WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
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03/11/13World Cafe Live at The Queen Does St. Pat's RightWorld Cafe Live at the Queen has gone green. That means, if you’re looking for Celtic, this is your week, WCL is the place. It begins with a visit by the Irish Rovers, longtime ambassadors of Irish music, on March 13. Their rollicking show will have you singing and clapping like crazy. Contemporary band Carbon Leaf drops in March 15, delivering a unique mix of Southern, Celtic and bluegrass-tinged tunes. After more than 20 years of award-winning recording and touring, they’re hitting the road in support of their newest album, “Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle.” On March 16, see Burning Bridget Cleary, one of the hottest young acts on the Celtic and folk music circuits. You’ll be impressed by the band’s mix of high-energy and tightly-woven fiddle and... Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink |
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03/04/13The Biggs Shows The Projectionist—Cool!The Projectionist, a nationally acclaimed exhibition, will be on view at the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover through June 23. The Projectionist is a documentary, book and multi-media exhibition that explores one man’s lifelong fascination with the golden age of film and, in particular, the grand movie palace. The exhibition features a fully operational 1920s-style movie theater that was created in the basement of Middletown native Gordon Brinckle. A documentary, created by Kendall Messick, provides a penetrating gaze into the life of this self-taught artist. The narrative follows the course of Brinckle’s life, revealing the profound desire, frustration and motivation that propelled him to create such a distinctive outsider art environment. Original works on paper by... |
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02/25/13UD's REP does "Hamlet"This is Delaware’s Year of Shakespeare, and UD’s Reperatory Ensemble Players are doing their share to celebrate with a production of the great “Hamlet” Feb. 28-March 7. From REP itself: “Murder, melancholy, and madness rock this powerful and engrossing production of Shakespeare’s greatest play. The death of his father and his mother’s hasty remarriage leave the Prince of Denmark in suspicious mourning when his father’s ghost appears to him, demanding revenge. Hamlet uncovers a world of deception and corruption as he grapples with his morality and mortality while putting into motion a plan of vengeance that will have devastating consequences for the entire kingdom.” Every time you see a Shakespeare play, it’s something... |
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02/18/13From DCAD to the MuseumStraight from the Delaware College of Art and Design to the Delaware Art Museum, professor Alexi Natchev has his work exhibited in “Imagined Places: The Art of Alexi Natchev,” starting March 2. The illustrator was born and educated in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since moving to the United States in 1990, he has illustrated 17 children's books, collaborating with major authors and publishers. His work has been shown in many international exhibitions and he has received several national awards. His illustrations conjure up an imaginary world of playful creatures, fairy-tale places, folktales and more. “Imagined Places” features over 60 works by Natchev, including paintings and prints representing the range of his career as an artist and illustrator. See how he... |
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02/11/13Shakespeare's Songs of LoveDelaware Shakespeare Festival presents an intoxicating mix of Shakespeare readings, song, and romance perfect for Valentine's week. DSF actors will read some of Shakespeare's greatest love scenes, special guests will recite favorite sonnets, and the evening will be punctuated with song and opportunities for the audience to engage in Shakespearean wooing, all at The World Cafe Live at The Queen. 994-1400, worldcafelive.com Car Talk Becky Foster is caught in middle age, with no prospects of change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept millionaire stumbles into her workplace and offers her a whole new life. And you get to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn't dare. “Becky's New Car” is a thoroughly original comedy with serious... Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink |
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02/04/13Music Up CloseThe Delaware Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series continues with part 2, David Amado & Friends, on Feb. 5 in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du Pont. The program includes a performance of Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57—our maestro on piano—and more. Chamber concerts are a wonderful opportunity to see the players up close. 652-5577, delawaresymphony.org Grand Good Times Here are two fun things at The Grand Opera House in Wilmington this week. First, it’s up, up and away with 1970s hit makers Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis on Feb. 8. You know them as part of The 5th Dimension, who charted high with (“Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In,” and as the duo who made “You Don’t Have To Be A Star.” Together for more than 40... |
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01/28/13Buzzing OnWhat digital information floats in cyber space, and what of it is worth your time? Find out as The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts presents “This Space Is Intentionally Left Blank” by Texas artist Kerry Adams, on view through April 21. Adams' installation integrates traditional installation art and technology through the use of tablets that display live Twitter feeds. The installation encourages the viewer to engage with the exhibition by posting comments to Twitter with the hashtag #leftblank while within the installation. The exercise creates a literal dialogue with visitors about the ubiquitous nature of technology and the role of individuality and community in daily life. Introducing text, electrical cords, and tablet computers as aesthetic, sculptural... |
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01/21/13Sweet SymphonyNew worlds, new times. They’re the talk of the re-launched Delaware Symphony Orchestra right now, which resumes full performances with special concerts Jan. 25 and Jan. 27. On deck: Dvořák’s New World Symphony and the DSO pianist Lura Johnson as soloist for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1. DSO Music Director David Amado will conduct. “When the DSO had its start more than a century ago as the Tankopanikum Orchestra, Dvořák’s New World Symphony, Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel, and Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto were new,” Amado says. “Now those works are classics, having withstood the test of time. The DSO, too, has withstood the test of time. After months of silence, I am thrilled to be conducting my... |
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01/14/13A Picture of NowThe year 2012 might have been Delaware Art Museum’s 100th anniversary year, but the celebration continues with “State of the Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle” Feb. 9-June 1. The exhibition features more than 60 works from eight of the most important contemporary illustrators. In 2011, the museum launched its centennial celebration with a major retrospective dedicated to illustrator Howard Pyle. “State of the Art” marks the celebration's end and reflects on Pyle's legacy. In the century since his death in 1911, American illustration has diversified into a wide range of art forms, including animated films, computer-generated images to graphic novels and conceptual art. “No single exhibition could possibly do justice to the noisy,... |
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01/07/13Paris and Pyle on FilmAs part of its Read a Movie series, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present “The Last Time I Saw Paris” on Jan. 9 at the Rehoboth Beach Public Library. The 1954 classic stars Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson and Donna Reed in a tale inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald story “Babylon Revisited.” The story’s protagonist returns to the city long after the jazz era has ended and tries to prove to his in-laws that he is fit to reclaim his daughter. The story reflects the real-life highs and lows of Fitzgerald’s ill-fated marriage to Zelda Sayre. Timeless. New is the society’s three-part Delmarva Roots series, which begins Jan. 11 with a screening of “Howard Pyle & The Illustrated Story” at the fire hall in Milton. Presented with... Posted at 01:18 PM | Permalink |
