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Poetry Group

Exton arts

The monthly Sunday poetry circle, open to every age and skill level. Write, read, listen, respond. Two hours in a bookshop full of secondhand stock, which is a decent place to end a weekend.

Next: Sun, Sep 6 · 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Where: Wellington Square Bookshop, 549 Wellington Square, Exton Hosted by: Wellington Square Bookshop

Every date coming up · 3:00 PM–5:00 PM

  • Sun Sep 6
  • Sun Oct 18
  • Sun Nov 1

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Fiction Book Club

arts

Wed, Sep 16 · 2:00 PM–3:30 PM · Wellington Square Bookshop

September's novel is Trespasses, set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. This is the Wednesday afternoon sitting, the quietest of the four the shop runs on this title.

Fiction Book Club

arts

Thu, Sep 17 · 1:00 PM–2:30 PM · Wellington Square Bookshop

First of three Thursday sittings on Trespasses. One in the early afternoon, one at three, one at seven, all on the same book, so pick the hour that fits.

NonFiction Book Club

community

Thu, Oct 1 · 7:00 PM–8:30 PM · Wellington Square Bookshop

October's book is Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling. The nonfiction group meets Thursday from 7:00 to 8:30 among the stacks, in a shop that sells coffee and cookies alongside the books.

Around the same time

Friday live music at Animated Brewing

Coatesville live music

Fri, Sep 4 · Animated Brewing Co.

Local artists play the Mount Airy Road taproom every Friday. The brewery does not post set times ahead, so check the taproom page or call before you drive out.

SALT Performing Arts presents Carousel

Downingtown arts

Fri, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 20 · SALT Performing Arts

Rodgers and Hammerstein's carnival barker and mill worker, staged Fridays through Sundays in Chester Springs across three weeks. A dollar from every ticket goes to the Chester County Food Bank.

Labor Day Weekend Train Excursions on the New Hope Railroad

New Hope other

Fri, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 6 · New Hope Railroad

Vintage coaches running out of the Bridge Street station all three days of the holiday weekend. Roughly forty-five minutes through Solebury farmland and back, and the last stretch of summer to do it in short sleeves.