WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
February 2013
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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,... |
