Hope opens at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Joins the first-run rotation at the theater on September 11. BMFI posts showtimes a week at a time, so check the morning you plan to go.
More at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks's 1974 monster comedy runs for a week at the Lancaster Avenue art house. Showtimes change day to day.
Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism, Paris 1874
The Exhibition on Screen film about the 1874 show that gave Impressionism its name, running just over two weeks. Showtimes vary by day.
The Salt Path opens at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
New first-run title landing on the Lancaster Avenue screens September 4. Showtimes at BMFI shift week to week, so look up the day's schedule before you drive over.
Around the same time
Gay Street Open-Air Market
Labor Day, and the street stays closed. Four blocks of Gay Street without cars, restaurant tables out in the road, and the shops on either side open for the holiday.
Last Day of Daily Mini Golf at Alverthorpe Park
The mini golf course at Alverthorpe Park runs every day through Labor Day, then drops to weekends only for the rest of September. This is the last everyday round of the year.
Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens
The fountain season runs to the end of September, and the gardens stay open on Labor Day Monday when most of Chester County is closed. Closed Tuesdays. Timed tickets sell out on holiday weekends.