Delaware Stork Dorks hope to deliver at Red Bull Flugtag

Five industrious Delawareans have built a human-powered flying machine that will take wing for the Red Bull Flugtag at the Camden Waterfront on Sept. 4.

5 new courses to put on your fall schedule

College freshman aren’t the only newcomers to Newark this fall. New eateries and entertainment venues have recently popped up along Main Street, ready to throw open their doors and draw in a fresh supply of class-cutting students.

Follow this fall semester schedule to hit all five new spots:

Meet Anne Gallagher: Music School of Delaware board member has high hopes for program

Wilmington's Anne Gallagher isn't a musician, but she's a supporter of the arts in Delaware. Gallagher took the time to discuss her responsibilities as a board member and more.

Bestselling authors to share wisdom at Hockessin Library

Becoming a bestselling novelist involves more than an epiphany and a typewriter.

Caroline and Charles Todd learned that first hand while they were carefully crafting their first novel 14 years ago and now, the bestselling mystery writers are coming to the Hockessin Library on Sept. 11 to share some of their wisdom.

Philly fest for the artist at heart, not the faint

Gentle readers, Aisle Say issues a warning to all those faint of heart, who feast on lobster dinners and, most expressly, who are life members of PETA. Quickly and resolutely I say, please turn the page from this otherwise trenchant, provocative and informative column.

Mt. Cuba Center shares the buzz about hummingbirds

Tiny hummingbirds will take center stage during a weekend full of educational seminars at Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin.

Cool off with two new DCCA exhibits

Get out of the heat and into the air-conditioning at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, where two cool new exhibits have opened just in time for the soupiest days of summer.

Wilmington artists turn to athletics to raise awareness, funds

The New Wilmington Arts Association (NWAA) has launched an initiative to promote healthy lifestyles for the artistic community while giving artists a new opportunity to put cash in their pockets.

Hagley receives grant to catalogue industrial history

The banks of the Brandywine Creek have a rich industrial history and the Hagley Museum and Library has started a new project to digitally preserve that heritage.

FamilyFest to turn Wilmington's Riverfront into a playground for the day

If the kids are getting tired of the beach, the Riverfront Development Corporation might have the perfect cure for late-summer boredom.

The group is putting on its first Riverfront FamilyFest on Saturday, Aug. 21, featuring family-friendly attractions up and down the Wilmington Riverfront between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Kennett Symphony to play season finale at Longwood Gardens

The Kennett Symphony will play their final concert of the summer at Longwood Gardens.

The Kennett Symphony, led by Maestra Mary Green, will perform Highland Fling at Longwood Gardens Open Air Theatre on August 21, at 7:30 p.m.

ABC's "Lost" lives on as jewelry designed by Wilmington artist

When jewelry maker Olga Ganoudis watched episodes of the ABC TV series “Lost” in her Wilmington studio, she wasn’t just passing the time – she was doing research.

UD theatre troupe has exciting season on tap

There is no more visible proof of University of Delaware President Patrick Harker's “Path to Prominence” than by the REP Ensemble trodding the boards at The Roselle Center for the Arts. Having witnessed every production but one in the past two years, it is difficult to believe that every show is not sold out. The acting is magnificent, the attention to detail in each technical area – costuming, lighting, set, sound is microscopic.

Hockessin man exports rhythm from Cuba

Hockessin resident Charlie Campagna spent two weeks in Cuba studying the nuances of the Afro-Cuban drum rhythms that permeate every aspect of life on the Caribbean island.

Chaddsford Winery will chase Guinness World Record

Just across the Delaware border, Chaddsford Winery will unite with 60 other wineries in the state of Pennsylvania in The Great Pennsylvania Wine Toast, while hoping to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest wine tasting ever held.

X is for xylophones: little known facts about a largely misunderstood instrument

A group of students spent last week at the University of Delaware studying the finer points of improvisation on the xylophone and vibraphone during a collection of intensive courses.

Professor Harvey Price, head of the percussion area at UD, helped debunk some myths about the instruments.

The return of the speakeasy – without the prohibition

A new Trolley Square nightspot offers patrons the opportunity to take a trip back to the time of Prohibition.

Explore the Brandywine at Hagley next week

Believe it or not, a kids program at the Hagley Museum can teach you how to launch an air rocket and make a bird feeder in the same day.

Fifth annual fundraiser to feature cow pie bingo

Hoof it over to Woodside Farm Creamery on August 14 for the fifth annual Hockessin Fire Company fundraiser, complete with the much-anticipated round of cow pie bingo.

The arts scene and the taxpayer's green

Aisle Say has the August Dog Day blues...the doublewide blues. No theatre to report on the one hand and on the other some wins and losses for Delawareans. But, as Lady Macbeth urged, I will 'screw my courage to the sticking place' and have at it.

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