Wineries, Breweries - Tastings & Pairings

2SP Brewing Company currently offers seven different
beers....some seasonal and some all weather beers.
Their newest offering is "Bellcracker in Cans." an American style IPA that is ideally balanced and great with intense flavored food.

Tasting Room Hours
Monday-Thursday 3pm-9pm
Friday 3pm-10pm
Saturday 12pm-10pm
Sunday 12pm-8pm
Tasting Room & Brewery
120 Concord Rd, Units 101-103, Aston, PA 19014
P: 484-483-7860     F: 484-480-5927
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 Grace Winery & The Inn at Grace Winery
Located in the 1734 and 1815 wings of our beautiful manor house and in the surrounding cottages, the Inn at Grace Winery offers fifteen distinct luxury accommodations. Each room is tastefully appointed, featuring queen beds and private ensuite baths. The Manor house offers central air- conditioning as well as individual heating controls for your comfort. The cottages each offer individually controlled heat and air-conditioning. Our guests enjoy amenities including TV,  alarm clocks with iPod docking, and free wireless internet access. All of our accommodations also include irons, ironing boards, hair dryers and cozy luxury linens. We also feature an environmentally friendly line of toiletries from Gilchrist and Soames.


Wine tastings are offered every Friday at 4:00 PM

Grace Winery
50 Sweetwater Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342
(610) 459-4711
For more information: gracewinery.com

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Sterling Pig Brewery

Borne out of the mind of Media’s own Loïc Barnieu and fermented to perfection by accomplished brewer Brian McConnell, Sterling Pig Brewery brings local flavor and elevated pub favorites to the Media, Delaware County.

Brewed in small batches and tapped directly on-site, Sterling Pig’s eight rotating beers achieve the perfect balance of flavor and drinkability—from IPAs to Porters, from Stouts to Pilsners. It’s all about balance. From the beer to the food to the atmosphere: there’s something for everyone. Meet up with a friend at the bar. Bring your family to dinner in the main dining room overlooking the kitchen and the wood oven pizza. Throw a party upstairs overlooking the brewery, or simply take a growler to go.

Sterling Pig Brewery
609 W State St
Media, PA 19063
484.444.2526
sterlingpig.com
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January 2017- LIVE MUSIC ON PORCH EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLICK HERE
All Month:  Mulled Wine all the time!
CLOSED: JANUARY 1stJanuary 7th - 8th: Wine, Cheese and Honey Pairings - 1/7 Live music 2pm-5pm
January 14th - 15th: Wine, Cheese and Honey Pairings - 1/4 Live music 2pm-5pm
January 21st - 22nd: Wine, Cheese and Honey Pairings- 1/21 Live music 2pm-5pm
January 28th - 29th: Wine, Cheese and Honey Pairings - 1/28 Live music 2pm-5pm
February 2017- LIVE MUSIC ON PORCH EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLICK HERE
All Month: Mulled Wine All The Time

West Chester Artisan Exchange: TBDFebruary 4th - 5th : Wine & Chocolate Pairings - 2/4 Live Music 2pm-5pm ​
February 11th - 12th : Wine & Chocolate Pairings - 2/11 Live Music 2pm-5pm
February 14th: Wine & Chocolate Pairings 1:00pm - 7:00pm
February 18th - 19th : Wine & Chocolate Pairings - 2/18 Live Music 2pm-5pm
February 25th - 26th : Wine & Chocolate Pairings - 2/25 Live Music 2pm-5pm

Penns Wood Winery
124 Beaver Valley Rd, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-459-0808
www.pennswoodswinery.com  
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Brandywine River Museum

Rural Modern: American Art Beyond the City
October 29, 2016 to January 22, 2017 

The Drowning, 1936, Oil on canvas, 42 x 48-1/8". Brandywine River Museum of Art
Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth.

Rural Modern explores the adaptation of modernist styles to subject matter associated with the American countryside.

Treatments of coastal New England, small-town Pennsylvania, Midwestern farms, and other rural regions of the country illustrate the dispersal of canonical modernist styles such as Cubism and Fauvism, as well as the translation of these idioms into an American vernacular modernism. Comprised of nearly 70 works mainly completed between the world wars, Rural Modern investigates the incursion and gradual acceptance of modernist tropes in the American provinces. Some of the artists included, such as Georgia O’Keeffe, were firmly entrenched in modernism before leaving the cities behind. Other artists, N.C. Wyeth for example, started out in more pastoral settings and traditional styles but came to adopt ever more experimental approaches.

Rural Modern is organized by Amanda C. Burdan, Associate Curator, and will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue including insightful essays by Burdan and other noted scholars of American modernism.  

To the Rescue, 1886, Winslow Homer, 24" x 30" The Phillips Collection

From Homer to Hopper: Experiment and Ingenuity in American
Art reflects the rich diversity of style and expression in American art created between 1870 and 1950.
February 25, 2017
to May 21, 2017

The exhibition, assembled by the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., features fifty-four superb paintings by Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe, Horace Pippin, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, and many others who revolutionized picture-making in the United States. The exhibition traces the course of modern art in the works of these artists—from the bold, investigative realism of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins at the end of the nineteenth century, to the reductive views and psychological insights of Edward Hopper and Morris Graves at mid-twentieth century.

The Phillips Collection, founded in 1918 by Duncan Phillips and opened in the Phillips family home in 1921, was dedicated to modernism and to America’s best artists. Phillips formed his ground-breaking collection with a strong emphasis on paintings by artists whose critical thinking and creative originality would raise American art out of obscurity. He challenged the perceived superiority of European over American art alongside works by European masters. In addition, he sought works by women, artists of color, and native and foreign-born or self-taught artists, so that the collection represented a “fusion of various sensitivities” and a “unification of differences” that would parallel the multicultural character of the nation. Phillips was the first to give living artists solo exhibitions, and his support for new artists was a critical factor in the careers of many.

This exhibition has been organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.



George A. Weymouth: A Retrospective

1974, Tempera on Masonite panel, 48 x 48 in.,
Gift of George A. Weymouth, 1989

January 27, 2018 to April 22, 2018

In addition to his roles as founder and board chairman of the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art, land and historic preservationist, George A. “Frolic” Weymouth (1936-2016) was a highly talented artist.

This landmark exhibition of approximately 65 of Weymouth’s best works of art in all media will reveal the breadth of his visual investigations. From the loose energetic style and monochromatic palette of Weymouth’s early oils in the 1950s, the mature artist, mentored by his close friend Andrew Wyeth, used the mediums of watercolor and egg tempera to create haunting, hushed landscapes and powerful portraits.

Joseph Rishel, a preeminent scholar and distinguished former curator of European Paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is the guest curator for the exhibition. Acquainted with Weymouth for decades, Rishel will bring enormous insight into this, the definitive examination of the artist’s long career. Co-published by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and Rizzoli/Skira, the major catalogue accompanying the exhibition will feature an essay by Rishel and other noted scholars that will provide an overview of Weymouth’s five-decade career. 

Exhibition Information
610.388.2700
www.brandywine.org/

Longwood Gardens Concerts & Indoor Gardens

2016-2017 Concert Series Continues

Farah Siraj 
Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 8:00

Named Jordan's “Musical Ambassadress,” Jordanian virtuoso Farah Siraj balances a career that spans the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. TimeOut New York's “Norah Jones of the Middle East” has performed at some of the world's most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations, The John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and Lincoln Center in New York, among others. Raved by Rolling Stone Magazine for her “vivacious Arabian flamenco jazz,” Farah Siraj tours with her latest release, Dunya, in continuation of spreading the message of peace through her music. 

Singer Farah Siraj, pianist Simone Dinnerstein. and Peter Richard Conte at the organ

Simone Dinnerstein
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Simone Dinnerstein is a critically lauded pianist characterized by her thoughtful and compelling interpretations that have captivated audiences all over the world. The New York-based pianist gained an international audience following the remarkable success of her recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Her Longwood program will feature a unique pairing of Franz Schubert's Impromptus and Philip Glass's Etudes.

Peter Richard Conte 
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Peter Richard Conte, Longwood Gardens Principal Organist and longtime organist at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's in Philadelphia, presents a program featuring transcriptions of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier and Four Last Songs with soprano Clara Rottsolk.

For more about Longwood's Concert Performance program, visit: 
longwoodgardens.org/events-and-performances

Orchid Extravaganza

Be wowed this winter by our show-stopping and diverse display of orchids, all on view inside our warm 4-acre Conservatory.

As one of the first plant collections at Longwood, orchids have held a place of distinction since 1922. Our talented horticulturists celebrate the beauty and variety of orchids with an artful display that includes a towering 12-foot-tall archway made up of pink Phalaenopsis orchids, giant orbs of orchids hanging over the fern floor, our spectacular purple and white orchid curtain, and more than 200 Vanda hanging from the ceiling in our Silver Garden. More orchids, more surprises, more living works of art await!

Visit in March and see our rare sky-blue poppies in bloom in our Conservatory (check back here later this winter for the exact dates).


January 21 to March 31,
Free with Gardens Admission
610-388-1000
longwoodgardens.org/events-and-performances/events/orchid-extravaganza

Winter Fun at the Hagley Museum

Invention Convention 2017
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Sunday, January 15, 2016
Monday, January 16, 2016

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Over just a few years, video has come a long way. Huge shoulder-mounted camcorders have been replaced by smart phones; editing has evolved to simple computer programming; and distribution of finished videos is now available by downloads. How can anyone keep up with the technology?Invention Convention on January 14, 15, and 16 will explore how videographers create videos that entertain and inform us.

Invention Convention on January 14, 15, and 16 will explore how videographers create videos that entertain and inform us.

There will be plenty of video-related activities for visitors to try. Visitors can celebrate the early animators by making thaumatropes and flip books to create blended, moving images, and they can become a Foley artist by using unusual objects to create sounds for a silent video sequence. Visitors can also create their own stop motion video. And where would videography be without a green screen?

In addition to learning about the devices and applications of videography, there will be science shows on Chemistry, Physics and Weather. Visitors will also enjoy Invention Convention’s Tinkering Tables and Create-an-Invention area. At the Tinkering Tables, families can investigate the insides of an electronic gadget by using simple hand tools to take it apart. The opposite happens in the Create-an-Invention area, where children can make an invention using everyday household items. To celebrate a job well done, a Hagley “patent” will be issued for every invention.

Visitors could easily come all three days and experience something different each day.

Held in Hagley's Soda House and Library. Use Hagley's Buck Road entrance.

Admission: Adults $8, Children 4-14 $6, Children younger than 4 and Hagley members free Lunch and refreshments available from the Belin House Organic Café Volunteers ages 16 and up are needed! Visit www.hagley.org/volunteer

Victorine’s Valentine’s Day
February 11, 2017  |   11 a.m. to 4 p.m.   |  Saturday

Celebrate with your loved ones at Hagley! Victorine’s Valentine’s Day is a sweet family event with something for everyone. This is a drop-in activity, feel free to join the fun at any time from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visitors can show how much they love someone by making their own Valentine card, sending a secret message through tissue paper flowers or designing a candy bar wrapper. Get creative at the hot cocoa bar with whipped cream, chocolate chips, and other tasty treats.

This event celebrates the life and legacy of Victorine du Pont Bauduy. Victorine was the eldest daughter of E. I. du Pont, who built the mills on the Brandywine. She fell in love with Ferdinand Bauduy, the son of E. I.’s business partner. E. I. opposed the marriage, believing the couple was too young to be married. Ferdinand moved to France for two years, during which time Victorine pined for him. After two years, E. I. relented, and the young couple joyfully married in 1813.

Tragically, eleven weeks after their marriage, Ferdinand became ill and passed away. Victorine was heartbroken, but after a long period of grief, she found a new passion in her life. Victorine threw herself into teaching at the Brandywine Manufacturers’ Sunday School. She remained the superintendent until her death in 1861.


Hagley Museum
200 Hagley Creek Road
Wilmington, DE 19807

Hagley Library
298 Buck Road
Wilmington, DE 19807

Contact
(302) 658-2400
hagley.org

Hedgerow Theatre

Since 1923 Hedgerow has been dedicated to fulfilling one of the basic needs of all humanity: Storytelling. To tell a story, to listen to a story, to share a story as a community has been an overarching emotional and intellectual needs of both the individual and society.

On stage, Hedgerow brings together a diverse community of all ages, all races, all economic backgrounds striving for the highest level of human creativity, sharing the power of an ensemble theatre with a community that treasures it.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Part 2
January 13 to January 29 

Return to Hedgerow Theatre for its second installation of Douglas Adams‘ original radio play, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with original artwork by Phoebe Titus.  The Hedgerow Theatre Company lends it’s voices to Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin the Paranoid Android, and others in their continued adventures through space.

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Uncle Vanya
February 9 to March 5

Join Hedgerow in its 94th year as we bring Anton Chekhov‘s master work to Rose Valley’s grist mill theatre. Uncle Vanya is an examination of humor, hope and loss: loss of love, of ambition, of ideals, and of illusions. Vanya and his niece Sonya have toiled for years to keep the family estate going. Sonya’s father, Professor Serebryakov, and his dazzling young wife Yelena return for a visit, and all old resentments explode and secret longings come to light. Though the play is over a hundred years old, Uncle Vanya probes at timeless questions of human nature and reminds us that Chekhov’s understanding of them is as acute as ever.

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Radio Mystery Theatre
March 10 to March 19

Then human voice is one of the most dynamic instruments on the planet, and for decades it was the tool of choice for millions of Americans as they tuned in to The Origin of Superman, Escape, and the infamous War of the Worlds. Today, Hedgerow revisits timeless classics that were once lost to the vaults of CBS and ZBC. Join us are we bring classic stories of suspense, thrills, and mystery to the historic Hedgerow stage and put the human voice back on top.
 
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For more information, visit HedgerowTheatre.org

Media Theatre

The Media Theatre for the Performing Arts is a growing non-profit organization that has been operating as the only professional theatre in Delaware County since the year 2000. Located in downtown Media on beautiful State St., The Media Theatre was originally constructed in 1927 as a vaudeville house also featuring “talkies”. The ornate physical structure of the Media Theatre certainly represents the historic presence and unique value of downtown Media.

In 1993, Walter Strine Sr. purchased the theatre and undertook a massive renovation of over $1 million which restored the theatre to its former aesthetic glory. Throughout the 90s, the theatre was run as a for profit business under the management of Rockwell Productions. However, there was a small wing of theatre lovers that formed a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called the Society for the Performing Arts of the Media Theatre.

In 2000 when Rockwell Productions abandoned the theatre and its production of live entertainment, the Society stepped in, took over management, and established The Media Theatre as it is today. Producing five musicals each year, the currentBroadway Series provides opportunities to gain new audiences and strengthen the support of current patrons and old friends.




January 25 to February 19

Shakespeare’s legendary play comes to life on stage. Bill Van Horn directs this tale of the teenagers who fall in love but must deal with disapproval. It’s never lost its relevancy since its very first performance due to the universal appeal of its story.

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March 8 to March 25

Side Show is a musical by Bill Russell (book and lyrics)
and Henry Krieger (music) based on the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who survive by being part of a ‘freak’ show in the 1930’s but who really have the same feelings, hopes, and dreams we all have. The show reminds us beauty is what we keep alive in our hearts

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For more information: MediaTheatre.org

Ice Works

IceWorks Twin Rinks of Aston opened its doors to the public in October of 1997. The building consisted of two ice surfaces, a full-service restaurant, full-service pro shop, arcade, and banquet/party rooms.

Since opening, IceWorks has been busy with games from local school teams, in-house teams, the Delco Phantoms and the Philadelphia Little Flyers. IceWorks is the only public rink in the United States or Canada that has a professional coaching staff. Jim Watson, a former Philadelphia Flyer, leads the Hockey staff along with the rink’s General Manager Stephane Charbonneau. Uschi Keszler, coach of Olympic skater Elvis Stojko, leads a Figure Skating staff of 18 full-time coaches.

In the fall of 2001, the IceWorks Skating Complex opened two more ice rinks to accommodate more hockey teams and figure skaters. IceWorks is proud to serve the community with a fun, clean facility where they will be greeted by a smiling and knowledgeable staffThe Aston Rebels are a Tier II American Junior hockey team located in Aston, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The team plays in the East Division of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). The team plays its home games at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.

Ice Works offers public skating, lessons, leagues, camps and clinics.
 
For more information:

Ice Works Skating Complex
3100 W. Duttons Mill Road,
Aston, PA 19014
(GPS NOTE: Formerly 701 W. Duttons Mill Road, Aston, PA 19014)
610-497-2200
www.iceworks.net

Balloon Flights Daily

December 1, 2015 through March 31, 2017
WINTER SPECIAL PRICE:  $169 (regular season price $219 - an almost $50 savings!)

Enjoy a birds eye view of the sites of Chester, Montgomery, and Berks Counties!

Total Experience time, 2.5 to 3 hours, approx. 1 hour in flight duration.

Come join the United States Hot Air Balloon Team for a 1 hour flight over the majestic and scenic Chester, Montgomery, & Berks County countryside. You will be blessed with tree covered rolling hills, views of the Schuylkill River and its tributaries, the Philadelphia skyline, and the little towns and villages that make up the backdrop of Southeastern Pennsylvania countryside.

Upon landing, you will ride back to the launch site in our comfortable van. After arriving, you'll join the pilot and crew for a traditional champagne toast and a light snack.

Receive a flight certificate suitable for framing along with photos and a packet of special offers.

Call our Office at 800-763-5987 if your date of choice is unavailable or passengers in your party exceed 250 lbs.

Meeting Location:
Pottstown Municipal Airport
1149 Glasgow Street, Pottstown, PA 19464
800-763-5987
www.ushotairballoon.com

Linvilla Orchards

Mini-Golf Field Trip 2017
(January 13th thru March 3rd~ 9am to 5pm
March 4th thru April 3rd~ 9am to 6pm)

Linvilla Orchard’s Fore! The Planet is a highly interactive and playful museum exhibit created by the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia! This exhibition pairs important environmental issues with the fun of miniature golf.

Eighteen unique educational holes explore butterfly metamorphosis, a tropical rainforest, evolution, dinosaur extinction, food chains, and more. Perfect for kids of all ages, your students and group members will enjoy playing miniature golf while learning about our environment – every step of the way!

$6.95  (ages 11 & over)
$5.95 (ages 10 & under)

Includes:

1 round of golf per person ball and club rental
entrance into the playgroundsouvenir magnet and educational kit


This is not a private course rental; the course will be open to the public during your event.