rooms in Oxford and Kennett Square, they will be introducing a new line of chocolates from Dipped Delights.   Dipped Delights is a small chocolate company located in Oxford, Pa and they provide Flickerwood with a wide variety of chocolate covered items from strawberries to rice krispy treats to pineapple to cashew clusters.  Flickerwood will also be highlighting their partnership with DiBruno Bros cheese products, and even have a specially created ice cream flavor called "Raspberry Wine Ice cream" made by La Michocana of Kennett Square. A local jam company, Wicked Concoctions, has also made three jams with Flickerwood wines that will all be highlighted in the month of October in their tasting rooms.

Longwood Fire Company will hold its annual open house on Sunday, Oct. 18, from noon until 3 p.m., a free, public event that will include food, family fun, and life-saving demonstrations. Refreshments provided by Herr’s Food and Wawa will be served.

During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County is sponsoring a rally on Sunday, Oct. 18, at Kerr Park in Downingtown and is inviting the public to "stand up, speak up, and take action" to prevent this escalating social problem. Speakers will include Sen. Andy Dinniman, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan, Downingtown Mayor Josh Maxwell, and Domestic Violence Center of Chester County CEO Dolly Wideman-Scott.

First State Ballet Theatre presents the ballet classic, The Sleeping Beauty, in a beautiful production staged by Kirov trained artistic director Pasha Kambalov and danced by the company's 20 professional dancers on October 17 at 7:00 pm and October 18 at 2:00 pm at The Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE.  Sparkling costumes created in Russia and Tchaikovsky's gorgeous score complement spectacular dancing in this timeless tale with the ultimate happy ending. For tickets call 1 800-37GRAND or visit www.ticketsatthegrand.org.  Adults $28-48, students half off adult price, seniors and groups $5 discount.  (discounts not available on-line)

Music at St. Michael Concert Series 

presents

QuintEssentially Brass

  This Sunday, October 18, 2015
 at 3 p.m.

QuintEssentially (adj.) - representing the perfect example of a class or quality; in a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature; having in concentrated form the essential part. Not comparable.

Founded in 2009, QuintEssentially Brass is devoted to surprising and delighting audiences by presenting the best in the brass quintet repertoire. Spanning five generations, these five musicians believe that making great music takes hard work, but must be enjoyable for each other and their audiences.

What has five horns, loves to play all kinds of music, and provides incomparable experiences to audiences of all ages? QuintEssentially Brass redefines the brass quintet. Come and experience the fun that great music can be.

Please join us for a relaxing afternoon and the wonderful sounds of  brass followed by a reception with light refreshments.         
Suggested donation - $10 per adult, $5 per child under 12

Special Single Owner Estate Auction

Tuesday, October 20th at 10:00 AM

William Bunch Auctions

Photos of the items up for sale are posted on our website

Preview Times

Monday, October 19th - 9am to 5pm

Tuesday, October 20th - 9am to 10am

We will be selling the entire contents of the estate of George Hawriluk of  Pittsgrove, NJ. George was a well known and well liked member of the antique dealing and collecting community for 40 years. His was a familiar face and smile at Bragdon's, Dutch, South Jersey, S&S, and Brimfield, as well as on the waters off the Jersey Shore looking for stripers, which was where he'd really rather be anyway! George dedicated the last years of his life to being the 24/7/365 caregiver for his wife Litza who is afflicted with early onset Alzheimer's. The proceeds from this sale will go toward her long term care. If you knew George and Litza, if you know someone in this situation, or if you just want to do something nice for someone, please support this sale, there is truly a diverse offering with something for all!

350+ lots cataloged online, all the rest uncatalogued in our front and back salesrooms, a full house!

Also known as eat at Iron Hill and 20% of your meal (food only) will be donated to ACT in Faith!

Don’t forget to Click and take the GIVE coupon GIVE print, cut one off for you and share the others with a few friends.

Just think how happy you’ll be knowing that 20% of you burger, wings or healthy salad will go to help prevent an eviction, purchase cell minutes or an ID for a shelter resident so they can get a job or help keep someone heat.

And, oh yea…you don’t have to cook that night!GIVE

Atlas Wealth Management is offering a free educational workshop to individual investors who realize that they can't count on Social Security for retirement. Pre-registration is required. Call 888-402-9400 or visit www.atlasbuildswealth.com.

Join the Chadds Ford Annual Wine and Cheese Membership Meeting

****************    Tuesday, October 20th      ***************

Brandywine River Museum Lecture room (enter lower level on right)

Event will include Recognition of Outstanding Citizen Keith Klaver
Speakers:  Brandywine Battlefields's Dir. of Ed., Andrew Outten and CF Spvr. George Thorpe

Residents who have not yet paid their dues can pay $20 at the door.

Chadds Ford Civic Association of Chadds Ford Township, PO Box 823, Chadds Ford, PA 19317

Chadds Ford Citizen Corps Presents

Personal Emergency Preparedness

at the Chadds Ford Township Building

10 Ring Road, Chadds Ford PA

Ed Kline, Volunteer Management Coordinator will speak.

In this interactive two hour course, participants will be introduced to personal emergency preparedness information, procedures and tools. Learn how to evacuate and to shelter in place.

Questions or learn more contact Dennis Henry

[email protected]

Glory of Stories introduces young visitor to art and the Museum through a story reading followed by an interactive tour of relevant works of art and a studio art project. This program encourages learning through discovery, exploration, and hands-on experiences.

Ages 2 and up.

Oct 9 The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
Oct 16 The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
Oct 23 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Festival of Goblins 092Glory of Stories: Special Halloween Edition
Oct 30 @ 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boo! Dress up in your Halloween costume and join us for a special Halloween edition of Glory of Stories. We’ll read Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara, “trick or treat” through the galleries, and make spooky art together.

Nov 6 Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky
Nov 13 The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
Nov 20 A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman
Nov 27 Cancelled in observation of the holiday

Fall is a great time for planting a moss garden. Learn proper transplanting techniques and cultural practices such as watering, grooming, and removing leaves and other debris. Work with several commonly used mosses and gain hands-on experience in the garden with Mt. Cuba Center’s professionally trained horticulturists. Dress for the weather and working outdoors. The session will be run by Betsy Gage, the horticulturist at Hartefeld National Golf course where she is transforming the traditional landscape into a native plant based one, and Marcie Weigelt,  the pond area horticulturist at Mt. Cuba, where she develops, maintains, and showcases pond landscapes.

MANNA is warming up the ovens to kick off “PIE in the Sky 2015"

Our practice, located in Delaware county, is once again a pick-up site for the pies. You can feel good about doing good with every pie you buy.

With proceeds from each pie MANNA prepares and delivers seven nourishing meals to someone battling a life threatening illness such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, cardiac disease and more.

Pie orders will be taken starting Oct 1, 2015.

To help boost sales this year, anyone liking our web site between September 15 and November 15 will be eligible to win a free apple pie. Twelve pies will be given away. Pie must be picked up at the office of Anna C. Giacalone, DMD at the designated times and dates.

You can easily order pies through MANNA secure online order form www.MANNApies.org

To order by phone call 215-496-2662

3^rd Annual Care 2 Cure Walk/Run

to Benefit Crozer Regional Cancer Center Is Added To Oct. 24

Schedule to Celebrate 10^th Anniversary of Crozer Brinton Lake

The Crozer Cancer Project Team will host the 3^rd Annual Care 2 Cure Walk/Run in Glen Mills on Oct. 24. The race will start at 8 a.m. at the Crozer-Keystone Cancer Center (500 Evergreen Drive, Glen Mills) with the runners and walkers able to enjoy either a 5K run or one mile walk on a certified course that winds through the Shoppes at Brinton Lake. On-site registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 24.

Proceeds from the race will benefit the Crozer Cancer Project Team, which is committed to ensuring that the Crozer Regional Cancer Center remains a comprehensive, leading edge provider of accessible, compassionate and state-of-the-art cancer care for patients in our region.

To register for this event, visit http://crozer.kintera.org/CCPT2015. You will save time and money by registering prior to Oct. 9 with early registration only $25 for adults and $15 for children under 15. After Oct. 9, registration increases to $30 for adults and $20 for children under 15. For more details and sponsorship information, call (610) 447-6311.

Saturday, Oct. 24 promises to be a fun day at Crozer Brinton Lake. In addition to the event above, a family-friendly Community Celebration event is planned to recognize the 10^th Anniversary of this comprehensive outpatient complex from 9 a.m. to noon. All ages are invited to this event at 300 and 500 Evergreen Drive in Glen Mills that will feature:

• Refreshments and giveaways
• Health information, screenings and flu shots
• Performances throughout the morning, including local favorites Makin’ Music Rockin’ Rhythms and Mr. Scott the Music Man
• Children’s activities
• Ceremonial cake-cutting featuring local elected officials
• Tours and scavenger hunt to meet physicians and staff members throughout both buildings.

To register for the community event, call 1-800-CK-HEALTH (1-800-254-3258) or visit crozerkeystone.org/calendar.

Crozer Cancer Project Team

Under the leadership of Dr. Raymond Vivacqua, the Crozer Cancer Project Team was formed in 2013 to help raise funds for the Crozer Regional Cancer Center. On a regular basis, the committee hosts a variety of fundraisers to support the Cancer Center with past events including Phillies games, dinners at popular local restaurants, theatre performances, and designer bag bingo. For more information and to learn about other upcoming events, visit http://give.crozer.org/ccpt.

The ChesLen Chase for Open Space (choose the 10K or 5K course), which benefits the conservation efforts of Natural Lands Trust, traverses the picturesque, 1,263-acre ChesLen Preserve in Unionville and includes steep hills, a creek crossing, woodlands, and open fields. Or bring the whole family for the 2-mile fun run/walk. The fun continues after crossing the finish line with a post-race party featuring live music by the Mojo Gypsies, beer and BBQ from Victory Brewing Company, an awards ceremony, and more. For more information or to register, visit https://natlands.org/event/cheslenchase2015.

HARVEST FESTIVAL
October 24, 2015 – from 1-4 p.m.

40 Bethel Road

(Rain Date: Oct. 25 @ 1 p.m.)

This yearly festival held in October at 40 Bethel Road includes a Halloween costume parade for children, hay rides, pony rides/petting zoo, face painting, pumpkin painting, music, antique cars and more.

Children’s Halloween Costume Parade starts @ 1:30 p.m.

Additionally, residents are encouraged to submit their baked goodies for the annual baked goods contest. Entries will be judged on taste, appearance, and creativity.

Baked goods should be brought that day to 40 Bethel Road from 9-11 a.m.