The WXPN-sponsored Southern Shore Music Festival will take place at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds, on Saturday June 18, from noon to about 8pm. Featured performers include Deer Tick, Justin Townes Earl, Leon Russell, and Sharon Little. The fairgrounds are about an hour and 15 minutes from Wilmington, and halfway to Ocean City, NJ. Tickets are $30-$50.
For the full schedule of events and more details:
http://www.southernshoremusicfest.com/
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
On Sunday: double-header vintage baseball game at Fort Delaware
I included this because it's summer, it's baseball, it sounds like fun. But I don't have many specifics for you because Fort Delaware's own website gives very few details. What I can tell is that admission is $5, the game is happening in conjunction with the Kids Fest being held that day, and it's happening sometime during park hours of 11-4:30 pm. It's a double-header, so maybe they're counting on it taking up the whole day.
Here's the PDF with more info (but, honestly, not much more info): http://www.destateparks.com/downloads/programs/fdsp.2011.pdf
Here's the PDF with more info (but, honestly, not much more info): http://www.destateparks.com/downloads/programs/fdsp.2011.pdf
Friday, June 10, 2011
This weekend, 6/10-6/13:
Friday:
- Greek Festival continues today and Saturday, 11am-11pm. http://wilmingtonic.blogspot.com/2011/06/greek-festival-starts-today.html
- Two simultaneous Free Friday at Noon concerts at The Queen: in the main hall downstairs will be Dengue Fever (Cambodian rock). This will be broadcast by WXPN. In the upstairs lounge will be Michael Natrin. Both shows are free, all ages, and start at noon on Friday.
- Greek Festival, 11am-11pm (Friday and Saturday).
- Top pick: Art Is Social event at Delaware Art Museum. DJs, modern art exhibition, wine & beer tastings. 8-10pm. $5 entry, $1 drinks (aside from the free tastings). http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159336257463107 Hit the Greek Festival before or after.
- Bright Eyes with M. Ward and Dawes, at The Mann. All Ages, doors at 7:30, $25-$33. http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/02004667ADBE7BF0
- Midnight Movie on the Troc balcony: Hedwig & the Angry Inch. Costumes and wigs encouraged. 21+, doors at 10, show at midnight, $3.
- Free (with purchase of lunch) cooking demo and "move well" workshop at Stone Balloon Winehouse. Hosted by a local chiropractor, and one of the restaurant's chefs. 11:30-1pm. Call 302-525-4343 to reserve a spot.
- Habitat for Humanities "Bike To Build" race, 8am, riverfront, $40. http://www.habitatncc.org/
- Wild Foraging: Mushroom Walk at Bucktoe Creek Preserve, in Kennett Square. 1-4pm, $20. Followed by Wild Food Dinner from 5-7pm. Visit the website and call them if you're interested, because the dinner might only be open to those who participated in all 3 of these hikes. http://bucktoecreekpreserve.org/calendar/2011-06
- Top pick: Shady Grove Music Fest, Arden, on the grounds of the Gild Hall. Proceeds benefit the Hall's roof restoration project. Featured performers are: Bullbuckers, New Sweden, Little Invisibles, Villains Like You, Smoke Signals, E. Shawn Qaissaunee (I've always wanted to ask this guy why he bothers with the "E" - the name is already enough of a mouthful, no?), and many more. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Food and beer will be available (no outside food or drink permitted). All ages (no dogs), 11am-8pm, $15 advance or $20 dos. http://www.facebook.com/#!/WSTWArdenShadyGroveMusicFest
- After-Shade, the after party for the above festival, at Mojo 13. Featured bands: Hallowed Cain, FelixHunger, The Paper Janes, and Boy Wonder. 21+, 9pm-1am, $6 (benefits Gild Hall restoration).
- Cowboy Mouth with Sharon Little at The Queen. Doors at 7, $23.
- Top pick: East Hundred (record release show) at Johnny Brenda's. With notable openers: Turning Violet Violet and Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies. 21+, doors at 8, $10.
- Lenka, "Australia's Darling", at the North Star. 21+, doors at 8, $12 advance or $14 dos.
- The Spinning Leaves open for The Great Unknown at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 7, $8.
- The Dodos at the TLA. Doors at 9, $23.
- 1st annual Wilmo a Go-Go Car Show, hosted by and outside of Poppycock Tattoos on 8th & Orange Sts. 11-4pm Sunday. Free. Bands, BBQ, pin-up contest, prizes for 1972 and older cars. http://onlylocaldelaware.com/events/wilmo-a-go-go-car-show/
- Top pick: Kurt Vile & the Violators, Pissed Jeans, and Meg Baird (of Espers), at the First Unitarian Church. This is a triple play of notable Philly musicians. Kurt Vile and Meg Baird are well-known nationally (in the indie circuit). Should be a great show. All ages, doors at 8, $12.
- Natasha Bedingfield at the TLA. Doors at 9, $29.
- Update: CANCELLED - Duncan Sheik (meh) with The Watson Twins (really good) at World Cafe Live in Philly. Doors at 8, $28-$48.
- Movie Monday at the Troc: True Grit. Come before 7pm and get free popcorn and a drink. 21+, show at 8, $3.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Volunteers needed this summer to help pack kids' lunches with the Food Bank of Delaware.
Volunteers must apply and be screened (presumably to weed out convicted offenders).
From FBA:
You wouldn't need to be available every day - it seems that some volunteer for as little as 3 hours, total. The only big question mark in my mind is where this is held, since the FBA has several locations through-out the state, some convenient to Wilmingtonians, some not. Probably the meal packing will take place at all FBA locations.
For more info: http://fbd.volunteerhub.com/Events/Browse.aspx
From FBA:
"Summer Lead Volunteers NeededUnpaid volunteers needed to assist with our Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Volunteers will supervise and coordinate the preparation and packing of several thousand childrens' meals daily during the summer. Great opportunity for individuals seeking to gain leadership experience while working in a fast-paced environment. Volunteers needed Monday-Friday from 10 AM -6 PM (program runs from 6/20/11 - 8/20/11). Volunteers will be selected by application and interview. Interested candidates should email Anna McDermott at amcdermott@fbd.org."
You wouldn't need to be available every day - it seems that some volunteer for as little as 3 hours, total. The only big question mark in my mind is where this is held, since the FBA has several locations through-out the state, some convenient to Wilmingtonians, some not. Probably the meal packing will take place at all FBA locations.
For more info: http://fbd.volunteerhub.com/Events/Browse.aspx
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
FILMMAKERS: "Draft" for the Newark Film Festival's Short Short Film Competition to be held Saturday.
I'm not sure what they mean by "draft", but I'm guessing it has something to do with choosing who gets to participate in the Short Short Film Competition. It will take place this Saturday at the June meeting of the Delaware Independent Filmmakers group.
What: June meeting of DIF, including the draft for Newark Film Festival competition
Where: Hearts & Minds Screening Room at the Shipyard Shops (Wilm. riverfront).
When: Saturday June 11th, 11am-1pm.
Cost: Free for members, $15 for non-members.
Contact: ric@whatsthedif.net
Online info: http://www.whatsthedif.net/hub/
What: June meeting of DIF, including the draft for Newark Film Festival competition
Where: Hearts & Minds Screening Room at the Shipyard Shops (Wilm. riverfront).
When: Saturday June 11th, 11am-1pm.
Cost: Free for members, $15 for non-members.
Contact: ric@whatsthedif.net
Online info: http://www.whatsthedif.net/hub/
This week at Theatre N:
You have a rare choice of 4 movies this week, and the 4th film is free! But, oddly, none of them are showing Saturday night, beyond 5pm. I hope that's not a trend.
Why I Write (Wednesday only):
Local documentary, presented by the Delaware Humanities Forum, about twin brother poets and social workers who use poetry to build community in Wilmington.
Wednesday at 7pm, $7.
Blank City:
Film about renegade film-makers who emerged from the NYC film scene in the late seventies / early eighties, when New York was "a wasteland of cheap rent and cheap drugs". The most well-known of this bunch are Jim Jarmusch and John Waters. This might be a good pick for fans of early punk as well, with appearances by Debbie Harry and Thurston Moore, and a soundtrack by The New York Dolls, Television (with a singer and a drummer from Delaware), Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, and more.
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2:45pm, and Sunday at 2pm. $7 for all showings, including matinees.
In A Better World:
Winner of a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, this Danish film follows a couple who are headed for divorce, and their son who is bullied at school. The son's social life improves when he befriends the new kid in town, who has recently lost his mother. Things go south when the new kid tries to involve the son in a revenge plot. According to Theatre N's wrap-up, "it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy."
Friday at 2pm, Saturday at noon and 5pm, and Sunday at 5pm. $7 for Saturday shows, $5 for Friday and Sunday shows.
Jack Goes Boating (free showing):
This film will be followed by a talk by the director of photography. Directed and starred in by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating is about a relationship that develops between two anti-social oddballs living in NYC. One showing only, Sunday at 11am. FREE. Q&A session afterwards.
Why I Write (Wednesday only):
Local documentary, presented by the Delaware Humanities Forum, about twin brother poets and social workers who use poetry to build community in Wilmington.
Wednesday at 7pm, $7.
Blank City:
Film about renegade film-makers who emerged from the NYC film scene in the late seventies / early eighties, when New York was "a wasteland of cheap rent and cheap drugs". The most well-known of this bunch are Jim Jarmusch and John Waters. This might be a good pick for fans of early punk as well, with appearances by Debbie Harry and Thurston Moore, and a soundtrack by The New York Dolls, Television (with a singer and a drummer from Delaware), Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, and more.
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2:45pm, and Sunday at 2pm. $7 for all showings, including matinees.
In A Better World:
Winner of a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, this Danish film follows a couple who are headed for divorce, and their son who is bullied at school. The son's social life improves when he befriends the new kid in town, who has recently lost his mother. Things go south when the new kid tries to involve the son in a revenge plot. According to Theatre N's wrap-up, "it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy."
Friday at 2pm, Saturday at noon and 5pm, and Sunday at 5pm. $7 for Saturday shows, $5 for Friday and Sunday shows.
Jack Goes Boating (free showing):
This film will be followed by a talk by the director of photography. Directed and starred in by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating is about a relationship that develops between two anti-social oddballs living in NYC. One showing only, Sunday at 11am. FREE. Q&A session afterwards.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Heads up about Friday "Art Is Social" event at the Delaware Art Museum
I've included this as a top pick in my weekend listings, which will come out on Friday morning, but there's been a new development that warrants advance notice. In a nutshell, there's a billboard, in Trolley Square, for the Art Is Social night. If you take a picture of this billboard and post it on the Facebook wall of the Delaware Art Museum, you'll get free entry into the event. Admission is only $5 anyway, but free is free.
The Art Is Social event will run from 8-10 pm this Friday night, at the art museum, and will feature DJs, exhibition tours, dollar bottles of beer and glasses of wine, and free wine tastings. Sounds like a pretty awesome alternative to the bar scene. The Greek Festival will be going strong only a few blocks away on Friday, until 11pm, so you could work in a visit there before or after. And remember, it's $5 admission, or free if you get a chance to take a picture of that billboard and post it to http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/pages/Delaware-Art-Museum/43136174600 .
More details about this event: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/event.php?eid=159336257463107
The Art Is Social event will run from 8-10 pm this Friday night, at the art museum, and will feature DJs, exhibition tours, dollar bottles of beer and glasses of wine, and free wine tastings. Sounds like a pretty awesome alternative to the bar scene. The Greek Festival will be going strong only a few blocks away on Friday, until 11pm, so you could work in a visit there before or after. And remember, it's $5 admission, or free if you get a chance to take a picture of that billboard and post it to http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/pages/Delaware-Art-Museum/43136174600 .
More details about this event: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/event.php?eid=159336257463107
Greek Festival starts today.
The Greek Festival will run from Tuesday through Saturday this year, which means an extra day of ouzo, rolled grape leaves and euro-bands.
Date: 6/7-6/11
Times: 11am-11pm, each day
Location: 9th & Broom Sts.
Admission: Free
Popular Greek foods such as souvlaki and loukoumades will be sold outside, and Greek comfort foods like mousaka, pastichio, dolmades and spanokopita will be dished out by charming church elders in the attached community center from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., daily. If you work downtown, you can easily drop in for lunch using the free shuttle service that will run between 9th & Market and the festival from 11am-2pm every day. There will also be curbside lunch pick-up if you can't stay.
As for entertainment, a Greek band from Philly and a dance troupe will be performing nightly.
Visit for more info:
http://www.holytrinitywilmington.org/greekfestival/greekfestde.htm
Date: 6/7-6/11
Times: 11am-11pm, each day
Location: 9th & Broom Sts.
Admission: Free
Popular Greek foods such as souvlaki and loukoumades will be sold outside, and Greek comfort foods like mousaka, pastichio, dolmades and spanokopita will be dished out by charming church elders in the attached community center from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., daily. If you work downtown, you can easily drop in for lunch using the free shuttle service that will run between 9th & Market and the festival from 11am-2pm every day. There will also be curbside lunch pick-up if you can't stay.
As for entertainment, a Greek band from Philly and a dance troupe will be performing nightly.
Visit for more info:
http://www.holytrinitywilmington.org/greekfestival/greekfestde.htm
Brandywine Festival of the Arts is accepting submissions for 2011.
They have a brand new website, linked below. The festival, which will be in its 51st year, will run on the weekend of September 10th & 11th in Brandywine Park. The old Brandywine Arts Fest ran into some trouble under new management a couple of years ago and took a hiatus, but is back with a slightly different name, new ownership, and a new commitment into growing the affair into a festival for more than just the visual arts.
http://www.brandywinearts.com/
http://www.brandywinearts.com/
Monday, June 6, 2011
Weekday shows of note, 6/6-6/9:
Monday:
HEADS UP: This weekend show is not yet sold out, but it might be by the time I publish the weekend listings - Bright Eyes with M. Ward and Dawes, at The Mann. All Ages, doors at 7:30, $25-$33. http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/02004667ADBE7BF0
Also, Philly Beer Week continues all this week. http://www.phillybeerweek.org/events.cfm
- Juston Stens & the Get Real Gang (former long-time drummer for Dr. Dog) opens for The Looks Of It at Kung Fu Necktie. 21+, doors at 8, $8.
- The Baseball Project (Peter Buck of R.E.M., Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey of The Minus 5, and drummer Linda Pitmon) at the North Star Bar, with The Bigger Lovers. $12. http://thebaseballproject.net/
- Screening of the movie E.T. at the Troc. $3 gets you in and gets you a free beer and free popcorn.
- Greek Festival begins, and runs until Saturday, 11am-11pm. Free admission.
- Free show Wednesday at Mojo Main: Boomslang & Proper Duckets. Free for 21+. Doors at 9.
- The Kombu Trio at Extreme Pizza's happy hour, 4-7pm, on lower Market St. 1/2 price wine bottles.
- Urban Bike Project happy hour at Public House on Market St. $5 for "drink specials and giveaways" (not sure if they mean 'at the door'), benefits the UBP. 5-8pm.
- Villains Like You at Mojo Main. 18+, doors at 8, $8.
- Some manner of original show at Logan House. Note to Logan House: why do you wait until the night of the show to list who's playing? I know you usually have interesting original bands on Thursdays, but I can never list those shows until the last minute. Why even have an events calendar if there's never anything on it in advance? UPDATE: It's a Musikarmageddon show - Cubane vs. Deadbeatz.
- Cheers Elephant (critically acclaimed Philly band, presented by Y-Not Radio and Deli Magazine) at the North Star. 21+, doors at 8, $8.
HEADS UP: This weekend show is not yet sold out, but it might be by the time I publish the weekend listings - Bright Eyes with M. Ward and Dawes, at The Mann. All Ages, doors at 7:30, $25-$33. http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/02004667ADBE7BF0
Also, Philly Beer Week continues all this week. http://www.phillybeerweek.org/events.cfm
Spaceboy Clothing is looking for old, broken or unwanted boomboxes.
The owner of indie clothing and tchotchke shop Spaceboy (soon to open a 2nd location on lower Market: http://wilmingtonic.blogspot.com/2011/05/spaceboy-clothing-to-open-2nd-store-on.html) needs them for a project he's working on. If you have one you'd like to donate, contact Spaceboyclothing@gmail.com .
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Bad beach day alert
If you were planning on heading to Rehoboth early this week (hey, some of us don't work your typical Monday-Friday), be aware that thousands of "partially processed" menhaden have washed up on the shores of Rehoboth and Cape Henlopen, and many more have been seen floating off of the beaches. They are headless and tailless, and it's believed they were dumped by a fishing vessel in the Delaware Bay. Menhaden are used as bait food, and also to make fish oil.
Currently, nobody is being allowed in the water, and officials aren't saying when the swimming ban will be lifted. Other resorts may be affected. Needless to say, the beach has smelled better.
The News Journal has the full story:
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110604/NEWS/110604008/Thousands-fish-wash-ashore-state-beaches?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
Currently, nobody is being allowed in the water, and officials aren't saying when the swimming ban will be lifted. Other resorts may be affected. Needless to say, the beach has smelled better.
The News Journal has the full story:
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110604/NEWS/110604008/Thousands-fish-wash-ashore-state-beaches?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Logan House publishes picture of namesake.
According to their social media page, Trolley Square's Logan House is named for the man on the right, who ran for vice president in 1884 (104 years before our current vice president would make his first presidential bid).
No word on why it says the guy was from Illinois. Or whether that gigantic flavor saver helped or hurt his run.
Friday, June 3, 2011
This weekend, 6/3 - 6/6:
Making up for last weekend, there are TONS of things to do in Wilmington, Newark and Philly this weekend.
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Friday:
- Wilmington Art Loop, 5-9pm, city wide (but mostly Trolley Square and downtown). The loop includes a film screening at DCCA, until 10pm. http://wilmingtonde.gov/artloop/
- Free At Noon Concert at The Queen: Kyle Swartzwelder, named best local folk/americana act of 2010 by WSTW. http://www.kyleswartzwelder.com/home.cfm/
- Blue Hen 5k (Friday, Saturday & Sunday). Part of Alumni Weekend on UD campus. 8:30am each day. $20. http://www.udel.edu/alumniweekend/
- Transistor Rodeo with The Cocks at the Queen, 9pm. http://queentickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=103 [Ed. note: Who is writing the write-ups at the Queen, including: 'style of rock'n'roll conveniently called "Alt-Country" by the more creative members of the music press'? Uhhhh..."Alt-Country" is an age-old, vague, tired and overused term, not some new-fangled moniker used by those on the cutting edge of music criticism. Actually, it's pretty uncreative to use that term.]
- 4th Annual Trolley Bazaar at the Delaware Center for Horticulture. Free, 5:30-8:30 pm. http://www.thedch.org/activities-events/calendar-events/event/4th-annual-trolley-bazaar
- Sun Airway and Dustin Wong at the First Unitarian Sanctuary. $12. http://www.r5productions.com/
- Okkervil River, touring to support their brand new album, at the Trocadero.
- Johnny Brenda's will have special Dogfish Head brews on tap all day as part of Philly Beer Week.
- Lebowski Fest Philly Music Party at the TLA. (I would have given a link, but the LiveNation site has no good explanatory link).
- French & Italian Opera Night at Philly Art Museum's 'Art After 5', when the museum has discounted admission after 5pm on Fridays, and features a band playing in the great hall. In this case, opera singers will be dispersed throughout the museum. http://www.philamuseum.org/artafter5/
Saturday:
- New Sweden with (apparently just added) Mean Lady, at the Baby Grand.
- Kate Schutt at the Queen, 8pm.
- Love Inks and Robot House at Mojo Main. [Ed. note: Robot House appeared at Mojo Main only 8 days ago. For comparison, my band plays one particular venue every 3-4 months, and we've been called "ever present" at that club because of that. Some local bands play Mojo Main at least every other weekend. Nothing wrong with that, per se, but it feels odd to me. And this is a commentary on Mojo Main's booking, not on the bands, which I'm sure fully deserve the frequent appearances.]
- Historic New Castle's Art & Food Stroll. 1st Saturdays, 5-8pm. Free.
- Clean-up and trail marking in old New Castle at 273 & 6th street. 9-11:30 am. http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/pages/New-Castle-Historical-Society/117848881830?sk=wall
- Old New Castle 5-Miler run and 2-Miler walk/run. At St. Peter's School, New Castle. $25.
- The Roots Picnic at Festival Pier at Penns Landing, $80, featuring: The Roots, Nas, Esperanza Spalding, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Man Man (from Philly), The Dismemberment Plan, Black Thought, Hank & Cupcakes (who recently appeared at Mojo Main), and a bunch of others I'm not familiar with. Looks entirely worth it if you can come up with the dough. Full list: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0200465CA959621C
- Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival, featuring: Gogol Bordello, Josh Ritter, Ani Difranco, Trombone Shorty, Good Old War, Red Horse featuring John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky & Eliza Gilkyson, Nicole Atkins, John Francis, and more.
- Newark Nite.
- Black Landlord and Kuf Knotz at Johnny Brenda's.
- Death Cab For Cutie at the Troc, SOLD OUT, but an August 5th show at The Mann has just been announced.
Sunday:
- 5th annual Berry Festival at Wilmington Friends Meeting on Quaker Hill. Food (bluegrass and hip hop), music, dancing, stuff for kids. 1-4pm. http://harmonyonthehill.org/
- The Radiators' Farewell Tour at the Troc. $26.
- Thyroid workshop at Harvest Market Natural Foods in Hockessin, 7-9pm. Free.
- Screening of the movie E.T. at the Troc. $3 gets you in and gets you a free beer and free popcorn. Queen Theatre please take note. Let's do this.
- The Baseball Project (Peter Buck of R.E.M., Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey of The Minus 5, and drummer Linda Pitmon) at the North Star Bar, with The Bigger Lovers. $12. http://thebaseballproject.net/
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Two big music festivals, in PA & NJ, coming on Saturday.
The first is The Roots Picnic, at the Festival Pier in Penn's Landing. The line-up is: The Roots, Wiz Khalifa, Nas (backed by The Roots), Esperanza Spalding (backed by The Roots), Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Man Man, The Dismemberment Plan, Mac Miller, Yelawolf, T. Mills, Little Dragon, Nicos Gun, Donn T, Black Thought & DJ J. Period, Hank & Cupcakes, OCD/Reda, Railbird and Young Vipers.
The Roots Picnic starts at noon on Saturday, and tickets are $79.75.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0200465CA959621C
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The second Saturday festival is the 22nd annual Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival, held every year at the Appel Farm in Salem County, NJ (just over the bridge). Featured performers are: Gogol Bordello (acoustic), Josh Ritter, Trombone Shorty, Ani Difranco, Good Old War, Red Horse (featuring 3 folk legends), Nicole Atkins, and more. The festivities start at 11:30 am and end at 8:30 am. There will be a beer/wine tent, and a juried craft fair. XPN hosts Gene Shay and Michaela Majoun will host. Tickets are $50 day of show, $45 day before. Children under 12 get in free.
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Check back here Friday morning for the full weekend listings, because there is a LOT going on this weekend.
The Roots Picnic starts at noon on Saturday, and tickets are $79.75.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0200465CA959621C
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The second Saturday festival is the 22nd annual Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival, held every year at the Appel Farm in Salem County, NJ (just over the bridge). Featured performers are: Gogol Bordello (acoustic), Josh Ritter, Trombone Shorty, Ani Difranco, Good Old War, Red Horse (featuring 3 folk legends), Nicole Atkins, and more. The festivities start at 11:30 am and end at 8:30 am. There will be a beer/wine tent, and a juried craft fair. XPN hosts Gene Shay and Michaela Majoun will host. Tickets are $50 day of show, $45 day before. Children under 12 get in free.
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Check back here Friday morning for the full weekend listings, because there is a LOT going on this weekend.
For the oenophiles: Delaware considers bill to lift ban on wine shipments.
Currently, it is unlawful to have a case of wine shipped to your house in Delaware. If you're a serious wine-lover, you're stuck buying what's available at local wine stores, or what you transport over state lines yourself (and if you're in PA, you can't even legally do that). You cannot go on the internet, find a boutique vineyard in California that you remember from your honeymoon, and order a case of pinot.
Now, for the 2nd year in a row, State Representative Deborah Hudson (R-Fairthorne) has introduced a bill that would make it legal for of-age residents to have up to 12 cases of wine shipped to them per year. The same bill was struck down in committee last year, felled by heavy opposition from liquor retailers and liquor-transport teamsters who say it would cost them income. It's expected to face the same opposition this year.
Delawarefirst.org has the complete story:
http://www.delawarefirst.org/1_government_and_politics/bill-seeks-uncork-wine-delivery-delaware/
Now, for the 2nd year in a row, State Representative Deborah Hudson (R-Fairthorne) has introduced a bill that would make it legal for of-age residents to have up to 12 cases of wine shipped to them per year. The same bill was struck down in committee last year, felled by heavy opposition from liquor retailers and liquor-transport teamsters who say it would cost them income. It's expected to face the same opposition this year.
Delawarefirst.org has the complete story:
http://www.delawarefirst.org/1_government_and_politics/bill-seeks-uncork-wine-delivery-delaware/
Saturday: "Mushroom Walk", the 3rd in the "Wild Foraging" walk series at Bucktoe Creek Preserve.
Info copied from their website because there are a lot of details that I could misreport if I try to give my own synopsis:
"Registration:
Register by calling TLCforSCC at 610-347-0347 or by emailing Louise Scanes at education@tlcforscc.org Cost:
$15 TLC members/$20 non-members or $75 for all three walks and Wild Foods Dinner Location:
Bucktoe Creek Preserve Description:
The final walk is an Edible Mushroom walk being led by Glenn Boyd and Terri Layton of the New Jersey Mycological Society. Hunt for common and elusive fungi on a June afternoon. Learn what to look for prior to the mushroom emerging so you can find them easily in the future and how they can be used for food and medicine. After the walk we will review the mushrooms we found so you can take notes."
The Wild Foods Dinner will follow from 5-7pm. Contact Bucktoe Creek if you're interested in this, because I can't tell from the blurb if this will be open to those who only show up for the final walk.
The Wild Foods Dinner will follow from 5-7pm. Contact Bucktoe Creek if you're interested in this, because I can't tell from the blurb if this will be open to those who only show up for the final walk.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Home Grown in Newark offers 15% off lunches to servicemen and women, every weekday.
Their flyer:
I'm reposting this as a courtesy, and not because I have any affiliation with Home Grown.
This week at Theatre N:
Small Town Murder Songs:
Not a documentary about Nick Cave, but an indie murder mystery starring Jill Hennessy and Martha Plimpton. Aging cop is faced with solving the first murder case his Canadian small town has had in decades. His personal life unravels as he delves deeper into the case. This film has won a small handful of awards at some smaller film festivals. Friday at 2pm, Saturday at 5 & 8pm, Sunday at 2pm. $7, $5 for matinees.
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams:
Documentary by Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), about an expedition deep into a cave in France to explore the world's oldest known example (some 30,000 years old) of visual art. This was apparently a crowd favorite at the Toronto Film Festival. Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm, Sunday at 5pm. $7, $5 for matinees.
No special screenings this week. As always, street parking is abundant, but you can get $1 validated parking if you park in the Community Parking Lot across 11th st. Cheap movie snacks and beer/wine are available before showings. For more info on the films or the theater:
http://www.theatern.org/Films
Not a documentary about Nick Cave, but an indie murder mystery starring Jill Hennessy and Martha Plimpton. Aging cop is faced with solving the first murder case his Canadian small town has had in decades. His personal life unravels as he delves deeper into the case. This film has won a small handful of awards at some smaller film festivals. Friday at 2pm, Saturday at 5 & 8pm, Sunday at 2pm. $7, $5 for matinees.
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams:
Documentary by Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), about an expedition deep into a cave in France to explore the world's oldest known example (some 30,000 years old) of visual art. This was apparently a crowd favorite at the Toronto Film Festival. Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm, Sunday at 5pm. $7, $5 for matinees.
No special screenings this week. As always, street parking is abundant, but you can get $1 validated parking if you park in the Community Parking Lot across 11th st. Cheap movie snacks and beer/wine are available before showings. For more info on the films or the theater:
http://www.theatern.org/Films
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