Delaware Today May 2012
Much has changed in the world of oncology care since DBCC held its first Breast Cancer Update 15 years ago, and the Update has changed along with it. Consider that the first Update was geared ...
Admit it. At one time or another you’ve wanted to quit the game of golf. Not just a club-throwing, wedge-bending, ball-throwing-in-the-pond moment—an all-out, clubs-in-the-basement and tend-to-the-garden-for-the-rest-of-the-summer moment. For most of us, that delirium passes and ...
Rena Howard Wilmington Rena is a breast cancer survivor and Trustee Emeritae of DBCC’s Board of Directors. She is a Peer Mentor and volunteers at DBCC’s resale shop, Great Stuff. Steve ‘Monty’ Montgomery Dewey Beach ...
Avoid a crowd. Place trees, shrubs and large perennials so they will have room to grow. If you don’t, the plants soon will be too close for comfort. If the landscape looks too sparse in ...
Hitting A High Note: Musical performers share the spotlight with a solid menu at World Cafe Live at the Queen.
Lighten My Fire(birds)
A Mid-state Mecca
Drinko de Mayo: Whether it’s tequila, brandy or a coffee liqueur—celebrate with spirit.
If you don’t know how to pronounce the full name of DiMeo’s Pizzaiuoli Napulitani, don’t feel bad. “People ask all the time,” says owner Antimo DiMeo, “but sometimes it doesn’t help.” All you really need ...
Hate is such an ugly word. But if the shoe fits ...
Feeling Right at Home: The Hurds had lived in nearly a dozen different homes before they found the perfect fit.
Stake Special: A local man’s invention could become gardening’s next big thing.
Edible plants nurture the body as well as the soul. Valerie Cordrey, of East Coast Garden Center in Millsboro, makes jam from the kumquats that grow on a tree she keeps outdoors in summer and ...
Even a jot of a garden can be paradise. The trick is to optimize the space you have—and if you can’t go out, go up. “Think about plants that climb,” says Lenny Wilson, assistant director ...
Budding gardeners can plant the seeds of success by choosing bulbs, blooms and other growing things that can stand up to bad weather, pests and other forces of nature. You can always try finicky plants ...
Imagine an infrastructure featuring the large, flexible leaves of an oakleaf hydrangea, the tiny, shiny foliage of boxwoods and the long, languid needles of a Scotch pine. The trick is to think long-term, giving each ...
A Rooting Interest: Local experts share gardening tips.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas! May 4-19 Lookin’ for a good time? Mosey on over to the Wilmington Drama League and check out Miss Mona’s Chicken Ranch. Wilmington Drama League, 10 W. Lea Blvd., ...
Brandywine Harp Orchestra May 2 The orchestra features “Now Is the Month of Maying” and other works reveling in spring. Music School of Delaware, 4101 Washington St., Wilmington, 762-1132, wilmingtonmusic.org Editor’s Pick: Wilmington Jazz Musicians ...
For the Sake of Art: New Works by Alan Tuttle Thru May 27 This exhibit runs the gamut, with works inspired by the Adirondack Mountains, landscapes of Delaware, self-portaits, pieces exploring contemporary social and political ...
Painted Poetry: The Art of Mary Page Evans Thru July 15 Wilmington-based painter Mary Page Evans works directly from nature to capture a specific landscape, figure, tree or sky, making an effort to establish locale, ...
The Sound of Music May 5-6 St. Thomas More Academy presents this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic at the Schwartz Center. Schwartz Center for the Arts, 226 S. State St., Dover, 678-5152, schwartzcenter.com Fine Feathered Friend ...
DCAD Scholarship Gala May 3 The Delaware College of Art and Design presents a sale of student work, a silent auction and live entertainment by Gina Roche at the World Cafe Live at the Queen. ...