Calendar - Delaware

Spring Zoo Camp 2014 (Ages 4-13)

Apr 23, 2014 - Apr 25, 2014

This event occurs daily, every weekday.

Come enjoy a WILD spring break at the Brandywine Zoo! Each day of the week will have its own zoo related theme. The week will be filled with zoo visits, live animal presentations, games, crafts, songs, learning projects and more. Drop off 8-8:30a; camp starts promptly at 8:30am; aftercare M - TH, until 5:30pm Altenate Option: Daily Fee: $55/per child;...

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Outdoors Personal Enrichment

J. Gordan - Known Unknowns

Apr 23, 2014 - Apr 25, 2014

A selection of recent work by J. Gordon, recipient of a 2013 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts.

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Art

No School? Nature at the Riverfront Day Camp!

Apr 23, 2014 - Apr 25, 2014

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

Spend all or part of your spring break exploring the freshwater tidal marsh and Wilmington's Riverfront.

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Events Outdoors

Charlie & Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure

Apr 23, 2014 - May 26, 2014

Exhibits, activities, live birds, and an engaging story introduce the basics of evolution through the eyes of Charlie, a young boy writing a report about his favorite bird—the kiwi. Join Charlie as he travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs to discover the kiwi’s ancestors and evidence for how evolution works. Charlie & Kiwi’s...

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For the Family Museums and History

Fashion, Circus, Spectacle: Photographs by Scott Heiser

Apr 23, 2014 - Jun 1, 2014

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

Best known for his innovative photographs of the fashion runways for Interview magazine, Scott Heiser was a talented photographer who documented a wide range of public entertainments including circuses, dance competitions, and the Westminster Kennel Club Dog show. His grainy, dramatically cropped images provide unexpected glimpses of performers in action, while his sensitive...

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Art Galleries Museums and History

The Flowering of American Tinware

Apr 23, 2014 - May 4, 2014

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

This pocket-size exhibition highlights the collection of decorated tinware that Henry Francis du Pont acquired from antiques dealers in New England and Pennsylvania, particularly from Ephrata, Lancaster, Carlisle, and York. These beautiful, hand-painted objects feature decorative techniques that have been in use from the early 1700s to today, and include cups, coffee pots, toys,...

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Museums and History

Frogs: Nature's Messenger

Apr 23, 2014 - Apr 27, 2014

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

Visit Adventure Aquarium this winter to experience Frogs: Nature’s Messenger, a limited-time opportunity to discover more than 20 kinds of frogs and see the world through their eyes. Spot frogs from tiny to enormous and freakish to fantastic. Meet beautiful red-eyed tree frogs and the huge African bullfrog, who is bigger than a dinner plate and can eat a mouse whole! You’ll...

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Events For the Family

“Blessed are the Peacemakers”: Violet Oakley’s The Angel of Victory (1941)

Apr 23, 2014 - May 25, 2014

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

Violet Oakley (1874–1961) was an illustrator, stained-glass designer and the first American woman to find fame in the burgeoning field of public mural painting. Throughout her 60-year artistic career she also devoted herself to the quest for a just and peaceful world. During World War II, the elderly Oakley continued that mission by joining with the Citizens Committee of the Army &...

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Art Galleries Museums and History

Forging Faith, Building Freedom

Apr 23, 2014 - Aug 31, 2014

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

Forging Faith, Building Freedom: African American Faith Experiences in Delaware, 1800-1980, opening at the Delaware History Museum on September 27, 2013, will celebrate two important anniversaries. Two hundred years ago, in 1813, Peter Spencer founded the African Union Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States. The next year, he started the August Quarterly, the...

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Galleries Museums and History