Kids get real talk on pro ball career Friday in Darby
DARBY BOROUGH » Black Artists United and Darby Recreation Center, 1020 Ridge Ave., hold a “So You Wanna Be a Baller,” a free workshop and talk back on profressional sports, from 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the center. The event includes snacks and a basketball game.
The workshop is for young people to understand the hard work that it takes to pursue a career in professional sports. Unlike the media who glamorize the Baller lifestyle, this workshop discusses how to realistically look at the world of professional sports.
For information, call Mikal Odom- 267-254-3438.
Community fair set for August
CHESTER » Keystone First and Better Living Center, 501 Yarnall St., announce that the 12th annual Chester Community Fair and Bookbag Giveaway is set for 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13.
Sponsorship and vendoring opportunities are available; call 267-266-1612. For general information, call 610-497-1082 or email blc1917@gmail.com
Collingdale announces July 4 celebration
COLLINGDALE » The borough kicks off its Independence Day celebration with the roar of the motorcycles down MacDade Boulevard, followed by the launching of the Grand Parade. The parade features antique cars, fire departments, decorated bikes and floats, special guest Hegeman Stringband and the newly crowned King and Queen of Collingdale.
The parade ends at Collingdale Park, with a performance from the McChords, field games, waterslides, pony rides and more. The events at Collingdale Park end at 2 p.m., when the celebration moves to a carnival at Collingdale Community Center. Fireworks are held at the Community Center at dusk. For advanced discounted carnival tickets, contact borough hall. For information on the day’s events, search for the borough on Facebook, email 4thofjuly@comcast.net or call 610-532-5028.
Start July 4 weekend at Grange
HAVERFORD » Historic Grange Estate, 143 Myrtle Ave., Havertown, holds a picnic supper with George Washington from 5-7 p.m. June 30, to start the July 4 holiday. Washington, portrayed by American Historical Theatre actor John Lopes, has a meet and greet guests and provides a 45-minute presentation followed by a question-and-answer session. The presentation is “youth friendly” and includes interactive components such as proper courtesies of the 18th century, and a “muster of the young troops.”
Friends of the Grange hold a freshments sale with bottles of water, red, white and blue popsicles, cookies and brownies during the event. Start the Independence Day weekend by brining blankets and a picnic dinner to the Grange, where Washington visited when the property was owned by John Ross. For information, visit www.thegrangeestate.org or call the Grange office at 610-446-4958.
New lecture series at Brandywine
CHADDS FORD » History and art collide in a new lecture series at the Brandywine River Museum of Art exploring the impact of World War I on regional artists, especially the works of N.C. and Andrew Wyeth. Coinciding with the museum’s centennial celebrations surrounding Andrew Wyeth’s birth in 1917 and the upcoming “Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect” exhibition opening on June 24, the lecture series also marks 100 years since America entered the Great War. Entitled “Brandywine Artists and WWI,” the series runs at the Museum on July 19 and September 13.
Attendees discover how World War I influenced the work and lives of artists from this region throughout the series, presented by Christine B. Podmaniczky, Curator of N.C. Wyeth Collections and Historic Properties. Each lecture highlights the work of different regional artists impacted by the war. Starting with war imagery produced by students of Howard Pyle, and then exploring N.C. Wyeth’s body of war-themed work, the series ends with a focus on Andrew Wyeth’s fascination with WWI and the enduring effect his imaginative childhood “war memory” had on his career.
Topics for the series held at 11 a.m. on the following Wednesdays:
• “On the Home Front: N. C. Wyeth and World War I,” July 19. N. C. Wyeth contributed to the war effort from his studio in Chadds Ford. This lecture surveys the body of his warthemed work, and particularly examines how he kept his images vital and relevant without firsthand experience.
• “Andrew Wyeth’s Great War,” Sept. 13. As a boy in the mid-1920s, Andrew Wyeth was fascinated with WWI. This lecture considers how, through the props and imagery he found in his father’s studio and his collection of military soldiers, Wyeth created his own “war memory” that would nourish aspects of his art throughout his career.
Cost for all three lectures is $35 (members, $25); individual lectures are $15 each (members, $10). All lectures take place in the lecture room at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford.
The Brandywine River Museum of Art features an outstanding collection of American art housed in a 19th-century mill building with a dramatic steel and glass addition overlooking the banks of the Brandywine. The Museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day), and is located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford, PA. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages six and up; free for children ages five and younger and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art members. For more information, call 610.388.2700 or visit brandywinemuseum.org
Football camp, hoops tourney in July
Steve Johnson and Faith Motivated present the second annual 3-on-3 Summer Jam basketball tournament at Sapovits Park, Vernon Street, Media, on July 6. All funds benefit the Faith Motivated Foundation. All ages are welcome; maximum of four players per team. For information, visit www. faithmotivated.org
Faith Motivated presents its second annual football camp July 7-9 at George L. King Field, 205 S. Providence Road, Wallingford. Children grades 6-12 are welcomes. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. in school gym. Participants should arrive with helmets, mouthpieces and cleats; shirts are provided. For costs and information, email fmfootballcamp@gmail.com.