Dolly Parton talks to a crowd of politicians and librarians Thursday at the Wilmington Library. Delaware politicians and librarians told superstar Dolly Parton Thursday that they will always love her and her Imagination Library program, which sends one free book each month to 21,515 state children. During an invitation-only program at the Wilmington Public Library, the state officially thanked …
Like there hasn’t been enough drama in the world with the Supreme Court leak, mid-terms elections and the Depp-Heard trial, the Playhouse on Rodney Square announced its 2022-23 season Tuesday. Â The reallllllly big show will be “The Book of Mormons,” a hilariously blasphemous look at a Mormon mission trip to Africa gone wrong. It will run March 10-12, 2023. Â While …
He was a tonic in human form â a stimulant for all who had the pleasure of his company. Thatâs how Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist George Will described the late Pierre âPeteâ du Pont Friday. Hundreds gathered at the Playhouse on Rodney Square in the Hotel duPont for a celebration of life service nearly a year after the former …
The paleozoic exhibit contains models of dinosaurs and other specimens from the past. A lot of smiling faces are waiting to see people return to the reimagined Delaware Museum of Nature and Science next month. Some of them have a lot of really big teeth. And it’s impossible to tell whether those dinosaurs in the museum’s new Ellice & …
Lanes will be closed on the Roth Bridge at night Monday through Thursday of next week. Photo by Christopher Owens/DelDOT Night drivers using the Roth Bridge over the C&D Canal should be aware that roadwork is going to cause the lanes to be switched from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, May 3, through Thursday, May 5. The Army …
DART’s spring ‘Stuff the Bus’ campaign raises money for the Food Bank of Delaware. The Delaware Transit Corp. announced Thursday that its spring âStuff The Busâ Food Drive collected 8,514 pounds, or 4.3 tons, of food. The four-day event was held in early April at the Safeway stores in Rehoboth and Dover, and the ShopRite stores at First State …
The Choir School of Delaware is helping to organize a conference celebrating Black music in all genres. For four days this week, Grace United Methodist Church in Wilmington will be alive with the sounds of the first conference ever designed to shine a light on the contributions and accomplishments of Black musicians and composers. “Bent, but not Broken,” will …
Pierre S. Du Pont IV | CREDIT: WILLIAM FOLEY/THE LIFE IMAGES COLLECTION VIA GETTY IMAGES A memorial service for former Congressman and Delaware Governor Pete du Pont will be held Friday in Wilmington. The public event, promoted as a celebration of du Pontâs life and legacy, will begin at 2 p.m. at The Playhouse on Rodney Square. A reception …
Delaware’s tall ship, the Kalmar Nyckel, sails to the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Tuesday. Photo by Deborah Webb. The Kalmar Nyckel celebrated her 25th anniversary Tuesday with the crew sailing Delaware’s tall ship through the 4th Street drawbridge to its foundationâs shipyard, and then giving a two-cannon salute after the national anthem was played. About 200 people watched it sail …
University of Delaware students raised more than $1.8 million for The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. Submitted photo/Rob Naylor. More than $1.8 million will go toward the fight against childhood cancer after the University of Delawareâs UDance Marathon wrapped up fundraising during itâs annual event Sunday. That brings the philanthropyâs lifetime fundraising total to $16,503,120 since its inaugural event in 2007. …
