WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
March 2013
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03/18/13One Hot Season at Freeman StageThe good people at The Freeman Stage at Bayside have announced a stellar lineup of entertainment for its sixth season. How’s this for a tease? Lyle Lovett & His Acoustic Group on July 10, nine-time Grammy award winner Sheryl Crow on July 14, country superstar Darius Rucker on Aug. 8, five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald on Aug. 10, and Pat Benatar with Neil Giraldo on Aug. 13. Wow. Freeman Stage, an outdoor performing arts venue located off Del. 54 in the Bayside community of Selbyville, has attracted more than 120,000 audience members since 2008, with a diverse offering of dance, theater, live music, and children’s performances—more than 250 different performing artists, including both local and national acts. The 2013 season will include more than 50 shows... |
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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... |
