KENNETT SQUARE, PA – Longwood Gardens has launched its first Community Read featuring the conservation classic A Sand County Almanac by well-known conservationist Aldo Leopold (1877-1948). A Community Read is designed to encourage a region to join together in reading the same book to spur discussion around an important idea or topic. Area libraries and community organizations are joining in the effort and hosting programs…
CBNY Mellon Wealth Management will continue its generous support of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art's mission to protect open space as Presenting Sponsor for the 84th Radnor Hunt Races, Saturday, May 17, at the Radnor Hunt in Malvern, Pennsylavania."BNY Mellon Wealth Management has long been committed to our community and, as a firm that has served multiple generations of families for more than…
Continuing its tradition of presenting a Delaware or world premiere each season, First State Ballet Theatre brings the Delaware premiere of Cinderella to the main stage of Wilmington’s Grand Opera House. FSBT dancer and choreographer Alex Buckner—a DDOA Emerging Artist Fellowship recipient who choreographed the company’s Delaware premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, its February 2014 world premiere of Irene and whose work was featured…
The Kennett Symphony of Chester County, under the direction of guest conductor, Dr. Robert Spence, will present American Patchwork at its annual Children’s Concerts on Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2 pm, at the International Cultural Center on the campus of Lincoln University AND on Sunday, March 9, 2014, 2 pm, at Emilie K. Asplundh Hall, Phillips Memorial Building, on the campus of West Chester University…
Irene, First State Ballet Theatre’s vampire-themed world premiere, bows at the Grand World premieres aren’t an every day (or every year) occurrence in Wilmington, so First State Ballet Theatre’s world premiere of Irene, the company’s Vampire Valentine to Wilmington, will be a very special night and a performance to remember. Irene is the brainchild of Wilmington-based guitarist, teacher and composer Shaun Dougherty, who composed the…
Looking for an antidote to winter’s gloom? First State Ballet Theatre—Delaware’s professional ballet company—has the just the ticket. On Friday and Saturday, February 7 and 8 in studio 1 of Wilmington’s Baby Grand Theater, FSBT presents its wildly popular “Up Front with FSBT.” “Up Front’s” one-hour performance of the most exciting and beautiful classical and contemporary ballet highlights is followed by a Chelsea Tavern-catered reception…
First State Ballet Theater is delighted to announce the election of longtime Chadds Ford resident Peter Scoville Wells to the company’s board of directors. First State Ballet Theatre is Delaware’s professional ballet company and the resident ballet company at Wilmington’s Grand Opera House. The company performs fully staged classical ballets, including major works commissioned from internationally renowned choreographers, in Delaware’s foremost theaters in all…
The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present "Blessed are the Peacemakers": Violet Oakley's The Angel of Victory (1941), on view February 8 - May 25, 2014. Oakley's The Angel of Victory, originally painted for Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Airfield and now in the Museum's permanent collections, was the first of her 25 wartime altarpieces, completed just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Thanks to…
Longwood Gardens is offering guests a winter interlude. The horticultural showplace near Kennett Square, PA, transforms its majestic conservatory into an Orchid Extravaganza January 25-March 30. The heated 4-acre conservatory is a warm oasis featuring thousands of orchid blooms displayed in extraordinary ways. Featuring a plethora of colors, sizes and shapes, guests will be amazed by the variety of orchids on display, including Cattleya, Dendrobium,…
Longwood Rotary Club's Around the World Gala scheduled for March 22, 2014, will take the beautiful Longwood Gardens Conservatory on an international adventure with entertainment and food from all over the globe. The evening's dazzling entertainment features inspired African drum music by the Griots Wa Umoza drumming quartet, fascinating Chinese Lion Dancers from the Chinese American Community Center Dragon and Lion Dancers Club and fiery…
The Kennett Symphony of Chester County is pleased to announce a Junior Instrumental Competition for students in Grades 4-8 who live in the Chester, Delaware, and New Castle County area. All instruments normally found in an orchestra or band are included. There will be three (3) winners in the grades 4-6 category and three (3) winners in the grades 7-8 category, with prizes in each…