For the first time in singing and acting in more than 300 productions, Ed Emmi is creating the same role at almost the same time for two different theaters. Heās playing Monsignor OāHara in āSister Actā in a production at the Milburn Stone Theatre in North East, Maryland, running Dec. 2-11. Tickets are on sale now. And he will play …
Joe Daigle is a definite newcomer to gingerbread displays, but somehow ā maybe those posts on Facebook or Instagram? ā he got an invitation from the Food Network to appear on a bakeoff show. His āNutcracker on Stageā episode of āHoliday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdownā debuts at 10 p.m. Monday and is scheduled to air five more times in December. …
Bowers Beach is uniting this year to ensure the continuation of a decades-long tradition of home-cooked holiday meals for the watermen who work out of the Kent County town of 250. āMiss Jeanās spirit is willing, but her body just isnāt up to it this Thanksgiving,ā Mayor Ada Puzzo wrote in an email seeking culinary assistance for Jean Friend …
A final draft is out for a plan to cap Interstate 95 in downtown Wilmington and create a 12-acre park atop the newly renovated highway. āCan it be done?ā regional planner Dave Gula asked rhetorically. āWe believe it can.ā āAbsolutely,ā consultant Mary Margaret Jones said at a public meeting Thursday when asked for her gut feeling about getting the massive …
The $200 million Restore the CorridorĀ projectĀ to update five miles of Interstate 95 in Wilmington and south of the city is nearly finished. āMajor construction is now complete in both directions,ā said C.R. McLeod, director of community relations for the Delaware Department of Transportation. That means that multiple lanes are open all the way north and south, but those orange …
Arsenic and Old Lace is a ābit of a love letter to the theater,ā according to actor Mic Matarrese. āIt does everything thatās nice and great about theater and is a good time.ā The University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players presents the 1941 comedy through Nov. 20. Matarrese said that his character, Mortimer Brewster, is the āengineā of the Joseph …
The first friar signed by a major recording label is giving a concert to benefit Wilmingtonās Ministry of Caring. Tenor Alessandro Brustenghi will perform 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Sacred Heart Oratory, 917 N. Madison St., Wilmington. Brustenghi signed his record deal in 2012, with his first CD called the āVoice From Assisi,ā for his Italian hometown. His …
One exit, two entrances and three one-way streets are planned for Rockford Park in Wilmington. And the 133-year-old park is getting its first designated path for pedestrians and bicyclists. āThe goal of this project is to address, and virtually eliminate, any high risk for a pedestrian accident through the section of Park Drive between Red Oak Road and the …
Changes are afoot at the Brandywine Town Center, which could include new buildings, restaurants and parking. What they will be is yet to be determined. āNo changes are proposed for the main building,ā said New Castle County Councilman Dee Durham, who represents the area around the Naamans Road power center. She and the Council of Civic Associations of …
Glass artist Greg Losco was giving a demonstration in Lewes when he met a woman wearing a keepsake pendant holding her motherās cremated ashes in a vial with a cork. He had heard of a better way to memorialize loved ones: encasing the ashes in the glass. He tried the technique in front of her, and thus was born his …
