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 2009-2010

 
SEPTEMBER

No events planned.
 

OCTOBER

Animal Junction
Unionville Community Fair
Sunday, October 4, Visit Their Tent from 10 AM to 4 PM
Come See a Show

Scott Davidson Quartet
Concert 
Saturday, October 24, 8:00 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church
 

NOVEMBER

Willy Claflin
Storyteller
Thursday, November 12, 8 p.m., Kennett Friends Meetinghouse
 

DECEMBER

Carol Firenze
The World of Olive Oil: 
Getting Passionate about its History, Influence and Sophistication
Friday, December 4, 8 p.m., Kennett High School

Choral Scholars
Concert
Friday, December 11, 7:30 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church
 

JANUARY

Christopher Densmore
Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War , Slavery, and the Chester County Quakers
Friday, January 15, 8 p.m., Unionville High School
 

FEBRUARY

Curtis Institute of Music Concert
Sunday, February 14, 3 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church
 

MARCH

The Royal Pickwickians Victorian Music Hall 
Friday, March 19, 8 p.m., Kennett Friends Meetinghouse
 

APRIL

Jill Carroll, Ph.D.
Red, White and Blue "Spirituality”: Trends in American Religion
Monday, April 12, 8 p.m., Unionville High School

Melomanie
Concert
Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church
 

MAY

Hugh Sung
Concert
Visual Recital: Music Seen Visions Heard
Friday, May 7, 8 p.m., Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church

LanChester Chorus
Saturday, May 15, 7:00 p.m., St. Michael Lutheran Church 
 

June

Big G And The Cool Cats
Music for Dancing and Listening
Wednesday, June 16, 7:00 p.m., Nixon Park
 
 

JULY

No events planned

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