WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
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12/31/12Fantastic FilmRehoboth Beach Film Society presents the intimate family drama “Little Sparrows” as part of its Around the World series Jan. 2 at Movies at Midway. “Little Sparrows” takes the audience to Australia to meet a family at a crossroads. There are three sisters. Nina is widowed with two young children. Anna is an aspiring actress unhappily married to a filmmaker. Christine is a med student who has yet to fully come to terms with her sexuality. When their mother Susan's breast cancer returns, the family—including the women’s feckless father, a professional actor—is faced with the reality of their last Christmas together. As each daughter confronts a change, Susan guides them by revealing a secret of her own. As part of its Read a Movie... |
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12/24/12More Holiday CheerHaven't had enough holiday partying yet? Continue the celebration with Clear Space at its annual New Year's Eve Showstoppers event. A group of talented vocalists will perform a selection of show tunes then, after the show, you can dance into the New Year with a live swing band led by Doug Yetter. 227-2270, clearspacetheatre.org New Year's Art Ring in the new year artfully at the Delaware Art Museum on Dec. 31. Enjoy champagne, delicious food, an open bar and special holiday cocktail, music and art. You won’t want to miss this fun and elegant holiday party. 571-9590, delart.org Magical Will faith, love and courage triumph over evil? Chases, duels, escapes and a sprinkling of magic await in this adaptation of C.S.... Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink |
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12/17/12SweetIf you really want to hear what a human voice can be, see Sweet Honey in the Rock at The Grand Opera House Dec. 19. Since 1973 the all-woman a cappella group has spread a message of love and peace through stories and songs inspired by their African ancestors. Universally lauded for the perfect blend of the members’ voices, the Sweet Honey experience is nothing short of joyful. 652-5577, thegrandwilmington.org Brassy Join the popular and talented Chesapeake Brass Band at World Cafe Live at the Queen on Dec. 21 for a fun, festive, holiday celebration with A Cappella Pops. The concert features performances of favorite holiday tunes from across the years. Who can get enough of that? 994-1400, queen.worldcafelive.com Peerless The incomparable First... |
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12/10/12Music, Sweet MusicIt’s a wonderful week for visiting The Music School of Delaware. The first alumni concert of the season is a special one, featuring Brian Sowards, with guest Michael Ronstadt, who will celebrate the release of his new indie EP. Singer/songwriter Katie Barbato will open the show. See them Dec. 13 at the school’s Wilmington branch. The next night, 'Tis A Winter's Evening features a program of holiday favorites and original compositions for the whole family. Featuring Milford faculty Nathan Ames and Layne Thompson-Payne, as well as students from Delaware State College, the Milford Branch and the Dover satellite. It happens Dec. 14 at Avenues United Methodist Church in Milford. The Winter Choral concert this year is Seeking Peace through Song. Local Jewish... |
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12/03/12The Most Wonderful Time of the YearOne of the things we love most about the holidays is visiting the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford. First, there’s the model railroad. As many as five of 150 locomotives and 300 freight cars run simultaneously on more than 2,000 feet of track, winding past a village, stone quarry, oil refinery, mountains and waterfall as Santa and his sleigh fly overhead. This year's display highlights the train experience in Japan after WWII, with model trains by Sakai, Stronlite, Ajin and IMP. Second, there’s the critter ornaments, handmade by local volunteers for sale to support the museum and programs. The decorations will adorn seven trees on the first and third floors, and charming critter scenes will surround the base of the trees and fill display cases. One towering... |
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11/26/12Great News from the DSOHere’s the biggest news going in the world of local arts: The Delaware Symphony Orchestra will resume full-orchestra performances—and we couldn't be happier. The symphony, whose future was in question just a few months ago, will perform a series of programs in January, March and April at The Grand Opera House in downtown Wilmington and the Laird Performing Arts Center at Tatnall School in Greenville. The series will open with Dvořák’s New World Symphony. It will close with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. “We have crafted a season that is broad and beautiful, one that celebrates great symphonic repertoire and the talent of our own DSO musicians, orchestra players and soloists,” says music director and conductor David Amado.... |
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11/19/12Sex! (but it's not what you think…)“If ‘Anything to Declare?’ has one redeeming quality, it’s laughter,” says director Steve Tague. “The play is all about sex, but sex in a world of old-fashioned innocence where young women remain chaste until their wedding night and husbands would do anything—including a visit to a working girl—to prove how much they love their wives.” “Anything to Declare?” presented by UD’s Resident Ensemble Players, is running now at The Thompson Theatre. Billed as a question—wacky farce or camel drama?—the hilarious play tells the tale of Robert, who, after marrying into the du Pont family, returns from his honeymoon in desperation. “In a French farce, of course, the innocence is wrapped in a wacky... |
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11/12/12Two Words: du Pont and Camels“If ‘Anything to Declare?’ has one redeeming quality, it’s laughter,” says director Steve Tague. “The play is all about sex, but sex in a world of old-fashioned innocence where young women remain chaste until their wedding night and husbands would do anything—including a visit to a working girl—to prove how much they love their wives.” “Anything to Declare?” presented by UD’s Resident Ensemble Players, opens at The Thompson Theatre on Nov. 17. Billed as a question—wacky farce or camel drama?—the hilarious play tells the tale of Robert, who, after marrying into the du Pont family, returns from his honeymoon in desperation. “In a French farce, of course, the innocence is wrapped in a wacky story... Posted at 02:36 PM | Permalink |
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11/05/12Unforgettable OperaMascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci are known as opera’s best double bill. With three murders, four love affairs and a string of greatest hits between them, it’s no wonder. From the rousing Easter Hymn and the stunning Intermezzo in Cavalleria rusticana to Pagliacci’s heart-rending “Vesti la giubba,” one of the greatest of all tenor arias, the music dips and soars in ways you never imagined possible. That’s not to mention all the jealousy, betrayal, lust and revenge that makes classic drama. Tenor John Pickle, lauded for his portrayal of Canio the clown in Michigan Opera’s production of Pagliacci last year, reprises the role and sings as Turiddu in Cavalleria. Soprano Kara Shay Thomson, who amazed... |
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10/29/12The Best in BluesNot any ol’ blues singer can have her albums produced by music legends like Dr. John and Steve Cropper. Shemekia Copeland can. Officially honored as the new “Queen of the Blues” at the Chicago Blues Festival last year by no less than the daughter of the extraordinary Koko Taylor, Copeland is one of the most exciting young voices in blues today. She plays at Arden Gild Hall on Nov. 2. Hear cuts from her latest album, "33 1/3," and see why it has earned rave reviews. 475-3126, ardenclub.org Gone Fishman Called “an important force in creative music” by the All-Music Guide, singer-guitarist Howard Fishman filters his deep passion for New Orleans jazz, gritty pop, fervent gospel, and open-hearted country music through a completely... |
