Free lectures and performances
to educate and entertain
No tickets required

The Hadley Memorial Fund annually presents a series of cultural and entertainment programs. The fund was established by Charles C. Hadley and augmented by his sister, Irene Hadley Baird, to honor their parents, Theodore D. and Elizabeth A. Hadley.

In his 1916 will, Charles established the fund to provide for a course of lectures and lighter attractions. “The lighter attractions are to be used as an inducement to get people to attend those of a more intellectual nature.” He directed that admission shall be free.

The programs are for “the civic betterment, social welfare and education of the people of Kennett Square and the surrounding country, or who ever may care to avail themselves of an opportunity to learn and be entertained.”

Hadley’s will charges the Philadelphia Ethical Society and the Kennett Friends Meeting to select committee members to direct the fund.

Programs 2011-2012

 
SEPTEMBER

A Cappella Pops
Concert
Saturday, September 17, 7:30 p.m., Kennett High School
 

OCTOBER

Alan Fox
Understanding Islam
Thursday, October 6, 8 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church

Ed Okonowicz
Halloween Horrors: Vampires and Witches
Friday, October 21, 8 p.m., Charles F. Patton Middle School
 

NOVEMBER

PROGRAM CHANGE

November 2, 2011 program is postponed until March 13, 2012. Same program, same speaker, different date.

*Please make a note of this

Hanchien Lee
Pianist
Sunday, November 20, 3:00 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church
 

DECEMBER

Avery Gilbert
What the Nose Knows
Friday, December 2, 8 p.m., Charles F. Patton Middle School
 

JANUARY

Slyte of Hand
Concert
Saturday, January 21, 7:30 p.m., Kennett Friends Meetinghouse

Dan Mummert
Problems we are Facing with Wildlife Conservation in Pennsylvania
Tuesday, January 31, 8 p.m., Kennett Friends Meetinghouse
 

FEBRUARY

King Corn
Movie
Friday, February 10, 7:30 p.m., Kennett Friends Meetinghouse
 
Christopher Densmore
Early Woman's Rights in Chester County
Monday, February 27, 8 p.m., Charles F. Patton Middle School
 

MARCH

Bernard Sweeney
The Freshwater Crisis:
A Local, National, and Global Problem with Backyard Solutions
Tuesday, March 13, 8 p.m., Charles F. Patton Middle School

Finest Kind
Concert
Friday, March 30, 8 p.m. Kennett Friends Meetinghouse
 

APRIL

Women's Sekere Ensemble
Performance
Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., Unionville Elementary School
 

MAY

Blue Roots
Bluegrass Concert
Saturday. May 12, 8 p.m., Kennett High School
 

June

Chesapeake Silver Coronet Brass Band
Concert
Wednesday, June 13, 7:00 pm, Nixon Park  
  

JULY

No events planned

2011-2012 Programs: September  | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May | June | July
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