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Kennett Area Civil War and History Club: Edison, Ford and Firestone, Fathers of the Great American Road Trip

Kennett Square history

The history club meets on select Saturday mornings at the library. This one covers the camping trips Edison, Ford and Firestone took together and how they invented the American road trip.

When: Sat, Oct 10 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Where: Oak Classroom, Kennett Library, 320 East State Street, Kennett Square Hosted by: Kennett Library

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Imagination Library Children's Book Club and Storytime

kids

Fri, Sep 4 · 10:00 AM–10:30 AM · Kennett Library

Stories plus a book club for the smallest readers, Friday mornings in the children's area. Half an hour, free, and it lands right before the farmers market sets up across town.

Maker Skills Series: Learn to Solder

arts

Sat, Sep 5 · 9:15 AM · Kennett Library

Saturday morning soldering basics in the community makerspace: iron, flux, and a small board to take home. Free, registration required, and no prior experience assumed.

Kennett Library Staff Storytime

kids

Tue, Sep 8 · 10:30 AM–11:00 AM · Kennett Library

Library staff read to small children Tuesday mornings in the children's area. Free, no registration, and it runs about half an hour.

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The Lifespan of a Fact

Ambler arts

Tue, Oct 6 – Sun, Nov 8 · Act II Playhouse

A magazine fact checker takes apart a celebrated essay line by line and the author fights back. Act II runs the three hander for five weeks in its small room on Butler Avenue.

Rice's Market (Tuesdays)

New Hope market

Tue, Oct 6 · 7:00 AM–1:00 PM · Rice's Market

Thirty acres of flea market, farm stands and antique dealers going since the 1870s. Gates at 7am and it thins out by midday, so come early and bring cash.

Executive Scramble

Malvern community

Tue, Oct 6 · 8:00 AM–9:30 AM · The Willows Golf Lounge

Nine simulated holes before work with a rotating cast of local business people. Ninety minutes, no handicap required, and the point is the conversation between shots as much as the golf.