Event Calendar

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

Take an hour long nighttime hike through the park with a Naturalist under the light of the full moon! Look and listen for nocturnal animals as you enjoy the park in a whole new way.Wear comfortable shoes as we will venture into the woods.$4 per person. Pre-registration is required no later than 4 pm on the previous business day by calling (302) 761-6963. Meet at the Park Office parking lot. More

Do you know nature’s aerial ninjas? We will meet at the Nature Center to learn the secrets behind these silent raptors of the night, followed by owl-calling in the park. $4 per person; pre-registration required. More

Harvest Festival kicks off this year with the inaugural Corn to Run 5k Run/ Walk to benefit Cordrey Charities. After the run stay for the fun with 16 Mile beer and free brats! Other family Fall fun includes free kid games, Fall decorating class, hayrides, country line dancing and more. More

On Saturday, September 29th, following an over-sold out performance at the Arden Gild Hall, In the Light - a Delaware-based band formed for the sole purpose of paying homage to this classic album - will perform Physical Graffiti in its entirety on the stage at World Cafe Live at the Queen. Check out the link for more details! More

The 2012 Farmers’ Market season started Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 9 a.m. The market will run each Saturday until October 27, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. More

Delaware's largest restaurant week. Visit their website for menus and participating locations.  More

NASCAR comes to Dover September 28-30 with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Dover offers a variety of fan friendly and family value ticket packages. Call 1-800-441-RACE (7223) or log on to DoverSpeedway.com for more information. More

Possum Point Players presents CITY OF ANGELS Music by Cy Coleman Lyrics by David Zippel Book by Larry Gelbart Directed by Kenney Workman Musical Direction by Melanie Bradley September 28, 29, October 5, and 6, 2012, at 8 PM September 30 and October 7, 2012, at 2 PM at Possum Hall in Georgetown, DE Tickets are $23 for adults; $22 for students and seniors Tickets are on sale online at www.possumpointplayers.org and also by phone at 302-856-4560. CITY OF ANGELS is the rarest of musical comedies-… More

Our woods have become haunted! Come join us for our first annual "Boo! At the Zoo" Halloween event. We are happy to extend our hours Friday & Saturday nights from September 28th through October 27th. We will be open until 9:00 p.m. for a walk through our decked out haunted woods. Blackbird Forest at night is spooky enough, but we have a graveyard, ghosts, scarecrows, pumpkins, spiders, and a few other surprises along the way! Spooky, NOT scary, family friendly, and great for kids.… More

6 Acre corn maze (with trivia stations) - Mini corn maze (5 and under) - Free small pumpkin included in admission - Pumpkin painting - Super straw slides - Straw castle - Mini straw maze - Tricycle races - Corn crib - Rubber ducky races - Pumpkin checkers - Free parking Saturdays Only: - Petting zoo - Hay rides - Pony rides - Face painting - Pumpkin train - Live entertainment - Lions Club Grille will be open with food and beverages - Kettle corn, caramel apples, and more *Call for prices and… More

Philadelphia artist Jenny Drumgoole’s work questions our cultural obsession with celebrity. Real Women of Philadelphia is a mockumentary of her own quest to meet Southern culinary star Paula Dean. More

Alison Stigora Natural Forces Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space September 7 – December 9, 2012 Stigora creates elaborate gallery installations using burnt wood. Her work explores human activity and the destructive forces of nature. More

Kozma presents colorful, hand-embroidered pencil drawings of organo-geometric forms that generate a dialogue about the natural and built environment. More

The image of the eagle has been an important icon in the history of the du Pont family. The du Pont family came to America on the ship “American Eagle," the DuPont Company's first product was Eagle Gun Powder, and decorative arts collected by Mrs. Louise du Pont Crowninshield were adorned with eagles, a common symbolic element in Federal-style furnishings. This exhibit is on display in the du Pont family ancestral home, Eleutherian Mills. Included in regular admission and tour. Free for members.… More

Commemorating the nation’s most successful university-museum partnership, A Lasting Legacy explores the changing roles of conservation and curatorial scholarship over the past 60 years. More

Nicholas Kripal: New Work E. Avery Draper Gallery September 22, 2012 – January 6, 2013 Kripal’s elegant ceramic forms derive their shape from disposable food containers of the past. His work straddles the line between fine art and design. More

Kripal’s elegant ceramic forms derive their shape from disposable food containers of the past. His work straddles the line between fine art and design. More

Winterthur’s major new exhibition, Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition, is a joyous celebration of objects and imagery created in response to society’s love of wine. Featuring more than 300 objects, Uncorked! explores how wine was marketed, consumed, and enjoyed in America and Britain from the 1600s through the 1800s. A wide range of materials are represented, from wine bottles, decanters, and cellarettes to lead figures of Bacchus and “Champagne Charlie” song sheets.… More

Young Country specifically examines how artists living in “fringe” art centers are re-defining ideas of fine art, class, and “country” in America. More

Amazing food, value and fun for the entire family! Over 70 individual owner operated shoping including PA dutch meats, baked good and much more!.  More

Visit Historic Lewes and shop local with over 35 vendors offering fresh produce, eggs, fruits, baked good, meats, fish, cut-flowers and herbs. Plus, learn from local chefs, master gardeners and sustainable agriculture experts. The 2012 season runs every Saturday from May 26 - Sept. 29th 8:00 a.m. - Noon. For more information please visit http://www.historiclewesfarmersmarket.org/. More