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!
BBPA Revolutionary Dining Series
featuring a talk by Glenn F. Williams, Ph.D:
"The Siege of Yorktown:
The Decisive Engagement of the American Revolution"
Brief Description: This talk will provide a better understanding of how Franco-American forces were able to destroy the combat power of a major British field army defending a well-fortified position without resorting to a bloody frontal assault.
When: Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 6pm
Registration Cost*: $50.00pp online (PayPal)
*Includes: Meal (Salad, Entrée, Dessert), Lecture, Q&A session
Where: The Gables at Chadds Ford / 423 Baltimore Pike Chadds Ford, Pa 19317
Registration & Additional Information: www.brandywinebattlefield.org/revwardining / 610 459 3342
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 features a hands-on printmaking activity. Participants will follow simple instructions to carve a linoleum block to create a beautiful printed image or pattern on a canvas tote. No experience necessary. Program fee includes art materials and light refreshments. BYOB! Register online or by phone at 610-388-8326.
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.
Discover how to access Brandywine River Museum of Art’s Fine Art and Research Center Collections online and use the images to create robust and meaningful classroom lessons in a variety of subject areas. Letters for teachers to submit for Act 48 credit will be provided.
Unionville High School is hosting the annual Unionville High School PTO Used Book Sale, starting on Friday, Feb. 22 from 4-9pm in the gymnasium. The sale continues Saturday, Feb 23 from 8am-1:30pm and a $10 bag sale from 2-4pm. Bags will be provided; please do not bring your own. Approximately 75,000+ used books for sale, across 30+ different genres with a large Children’s/Young Adults Area and Special Collections Area. Refreshments and food will be available. There is sure to be something for everyone. Please visit us at www.uhsbooksale.org for more information. Snow Date March 1st and 2nd.
Chadds Ford Township will hold its annual Volunteer Appreciation Night at Turners Mill, the municipal building, at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22.
Pancake Breakfast and Maple Sugaring Celebration
Saturday, February 23, 8am – 1pm. Snow date: Saturday, March 2
Join us for our ever popular annual celebration of all
things maple syrup-related, and, of course, pancakes!
Take a stroll through our maple sugaring stations and discover
how the tasty topping we all know and love gets turned
from sap into syrup. Explore Tyler’s Great Nature Reads
with kids activities and learn about the impact climate
change has on maple syrup - both led by the Penn State
Brandywine Sustainovation Team.
Then satisfy your appetite with our famous all-you-can-eat
pancake and sausage breakfast. Fun and food for all the family.
Bring a group! Rain or shine event, snow date March 2.
Adults $16, Children (ages 3-12) $10, 2 and under FREE. Buy your Pancake Breakfast tickets online at TylerArboretum,org
Pre-registration not required; tickets available through the Visitor Center at the event.
Unionville High School's gymnasium is hosting the annual Unionville High School PTO Used Book Sale, starting on Friday, Feb. 22 from 4-9 pm. The sale continues Saturday, Feb 23 from 8am-1:30 pm and a $10 bag sale from 2-4 pm. Bags will be provided; please do not bring your own. Approximately 75,000+ used books for sale, across 30+ different genres with a large Children’s/Young Adults Area and Special Collections Area. Refreshments and food will be available. There is sure to be something for everyone. Please visit us at http://www.uhsbooksale.org for more information. Snow Date March 1st and 2nd.