Delaware Today February 2014

The H.P. Cannon & Sons plant in Delaware, owned by Henry Pervis Cannon and sons grew to employ 400 workers by the mid-1930s.

After a conversation with Spike Lee and studying filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts, Kiandra Parks carves out a spot for “Black Girl in Paris,” on network’s Black History Month lineup.

The Georgetown Fire Company’s Oyster Eat and the Lewes Fire Department’s Shrimp Feast pit the men against the women on the last Friday of February.

Students learn how to operate similar to a nonprofit’s board of directors, awarding grant money, conducting site visits and soliciting applications.

Wilmington guitarist-composer Shaun Dougherty partners with fellow Delawarean Alex Buckner to deliver a thrilling combination of sounds and sights.

Listen to classics such as “Vincent (Starry Starry Night)” and “And I Love You So,” for one night only from the music legend.

Violet Oakley, who was a student of local illustrator Howard Pyle, was the first woman to receive a commission to paint a public mural.

Fans of the movie “42” will love this new play called “Everybody’s Hero: The Jackie Robinson Story.”

V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, marks its second annual campaign called One Billion Rising For Justice on Feb. 14.