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RE:SEARCH: Oberlander Prize Forum V

Kennett Square community

A full-day symposium at Longwood with The Cultural Landscape Foundation on how landscape architects use research in design, centered on Oberlander Prize laureate Mario Schjetnan and the rebuilt Burle Marx Cascade Garden. The wider program runs October 28 to 30 with a keynote reception and workshops. Registration $75 to $350.

When: Thu, Oct 29 Where: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road Hosted by: Longwood Gardens

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Harvest Displays at Longwood

holiday

Mon, Oct 19 – Sun, Nov 1 · 1001 Longwood Road

Pumpkins, gourds and late-blooming annuals arranged in the Rose Arbor, the Peirce-du Pont House Plaza and the Idea Garden. Easy photo stops, included with Gardens admission.

Garden Railway at Longwood

kids

Mon, Oct 19 – Sun, Nov 15 · 1001 Longwood Road

Model trains, steam, diesel and electric, run along nearly 500 feet of track set among foliage and flowering plants. It returns every fall for its 24th year and comes free with Gardens admission.

Autumn's Colors

festival

Fri, Oct 2 – Sun, Nov 15 · Longwood Gardens

Six weeks of fall color outdoors, with the Chrysanthemum Festival opening under glass on October 16. Gardens stay open to nine on Friday through Sunday, closed Tuesdays. Timed tickets required.

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Sportsman's Bingo at Sellersville Fire Department

Sellersville community

Sun, Oct 25 · Sellersville Fire Department

The fire department's fall Sportsman's Bingo. Tickets are ticketed and sold only through the department's website, its online store or a known member, so buy ahead. Clock times were not posted yet.

Nosferatu (1922) with Live Theatre Organ

Phoenixville film

Sun, Oct 25 · The Colonial Theatre

The 1922 silent vampire film screens with live theatre organ accompaniment, presented by TOSDV. A Halloween-weekend pairing in the Bridge Street theater. Showtime is on the ticket page.

Canal-O-Ween

Yardley holiday

Sun, Oct 25 – Sat, Oct 31 · Delaware Canal towpath along North Edgewater Avenue between Fuld Road and East Afton Avenue

Close to five hundred carved jack o lanterns line the Delaware Canal towpath, lit by volunteers at sundown every night for a week. Free, rain or shine, with parking at the Fuld and Morgan lot.