Event Calendar

The MidAtlantic Food + Wine Feast is a world-class, four-day festival designed for connoisseurs of fine wines and spirits, and adventurous cuisine. Experience exceptional cuisine of world-class chefs, meet accomplished winemakers, sip and savor extraordinary wines including 100 point wines as well as collect rare and fine wines offered for bid at a live auction with Charles Curtis, MW, Head of Wine, Christies Asia as guest auctioneer. More

From fireflies and glowworms to alien-looking creatures in the sea, many unusual animals are lighting up the dark. Come see why in this enlightening special exhibit! More

The Centennial Tea features our new centennial tea blend, created especially for the Hotel du Pont’s centennial celebration.  This tea is infused with a burst of pineapple, the international symbol of hospitality, to commemorate our commitment for 100 years.  Also featured at our Centennial Tea are various blends from the Delaware Art Museum and several DuPont Estates in the Brandywine Valley.  Choose from Longwood, Winterthur, Hagley, and Nemours teas. Throughout the year,… More

Take a tour and sample some Delaware Craft Beer! The best deal in town, for $5 you get the tour, five samples, and a pint glass to take home. Sample our signature beers, Hop Mountain and Fordham Copperhead, as well as the Delaware Beer Bracket winner, Oak Barrel Stout. More

Lean the basics of identification, how to navigate a field guide, and the proper use of binoculars. If time allows, participants will have a chance to practice their birding skills with a park naturalist. Pre-registration required. $4 per person. More

Day Camp Open House Saturday, March 9, 10a.m.-1p.m. Come meet the Nature Center Staff and learn more about what the summer can hold at Killens Pond State Park. Learn about our Summer Day Camps and sign up for a camp or two! More

The Iron Hill Museum wishes to present its Science Saturday for March 9, 2013! The day is all about Birds! Presentations at 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm. Find out what kinds are birds are found in Delaware! Come and learn about where they live, what they eat, and the different types there are. Enjoy a cool early spring nature walk on our trails. Admission to the museum is $2 for Science Saturday, but children under the age of 4 are free. If you wish to know more information about our program, please… More

Come view the Nature Center's live Reptile and Amphibian Collection up close and personal! More

Formed in 2005, Mythica is one of the most unique, intriguing, and eclectic Celtic bands in the U.S. today. Take the instrumentation of Loreena McKennitt, add the vocal power of Sinead O’Connor, and mix in the rock of the Cranberries, and you have Mythica. Featuring rock arrangements of traditional Irish tunes, and award-winning original songs, each performance by Mythica is infused with electricity and raw emotion. Collectively wielding over a dozen instruments, Mythica pushes the… More

Over 70 outstanding Brandywine Valley artists will exhibit and sell original art including paintings, sculpture, porcelain, ceramics, jewelry and limited edition reproductions. For a complete list of participating artists please visit www.DFVA.org. This year's honored artist is award winning local artist, Barbara Neville, who works in pastel, oil and watercolor. This year's show will present an opportunity to win original miniature works of art painted by some of the participating artists. A… More

NCT Opens the 2013 Season with The Producers- A Mel Brooks Musical! ARDENTOWN, DE: New Candlelight Theatre (NCT) is kicking off the 2013 season with the hilarious Mel Brooks musical, The Producers. Winner of 12 TONY Awards, there is no better way to celebrate the craziness of live theater than to present this brilliant satire about a famed Broadway producers, his nerdy young accountant and their money making scheme to produce the “Worst Show on Broadway.” New Candlelight Theatre is… More

Duke’s dynamic and colorful paintings reveal a diverse cast of characters attempting to negotiate the chaotic urban environment around them. More

Williams creates drawings and sculpture that address ideas of home ownership in the United States. For this exhibition, the artist photographed and made drawings of homes in Wilmington, which he incorporates into his DCCA solo exhibition. More