Vet Fest

Grand Funk’s Mark Farner to headline Vet Fest Saturday

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

The former lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Grank Funk Railrod will perform at a Delaware event Saturday, Sept. 30, designed to raise money to help stop suicide among soldiers. Mark Farner will cap the event by taking the Vet Fest stage at 3 p.m. with Club Phred, a popular area band, at the Town of Whitehall near …

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The Grand chooses from inside for new executive director

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

  Longtime Grand Opera House administrator Pamelyn Manocchio will head the downtown Wilmington theater when the current executive editor bikes into retirement in September. Manocchio, who has been working at The Grand since 2006 in a variety of roles, most recently has served as managing director. Executive Director Mark Fields will continue to work with Manocchio through the end of …

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Mark Fields to retire from The Grand after 16 years

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

The executive director of The Grand Opera House will retire in September after 16 years of steering the fortunes of Wilmington’s premier performing arts institution. Mark Fields started with The Grand in 2006 as a marketing consultant, was appointed managing director in December of that year and then swapped jobs with the-then executive director in December 2014. “It does seem …