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The 4th Annual Newark Film Festival is here with with an impressive 28 films to get excited about.  This is the festival's largest line-up yet, and to keep film-goers  from being too overwhelmed
we've highlighted a few, many with local talent, some with mass appeal, and two classics.

From the humble appearance of Arden, it’s hard to tell how huge the annual Arden Fair is.  Once a year this town transforms from quaint to bustling to celebrate the end of summer with this festival on the Saturday before Labor Day, now in it’s 101st year. 

Center for the Creative Arts in Yorklyn volunteers celebrated a successful summer internship season with a party at the Yorklyn pool.

This weekend, the 20th annual Historic New Castle Antique Show offers an alternative the typical festival fare.  Also, local-born Helen Avakian performs her unique brand of folk at a benefit concert and record release event.  Both happen Sunday, August 24th.

For some, the Canby Grove concert series is within walking distance. For others, it’s a quick drive up Kennett Pike into the heart of the quaint, historic Centreville. For all, it’s a fun time for the family, and better yet, it’s free. The last concert in the of the season, the Barbone Street Jazz Band will come to the park Monday, August 25, starting at 7 p.m.

They’ve shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen at Carnegie Hall. They’ve played nearly 300 shows across North America and Europe with E-Street heroes Marah. But Adam Garbinski and Dave Petersen are more enthusiastic about what’s on the horizon for them than anything that’s happened in the past.

Changing fashion trends keep interior designers on their toes and a good designer must keep up with trends while creating rooms that never go out of style, said Joyce Keeney, fouder of Interior Concepts in Hockessin.

The Riverfront Blues Festival takes place all weekend in Wilmington, "Phantom" premieres at The New Candlelight Theatre, and the annual "Tour de Lance" 5k benefits the Lance Armstrong Foundation next Wednesday.

A group of local teenagers performed an original play rooted in the Christian faith at the Wilmington Christian School for the culmination of the 9th annual King's Drama Company summer camp.

Spectators packed the lawn behind the mansion in Rockwood Park to watch "Romeo and Juliet" during the second night of the sixth annual Delaware Shakespeare Festival.

Wilmington man Abdullah Muhammad has written a book chronicling Delaware's history in a state-by-state, month-by-month format.

World-renowned xylophonist Bob Becker performs at the University of Delaware with the sixth annual Bob Becker Ragtime Xylophone Institute.

The 14th Annual Peoples' Festival honors Bob Marley and the Israeli Film Festival showcases Israel's beauty.

Donna Aviles never set out to be a writer, much less the author of a trilogy. But she's done just that, entertaining, educating, and providing life lessons for readers through the chronicles of her grandfather, Oliver.

The Brandywine School District's inaugural Summer Stock Theatre Program has drawn 76 students from within the district and throughout the surrounding area. Following five weeks of professional training, the student actors will perform "Bye Bye Birdie" at Mount Pleasant High School July 24, 25 and 26 to show off what they've learned.

The Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair returns to Delaware, students perform "Les Miserable" in the first All-State Theatre production and The Grand opens its Summer Children's Series - all On Tap this weekend.

“If nautical nonsense be something you wish,” it can be found this weekend at the New Castle Sailing Clubs 21st Annual Regatta for the March of Dimes.  If not, “flop” on over to the Delaware Art Museum for the newest exhibit, or stop at The Grand and see Grammy-winning Bryan Adams perform unplugged.

Pig roasts, wine tastings and nightly concerts take over 4th of July Weekend at the Brandywine Valley Big Bang BBQ.

Medieval costumes and high-tech analytic devices are the stars of an Internet infomercial filmed in Mt. Cuba by the Newark-based technology company Analtech. The video, a Monty Python spoof, will be circulated through email, blogs and websites beginning in mid-August.

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