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Newtown Square Historical Society Offers a FREE presentation: "BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE"

      On Wednesday, March 21^st, the Newtown Square Historical Society presents Mr. Gene Pisasale and his program on “Lafayette and the Battle of Brandywine”.

You may be surprised to learn that this historic American Revolution battle had some spillover into Newtown Township and other nearby locations. 

Gene is a member of the Historical Societies of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, the Chadds Ford Historical Society, American Friends of Lafayette 

and the Friends of Brandywine Battlefield and is on the Board of Directors of the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa.

Gene is also the author of Lafayette's Gold: The Lost Brandywine Treasure.
Admission is free and all are welcome, so please come and bring a friend.  Refreshments will be served.  Join us at the Dunwoody Village Auditorium

(entrance located in Newtown Square on the south side of West Chester Pike at the intersection of Bryn Mawr Avenue) 

at 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 21^st. More details can be found on the Society’s website:  http/www.historicnewtownsquare.org/

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Sit And Fit Offered For Free In Sharon Hill

 Senior Community Services’ Center for Life Long Learning is offering Sit and Get Fit every Wednesday, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, at Good Neighbor Center, 1085 Hook Rd in Sharon Hill.  Strengthen muscles, burn calories, and improve movement and flexibility.  Use light weights and bands for safe and gently exercises, toning and strengthening. No fee. To register or for further information, call (610) 586-8170.    

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FREE Poetry Reading

Tyme Gallery is proud to feature award winning poet, Naila Schulte. The reading is Thursday March 29^th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.  Any poets interested in being a featured reader at Tyme Gallery should contact their Poetry Director, Janet Sadler, at fairfieldltd@verizon.net .  An open reading will follow the featured reader.

Naila Schulte (a.k.a Claudia Schulte, Ed.D.) lives and plays at the intersection of words, music, spiritual meandering, philosophical musing, psychological analyzing, healing, and occasional political grousing.  Born in Brooklyn, she studied Philosophy and English as an undergraduate and earned a master's degree in Integrative Education followed by a doctorate in TESOL from Temple.  For 20 of her 30 years teaching in the Philadelphia schools, she slipped in all the poetry writing she could, having discovered its magical powers to motivate students and make them fall in love with the English language.  She published an article on teaching poetry writing in an international journal, and taught the first elective course in Poetry and Songwriting at Bartram High School before retiring in 2007. Currently Naila stays involved in poetry education, studies with Philadelphia poet Leonard Gontarek, edits, and enjoys hanging out in spiritual and artistic communities. A performing singer/songwriter at open mics and other events, she was a winner in the Folk Factory’s People’s Choice contest in 2009.  Her poems have been published in Mad Poets Review and Fuze Anthology. 

Naila's workshop information, student anthologies, journal article and dissertation can be found on her website, www.languagepossibilities.com.  She can be reached by e-mail at  ncs.786@gmail.com

So when you come the reading is March 29^th from 7:00 to 9:00pm.  The featured reader reads first, with an open reading to follow.  There will also be light refreshments served with a host of over 200 artists to see.  Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083.  For additional information you can call 610-853-1215 or check out their website at www.TymeGallery.com.  

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The Violette de Mazia Foundation Announces a Special Van Gogh: Up Close FREE Lecture at the Wayne Art Center

Wayne, PA – March 5, 2012 - The Violette de Mazia Foundation is pleased to announce a special lecture, Van Gogh: Up Close, to be held at the Wayne Art Center.  This short talk will be held on March 28, 2012 at 12:30 PM and is free and open to the public. 

Presented by Marilyn Bauman, our Director of Education Emeritus, the talk is timed to coincide with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Van Gogh: Up Close exhibition which focuses on 45 landscape and still–life paintings created by Van Gogh during the last years of his life. Ms. Bauman's lecture will stress Van Gogh’s artistic achievements, not his often told and well-known life story. This allows viewers to understand the two facets of Van Gogh’s creative process: his interest in tangible experiences of the real world, and his adaptation of visual ideas from the work of other artists.

The Wayne Art Center was established in 1930 as the first art center in the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia and offers instruction for all ages in the visual arts, crafts, music, culinary arts, and drama. Each year, they offer nearly 500 classes and workshops, and they also provide a vibrant Summer Art Camp program. The Wayne Art Center serves students in the greater Main Line area, including Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties. Their exhibitions, lectures, and gallery shop attract over 15,000 visitors each year.

The Violette de Mazia Foundation is an arts education institution sponsoring programs and activities that teach an objective approach to art appreciation. We encourage students to use their senses and their intellect to see the qualities that make a painting a work of art. The Foundation is based on the belief that education is a lifelong activity of growth, development, and change; that life and art are inextricably linked; and that enriching this aspect of our lives is a prerequisite to developing an engaged society. Since its establishment, the Foundation has enrolled students from all walks of life: from academics and senior citizens, to school students and prison inmates.

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CROZER-KEYSTONE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON TO PRESENT FREE SEMINAR ON

HIP PAIN TREATMENT

Springfield, Pa. – Join Eugene Elia, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, for an informative presentation, “Advances in Hip Pain Diagnosis and Treatment.” The seminar is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in Café Carl at Springfield Hospital (190 W. Sproul Rd., Springfield). Free giveaways and information will be available.

At the presentation, you will learn the common causes of hip pain, and when to see a doctor; testing that can be performed to diagnose hip pain; and available treatment options, including anterior hip replacement surgery. Dr. Elia will be available after the lecture to answer participants’ questions.

For more information or to register, call 1-877-CK-MOTION (1-877-256-6846).

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Kennett Symphony of Chester County

2012 FREE Voice Competition
THIS Saturday, March 17, 2012

   Kennett Square, PA – Each spring the Kennett Symphony of Chester County hosts an annual vocal competition that allows talented young artists to display their gifts, as part of the Symphony’s mission to provide opportunities for emerging musicians.  Under the direction of Maestra Mary Woodmansee Green and organized by Mr. and Mrs. David F. Gilbert, the 2012 Voice Competition will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 beginning at 1:00 pm, in the auditorium of Kendal at Longwood, Kennett Square, PA.  The competition is open to the public, free of charge, and offers a wonderful opportunity to hear and encourage these gifted young singers. 

The competition is limited to sixteen singers, age 18-26 as of January 1, 2012.  Competitors must perform three operatic, oratorio or concert arias from the 18th to the 21^st centuries, with at least one in English.  Judges will award prizes to first, second, and third place winners, ranging from one hundred to five hundred dollars, and the first place finalist will be invited to perform in a Kennett Symphony concert.  Applications are available on the Kennett Symphony website www.kennettsymphony.org or by e-mailing dfgilbert@comcast.net.

The Kennett Symphony maintains a strong commitment to BEYOND THE MUSIC, education and outreach programs that include three Young Artist competitions, free Children’s Concerts with Instrument Petting Zoo, and its affiliation with the Kennett Symphony’s Children’s Chorus.  In addition, the Symphony presents a wide range of symphonic music at an affordable price to entertain and enrich the lives of audiences from far and wide with its winter and summer concert series. 

The Kennett Symphony’s Voice and Instrumental Competitions are underwritten in part by The Mushroom Festival. More information about all of the Kennett Symphony programs is available at www.kennettsymphony.org