Saturday Night, February 7th, 2015

7:00 O’clock
The Gable of Chadds Ford
423 Baltimore Pike

BUY TICKETS

$75 Non-members / $63 Current Members

Hors D’oeurves – Dancing

Wine & Beer Open Bar

Silent Auction

See some of our amazing auction items

Cocktail Attire – Limited Tickets

Prix Fixe Dinner

The Gables is offering a 3-course dinner for $38
Reservations are available from 5-7 PM
Please mention the Golden Gala
and a percentage will be donated to
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION
For dinner reservations call: (610) 388-7700

First State Ballet Theatre presents "Up Front with First State Ballet Theatre", an exciting program of classical and contemporary highlights followed by a catered reception with dancers, staff and board in the Baby Grand studio 1, 3rd floor, 818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE on Friday February 6 and Saturday February 7 at 7 p.m. Adults $35, students $25. Call 1 800-37GRAND or visit www.ticketsatthegrand.org (student discount not available online).

Kennett Chocolate Lovers Festival

February 8, 2015 1 – 4 p.m.

Kennett High School, 100 E. South St., Kennett Square, PA

Calling chocoholics! Hundreds of treats will be available for tasting at this festival benefiting the United Way of Southern Chester County. Bring family and friends and sample as many items as you wish. Contestants vie for ribbons and prizes as professionals, amateurs and students (ages 12 up).  General Admission at 2 p.m.: $10 per person/$25 for a family of four. Parking is $5. Connoisseur Tickets for admission at 1 p.m.: $25 per person/$45 for two (includes beverages and parking). Are you a cook? Enter your chocolate creation for a chance to win ribbons and prizes. Entry deadline is January 30, 2015.  Advance tickets and info: www.kennettchocolate.org.

Thursday piano performances from 6-9pm at The Gables at Chadds Ford.

Opens at 7 - Show starts at 8

Back by popular demand to Kennett Flash! Better Than Bacon is Chester County's newest improvisational comedy troupe! They make up every single word and perform every single action completely on-the-spot...and it's all driven by YOUR suggestions. Every show is a brand new experience, so find out why this group is Better Than Bacon!

In conjunction with Jamie Wyeth's major retrospective, visit two of the Brandywine River Museum's National Historic Landmark sites that have particular significance to his development as an artist. The N.C. Wyeth Studio, built by Jamie Wyeth's grandfather, is the place where the young artist studied painting with his aunt, Carolyn Wyeth. The Andrew Wyeth Studio is a restored schoolhouse that was the home of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth and their two sons, Nicholas and Jamie. Later, when the entire structure became Andrew Wyeth's studio, the building was the location of Jamie Wyeth's first studio. It is here that the artist painted important works including "Draft Age" and "Portrait of John F. Kennedy." Guided tours leave from the museum on Fridays and Saturdays from Feb. 6 to March 14 at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting. Limited tickets for this special experience are available at the museum on the day of the tour and cost $10 in addition to Museum admission ($5 for members).

Art is Social

Friday, February 13 | 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Art is Social is back by popular demand! Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your main squeeze or with friends while listening to live soulful pop-rock performed by Philadelphia singer/songwriter Jesse Ruben. Enjoy dessert and cheese tastings provided by local restaurants, stroll through the galleries for a “Love, Lies, and Oil Paint” tour, or create your own Valentines! More information available at delart.org. Free for Members, $5 Non-Members. Cash bar and café.

Valentine's Day Open House at First State Ballet Theatre studios, Baby Grand, floor 3R, 818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 on February 14 from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm.  Observe classes from tot to professional, meet instructors and see demonstration by student and professional dancers at 2:30.  Call 302 658-7897 ext. 3851 for more information.  Free.

Wine and Chocolate Pairing with a Twist
12-5pm, 6pm on Saturdays

RSVP Online

A new take on an old favorite, we’re putting a fun twist on pairing wine and chocolate. You’ll enjoy a tasting of four Chaddsford wines paired with some of handcrafted chocolates from Lancaster County.  $20 per person.

Enjoy Live Music EVERY

Saturday and Sunday Afternoon at Galer Estate!

Saturday from 5-7pm

Bill Hake

Sunday from 4-6pm

Rick Lowenberg

Monday, February 16 from 10 am to 3 pm 

Presidents Day Celebration

CFHS Barn Visitors Center

Join us on this 9th annual celebration! There will be many exhibits and special activities at the Visitors Center, free of charge. Younger visitors will enjoy the coloring station and the collection of Presidents and First Ladies paper dolls. Older visitors can be challenged by the Presidential quizzes or the "Name that US State" game. There will be refreshments, costumed interpreters and beehive oven bread for sale. Tour the Chads House to observe baking in the beehive oven: $5 for adults, members and youth 12 and under are free.

The Chester County Historical Society (CCHS) will present “The Story of Nate Simms” by historian, lecturer and teacher Michael Payton at Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House in West Chester. The free presentation is part of "History on Tap," a series that brings history alive with periodic programs at area restaurants and taverns. Payton will discuss the role of Simms, a young African American man, in one of America’s most important evenings in American history, April 15, 1865 - the assassination of President Lincoln. Simms, who later lived in Marshallton, was buried at the cemetery in near Bradford Friends Meeting House. Payton is a retired history teacher from West Chester East High School, lecturer at a number of local colleges and universities, and was a ship historian for the schooner "Amistad" during the tall ship's tour of Nova Scotia.

Civil rights attorney Lani Guinier, a Harvard Law School professor known for challenging conventional thinking on the issues of race and class, will speak at Penn State Great Valley,  on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Following the presentation, she will do a signing of her latest book, Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher Education in America, which will also be available for sale. Registration is required; free tickets can be obtained at www.gv.psu.edu/events.

Thursday piano performances from 6-9pm at The Gables at Chadds Ford.

Enjoy a concert of Bach, Cole, Barrios, Nielson, Dyens and Jobim, performed by Jordan Dodson, named one of the top young classical guitarists of his generation by "Performance Today." Tickets are $12, $10 for Brandywine members, and $6 for students, through Feb. 16. Tickets are available online, by phone at 610-388-8326, or at the museum. After Feb. 16, tickets are $25, $20 for Brandywine members. and $10 for students.

Guitarist Jordan Dodson

Thursday, February 19, 7:30 p.m. 

Galleries open at 6 p.m.

Arrive at 6 p.m. to tour the museum and enjoy small plates and full bar (available for purchase). Tickets are available online, by phone at 610.388.8326, or at the Museum.

$12, $10 for Brandywine members and $6, students, through February 16. After February 16, $25, $20 for Brandywine members and $10 students.

Unionville High School Hosts 17th Annual Jazz Along the Brandywine
Friday, February 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Contact:  G. Scott Litzenberg, [email protected]

Kennett Square, PA, February 16, 2015 - Get ready for an evening of hot music and cool improvisation as Unionville High School hosts the 17th annual “Jazz Along the Brandywine” festival on Friday, February 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eight high school bands are scheduled to show off their chops in a variety of styles from soul to swing to samba.
“Every year the level of music gets higher,” says G. Scott Litzenberg, director of Unionville High School’s Jazz Band. “It’s a really fun evening for the audience, with the chance to enjoy all different kinds of music from top local bands. Some amazingly talented kids will be performing. It’s always exciting to hear the improv solos they come up with.”
This year’s participants are Avon Grove Charter, Truman, North Penn Navy, Central Bucks South, North Penn Columbia, Creative Arts and Hempfield.  The Patton Middle School Jazz Band will give a special guest performance.  The evening concludes with and exhibition by the Unionville High School Jazz Band followed by an award ceremony.
Tickets are $8 adults, $6 students and seniors, free for ages 5 and under. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Unionville High School is located at 750 Unionville Rd. (PA Route 82), Kennett Square, PA.  Additional information is available at the Cavalcade of Bands website, www.cavalcadeofbands.com.

In conjunction with Jamie Wyeth's major retrospective, visit two of the Museum's National Historic Landmark sites that have particular significance to his development as an artist, the N.C. Wyeth Studio, built by Jamie Wyeth's grandfather, and the Andrew Wyeth Studio artist painted important works including Draft Age and Portrait of John F. Kennedy. Limited tickets for this special experience are available at the Museum on the day of the tour and cost $10 in addition to museum admission ($5 for members). The tours are at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 3 p.m.

Are you interested in the arts, open space and helping others? Do you want to meet other like-minded individuals?  Join us at the Brandywine River Museum of Art on Friday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m..  Sip a beer or glass of wine (cash bar) and nosh on appetizers. Learn more about the exhibition Jamie Wyeth and the Young Friends of the Brandywine while enjoying the galleries!  This networking event is designed to connect young professionals who are committed to making a difference in the Brandywine Valley. This event is free of charge, and attendees must be 21 or older.

Part One of "The Sixties! Winds of Change" opens at the Chester County Historical Society on Feb. 21  This installation, initiated by community interest, will use original objects, photographs, documents, and oral histories to inspire visitors. Attendees will experience how national events influenced Chester County, and also how the area, in turn, contributed to those events.  This will be a two-phase exhibit. Part I, “1960s Pop Culture: Movies, Memorabilia and The Media, The Steve and Michell Friedman Collection,” will be followed on Nov. 7 by Part Two  of the exhibit, “The ‘60s! Winds of Change.” for more information, visit  http://chestercohistorical.org/exhibit/60s-winds-change.

Wine and Chocolate Pairing with a Twist
12-5pm, 6pm on Saturdays

RSVP Online

A new take on an old favorite, we’re putting a fun twist on pairing wine and chocolate. You’ll enjoy a tasting of four Chaddsford wines paired with some of handcrafted chocolates from Lancaster County.  $20 per person.

Enjoy Live Music EVERY

Saturday and Sunday Afternoon at Galer Estate!

Saturday from 5-7pm

Bill Hake

Sunday from 4-6pm

Rick Lowenberg

Our first lecture is Tuesday March 24th at 7:30 p.m. at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. Author and historian, Katherine Leonard Turner, will give a deep exploration on the changing food landscape in American working class families during the early 20th century. Admission is FREE for CFHS members and $10 for non-members. Please call (610) 388-7376 to reserve your seat. Hurry! Seats are limited. Many thanks if you can help with this. Hope you will join us.

Look Good….Feel BetterÒ

The Latest Cancer Treatments Aren’t Always Prescribed by Doctors

West Grove, PA -- Jennersville Regional Hospital will present Look Good…Feel BetterÒ, an American Cancer Society program that teaches beauty techniques to women who are actively undergoing cancer treatment, on Wednesday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m. in the Hospital’s Conference Room B. This free, one-session program helps attendees combat the appearance-related side effects of radiation and chemotherapy.

“The concept is that women most often feel better about themselves when they’ve overcome some of the physical obstacles they encounter during cancer treatment,” explains Ellen Musser, RN, MS, Jennersville Regional Hospital Cancer Program. “By giving them some tips and skills to deal with these unwanted changes, they feel more confident during what has been a very difficult period in their life. I’ve seen women’s self-esteem improve because they’ve learned several cosmetic techniques that help overcome some of the physical changes they’re experiencing.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (MORE)

LOOK GOOD – ADD ONE

As part of the program each woman practices techniques using products donated by the cosmetics industry through partnerships the American Cancer Society has developed with the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA) and the National Cosmetology Association. The one-session class is taught by a licensed cosmetologist who has been specially trained to assist those coping with cancer treatment.

To make a reservation, call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345.   For additional information or directions to Jennersville Regional Hospital, call Ellen Musser, RN., at 610-869-1067. Jennersville Regional Hospital is located at 1015 West Baltimore Pike in West Grove.

Thursday piano performances from 6-9pm at The Gables at Chadds Ford.

Concerts on Kentmere

Thursday, February 26 | 7:30 p.m.

The renowned Pyxis Piano Quartet returns for an engaging concert that features Pedro Tintorer’s Un Souvenir de L. van Beethoven, Alexandre Tansman’s Suite-Divertissement, and Robert Schumann’s powerful Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47. $20 members, $40 Non-Members. Save the dates: March 26 Rosanne Vita Nahass, piano; April 30 Pyxis Piano Quartet

In conjunction with Jamie Wyeth's major retrospective, visit two of the Brandywine River Museum's National Historic Landmark sites that have particular significance to his development as an artist. The N.C. Wyeth Studio, built by Jamie Wyeth's grandfather, is the place where the young artist studied painting with his aunt, Carolyn Wyeth. The Andrew Wyeth Studio is a restored schoolhouse that was the home of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth and their two sons, Nicholas and Jamie. Later, when the entire structure became Andrew Wyeth's studio, the building was the location of Jamie Wyeth's first studio. It is here that the artist painted important works including "Draft Age" and "Portrait of John F. Kennedy." Guided tours leave from the museum on Fridays and Saturdays from Feb. 6 to March 14 at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting. Limited tickets for this special experience are available at the museum on the day of the tour and cost $10 in addition to Museum admission ($5 for members).

Bundle up and enjoy this annual celebration of the maple tree’s sweet offerings by attending Tyler Arboretum’s annual Pancake Breakfast and Maple Sugaring Celebration fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. Visitors are encouraged to visit the various discovery stations hosted by Tyler educators to learn how sap is turned into maple syrup, and then take a turn tapping a tree. Breakfast cravings are satisfied in the historic barn with Tyler’s mouthwatering all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast. Hot coffee, hot cocoa and other beverages accompany this tasty winter feast. No pre-registration is required for this event. Adults $12, children (ages 3-12) $8, and children under age three are free. (The snow date for this event is March 7.)