Chesco Pops Summer Series 2018
The Chesco Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Joseph Gehring, continues to present fun, family-friendly concerts throughout Chester County. This summer series will present some classical music with a twist, as well as Pops classics, on Saturday, August 4, 7 pm, at Fugett M.S., 500 Ellis Lane in West Chester, and on Sunday, August 5, 3 pm, at Phoenixville Area M.S., 386 City Line Avenue in Phoenixville. Tickets can be purchased on our website or at the door: Adult $20, Senior (60+) $15, Children and Students FREE ($5 donation gratefully accepted)… Special Offer for the adults – Bring a First-time Friend for FREE.
CLASSICS at the Pops will feature Joe Kenney, local pianist and recording artist from Phoenixville. You won’t want to miss his amazing collaboration of masterful improvisations blending classical, jazz and more eclectic styles. Joe will perform solo works as well as new arrangements for piano and orchestra that will delight audiences of all ages. And of course, you will hear the Chesco Pops perform some music of their own!
Please visit the Chesco Pops at www.chescopops.org, or contact us at [email protected] or at 610-594-9178. Tag: @chescopops for Facebook and Instgram.
Wonderful Nature
Celebrate the wonders of nature during this free First Sunday for Families program! Create imaginative creatures and plants with teaching artists, get up close to animal ambassadors from the Brandywine Zoo and discover fantastic specimens from the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Be inspired by the work of artists featured in the Natural Wonders exhibition and don’t forget to step into nature to hunt for animal sculptures surrounding the Museum.
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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.
Become Certified to Deliver Evidence Based Programs:
The County of Delaware Office of Services for the Aging (COSA) needs volunteers to lead evidence-based health and wellness programs. Volunteers work in teams of two delivering scripted programs for small groups throughout Delaware County. Upcoming certification course is scheduled the week of August 6, 2018 and held at 206 Eddystone Avenue, Eddystone, PA 19022. COSA covers the cost of training – a $1,500 value! Help individuals with chronic health conditions gain control over their illness and empower them to develop action plans to improve their health and quality of life. Programs are interactive and focus on skill building, sharing experiences, and support. Join COSA as a volunteer peer leader. Contact Ellen Williams, Health and Wellness Program Manager at 610-499-1937 or at [email protected].
Join TLC for twenty-one days of fun in the sun. Our interactive, outdoor summer program focuses on creating a common bond with the natural world, building independence, enhancing problem-solving prowess and teaching stewardship skills. Join any or all days.
Each nature walk through the preserve will include an activity such as:
-Hiking and Friendship Building -Scavenger Hunts
-Reptile and Amphibian Searches -Native Plant Identification
-Native Animals and their Habitats -Stream Exploration
-Bird Identification and Counting -One off-site field trip
Please pack a lunch. Snacks/drinks provided.
Register ASAP - limited spots available. Join us for any or all days. Water shoes a must!
Week 1 (June 26-28) Birds: Feathered Friends
Week 2 (July 10-12) Streams & Ponds: Water Worlds
Week 3 (July 17-19) Mammals: Wildlife Detectives
Week 4 (July 24-26) Herpetology: Scaly and Slimy
Week 5 (July 31-August 2) Invertebrates: Creepy Crawlies
Week 6 (August 7-9) Field Trip Week: Gnomes for Nature!
Week 7 (August 14-16) Wilderness Skills: Survival in the Woods
Get access to Kuerner Farm, a National Historic Landmark, where Andrew Wyeth found intriguing subjects for hundreds of tempera paintings, watercolors and drawings for more than 70 years. Artists working in all media are invited to explore the property where they can sketch, paint, or photograph and may gain insight into Wyeth’s creative process on an optional guided tour. Water and bathrooms are available at the site. Participants are responsible for providing all art materials. Spaces are limited.
For more information, contact Laura Westmoreland at (610) 388-8120 or [email protected].
August Adult Classes
Tuesdays:
Figure Drawing from 6:30 to 9:30pm starting 8/7
Silkscreen Printmaking from 6:30 to 9:30pm starting 8/7
Thursdays:
Drawing from the Beginning from 6:30 to 9:30pm starting 8/9
Saturdays:
Expressionism from 1 to 4pm started 8/11
Nuno Felted Silk Scarves workshop 10-3pm, on 8/11
Chester County Art Association | 100 North Bradford Avenue, WC, PA 19382
See range of classes on the website. Adult with children and Children's classes.
The Farm Stand is located in front of the Museum Store at the Cottage on Thursdays, July–September, 1:30–5:30 pm. Visit us to select fresh, local produce. Parking is available behind the Cottage near the Winterthur Post Office. Note: Guests who would like to tour Winterthur’s exhibitions or grounds will require a ticket.
June 14, 21, & 28
July 12, 19, 26
August 9, 16, 23 & 30
5:00–9:30 pm
On all other Thursdays, June–August, join us to stroll through the Follies exhibition or to take a twilight tram tour of the exhibition. Twilight trams will be offered every half hour from the Visitor Center until sunset. Weather permitting and space available. Members free. $10 per nonmember.
http://www.brandywine.org/museum/events/music-brandywine-englewinds
Englewinds, an award-winning Eco-Music classical ensemble, addresses issues such as overbuilding of wetlands, noise pollution, the need for clean drinking water worldwide, increasing turtle habitat, milkweed planting for Monarch butterflies, building bee boxes on trees for honeybees, maintaining parklands and more.
Englewinds commissions and performs music by living composers, and specializes in music that creates environmental awareness. The ensemble has received commendation from the State of New Jersey Legislature and the Bergen County Freeholders (NJ) for its eco-music programs that have promoted environmental change in the state. Englewinds members are some of NYC’s finest musicians; they perform at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic, Mostly Mozart, American Classical Orchestra, American Ballet Theater and New York City Opera, on Broadway with Phantom of the Opera and other productions, with Liza Minnelli, Claudio Roditi, and many other credits. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered over sixty new works by living composers to address environmental issues, as well as performed music from the Classical and Jazz literature.
The Jen Chapin Trio returns to The Friends Folk Club on Friday, August 10th. Tickets are $15 per person, and will be available at the door. Children 12 and under are free. Jen Chapin has continued the mission of her father, the late singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, to fight world hunger. Attendees are asked to bring nonperishable food items which will be given to the local area food cupboards. Jen Chapin's music is urban folk soul -- story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk and improvisation of the city. Critics have hailed her work as "brilliant.. soulfully poetic" (NPR), "thoughtful.. worth-savoring" (People), "addictive" (Boston Globe), "smart, observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive" (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). JazzTimes has called her "a first-rate storyteller" while Relix regards her as "one of the freshest voices singing today." Not at all surprising from the daughter of Harry Chapin, a master musical storyteller. Jen Chapin (Vocals), Stephan Crump (Bass), Jamie Fox(Guitar) Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door. 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 www. jenchapin.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
http://www.brandywine.org/museum/events/chester-county-craft-guild
Local artisans display their wares in our courtyard.
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.
With its full slate of professional bike racing and lots of family-friendly events, the Benchmark Twilight Cycling Classic promises to be a top choice for fun seekers and sports enthusiasts alike. Get an up-close look at top professional male and female riders from all over the US and beyond as they go all-out for victory on city streets in downtown West Chester.
The fun and excitement begins at 3:30 p.m. with the West Chester Dental Arts Kids’ Race for all children between 3 to 10 years of age. Around 4:00 p.m. the My Benefit Adviser Kids’ Zone, Northwestern Community Festival open along with many additional great activities for young and old alike. Next up, 4:30 p.m. finds adult-sized tricycles taking over Gay Street for the Tolsdorf Trike Challenge, a fun-filled tag-team tricycle race. The excitement continues to build, first with the Rothman Institute Amateur Criterium at 5:45 p.m., followed by the Brumbaugh Wealth Management Pro Women’s Criterium at 6:45 p.m., culminating at 8 p.m. with the Iron Hill Pro Men’s Criterium.
Presented by the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce.
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Happy Birthday, Leonard Bernstein—August 11 at 9:15 pm
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At the peak of Longwood Gardens’ spectacular 2018 Festival of Fountains season, those throughout the Delaware Valley will get the rare opportunity to learn more about the crown jewel of one of the greatest collections of fountains in our country.
Beginning Sunday, August 12 at 6 p.m., WHYY will air Flowing Water, a documentary that follows Longwood’s founder Pierre S. du Pont’s inspirational trips to the great gardens of Europe, as well as unique behind-the-scenes footage of the revitalization and glorious return of the 80-year old Main Fountain Garden. The massive revitalization of the Main Fountain Garden was the largest fountain preservation project of its kind and has since been the recipient of several prestigious design and historic preservation awards.
Filmed over a two-year period, this one-hour documentary is a dramatic film about the spectacle of water, light and fire. It’s also a rare opportunity for audiences to view the past and future of one man’s particular passion. And while it is a story about change and progress and innovation, it is, at the core, a story about a humble man with a vision for a garden that would move people and touch their lives.
Additional WHYY airings of Flowing Water will take place Friday, August 17 at 1 p.m. and Friday, August 24 at 12 p.m.
You are Invited to a Rotary Minglefest!!
Mingle with Rotary Club members from 54 Rotary Clubs across the Greater Philadelphia Area in a casual networking and social event in Oxford PA.
Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors,friends,and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change-across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Perhaps could even be for you?
Local Rotary Clubs are currently accepting new members.
This networking event is designed for non-Rotary members to be a guest to learn more about local Rotary Clubs
Event is 5:30 pm-8 pm and is Free of Charge and RSVP is not necessary
Great Appetizers will be Served and Cash Bar available
Octorara Hotel and Tavern 2 South 3rd St Oxford PA
For More Info, Karen Mazzarella [email protected] 610-613-3841 OR
Gary Pawliczek [email protected] 610-563-5853
Tell a Friend...Bring a Friend!!!!
Join TLC for twenty-one days of fun in the sun. Our interactive, outdoor summer program focuses on creating a common bond with the natural world, building independence, enhancing problem-solving prowess and teaching stewardship skills. Join any or all days.
Each nature walk through the preserve will include an activity such as:
-Hiking and Friendship Building -Scavenger Hunts
-Reptile and Amphibian Searches -Native Plant Identification
-Native Animals and their Habitats -Stream Exploration
-Bird Identification and Counting -One off-site field trip
Please pack a lunch. Snacks/drinks provided.
Register ASAP - limited spots available. Join us for any or all days. Water shoes a must!
Week 1 (June 26-28) Birds: Feathered Friends
Week 2 (July 10-12) Streams & Ponds: Water Worlds
Week 3 (July 17-19) Mammals: Wildlife Detectives
Week 4 (July 24-26) Herpetology: Scaly and Slimy
Week 5 (July 31-August 2) Invertebrates: Creepy Crawlies
Week 6 (August 7-9) Field Trip Week: Gnomes for Nature!
Week 7 (August 14-16) Wilderness Skills: Survival in the Woods
The next blood drive at the Gables Restaurant! It will be August 14th from 2 to 7 p.m. I have made an event on Facebook, where I will be posting information about the drive. I don't have the signup link yet, but I will post it on the event page as soon as I do. If you could help spread the word, that would be great!
Join fellow local business owners and professionals for a fun networking event that includes great food and music. The board welcomes potential new members complementary to this event. Western Delco BPA can help your business grow - come and find out how.
2018 BPA BBQ Hosts: Pete & Trish Pagano
Food Catered by the Meat House
Beer, Wine and non-alcoholic beverages provided
Live Music by Sean McGraw
Please register as a guest using this link or by commenting on this event. http://evite.me/m9bhp8t7fy
Members and non-members, please prepay online: https://chaddsfordlive.com/product-category/bpa-of-western-delaware-county/
COST
Prospective new members - Invited to attend free as a guest of the board. Plus, if you join at the event, your membership dues include the remainder of 2018 plus ALL of 2019.
Current Members* - $20 per person, $30 per couple.
Non-members - $30 per person, $50 per couple (anyone other than prospective new members)
Our monthly Springhouse Storytime series is perfect for any preschooler who loves stories, songs, games, and crafts. Our interactive stories get kids moving and creating in our beautiful springhouse and woodland settings.
In 2018, Springhouse Storytime will take place from 10am to 11am on the following Thursdays:
April 19: Feelin' Buggy
May 17: Spring Sprouts
June 21: Turtle Time
July 19: Zoo Day
August 16: Ice Cream
September 20: Makin' Music
October 18: Fall Color Fun
Cost is $5 for members, $7 for non-members.
Pre-registration is required. To sign up, please email [email protected] or call 610.459.2359.
The Farm Stand is located in front of the Museum Store at the Cottage on Thursdays, July–September, 1:30–5:30 pm. Visit us to select fresh, local produce. Parking is available behind the Cottage near the Winterthur Post Office. Note: Guests who would like to tour Winterthur’s exhibitions or grounds will require a ticket.
June 14, 21, & 28
July 12, 19, 26
August 9, 16, 23 & 30
5:00–9:30 pm
On all other Thursdays, June–August, join us to stroll through the Follies exhibition or to take a twilight tram tour of the exhibition. Twilight trams will be offered every half hour from the Visitor Center until sunset. Weather permitting and space available. Members free. $10 per nonmember.
Wayvine Winery & Vineyard AKA Wilson Vineyard
Come sing your song!!
Beginners welcome!!!
This family-oriented event is hosted by the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by businesses in the community. Movies in the Park brings families into Oxford for a fun and entertaining evening. The movie previews start at 8:30 p.m.
This year’s screenings will be:
June 15 – Despicable Me 3
July 20 – Field of Dreams
August 17 – Coco
The Kilby Cream Ice Cream truck will be offering for sale local ice cream. Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts will be offering snacks and water. Make an evening of it and dine downtown and then head to the park for the movies. The event is free and open to the public. In the event of rain, the event will be cancelled. Monitor the Chamber’s website (OxfordPa.org) and Facebook page for important weather-related announcements. Please bring a blanket or chair to sit on.
2018 Everyday Hero Run
August 18
Nottingham Park
Nottingham, PA
The 2nd Annual Everyday Hero is a fun, family friendly 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk dedicated to the memory of Jerome Rodio, an Oxford man whose great deeds and selfless acts helped bring together the community of Oxford, PA! Run (or walk) the scenic route through beautiful Nottingham Park!
Proceeds benefit the Oxford Chamber of Commerce, where Jerome was president at the time of his sudden passing in July, 2016, AND the Annual Veterans Breakfast!
Come out for a fun time then head over to Oxford and grab some brunch!
Medals for Age Group Winners for the 5k Run!
T-shirt included and guaranteed for each pre-registered participant until 8/8/18.
5K Run: Pre-Registration: $25
Day of Registration: $30
1 Mile Walk: Pre-Registration: $15
Day of Registration: $20
Free Kids Dash (ages 9 and under).
https://www.runtheday.com/register/detail/everyday-hero-runwalk
Join TLC apiarist, Mike Langer, for an inside look at the busy, buzzy world of honeybees. Get a close-up look at a hive during routine inspection while gaining practical beekeeping knowledge. Don't miss this great opportunity for non-beekeepers, prospective beekeepers and new beekeepers interested in seeing another apiary. Protective veils will be available. If you have your own gear, please bring it along!
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.
Saturday, August 18, 2018 • 7:30 pm
In case of inclement weather, Concert Will Be held Indoors.
Open Air Theatre, Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square, PA
Michael Hall, Conductor and Music Director
Joseph Hsia, Violin, Senior Instrumental Competition Winner
Enjoy music under the stars with our concert of magic and mystery. Longwood Gardens becomes a Shakespearean Fairy Land as we perform incidental music from Mendelssohn’s enchanted Midsummer Night’s Dream. Classics such as Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite mix with popular favorites from Disney and Harry Potter. A night not to be missed!
Program:
MENDELSSOHN – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
MENKEN – Beauty & the Beast
VIEUXTEMPS – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Movement 1
OFFENBACH – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
MENDELSSOHN – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
GRIEG – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
WILLIAMS – Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter
Tickets:
Ticket price includes the concert, access to Longwood Gardens during the day on the day of the concert, and post-concert Illuminated Fountain Show.
Adults – $45 in advance, $50 day of concert
Students up to age 18 – $10
$5 order fee, per order
Purchase Tickets
Join us at Walnut Hill, TLC Headquarters, to venture into the Chandler Mill preserve in search of wild mushrooms with Tina Ellor from Phiilips Mushroom Farm and Luke Smithson from the NJ Mycological Society (NJMS). Collect and identify mushrooms and enjoy a mushroom themed light lunch!