Longwood Gardensâ 2021 Christmas display focuses on a Fire and Ice theme. Photo by Becca Mathias Christmas tours and displays that were curtailed or eliminated by the pandemic last year are back in more of the holiday spirit this year. Some features are still on hold, and masking and social distancing may limit attendance and activities. (Edwards Christmas Village, …
Ready for some holiday lights? Try these.
Winter Wonderfest Light Spectacular welcomed more than 17,000 vehicles to its show in Milton. Christmas lights this year promise a bright future, after so much was dimmed by the pandemic. Here are some crowd-pleasing places to enjoy holiday lights in Delaware. The Brower family has a Facebook page and a #BrowerFamilyLights hashtag for their display. âTune to 97.9FM …
Del Shakes to bring free âMidsummer Nightâs Dreamâ to Rodney Square
Eric Mills (here with Krista Apple in 2018âs âMuch Ado About Nothing,â will play Oberon in Del Shakesâ âA Midsummer Nightâs Dream.â Photo by Alessandra Nicole/Delaware Shakespeare Delaware Shakespeare will host free outdoor performances of âA Midsummer Nightâs Dreamâ in Rodney Square next month. The group says it will transform Rodney Square into a âmagical forest where confused lovers, bumbling …
Couple ends 50-states-by-age-of-50 quest in Delaware
Katrina Baecht and Dustin Parks of Texas ended their quest to visit all 50 states before turning 50 by hitting Delaware over the weekend. When Katrina Baecht and Dustin Parks decided they wanted to visit all 50 states before they turned 50, they decided Delaware would be last. “I was like, well, Delaware was the first state in …
Focus on Biden interest, Historic New Castle part of new tourism directorâs plan
Jen Boes is taking over the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau on July 1. The outdoing executive director of the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau has a parting wish: That residents of Delaware come to appreciate and embrace all the things they can see, do and experience in the First State. Sometimes, said Sarah Ridgway Willoughby, …
COVID numbers skitter around as vaccinations rise to 69.3% of eligible
Delaware’s average of new positive cases dropped to 20.6%, a full 10 percentage points down from last week, as the number of vaccinated people creeped closer to President Biden’s goal of 70% of those eligible for shots. The Delaware Division of Public Health also said Friday that 13 deaths were reported last week, 11 of them from a …
Summerâs filling up with entertainment outdoors
Summer doesnât officially begin until next week, but outdoor summertime entertainment is already on tap by multiple organizations. Hereâs a roundup. Delaware Art Museum The Delaware Art Museum is hosting drive-in movies in its parking lot or movies on a big screen in its sculpture garden, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington. âDead Poets Society,â famously filmed in Delaware, is at 9 …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review â May 30, 2021
Open the Weekly Review PDF Here This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Headlines Ben Addi leaving cabinet for DSU; Eugene Young picked to replace him Who knew having a U.S. president meant traffic woes when he comes home? Dem post equating Blue Lives Matter with white supremacy sets off controversy State vaccine campaign will use prizes, drawing for $302,000 Brady re-elected …