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Featured Events:

Delaware State Fair
July 17 - 26, 2008

Delaware Shakespeare Festival
July 25 - August 9, 2008

Peoples' Festival
July 26, 2008

Newark Food and Brew Fest
July 26, 2008

Riverfront Blues Festival
August 8 - 10, 2008

Newark Film Festival
September 4 - 11, 2008

Wine & Dinosaurs
September 14, 2008

Delaware Auto Show
October 3 - 5, 2008

Historic New Castle Kitchen to Garden Walking Tour
October 11, 2008

November 2, 7 & 8 - 2008

February 2009

May 2009

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Antique Cars
Where: Brandywine Area
When: 4/1/2008 to 12/31/2008
Group Friendly
Sponsor: Delaware Express
(302) 454-7800
Delaware Express, Brandywine Prime and three local wineries are joining together to offer a special event package. Travel in a luxurious eight-passenger limousine to Paradocx Vineyard, Twin Brooks Winery and the Chadds Ford Winery; you will be treated to a delightful wine tasting experience at each venue. Then enjoy a delicious three-course lunch or dinner at Brandywine Prime, where you can even sample some of the wine that you purchased earlier in the day at the wineries. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Delaware Express at 302-454-7800, extension 610 or 800-648-5466, extension 610.

Art
Where: Brandywine River Museum
When: 4/1/2008 to 11/16/2008
(610) 388-2700
The house where N.C. Wyeth raised his extraordinarily creative children and the studio in which he painted many of his memorable works of art have been restored. Educational tours departing from the museum are offered at timed intervals. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 per person in addition to museum admission.

Where: Brandywine River Museum
When: 5/24/2008 to 7/20/2008
(610) 388-2700
In the18th and 19th centuries, skillful cabinetmakers created boxes that combined function and beauty. These beautiful and fascinating boxes served a wide variety of purposes. They held expensive teas, protected household silver, and provided organized storage for ladies’ sewing supplies, among other uses. Viewed as indispensable accessories, boxes reflect the styles of their times. Borrowed from both private and public collections, the exceptional boxes in this exhibition feature a broad range of decorative elements such as paint, veneer, and carving.

Where: Brandywine River Museum
When: 6/7/2008 to 9/1/2008
(610) 388-2700
British artist Alfred P. Munnings (1878-1959) was one of the most highly regarded horse painters of the first half of the twentieth century, renowned for his Impressionistic racetrack and foxhunting scenes and for his equestrian portraits. Highly skilled works by Munnings can be found in many private collections in the Brandywine valley, a region rich in equestrian events. This exhibition celebrates the Brandywine Conservancy's 30 years as the beneficiary of the Radnor Hunt Races. In addition to the sporting subjects for which he is best known, Munnings's often-extraordinary scenes of country life and rural landscapes will be highlighted.

Where: Delaware Art Museum
When: 5/10/2008 to 8/10/2008
(302) 571-9590
This Is War! is an exhibition of over 40 war-themed illustrations and posters. Due to the depth of the Delaware Art Museum’s illustration collections through the 1940s, the Museum is able to provide a wide array of artists’ interpretations of war. The images in this exhibition focus on the Revolutionary War, Civil War, First World War, and Second World War, and the works are divided into these four groups.

Where: Delaware Art Museum
When: 6/28/2008 to 9/21/2008
(302) 571-9590
This exhibition features 52 one-of-a-kind sculptural chairs created by Garry Knox Bennett, one of the foremost contemporary studio furniture makers in America. Inspired by well-known furniture designers and architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, George Nakashima, and Gerrit Rietveld, Bennett’s wit and imagination come to life with such chairs as Wiggle Wright and Great Granny Rietveld.

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 5/1/2008 to 9/7/2008
(302) 593-2586

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 5/14/2008 to 8/17/2008
Group Friendly
(302) 656-6466

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 5/20/2008 to 9/7/2008
Group Friendly
(302) 656-6466

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 5/31/2008 to 9/21/2008
Group Friendly
(302) 656-6466

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 6/6/2008 to 9/21/2008
Group Friendly
(302) 656-6466

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 6/25/2008 to 10/5/2008
Group Friendly
(302) 656-6466

Where: Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
When: 6/27/2008 to 8/10/2008
Group Friendly
(302) 656-6466

Where: Hagley Museum and Library
When: 4/18/2008 to 1/4/2009
(302) 658-2400
This exhibit will feature more than seventy posters from the collections of the Hagley Museum and Library. The posters were printed to improve morale and bolster productivity, but are also colorful and striking examples of graphic art. The exhibit spans from 1917 through World War II. Displayed posters will include Joseph Pennell's World War I poster "That Liberty shall not perish," the Seagrams Corporation's "Loose lips might sink ships," and Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms." Exhibit only admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children six through fourteen, and free for children five and under. Exhibit included in regular admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Where: Old Library Museum
When: 5/3/2008 to 9/28/2008
Family Friendly Group Friendly Annual Event
(302) 322-2794
An exhibit of art inspired by the historic town of New Castle, 1800 to Present.

Where: Old Library Museum
When: 5/17/2008 to 9/28/2008
(302) 322-8411
Sponsored by New Castle Historical Society.

Entertainment
Where: Delaware State Fair, Inc.
When: 7/17/2008 to 7/26/2008
Family Friendly Group Friendly Annual Event
(302) 398-5020
Lights, Camera, Blue Ribbon Action! Order tickets today! Events, Attractions, Fireworks, Livestock Entertainment, Carnival Rides, Live Entertainment and more!!!

Where: Harry's Savoy Grill
When: 7/1/2008 to 7/31/2008
(302) 475-3000
Enjoy a month of the freshest Hawaiian fish! Savor premium quality, day-caught fish, hand-selected and flown to Harry's directly from the Honolulu Fish Auction. Each fish is selected based on color, clarity, texture and grade to insure superior quality. Our expert chefs will feature such delicacies as grilled mongchong (pomfret), steamed opakapaka (crimson snapper), and hapu'upu'u (Hawiian sea bass), prepared creatively and with attention to detail.

Where: Longwood Gardens
When: 5/24/2008 to 9/1/2008
Family Friendly Group Friendly Annual Event
(610) 388-1000
Experience Longwood’s famous illuminated fountain display Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as the gardens burst with summer bloom and stunning waterlilies. Enjoy outdoor concerts, spectacular dining, and summer fun!

Where: Longwood Gardens
When: 5/25/2008 to 9/6/2008
Family Friendly Annual Event
(610) 388-1000
Spectacular fireworks and colorful fountains light up the night sky and dance to stirring music.

Where: Riverfront Wilmington's River Taxi
When: 6/25/2008 to 8/31/2008
Family Friendly Group Friendly
(302) 425-4890
Private cruises are available for birthday parties, summer camp adventures, employee team-building exercises, business and social gatherings, senior center excursions and other group outings.

Where: The Franklin Institute
When: 5/24/2008 to 11/2/2008
(215) 448-1200

Where: Wilmington & Western Railroad
When: 5/1/2008 to 9/30/2008
(302) 998-1930
Monthly from May thru Dec.

Family
Where: American Helicopter Museum
When: 7/19/2008
Family Friendly
(610) 436-9600
Give your family and friends an experience to remember – a helicopter ride! $35.00 per person, provided by Helidel Helicopters Inc.

Festival
Where: Fair Hill Fairgrounds
When: 7/18/2008 to 7/26/2008
Family Friendly Group Friendly Annual Event
(410) 392-3440
More than 70,000 people attend the 9-day fair. The fair celebrates our agricultural heritage, while providing hands-on learning opportunities for children and adults to explore today’s complex food chain – from animal to vegetable. Entertainment highlights include the ever-popular demolition derby, a professionally-sanctioned rodeo, tractor and truck pulls, plus countless competitions for 4-H youth and county residents to showcase their skills.

Film
Where: Theatre N at Nemours
When: 7/18/2008 to 7/20/2008
(302) 571-4699
A film by Parvez Sharma. Not Rated, 81 minutes. In Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Urdu & French with English subtitles. "A Jihad for Love is a dispatch from the outer limits of marginalization: a documentary on devout Muslims struggling with their homosexuality." - Nathan Lee, New York Times. This brave documentary from director Parvez Sharma probes the delicate potential for the co-existence of sexuality and religion among gay Muslims. Filmed in twelve different countries and nine different languages, at time when Islam is under constant attack by both external and internal forces, Sharma's film broaches a topic that is beyond taboo in a tactful, engaging manner.

Where: Theatre N at Nemours