Here are some memorable spots to mark Christmas in Delaware and just over the border into Pennsylvania. Be prepared: some places required advance tickets, sell out or will be crowded. Longwood Gardens, for instance, drew 572,000 people in 2022 for its spectacular Christmas displays, and Schellville drew 163,000 for its extravaganza. These event run for weeks. There’s a separate list …
Winterthurâs Enchanted Woods, in whimsical gingerbread
Winterthur has moved its Enchanted Woods indoors this season â as a delightfully detailed miniature form in gingerbread â for Yuletide at Winterthur. The 150-pound creation features gingerbread, chocolate, fondant and icing. Thatâs all edible. On this day of Christmas: Holiday events to mark on your calendar The construction sits on a hardwood platform, edged with red ribbon, with styrofoam …
DelawareLIVE Weekly Review â September 24, 2023
This Weekâs Review Includes: Numbers show gaps in test scores, money spent on students See Winterthur, Ann Lowe show for free Sept. 30 Despite video of violent attack, trial ends in hung jury Goldey-Beacom adds eSports, cyber security degree programs Appo wins a thriller over St. Georgeâs Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
Winterthur manuscript depicts life, faith of 200 years ago
A shoemakerâs remarkable record of life, art, music and faith in 18th-century Pennsylvania has a new home at Winterthur, and itâs also on its way online. âThereâs no manuscript like this that has survived,â said Marie-StĂ©phanie Delamaire, who is leading the project to understand and digitize a manuscript created by Ludwig Denig. The understanding included a recent half-day multidisclipinary study …
These holiday lights will help you get your glow on
We might be living through the golden age of holiday lights displays. Whether you want inside or out, huge or just enough, artistic or deliberately tacky, walk-through or drive-through, free or you’re willing to pay, there’s a display for you either here in the First State or right over the state line. In Delaware, many of the displays have …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review â August 7, 2022
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Headlines Sussex GOP condemns âracistâ mailer sent by conservative group McGuiness pushes back after DE Dems endorse primary opponent A tale of two bills: Paid leave and pot Culture Claymont eyed for new park with marina, amphitheater Winterthur offers $2 admission to SNAP members Sign …
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review â May 8, 2022
This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Headlines Delaware House votes to legalize marijuana possession Child care bonuses set at $1,000; registry to open soon Indicted auditor McGuinness files for re-election Culture Winterthurâs Jackie Kennedy exhibit to open Saturday Dolly Parton serenades book celebration party at Wilmington Library âBook of Mormonâ to head 2022-23 Playhouse Broadway series Food & Dining Opening of …
These spots will allow you to savor spring when dining out
Thompson Island is one of many places in or near Delaware where diners can celebrate spring. Restaurants are gearing up for a busy spring season â Easter, Motherâs Day and grads-and-dads events are on the horizon. Menus are now full of seasonal flavor â think ramps, asparagus, fiddlehead ferns â and as the calendar flips to April, dining outside …
Winterthurâs new Artisan Market honors fine craftsmanship (and farming)
(Jack Russell terriers in a vignette by Tracy Shue of Walking Olive) Winterthur expands its salute to craftsmanship and honors its history as farmland with its first artisan market. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17-18, 86 vendors, about half from Delaware, will sell antiques and collectibles; furniture and home dĂ©cor; up-cycled and architectural salvage pieces; crafts …
How Winterthur handles pests (and how you can, too)
Winterthur follows an integrated pest management policy, meaning that it doesnât use pesticides. âIn lieu of chemicals, we vacuum a lot,â its expert said.