Back by popular demand, STOMP, the international percussion sensation, is coming to Wilmington, Delaware at the DuPont Theatre for four (4) performances only from February 21-23, 2014. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 20 years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 24 million people.…
A Date with Art: The Business of Illustrated Calendars January 25 - May 18, 2014 at the Brandywine River Museum Howard Pyle, Maxfield Parrish, Norman Rockwell and N.C. Wyeth--foremost illustrators in the first half of the 20th century--created some of their best-known images for advertising calendars. These hung in millions of homes, shops and offices, providing artists with an opportunity to disseminate their work to…
Hotel du Pont is pleased to announce an outstanding month of unforgettable events based on the hit drama, Downton Abbey, to begin January 2014. Inspired by the masterpiece British television drama on PBS, Downton Abbey Month invites guests to the Green Room restaurant to celebrate a traditional afternoon tea, a specialty lunch, and a formal four-course dinner as it was in times gone past, or…
Rei Hotoda began playing piano at the age of 3 in Japan. Hotoda arrived Tuesday in Kennett Square to audition for the position of Conductor of the Kennett Symphony. The next morning she told her story — a geographic and career journey — to a group from the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce. After an undergraduate and doctoral degree in piano performance, a career…
Balls, Bats and More: Essentials of Professional Baseball makes debut at Chester County Book Company on Wednesday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m. Publisher Norman Mawby and 16 of his friends have collaborated on the ultimate book on the essentials of professional baseball. Mawby’s friends include a Hall of Fame writer, the Phillie Phanatic, writers, authors and others interested in the sport of baseball. “The book…
Discover the renowned O-gauge model train display of more than 1,000 pieces with trains running on nearly 2,000 feet of track and a special tribute to Trains of Spain; dozens of rare antique dolls, dressed in beautiful period clothing; and thousands of whimsical Critters (ornaments and decorations handcrafted by Brandywine Conservancy volunteers from natural materials) displayed on towering trees soaring up through the museum's three-story…
In celebration of its 100th Anniversary and in collaboration with artists and experts both locally and nationally, the Hotel du Pont hosted a 2013 Centennial Speaker Series. The final lecture in the Centennial Speaker Series, The Wyeth Collection, will take place on December 11, 2013, with special guest lecturer Executive Director of the Brandywine River Museum Thomas Padon. Padon joined the Brandywine River Museum in…
KENNETT SQUARE, PA – The Kennett Symphony of Chester County continues its 2013 – 2014 Conductor Search Season with their Annual Holiday Concert, Spirit of the Season, on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at Kennett High School Auditorium. Under the direction of Conductor Candidate Rei Hotoda, and featuring the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus, the evening includes the following events: A pre-concert presentation by Candidate Hotoda at…
with a Display of Art by Local School Children Art by students from Avon Grove Charter School will be on view from November 10 through January 5; First in a series of participating schools "Imagine Brandywine," a new exhibition space at the Brandywine River Museum for the display of creative art projects by area school students and inspired by the museum's collection and landscape,…
Wilmington, DE – October 25, 2013 - What do Sigourney Weaver, Vy Higginsen, Joan Lunden, Melissa Stockwell, and Tina Brown all have in common? They will be sharing their stories, hardships, triumphs, and lifetime achievements for Wilmington audiences as part of the 2014 SmartTalk series at the DuPont Theatre. From January through May, this monthly speaker series, SmartTalk ConnectedConversations™ connects the most intriguing and…
Theater review by Terry Conway “Lend Me a Tenor” is just plain fun-- loads of fun for the uber-talented cast, and for the audience too. It’s a classic farce with six doors slamming, women stuffed in closets, mixed signals, mistaken identities, gags and hysterical hijinks. It’s a madcap romp with physical comedy and split-second timing working overtime. The year is 1934, handsomely reflected in Dirk…