WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
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06/04/12Famous Artists on VacationMy Summer Vacation You love to visit the beach and mountains during summer. So did some of the country’s most famous artists, and they created some unforgettable images while there. The Brandywine River Museum presents them, along with scenes from Europe, Asia and the Mideast, in “Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday.” Starting June 9, the exhibition will present nearly 100 paintings, drawings and prints from its collection. See work from N.C. Wyeth’s visits to Port Clyde, Maine, including “Herring Gut” and Untitled (View of Eight Bells). See how the ocean and dunes in Rehoboth Beach inspired some of Howard Pyle’s paintings of pirate lore. Among other notable works are wood-engraved illustrations of resort life in New England by Winslow Homer.... |
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05/28/12A Big Week for Visual ArtsPulling into The Station… The Station Gallery has a new show of new paintings by Lynne Lockhart and Kirk McBride. Both paint in oil, gathering inspiration from their travels and from their home on the Eastern Shore. Meet the artists during the opening reception June 1. The exhibition runs through June 30. 654-8638, stationgallery.net Down at the Beach Artwork from this year's Plein Air Coastal Delaware Event will be on exhibit and for sale in the Homestead Gallery of Rehoboth Art League, even as the 39th Annual Members Fine Craft Exhibit is shown in the Cockran and Tubbs Gallery. That’s a lot of good art. Hit the opening reception June 1. Both shows will run through June 20. 227-8408, rehobothartleague.org Great Exhibitions Continue Get... Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink |
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05/21/12Screening "A Separation," great art goes onWhat’s on the Line? If you’re curious about life in contemporary Iran, see The Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s screening series feature for this month, “A Separation,” a 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay, May 24-25. The film tells about Simin’s desire to give her daughter Temeh more opportunities by living abroad, though patriarch Nader stays in Iran to care for his father, who suffers from Alzheimers. After an unsuccessful attempt to sue for divorce, Simin moves back in with her parents. When Nader hires a deceitful a young religious woman to help him, he realizes that there is more at stake than his marriage. See it at 7 p.m. Friday at DiFebo’s in Bear Trap Dunes, and on May 25 in the screening room of Movies at Midway.... Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink |
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05/14/12Music, Music, Music: The Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Newark Symphony Orchestra, Brandywine BaroqueA Week of Magical Music In Reflections, the concluding concert of DSO’s 2011-12 classic series, violinist Jaime Laredo joins DSO favorite Jennifer Koh for two concertos: David Ludwig's new work and its muse, the famous Bach Double Concerto. The program includes Strauss’ Metamorphosen, Ludwig’s Concerto for two violins and Ravel’s La Valse. Want to lean more? Don’t miss conductor David Amado’s pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. 652-5577, delawaresymphony.org The incomparable Brandywine Baroque's annual weekend of harpsichord music, The Dumont Concerts, happens May 18-20. Your performers: Karen Flint on Friday, Matthew Hall and Beatrice Martin on Saturday, then, on Sunday, Davitt Moroney, playing The Complete French Suites of Johann... |
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05/07/12Poetry for Mary Page Evans, Brahms and Friends winds down, Music School of Delaware rocks and rollsPaintings and Poetry for “Painted Poetry” We love the art of Mary Page Evans, and we love the show of her work, “Painted Poetry,” currently at the Delaware Art Museum. Go there May 9 to hear some of the poetry that inspires the painter. Barbara Crooker and Elizabeth Seydel Morgan will read their original works. Evans—one of our most beloved local painters and a great aficionado of art, music, dance and poetry—will introduce the show, which includes more than 40 years of paintings and mixed-media representations of her favorite gardens, landscapes and seascapes. The exhibition is a fascinating window into the artist’s evolution. 571-9590, delart.org School of Rock and Cool Concertos Rock around the clock—or at least... |
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04/30/12Bromberg Makes a Big Noise, Andrew Jackson Rocks the OperaDelaware Black Box, OperaDelaware does "Porgy and Bess"Bombastic Bromberg When the inimitable David Bromberg puts on a show, anything could happen, especially when you add top-notch singers and a rockin’ big band. See the fireworks when the guitar virtuoso returns to The Grand Opera House in Wilmington May 5. Mandolins, fiddles, horns and, of course, guitar range through tunes from blues to folk to bluegrass as the players trade leads and solos during group jams. See why the 2008 Grammy-nominated Bromberg has become a legend. 652-5577, thegrandwilmington.org Behind the Music Ever wonder what happened to music? UD history prof David Suisman will explain on May 2 when he talks about his recently published book, “Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music.” From Tin Pan Alley to grand... |
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04/23/12Winterthur celebrates wine, DSO presents "Holst: The Planets," Clear Space premieres its children's theaterWine of the Times Cheers to Winterthur. On April 28 it opens “Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition,” a celebration of 300 objects and imagery created in response to our love of wine. “Uncorked!” shows how wine was marketed and consumed in America and Britain from the 1600s through the 1800s. See unique wine bottles, decanters and cellarettes, lead figures of Bacchus, “Champagne Charlie” song sheets, advertisements and more. Special events include wine dinners, cellar tours, local winery tastings, and a lunchtime lecture series by wine historians, collectors and curators of drinking vessels. There’s something for every wine enthusiast. The exhibition will be on view through January 6. winterthur.org/uncorked. Heavenly Music... |
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04/16/12World music, poetry and more Howard PyleWorld Music, Mozart and More Delaware Friends of Folk Coffeehouse presents Ustad Shafaat Khan at Wesley College Chapel in Dover on April 21. Ustad Shafaat Khan, a virtuoso of the sitar, tabl and surbahar, has performed at prestigious concert halls, music festivals and universities around the world. At Wesley, you can see why he has become one of India’s most renowned musicans. If you haven’t been to a DFF coffeehouse, this is a terrific opportunity to see what they’re all about. 877-delfolk On April 19 the Market Street Music Thursday Noontime Concert Series features Terra Soul Project at First & Central Presbyterian Church. Led by bassist Rob Swanson, this jazz group plays original works influenced by world music. Members have played with Ray Charles,... |
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04/09/12A week of amazing music, a slate of great art exhibitionsMagical Music This is a week of heaven for music lovers, with several great concerts in rapid succession. First, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra strings will perform Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 at the Hotel du Pont on April 10. See the Gold Ballroom transformed into an 18th century German concert hall to celebrate J.S. Bach, considered the father of modern music. You will be transported. 652-5577, delawaresymphony.org Newark Symphony Orchestra ends its chamber seriies with Emotions of a Virtuoso on April 14. Pianist Antonio Di Cristofano will perform a program of Schumann and Chopin at Newark High School. 369-3466, newarksymphony.org The market Street Music Thursday Noontime Concert Series on... |
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04/02/12Poet Laureate Joanne Ballingit reads, poet E. Jean Lanyon shows paintings at The Biggs Museum, and Fred Comegys visits Rehoboth Beach MuseumA Page From Her Own Book Mary Page Evans is without question one of Delaware’s most beloved painters. See a retrospective exhibition of her work in “Painted Poetry: The Art of Mary Page Evans,” at Delaware Art Museum through July 15. The show displays about 50 paintings that show Evans’ deft use of color and form in figure painting, as well as subjects and scenes taken directly from nature—gardens here and abroad, the Florida Coast and the Shenandoah Valley. You’ll see her influences—the impressionists, post-impressionists and abstract expressionists, as well as music, dance and writing. You’ll also see why her artist friends and critics have always been impressed. 571-9590, delart.org Speaking of Poetry Delaware Poet... |
