Celebrate the life and poetry of Robert Burns with a traditional Scottish menu at the Millstone Cafe of the Brandywine River Museum of Art.
For over 90 years, the Delaware Art Museum has showcased contemporary craft in its temporary exhibitions by artists working locally and throughout the region. Capitalizing on the Museum’s popular annual exhibitions of drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, and watercolors, the first juried Contemporary Crafts Show was formally established in 1958. Since then, a rich array of woodwork, ceramics, furniture, jewelry, textiles, metalwork, glass, enamel, and leather has been selected by jurors from museums and universities located throughout the United States. Selected by Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Director and juror Paul Sacaridiz, the 2018 Juried Craft Exhibition will celebrate this long history and one of the most vital modes of artistic production today.
A BENEFIT FOR THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT THE KENNETT HIGH SCHOOL 1PM to 3PM
We need your help as we prepare for our upcoming blood drive! There are still plenty of open appointment times!. Here are three easy ways you can help us meet our goal on January 29th, 2019 from 2-7 pm.
- If you haven’t scheduled your donation yet, sign up!
- Invite your spouse or significant other. Share the love as you share the lifesaving gift of blood together.
- Invite a friend to our drive. Donating blood is always more fun with a friend, so bring one along or in place of your donation.
We hold our blood drives in honor of Timothy "Timmy" Gaige. Timothy passed away on June 11, 2017 from complications of b cell lymphoma. He is survived by his wife MaryBeth Saunders Gaige and three beautiful children. His treatment included many blood products, most of which came from anonymous donors. His family is so thrilled that was an option, one which would not have been possible without donations at drives like this!
If you have any questions or concerns about donating blood, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Your donation means so much to The Gables at Chadds Ford and the American Red Cross. Patients in need count on drives like ours to provide a steady supply of blood. The need for blood is constant, and every donation makes a difference! Each donation can help save up to three lives, so by meeting our goal, we can touch numerous lives, both in our community and around the country.
Your commitment to our blood drive's success and The Gables at Chadds Ford are greatly appreciated! Let's get those appointment times filled up. Each person who donates receives an Amazon gift code and a coupon for a free medium Dunkin Donuts coffee and donut! You'll also receive a coupon for a free appetizer or dessert from us. The restaurant will also be open during the drive, so after you donate, come downstairs to grab a bite to eat!
A free, fun educational talk with complimentary dinner brought to you by Bianco Family Chiropractic.
This Month's Topic: How You Can Lose Up to 30 lbs in 30 Days
Join Dr. Bianco and patients who have achieved their weight loss targets within the first month of using BFC's proprietary weight program.
Learn how specially-formulated supplements, that don't make you feel deprived, and the Gonstead method work in tandem to make you the best you can be from the inside out!
Space is limited.
Enjoy a romantic dinner for two at Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery,
featuring gourmet food by Talula's Table.
Each course will be paired with Galer Estate's award winning wines, including an exclusive tasting of our Sparkling Chardonnay.
Dinner will be held at 7 in the evening on February 14th in the Red Lion Tasting Room.
$250 per couple
RSVP with personal dinner options to Enjoy a romantic dinner for two at
Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery,
featuring gourmet food by
Talula's Table.
Each course will be paired with Galer Estate's award winning wines, including an exclusive tasting of our Sparkling Chardonnay.
Dinner will be held at 7 in the evening on February 14th in the Red Lion Tasting Room.
$250 per couple
RSVP with personal dinner options to [email protected] or 484-899-8013 by February 8th.
Young children and their grown-ups hear a story, interact with art in the museum and make their own creative works in this fun program. Online registration is requested. For more details, please contact the education office at 610-388-8382 or [email protected]. The Read-Aloud Program has been made possible by Joseph and Diane Packer in memory of Emily Grace Koenig.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
SCCCC Network at Noon! Luncheon
Kennett Square Golf and Country Club
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Network at Noon!...
Meeting new contacts helps build long and strong relationships.
Enjoy a beautiful country club setting and a delicious lunch. Attendees give their 30-second elevator pitch,
but remember, you only have 30 seconds!
Enjoy the wintry beauty of the river from the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s expansive atrium windows. Artists working in all media are invited to explore the vista from inside the Museum where they can sketch, paint or photograph while staying warm. Participants may also enjoy sketching (with pencil) in the Museum’s galleries. Participants are responsible for providing all art materials (including drop cloths).
Two-time Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship recipient Ellen Durkan of Iron Maiden Forge, who is both a graduate of and an instructor at Delaware College of Art and Design, will present a solo show of her “forged fashion” metal works and drawings. The exhibition will include an opening-night reception from 5 to 8 p.m. February 1 that will feature live models and a closing reception from 5 to 8 p.m. March 1. Both receptions will be part of Art Loop Wilmington.
Enjoy the wintry beauty of the river from the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s expansive atrium windows. Artists working in all media are invited to explore the vista from inside the Museum where they can sketch, paint or photograph while staying warm. Participants may also enjoy sketching (with pencil) in the Museum’s galleries. Participants are responsible for providing all art materials (including drop cloths).
First Sundays for Families at the Brandywine River Museum of Art presents free, hands-on workshops designed to engage visitors of all ages in creative art activities and performances. Free all day admission; special activities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. No registration necessary.
Public Meetings for the Brandywine Water Trail
The Brandywine Conservancy and Chester County Planning Commission are studying the feasibility of a formalized water trail and would like your input! Join us February 5 or 12 to discuss routes you currently use, areas that need to be improved, opportunities for additional access, stewardship and education.
A water trail is a route along a waterway for recreational use, enhanced by connections to land trails. Water trails involve stewardship by the local community to protect and enhance the natural, scenic, cultural and historic resources along the waterway.
The study focuses on the East and West branch of the Brandywine from Coatesville and Downingtown, PA to Brandywine Creek State Park in DE, so residents of both Pennsylvania and Delaware are welcome to attend and provide input. We hope you can join us!
https://www.brandywine.org/sites/default/files/media/water-trail-meeting-feb2018.pdf
Christine Podmaniczky, Curator of N. C. Wyeth Collections & Historic Properties, will discuss the significance of Winslow Homer’s work for three generations of Wyeth family artists. Winslow Homer: Photography and the Art of Painting is on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art through February 17, 2019.
Young children and their grown-ups hear a story, interact with art in the Museum and make their own creative works in this fun program. Online registration is requested. For more details, please contact the education office at 610-388-8382 or [email protected]. The Read-Aloud Program has been made possible by Joseph and Diane Packer in memory of Emily Grace Koenig.
Enjoy a delightful night of music with the Vera String Quartet, appearing courtesy of Astral Artists. Since its formation in 2015, the Vera Quartet has quickly established itself as one of the most exciting ensembles of its generation. A winner of Astral’s 2018 National Auditions, the Quartet also won Second Prize at the 2017 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition as well as the St. Lawrence Award at the 2018 Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition. With its members hailing from Spain, Cuba and the U.S., the ensemble shares a deep commitment to exploring and programming the music of its roots along with the great masterworks of the string quartet repertoire. Museum opens at 6 p.m.; performance begins at 7 p.m. Cash bar and lite fare will be available.
The Board of Supervisors of Chadds Ford Township has scheduled an informal open forum for the purpose of taking residents' and business owners’ comments regarding the Village District and the impact of the Walkable Chadds Ford project.
Please plan to attend.
WHERE: CHADDS FORD MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 10 RING ROAD, CHADDS FORD
WHEN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019 AT 7:00 PM
The public is welcome to attend.
FRANK G. MURPHY, Chairman
SAMANTHA REINER, Vice Chair
NOELLE M. BARBONE, Supervisor
Transformation Yoga Project is providing a weekend of in-depth training for yoga teachers, social workers, counselors, and yogis interested in teaching within the justice system or learning how mindfulness-based, trauma-sensitive yoga can support people living within the justice system or reentering society.
The workshop takes place Fri., Feb. 8 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm and Sat. & Sun. Feb. 9 & 10 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. The cost for the entire weekend is $350, and 15 Yoga Alliance CEUs are available upon completion
- The workshop will include interactive lecture, group dialogue, experiential exercises, practice instruction and best practices for engagement and designing classes (asana, pranayama, and meditation) appropriate for trauma-sensitive yoga.
- Bri Murphy and Colleen DeVirgiliis of Transformation Yoga Project will share their experience working within the justice system in prisons, jails, detention centers and reentry spaces.
- Special segments led by Oneika Mays, Director of Operations with Transformation Yoga Project and Liberation Yoga Project facilitator, will discuss privilege, language, inclusivity and loving-kindness meditation.
CANCELLATION POLICY: If more than 24 hours-notice is given, you may reschedule, or cancellations are subject to a refund less a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations within 24 hours of training will be refunded one-half of the registration fee.
Can you imagine a chocolate bar with just two or three ingredients packed full of minerals, fiber and protein? On February 9, Hagley Museum’s Victorine’s Valentine’s Day will show how such a creation is possible with Double Spiral Chocolate. The event is held in honor of Victorine du Pont Bauduy (1792-1861), E. I. du Pont’s eldest daughter, by celebrating Victorian traditions with handmade expressions of love.
Curiosity for a life transition led a Scottish couple, Mhairi and Stuart Craig, to the “bean-to-bar” movement of producing chocolate with whole ingredients and responsible sourcing. With Stuart’s background in food and nutrition research (he’s a biochemist), he wanted to know if it was possible to make a healthier chocolate bar that people would actually eat. The answer was yes, but Mhairi, a registered nurse, wondered, “would anyone be interested in buying our chocolate?”
Now living in the artisan enclave of Arden, Delaware, the couple run Double Spiral Chocolate from a converted kitchen above their garage and have more than twenty retail locations in Delaware. The logo for their company, conjoined Celtic spirals, symbolizes balance in life and aligns with Double Spiral Chocolate’s mission of balancing taste and nutrition “us[ing] as few ingredients as possible.”
Double Spiral’s chocolates are dark varieties containing 70% or higher of cacao, an ingredient with health benefits such as reduced heart disease risk, lower blood pressure and anti-oxidant properties. Just as important is what is excluded in their process: nuts, dairy and soy. Flavor is enhanced with a final whole ingredient such as freeze-dried raspberry, vanilla bean or mint leaves. Most consumers are used to the sweet taste of milk chocolate, but cacao from regions across the globe provides a variety of notes akin to those of fine wine or single malt scotch. Double Spiral Chocolate wants to reach the consumer who understands the “connection between what you buy and social and environmental issues in other parts of the world,” explains Stuart.
Learn more about the “bean-to-bar” chocolate making process with Double Spiral Chocolate at Hagley Museum’s Victorine’s Valentine’s Day on Saturday, February 9 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This sweet, family-friendly event provides a Victorian-style celebration with activities including verse writing with a quill pen, cookie baking, Valentine’s card creation and hot chocolate bar. All activities are included with regular admission and are free to Hagley members. Adults $15; children 6-14 $6; children 5 and under free. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141.
About Hagley Museum and Library
At Hagley, we invite people of all ages to investigate and experience the unfolding history of American business, technology, and innovation, and its impact on the world, from our home at the historic DuPont powder yards on the banks of the Brandywine. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit http://www.hagley.org.
Barbershop Quartet Valentine Lunch
Hosted by Chadds Ford Barn Shops
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 12 PM – 2 PM
This is an experience you won't want to miss!
We are so excited to introduce you to our friends "Ed Instead" - a local and legendary barbershop quartet.
They have offered to sing for you at our Chadds Cafe + Store - red blazers and all. Enjoy a latte, homemade lunch or valentine's day treat while they stroll around and sing. Family friendly and really something special. Free event, but tips for the band are always appreciated 🙂
No tickets - we will expand the event to our porch with heaters or fire pits if needed!
Shop our 8 Barn Shops businesses for unique Valentine gifts while you are here!
The Chadds Ford Historical Society is hosting its 11th annual Plein Air art event on February 7th. During each day, Mid-Atlantic artists will brave the chilly weather and paint scenes around the Brandywine Valley. On Saturday, they will frame the 'still wet' paintings and hang them in the Visitor Center exhibit and meeting rooms. That evening from 6 pm - 8 pm, the Society will host a special Artist Reception where guests can meet the artists, discuss their creations and purchase the artwork. Light refreshments, wine and beer are being served. Artwork will be on display and available for purchase through March 15, 2019.
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A Harp Happening That Is Astral Harp
Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 3:00 PM Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church at 101 Old Kennett Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807 (Route 52 at Old Kennett Road, across from Winterthur)
Lower Brandywine Vision 20/20 Series: Featuring Janet and Kevin Witman
Out Of This World
Enjoy an exciting multimedia event combining stellar harp performance with amazing astro-photography. A husband and wife team, Kevin will illustrate the wonders of the universe using visual images of space, while Janet has arranged and composed harp music to enhance the experience, including ‘What a Wonderful World,’ ‘Moon dance,’ and ‘Stairway to Heaven.’
Janet Witmanis a nationally-awarded musician. She is principal harpist with two professional orchestras, and directs the renowned Brandywine Harp Orchestra. Kevin Witman is a planetarium operator/lecturer at the North Museum in Lancaster, PA.
$5.00 Suggested Donation at the Door
I just released my first solo album in 6 years, “Everyday Street” in September and I’ll be performing an album release show at Kennett Flash in Kennett Square on Sunday Feb. 10. Doors open at 6:00 pm and show starts at 7:00 pm
My new album features harmonies by Shawn Colvin and Richard Shindell and is the most acoustically based, intimate album I’ve ever made. It was recorded over four days and features just me and multi-instrumentalist Duke Levine on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, National guitar, and octave mandolin.
The opening song, “Old Friends,” a duet with my long-time friend Shawn Colvin, is a reflection on our friendship and on our times together in the early days of the Greenwich Village folk scene. “Keeping Time,” with Richard Shindell on harmony, is from my vantage point as a mother sharing our neighborhood’s rhythms, from a distance, with the late actor and father of three Philip Seymour Hoffman. There are also four cover songs which have been fan favorites from my shows, including Nanci Griffith’s “I Wish it Would Rain" and “Loch Lomond.”
I’m releasing “Everyday Street” myself, and I’m managing all of the promotion myself. The album is only be available through my website and at my shows, and it will not be on any streaming services. https://lucykaplansky.com/home
http://www.kennettflash.org/event/1785923-lucy-kaplansky-kennett-square/
Public Meetings for the Brandywine Water Trail
The Brandywine Conservancy and Chester County Planning Commission are studying the feasibility of a formalized water trail and would like your input! Join us February 5 or 12 to discuss routes you currently use, areas that need to be improved, opportunities for additional access, stewardship and education.
A water trail is a route along a waterway for recreational use, enhanced by connections to land trails. Water trails involve stewardship by the local community to protect and enhance the natural, scenic, cultural and historic resources along the waterway.
The study focuses on the East and West branch of the Brandywine from Coatesville and Downingtown, PA to Brandywine Creek State Park in DE, so residents of both Pennsylvania and Delaware are welcome to attend and provide input. We hope you can join us!
https://www.brandywine.org/sites/default/files/media/water-trail-meeting-feb2018.pdf
Young children and their grown-ups hear a story, interact with art in the Museum and make their own creative works in this fun program. Online registration is requested. For more details, please contact the education office at 610-388-8382 or [email protected]. The Read-Aloud Program has been made possible by Joseph and Diane Packer in memory of Emily Grace Koenig.
Design trends in landscape development have been migrating toward a more holistic approach, one that creates functional ecological systems that mimic nature, especially as it pertains to water quality. Scott Scarfone discusses how environmental design guidelines established by the Sustainable Sites Initiative™ and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system are influencing this trend and why many jurisdictions now mandate more stringent stormwater management practices that protect the quality of local water systems. Using recent landscape design projects, including plans for the Wilmington Wetland Park, Scott shares his ideas on what the new landscape aesthetic might look like and how homeowners, professionals, and developers can implement this vision.
14th Semi-Annual Draw-a-Thon
Join us for a day of drawing on Presidents' Day, Monday, February 18! With 3 different model sessions throughout the day, this is a great opportunity to explore the figure and enhance your drawing skills. Register for 1, 2 or all three sessions. The draw-a-thon begins at 10am!
https://public.chestercountyarts.org/public/FeaturedClass.faces?wrkid=6633
100 North Bradford Avenue, WC, PA 19382
Monday, February 18 from 11 AM - 5 PM
Talk about a reason to celebrate! Its National Drink Wine Day, and we want to raise a glass with you.
Stop on in to the Winery anytime between 11 am-5 pm, and enjoy a Traditional Wine Tasting on us.
You'll select and sample 7 one-ounce servings of wine from across our portfolio.
Plus (as if you needed more convincing) - enjoy 10% off all bottle purchases so you can go home with your favorite wines.
There's no better way to spend #NationalDrinkWineDay!