New art show coming to Harrah’s
Art on Avenue of the States in Chester is bringing a new art show to Harrah’s Casino.
The new show will kick off with an opening reception Friday, Dec. 7, from 6-8 p.m.
Among those displaying during this show will be a variety of local artists. Food and beverages will be provided by Harrah’s.
The Judge for This Show is Eric Carter-Thompson, executive director of Darlington Arts Center
Harrah’s Casino and Racetrack is located at 777 Harrah’s Blvd., off Route 291, in Chester.
‘Nutcracker’ in West Chester
Brandywine Ballet present its annual holiday production of ‘The Nutcracker’ with performances Dec. 7-16, at the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall on the campus of West Chester University in West Chester.
‘The Nutcracker’ features the classic, timeless score of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s. The characters of Clara and her Uncle Drosselmeyer enjoy a celebration at a joyous Christmas Eve party where Clara is presented with a previous gift – a Nutcracker Doll dressed as soldier. At the end of the night as Clara drifts into sleep she begins dreaming about her Nutcracker Doll battling the evil Mouse King. After winning the battle, the ballet takes you through a whirlwind of snow and onto the Land of the Sweets, where you are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her array of characters.
Returning to Chester County each year for over 35 years, The Nutcracker with Brandywine Ballet offers regional residents and visitors and opportunity to attend a professional ballet production in a local setting. This performance features original, traditional choreography by David Kloss and Donna L. Muzio, integrated with new choreographic elements by Nancy Page.
Tickets are available starting at $18 with discounts for groups and seniors. For more information, call 610-692-6402
Mansfield Brass Quintet Event
The Mansfield Brass Quintet will be playing Christmas Carols outdoors in the Gladstone Manor section of Lansdowne, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 , weather permitting. The Gladstone Manor section of Lansdowne has updated its picturesque, turn-of-the-century style street lamps with a newer, brighter, and more energy efficient style. The Mansfield Brass, so named from the street that its leader Paul Del Rossi lives on, will be playing Christmas Carols under these beautiful street lamps. Mansfield plays trumpet in the quintet and has been providing the neighborhood with Christmas Carols the Saturday prior to Christmas day for the last twenty years. Mansfield Brass was born twenty years ago performing this unique traditional Brass Choir Christmas event. This year, it will feature the full 5-piece brass group instead of the 3-piece group of its early years. The Mansfield Brass will include Carolers again this year, for the tenth year in a row, to accompany them and help celebrate their twentieth year. The original Salvation Army arrangements of the classic Christmas Carols will be used for everyone’s enjoyment. These arrangements are truly unique and have a most unusual harmony. They are rarely heard at Christmas time with the full instrumentation of the Brass Quintet for which they were written. Many new arrangements of more popular and contemporary carols have been added to the Christmas Carol book. Tunes like Snowmiser, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause, Jingle Bell Rock, Santa Baby, and many more! There will be no charge for the event but you may have to drive around Gladstone Manor to find the Mansfield Brass, as they will be traveling from street light to street light. They will start under the light at the corner of Mansfield Rd. & Madison Ave. They will then travel down Madison Ave. to the Gladstone Train Station, Septa
R3 Media/Elwyn line, and then up Walsh Ave. They will finish at the entrance to the community where the large Christmas Tree was recently lit to signal the start of this festive holiday season. For more information about the event or about the Quintet, which is available to play all functions, call Paul at 610-2842980 or go to www.MansfieldBrass.com.
Christmas Train Showcase and Santa Visit
The Knoetgen-Donohue Funeral Home, 746 Kedron Ave., Morton, will hold a Christmas train showcase and special visit with Santa
2-6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 and 12-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
2. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 610544-0600 or visit www.kdfuneralhome.com/.
Haverford House Tour
Haverford Township Historical Society hosts
11th annual holiday house tour The Haverford Township Historical Society will hold its 11th annual holiday house tour 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. People are invited to gather their friends and family and take a self-guided tour of seven homes in Haverford Township, featuring Tudors, Colonials, and Bungalows. Tickets may be purchased on the day of the event at either of the following locations: 536 Kathmere Rd. or 25 Tenby Rd. in Havertown and are priced at $20 for members of HTHS or
$25 for non-members. Enjoy dinner at Town Tap,
13 W. Benedict Rd., Havertown where they will be offering 10% off the check on tour day when diners present their tour brochure. All proceeds help HTHS with the upkeep and care of all historical properties. For more information, contact Terri Dougherty at 610-4491571 or www.haverfordhistoricalsociety.org/.
Havertown Open Studio Tour
The Havertown Open Studio Tour (HOST) will take place at 12 open studio locations in Havertown 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. The admission is free and participants can experience the work of more than 25 local fine artists and artisans in a selfguided tour. HOST artists will be showing and selling their local artwork and fine crafts just in time for holiday seasonal shopping. Parking will be available at each site. With the studios in close proximity, parts of the tour can be walked. Maps will be provided at each of the twelve Havertown locations. The artists are: Jeanne Angell, photographer, 25 Tenby Rd., Havertown; Deena Ball and students, painters, 18 Colfax Rd., Havertown; Leslie Rogalski, jeweler and Murray Brandon, painter, 1015 Pennsylvania Ave.; Jack Creighton, woven glass, 2430 E. Hillcrest Ave., Havertown; guest artists, Jeff Kimmel and M.DeLuca, PAFA painters, Hugo Hsu, sculpture, Lisa Learner and Richard Wagner, painters, printmakers and frame maker, 70 W. Hillcrest Rd., Havertown; Sandi Neiman Lovitz, painter, 103 Pennsylvania Ave., Havertown; Pat Mancini, painter and Jim Strickler, woodworker, photographer, 7 Orchard Road, Havertown; guest artist: Edna Santiago, painter, printmaker; Rich Maxwell, ceramics, 17 W. Hillcrest Road, Havertown; Marc Singer, Oakmont Roots Café, 2116 Darby Rd., Havertown; Susan Stefanski, painter, 115 Ellis Rd., Havertown; guest artists, Madeleine Kelly- painter, Jane McGovern. ceramics, Murray Callahan. decorative painter, Nancy Nalbandian. Jeweler, Terry Daly Sullivan, painter, 1122 Garfield Ave., Havertown; guest artist, Mary Grace Brown, jeweler and Eileen Sutton, jeweler, 2101 Oakmont Rd., Havertown; guest artists: Rudy Miller.painter, Patricia Mahoney, ceramics, Linda Figliola, leather. For more information on the tour or the artists, visit havertownopenstudiotour. com/.
Trim-A-Tree Party
The community is invited to celebrate the holidays Swedish Style at the Trim-A-Swedish-Christmas-Tree Party at the historic Swedish Cabin,
9 Creek Rd., Drexel Hill,
2-4 p.m. Sunday, December 2. Admission is free but donations are always appreciated. The Friends of the Swedish Cabin will provide Swedish holiday food from their Julbord, beverages, decorations, and Swedish Christmas music. Attendees can help to decorate the Christmas tree, Julgran, with apples, heart baskets and straw ornaments, plus tour the cabin and warm themselves by a roaring fire, while toasting marshmallows. Additionally, visitors can shop for gifts at the Butiken.