Delaware Today August 2011
Public Allies may be one of the most important nonprofits in the state, and that couldn’t make its participants happier.
A woman. An iPod. An epiphany.
Some kids played with whirligigs in the 1800s. Annie Jump Cannon had stars in her eyes; always wondering how many balls of gas burned in the heavens. Born in Dover in 1863, Cannon was the ...
Something BluesWhere will you see the next Bonnie Raitt? At the Riverfront Blues Fest, Aug. 5-7 at Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park in Wilmington, where you can see 23-year-old guitar phenom Joanne Shaw Taylor rip it up, ...
In a summer packed with fun events, The Freeman Stage reaches a zenith this month with Tribute Week, when some of the best performers in the business pay homage to some of the best performers ...
When it comes to style, this photog gets the picture.
Click here to see the photos! Hal Great Thou ArtDelaware College of Art & Design did it up in grand style on May 5 for its Fifth Annual Scholarship Gala at a primo slice of ...
Click here to see the photos! Masters BlasterYour dear Gabby thinks it’s fabulous to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon schmoozing with the well-heeled, especially when I can dine on gourmet foods from around the nation. ...
Lyman Chen, Wilmington Realtor and actor The Empire Strikes Back I was 8 when my mother took me to a packed theater in May of 1980. It was my first film in a movie theater. ...
An original artist movement has begun. The music made her do it. A couple years ago, Gayle Dillman hired musician Jeremy Hebbel to teach her daughter how to play guitar and write songs. Dillman enjoyed ...
Quinn McColgan recently starred in the HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” in which she played the daughter of Oscar winner Kate Winslet. Quinn, who just completed third grade at Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin, Md., started ...
More than 129,000 Delaware children receive free or reduced-price lunches during the school year, but only 27 percent of those children receive those meals during the summer. This means that after the final bell of ...
Lucinda William, outgoing executive director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra I came to Delaware Symphony an orchestra elitist, believing only major metropolitan cities have world class orchestras. What makes a world class orchestra? Talented musicians ...
20 Date of this year’s festival (August) 57 Bushels of peaches sold by the Middletown Historical Society 100 Peaches in a bushel 25,000 Annual attendance 750 Peach ...
Jill Fella loves watching the “Real Housewives” reality series on Bravo, but she hates the stereotype the show creates: That women value money and wealth over everything. So, Fella is reversing the message. The North ...
Souper Woman—This hero needs no cape—just a ladle.
Stood Up and Let Down I wrote Delaware Today expressing interest in one of the “Top Singles” featured in the April issue. (In the interest of protecting his identity, I will call him Bachelor X.) ...
Three VIPs and me.
Sovana Bistro Why we love it: Nick Farrell’s locally inspired, uptown cuisine transfers well to a pizza crust canvas. And it wouldn’t be Sovana without grilled wild ramps, English peas, local goat cheese, arugula and ...
Piccolina Toscana Why we love it:Through all its incarnations, Dan Butler’s flagship Toscana keeps his hearth-baked pizzettes at the heart of the menu. The pie to try:Pizzette di Parma Tender shreds of prosciutto are accompanied ...
Pizza by Elizabeths Why we love it:By now you know the story of perfectly posh and adorably named pizzas done up California-style at PBE. The challenge for regulars is sticking to one pie, or choosing ...
Peace A Pizza Why we love it:You don’t order plain cheese pizza at Peace A (that’d be akin to ordering vanilla at Baskin-Robbins). Toppings here swing from all over the world.The pie to try:Roasted Garlic ...
Mancini’s Brick Oven Pizzeria Why we love it:With its Naples Pizza Association-approved recipes, Mancini’s is in a class of its own. It’s also one of the few places around to find authentic Neapolitan pizza.The pie ...
Luca Ristorante Why we love it:Equipped with a brick oven (mercifully, not located in the brick-lined bank vault), chef Joe Churchman and crew deliver crisp, uptown pizzas. Thin crust, fortified to charred perfection, support decadent ...
Half Full Why we love it:Oblong pizzas from the tiny cedar-shake shack fit so well into the Lewes culinary landscape. The crispy, seasonal pies are topped with the likes of fresh goat cheese, asparagus and ...