Brandywine Festival of the Arts

Brandywine Festival of Arts to offer largest show yet

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

The Brandywine Festival of the Arts returns to Brandywine Park for its 62nd year this weekend — Sept. 9 and 10 — for its largest show with 250 artisans and 16 food vendors. The featured artist will be Edwin Lester, a self-taught painter who brings a sophisticated and technically advanced style of realism to his figurative and atmospheric paintings. The …

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5 Delaware arts groups split $1M in federal funding

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

5 Delaware arts organizations will receive a total of $1 million from the latest round of National Endowment for the Arts grants. Delaware Division of the Arts will receive $935,000 to support arts programs, services and activities throughout the state associated with carrying out the agency’s strategic plan. “This significant investment is a testament to the immense talent and creative spirit …

The 2023 edition of DoMore24 raised less cash

DoMore24 final tally: $2.3 million for state nonprofits

Sam HautCulture, Headlines

DoMore24 Delaware raised $2,371,592 from more than 15,000 donations from across the state and the country. That’s down slightly from last year’s nearly $2.7 million in donations, but a 25% jump in the number of donors from around 12,000 last year. Jennifer Saienni, director of nonprofit engagement at Spur Impact, who sponsor the event along with United Way of Delaware, …

Brian Stokes Mitchell Delaware Symphony Orchestra

Finally! Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell to play Delaware

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

    When acclaimed Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell was in high school, his drama teacher told the class to notice the actors and actresses whose faces they recognized in television and movies. “You may not know their names, but they’ve been working for years,” Anne Kill said. They had built a careers that lasted, she said, and anyone who …

Rising COVID cases force postponement of New Year’s Eve concert

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

A concert planned for New Year’s Eve will be moved into 2022 to avoid rising COVID-19 cases.   A New Year’s Eve concert planned by the The Grand, Delaware Symphony Orchestra and OperaDelaware has been postponed. The concert, which would have seen the symphony and the OperaDelaware play in the first half and Tony-award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell play in …

Grand, opera, symphony join forces for New Year’s Eve gala concert

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

A New Year’s Eve gala concert at The Grand will include a champagne toast.   Three of Wilmington’s arts organizations are joining forces for a New Year’s Eve gala concert that will feature Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell. The Grand Opera House, Delaware Symphony and OperaDelaware will include a champagne toast and take place at 7:30 p.m., in time for …

Summer’s filling up with entertainment outdoors

Betsy PriceCulture, Featured, Headlines

Summer doesn’t officially begin until next week, but outdoor summertime entertainment is already on tap by multiple organizations. Here’s 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. “Dead Poets Society,” famously filmed in Delaware, is at 9 …