WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
October 2012
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10/22/12MasterfulThe Music Masters series concert of Delaware Music School is titled “Beloved Composers—Cherubini & Schubert.” Listen to beautiful chamber works performed by the talented faculty of the Delaware Music School and guest musicians. Hear Cherubini String Quartet No. 6 and Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 99, D. 898. The concert features Nelson Armitano, viola; Lotus Cheng, piano; Alessandra Cuffaro, violin; Jessica Hoffman, violin; Luigi Mazzocchi, violin, and Jennifer Stomberg, cello. It happens Oct. 24 at the Music School of Delaware Wilmington Branch. 762-1132, musicschoolofdelaware.org Sizzlin’ Known as “El Caballero de la Salsa” (The Gentleman of Salsa), Grammy Award-winning Gilberto Santa... |
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10/15/12Celebrating a LegendJoin host David Dye of WXPN's World Cafe, film director Beth Kruvant and master musician David Bromberg for a special hometown screening of “David Bromberg: Unsung Treasure” at World Cafe Live at The Queen on Oct. 17. This feature documentary reveals the rich and largely untold history of David Bromberg through intimate interviews, archival photographs and footage, music recordings (including never-before-released cuts of Bromberg's music), and interviews with his contemporaries and family. Why The Queen? Bromberg lives almost right across the street. It will be a remarkable night. Proceeds benefit the Light Up the Queen Foundation. 994-1400, queen.worldcafelive.com Springer as “Faust?” This is how Bootless Stageworks describes... |
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10/08/12The Symphony is BackThis is some of the best news we’ve heard in an age: The Delaware Symphony Orchestra—on the verge of collapse last summer—has announced its annual chamber series. The season begins Oct. 9, with concerts also in February, March and April. On Tuesday see—and hear—DSO’s string players perform “The Most Beautiful Music in the World.” You’ll hear Mozart’s Divertimento for Strings No. 3, K. 138 in F Major, Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3 in C Major, Puccini’s Three Minuets for Strings and Gershwin’s Lullaby for String Quartet, all directed by maestro David Amado, who is celebrating his 10th season with DSO. Before the show, meet new manager Diana Milburn. All concerts are Tuesday evenings in The Gold... |
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10/01/12The Tide Comes InThe Delaware Theatre Company’s 2012-2013 season—its first under new director Bud Martin—begins with a bang and some top-notch talent. “The Outgoing Tide,” a drama by Barrymore Award-winning playwright Bruce Graham, runs Oct. 10-28, starring no less than the critically acclaimed Michael Learned. You know her from “The Waltons.” Her role as Olivia Walton earned her three Emmy awards, and she later received an Emmy for her role as Mary Benjamin in her own series, “Nurse.” She is also a People's Choice Award winner and four-time Golden Globe nominee. “The Outgoing Tide” offers surprising humor as it explores the ebb and flow of a family dynamic. In a summer cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Gunner has hatched an... |
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09/24/12The Centennial Celebration ContinuesComing soon to the Delaware Art Museum, “So Beautifully Illustrated” shows the work of Katharine Richardson Wireman, who studied with Howard Pyle before embarking on a 50-year career as an illustrator. Her illustrations, which often featured domestic scenes, ranged from advertisements and fashion features to children's books to covers of magazines such as The Country Gentleman. Drawn from the museum’s renowned illustration collection and some private collections, “So Beautifully Illustrated” features 48 oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings created between 1912 and 1950. Richardson Wireman's ability to offer a range of subjects and moods created great demand among magazine editors. She excelled at depicting women, children, and families in... |
