Visit Rose Tree Park Saturday for 10th annual Salute the Troops car show
UPPER PROVIDENCE » The Delco Cruisers Car Club presents the 10th annual Salute the Troops Car show at Rose Tree Park from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. today, Saturday, Nov. 4.
Ceremonies honoring troops both current and veterans are held at 2:30. This is a donations only car show where all the proceeds collected are given to troop support organizations such as the Marine Corps League in Secane, A Hero’s Welcome, Warriors Watch Riders, Wounded Warrior Project and other so they may continue to show their support. All vehicles are welcomed and there are some military vehicles to view. Come and show support for members of the U.S. Armed Forces and first responders.
Students collecting winter outerwear
MARPLE » Surgical Technology students at Delaware County Community College are once again joining the Association of Surgical Technologists across the nation in an effort to “gLOVE” the world one person at a time.
Surgical technologists, generally found in operating rooms helping surgeons into sterile gloves, want to extend their caring hands to help warm residents in need. Students are collecting gloves, hats, scarves and outerwear for local shelter residents.
Collection boxes are being distributed throughout the college’s Marple Campus, 901 S. Media Line Road, Media, as well as at clinical sites throughout Delaware, Chester and Philadelphia counties. The campaign runs through Dec. 1. For information, call Anne Marie O’Shea, instructor of Allied Health, Emergency Services and Nursing at 610517-6928.
Senior center seeks volunteers
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP » Schoolhouse Center, 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom, is looking for volunteers to help in the kitchen, preparing and serving food (and clean-up) and delivering meals to the homebound. The volunteer opportunities offer appreciation, flexible schedules, mileage reimbursement for drivers, free lunch your day of volunteering and volunteer recognition events. Those interested should contact Kim McDaniel at 610 2378100 or kmcdaniel@scsdelco.org
Craft guild holds holiday sale
RADNOR » The Haverford Guild of Craftsmen holds its annual Holiday Fine Art and Craft Show at the Agnes Irwin School, Ithan Avenue and Conestoga Road, Rosemont, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19.
The Holiday Fine Art and Craft Show showcase the work of more than 70 juried artists in media that include jewelry, leather, ceramics, glass, fiber, photography, painting, metal sculpture, wood, illustration, and mixed media.
Admission is $5 (save $2 by mentioning this announcement). The school is handicapped accessible.
The Haverford Guild of Craftsmen is the 15th local chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, one of the oldest professional craft guilds in the U.S. Its mission is to encourage and promote the practice of fine craft and art. Established eight years ago, membership approaches nearly 100 artists, representing Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. For information, visit www.haverfordguild.org or haverfordguild@gmail.com. Search for the guild on Facebook, YouTube, Yelp and Pinterest.
Hear talk on Syrian refugees
MEDIA » Media-Providence Friends School, 125 W. Third St., welcomes Carol Shearon for a presentation and conversation open to the community on Thursday, Nov. 9, from 7-8:15 p.m. titled “Syrian Families, Refugees in Jordan.” This event is free and open to families with children in grade 4 and up. Registration is required at www.mpfs.org/ rsvp
Shearon, a textile artist, photographer, grandmother, and member of Gwynedd Friends Meeting, speaks about her work with the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and her visits to refugee camps. Through her work, she has had the opportunity to meet Syrian families living in refugee camps in Jordan and see the ways in which UN initiatives support them. Also joining the conversation is Drew Smith, the Executive Director of Friends Council on Education, who speaks on the ways in which Friends schools in particular educate children to be active global citizens.
The presentation will focus on understanding the Syrian refugee crisis, who refugee families are, and what we as individuals can do to help. “It’s so easy to think you can’t make a difference, that one person can’t do anything,” said Shearon. “But if you work from the perspective that what you are doing is trying to make a small difference in something that is important to you, what you find is that instead of diminishing your energy it actually gives you energy.”
Students attending are encouraged to think critically about the obstacles that refugees face as they begin to build a new life in a neighboring host country. They are also be prompted to adapt this understanding to predict additional challenges refugees may face when resettled to a new geographical area within a very different culture. From there, curiosity and imagination are stimulated with regard to the questions “What will we do now with what we know? What will we work to change?”
Hear classical crossover group at DCCC
MARPLE » Delaware County Community College’s New Music Concert Series continues with a performance titled “Loud and Soft, High and Low” by NakedEye Ensemble on Sunday, Nov. 12. The performance begins at 3 p.m. in the Large Auditorium of the Academic Building on the Marple Campus, 901 S. Media Line Road, Media.
An eclectic eight-member electro-acoustic ensemble with classical, rock, and jazz influence, NakedEye commissions and performs seminal works by cross-over and cutting-edge composers. Presenting music of the imagination utilizing acoustic, electric, toy, kitchen, and noise-making instruments, NakedEye’s body of repertoire reflects the group’s mission to innovate and explore musical expression outside of convention. From notated works to guided improvisations for flexible instrumentation, the group has established a new music presence in its home city from which it collaborates with composers and performers to import and export musical works in a rich, ongoing artistic exchange. NakedEye believes in the power of new music to surprise, uplift, and change.
Commissioned works have received first prize at New York City’s UnCaged Toy Piano Composition Competition (2011) and grants from New Music USA (2014, 2017). NakedEye’s mission is supported by Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo Family Foundation, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, and individual donors. Based in Lancaster, PA, NakedEye Ensemble is led by pianist Ju-Ping Song.
Admission to the performance is $10 and tickets are available online or at the door. ADA Assistive Listening Devices, accessible seating and free parking are available. For information, visit www.dccc.edu/ concerts or contact Caitlin Flaherty, Supervisor of Arts Administration, at 610-3595266.