It's called 'Delaware Fresh', and features the locations of over 80 farm stands and markets in Delaware that feature fresh, local produce. Best yet - it's free. What I like about it is that you could go down to the beach, where you're not necessarily as aware of the different produce stands, say "Man, I'd like to get some fresh watermelon to take on the beach, and I hate to get it at Food Lion when I know there are a bunch of places around here where I can buy a watermelon that was on the vine this morning. But where's the nearest farm stand?" So you open the Delaware Fresh app, and voila. No more driving up and down Coastal Highway because you think you remember seeing a stand somewhere last summer.
Here's the app:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/delaware-fresh/id446665507
Sunday, July 31, 2011
88.5 WXPN is asking listeners to vote on favorite artists who've appeared on the radio show World Cafe.
This was brought to my attention by long-time Delaware / Philly outfit Spinto Band, who have appeared on the show (and thus are eligible to get votes).
Here's the link. There's also a handy list of all of the artists who've appeared on World Cafe (and just to be clear - this means the radio show, not the stage), in case you need your memory jogged:
http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/885-countdown/vote
The only caveat is that you're expected to provide personal info at the end. If you're already an XPN member, this probably won't matter, and XPN promises to treat your info with great respect to privacy, even if you're not. (But might they use it to contact you during pledge drives? Possibly).
Here's the link. There's also a handy list of all of the artists who've appeared on World Cafe (and just to be clear - this means the radio show, not the stage), in case you need your memory jogged:
http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/885-countdown/vote
The only caveat is that you're expected to provide personal info at the end. If you're already an XPN member, this probably won't matter, and XPN promises to treat your info with great respect to privacy, even if you're not. (But might they use it to contact you during pledge drives? Possibly).
Saturday, July 30, 2011
'Big deal' ticket sales that are commencing in the next 2 days.
Tickets for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' October 25th appearance at Mojo Main go on sale Sunday morning, 10am. You can buy tickets at Mojo Main's website: http://www.mojomain.com/calendar
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Tickets for a number of Grand Opera House shows are going on individual sale on Monday morning, 10am. They were previously available only as package deal tickets. These shows include, in their words, "George Thorogood, Wanda Sykes, Jackson Browne, Steven Wright, the National Acrobats of China, Bruce Hornsby, David Sedaris, and more". I'm not sure about the Pixies. You can get those tickets by visiting the Grand's website: http://www.thegrandwilmington.org/ , or by calling or visiting their physical box office.
Good luck!
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By the way, congrats to the Grand Opera House for scoring a $25,000 grant from the Delaware Community Foundation. You know, while I fully support the Queen Theatre, I was a little worried about what it would do to the old Grand down the street. But judging from recent news like this, and from the calibre of show the Grand has been booking, I'm not worried anymore. The Grand is still holding its own quite well.
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Tickets for a number of Grand Opera House shows are going on individual sale on Monday morning, 10am. They were previously available only as package deal tickets. These shows include, in their words, "George Thorogood, Wanda Sykes, Jackson Browne, Steven Wright, the National Acrobats of China, Bruce Hornsby, David Sedaris, and more". I'm not sure about the Pixies. You can get those tickets by visiting the Grand's website: http://www.thegrandwilmington.org/ , or by calling or visiting their physical box office.
Good luck!
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By the way, congrats to the Grand Opera House for scoring a $25,000 grant from the Delaware Community Foundation. You know, while I fully support the Queen Theatre, I was a little worried about what it would do to the old Grand down the street. But judging from recent news like this, and from the calibre of show the Grand has been booking, I'm not worried anymore. The Grand is still holding its own quite well.
There are a limited amount of free tickets to Fort Delaware this weekend.
The deal is that it's Price Toyota weekend, and as such, there will be cars on display around the mainland offices of Fort Delaware. But the car dealership will also be giving away 100 free tickets to the Fort, per day (limited to 2 per group or family). I don't know how this is going to work, but I thought it might be worth mentioning.
Fort Delaware is, of course, one of Delaware's state parks, and an old Civil War prison, located in Delaware City just south of New Castle.
Fort Delaware is, of course, one of Delaware's state parks, and an old Civil War prison, located in Delaware City just south of New Castle.
Another installment of "The underemployed trying to help other underemployeds become more employed". This time it's office types for the culinary world.
Job posting #1 -
Chef's Haven, a cooking school slash gourmet store in Hockessin, is looking for a part-time marketer to produce a monthly newsletter and develop a marketing plan. The owner, Mark Eastman, would like applicants to call or email for more information.
Phone number: 302-234-2040
Email: There is a 'contact us' form on their website - that's the best I could find.
Here's their website: http://www.chefshavenonline.com/
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Chefs-Haven/111684112411?sk=info
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Job posting #2 -
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Desserts By Dana, which is run by a New Castle baker who won a title on a TLC show, is looking for an office assistant. Applicants should email resume to cakes@dessertsbydana.com .
There is a lengthy job description posted on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Desserts-by-Dana/54435148657
Chef's Haven, a cooking school slash gourmet store in Hockessin, is looking for a part-time marketer to produce a monthly newsletter and develop a marketing plan. The owner, Mark Eastman, would like applicants to call or email for more information.
Phone number: 302-234-2040
Email: There is a 'contact us' form on their website - that's the best I could find.
Here's their website: http://www.chefshavenonline.com/
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Chefs-Haven/111684112411?sk=info
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Job posting #2 -
.
Desserts By Dana, which is run by a New Castle baker who won a title on a TLC show, is looking for an office assistant. Applicants should email resume to cakes@dessertsbydana.com .
There is a lengthy job description posted on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Desserts-by-Dana/54435148657
Friday, July 29, 2011
This weekend, 7/28-7/31:
Non-Music Events:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
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Music Listings:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Friday:
- Shakespeare's The Winters Tale, Rockwood Mansion in N. Wilm. Doors at 6:15 with pre-show entertainment. Show at 7:30pm. $12. http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/event.php?e=289#allEventDates
- Carousel Park Farmers' Market, 2-6pm, Rt. 7 entrance.
- Kennett Square Farmers' Market, 2-6pm, main drag.
- Fenwick Island Farmers' Market, 8am-noon, Coastal Hwy.
Saturday:
- Closing night for Shakespeare's The Winters Tale, Rockwood Mansion in N. Wilm. Doors at 6:15 with pre-show entertainment. Show at 7:30pm. $12. http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/event.php?e=289#allEventDates
- Alapocas Run State Park's Intro to Rock Climbing. Pre-registration required. Bancroft Mills Rd. 6-8pm, $20. http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/event.php?e=342
- 5k to benefit children at the Henrietta Johnson Medical Center. Starts at 8:30am, Dravo Plaza.
- Little Italy Farmers' Market. 9-1pm, 4th & Bancroft.
- Winterthur Farm Stand, 9-1, Rt. 52.
- Lewes Farmers' Market. 8-noon, Shipcarpenter St.
Sunday:
- Inaugural "Larry The Barber" 5k at Rockford Park. Benefits National Org. for Rare Diseases (one of which Larry Nicastro, longtime barber and running enthusiast of Wilmington, passed away from). Registration at 7:30, race at 8:30am, Rockford Park.
- Newark Co-Op Farmers' Market. 10-2pm, E. Main St.
- Bethany Beach Farmers' Market. 8-noon, main drag.
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Music Listings:
Friday:
- Free noon show at the Queen Theatre: Rachel Schain.
- Free noon show at H.B. Dupont Park: Smoke Signals.
- New Sweden *CD Release Show* at the Queen Theatre. Openers are The Spinning Leaves and Johnny Miles (why doesn't the Queen ever list the openers on their website?) 8pm, $7.
- Anvil (yes, the band from that documentary) at The Note in West Chester. 21+, doors at 8, $17.
- Battleshy Youths with 3 openers at Mojo Main. 21+, 9pm, $5.
- Avi Buffalo and Norwegian Arms at Johnny Brenda's. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
- Christina Perri and honeyhoney at the TLA. Most likely all ages (but double check). 8pm, $23.
Saturday:
- 4 popular local bands at the Queen: The Collingwood, FelixHunger, The Paper Janes, and Revolution, I Love You!. 8pm, $6.
- Peoples Festival (Reggae, tribute to Bob Marley). Tubman-Garrett Park, noon-10pm, $20. http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/event.php?e=365
- Sticky Buns Burlesque (burlesque troupe from Baltimore, so expect a lot of Betty Page 'dos), with musical guest Sisters 3, at the North Star. 21+, 9pm, $12.
- Huge hip-hop show at Mojo Main (I never mention hip-hop shows because it's not a scene I follow. However, this one seems pretty big, so here ya go). View large list of participants here: http://www.mojomain.com/event/51321/ 21+, 8pm, $5.
Sunday:
- Big Jangle at Bellevue State Park. 6:30pm, free with park admission.
- West Philadelphia Orchestra and Pepi Ginsburg play a benefit show at Johnny Brenda's. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
This weekend at Theatre N:
Bride Flight
In Dutch with English subtitles. Follows 3 women who leave post-WW II Holland to start new lives in New Zealand. The women part ways on arrival, but their lives continue to periodically intersect in unpleasant ways (infidelity, near tragedy), leading up to a reunion 50 years after their flight.
Friday at 8, Saturday at 5, Sunday at 2. $5-$7
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Fear of a Black Republican
Documentary by a native New Jerseyan that examines the relationship between the GOP and black Americans over a period of 4 years. Each screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the film-maker, Kevin J. Williams.
Thursday at 7, Saturday at 11am, Sunday at 11am. $5-$7
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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
New documentary/gimmick from Morgan Spurlock, who gave us the gross-out fast food documentary Super Size Me, about product placement and the movie industry. Part of the film involves his attempts to find a company that will fund the film in return for placement in the very title of the movie. Obviously, POM Wonderful is the company that takes the bite. I'd be curious to find out what affect this has on their sales figures, in the long run.
Friday at 2, Saturday at 2 & 8, Sunday at 5, and Monday at 7. $5-$7
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Theatre N is located in the Nemours Building at 11th & Orange. Enter on the courtyard side of the building. Street parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays, but you can also park in the Community Parking lot across 11th street and get $1 validated parking. Cheap beer and wine are available in the theatre before the movie starts, as well as cheap (by movie theater standards, or any standards, really) popcorn and candy. Best date night in Wilmington.
In Dutch with English subtitles. Follows 3 women who leave post-WW II Holland to start new lives in New Zealand. The women part ways on arrival, but their lives continue to periodically intersect in unpleasant ways (infidelity, near tragedy), leading up to a reunion 50 years after their flight.
Friday at 8, Saturday at 5, Sunday at 2. $5-$7
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Fear of a Black Republican
Documentary by a native New Jerseyan that examines the relationship between the GOP and black Americans over a period of 4 years. Each screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the film-maker, Kevin J. Williams.
Thursday at 7, Saturday at 11am, Sunday at 11am. $5-$7
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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
New documentary/gimmick from Morgan Spurlock, who gave us the gross-out fast food documentary Super Size Me, about product placement and the movie industry. Part of the film involves his attempts to find a company that will fund the film in return for placement in the very title of the movie. Obviously, POM Wonderful is the company that takes the bite. I'd be curious to find out what affect this has on their sales figures, in the long run.
Friday at 2, Saturday at 2 & 8, Sunday at 5, and Monday at 7. $5-$7
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Theatre N is located in the Nemours Building at 11th & Orange. Enter on the courtyard side of the building. Street parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays, but you can also park in the Community Parking lot across 11th street and get $1 validated parking. Cheap beer and wine are available in the theatre before the movie starts, as well as cheap (by movie theater standards, or any standards, really) popcorn and candy. Best date night in Wilmington.
Job openings with Dogfish Head Brewery.
Interested in the microbrew industry? Live or have the means to live in Sussex County? Dogfish Head Brewery is searching for two people to work in the packaging department for their web operations.
The job descriptions are here, as well as some earlier job openings that may or may not still exist:
http://www.dogfish.com/company/jobs/index.htm
The job descriptions are here, as well as some earlier job openings that may or may not still exist:
http://www.dogfish.com/company/jobs/index.htm
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Delaware Greenways unveils historic farm near old New Castle.
The Penn Farm, a 112 acre farm that is one of the oldest active farms in the country, is owned by the Trustees of the New Castle Commons. However, Delaware Greenways have taken over the management of the farm and turned it into an education resource to teach Delawareans about healthy and local eating. Why is it called The Penn Farm? Because it's the last remaining of the farms that was originally laid out as a tenant farm by William Penn himself. As such it's an important piece of Delaware history, so it only makes sense for it to be open to the public.
The Penn Farm, located on Frenchtown Rd (273), won't just be frozen in time and used for education, however. It will continue to operate as a farm, with produce available at a local market called Tract 6.
Read more at Delaware Greenway's website: http://www.delawaregreenways.org/pennfarm.html
The Penn Farm, located on Frenchtown Rd (273), won't just be frozen in time and used for education, however. It will continue to operate as a farm, with produce available at a local market called Tract 6.
Read more at Delaware Greenway's website: http://www.delawaregreenways.org/pennfarm.html
Electric Factory offers $15 tickets for 5 upcoming shows, but you have to get them Wednesday or Thursday
WXPN's blog reports that the Electric Factory is offering a special $15 "Beat The Heat" rate, today and Thursday only, for the following shows:
August 1: Streetlight Manifesto with Reel Big Fish (tickets)
August 4: Big Audio Dynamite with HR/Human Rights (from Bad Brains) (tickets)
August 9: Nas and Damian Marley with Writtenhouse, Solomonic Sound System featuring Rob Paine (tickets)
August 18: The HARD Tour 2011 featuring Digitalism, Caspa, Switch (of Major Lazer), Designer Drugs, and Destructo (tickets)
The tickets are $15 plus fees if you get them online, or a flat $15 if you get them at the Electric Factory box office. Unfortunately there's nothing in here that I'd want to see, but if any of these appeal to you, remember: the Electric Factory is air-conditioned.
Link to original XPN post: http://thekey.xpn.org/2011/07/electric-factory-offering-limited-time-15-beat-the-heat-tickets/
August 1: Streetlight Manifesto with Reel Big Fish (tickets)
August 4: Big Audio Dynamite with HR/Human Rights (from Bad Brains) (tickets)
August 9: Nas and Damian Marley with Writtenhouse, Solomonic Sound System featuring Rob Paine (tickets)
August 18: The HARD Tour 2011 featuring Digitalism, Caspa, Switch (of Major Lazer), Designer Drugs, and Destructo (tickets)
The tickets are $15 plus fees if you get them online, or a flat $15 if you get them at the Electric Factory box office. Unfortunately there's nothing in here that I'd want to see, but if any of these appeal to you, remember: the Electric Factory is air-conditioned.
Link to original XPN post: http://thekey.xpn.org/2011/07/electric-factory-offering-limited-time-15-beat-the-heat-tickets/
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Bike donations pour in for Urban Bike Project at an annual meeting of the White Clay Bicycle Club.
As mentioned earlier, the Urban Bike Project, which provides bikes and bike maintenance classes to youths in Wilmington, was heart-breakingly vandalized and robbed of all of their inventory a couple of weeks ago. The good news is that donations have been pouring in since then, especially from the members of the White Clay Bicycle Club, who hauled dozens of bikes of all kinds, many in new condition, to UBP's warehouse on North Market Street last Saturday.
The other silver lining is that many people who were previously totally unaware of UBP's mission are now aware, and sympathetic. UBP just might come out of this as a bigger presence in Wilmington than they were before the robbery.
From a post on Bike Delaware: http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/07/donations-for-ubp-pour-in-at-wcbc.html
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Update from the UBP:
The other silver lining is that many people who were previously totally unaware of UBP's mission are now aware, and sympathetic. UBP just might come out of this as a bigger presence in Wilmington than they were before the robbery.
From a post on Bike Delaware: http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/07/donations-for-ubp-pour-in-at-wcbc.html
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Update from the UBP:
Opportunity to be in a Newark Natural Foods tv commercial.
They're running a contest, in conjuction with the Newark Film Festival, for patrons and fans of the food co-op to appear in a commercial. From Newark Natural Foods:
"We heart the Newark Film Festival...A week of local, indie and foreign films on the big screen! As an event sponsor, we are entered into a "thirty second spot" commerical contest with the Delaware Independent Filmmakers. To make our spot stand out, we need your help. If you heart the Co-op and would like to see yourself on the big screen (the spots are shown at the festival), please answer one of the following questions:
1. How has the Co-op helped you make a better choice for your health and the health of your family? - or -
2. In what way has the Co-op inspired you to help the community around you?
Please be as specific as possible when responding. We want to know your personal experience in relation to the Co-op. We can not guarantee that everyone will make it into the commercial, but no one will go away empty-handed. Email your response along with your contact information to sunshine@newarknaturalfoods.com.
To find out more about the 2011 Festival, visit Newark Film Festival."
"We heart the Newark Film Festival...A week of local, indie and foreign films on the big screen! As an event sponsor, we are entered into a "thirty second spot" commerical contest with the Delaware Independent Filmmakers. To make our spot stand out, we need your help. If you heart the Co-op and would like to see yourself on the big screen (the spots are shown at the festival), please answer one of the following questions:
1. How has the Co-op helped you make a better choice for your health and the health of your family? - or -
2. In what way has the Co-op inspired you to help the community around you?
Please be as specific as possible when responding. We want to know your personal experience in relation to the Co-op. We can not guarantee that everyone will make it into the commercial, but no one will go away empty-handed. Email your response along with your contact information to sunshine@newarknaturalfoods.com.
To find out more about the 2011 Festival, visit Newark Film Festival."
Monday, July 25, 2011
One month from today, you and your car are needed to drive through a checkpoint exercise.
"Emergency Preparedness and Safety Exercise
Please volunteer to drive through a
Point of Distribution (POD) and receive a
FREE case of water!
...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
10:30am-12:30pm
Southern Patrol Headquarters
605 N. Broad St. Middletown, DE 19709 (Rt. 71)
If you’d like to participate please contact
Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)
302-659-3362 or email Training.DEMA@state.de.us"
Please volunteer to drive through a
Point of Distribution (POD) and receive a
FREE case of water!
...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
10:30am-12:30pm
Southern Patrol Headquarters
605 N. Broad St. Middletown, DE 19709 (Rt. 71)
If you’d like to participate please contact
Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)
302-659-3362 or email Training.DEMA@state.de.us"
A free case of water and all I have to do is drive through this checkpoint? Shoot.
Weekday shows and events of note, 7/25-7/28:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Nothing yet.
Wednesday:
Thursday:
- Screening of the movie Arthur at the Trocadero (sadly, the new one, not the brilliant Dudley Moore version). 12+, doors at 6:30, show at 8 (come before 7 and you'll get a free beer and popcorn). $3. http://www.thetroc.com/events.php
- Acoustic jam at the Queen, upstairs. 7pm, free. Also, "groove night" downstairs. 7pm, $7.
Tuesday:
Nothing yet.
Wednesday:
- Shakespeare's A Winters Tale, Rockwood. Play at 7:30, doors and pre-show presentations at 6:15. $12. http://www.delshakes.org/festival/festival-schedule/
- Summer Fiction (local Bill Ricchini's latest critically-acclaimed project) at the North Star, opening up for The Sandwitches and Sonny and the Sunsets (with the most "WTF" bio I've seen in a while -http://northstarbar.com/index.php/shows ). 21+, doors at 8, $10.
- Marc Broussard at WCL Philly. 8:30pm, $27-$45.
- Blues jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
Thursday:
- Note - the Jim Tisdall show at the Queen has been postponed until October.
- Mean Lady at Catherine Rooney's Newark. 21+, 9pm, $?.
- Shakespeare's A Winters Tale, Rockwood. Play at 7:30, doors and pre-show presentations at 6:15. $12. http://www.delshakes.org/festival/festival-schedule/
- Wanda Jackson with Imelda May at the Trocadero. All ages, doors at 7, $25.
- Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free.
- Yarn (original country / rock from New York) at Logan House. 8pm, $5.
- Callers with Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors) at WCL Philly. 8pm, $8.
- Philadelphia Ale & Arts Adventure, presented by the Mural Arts Program and WCL Philly. 5:30pm. Details: http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=3166
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Small business seminars with the YWCA.
I actually posted this days ago and just realized that it got caught-up in the "drafts" vortex that Blogger has going (sometimes when you hit 'publish', a post goes into 'draft' mode instead, without your knowing it. And it doesn't show up when that happens. Very frustrating thing I've run into at least once a week).
Quick PSA:
Remember to check on your elderly relatives and neighbors when it gets this hot out. Even if you know in your heart that they know how to handle themselves in this kind of heat, and you stopping by will probably disturb their peaceful afternoon in the basement (doesn't everybody's grandmother refuse to use air-conditioning and set up camp in the basement all summer?) and make the person excitedly run outside to show you his/her tomato plants. Just check on them anyway.
This weekend, 7/22-7/24:
Non-Music Events:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
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Music Events:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Friday:
- Ballroom dancing benefit at Harry's Savoy. Local celebs dance in a competition, viewers vote. 6-10pm. $50 for a pair of tickets, $30 for single ticket. Benefits 'Variety, The Children's Charity', which is one of the oldest children's charities in the world, according to their site. Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198414666875146
- Screening of Iron Man on the banks of the Schuylkill. Free, movie starts at dusk (approx. 8:20pm), free snacks available while supplies last (arrive early). On the banks by the Walnut Street Bridge. http://www.schuylkillbanks.org/events/movie-night-iron-man
- Midnight showing of The Warriors at the Trocadero. Costumes encouraged. 21+, doors at 10/show at 12, $3.
- Delaware State Fair. http://www.delawarestatefair.com/home
Saturday:
- Wilmington water garden tour, presented by Delaware Center for Horticulture. 9am-4pm (event starts at the DCH on DuPont St. but is self-guided from there). $15 for members, $20 for non-members. http://www.thedch.org/activities-events/calendar-events/event/water-garden-tour
- Newark Food & Brew Fest. 2-10pm. http://www.newarkfoodandbrewfest.com/
- Zachary Lowe BBQ & Beer Benefit at Bank Shots Rt. 40. Zachary Lowe is a young boy, and also the son of the drummer from Hallowed Cain, with a type of malignant bone cancer. 3-8pm, $20 gets you all the food & beer you care to eat/drink. At 8pm the cover charge drops to $10. There will also be an auction of some kind. Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189522764433386
- Newark Beer Fest. The only info I can find is that it's from 6pm-8pm at Mojo Main, $5, with music (see below) happening afterwards.
- Comedian Tim Minchin at the TLA.
- Delaware State Fair. http://www.delawarestatefair.com/home
Sunday:
- Weekly Sunday Bird Walk at Bucktoe Creek Preserve (just over the PA line near Hockessin). 8-10am. http://bucktoecreekpreserve.org/
- Delaware State Fair. http://www.delawarestatefair.com/home
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Music Events:
Friday:
- Free noon show at The Queen with the sexy-named Jacopo De Nicola.
- XPo-Nential Music Festival, Camden waterfront. Friday performances include The Smithereens, Citizen Cope, Johnny Miles, Joseph Clark, and the North Mississippi All-Stars Duo. Tickets are $20-$65 depending on if you're an XPN member and if you're buying a 1 day or 3 day pass. http://www.xpn.org/concerts-events/festival11
- Cuban jazz singer Venissa Santi at the Phila. Museum of Art's "Art After 5" event.
- Alison Krauss & Union Station at the Academy of Music. 8pm, $75.
- William Elliot Whitmore and Hoots & Hellmouth's Andrew Gray (solo) at Johnny Brenda's. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
- Alo Brasil (Philadelphia multi-generational Brazilian band) at WCL Philly. Doors at 8:30, $20-$30.
Saturday:
- 2nd & Loma (Lower Market) Summer Music Series, with The Paper Janes and Battleshy Youths. At the Film Brothers' Co-Op, 205 N. Market 6:30pm. $6, or $20 for a family of 4.
- Donavan Frankenreiter (him of the super creepy publicity photo) at The Queen. 8pm, $20.
- XPo-Nential Music Festival, Camden waterfront. Saturday performances include Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Booker T., Sun Airway, Hezekiah Jones, Dar Williams, Ted Leo, and Keb' Mo'. Tickets are $20-$65 depending on if you're an XPN member and if you're buying a 1 day or 3 day pass. http://www.xpn.org/concerts-events/festival11
- Newark Beer Fest event with the Sin City Band and some other goofily-named bands at Mojo Main. 21+, beerfest starts at 6pm, $5. It looks like the music starts at 9, but I'm seeing conflicting info online, so you might want to call Mojo Main.
- Rose Hill Drive, New Motels, and Homesick Elephant (previously the popular Philly duo Cheese On Bread). North Star Bar, 21+, doors at 8, $10.
- (Lunchtime show) The Swirlies at Johnny Brenda's, 21+, show at 2, $10.
- Controlled Bleeding and (veteran local band) The Collingwood at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 7, $10.
Sunday:
- Brian McKnight at the Grand Opera House. 7pm, $40-$52. http://www.ticketsatthegrand.org/Performance?Perf_no=1579
- XPo-Nential Music Festival, Camden waterfront. Sunday performances include Emmylou Harris, Susan Werner, Kuf Knotz, Carbon Leaf, Jukebox the Ghost, Ben Folds, and Ra Ra Riot. Tickets are $20-$65 depending on if you're an XPN member and if you're buying a 1 day or 3 day pass. http://www.xpn.org/concerts-events/festival11
This weekend at Theatre N:
The Makioka Sisters
From 1983. In Japanese with English subtitles. It sounds like this one will be visually stunning. 4 sisters on the eve of WWII run their family's kimono manufacturing business. War hits, everything changes. Friday at 8, Saturday at 5, and Sunday at 6. $7
Winter In Wartime
Dutch & German with English subtitles. Critically acclaimed film about two Dutch boys in Nazi-occupied Holland who have run-ins with the local occupying forces as they come of age. Saturday at 2, Friday at 2 & 8, Sunday at noon, and... Monday at 7pm? That's what the website says. $5-$7
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Theatre N - 11th & Orange, enter on the courtyard side of the Nemours Building. Cheap films, movie snacks, beer/wine, parking. Currently attended mostly by older folks, but that's why I'm trying to get the word out. See their website: http://www.theatern.org/Films
From 1983. In Japanese with English subtitles. It sounds like this one will be visually stunning. 4 sisters on the eve of WWII run their family's kimono manufacturing business. War hits, everything changes. Friday at 8, Saturday at 5, and Sunday at 6. $7
Winter In Wartime
Dutch & German with English subtitles. Critically acclaimed film about two Dutch boys in Nazi-occupied Holland who have run-ins with the local occupying forces as they come of age. Saturday at 2, Friday at 2 & 8, Sunday at noon, and... Monday at 7pm? That's what the website says. $5-$7
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Theatre N - 11th & Orange, enter on the courtyard side of the Nemours Building. Cheap films, movie snacks, beer/wine, parking. Currently attended mostly by older folks, but that's why I'm trying to get the word out. See their website: http://www.theatern.org/Films
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Dear Out & About:
Please make it easier to find information on 1) cost and 2) voting process of your Musikarmageddon series. I've just wasted a half hour trying to find out if there is a cover charge for the Logan House show tonight. There's literally not one word online - not on Logan House's website, not on Out & About's Musikarmageddon info site - on cover charge or voting process. So we called Logan House. The person who answered thought it might be $5, but said Out & About is really in charge of that. We called Out & About, and were told something vague and not reassuring about paying to vote, not to get in. Just spell it out on the info website Out & About set up for the Musikarmageddon. Shouldn't be that hard to do, right?
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Weekday shows and events of note, 7/19-7/21:
I didn't compose this on Monday because I was involved in a two day music video shoot out of town. So I'll just start with Tuesday events.
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Tuesday:
- Asteroid #4 with Far-Out Fangtooth at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 8, $7.
Wednesday:
- Showing of The Big Uneasy, a Harry Shearer (voice of many Simpson's characters, star of Spinal Tap, and host of "Le Show") film about New Orleans, at Theatre N. This is the only showing of this film all week. 7pm, $10.
- Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
- Toots and the Maytals (and a slew of other bands/DJs) at The Blockley in Philly. Doors 7/show at 9, $30. http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/38787
Thursday:
- Graffiti Radio presents: Secret Mountain, at Mojo Main (main stage). 21+, doors at 9, $5.
- Karaoke at Mojo Main (front room). All ages, 9pm, free.
- Reading Rainbow and Creepoid (2 very acclaimed PA bands) at Johnny Brenda's. Benefits an art collective. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Reposted from Bike Delaware News:
http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/07/urban-bike-project-robbed-vandalized.html
We plan to keep everyone up to date on our progress; but, please check back regularly via our website or Facebook page for more information. We foresee the need for a volunteer only "bike-rebuild" night and/or a bike drive in the near future. If you or anyone you know, are interested in participating, please let me know, and I will keep you informed directly, of dates and times, as they are scheduled.
Urban Bike Project robbed, vandalized and depleted of all its inventory
Special message from Laura Saperstein, Volunteer Coordinator, Urban Bike Project
It is with heavy heart that I share with you our sad news. Today, when one of our crew arrived at the Urban Bike Project, it was only to discover that it had been vandalized and depleted of all its inventory some time throughout the night.
For this reason, I must tell you that Open Shop, our regularly scheduled hours on Thursdays and Saturdays, will be CLOSED until further notice. For all those who have signed up to volunteer at Open Shop tomorrow (7/16/11), and Thursday (7/21/11), please consider joining us again soon when we reopen. But for right now, we have no bikes to offer our community; and, while we would rather be spending our time of service to those in need, we will, instead, be using it to clean up and regroup.
We plan to keep everyone up to date on our progress; but, please check back regularly via our website or Facebook page for more information. We foresee the need for a volunteer only "bike-rebuild" night and/or a bike drive in the near future. If you or anyone you know, are interested in participating, please let me know, and I will keep you informed directly, of dates and times, as they are scheduled.
Although this is a very untimely and unfortunate wrench in our works, we want to THANK YOU, our friends, donors and supporters who have helped us make this summer one of its most successful yet!
As a side note, Mechanics class, scheduled for Monday, July 18th, will run according to plan. And, so shall our Youth Earn-A-Bike program scheduled for next week. We are looking forward to serving our community's kids and have planned a really special program for them, led by Corry, and with the support of the White Clay Bike Club, DelDot, and our LCI's, John, CeCi, and Paul.
Thank you again for your understanding, and we hope to see you very soon!
Friday, July 15, 2011
This weekend, 7/15-7/17
Non-music:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
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Music:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Friday:
- Delaware Shakespeare Festival presents The Winter's Tale, at Rockwood. Details at http://www.delshakes.org/festival/festival-schedule/
- American Craft Beer competition and tasting at the Queen, 5:30pm. That sound you hear is the sound of my jaw hitting the floor: tickets are $40! Wow. I was thinking $5, $10, maybe $15 at the most. I'd have to drink a whole lot of firkins for that to be worth my while. So I guess I'm posting this for the benefit of beer lovers who aren't poor. Le sigh.
Saturday:
- Delaware City Day. 10:30am-11pm, culminating with fireworks at ... website doesn't say, so it must be at dusk. http://www.delawarecityday.com/
- Tip-A-Canoe, the yearly canoe trip / barbecue / barn dance / fundraiser put on by the Young Friends of the Brandywine. This year's musical guest is once again Hoots and Hellmouth. http://www.youngfriends.org/
- Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. http://www.delshakes.org/festival/festival-schedule/
- Peek A Boo Revue (burlesque troupe from Philly) at The Queen. 8pm, $24.
Sunday:
- Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. http://www.delshakes.org/festival/festival-schedule/
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Music:
Friday:
- Free noon show at The Queen with Aaron Nathans (hmm - I thought he played last week. Either I made a mistake or they changed their website).
- Gomez with Philly up-and-comers Good Old War at the TLA. 21+, doors at 8, $29.
- Baby Flamehead (featuring Dean from The Dead Milkmen). Opening bands include one "featuring Rodney from The Dead Milkmen" (yes, it made me laugh, too). 21+, show at 9, $10.
- Animus (who played in Arden this spring) bringing their Middle-Eastern vibe to the Queen, 8:30pm. Am I seeing this right that tickets are only $7? That's oddly cheap for the Queen.
Saturday:
- Villains Like You and Robot House at Mojo Main. 21+, doors at 9, $5.
Sunday:
- Cass McCombs at Johnny Brenda's. 21+, doors at 8, $12-$13.
- San Francisco-based Roma/"Gypsy" band Rupa and The April Fishes, at The North Star Bar. They're touring to raise money to fight "increasingly racist" anti-Roma legislation in Europe. You know, I have mixed feelings about the whole "plight of the Roma people" thing. The outside-the-law lifestyle that has given the Roma the reputation that they have is still very much going on today. And it's not a few errant individuals. I cannot muster as much sympathy, therefore, as others seem to be able to. But you can't argue that the music and musicianship in that culture is usually outstanding. The show is 21+, show at 8pm, $10.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
This week at Theatre N:
A Happy Ending (film premiere)
"Jeremy, a 26 year old chemistry/neuro-science graduate student invents a new drug that gives you 24 hours of complete euphoria, enlightenment, and complete happiness before peacefully falling asleep to your death. This magic pill is intended solely for the purpose of alleviating the suffering of a dying person.
Jeremy takes his miracle pill to his well connected, drug dealing best friend, Jordan, and convinces him to sell the pill on the black market. The pill immediately becomes a popular news topic when 14 terminally ill patients at one hospital all decided to exercise their free will and take this miracle pill.
Jordan's girl friend, Shelby, is effected by this mass suicide when she is informed that her sister was one of those 14 people who took their own life. Shelby, who's battled depression her entire life, can't ignore the allure of the pill while seeing this on the news everyday. She's not alone. Brandon, Jeremy's roommate, also has selfish motives to feel the effects of this pill. Brandon is a struggling artist searching for nothing more than the mind opening experience."
Thursday night only, 7pm, $20 (the website doesn't say, but I'm guessing this is a locally made film).
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Incendies
In French & Arabic with English subtitles. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film. "When notary Lebel (Rémy Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother Nawal’s will (Lubna Azabal), the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes – one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn’t know existed." Fact-finding trips to the Middle-East ensue.
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 2pm. $5-$7.
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The Best and The Brightest
Comedy starring Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris. Wait, whaaaaat?: "Fresh-faced couple from Delaware moves to NYC and struggles to get their 5 year old into a good pre-school". Ha.
Friday at 2pm Saturday at 2pm as well as 8pm, Sunday at 5pm. $5-$7.
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Theatre N is northern Delaware's best (and only) option for indie, foreign, low budget, and art house films. Beer, wine, popcorn and candy are available very cheaply in the theater before showings. The theater is located at 10th & Orange in the Nemours Building (enter via the revolving doors on the courtyard side of the building). Parking is free and plentiful on the weekends, and at any time you can park in the Community parking lot across the street and get $1 validated parking. For more info about the films or the theater:
http://www.theatern.org/Films
"Jeremy, a 26 year old chemistry/neuro-science graduate student invents a new drug that gives you 24 hours of complete euphoria, enlightenment, and complete happiness before peacefully falling asleep to your death. This magic pill is intended solely for the purpose of alleviating the suffering of a dying person.
Jeremy takes his miracle pill to his well connected, drug dealing best friend, Jordan, and convinces him to sell the pill on the black market. The pill immediately becomes a popular news topic when 14 terminally ill patients at one hospital all decided to exercise their free will and take this miracle pill.
Jordan's girl friend, Shelby, is effected by this mass suicide when she is informed that her sister was one of those 14 people who took their own life. Shelby, who's battled depression her entire life, can't ignore the allure of the pill while seeing this on the news everyday. She's not alone. Brandon, Jeremy's roommate, also has selfish motives to feel the effects of this pill. Brandon is a struggling artist searching for nothing more than the mind opening experience."
Thursday night only, 7pm, $20 (the website doesn't say, but I'm guessing this is a locally made film).
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Incendies
In French & Arabic with English subtitles. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film. "When notary Lebel (Rémy Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother Nawal’s will (Lubna Azabal), the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes – one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn’t know existed." Fact-finding trips to the Middle-East ensue.
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 2pm. $5-$7.
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The Best and The Brightest
Comedy starring Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris. Wait, whaaaaat?: "Fresh-faced couple from Delaware moves to NYC and struggles to get their 5 year old into a good pre-school". Ha.
Friday at 2pm Saturday at 2pm as well as 8pm, Sunday at 5pm. $5-$7.
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Theatre N is northern Delaware's best (and only) option for indie, foreign, low budget, and art house films. Beer, wine, popcorn and candy are available very cheaply in the theater before showings. The theater is located at 10th & Orange in the Nemours Building (enter via the revolving doors on the courtyard side of the building). Parking is free and plentiful on the weekends, and at any time you can park in the Community parking lot across the street and get $1 validated parking. For more info about the films or the theater:
http://www.theatern.org/Films
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Free music festival announced for September 10th, in Maryland.
Complimentary passes to the Virgin Mobile FreeFestival will be available starting this Friday. The festival will take place at the Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD, on September 10th, and the line-up will include Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Black Keys, Cee Lo, Patti Smith, TV on the Radio, Deadmau5 (who are also playing the Philly F/M Festival in late September), Okkervil River, Two Door Cinema Club, Ghostland Observatory, and many more.
Details from WXPN's blog, "The Key":
http://thekey.xpn.org/2011/07/virgin-mobile-freefest-announces-2011-date-lineup-tickets-to-be-released-this-friday/
By the way - to get the free tickets, you have to 'like' Virgin Mobile's Facebook page, here: http://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileLive?sk=app_174402785926020
People who are already Virgin Mobile customers, or who attended this festival in the past 5 years, will be eligible for a "pre-free-sale" on Thursday.
Details from WXPN's blog, "The Key":
http://thekey.xpn.org/2011/07/virgin-mobile-freefest-announces-2011-date-lineup-tickets-to-be-released-this-friday/
By the way - to get the free tickets, you have to 'like' Virgin Mobile's Facebook page, here: http://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileLive?sk=app_174402785926020
People who are already Virgin Mobile customers, or who attended this festival in the past 5 years, will be eligible for a "pre-free-sale" on Thursday.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Fan of The Best Show on WFMU?
Then you should hear about The Best Show on WFMU - Live Listener Party happening tonight. For those unfamiliar, The Best Show is a New Jersey radio comedy show. It's hard to describe, but it's a fake call-in show where one guy always plays the radio host and the other guy plays a variety of oddball characters who call in (such as "Philly Boy Roy"). Their largely-unscripted on-air conversations are drawn out over the space of 45 minutes or so and reveal a humor so subtle that you almost have to listen to each episode (available on podcasts) twice. Probably the most accessible installment I've heard is the one where the caller is supposed to be Pat Sajak's brother - here's a free podcast of that show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mike-sajak-originally-aired/id306300026?i=81730543.
The listener party will take place tonight, Tuesday, at The 700 Club in Northern Liberties, 8pm-2am. The social media page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117106751710996
The listener party will take place tonight, Tuesday, at The 700 Club in Northern Liberties, 8pm-2am. The social media page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117106751710996
Free admission to the Brandywine River Museum today, Tuesday.
The reason? Today is Andrew Wyeth's birthday. The museum will be open until 4:30pm today. Oh, and there will be cake. (In the shape of a yellow lab? A white barn? Helga's braids? Who knows).
Note to middle-aged and late-middle-aged male rock concert goers in Wilmington:
Do try not to wear your golf outfit to the concert. I understand - it fell on a Saturday after a round at the club with your buddies, and you didn't have time to go home and change. But isn't that what locker rooms are for? You're really going to show up to a concert in a nice joint and give Todd Rundgren fist pumps while wearing golf cleats and shirts that were only designed to be worn on the course?
And I'm not talking about one or two guys - I'm talking about half the audience. Come on guys - I'm not saying you have to try to dress like hipsters 20 years your junior. Wear clothes you're comfortable in. But come on; hi-tech micro-weave golf gear? I keep wondering - is it because these guys work so much that those are the only casual clothes they own?
And I'm not talking about one or two guys - I'm talking about half the audience. Come on guys - I'm not saying you have to try to dress like hipsters 20 years your junior. Wear clothes you're comfortable in. But come on; hi-tech micro-weave golf gear? I keep wondering - is it because these guys work so much that those are the only casual clothes they own?
Delaware Center for Horticulture designs storm-water runoff system for Trolley Square's ACME.
There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Friday, July 15th, at 11:30 am.
From DCH:
Editor's note: we're not big fans of ACME in my household - they're overpriced. Especially that location. But I consider this to be a beautification coup for Trolley Square, and an essential water-saving device for the city that will hopefully be followed by more such projects. Congrats to the DCH on seeing this project through.
From DCH:
Major greening renovations completed in ACME parking lot
Installed by the Delaware Center for Horticulture
Project will save ACME $1,500 per year
Wilmington, Del. – The Delaware Center for Horticulture (TheDCH) announces completion of a stormwater mitigation project at the ACME grocery store in Wilmington’s Trolley Square neighborhood. A ribbon cutting ceremony and luncheon will be held on July 15 at 11:30 AM. The event will be attended by city, state and federal officials; ACME executives; major media and numerous stakeholders.
The 9,000 square foot system captures an estimated 70 percent of the site’s annual rainfall, providing relief to the city’s combined stormwater and sewer system and helping to preserve the integrity of the region’s drinking water. The landscaping and engineering system is designed to filter, slow and absorb rain that falls on the roof of ACME’s building and 1.42 acre parking lot. It includes 19 large shade trees, more than 2,800 shrubs and smaller perennial plants, a rain garden, and a series of underground holding tanks – while maintaining almost the same number of the parking spaces.
The ribbon cutting ceremony will begin in the Trolley Square ACME parking lot, on the corner of Delaware Avenue and North Dupont Street. The event will be followed immediately by a luncheon at TheDCH at 1810 North Dupont Street.
Editor's note: we're not big fans of ACME in my household - they're overpriced. Especially that location. But I consider this to be a beautification coup for Trolley Square, and an essential water-saving device for the city that will hopefully be followed by more such projects. Congrats to the DCH on seeing this project through.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Weekday events of note:
Reminder: see post below about Wilmington Beer Week.
Monday:
Groove Night at The Queen. 7pm, $5 at the door.
Eleanor Friedburger (of The Fiery Furnaces) at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
Screening of "Sucker Punch" at the Trocadero (I don't get it, but I'm not going to judge). 21+, doors at 6:30, show at 8, $3. Arrive before 7pm and get a free beer and bag of popcorn. (See, that's nice. Delaware liquor laws prevent venues from advertising free alcohol. Oh look - something I remember from ABC class).
Tuesday:
Harvest To Home Mobile Pantry at UD. Volunteers will load a Food Bank of Delaware vehicle with vegetables harvested from UD's "Garden for the Community", located behind the Girl Scouts facililty on 896. Starts at 8am, no end time given. http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jul/mobile-pantry-070611.html
Urge Overkill, with local band The Cocks, at the North Star Bar. 21+, doors at 8, $15.
Kuf Knotz presents The Boombox Collective, at WCL Philly. 8pm. Free (I think you're supposed to reserve a seat, though): http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=3912
Wednesday:
Showing of "Pedal Driven: A Bike-umentary" at Theatre N. 7pm, $10. Description: http://www.theatern.org/Films/2011/July/Pedal-Driven--a-bike-umentary
Free Show Wednesdays at Mojo Main, with Green Eggs and Jam, and Codee Bee & The Crooks. 9pm, free for 21+.
4W5 Blues Jam at The Queen. 7pm. Free.
The Bouncing Souls at First Unitarian Church. Whoops, SOLD OUT. And that goes for all 4 of their Philly performances this week.
Thursday:
(Because this is my favorite saying - does not this saying apply to most situations? So good for getting past situations that are slightly embarrassing or otherwise unfortunate. 'Yeah, I've been working out for 45 minutes and I really stink right now. [enter saying]'): "It Is What It Is" at Mojo Main. 21+, 9pm, $5.
Original music night at Logan House, 9pm.
Monday:
Groove Night at The Queen. 7pm, $5 at the door.
Eleanor Friedburger (of The Fiery Furnaces) at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
Screening of "Sucker Punch" at the Trocadero (I don't get it, but I'm not going to judge). 21+, doors at 6:30, show at 8, $3. Arrive before 7pm and get a free beer and bag of popcorn. (See, that's nice. Delaware liquor laws prevent venues from advertising free alcohol. Oh look - something I remember from ABC class).
Tuesday:
Harvest To Home Mobile Pantry at UD. Volunteers will load a Food Bank of Delaware vehicle with vegetables harvested from UD's "Garden for the Community", located behind the Girl Scouts facililty on 896. Starts at 8am, no end time given. http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jul/mobile-pantry-070611.html
Urge Overkill, with local band The Cocks, at the North Star Bar. 21+, doors at 8, $15.
Kuf Knotz presents The Boombox Collective, at WCL Philly. 8pm. Free (I think you're supposed to reserve a seat, though): http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=3912
Wednesday:
Showing of "Pedal Driven: A Bike-umentary" at Theatre N. 7pm, $10. Description: http://www.theatern.org/Films/2011/July/Pedal-Driven--a-bike-umentary
Free Show Wednesdays at Mojo Main, with Green Eggs and Jam, and Codee Bee & The Crooks. 9pm, free for 21+.
4W5 Blues Jam at The Queen. 7pm. Free.
The Bouncing Souls at First Unitarian Church. Whoops, SOLD OUT. And that goes for all 4 of their Philly performances this week.
Thursday:
(Because this is my favorite saying - does not this saying apply to most situations? So good for getting past situations that are slightly embarrassing or otherwise unfortunate. 'Yeah, I've been working out for 45 minutes and I really stink right now. [enter saying]'): "It Is What It Is" at Mojo Main. 21+, 9pm, $5.
Original music night at Logan House, 9pm.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Wilmington Beer Week is happening now through the 16th.
There are so many events happening throughout the city, including tastings, meet and greets with area brewers, and demonstrations, that you should just visit the official page, linked below. The 'events' link will take you to the full calendar:
http://www.wilmingtonbeerweek.com/
Today, there are events at Domaine Hudson, Union City Grille, and Columbus Inn. Monday there's a 16 Mile Brewery event at Piccolina Toscana. The rest of the week includes 3-5 events each evening at other noteable eateries such as: Deep Blue, Vinoteca 902, Washington Street Alehouse, Chelsea Tavern, the Queen Theatre, and Harry's Seafood Grill.
Participating breweries include: 16 Mile, Dogfish Head, Old Dominion, Fordham, Twin Lakes, Yards, Sam Adams, Victory, Evolution, Clipper City, Harpoon, Flying Fish, (we like our nautical themes here on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard...), Sam Adams, and Saranac.
Wait, NO LANCASTER? But they're local and their Milk Stout and Strawberry Wheat are so goo-oo-ood! Screw that overly-hoppy Philly noise (ever tried to get a drinkable beer at Johnny Brenda's, unless Milk Stout is on the menu? GOOD LUCK). Also, let's have some Leinenkugel's next time, dear organizers. It ain't summer if I can't get my hands on some Summer Shandy. Until then, that plinking sound you hear is me shedding a tear in my ... beer.
One last note: the can't-miss event of the week for true beer aficionados (I know, I know - revealing that I like fruity beers makes me not one) is the "American Craft Beer Tasting. More than a Dozen U.S. Craft Breweries at World Cafe Live at the Queen". This will take place Friday from 5:30-9:30.
Happy Drinking!
http://www.wilmingtonbeerweek.com/
Today, there are events at Domaine Hudson, Union City Grille, and Columbus Inn. Monday there's a 16 Mile Brewery event at Piccolina Toscana. The rest of the week includes 3-5 events each evening at other noteable eateries such as: Deep Blue, Vinoteca 902, Washington Street Alehouse, Chelsea Tavern, the Queen Theatre, and Harry's Seafood Grill.
Participating breweries include: 16 Mile, Dogfish Head, Old Dominion, Fordham, Twin Lakes, Yards, Sam Adams, Victory, Evolution, Clipper City, Harpoon, Flying Fish, (we like our nautical themes here on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard...), Sam Adams, and Saranac.
Wait, NO LANCASTER? But they're local and their Milk Stout and Strawberry Wheat are so goo-oo-ood! Screw that overly-hoppy Philly noise (ever tried to get a drinkable beer at Johnny Brenda's, unless Milk Stout is on the menu? GOOD LUCK). Also, let's have some Leinenkugel's next time, dear organizers. It ain't summer if I can't get my hands on some Summer Shandy. Until then, that plinking sound you hear is me shedding a tear in my ... beer.
One last note: the can't-miss event of the week for true beer aficionados (I know, I know - revealing that I like fruity beers makes me not one) is the "American Craft Beer Tasting. More than a Dozen U.S. Craft Breweries at World Cafe Live at the Queen". This will take place Friday from 5:30-9:30.
Happy Drinking!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
You're killin' me, Piccolina Toscana. Killin' me.
So, my man and I joined a gym for the first time a few months ago, and we've turned into regular little gym rats, and as such are way cutting back on previous habits such as 1/2 price burger nights all over the county (the favorite being Shellhammer's in New Castle - if you can get past the humble surroundings, you will find their burgers to be so much better than most pub burgers).
And then today I see this:
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You gotta be kidding me, Dan Butler. On a Saturday night, no less, a night when you almost never see decent food and drink deals (people come out to restaurants of their own volition on Saturdays - why offer incentives?). Ugh: more conflict in mah brains between food indulgences and that rock hard body I'm working towards...
And then today I see this:
You gotta be kidding me, Dan Butler. On a Saturday night, no less, a night when you almost never see decent food and drink deals (people come out to restaurants of their own volition on Saturdays - why offer incentives?). Ugh: more conflict in mah brains between food indulgences and that rock hard body I'm working towards...
Friday, July 8, 2011
This weekend, July 8 - 11:
Non-music events (almost everything is happening on Saturday):
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
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Music events (conversely, almost all of these are happening on Friday):
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Friday:
- Art on the Town / First Friday Art Loop in Wilmington. 5:30-8pm, "re:fresh" afterparty at the Queen from 8-11pm. (It was postponed from 7/1 so it didn't conflict with the holiday weekend). http://wilmingtonde.gov/artloop/
Saturday:
- Pirate Day at Tubman-Garrett Park at the Wilmington riverfront. Sponsored by our own replica tall ship, the Kalmar Nyckel. 11am-5pm, with live music by New Sweden (kind of fitting, given their name) at 3pm. For full event line-up, visit: http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/wilmingtonpirateday/html/
- The start of Wilmington Beer Week (with a citywide toast at 9pm at all participating locations). http://www.wilmingtonbeerweek.com/
- Archeology Day in Old New Castle, at the Dutch House (off of the main green), 10-3.
- (A little far, but I love this dude): Jim Gaffigan at The Borgata.
- Mid-Summer Meadow Studies at Mt. Cuba. "Investigate the diverse palette of meadow plants that paint new pictures as the season unfolds. Dave Korbonits will share his 20 years of experience in meadow gardening and introduce you to his favorite picks." 10am-noon, $10. http://www.museumtix.com/program/program.aspx?vid=827&pid=482561&pvt=mcc
- Cat & Dog Adopt-a-thon at Wild Birds Unlimited in Hockessin. 10am-2pm. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177854748937645
- Delaware Humane Associations's monthly traveling "Wellness Clinic". Discounted shots and microchips for cats and dogs, as well as licensing. 10am-noon at the Shops at Graylyn, North Wilmington. http://www.dehumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wellnessclinics
Sunday:
- What's doing on Sunday, you say? Beats me. Sounds like a good day for the beach.
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Music events (conversely, almost all of these are happening on Friday):
Friday:
- Free at noon show at the Queen Theatre: Aaron Nathans.
- Todd Rundgren at the Grand Opera House. 8pm. $$$.
- Tribute to IRS records at Mojo Main, with an REM tribute band and a Go-Gos tribute band. 21+, doors at 9, $7.
- The Revelations featuring Tre Williams at the Queen. Part of the Firsty Friday Art Loop. 8pm, $9.
- Israeli music at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Art After 5" concert. 5pm, discounted admission, cash bar.
- Philly Bloco at World Cafe Live Philly. 9pm, $12.
Saturday:
- Peek-A-Boo Revue at World Cafe Live Philly. Two shows: 7pm and 10pm. $24.
Sunday:
- Omar Souleyman (Middle-Eastern funk/soul) at Johnny Brenda's. 21+, doors at 8, $20.
- Dear Darkhead opening for The Bitterness Theory at the North Star Bar. I include this one only because I'm shocked that Dear Darkhead are still around. An old band of mine played with them at the Khyber over 10 years ago. 10 years! I had assumed they were long gone. Pretty decent shoegaze. 21+, doors at 8, $8.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Delaware Local Food Exchange's newsletter.
Delaware Local Food Exchange is a store within a store: it's open 3 days a week, out of a health food store in Elsmere / Prices Corner (it's the first shopping center on the left if you're heading into Elsmere coming from Prices Corner). See the hours at the very bottom of this newsletter. I have not managed to check it out yet, but I really want to go today after reading this. There's just something about fresh food in the summertime:
"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces--just good food from ...fresh ingredients"--Julia Child
More summer fruits have arrived! Two bushels of peaches, big beautiful blackberries and loads of big, juicy blueberries are in this week. We'll have the first garlic of the year along with green peppers and red cabbage. I have some baby bok choy coming along with sweet corn, green beans, cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, red, white and yellow onions, green cabbage, beets. We'll have blue potatoes for the first time along with yukon golds,baby reds and more of the Beauregard sweets. There will be plenty of hearty greens, salad greens, arugula, and the ever popular butterhead lettuce as well. Fresh herbs this week include basil, thai basil, thyme, mint, lemonbalm, dill, tarragon, chives, citrus, kafir lime and bay leaves. Certified organic Portobello mushrooms are back, too (we miss you Erika and David).
The Leraysville cheese will be restocked this week with all the favorites including the fabulous 5X cheddar, garlic cheddar, jalapeno cheddar, cheese curds, and for the first time udder delight....the non-smokey version of smokey delight. I also have in Oak View Organics blueberry jam made with this seasons organic blueberries and sweetened with agave nectar...yum!
Grass fed meats will be in abundance this week with ground turkey and pork chops in the fridge and keilbasa sausage, lamb loin chops, t-bone and sirloin steaks in the freezer.
Big Sky bread and granola are in and if the stars are aligned my order of Menta Stracciatella
(Mint Chocolate Chip), Cappuccino, and Thai Coconut Gelato will be in from Capogiro Gelato in Philly http://www.capogirogelato.com/main.html . The mint is local, the espresso roasted locally, and the milk in all the gelato is from grass fed Lancaster County cows...cool!
For these and all of your local organic & grass fed staples come by the Exchange this week :)
In case you missed the news about the food preservation basics class coming up here is the link http://ag.udel.edu/extension/ncc/Food%20Preservation%20Basic .s%20101%20flyer%202011.pdf
We are here Thursdays 1-6, Fridays 1-7 and Saturdays 10-5. We are cash, check and kid friendly. Don't forget your bags (including small produce bags) and bottles but if you do...we've got you covered.
peace out,
Karen
This week at Theatre N:
The Trip
Picture the movie Sideways, then set it in Britain and make it about a grand tour of restaurants rather than wineries. "An acerbically witty, largely improvised ride through the English countryside."
Friday at 2, Saturday at 8, Sunday at 6:30. $5 & $7.
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Documentary chronicling the inner workings of a changing New York Times at the juncture when the rise of internet news threatens to fell the newspaper industry.
Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 & 5, Sunday at 12:30pm. $5 & $7.
A Boy Called Dad
One showing only, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Part of the "From Britain With Love" series.
"A BOY CALLED DAD tells the story of Robbie – a 14 year old boy who has just become a father. Abandoned by his own dad Joe, Robbie snatches his baby son and goes on the run. As Joe joins the search for Robbie, they are each forced to face up to the past and what it really means to be a father."
Saturday at 11am, $5, followed by Q&A session.
Opera in Cinema: Aida
Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Opera in four acts from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy. Aida is the only major opera set in Egypt, making it unique among the cannon of well-known operas.
Sunday at 2:30 (with 2 intermissions), $20.
For list of upcoming films, and more info about the theatre: http://www.theatern.org/Films
As always, street parking is free and abundant on weekends (and weekdays after 6pm), or you can park in the Community parking lot across 11th street and get $1 validated parking at any time. Beer (good beer too, like local microbrews. And only $2-$3 a bottle), wine, and cheap popcorn and candy are available at the concession table inside the theatre, though get it as soon as you come in because the volunteers who man the table close up shop just before the previews start to roll.
Picture the movie Sideways, then set it in Britain and make it about a grand tour of restaurants rather than wineries. "An acerbically witty, largely improvised ride through the English countryside."
Friday at 2, Saturday at 8, Sunday at 6:30. $5 & $7.
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Documentary chronicling the inner workings of a changing New York Times at the juncture when the rise of internet news threatens to fell the newspaper industry.
Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 & 5, Sunday at 12:30pm. $5 & $7.
A Boy Called Dad
One showing only, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Part of the "From Britain With Love" series.
"A BOY CALLED DAD tells the story of Robbie – a 14 year old boy who has just become a father. Abandoned by his own dad Joe, Robbie snatches his baby son and goes on the run. As Joe joins the search for Robbie, they are each forced to face up to the past and what it really means to be a father."
Saturday at 11am, $5, followed by Q&A session.
Opera in Cinema: Aida
Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Opera in four acts from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy. Aida is the only major opera set in Egypt, making it unique among the cannon of well-known operas.
Sunday at 2:30 (with 2 intermissions), $20.
For list of upcoming films, and more info about the theatre: http://www.theatern.org/Films
As always, street parking is free and abundant on weekends (and weekdays after 6pm), or you can park in the Community parking lot across 11th street and get $1 validated parking at any time. Beer (good beer too, like local microbrews. And only $2-$3 a bottle), wine, and cheap popcorn and candy are available at the concession table inside the theatre, though get it as soon as you come in because the volunteers who man the table close up shop just before the previews start to roll.
Heard it on the grapevine: 2 new job openings.
1) A free-range farm in kind-of-nearby Ephrata PA is looking for a marketing coordinator. Sweet Stem Farm in Ephrata, PA, specializes in humanely raised pork, beef and lamb. They sell to socially-conscious restaurants in Delaware, including Fresh Thymes Cafe. Read more:
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2) Armor Graphics is looking for a business to business account executive.
"As our business evolves and our market grows, we’ve developed the need for someone to join our team and run the marketing of our farm. This job... is perfect for someone who is passionate about the local, sustainable, humane food movement. Daily tasks will include (but of course, are not limited to): Social Media (building and maintaining pages, keeping up with correspondence from these pages, etc.)Sales: We are looking to expand our wholesale market (including restaurants, food co-ops, specialty stores, etc.) and you will need to make initial contacts with these customers and then follow through to turning these potential customers into customers. This may include travel to Southeast PA, Philadelphia, and if you build a big enough customer base, throughout the Northeast.Web stuff: basic web design and maintenance; regular web searches to keep up with Sweet Stem’s media, etc.Farm Tours: All parts of organizing and executing farm tours for potential customers. Presentations: Some of our wholesale customers request presentations in their stores. You would organize these and then actually do the presentations. So, being comfortable with public speaking is a must!As needed, you may be involved in other business activities on the farm. Ideally the right person will:Have a passion for what we do! We want someone to become a part of our farm family and our dedication to making changes in the food industry.Be very self-directed. You’ll have basic guidelines but not a day-to-day to do list.Be organized. There are a lot of facets of marketing our business and you’ll need to keep up with all of them.Access to a reliable vehicle. Some travel will be required.Strong computer skills including: web, social media, MS Office programs Let me know if you have:Food industry experience (farms, stores, restaurants, etc.)Farm experienceMarketing experiencePublic Speaking/Presentation Experience Please send:ResumeBrief cover letter telling us why you want to join our farmSalary History or Requirements Reply to marketing@sweetstemfarm.com ."
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2) Armor Graphics is looking for a business to business account executive.
"The position will require working within a sales team and coordinating with other internal departments. The right candidate will be comfortable in prospecting, closing and processing orders. Print Industry and/or B to B sales experience is a plus, but not required.
Email interested resumes to jobs@armorgraphicsinc.com. Please no calls. "
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Unbelievably, The Grand Opera House has scored the Pixies.
They'll play on November 6th. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 15th. They will *definitely* sell out, considering the band usually plays much, much larger places.
This has to be one of those "let's play in all 50 states" deals, right? Otherwise, why would the Pixies go from playing arenas to an opera house in Delaware? Whatever the reason, good for The Grand. They don't book many rock shows, but they book good ones.
The Queen Theatre, meanwhile, is disappointing me with their bookings. I recently learned that they're working with a promoter who is running an almost pay-to-play deal with local bands. As long as the local band doesn't completely suck, the promoter promises to put them on a bill, with the caveat that they have to try to sell tickets themselves to friends and family. Oh, and these tickets are only $16-$20 a pop. Sorry, that qualifies as a scheme in my book.
This has to be one of those "let's play in all 50 states" deals, right? Otherwise, why would the Pixies go from playing arenas to an opera house in Delaware? Whatever the reason, good for The Grand. They don't book many rock shows, but they book good ones.
The Queen Theatre, meanwhile, is disappointing me with their bookings. I recently learned that they're working with a promoter who is running an almost pay-to-play deal with local bands. As long as the local band doesn't completely suck, the promoter promises to put them on a bill, with the caveat that they have to try to sell tickets themselves to friends and family. Oh, and these tickets are only $16-$20 a pop. Sorry, that qualifies as a scheme in my book.
Know anyone who's a superstar volunteer who deserves to be recognized?
Volunteer Delaware is currently accepting nominations for the 2011 Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Awards. So if you have a crazy aunt who volunteers 6 days a week, and you're constantly telling her she's running herself into the ground, but she just won't give any of it up, now's your chance to do something nice for the crazy old lady.
The nomination deadline is Monday, August 22. http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/vc/62505/2011%20Nomination%20Form.pdf
The nomination deadline is Monday, August 22. http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/vc/62505/2011%20Nomination%20Form.pdf
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Weekday shows of note:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
- Geology (member of mewithoutYou) at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 8, $5.
- Detox time. Put away that laundry that's been sitting on your bedroom floor all weekend. Sure, you've had success grabbing socks out of that pile as the need has arisen, but you can't live like that forever.
Wednesday:
- Free show at Mojo Main: Dividing the Skyline, The Early Nasa, and Fueled By Mary. 21+, doors at 9, free.
Thursday:
- The Young Friends of the Brandywine are hosting a pre-"Tip-A-Canoe" (their big yearly benefit on the Brandywine) happy hour at BBC Tavern, 6-10pm.
- Shipyard concert series kicks off with "Voodoo Deville", at Dravo Plaza (under the cranes at the riverfront), 7pm. Bring a lawn chair.
- FelixHunger, Mad Sweet Pangs, and Modern Exile at The Queen Theatre (Spark Summer Music Series). 9:30pm, free.
- Bela Fleck and The Original Fleck-Tones at Rams Head Live in Baltimore.
- Screening of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure at the Trocadero. All profits, including bartender tips, benefit the MS "City To Shore" Troc Crew. 21+, doors at 6/show at 8, $5 donation (or more).
- Original music at Logan House.
Two items for bicyclists, from the Bike Delaware blog:
1) UD police are looking for the public's help in identifying this man, wanted for questioning in the recent disappearance of several bikes from the campus:
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He is suspected of taking at least 6 bikes, and in one video is seen slowly cruising downtown Newark on a bike, apparently looking for suitable wheels to steal. "He is described as 30 to 40 years old, heavy set, with tan skin, dark hair and facial hair." http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/06/ud-police-seek-help-in-identifying-bike.html
2) The Delaware general assembly has just passed a bill earmarking 5 million dollars for bicycling. This will mean more bike lanes, and generally making the state a better place to take your Schwinn for a spin.
What I'd like to see, actually, is a crackdown on adolescent boys who purposefully dart into traffic on their bikes or razor scooters. I know kids always did risky things at that age, but I don't remember seeing this particular behavior much until the past couple of years. Now I see it at least once a week: a group of 3 to 5 boys, 11-14 years old, who ride in circles from one side of the street to the other, darting into the street repeatedly; not to get from point A to point B, but to show off their bravado. The last time I saw it happen was at a busy Kirkwood highway intersection, at rush hour. 4 boys were taking turns literally dodging cars to get to the thin median strip, and back. A few times a year we hear that a kid was killed on a bike at a busy intersection, and there's a public outcry about the safety of those intersections. Maybe the cases are unrelated, but I am not surprised it happens when I see kids more and more often doing these daredevil moves. If there is any law enforcement reading this and wondering where this is happening frequently, watch the intersection of Kirkwood Highway and Milltown Rd in the afternoon.
That said, am I complaining about this out of a deep sense of concern for the adolescent boys of Delaware? Not at all. Not to be cold-hearted, but such behavior is how most species rid their gene pools of overly-risky rogue members. But when it puts other people at risk of an accident, and possibly means some poor shmo having to live with a child's death on his conscience when he was just trying to get home from his 9-5, then yes, I wish a cop would drive by and talk to these kids when this is going on. /old person rant.
http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/07/delaware-general-assembly-votes.html
He is suspected of taking at least 6 bikes, and in one video is seen slowly cruising downtown Newark on a bike, apparently looking for suitable wheels to steal. "He is described as 30 to 40 years old, heavy set, with tan skin, dark hair and facial hair." http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/06/ud-police-seek-help-in-identifying-bike.html
2) The Delaware general assembly has just passed a bill earmarking 5 million dollars for bicycling. This will mean more bike lanes, and generally making the state a better place to take your Schwinn for a spin.
What I'd like to see, actually, is a crackdown on adolescent boys who purposefully dart into traffic on their bikes or razor scooters. I know kids always did risky things at that age, but I don't remember seeing this particular behavior much until the past couple of years. Now I see it at least once a week: a group of 3 to 5 boys, 11-14 years old, who ride in circles from one side of the street to the other, darting into the street repeatedly; not to get from point A to point B, but to show off their bravado. The last time I saw it happen was at a busy Kirkwood highway intersection, at rush hour. 4 boys were taking turns literally dodging cars to get to the thin median strip, and back. A few times a year we hear that a kid was killed on a bike at a busy intersection, and there's a public outcry about the safety of those intersections. Maybe the cases are unrelated, but I am not surprised it happens when I see kids more and more often doing these daredevil moves. If there is any law enforcement reading this and wondering where this is happening frequently, watch the intersection of Kirkwood Highway and Milltown Rd in the afternoon.
That said, am I complaining about this out of a deep sense of concern for the adolescent boys of Delaware? Not at all. Not to be cold-hearted, but such behavior is how most species rid their gene pools of overly-risky rogue members. But when it puts other people at risk of an accident, and possibly means some poor shmo having to live with a child's death on his conscience when he was just trying to get home from his 9-5, then yes, I wish a cop would drive by and talk to these kids when this is going on. /old person rant.
http://bikedel.blogspot.com/2011/07/delaware-general-assembly-votes.html
Monday, July 4, 2011
Mr. Smith goes to... Tilton Park, Delaware?
According to the Cool Spring / Tilton Park Historic District group, Wilmington's Tilton Park was once under consideration to be the Capitol of the yet-to-be-formed United States, at the time of the 13 colonies. That sounds really hard to believe, but apparently there's a plaque on the Broom Street side of the park that backs up the claim. Who knew? We, too, could have all been living on streets that are named after letters and are a bitch to navigate. Happy Independence Day!
Registration deadline is Wednesday for a July 14th biking class in N. Wilm.
Happy 4th of July, all!
Copied from Bike Delaware's blog:
3 hour League of American Bicyclists (LAB) course:Classroom Instruction and night ride. Will include route selection, bicycle safety, clothing, how to carry gear, etc.
WHERE: Bellevue Corporate Center, Bldg. 200, Suite 250
(Ameriprise Financial)
WHEN: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
(come at 5:30 PM with dinner, get acquainted, sign in, etc.)
WHO: Registered Participants. To register contact The McCormicks: j.c.mccormick@verizon.net, 302-761-9066
Registration deadline: July 6th.
COST: $20.00 per participant. Payable when signing in on July 14th.
Copied from Bike Delaware's blog:
3 hour League of American Bicyclists (LAB) course:Classroom Instruction and night ride. Will include route selection, bicycle safety, clothing, how to carry gear, etc.
WHERE: Bellevue Corporate Center, Bldg. 200, Suite 250
(Ameriprise Financial)
WHEN: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
(come at 5:30 PM with dinner, get acquainted, sign in, etc.)
WHO: Registered Participants. To register contact The McCormicks: j.c.mccormick@verizon.net, 302-761-9066
Registration deadline: July 6th.
COST: $20.00 per participant. Payable when signing in on July 14th.
PRESENTERS: John & Cecilia McCormick, Paul Hess
- WCBC (White Clay Bicycle Club) Members
- LCI (League Cycling Instructors)
- WCBC (White Clay Bicycle Club) Members
- LCI (League Cycling Instructors)
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Quick July 4th options round-up:
Happy Independence Day (weekend), all.
Wilmington itself will not be having an official July 4th celebration. The mayor canceled it in March due to budget constraints. (Which, frankly, I agree with - people will always have something to see on July 4th. I'd rather keep more police units on the street). Here are some places where you can see concerts, parades, or fireworks on Monday.
North of Wilmington:
Wilmington itself will not be having an official July 4th celebration. The mayor canceled it in March due to budget constraints. (Which, frankly, I agree with - people will always have something to see on July 4th. I'd rather keep more police units on the street). Here are some places where you can see concerts, parades, or fireworks on Monday.
North of Wilmington:
- Conclusion of Welcome America Fest in Philly, featuring The Roots, Earth Wind & Fire, and Michael McDonald: http://www.welcomeamerica.com/concert-fireworks/
- Newark/UD fireworks, 6-9 out of the Bob Carpenter Center. You can see them from several blocks around. There will also be live music (for middle-agers and older, mostly) in the Bob.
- Hockessin: parade at 3, fireworks at 6.
- Dover 4th of July celebrations: http://www.dover4thofjuly.com/
- Rehoboth fireworks and concert: http://www.delmarvabeachguide.com/events/rehoboth-beach-fireworks-july-4th-2011_1364
- Lewes boat parade and 'doo-dah' parade in Lewes (no fireworks. I remember seeing official fireworks in Lewes as a kid - and someone's house caught on fire. Maybe that's why): http://www.ci.lewes.de.us/
- Bethany parade and fireworks: http://www.delmarvabeachguide.com/events/bethany-beach-4th-of-july-parade-fireworks-2011_1390
- Ocean City, MD, concert and fireworks: http://oceancitymd.gov/Recreation_and_Parks/specialevents.html
Friday, July 1, 2011
This weekend, 7/1-7/4: Well, actually...
There's really not enough going on concert wise this weekend to warrant a whole post, and I have a feeling you know exactly how you'll be spending your weekend, so I'm going to skip it this week. One noteworthy event I found before giving up on this post is that New Sweden is headlining the North Star Bar (Philly) on Friday. Good for them.
I do have a July 4th events post to roll out over the weekend.
I do have a July 4th events post to roll out over the weekend.
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