2018 Cinco de Mayo Festival
Sunday, May 6 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
https://historickennettsquare.com/event/2018-cinco-de-mayo-festival/
Once Upon a Masterpiece
Join in the fantasy of folklore and fairytales through hands-on art activities inspired by illustrations from the Museum’s collection and “Folktale Fun” with internationally acclaimed storyteller TAHIRA.
TAHIRA is a storyteller, musician and vocalist whose high-energy performances delight listeners of all ages. She had the prestigious honor of representing the National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. at the internationally acclaimed festival, PANAFEST, in Ghana, West Africa.
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Program
11 a.m. and noon
TAHIRA performs “Folktale Fun”
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Rapunzel” meet and greet
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Art activities with teaching artists. Make your own fairy-tale finger puppets, create a friends & family coat of arms and assemble a wearable crown or hat.
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First Sundays for Families at the Museum presents free, hands-on workshops designed to engage visitors of all ages in creative art activities and performances. No registration necessary.
Point-to-Point at Winterthur
Winterthur welcomes back Hermes Mallea as he presents both stylish homes that survived the Cuban Revolution and innovative Havana interiors created in recent years in this revitalizing city. See some of Cuba's finest and most fascinating interiors. Purchase tickets online or call 800.448.3883. $10 per Member. $15 per nonmember.
Wednesdays, April–October
11:00 am, Brown Horticulture Learning Center
Go behind-the-scenes with the experts! Each week Winterthur introduces you to a specialist who will share with you his/her insights and expertise about the Winterthur Garden and estate, its history, horticulture, or the environment. Presentations may be in the form of a walk, talk, or demonstration (or a combination). About 1 hour. Members free. Included with admission.
| April 4 | The Inspiration Behind Winterthur’s New Garden Follies (talk) Interested in learning more about the inspiration behind the new Folliesexhibition? Join Carol Long, curator of the garden, as she explains the details that went into creating Winterthur’s first outdoor exhibition. |
| April 11 |
Spring Ephemerals of Azalea Woods (walk) Enjoy an early spring day in Azalea Woods. Susan Sibley, garden horticulturist, will be your guide as you witness the garden come to life with bluebells, trillium, and windflowers. |
| April 18 |
Getting to Know the Sundial Garden (walk) Originally called the April Garden, the formally designed Sundial Garden provides the framework for a carefully planned succession of blooms through the month of April. Take a walk with Garden Horticulturist Joe Lazorchak to experience and get to know the history behind this spring-blooming garden created by H. F. du Pont and Marian Cruger Coffin. |
| April 25 |
Attracting Hummingbirds with Gardens, Flowers, and Feeders (talk) Want to attract more of those brilliant-colored, ever-nimble hummingbirds to your garden? Come learn all about hummingbird gardening with Ron Simpson, Winterthur garden guide and New Castle County master gardener. |
| May 2 |
Winterthur’s Flowering Trees (walk) This walk, led by Director of Garden & Estate Chris Strand, will feature our beautiful and familiar dogwoods and redbuds but also highlight exceptional specimen trees at Winterthur, such as magnolias, dove trees, crabapples, and cherries. H. F. du Pont designed his spring garden as a celebration of color, and these flowering trees play a pivotal role in his composition. |
| May 9 | Amazing Azaleas (walk) Acres of colorful azaleas and rhododendrons brighten the early May garden. Join Linda Eirhart, director of horticulture and senior curator of plants, for a stroll through Azalea Woods to learn why Mr. du Pont “was fired with a desire to plant azaleas in all directions.” |
| May 16 |
A Passion for Peonies (walk) Take a walk through the Peony Garden with Garden Horticulturist Michelle Stapleford. The large collection of A. P. Saunders hybrids flaunts colors as diverse as yellow, red, white, lavender, and fabulous pink. Take in the spectacle and learn all about the care and maintenance of herbaceous and tree peonies. |
| May 23 | How to Make a Pollinator House (demo) Encourage beneficial insects in your garden by creating a pollinator house! Join Suzanne French, garden horticulturist, for a demonstration on how to make one of these structures using Winterthur’s own pollinator house as inspiration. |
| May 30 | The Joy of Sketching Outdoors (demo/walk) Discover your inner artist while taking in the beauty of the Winterthur Garden and estate. With the firm belief that anyone can draw, Erica Anderson, assistant curator of education/garden programs, will show you how easy it is to make a nature sketchbook for capturing your special moments in the great outdoors. Basic drawing supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring along your own. |
Update on Toll Brothers and Crebilly Farm
At the Concept School
1120 Street Rd, Westtown Township, PA 19395
https://www.facebook.com/neighborsforcrebilly/
T’ai Chi Chih, an easy-to-learn set of 19 movements and one pose, is based on the ancient Chinese principles of activation, balancing, and circulation of energy (chi). This easily adaptive program has no age, physical fitness, or coordination requirements. Comfortable clothing is recommended. In the event of inclement weather, classes will be held indoors. This is an eight-week session.
Pescatores Italian Restaurant features on
THURSDAY May10th from 4-7pm
FREE ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET AND 1/2 PRICED DRINKS!!!!
FRIDAY May 11th from 4-7pm
FREE ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET along with
Live Entertainment featuring Joe Gabe !!!!
SATURDAY May 12th from 5-9pm
Top notch special selected craft beers & wine
Night for $4.00 across the board.
We will feature a few double IPA’s along with a Tripel as well as the regular crafts !!!!!!
Happy hour on Thursday evening will not be held for drinks. Food only at the bar.
Come and enjoy this 3 day event you will love it !
Opening Reception & Artist TalkJoin us for the opening reception of Ken Gore's solo show and our group show Con"text"ual this Thursday, May 10th, from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be light refreshments,a special performance by Ballet 180 at 6 pm and awards will be handed out at 6:15 p.m. Chester County Art Association | 100 North Bradford Avenue, WC, PA 19382 Ken Gore's artist talkThursday, May 17th at 6 p.m. |
An exciting new trend in landscape design recommends we devote less space to lawns by adding more ecologically diverse plantings. The incentives are many: water conservation, reduced fertilizer and pesticide use, increased biodiversity, and enhanced curb appeal. Learn how to create year-round visual interest, save time and money, and increase your property value by replacing parts of your lawn with hardy groundcovers, perennials, and shrubs.
Newlin’s unique series of happy hour programs returns in 2018. Our themes for this season will be:
April 12th: “Birds & Brews”
Newlin teams up with Wild Birds Unlimited and Tri-State Bird Rescue for an evening that’s for the birds! Special guest Dawn White will be bringing live birds for a “Hunters of the Sky” presentation, and Twin Lakes Brewery will be providing beer.
May 10th: “Bees & Brews”
Enjoy mead from Philly Homebrew and hard cider from Rebel Seed Cidery while learning about our historic apple orchard and the honeybees that help pollinate it.
June 14th: “Baked & Bottled”
The Newlin staff will be firing up the reconstructed outdoor bake oven to make a variety of fresh bread. Chat with them while sipping wine from Penns Woods Winery.
September 13th: “Bellows & Beer”
Our blacksmiths will be at the forge to demonstrate their ironworking skills while visitors enjoy locally-made beer from Levante Brewing Company.
October: “Mills & Stills”
See what’s happening in the new millwright’s shop in the 1704 Grist Mill! The Manatawny Still Works will be on hand to provide tastings of their handcrafted spirits during the program.
“Sip Behind the Scenes” is free to attend and open to anyone aged 21 and up.
Fraternal Order of Police, Chester County Lodge #11
Schedules annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service
On Thursday at FOP headquarters in West Chester
Fraternal Order of Police, Chester County Lodge #11 will be holding its annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service on Thursday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at FOP Headquarters, 218 N. Church Street, West Chester, PA.
Kicking of National Police Week which begins on Sunday, FOP Lodge #11 will pay tribute to those law enforcement officers from Chester County who have made the supreme sacrifice while protecting their community.
Guest speakers include state FOP President Les Neri, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan, Chief John Laufer, Coatesville Police Department, and the Reverend Jack Crans.
The memorial service is an outdoor event and public is invited. In addition to our speakers, attending are the Chester County Pipe and Drum Band, Chester County Sheriff’s Honor Guard, Rifle Salute and Taps.
In the case of inclement weather, the memorial service will be moved inside. For more information, contact Steve Plaugher, Chairman, FOP Lodge #11 Memorial Service Committee, 610-551-4475 or [email protected].
HANK’S PLACE
Hank’s Place sincerely thanks the local community and loyal customers for their continued support and patronage.
On Friday, May 11th, join Kate and Anthony Young as they celebrate the first anniversary of their stewardship of the iconic landmark restaurant. Everyone is welcome to enjoy complimentary cake and coffee during regular business hours, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Hank’s Place, established in 1950, is where art, hand crafted food and history come together. Located in the historic Brandywine Valley on Route 1 at Creek Road in the heart of Chadds Ford, Hanks is open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Pinot Envy
Friday, May 11 6 - 8 PM
Join us for an evening of wine tasting in our galleries! Sip from a large variety of pinot grapes and enjoy light refreshments along with live music by local sensation
Dickens & Ballsworth! Event includes wine lovers silent auction items and our bottle ring-toss game to win a take-home bottle of wine.
Delaware Contemporary
200 South Madison Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302.656.6466
Charlie Zahm returns to The Friends Folk Club on Friday, May 11th for his American Folk Music celebration! Charlie along with fiddler Tad Marks will perform the great folk songs of 1960’s and the wonderful songs of John Denver. Attendees are asked to bring nonperishable food items which will be given to the local area food cupboards. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door.The Friends Folk Club accepts cash only. Children 12 and under are free. Doors open at 7:00PM, and concert will start at 7:30PM. The concert will be held at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church 116 Lancaster Pike Oxford, PA 19363. Refreshments are available at a reasonable price. For more information call: 610-869-8076. Email: [email protected] or visit charliezahm.com, https://stchrisoxfordpa.wordpress.com. The Friends Folk Club is an all volunteer-community run concert series. Come visit the best (and loved) little concert series in Southern Chester County for over 20 years
– Wild Flower, Native Plant and Seed Sale
Sat, May 12 – Sunday May 13
9:30 am – 5:00 pm - FREE
Shop for a wide variety of native grasses, ferns, vines, shrubs, and trees. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions and provide planting and horticultural information. Organically grown vegetable plants from Two Gander Farm will be available.
Native Plants
• Are highly adapted to local growing conditions
• Require less water and no fertilizer
• Directly benefit our local birds, bees and butterflies
• Strengthen our local ecology
• Help preserve the character of our regional landscape
Enjoy the spectacle of thousands of azalea blossoms and acres of spring wildflowers! The day's events will include tours of the azaleas and Follies garden exhibition as well as a specialty sale of azalea plants propagated from specimens at Winterthur. Members free. Included with admission.
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Azalea Sale: 10:30 am until sold out, Museum Store
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Guided Follies Tour: 11:00 am–12:45 pm, begins at Brown Center and ends at Museum (please pre-register by calling 800.448.3883)
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Guided Azaleas & Bluebells Tours: 1:00–2:00 pm and 3:00–4:00 pm, begin and end at the Visitor Center Patio
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Self-Guided Tours of Azaleas, Bluebells & Follies: All day, begin at the Visitor Center Patio
Embellishing a simple birdhouse with twigs, leaves, and other natural objects brings an organic, woodsy look to it that can easily be incorporated into your garden. Start with a wooden house and paint it or attach cut-out pictures to the sides, then enhance it with a variety of materials from the garden. Make two and use them as decorative tabletop pieces, or let nature take its course for birds to nest in them. All materials are included in the registration fee.
Escape Brandywine is a new, historically immersive escape room experience available every Saturday this spring and summer!
PURCHASE TICKETS
Tickets are $28 per person
Tickets must be purchased in advance online, as space is limited.
Escape Brandywine is an escape room experience, set inside the historic Chads House, c.1725, located along site of the Battle of Brandywine. This escape room program is unlike any other, since it places you directly inside an authentic historical space with a Revolutionary War mission!
Escape Brandywine places participants into roles of spies on the eve of the Battle of Brandywine, and charges them with finding General Howe's battle plans that have been hidden inside the Chads House for safe keeping. Using real Revolutionary War spy techniques, codes and cyphers, players will have 60 minutes to solve puzzles that will allow them to locate the plans and escape the house to deliver the plans to George Washington!
To purchase your tickets, click here. Private escape room experiences are available for corporate outings, team building, private parties and special events! Please email [email protected] or call 610-388-7376 to check availability.
For more information about Chadds Ford Historical Society, please visit our website at http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org.
Members of the Philadelphia Water Color Society will demonstrate watercolor media and techniques.
Mother’s Day Weekend Tea at Delaware Art Museum
Spend a special afternoon at the Museum with family and a magical garden-themed tea! Taste tiny treats while creating blossoming works of art together. Sellout likely; register in advance.
Kick off Mother's Day Weekend with art, flowers and fun at the Brandywine River Museum of Art!
Shop outside in the Museum's courtyard for beautiful native flowers, grasses, ferns, vines, shrubs and trees at our annual Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale. Organically grown vegetable plants from Two Gander Farm will also be available. Native plants require less water and maintenance, help strengthen the local ecosystem, and support local wildlife such as birds and pollinating insects. The sale begins with a member preview on Friday, May 11, from 1 - 5 p.m, and continues Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13, from 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m
This family-friendly event is enjoyed by over 15,000 spectators who spend a casual yet sophisticated day in Chester County’s horse country. The Willowdale Steeplechase is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization based in Kennett Square, PA that hosts a day of world-class steeplechase racing for the benefit of the following charities: The Stroud Water Research Center, The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center and Quest Therapeutic Services, Inc. Experience the fun for yourself on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at the 26th running of The Willowdale Steeplechase.
https://willowdalesteeplechase.org/2018-race-day/
Preview: Friday, May 11th from 9 AM - 5 PM
Monday, May 14th from 9 AM - 7 PM
Tuesday, sale day from 9 AM
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Note: we usually meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month, however due to a conflict this great event will take place the 3rd Tuesday, May 15th.
Our host this month is Mimi Tieu from Mass Mutual.
Please join us at Saloon 151 at 151 Gay Street in West Chester at 6 pm for a fun night of networking and meeting new people.
As usual, there will be complimentary appetizers and special pricing on beer and wine.
Also, the opportunity to win a $50 gift card to Saloon 151.
Parking
Meters available on the street
Cash -- .25 for every 10 minutes up to 3 hours
Credit cards -- .75 per ½ hour up to 3 hours
Garages
Justice Center Garage – 220 W Market St at New (right around the corner from Saloon 151) and parking is free after 5pm
Bicentennial Garage – 20 S High St at Market
Chestnut St Garage – 14 E Chestnut St at Walnut
Hope to see you there!!
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Streamline Payroll, LLC
1189 Smithbridge Rd
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Phone: 484-343-4683
Cell: 267-721-4670
Fax: 267-557-3605
Email: [email protected]
Wednesdays, April–October
11:00 am, Brown Horticulture Learning Center
Go behind-the-scenes with the experts! Each week Winterthur introduces you to a specialist who will share with you his/her insights and expertise about the Winterthur Garden and estate, its history, horticulture, or the environment. Presentations may be in the form of a walk, talk, or demonstration (or a combination). About 1 hour. Members free. Included with admission.
| April 4 | The Inspiration Behind Winterthur’s New Garden Follies (talk) Interested in learning more about the inspiration behind the new Folliesexhibition? Join Carol Long, curator of the garden, as she explains the details that went into creating Winterthur’s first outdoor exhibition. |
| April 11 |
Spring Ephemerals of Azalea Woods (walk) Enjoy an early spring day in Azalea Woods. Susan Sibley, garden horticulturist, will be your guide as you witness the garden come to life with bluebells, trillium, and windflowers. |
| April 18 |
Getting to Know the Sundial Garden (walk) Originally called the April Garden, the formally designed Sundial Garden provides the framework for a carefully planned succession of blooms through the month of April. Take a walk with Garden Horticulturist Joe Lazorchak to experience and get to know the history behind this spring-blooming garden created by H. F. du Pont and Marian Cruger Coffin. |
| April 25 |
Attracting Hummingbirds with Gardens, Flowers, and Feeders (talk) Want to attract more of those brilliant-colored, ever-nimble hummingbirds to your garden? Come learn all about hummingbird gardening with Ron Simpson, Winterthur garden guide and New Castle County master gardener. |
| May 2 |
Winterthur’s Flowering Trees (walk) This walk, led by Director of Garden & Estate Chris Strand, will feature our beautiful and familiar dogwoods and redbuds but also highlight exceptional specimen trees at Winterthur, such as magnolias, dove trees, crabapples, and cherries. H. F. du Pont designed his spring garden as a celebration of color, and these flowering trees play a pivotal role in his composition. |
| May 9 | Amazing Azaleas (walk) Acres of colorful azaleas and rhododendrons brighten the early May garden. Join Linda Eirhart, director of horticulture and senior curator of plants, for a stroll through Azalea Woods to learn why Mr. du Pont “was fired with a desire to plant azaleas in all directions.” |
| May 16 |
A Passion for Peonies (walk) Take a walk through the Peony Garden with Garden Horticulturist Michelle Stapleford. The large collection of A. P. Saunders hybrids flaunts colors as diverse as yellow, red, white, lavender, and fabulous pink. Take in the spectacle and learn all about the care and maintenance of herbaceous and tree peonies. |
| May 23 | How to Make a Pollinator House (demo) Encourage beneficial insects in your garden by creating a pollinator house! Join Suzanne French, garden horticulturist, for a demonstration on how to make one of these structures using Winterthur’s own pollinator house as inspiration. |
| May 30 | The Joy of Sketching Outdoors (demo/walk) Discover your inner artist while taking in the beauty of the Winterthur Garden and estate. With the firm belief that anyone can draw, Erica Anderson, assistant curator of education/garden programs, will show you how easy it is to make a nature sketchbook for capturing your special moments in the great outdoors. Basic drawing supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring along your own. |
– Tempera Demonstration:
Wed. May 16. 2018
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
FREE with museum admission
Artist E. Craig Marcin will show visitors the process of mixing colors and painting with this exacting medium. With studios in Commack, Long Island and Pocono Lake, PA, Marcin paints in watercolor and tempera and has a professional background in optical design and photography.
The demonstrations will be held in the Museum atrium and no reservations are required.
Have fun with botany! Understanding how plants grow and develop, how water and nutrients are taken up and distributed, and how leaves, flowers, stems, and roots function are key to becoming a successful gardener. Discover intriguing relationships between plants and pollinators, how seeds and fruits form, and why plants grow toward the sun. Develop basic plant identification skills and learn the reasons for using scientific names. You will be amazed at what goes on unnoticed in the plants that live all around us. This is a four-session course.
Come to the Brandywine River Museum of Art to unwind, mingle and make art! Designed for adults who want to awaken their inner artists, this program will include inspiration from the exhibition The Way Back: The Paintings of George A. Weymouth, and feature a hands-on painting activity. Participants will learn the basics of mixing and painting with egg tempera from artist E. Craig Marcin. Learn this centuries-old method of painting and take home a small work of art!
The museum will open at 5:30 p.m. with the workshop beginning at 6:00 p.m. Cost includes art materials and light refreshments. BYOB!
With studios in Commack, Long Island and Pocono Lake, PA, Marcin paints in watercolor and tempera and has a professional background in optical design and photography.
To purchase tickets’ go to:
https://335.blackbaudhosting.com/335/Creative-Escape-Experimenting-with-Tempera