Family events on the Main Line, October 7 to 11

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Saturday has the most, with ten events on that day alone. A state park naturalist sets out fossils along the trail at Ridley Creek, Tyler Arboretum leads a family woodland walk, and Bryn Mawr Film Institute shows Ghostbusters at its family matinee. In the afternoon the Wayne Art Center runs a parent and child clay workshop. On Sunday the Kaiserman JCC in Wynnewood holds its fall festival, and the Main Line Art Center in Haverford has a Halloween benefit with a haunted studio. Radnor Memorial Library gives away donated Halloween costumes from Friday to Monday, and Easttown Library runs a costume swap from Friday to Sunday.

Also this week

Haverford Township opens its Darby Creek Trail extension with a ribbon cutting at Merry Place on Saturday at 11 AM, according to the township’s fall newsletter.
Paoli Library has cancelled its My First Storytime on Friday, October 9.
Paoli Library and Malvern Public Library are closed on Monday, October 12.

Open more than one day

Sep 12 to Nov 8: Pumpkinland, Linvilla Orchards, Media. Free
Oct 1 to Oct 31: Pumpkin Path Adventure, The Radnor Trail, Wayne
Oct 9 to Oct 12: Halloween Costume Exchange, Radnor Memorial Library, Wayne. Free
Oct 9 to Oct 11: Halloween costume swap, Easttown Library, Berwyn

Wednesday, October 7

10:30 AM: Baby Block Party, Paoli Library, Paoli
12:30 PM: Firefighter visit, Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford
4:30 PM: Four-Star Fresh: chocolate flourless cake, Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford
5 PM: Read to Blue, Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford
6 PM: Family Puzzle Night, Ludington Library, Bryn Mawr
6 PM: Love Local Night: Brookline District, Brookline business district, at Plant Roots Local, Havertown

Thursday, October 8

10:30 AM: Storytime Yoga for Families, Stoneleigh: a natural garden, Villanova
4:30 PM: STEAM Team, Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown
5 PM: Adventures in Origami, Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford
5:30 PM: Costumes in famous paintings, Paoli Library, Paoli
6:30 PM: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Bala Cynwyd Library, Bala Cynwyd

Friday, October 9

10:30 AM: Reading Rocks: music, dance and comedy with Mr. Matt, Radnor Memorial Library, Wayne
3 PM: Knot Your Average Keychain, Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown

Saturday, October 10

10 AM: National Fossil Day, Ridley Creek State Park, Multi-Use Trail outdoor classroom, Newtown Square. Free
10:15 AM: Little Tykes Go on Hikes, Haverford Reserve, Havertown
10:30 AM: Family Explorers, Tyler Arboretum, Media
11 AM: Family Saturday Matinee: Ghostbusters, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr
12 PM: Teen Magic: The Gathering draft, Bala Cynwyd Library, Bala Cynwyd
1 PM: Crafting Change: a craftivism workshop, Gladwyne Library, Gladwyne
1 PM: Family Day of Clay: Mummy Lantern, Wayne Art Center, Wayne
1 PM: Teen pumpkin paint and sip, Malvern Public Library, Malvern
2 PM: Dungeons & Dragons for teens, Paoli Library, Paoli
2:30 PM: PAWS for Reading, Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown

Sunday, October 11

11 AM: Community Fall Festival, Kaiserman JCC, Wynnewood. Free
12:30 PM: Kidzart, Bala Cynwyd Library, Bala Cynwyd
1 PM: Introduction to Dungeons & Dragons for teens, Radnor Memorial Library, Wayne
3 PM: Frightfully Fun Fundraiser, Main Line Art Center, Haverford

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