WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
September 2012
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09/17/12Fall Means MusicThis just in from Jeffrey Miller, music director of OperaDelaware: The first performances of the group’s 68th season will happen at the OperaDelaware Studios Sept. 28-30. The concert features four outstanding vocalists. Soprano Othalie Graham sang Turandot at OD, then made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut in the Beethoven 9th Symphony over the summer. Also making her Philadelphia Orchestra debut in Beethoven's 9th was OperaDelaware mezzo-soprano Margaret Mezzacappa. After she won top prize in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions this year, she sang as Azucena in Il trovatore at Opera Theater of New Jersey. John Pickle will make his first appearance with OD in this series before singing Canio in I pagliacci, and Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana... |
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09/10/12Inside the DCCAA grant from the Warhol Foundation changes the approach to art at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington for awhile by opening the curation process to the public. That means you can help create exhibits with the artists themselves, making art less about objects and works that hang on the walls, more about social interaction. See for yourself when planning for “Imperfect City” begins this fall for an opening in March. Till then, don’t miss “Young Country,” a traveling show of art that speaks of place. Organized by DCCA, it hit UArts in Philadelphia and Salisbury University in Maryland before its exhibition in Delaware. “Young Country” examines how artists living in fringe art centers are re-defining ideas of fine art, class,... |
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09/03/12Life at the BrandywineBig Things at Brandywine If you are one of those holiday super-achievers who has already started gift shopping, take note: “Teasel & Twigs: 'Tis a Critter Christmas Tale” is the story of the famous Brandywine River Museum holiday critter ornaments who come to life at night. Think “Night at the Musuem” with a local twist. On the eve of the annual Children's Christmas party, the critters scurry through the museum trying to find Roger the Reindeer's lost berry nose, passing all the museum’s famous paintings and displays along the way. The story was written by Paige Singer as a tribute to her grandmother, the late Elizabeth “Libby” Dean, who helped create the first critters in the early 1970s. Singer grew up in Chadds Ford,... |
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08/27/12The Best of Still LifeYou, the Aesthete If you enjoy still life painting, see “The Aesthetic Moment: The Art of Still Life” at Delaware Art Museum, which opens Sept. 1. This Outlooks series exhibition features 11 regional painters with different styles, but a common love for the genre. “Aesthetic Moment” is an apt title, given that “aesthetic” derives from the ancient Greek word for "perception." The still life arrangements are uniquely perceived and rendered by the artists, then perceived uniquely again by the viewer. The featured artists are Stanley Bielen, Deborah Deichler, Dolya Dogal, Paul DuSold, Renee Foulks, Frances Galante, Scott Noel, Carolyn Pyfrom, Carlo Russo, David Shevlino and Frank Trefny. The guest curator is Paul DuSold of Philadelphia,... |
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08/20/12Get to Freeman StageIt’s a big week at The Freeman Stage at Bayside, near Fenwick Island. It starts with the Tommy Edward Tribute to Rod Stewart on August 23. Edward has the hair. He’s got the voice. And he’s got the moves. Hear songs and see costumes from every stage of Rod’s career. The next night, August 24, the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble brings Ukrainian culture to the beach. It promises to be a colorful experience. Finally, the incomparable First State Ballet Theatre performs highlight of it repertoire on August 30. 436-3015, freemanstage.com DT Turns 50—With a Bang In 1962, the interstate highway system was just getting traction, the Delaware Memorial Bridge had only one span, and the Cape May-Lewes Ferry had not yet set sail. Fifty years... Posted at 10:19 AM | Permalink |
