Visit Lima Estates thrift shop Friday for Christmas items, more
MIDDLETOWN » The Once Again Shop at Lima Estates opens from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Dec. 1, with lots of Christmas decorations, handmade scarves and neck wear, and many last minute gifts available for sale.
To visit the shop, enter the main building on the estates campus at 411 N. Middletown Road, Media, through the front door, turn right, go by the pool and to the end of hall, then turn right to the shop.
Talk on Quaker, Lenape relations
NETHER PROVIDENCE » The Barn at Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, welcomes local and regional historian Nancy V. Webster “A ‘Holy Experiment’ Incomplete: Early Quakers and the Lenape Indians,” exploring the early relationships between Quaker settlers in the Delaware River valley and the Lenape, from 7:30-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4. The talk is free and opened to the public, It is part of the First Monday series at Pendle Hill. The series is offered, in part, to prepare for a conference on truth and establishing right relationship between Quakers and Native peoples, to be hosted at Pendle Hill from May 3-6.
Ms. Webster’s talk focuses on the period between the early Quaker settlements of John Fenwick and William Penn in the late 17th century and the formation of the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1795. Fenwick and Penn both hoped and planned that the Quakers and Lenape would live in harmonious relationship with each other. As the title of her talk implies, however, significant cultural differences between the two communities inevitably led to conflict over land and resource use and the gradual westward displacement of large segments of the Lenape people.
Educated and trained as a historian, Ms. Webster is also a 14th generation Quaker born and living in the Lenapehoking, the ancestral lands of the Lenape. Having spent 32 years as the regional historical and cultural preservation planner, she has been using her professional planning expertise to assist indigenous nations with such problems as water rights, fishing rights, Superfund sites and other intrusions. Her last work was at Standing Rock, and she is currently working with First Nations on Athabascan pipeline issues.
Located on 24 acres in Wallingford, PA, Pendle Hill is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center offering programs for people of all faiths.
Eat with Santa, support Radnor students
RADNOR » Radnor High School Scholarship Fund’s annual Breakfast with Santa is set for Saturday, Dec. 9, from 8:30-11 a.m. in the Radnor Middle School cafeteria. Admission donation is $5 for children and $7 for adults. Breakfast including eggs, bacon, sausage, French toast, pancakes and beverages.
The event features cookie decorating, face painting, balloon artist creations, games and a visit with Santa.
Local children from preschool to 8th-grade are invited to create gingerbread and candy houses at home and bring them to the RMS cafeteria no later than 9 a.m. on the day of the event. Representatives from Spring Mill Bread Co. are on hand at 10 a.m. to judge entries in the Gingerbread and Candy House Contest. The Radnor High School Scholarship Fund was founded in 1966 to provide financial aid to deserving graduates of Radnor High School for post-high school education. Since its inception, the RHSSF has awarded close to 1,000 scholarships totaling $2.7 million. Breakfast with Santa is one of several fundraisers sponsored by the fund’s all-volunteer board of governors. For information, visit www.radnorscholarshipfund.com
Get diabetes help in Chester
CHESTER » Joseph Dreams, Inc., announces a series of free Diabetes Self Management Program workshops. DSMP is a workshop for people with or at risk for diabetes. It teaches the skills needed in the day-to-day management of Diabetes and to maintain and/or increase life’s activities.
The program is designed to help people gain self-confidence with their ability to control their symptoms and learn how their health problems affect their lives.
The Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) is an evidence-based self-management workshop originally developed at Stanford University. The small group workshops are six weeks long, meeting once a week for two-and-a-half hours and are led by a pair of Trained Lay Leaders with Diabetes and/or diabetes knowledge. The meetings are highly interactive, focusing on building skills, sharing experiences and support. Participants learn how to make weekly action plans and help each other solve problems they encounter in creating and carrying out the self-management program.
For information and registration, call J. Coston at 484-478-1989. Space is limited. For general information on Joseph Dreams, Inc., visit www.josephdreams.org
Neumann welcomes duo Dec. 7
ASTON » The Cultural Arts Forum at Neumann University rings in the holiday season with “Kate & Randy Do the Holidays” on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 1:30 p.m.
Gaslight Productions brings the talents of Randy Shupp and Kate Casano as they sing their Christmas favorites. Casano is a piano and accordion player who got her start in New Orleans as a steamboat calliope player and barroom ragtime pianist. Now based in Philadelphia, Casano is active as a contra dance musician and a participant in rock, blues and old-time bands. Shupp is a bass-baritone and co-founder of Gaslight Productions who has performed in the local area for over 30 years.
This event is presented by the Cultural Arts Forum, which sponsors events to support adult women students at Neumann University through the endowed scholarship named in honor of the founder of the Forum, Margaret Mary Kearney. Since its founding in 1970, the Forum has presented more than 250 events and seminars.
The event is held in the Fred P. Meagher Theatre in the Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center on campus. Admission is $10 for general admission, and free for Cultural Arts Forum members. For information, contact Nicholas DiMarino at 6105585626 or dimarinn@neumann.edu
Film screening at peace center
SPRINGFIELD » Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old Sproul Road, continues its First Friday film series with “Some Mother’s Son” at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. Doors open at 6:30 for light refreshments. Set against the violent conflict in Northern Ireland (often referred to as “The Troubles”), the film’s story is based on the 1981 fast led by Bobby Sands against the treatment of IRA prisoners in Northern Ireland.
The mothers of two prisoners must decide whether to authorize forcible intravenous feeding by prison authorities or to honor their sons’ wishes to a fast “unto death.” One mother, Kathleen Quigley (played by Helen Mirren) is an educated, thoughtful schoolteacher. When her son is arrested for involvement in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), she supports him and fights for his life but maintains her disdain for violence. In contrast is the other mother, Annie Higgins (played by Fionnula Flanagan) who fully embraces the IRA’s mission as an “IRA mother.” A real friendship between the two women grows, despite differences of class and social background.
The 1996 film is directed by Terry George (“Hotel Rwanda,” “In the Name of the Father”), runs 112 minutes is rated R.
The film series is co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. For information, visit www.delcopeacecenter.org or call 484574-1148.