Hello Neighbor!
My parents used to regularly host dinner parties. On the night of one such party, I was a new driver, tooling around with my best friend, and I accidentally grinded the gears of the stick shift (remember those?) in front of two cute guys we knew from school. We arrived at my house, mortified teens, saying we’d never been “so embarrassed!” . . . then we got over it and went to a movie. Hours later, we returned to find the tableful of adults sitting just where we’d left them, laughing hysterically, sharing stories of their most-embarrassing moments.
My husband and I don’t host or attend many “old-school” dinner parties. Pizza night, yes, and certainly summer BBQ’s, but not a lot of plan-the-menu, sit-down dinners. This NYT article suggests the dinner party has fallen out of fashion: “Guess Who Isn’t Coming to Dinner”, citing reasons like our kids’ schedules keeping us too busy, and technology preventing us from participating in decent conversations.
Our neighborhood has a progressive dinner party every year in early June. Organized foodies design; brave souls host. I must confess I haven’t yet hosted and that I sometimes need to psyche myself up for the mingling, but I always end up enjoying the evening.
Dinner parties take effort, yes, but there’s value in sharing good food, chat, and laughter with friends, old and new. Should we start a movement? #bringbackthedinnerparty.
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| STRAWBERRY DELIGHTS
Strawberry Harvest Celebration
Saturday, June 1st
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1000 Marshallton Thorndale Rd, West Chester
Highland Orchards invite local vendors, crafters, artisans, food trucks, wine and beer vendors as they celebrate the harvest of our "pick your own” crops.
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Strawberry Festival
Saturday, June 1st
8:00 AM
Linvilla Orchards
137 W Knowlton Rd, Media
With acres of strawberries, you can pick your own delicious, fresh strawberries from their fields. There will be live music, and Sustainable Ritchie from Bear Creek Organics will work along with the children to make their own flowerpot and take home their very own strawberry plant. Every year, Linvilla’s Bakery presents the Delaware County’s largest Strawberry Shortcake... you’ve got to see it to believe it! Carrying on with tradition, their homemade Strawberry Shortcake will be presented at precisely 11am.
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Visit Sugartown Strawberries
Mid-May to Early June
650 Sugartown Road, Malvern
The coming of spring means the coming of beautiful, big, plump, sweet and delightfully fresh red strawberries! These are not just strawberries, these are Sugartown Strawberries! You get exactly the size, firmness and color you like best. Chandler strawberries are picked at the peak of ripeness. They all are deliciously sweet.
Since they’re only picked at the peak of ripeness, strawberries often sell out early in the day. If you are coming out later, call ahead and Sugartown Strawberries will save them for you!
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Brandywine Strawberry Festival
Thursday, May 30th – Sunday, June 2nd
Brandywine Hospital – Tower Health
201 Reeceville Road, Coatesville
A four-day outdoor community event featuring rides, special activities for kids, live music, fireworks, an international food fair, a craft and vendor fair, used book sale, strawberriest kid contest and so much more! All proceeds from the 2019 Strawberry Festival benefit the Greater Coatesville community.
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Visit Maple Acres Farm and Market
Starting Memorial Day Weekend
2656 Narcissa Road, Plymouth Meeting
This time of year, every week brings something new to the farm. Flowering annuals, perennials and hanging baskets are here, and early crops like asparagus are already being picked! Maple Acres welcomes their first baby chicks of the season, as well as their new additions: 2 newborn calves and a baby donkey!! Weather permitting, strawberry picking will start Memorial Day weekend!
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| MUSIC FUN
Narberth Music and Arts Festival
Sunday, June 9th
12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Music: Intersection of Forrest Ave and Haverford Ave; Artist's Alley: Forrest Avenue between Haverford and Windsor
The Narberth Music and Arts Festival is a community event to gather in downtown Narberth. Come get a beer, a bite to eat, and enjoy local musical and artistic talent!
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Wayne Music Festival
Saturday, June 8th
2:00 PM – 11:00 PM
North Wayne and West Avenues, Wayne
The event attracts more than 10,000 people each year to enjoy a wide range of musical genres and artists from all over the country. The Wayne Music Festival highlights local and regional acts, as well as over 75 local restaurants and vendors.
In conjunction with the Music is Love Foundation, this year’s festival will be raising money for pediatric medical causes.
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Philadelphia Irish Festival
Sunday, June 2nd
12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Delaware River Waterfront
121 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia
Embrace the diversity on the vibrant Delaware River Waterfront. Traditional Irish Music, Irish dancing, and Kids Zone, activities and storytelling.
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Merion Concert Band in Bryn Mawr Twilight Series
Friday, June 14th
7:00 PM
The Bryn Mawr Gazebo
9 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr
The Merion Musical Society was co-founded by Mary W. Culbert and Joseph Rhode in 1977 with the mission to “foster and promote music and the interests of music in the community.” The Society began as a Symphony Orchestra in 1977, but due to the overabundance of wind players who applied for the few positions available, it soon branched out to develop the Merion Concert Band.
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Night Nation Run Philadelphia
Saturday, June 1st
5:30 PM gates open
XFINITY LIVE
1100 Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia
The Night Nation Run is the World’s 1st Running Music Festival, an ultimate blend of a Music Festival and a Fun Run. Experience a music filled course with Live DJs, Light Shows, Bubble Zones, Neon and Black Lights. Cross the finish line into an Epic Main Stage After Party featuring Top Headliner DJs.
Start and Finish at XFINITY Live! Run around Lincoln Financial Field (Home of the Eagles) and Wells Fargo Center (Home of the Sixers)!
To date over 1 million people across the World have become a member of the Night Nation©! Celebrate Life. Celebrate friends and family. Celebrate Music. Run with the Night Nation!
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| FAMILY FUN FOR GOOD
Sustainability Fair
Saturday, June 15th
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd
Bike, walk, or scooter your way over to the cemetery from the Cynwyd Trail to support local sustainable vendors at this family-friendly fair. This sustainability fair will take at the Barmouth Station section of the trail and will showcase local artisans and businesses who are committed to making the world a greener place. There will be food trucks, live music, and a chance to tour Nature’s Sanctuary and meet West Laurel Hill’s goats! This event is free and open to the public. Rain or Shine. Donations are encouraged to support the efforts of The Lower Merion Conservancy.
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Devon Horse Show & Country Fair
Through Sunday, June 2nd
Devon Horse Show Fairgrounds, Devon
Benefits Bryn Mawr Hospital
This Main Line tradition kicks off its 123rd year with free admission and parking after 5pm on Community Night (May 23). Come in local spirit wear to support Conestoga High School’s sports teams, and enjoy Alumni Corner with themed drinks and food specials for alumni of all local high schools. Fun for the whole family continues with amusement rides and games and – new this year - the Children’s Tea Party (May 25). Gather the ladies for the fabulous Ladies Day and Hat Contest (May 29)!). Reserve your tickets today for the excitement of eventing on May 26 and the Sapphire Grand Prix on May 30.
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Family Fun Day at Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines
Saturday, June 15th
Rain Date: Sunday, June 16th
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1710 Ridge Rd., Pottstown
This annual event invites the community to enjoy a Pony Ride, Face Painting, Games, Hay Rides, an amazing Cartoon Caricature artist who draws portraits on-the-spot, Moon Bounce, Prizes, Design and Paint a Horseshoe and munch delicious grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. And visit the 80 resident horses!
Founded in 1888, Ryerss Farm is the country’s oldest non-profit organization of its kind, dedicated to providing a comfortable retirement for horses that faithfully served their former owners or who were rescued from abusive situations.
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| FILM FUN
Ardmore Library Tuesday Matinee
Tuesdays, now and throughout the summer
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
108 Ardmore Ave, Ardmore
The last Tuesday of each month this summer will be a PG-13 movie. They have new releases in May and a few movies about pets in June. Their theme this summer is A Universe of Stories, so many of the movies in July and August are space-themed. They also have films that will appeal to teens and adults sprinkled throughout.
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Wyeth
Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Thursday, June 27th
7:00 PM
824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr
“I paint my life.” Over a seven-decade career, Chadds Ford artist Andrew Wyeth painted the people and places he knew, producing a vast body of work that was both intensely intimate and hauntingly mysterious. Drawing from interviews, archival footage of the Wyeth family, and close study of the paintings themselves, this documentary contemplates the life and legacy of an American master.
This screening coincides with the opening of the new exhibit N.C. Wyeth: New Perspectives at the Brandywine River Museum of Art from June 22 to September 15, 2019. Join BMFI after the screening for a Q&A with director Glenn Holsten, producer Chayne Gregg, and Mary Landa of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art.
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JKCP EXCLUSIVE CONTEST!
WIN one free week of Day Camp at JKCP!
Here's how it works:
- Complete the form online (click here) before
May 31, 2019 at midnight (EST).
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They’ll be safe, happy, and entertained all day!
Book Summer Camp by June 7th, and mention MLN to save 10% and get a free swim lesson!
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Where can both a first-grader with dyslexia speak with confidence in front of the entire school, meet their new best friend, and learn to read AND a senior with executive function disorder take honors English, captain the golf team, and be accepted to multiple colleges... Where? At Woodlynde School!
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Whether furnishing your home, picking up a new outfit, hitting the gym or looking for a date night spot, Suburban Square has it all!
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Visit Wayne Art Center to shop more than 200 fresh outdoor paintings that capture the true essence of the Main Line and surrounding communities.
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389 W. Lancaster Ave
Wayne, PA
610-688-9856
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