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Twelve bands compete for Musikarmageddon glory. By Matt AmisWSTW’s Hometown Heroes showcases local talent. By Kelsey Kerrigan

52-57 MUSIC

Ain’t nothin’ like the blues. By Matt AmisNewark bands making noise. By Krista ConnorAlbums the O&A crew will never forget.Songs that should be banned from the airwaves.Instant celebrity has left Jessica Latshaw unchanged. By Krista Connor

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O&ACONTENTSJune 2012 | Vol. 25, No. 4 | www.outandaboutnow.com

FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

Out Front

Del. Sports League Calendar

Gigs

Nightlife Spotlight

35-36 MOVIES� e Intouchables is laugh-out-loud funny. By Mark FieldsMust-see movies about fi ctional musicians. By Mark Fields

Published each month by TSN Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Mailing & business address:

307 A Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

PublisherGerald duPhily

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Contributing EditorBob Yearick

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Director of PublicationsJim Hunter [email protected]

Director of SalesMarie Graham [email protected]

Creative/Production ManagerMatthew Loeb

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Art DirectorShawna Sneath

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Contributing WritersMatt Amis, Margaret D. Berthiaume,

Mark Fields, Pam George, Robert Lhulier, Allan McKinley,

J. Burke Morrison, Larry Nagengast, Scott Pruden

Contributing PhotographersJoe del Tufo, Tim Hawk, Les Kipp, Tony Kukulich, Paul Pruitt, Matt Urban

InternsKrista Connor, Kelsey Kerrigan

Special ProjectsJohn Holton, Kelly Loeb

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41-47 FOOD & DRINKFood and wine festival showcases Chester County. By Scott PrudenIf you can’t stand the beat, get out of the kitchen. By Robert Lhulier

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By Bob Yearick

WORD OF THE MONTH

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The War ON WORDS

A monthly column in which we attempt, however futilely, to correct some of the most common errors in English usage

ON WORDSON WORDSON WORDS

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THE MONTHApposite

Pronounced appezit, it’s an adjective

meaning particularly appropriate: especially

well suited to the circumstances. Not to be confused with

opposite, which essentially means the,

er, opposite.

RazePronounced raaze, it’s a verb meaning to completely destroy or level a building or settlement. Not to be confused with raised, which essentially means the opposite.

Media WatchSpark has a new editor, but the old one bowed

out with a few gifts for us. To wit:• In a review of Titanic: “. . .this . . . 1997 movie, now re-released in 3D to try to eek [a recurring error; should be eke] out a little more money.” • Same review: “General rule of thumb . . .” A Department of Redundancies Dept. entry.• “Th e Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is holding their [its] second annual Brews & Bowties . . .” Singular antecedent calls for singular possessive. Next month: Spark, the gift that keeps on giving.Th e Phillies’ lack of off ense has generated some off ensive grammar from the Philadelphia Inquirer:• “. . . amount of runs”—Should be number of runs, as we all know, don’t we, gang? • “Even a weak-hitting major league team is still supposed to produce runs.” Th e embarrassing even/still construction, a redundancy to be avoided by any professional journalist. Delete either word and make the sentence shorter, which is almost always an improvement.

Say What? Department“Entertainment Tonight” commentator on

Whitney Houston’s death: “Details, while shocking, were not surprising.” Really? You can be shocked without being surprised?

Shawna Sneath, our art director, reports that she was in a grocery store recently and overheard a woman say, “It doesn’t boat well for us.” “Not sure what she was referring to,” says Shawna, “but I’m pretty sure it had nothing to do with sailing.” Th e term is “bode well.” (Bode, meaning foretell.)

Pet PeevesAgain, indulge me while I vent. Let’s expunge

the ugly, made-up resultful and impactive from the language, OK? Also, let’s eschew the word referenced in such constructions as, “A recent memo referenced that credit cards cannot be used for certain expenses.” How about a simple “stated” in that sentence?

And fi nally, to the growing list of semi-literates on various radio talk shows who think “analogy” means “analysis”: It doesn’t. It’s a comparison between two things that are similar in some respects.

Literally of the MonthWDEL commentator on reaction to the

Trayvon Martin death in Sanford, Fla.: “Literally all hell has broken loose.” Now there’s a metaphysical event worth noting.

Not Your Average ReaderReader Gary Robinson, of Newark, laments

the interchanging of “median” and “average” in a mathematical context, “as if there is no diff erence between them.” Average is a typical amount. Median is simply a number, point or part that is in the middle. Gary gives this example: “Th e average of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 20 and 25 is 10; the median is 4.” He asserts that “median is useless for most situations outside of statistical analysis.”

Two Months and Counting . . .. . . length of time Delcollo Electric has

continued to run the ad that claims, “No job to small or to large.”

Buy The War on Words paperback on OutAndAboutNow.com, at Ninth Street Books in Wilmington, the Hockessin Book Shelf, or on Amazon. Check out the website: thewaronwords.com.

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“Sonnet: 12/05/09,” by Newark resident Peter L. Richardson, bested 71 other entries in the Out & About Poetry Contest.

� e contest was judged by Delaware Literary Connection member e. jean lanyon. Delaware’s poet laureate from 1979 to 2001, lanyon had a hard time picking a winner. As a result, she chose eight honorable mentions. “Each has its own identity, style and merit, and deserves to be noticed,” she says.

� e fi rst- , second- and third-place winners, listed below, will be published in consecutive issues of Out & About, beginning next month.

First Prize: Peter L. Richardson, Newark, “Sonnet: 12/05/09”

Second Prize: Karen Hurley-Heyman, New Castle, “Spring Guilt”

Third Prize: Nina Bennett, Newark, “Déjà vu”

Honorable Mention:“Time,” by Matthew Fleming“Pedophiles at Night,” by Crystal Wright-Edwards“I Am America,” by David Christmas“Winter Devotion,” by Irene Fick“Driving Home,” by Patricia Goodman“Little Foxes, Big Beavers,” by David Kozinski“Last Morning of the Year,” by David Kozinski“Yellow,” by Richard Seeth Allan

CONGRATULATIONS, POETRY WINNERSThe O&A contest attracted 72 entries

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By Marie Graham

10 . Out Front June 2012 | O&A

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Over the next three months, some 20 Wilmington area business and community leaders will take on a trio of challenges: lose weight, raise funds for a nonprofi t, and bring attention to the growing problem of obesity, especially among the young.

A collaboration among the Metro Wilmington Boys and Girls Clubs, Plexus Fitness and Out & About Magazine, the inaugural Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware Weight Loss Challenge is aimed at furthering the mission of the Boys and Girls Clubs: enabling young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

� e challenge began with a weigh-in at Plexus Fitness in Wilmington on May 15. (Plexus Fitness at Nemours donated 90-day memberships to the participants). Beth Dugan, wellness director at the gym, says each participant received a baseline assessment that includes weight, body fat, and blood pressure measurements as well as observation on a treadmill or other exercise equipment. Each participant then embarked on a 90-day eff ort to lead a healthier lifestyle, with a focus on exercise, nutrition and, ultimately, weight loss. Working in conjunction with a certifi ed Plexus trainer, each participant has set a realistic, healthy weight loss and exercise plan.

“We’re hoping the Weight Loss Challenge will encourage participants and others to make exercise a part of their lifestyle,” says Dugan.

Participants are raising funds for the Wilmington Boys & Girls Club by recruiting sponsors who pledge money for each pound lost during the Challenge. Each participant has a giving web page on activegiving.com.

Scott Ciabattoni, a Weight Loss Challenge committee member, reports that response has been enthusiastic, and participants include several from the banking community, a Wilmington police offi cer, and three O&A staff ers.

“� e weight loss challenge started off as a small idea and caught on quickly,” says Chris Barton, another Weight Loss Challenge committee member. “Busy people always have reasons to delay lifestyle challenges like a fi tness plan. When you connect that change to a great cause like the Boys and Girls Clubs, everybody wins. We are all excited about this new eff ort.”

Ciabattoni adds that the committee hopes to make the Challenge an annual event.Anyone wishing to sponsor one or more of the participants may go to active.com/

donate/bgcweightchallenge or contact Ciabattoni at [email protected].

RAISING FUNDS, LOSING WEIGHT

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Business and community leaders take on a

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NAME: LBS. TO LOSE

TOMMY ABEL 25

CHRIS BARTON 20

SCOTT CIABATTONI 20

BOB DOWNING 30

MARIE GRAHAM 13

STEVE JOHNSON 20

KATHY JONES 20

BRIAN KENDLE 20

NOELLE KWIATKOWSKI 20

GREG LEVITHAN 20

BRIAN MCCANNEY 22

JIM MILLER 15

ROB PERKINS 30

FRANCIS PILEGGI 10

MARK ROGERS 15

AMAR SHAH 30

SHAWNA SNEATH 13

MATT URBAN 15

LESLEY WALLACE 20

STAN YAU 22

banking community, a Wilmington police offi cer, and

“� e weight loss challenge started off as a small idea and caught on quickly,” says Chris Barton, another Weight Loss Challenge committee member. “Busy people always have reasons to delay lifestyle challenges like a fi tness plan. When you connect that change to a great cause like the Boys and Girls Clubs, everybody

Ciabattoni adds that the committee hopes to make the Challenge an annual event.Anyone wishing to sponsor one or more of the participants may go to active.com/

Bob “Bobby D” Downing (L), post-workout with Plexus Coach John Mendenhall.

Bobby D pushes it out

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GRAND WEIGHT-LOSS TOTAL: 400 POUNDS!

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AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE THE

That’s the message from St. Georges,

where monthly jams and upcoming

music fests are creating a

groundswell of fan support

By Matt Amis

Above: Blue Horizons Premotions partners Gene Fontana, Ben Rizzo Jr., and Joe Michini, who is also The Country Store owner. Photo by Tim Hawk

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en Rizzo remembers the fi rst time he teamed with Gene Fontana to host live blues music. � e pair threw a Fourth of July

shindig on the grounds of the Rizzo family masonry business, the same cheerful compound near New Castle where Rizzo used to attend family picnics. � ey assembled a modest tent, set up a beer truck, and invited a few of their favorite blues performers, like Mark Stinger & the Swarm, and Eddie Campbell.

� en their block party exploded into something else completely.

“Suddenly, all these people started rolling in,” Rizzo says. “Must’ve been about 300, 400 people there. My dad looked over at me and said, ‘I don’t think I made enough food.’”

� e two share a laugh inside St. Georges Country Store. Jerry DiAngelo is warming up his guitar a few feet away.

“Turns out blues fans will travel for the blues,” Rizzo says.

Rizzo and Fontana are the ultimate blues fans. Growing up together around New Castle County, they were fi xtures in the region’s strong and steady blues scene. “We’d go to anything we could go to,” Rizzo says. � e pair’s enthusiasm for the blues music turned into a passion, then advocacy.

In 1997, Fontana formed the Diamond State Blues Society, a nonprofi t organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the blues. � e 700-member society produces live concert events featuring a mix of local and national touring acts out of J.B. McGinnes Pub & Grill on Basin Road in New Castle. Additionally, for the past decade, Fontana has helped organize the Wilmington

Riverfront Blues Festival. � is summer, the Society turns its attention to the sleepy

streets of St. Georges, the unincorporated town near the C&D Canal that harbors some cool musical history, and a growing buzz. A pair of all-day Saturday music festivals—a blues fest on June 16 and a bluegrass version on July 14—will kick off their inaugural run this summer. � ey hope to rejuvenate the tiny town’s music legacy, and turn it into a destination for music fans. Both events will go down on the grounds of the nine-acre Commodore Center.

� e fi rst annual St. Georges Blues Festival runs from noon until 8 p.m. and will feature musicians like Garry Cogdell & the Complainers, lower case blues, Johnny Neel, Dave Fields , Brandon Santini, J.P. Soars & the Red Hots, and the headliners, the Bernard Allison Group.

� e subsequent St. Georges Bluegrass Festival will welcome to town Acrossthetrack Bluegrass, Mark Silver & the Stonethrowers, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, and headliners Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike.

Tickets to either event cost just $25 in advance at bluehorizonpromotions.com, or $35 at the gate.

“What we really want is to introduce everybody to St. Georges, Delaware,” Fontana says.

� at groundwork has already been laid by Joe Michini and his St. Georges Country Store, which Michini began renting with his wife Margi in 2001. Michini does a mean jambalaya and shrimp étouff ée, but it’s been his turn as live music host that has put the 200-year-old country store back on the map. � e spark from a few well-attended late-night jam sessions morphed into a regular slate of live music.

Today, area artists and fans turn out twice monthly for “� e Session”—an acoustic jam with local Delta-style bluesman Cogdell. � en there are the regular fi nger style swing and country jazz pickin’ sessions, and regular sets from well-regarded artists like Crabmeat � ompson, Charlie Hitman, and Michael Brook.

� e response has been overwhelming. “You’ve got to understand, it’s a small place,” Michini says. “We

can seat about 40. But sometimes on a weekend, we have to turn away 50 to 60 people who want to get in and hear some music.”

Michini’s raucous blues jams didn’t go unnoticed. � e Diamond State Blues Society caught wind of the burgeoning scene in St. Georges, and was cognizant of the town’s hidden rock ‘n’ roll lineage. A small recording studio in town was for many years a hangout for local musicians, as well as a stepping stone for future big-name artists. Johnny Neel (of � e Allman Brothers fame), George � orogood, George Benson, Ted Nugent and many others called Kern Recording Studio home for a time. “It’s a little forgotten town,” says Rizzo, “but there’s a lot of musical history here.”

And if Michini, Fontana and Rizzo have their way, St. Georges will live on once again as a musical hotbed. Proceeds from their summer festivals will fuel an ambitious expansion project for the Country Store. New construction, which the organizers hope will be complete by 2014, will transform the old storefront into a beacon for waterfront entertainment. � e yet-unnamed club will hold about 300 people between its outdoor-indoor deck and a downstairs soundproof blues café (with permanent stage, sound and lighting set-up) and accompanying 150-seat bar.

“It’s going to be the crown jewel of St. Georges,” Fontana says. “It’s all connected, us trying to resurrect the music in this town.”

It’s what the Diamond State Blues Society (under its new, for-profi t banner, Blues Horizon Promotions LLC) is bracing for. Fontana and Rizzo estimate the festivals could bring in a thousand or more people each to little St. Georges. And with some luck, the town will begin to attract even more businesses, residents and visitors.

“Other towns nearby have made improvements and shown growth,” Fontana says. “We’re a little behind the eight-ball, but we’re slowly coming up. New Castle has its history, Middletown had its population double, and Delaware City has its waterside charm. Why can’t St. Georges become a blues town?”

It would be only appropriate for St. Georges, whose history seems lifted straight out of a blues song. � e original St. Georges Bridge was demolished by an out-of-control freighter in 1939. “� e town kind of died with it,” Rizzo says. “St. Georges sold its town charter back to the county, and local businesses and gas stations uprooted, too.”

And just like the blues, the town’s sad story can be uplifting too. “People think that the blues is slow and depressing,” Fontana says. “But the music is supposed to make you feel better. � ere ain’t nothing like the blues, man.”

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You may think of Newark as the place to go for drinks and

great cuisine on a Friday or Saturday night, or perhaps as a

nice college town to stroll through on a summer afternoon.

But step foot into one of its bars or co� ee shops, and you’ll

fi nd that it’s also a breeding ground for up-and-coming musicians. But

be warned: these aren’t just bands to absent-mindedly tap your foot

to. Music is their passion, and they take it from the familiar streets of

Newark to recording studios, national tours, East Coast music festivals,

New York City, and as far away as South Africa.

Here’s a look at a few of them:

A New Dakotaanewdakota.bandcamp.com� e three members of this band describe themselves as angst-fueled, love-inspired, indie-rock-grunge with elements of blues, psychedelic rock—and plenty of distortion. “� e word gritty always comes to mind,” says lead vocalist Grace Koon. “Songs have a raw, soulful feel to them.” With Koon playing electric guitar, Scott Matthews on bass, and Bryan Fitzgerald on drums, the trio has taken their music to Newark and other venues in Wilmington and Philly. � ey released a fi ve-track, self-titled EP in the spring, which Koon described as a collection of songs she wrote about her life experiences—sometimes obvious, sometimes ambiguous. � ey are currently planning shows, making a music video, and promoting the EP, but would like to fi nish a full-length and eventually go on tour. With their fan base rapidly growing, add them to your “I knew about them before they were famous” list quickly, because it’s bound to happen soon. ►

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The Paper Janes and Shane Palkovitz solo projectfacebook.com/thepaperjanesfacebook.com/shanepalkomusicfacebook.com/JessicaLatshawMusic

Born and raised in Landenberg, Pa., guitarist and vocalist Shane Palkovitz and vocalist Jessica Latshaw grew up playing different styles of music. Latshaw has jazzy, powerhouse vocals—

with a hint of rap—while Palkovitz is more of a soft-spoken folk artist. Despite their style differences, the duo began collaborating in 2010 and took their indie-folk-acoustic-rap to Newark and surrounding areas. They released their first album in April —Shadowboxing—which

Latshaw says has been a long time coming. “I’m excited to finally be able to hold a shrink-wrapped CD in my hand,” she says. Palkovitz says that the title Shadowboxing, like real-life shadowboxing, comes from the many hours spent in practice

and preparation in secret. “Boxers spend years punching imaginary opponents in the shadows before emerging into an actual ring,” he says. But they say it has been well worth the wait. “The themes range from heartbreak to soul-searching. One moment the listener may be thoughtful, the next they may be cracking up,” Palkovitz says.

When they’re not performing together as The Paper Janes—Janes being a combination of both artists’ first names—they play solo gigs. Palko performs in the Delmarva area while Latshaw hits the stage in New York City, where she currently lives. For more on the “Subway Girl,” check out the profile of her on pg. 30.

Palko recently released a solo album, Songs from Pretoria, consisting of acoustic songs written during a study abroad trip to South Africa. He also released two other CDs, Pretty Good Songs Volume VII in 2009 and Going Places in 2010.

Battleshy Youths and The Honey Badgersfacebook.com/battleshyyouthsfacebook.com/honeybadgerfolkWe’ll probably never know how this five-piece

band of University of Delaware grads would perform in battle, but there’s nothing shy about Michael Natrin, Mitchell Ebbott, M. Andrew Johnston, Andrew Deinert, and J. Daniel Hill once they hit the stage with their folk rock. Since they began playing in 2009, they’ve performed at Mojo Main and other venues around Newark and Wilmington, along with a music festival in Bethlehem, Pa. They’ve also gotten airplay on WSTW and on Graffiti Radio. They released their debut album, Grow, last year. Now they’re trying to record their next full-length CD while dealing with the difficulty of all five band members currently living in different states.

In the meantime, front man Natrin plays acoustic guitar and sings in a duo with University of Delaware student, singer, violinist, and pianist Erin Magnin. This self-described Americana-singer-songwriter-duet has been together for a little more than a year, but already they have been co-winners of WSTW’s 2011 Hometown Heroes contest, and they took first place in UD’s Battle of the Bands this spring. They’ve also recorded an EP called Booth Bay. They’re currently working on a full-length album and recording a second EP. How did they come up with their name? Well, the first time they performed together—last July—they competed for a spot in the annual Delmarva Folk Festival, held in Clayton, Del. “When they asked us what our name was, we realized that we hadn’t yet thought about it,” Natrin says. Earlier that day, they had been watching the popular “Crazy Nasty Ass Honey Badger” video of a honey badger with a comical voiceover on YouTube. With honey badgers still on their minds, they decided on the band’s name in the spur of the moment. They’ve thought about changing it to something more serious, but for now The Honey Badgers has stuck. ►

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“I enjoy wordplay. Very much. If it’s a funny song, I love to deal in puns, or other cleverly-placed words. If it’s a more sentimental song, I generally think of it as a poem before it’s even a song,” says solo acoustic guitarist Em McKeever, whose songs range from serious topics to horseshoe crabs to coff ee. You can catch this Newark resident playing at coff ee shops and other venues on Main Street or Wilmington. Her style? “It ends up being sometimes folky, sometimes classical-ish, sometimes a little punky or ragtime-ish,” she says. “However the mood strikes,

whatever it takes to get my message across.” A classically-trained guitarist, she’s focusing on booking shows and fi nishing an EP by the end of the year. In the meantime, she’s staying busy with teaching banjo and guitar, writing songs, playing gigs, and writing music for a video game made by her friend and computer programmer David Bessent. ►

Mean Lady and Katie Dill, Sam Nobles solo projectsfacebook.com/meanladylovenowkatiedill.bandcamp.comsoundcloud.com/tracks/search?q[fulltext]=tip+toes Mean Lady is synonymous with packed venues, swaying and

joyous fans, and lots of psychedelic music. It’s no wonder they’ve got such a following—just walk down Main Street and you’re likely to fi nd singer Katie Dill and bassist-keyboardist-sampler Sam Nobles stopping every few moments to chat with friends and fans. When not mingling with the masses, they’ve been “hunkering down in the studio” working on a new full-length album—Love Now, Nobles says. Along with their drummer friend Brian Bruce, they played a variety of shows last month, including the Flora Fest, Ram Jam, MuFu Fest, and the Trocadero in Philly.

Meanwhile, they’re both keeping busy as solo artists. Dill consistently writes new music, which listeners can fi nd on the website above. Nobles plays in jazz groups, and has released solo music under the name Tip Toes, also above. Once they fi nish the album, Mean Lady hopes to “play out in some new places, meet some new people, and continue making new music,” Nobles says.

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Formed in Delaware less than a year ago, this all-female electronic, punk, and indie-rock band consists of vocalist April Higgins, guitarists Michaela Clark and Alex Voegele, synth-player Melissa Forsythe, bassist Miranda Brewer, and drummer Lyndsey Roberts. � ey are currently working on booking shows and have one planned for Friday, July 27, at the Wedge in Landenberg, Pa. While they often face condescending comments for being an all-female band, they say they are just women playing music, and they deal with the same


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Evangelina Guajardofacebook.com/evangelinamusicSinger-songwriter Evangelina Guajardo has narrowed her

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UD students Levi Sikes, Jenn Springer and Andrew Connell describe their sound as earthy folk music with meditative lyrics

and melodies. � ey typically perform at local open mics and get-togethers, and though they haven’t played for any large venues yet, they’d welcome the opportunity. � e band began last winter with Sikes and Springer, and has evolved into a combination of acoustic, percussion, vocals, keyboards, and, above all else, fellowship with band members and others. Maybe it’s a mix of their smiles, personalities, and great tunes that separate them from many other musicians. Or perhaps it’s their indiff erence to fame, saying that they don’t have

“large dreams of becoming particularly famous or well-known.” Regardless, many people have been asking them to record an album, which they say they may do at some point. “But we don’t know where the road may take us,” Springer says.


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“In 1980, K-Tel Records released a various-artists album called Wings of Sound, a full serving of platinum hits along with side dish of classic cheese. This collection spun out a fairly eclectic mix of stuff, from Journey to ABBA, Michael Jackson to Nick Lowe, Blondie to Bob Dylan. This was one of the first albums I owned as a kid, and thankfully I still have it.”

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“The first time I heard Joan Baez and her other-worldly voice, I was mesmerized. Accompanying herself flawlessly and intricately on a 12-string guitar, she and her eponymous album took the urban folk world by storm with songs like ‘10,000 Miles’ and ‘House of the Rising Sun.’ Five decades later, that voice is as pure and true as ever.”

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“There are many albums that rank high on the ‘never forget’ list. As a kid, I loved just about every song on Carole King’s Tapestry. But an album that as a whole stuck with me is The Cars’ fi rst album. The songs, 1980s as they are, slide seamlessly into each other. Put it on shuffl e and it just doesn’t have the same mojo.”

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“White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1. It’s a little hard to believe, looking back, that my parents allowed me to march into Rainbow Records circa 1992 and walk out with a cassette tape containing White Zombie’s major label debut: a heavy metal thrasher with sleazy lyrics, sludgy bass lines and audio samples from horror (and adult) fi lms. What 10-year-old wouldn’t love that?”

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“Summer 1983, Western PA suburbs. Cheerleading practice is interrupted by my friend, David, his boom box and a new cassette: Prince’s 1999. We’d never heard anything like it. ‘Omigod it’s sooooooo dirrrrrty!?’ ‘Omigod he said the f-word!’ We spent the rest of the day huddled around that dual-cassette deck.”

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“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John. Yes, I know, this dates me, but I got a lot of enjoyment out of this album when I was in high school, and I'm still fond of it. ‘Candle in the Wind,’ ‘Funeral for a Friend,’ ‘I’ve Seen That Movie Too’—all great tunes, except for ‘Bennie and the Jets!’ I just don't like that song.”

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Can’t Buy A Thrill, Steely Dan. This album was released in 1973, before most of the Out & About staff was born (ouch!). My fi rst listen came in high school, and thus began a life-long affection for the band. That Steely Dan sound…it’s not easy to describe, but you know it when you hear it. If I had to name a favorite song from this album it would be “Do It Again,” but there are at least four other songs that are a close second.

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"You won't fi nd any song in the top 10 downloads on iTunes in my collection. Especially if the word 'featuring' is listed with the artist."

— Kevin McCabe

"'Werewolves of London' by Warren Zevon. Picturing a guy howling like a wolf in a studio somewhere just makes me uncomfortable. If he’s trying to channel a big, bad wolf it’s not working."

— Shawna Sneath

You won't fi nd any song in the top 10 downloads on iTunes in my collection. Especially if the word 'featuring' is listed

"'Beautiful Day' by U2. I can’t explain it—it just makes me want to punch things."

— Matt Loeb

“Toby Keith, ‘Red Solo Cup.' I would rather spend an eternity looping Justin Bieber tracks than listening to anything resembling modern country music. The clichés that pervade country music—dogs, trucks, casual alcoholism, redneck pride—wouldn’t be so heinous if they didn’t actually exist on every single song.”

— Matt Amis

“Toby Keith, rather spend an eternity looping Justin Bieber tracks than listening to anything resembling modern country music. The clichés that pervade country music—dogs, trucks, casual alcoholism, redneck pride—wouldn’t be so heinous if they didn’t actually exist on every single song.”

"Anything from the Dave Matthews Band. It’s like a rake on a chalkboard for me."

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"'Fly Like an Eagle' by Steve Miller Band. I detest their entire catalog, but this song in particular drives me crazy. The music is cheesy and the lyrics are just not good."

— Marie Graham

I detest their entire catalog, but this song in particular drives me crazy. The music is cheesy and the lyrics are just not good."

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"An artist who’s produced as many quality songs as Elton John is bound to drop some stinkers. But 'Crocodile Rock' is so bad, it’s almost maddening. It’s the type of song you’d imagine the authorities playing when they are trying to lure out criminals or cult members during a siege." — Jim Miller

wolf in a studio somewhere just makes me uncomfortable. If he’s trying to channel a big, bad wolf it’s not working."

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— Matt Amis

Anything from the Dave . It’s like a rake

on a chalkboard for me."

"An artist who’s produced as many quality songs as Elton John is bound to drop some stinkers. But 'Crocodile Rock'it’s almost maddening. It’s the

“I’m hesitant to say never, but you’re not likely to see me listening to anything by Justin Bieber. There’s just something creepy about him despite the angelic aura. Thankfully, I don’t have daughters and therefore have avoided forced listenership.”

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"'Everybody Wang Chung Tonight'—or, more accurately, anything by Wang Chung. Bands that feel the need to insert their name into songs completely annoy me."

--Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald

"'Highway to Hell,' ACDC. I don't like road-raging drivers, the boss, or even my mom yelling at me, why would I want a heavy metal rocker screaming in my ear?"

—Mark Fields

"'Ebony and Ivory' by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Hey, I’m all for racial harmony, but this cloying abomination set back race relations 50 years and earned a spot on many experts’ lists of 10 worst songs ever."

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n a Sunday afternoon, Jessica Latshaw is in the kitchen of her childhood home in Landenberg, Pa., kneading dough and rummaging through cabinets. As she prepares to bake bread for the family dinner, her parents and sister occasionally drift

in, unloading grocery bags or talking with each another. It’s an average day at the Latshaw house.

But Latshaw’s life has been anything but average since January, when she transitioned from a New York woman on the subway one moment to a viral obsession the next.

In case you missed the articles, television appearances, and thousands of social media posts, here’s a recap of that fateful winter evening:

On Tuesday, January 3, Latshaw finished some grocery shopping and stood waiting for the A-train. Her ukulele, which she had only recently learned to play, was strapped to her back. She planned to strum it quietly during the ride to her apartment.

A couple of guys with conga drums walked up to her, and one of them asked for her phone number. She declined, but said he could give her his number if he wanted. While he searched for a pen, Latshaw’s train arrived and he convinced his friends to jump on with her.

The guy, known as Quoom, sat down with his congas and initiated a mini jam session with Latshaw as the subway began to move.

Minutes later, she was singing what would soon be an international hit—her original song, “Ain’t My Friend.” Quoom’s friend began to act as an emcee, shouting out phrases such as, “Only in New York City—unrehearsed, they don’t even know each other!”

This dirty-blonde beauty with a jean jacket, leggings, and hair pulled back into pig tails surprised nearby passengers when she transitioned from a catchy chorus to a full-on rap. By the end, applause filled the subway car.

During the impromptu performance, passenger Matthew Schwartz pulled out his smartphone and recorded it. That evening, he uploaded the video to YouTube.

“The rest is, as they say, history,” Latshaw later wrote on her blog, “This Life in Writing.”

But it was only the beginning. Over the next few days, she had more than a thousand new Facebook friends and fans from all over the world. Within a week, the video had more than one million hits. Bloggers, reviewers, websites like reddit.com, and news sources like The Huffington Post wrote about her. She landed a televised performance on the “Good Day New York” morning

show on Fox News and an interview on “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” among others.

Latshaw returned to her home territory to record the hit song in Newark, with the help of her brother, Josh, of the band Boysetsfire, and other friends and family. Days later the song was on iTunes and reached number 13 on iTunes Singer Songwriter Top 100 Chart.

But that was five months ago. What has this musician, singer-songwriter-rapper been up to since then?

Well, she now has a publicist and a manager—and not just any manager. He’s Mark Adelman, who is based in Los Angeles and has worked with artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Kenny Rogers, Megadeth, and Tori Amos. Latshaw is also “talking with a company” whose name she is “going to leave out,” about recording an album. She does reveal that the company is heavily involved in the music business.

In the meantime, she has been focusing on her music by playing more solo gigs in New York City, where she has lived off and on the past few years (She currently lives in Queens). When commuting back to Pennsylvania to visit family and play shows, she’s been performing at packed venues in Wilmington and Newark, including the Grand Opera House, The Queen, the Wilmington Flower Market, Homegrown Café, and more. Latshaw also is part of a rising folk duo called the Paper Janes, with

singer-songwriter-guitarist Shane Palkovitz, who recently released an EP called Shadowboxing. They make frequent appearances in the Wilmington and Newark areas.

Latshaw’s fame has spread beyond American shores. On June 1 she returned from a week-long trip to England, where she performed at Sage Music Gateshead in Newcastle.

While she loves the opportunities the video provided, she says now what she mostly wants is to record her own full-length album. She would like to work closely with a producer and create the album with songs that interconnect and form a thought-out whole.

“I don’t wanna record a bunch of songs, put ‘em on one CD, and call it an album,” she says. “I have tons of songs, but choosing what songs to go together in an album is like choosing what words to put in a sentence to explain the idea that you have, you know?”

She thinks an album is definitely her next step, especially because she feels “pregnant” with the need to create one. It will focus on segments of the past two years of her life, when she went through a bad breakup. She wrote many songs stemming from ►

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that experience, in which she felt brokenness—but eventually found herself.

She came through the bad time, and now she’s enjoying the good times, and she feels she’s the same person—unchanged by either the negative or positive events in her life.

Latshaw’s mother, Lynn, agrees. During that dark time in her daughter’s life, Lynn was concerned that Jessica would grow cold. “But my fears evaporated as I've seen her continue to be her optimistic, caring, and loving self,” Lynn says.

She says that as a girl, Jessica was extremely shy. She would write and sing her own songs—but to her animals: cats, dogs, chickens, goats, and the occasional cow. And she never wanted to leave her mom’s side. “When she was eight years old,” says Lynn, “I decided she needed to do something, and I came up with three choices: she could learn to horseback ride, she could learn to swim, or she could take dance lessons.”

Seems she was uncomfortable around horses and water, so that left dance classes, which Latshaw grew to love. “I'll never forget her fi rst performance in her green gypsy dress and her tambourine,” Lynn recalls. “She couldn't stop smiling throughout the performance. It was obvious Jess loved to perform. And that love has just grown since then.”

And now, as a tall, smiling woman, Latshaw is fully confi dent in her gifts. She doesn’t think it’s crazy that people respond to her music, although the way she was discovered certainly was crazy.

Not only do people love her music, but she says many who read her daily blog connect with her genuineness. Dozens of fans from around the world write to her, especially about relationship issues. And of course, there are the semi-stalkers. “It’s like a little therapy session,” she laughs, but says she cares about all of these people. She just needs to fi nd a safe balance, since things quickly transition to “Hey, let’s hang out” on their end.

Although her recent experiences may not have changed her personality, Latshaw says they have changed the course of her life. She initially moved to New York to do theater, and she toured with A Chorus Line. But after that, it was hard to get a theater job.

“But at the same time, if I had gotten a job,” she says, “then on a Tuesday night at 9 p.m. I wouldn’t have been on the subway.”

And as if singing, performing, dancing, and acting aren’t enough, Latshaw says she also wants to write memoir-style books, in a manner similar to her blog posts. In fact, she has already written one book, but she can’t publish it right now— too personal, she says.

So for now she’s focused on music and an album. In the future: possibly squeezing in more Broadway shows and book-writing. And ultimately, no matter what, not letting circumstances change her, no matter where life may lead.

“Worlds will rise and fall around you, but if you’re trying to ride those waves emotionally, life’s gonna be really confusing and precarious,” Latshaw says. “I’m really excited that there are opportunities in my life more now than ever, but there are no guarantees. So I have to know who I am—whether I have thousands of friend requests on Facebook and people wanting to interview me—or not.”

� e Paper Janes will be performing at Shady Grove Music Festival in Arden on Saturday, June 9. Search “� e Paper Janes” or “Jessica Latshaw (Offi cial Music Page)” on Facebook for updates and more info.

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reassure its audience with a familiar yet fresh story and inspired casting of its two leads.

Philippe (François Cluzet), a wealthy Parisian sophisticate, becomes a quadriplegic as a result of a parasailing accident. Confined to his bed or in a motorized wheelchair he controls with his mouth, he receives constant care from a coterie of staff while trying to preserve a life of cultural and intellectual pursuits. On a whim, he hires Driss (Omar Sy), a young African émigré living in the projects, to be his personal attendant. Driss has no training, no patience, no restraint, and no filter system. But he does have an irrepressible sense of humor and a fundamental decency that emerge as the two grow to know one another.

At this point, you may be thinking that this movie sounds noble, ponderous and boring. Quite the opposite. The Intouchables is intentionally and consistently laugh-out-loud funny—no, make that hysterical. And by finding the humor within the tragic and bringing these two unlikely characters together as friends, it becomes a light-hearted yet profound exploration of the power of human connection.

Sy, whose prior claim to fame had been a hit French TV comedy show, Omar et Fred, has a mesmerizing screen presence. Strikingly handsome, affable yet intense, and entirely without pretension, he holds the screen in a way that defies easy comparison. Imagine the loopy charm of Will Smith, amplified by 10 and in French. Cluzet (Tell No One), in a much more subdued role, nonetheless holds his own, offsetting Sy’s intensity with an insouciant appeal. The combination of these two gifted performers/personalities is captivating. ►

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Based on a true story, � e Intouchables is written and directed by two young French fi lmmakers, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. � e direction of the fi lm is straightforward and unassuming. Having crafted a clever, moving script and casted it so well, they wisely chose to keep themselves out of the way.

� e Intouchables has already been released in France, where it has become that country’s second highest grossing fi lm ever. Sy won the 2012 Cesar (French Oscar) for his performance. � e movie has been a phenomenon in Europe, but the unconventional approach to its story may make it a harder sell in the U.S., where audiences seem allergic to anything with subtitles.

Take my advice: don’t miss a chance to see this fi lm.

DARK SHADOWSTim Burton and Johnny Depp have

collaborated on their eighth movie project by resurrecting the Gothic afternoon soap opera of the 1970s. Part homage and part send-up, this new Dark Shadows re-imagines Barnabas Collins as a 17th-century gentleman vampire dropped into the cultural miasma of ‘70s America. Burton, Depp, and a stellar (if underused) cast—Michelle Pfeiff er, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, and Chloe Grace Moretz – have great fun blending the gore with the goofy, but beyond that, neither they nor the fi lm have much on their minds. Although it’s always a joy to see Depp sink his teeth (sorry) into an off beat role, this Technicolor remake still leaves one a little cold.

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Please put these movies about fi ctional musicians on your playlist in celebration of this issue dedicated to music, and also in anticipation of the release of Tom Cruise’s

Broadway-to-screen transfer, Rock of Ages, on June 15.

CRAZY HEART (2009) Jeff Bridges evokes the weary travails of the itinerant musician with his lived-in portrayal of Bad Blake, a fading country singer facing the consequences of his dysfunctional life. The May-December romance between Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character borders on the creepy, but the concert and backstage scenes hum with bittersweet truth.

THAT THING YOU DO (1996) Produced by Tom Hanks, this trifl e of a movie about an insubstantial group of boy vocalists never transcends its cliché-ridden script, though several performances (Liv Tyler, Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn) are engaging.

THE ROSE (1979) Bette Midler mesmerizes as a self-destructive 1960s rock singer (supposedly loosely inspired by the life of Janis Joplin). The badly-dated fi lm still produced the powerful pop rock title ballad.

ALMOST FAMOUS (2000) Kate Hudson is buoyant as uber-groupie Penny Lane (and sadly she’s never since re-captured that same appeal). A 15-year-old reporter, on assignment for Rolling Stone, tags along on tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater. Philip Seymour Hoffman has a stellar cameo as the real rock critic Lester Bangs.

THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (1989) Jeff Bridges (again) and brother Beau are a twin pianist act relegated to playing hotel lounges. The boys’ new singer, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, re-energizes the act but puts the brothers in awkward competition for her affection. Pfeiffer’s sizzling rendition of “Makin’ Whoopee” has her memorably rolling on a grand piano in a skin-tight, fi re-red dress. Fabulous indeed.

A MIGHTY WIND (2003) and THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984). No list of musician movies would be complete without this double feature of pricelessly funny mockumentaries. Christopher Guest directed A Mighty Wind, which documents a concert reuniting various folk musicians of the 1960s. The incredible cast, which improvised much of the dialogue, includes Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Jane Lynch, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara. Many of the same comic actors appeared earlier in the granddaddy of the subgenre, This is Spinal Tap, directed Rob Reiner. It’s impossible to choose the funniest sequence in the fi lm since there are so many, many of them. My personal favorites are the fi asco of the miniature Stonehenge set piece and the tour of Nigel’s guitars. Crank it up to 11!

I’m Not with the BandBy Mark Fields

Christopher Guest directed A Mighty Wind, which documents a concert reuniting various folk musicians of the 1960s. The incredible cast, which improvised much of the dialogue, includes Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Jane Lynch, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara. Many of the same comic actors appeared earlier in the granddaddy of the subgenre, This is Spinal Tapchoose the funniest sequence in the fi lm since there are so many, many of them. My personal favorites are the fi asco of the miniature Stonehenge set piece and the tour of Nigel’s guitars. Crank it up to 11!

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It seems like a Dionysian dream—a day spent among green rolling hills while sampling some of the best wine and food the region has to off er.It’s no fantasy, though, because that’s exactly

what patrons can expect on Saturday, June 9, at the Brandywine Food & Wine Festival.

Organized by the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail, the event will feature the product of regional wineries

—both those who are members of the Wine Trail and others—as well as an array of food and craft vendors, all set in the verdant countryside of Chester County.

In the search for the ideal setting, the Brandywine Valley Authority’s 314-acre Myrick Conservation Center in West Chester off ered just the surroundings the event needed, says Karen Cline, administrator for the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail. ►

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Food & Wine Festival highlights regional vintages and cuisine

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“We wanted to do something a little more rural to invite people to come out and spend a day in the country,” she says. “Our wineries are all about land conservation and we wanted people to come out to see that the results of conservation can be really nice.”

Inspiration for the festival came from events the Wine Trail has organized for several years at individual wineries, during which a number of visitors have suggested a single event that includes more than one winery.

“So that sort of drove the decision and we said, ‘Let’s do the event and have it in one place,’” says Cline.

As the name suggests, the festival emphasizes wine and food and their inseparable connection.

Besides presenting tastings of their various vintages, the 14 participating wineries have provided bottles to be used in various seminars. With the $10 advance admission ($15 the day of the event), festivalgoers will receive 10 tastings, one souvenir wine glass, a temporary tattoo and the chance to win gifts in drawings throughout the day.

Chef Jonathan Amann of Amani’s Restaurant, a Downingtown, Pa., BYOB that emphasizes fresh, seasonal, locally-sourced cuisine, will do cooking demonstrations and discuss pairing wine and food at 1 p.m. At 4:30, Pike Creek Coff ee Roastery will present its “Coff ee 101” course, which off ers the consumer tips on barista skills.

Regional wine afi cionado and Pennsylvania wine advocate Victor “Vino Vic” Ykoruk will be another of the expert presenters, comparing local chardonnays as well as reds made from chambourcin grapes, a French/American hybrid popular on the East Coast.

“� ere are many winemakers in the state that choose to grow [champourcin] and work well with this grape because it really deals with Pennsylvania weather very well,” says Ykoruk. “It’s turning out to be a popular grape.”

Unlike many wine experts, Ykoruk describes himself as taking a “blue collar” approach to wine criticism. “I strip it down and speak to just a few general points for the relatively casual but interested wine drinker,” he says. “When it comes to my reviews, I’m all about quality vs. price ratio.”

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On the food front, Amani’s and Pike Creek Coff ee Roastery will have booths, as will Triple Fresh Market, Jimmy’s BBQ, Dia Doce Gourmet Cupcakes, Scooped Ice Cream, Bridge Street Chocolate, � e Mushroom Cap, Taste of Olive and Forno Inferno brick oven pizza.

“With the food vendors, we thought about people who would have a variety of off erings,” Cline says. “If you’re not a fan of hummus from one booth, you can go do some tastings and have some Dia Doce cupcakes.”

Also on deck are a regionally based artisan cheese maker and local bee keepers, complete with their own observation hives and plenty of samples of locally made honey.

� ere also will be a charity auction, with proceeds benefi tting the Chester County SPCA.

To complete the Dionysian vibe, two bands will perform throughout the day at the Myrick Center’s amphitheater—Amy Ash and the Volcanoes, of Lancaster, and Wilmington’s Big Package Band.

Both groups bring high energy and performing chops to the event. Amy Ash and the Volcanoes have made a name for themselves on the Lancaster scene with top-fl ight musicianship, a unique take on rock and soul favorites, and Ash’s strong vocals. � eir set runs from noon to 3 p.m.

� e Big Package Band is a 10-piece powerhouse party band that describes itself as “high energy funk and dangerous dance music.” Vocalist Steve Miller leads a tight rhythm section and fi ve-piece horn section for maximum party fl avor. � eir set runs from 3 to 6 p.m.

It all adds up to a great day of food, wine and music, Cline says.

“What we’re trying to do is make people aware that there’s some really great stuff in the area,” she says. “We’re just trying to do lots of local things to really get people interested.”

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By Robert Lhulier

It’s said that the color red is supposed to stimulate the appetite. Bright dining room lights are supposed to make you eat faster. Textures and appearance are critical to your eating mood, especially if you’ve ever eaten sushi. Restaurants pay thousands of dollars to install sound-dampening panels to

ensure that when the restaurant is fi lled, it doesn’t sound like the Super Bowl. But what about the eff ect of music on your eating habits?

� e speed of music played during a meal directly aff ects the pace of eating, and thus the rate or ease of digestion. Studies have shown a mild increase in the rate at which people eat when there is spirited music versus gentle classical. And louder, more aggressive music works the opposite way, reducing the number of bites and leaving the eater with an irritated, uneasy feeling. � is trade secret has long been in the quiver for many an unscrupulous and savvy restaurateur looking to turn ►

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tables quickly. And if you’re the last table of the night and suddenly notice the music shut off , that’s your cue to hit the road, Jack.

� ere are obvious arguments for music in restaurants, most of them common sense. Music provides an ambient noise that makes people feel more relaxed without being self-conscious of others listening in. Music also is a useful fog for that sensitive discussion between acquaintances, attorneys or, perhaps, would-be cheaters. Music in a major key is more melodic to the ear and relaxing than minor, or dissonant tones. For example, Jack Johnson good, � e Cure bad. In a public dining room, melodic rhymes relieve diner tension; Bustah Rhymes causes it. � is same aural psychology is applied in casinos. A cacophony of slot machine clatter would drive anyone mad after 10 minutes, but in a harmonic loop of arpeggios, the bings and bongs of winning machines become hypnotic.

Music is personal and subjective. Whether you’re preparing a meal or eating one, we play what makes us feel good. It motivates. Home cooks and line cooks rarely share the same playlists, of this you can be sure, but both hook in and stir it up to their own personal soundtrack. A little bossa nova, Coltrane or café accordion can relax the soul when putting together a leisurely Sunday supper for the family. Alternately, a gritty grill cook breathes a little easier when the occasional f-bomb or axe solo grinds out of the IPod dock. Music also is a cheap and accessible pressure valve.

Not every professional kitchen, however, condones music. Even in my own fi rst kitchen, I wanted complete focus. As much of an audiophile as I considered myself, I wasn’t willing to let details slide if someone was off in a Pink Floyd fantasy. But one afternoon while prepping for a party, I was alone and threw on some Rolling Stones to get me over the hump. When the cooks arrived, they smiled, put on aprons and quietly went to work. I’m pretty sure the food was some of the best we ever put out. From that moment on, I’ve always shared the stereo with my cooks.

Here’s an example where music may have actually helped improve the quality of food of an establishment: One of the hottest and most revered restaurants in the world is Eleven Madison Park in New York City. In 2006, when a critic reviewed the restaurant, though her comments were favorable, she lamented that the kitchen

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could use “a bit more Miles Davis.” Without fully understanding what she meant, the line resonated with the chef and manager. So, Swiss-born chef Daniel Humm read as many articles as he could fi nd about Miles, and came up with a list of the words most commonly used to describe him. � e list included: cool, collaborative, fresh, vibrant, endless reinvention and spontaneous, to name a few. Today, the sounds of his quartet and quintet are piped into the kitchen as well as the dining room. And a reverent black-and-white framed photo of the trumpet master hangs in the Spartan kitchen. Last month Humm was named Best Chef in the U. S. by the James Beard Foundation, and Eleven Madison Park was on the list of top 10 restaurants in the world, with three Michelin Stars and four from the New York Times. Now that’s cool.

Music can aff ect mood, even if you’re not aware of it. When the Shoprite at the waterfront opened a few years back, I queued up like everyone else to see what modern marvels awaited the culinarily curious. Much to my surprise, I fi rst noticed not the shiny fl oors and pyramids of produce, but the music that was playing. � ere was a smart playlist of ‘80s tunes from slightly off the beaten path. It added a spring to my step and made me take note of the age of other shoppers, mostly under 40, also tapping their toes. Grocery shopping cool? It could happen. I get it. We all have to shop, so any little nugget of newness can be a tipping point for customers looking to break up the monotony.

“When I met you in the res-tau-rant, You could tell I was no debutante!”

Robert Lhulier is the executive chef at the University & Whist Club and author of the food blog forkncork.blogspot.com.

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Note to Wikipedia: Please update your defi nition of “multi-tasking.” Insert a picture of Kymberli Fant with this text: Mother of a two-year-old son, Axl; co-owner with husband Glenn of two bicycle shops

in their hometown of Santa Rosa, Calif.; Pacifi c Northwest regional director for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and—oh, yes—training 20 hours a week to ride the Tour de France course, along with fi ve other women.

That last task is the latest in a lifetime of athletic challenges the former Kymberli Lulu has tackled with almost obsessive zeal since her days at McKean High School, where she broke several track records, played soccer, came in third in the state diving championships and, as a senior, was named the school’s 1993 Female Athlete of the Year.

An ACL injury cut short her athletic career in college—at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina, Wilmington—but she threw her limitless energy into the rock climbing and sailing clubs, becoming profi cient at those activities. After graduation, she used her earnings from a waitressing job to vacation in San Diego, fell in love with the Pacifi c Ocean and the environment, and decided to make California her home.

The West Coast offered Fant a variety of extreme activities that met her need to test body and mind. She started with triathlons, then realized she really didn’t like swimming and took up expedition adventure racing, a team competition lasting several days and involving two or more activities, including orienteering, paddling, climbing, running and mountain biking. While competing in adventure races in several states as well as Mexico, she continued to pursue her true love—mountain biking. In 2004 she found time to qualify for the solo mountain biking world championships, and last month she participated in an eight-hour mountain bike race.

But riding all 3,479 kilometers of this year’s Tour de France will be the ultimate challenge. The project has been organized and is sponsored by Rêve (pronounced rev, it’s French for dream), a company designed to deliver the ultimate road cycling experience. Rêve has organized two previous rides, but those were teams of men. This will be the fi rst all-female team to tackle the route.

The 37-year-old Fant and her fi ve teammates will be riding on behalf of the Bikes Belong Foundation, with a goal of raising $60,000. According to Kate Powlison, communications coordinator for the foundation, “Bikes Belong’s mission is to put more people on bicycles more often. In pursuit of that goal, female bicyclists are particularly important. The number of women bicycling is a good indication of the accessibility and safety of our favorite

mode of transportation and recreation. By living out a grand tour dream, our team hopes to inspire many more women to take to the road.”

The six women fl y to France on June 26 and begin riding the Tour de France course on June 30 – one day ahead of the actual race. They’ll continue riding while maintaining that one day differential until July 21, with two days of rest.

Fant recently spent a few days meeting and training with her teammates, who range in age from 27 to 40, in Portland, Ore. “We all got along great,” she says. “I’m so glad I liked them, because it would be a disaster otherwise. I’m sure we’ll form some relationships for a lifetime through this.”

All told, the women—all amateur bikers—will spend 65 days training for the ride. Fant has been getting up at 6 a.m. to put in two to four hours on the road each day, and her weekends usually include two 100-mile rides.

With a nutritionist who worked with Lance Armstrong advising her, she consumes between 4,000 and 5,000 calories a day, but she’s burning up almost all of that (weekend rides use about 3500 calories). And, she says, “I’m always hungry. It’s getting to be borderline annoying. I have a huge dinner, then I’m hungry again before I go to bed so I usually have a whey protein shake. I still wake up starving. I’m just a calorie-burning machine right now.”

With her balanced diet and exercise program, Fant’s weight hasn’t changed. She’s still 5 ft., 5 ins. and 120 pounds. But she has added muscle and become incredibly lean. Her body fat is a mind-boggling 9 percent—down from her normal 12, which is also absurdly low, especially for a woman.

Fant’s longest previous competitive ride was 10 days, but she’s confi dent she can handle the extreme demands the ride will make on both her mind and body. She says her only fears are “cramping, getting injured, or getting sick.”

She’s hoping her husband and son can join her somewhere around the midpoint of the ride “It would be too hard for me to do it without seeing my son,” she says. Come the holidays, she’s hoping for a few days of family vacation to recharge her Energizer-Bunny-like batteries.

Fant’s mother and stepfather, Sheryl and Geoff Rogers, are Wilmington residents, while her father, Michael Lulu, lives in Washington state. The Rogerses plan to be there when Kym and her team cross the fi nish line on the Champs-Élysées.

Contributions to her cause can be made at her fundraising page: stayclassy.org/fundraise?fcid=193715. The team will carry GPS’s, enabling family and friends to follow them at app.strava.com/clubs/rêve-grand-tour-team.

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Musikarmageddon, the region’s preeminent battle of the bands competition, kicks off its sixth year later this month at Kelly’s Logan House in Wilmington. The 12 bands—voted into the field via online poll—will be paired off in head-to-head competition during two 45-minute sets.

A combination of audience votes and judges’ scorecards will determine the winners.

Past winners include Deadbeatz Inc. in 2011, New Sweden in 2010, American Buffalo in 2009, and Josten Swingline in 2008.

The groups—which vary musically from indie folk to funk-metal—will get their first crack at one another during the initial round at the Logan House on consecutive Thursdays: June 7, 14, 21, and 28, and July 12 and 19. Winners from the First Round will advance to the semi-final rounds, to be held on Aug. 2, 9, and 16.

Three semi-finalists and one judge-selected wildcard band will face off at the Musikarmageddon Finals at the Baby Grand on Saturday, Sept. 22.

It’s all an effort to boost the profile of local, original musicians. All participating bands receive a professional recording of their first-round performance, courtesy of 23rd Century Audio, Lighting & Video. Grand prizes include a future headlining date at the Baby Grand, an article in Out & About Magazine, and their name inscribed on the legendary Axe of Musikarmageddon. More prizes will be announced as the competition gets into full swing.

The competition is presented by a partnership of Out & About, Miller Lite, Kelly’s Logan House, and The Grand Opera House.

Local music has never been more epic. Visit Musikarmageddon.com for details and updates. In the meantime, meet the bands:

Newark’s Devolver recently spent time in the recording studio with Grammy-nominated sound engineer David Ivory, reconciling to tape the five-piece band’s many musical influences. “We come from all different backgrounds and genres,” says vocalist Ryan Langshaw. “I would say what we have now is catchy hard rock. If you like the Foo Fighters, Seether, or Sick Puppies . . .” A single, “Stay,” is out now, with a full-length, old-school infused album in the works.

Dan Jalil’s whiskey-soaked, Jim Morrisson-inspired growl gives Newark’s Echo Mission its soulful, blues-rock spine. Jalil,

who formed the band in 2011, has peppered its brief history with dynamic, evocative songwriting, plus the occasional back-flip during a live performance. They appear regularly at Mojo 13 and JB McGinnes.

Musikarmageddon mainstays Galaxy 13 are back in action with their signature brand of college-radio-inspired power pop. The Wilmington trio, led by frontman Chris James, advanced to the semi-finals of last year’s contest. The band also has made appearances at the Delaware Music Festival, the Delaware Marathon, and First Night.

Taking its name from a harebrained con man’s grift, Glim Dropper is made up of vocalist Dan Kauffman, guitarist Ben Geise, and drummer Rob Schnell. The band’s sound stretches seamlessly from tuneful, guitar-driven power-pop in the vein of Ted Leo, to funkier, jam band fare.

Prior to forming The Hold-Up, frontman Jason Webb was a solo acoustic performer frequenting open-mic nights at Mojo 13. “One night, [open-mic emcee] Devin Zito came up to me and said, ‘You need to get a band, man.’” So Webb did, recruiting Zito in the process, and the resulting mashup of dirty blues and classic rock was an instant success. “Mark Rogers of WSTW described us as a mix of rock and blues, performed with the sensibility of punk. I think he nailed it,” Webb says.

Before anyone asks—yes, the The Honey Badgers take their name from the ubiquitous and hilarious YouTube sensation. But unlike the titular badger, “Our music is very caring,” says Michael Natrin. “Lots of love songs and songs about problems in the world.” The folksy duo—whose other half is singer/multi-instrumentalist Erin Magnen—met as undergrads at the University of Delaware.

Mark Degliobizzi wants The Jolly What! to go out with a bang. The lead singer of the Pike Creek-based indie rock outfit is ready to explore new sounds, and calls the band’s upcoming album, Surviving Super Volcano, their last. “I’m looking for a point of closure with this project,” says Degliobizzi. The Jolly What!, named after a rare 1960s compilation album, cite local groups the Spinto Band and the Sky Drops as influences. Their sound? “A mix of watercolor paint and grain alcohol, amplified,” Degliobizzi deadpans.

“We’re a metal band,” explains Colton Cilento of The Last Valorians, “but we don’t have a screamer. Our guy can actually sing.” It’s an important distinction to make, Cilento says, “because I wanted people to come to our shows.” The Valorians don’t stray far from the hard-rock strains of Breaking Benjamin and Avenged ►

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Sevenfold—but they probably party a lot harder. “We’ve stopped shows mid-song to make everyone in the crowd chug a beer,” Cilento says. Cheers!

North Wilmington’s Mallory Square draw strength from the warm shoals of Key West, Fla., the band’s go-to retreat spot. “� ere’s just a really good energy there,” says drummer Kevin McCabe. � e veteran jam band fuses funk, reggae and classic rock into its catalog, and once shared a stage with the incomparable G Love.

Newark’s dream-pop mavens, schroeder, reunited in 2011 following a 14-year hiatus. � e band—led by Larry DiMaio, Nick DiMaria, Michael Bolan, and Brian Erskine—tips its cap to ‘90s British shoegaze heroes like Ride and Pale Saints, while tunes like “Heavenly” evoke the Cure.

Down and dirty blues-rock (think Queens of the Stone Age or the Black Keys) defi ne Newark’s � e Whiskies. Singer/guitarist Mark Bramble, bassist Sean Dabicki, and drummer Greg Schuler each adds a morsel of mayhem to the mix when the band formed in 2011. “� e fi rst thing we decided was to keep drama out of it,” Bramble says. “Keep it fun and enjoy ourselves. If we have a good time, the people around us will have a good time.”

Xtra Alltra has been performing its unique brand of funk-infused jam rock for less than a year, since former Apex Watson guitarist Mike Zatwarnytsky moved back to Delaware from Greensboro, N. C. But where Apex Watson’s soulful stride made it a longtime local fave, Xtra Alltra chooses to plumb the darker, weirder recesses of rock. “We have one song called ‘Mining Gold for Aliens’ that’s about the evils of technology,” Zatwarnytsky says. “Weird stuff .”

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Homegrown CaféJune 1 – Mad Sweet PangsJune 2 – Ben LouisJune 3 – E. Shawn Qaissaumee Trioune 6 – Bruce Anthony June 8 – Alfred James BandJune 9 – The Hold UpJune 10 – Gerald CahvisJune 13 – Hot Toddy & The Wilmington WastoidsJune 15 – Quimby Mountain BandJune 16 – Unity Reggae BandJune 17 – Jazz Sunday with Professor DewJune 20 – Bruce Anthony June 22 – StackabonesJune 23 – Modern Exile June 24 – Jerome & The Towns PeopleJune 27 – Hot Toddy & The Wilmington WastoidsJune 29 – 61 North

I Am LightningJune 2 @ The Word Cafe Live at the Queen

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New SwedenJune 30 @ The Note, West Chester, PA

Revolution, I Love YouJune 16 @ The Legendary Dobbs, Philadelphia

Spokey SpeakyEvery Thursday, June 1- 30 @D&H Jamaican Cuisine, Newark, 6-9pmJune 10 @ The Mann Center, Philadelphia

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Sat 16 – Open Mic Night for IVA’s Young ArtistsWed 20 – Ben SolleeThu 21 – Holy Ghost Tent Revival with XVSKFri 22 – Finbar FureySat 23 – Aztec Two-Step: 40th Anniversary ShowThurs 28 – Cliff HillisFri 29 – MinasSat 30 – WXPN welcomes US Rails w/John Faye

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Here’s a show that’s calling out to longtime regional music fans. Sharing the stage will be several mainstays of the area scene —including Ben Arnold, Matt Muir, and opener John Faye—as

well as Scott Bricklin, who certainly left his mark on Philadelphia in the ‘80s and ‘90s before moving to France.

The night starts with a solo set of catchy pop tunes from Faye, the voice of Ike and former frontman of The Caufields. With US Rails, look for the night to detour into more folk and southern rock territories. Joining the talents of Arnold, Muir, and Bricklin are singer/songwriter Joseph Parsons, another popular Philly performer who moved to Europe, and Tom Gillam, an Austin music pro who hosts his own radio show on KNBT-FM called “Tom Gillam’s Power Hour.”

There’s something to the songs on the band’s newly released Southern Canon that evokes ensemble successes like the Traveling Wilburys and CSNY, where the focus is on the whole kit and caboodle of voices, textures, and harmonies, rather than one lead. Considering that much of US Rails has Philly roots, there’s an element of surprise to hear these talents collaborate in a genre that both challenges them and elicits a sense of discovery.

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For nearly 16 years, WSTW’s Hometown Heroes has been providing local bands

and musicians a chance to showcase their talents —live. Airing every Sunday from 8 to 10 p.m. on 93.7 FM and hosted by Mark Rogers, the show not only plays tunes, but provides information on where the musicians will perform, how to get their music, and how to contact them.

Hometown Heroes can be a real boost to a musician’s career. Just ask Angela Sheik, named Artist of the Year as well as Best Female Artist for the show’s 6th Annual Hometown Homey Awards last February. Homey nominations are submitted by listeners, and winners are chosen by a panel of past winners and others in the local music scene.

Sheik says both awards came as a surprise, since she was not pursuing votes. An electro-acoustic musician, she blends the soulful, feminine vibe of Billie Holiday with the innovative spirit of Imogen Heap. Her music often bridges the gap between a traditional singer-songwriter and an electronic innovator. Sheik’s business card now proudly proclaims both of the WSTW awards, and she says these credentials have proved to be real attention-getters.

Her advice to aspiring artists: “Join the musician community as soon as possible.” She admits that she kept to herself during the fi rst three or four years of her career, a decision she regrets.

Sheik notes that good vibes continuously fl ow from the local community of musicians, who off er advice and such perks as car pools to various open mic nights. But the major mover and shaker, she says, is Rogers. He gives countless hours for minimum pay, attending hundreds of concerts in an attempt to fi nd that new voice or musician. “Mark is a true asset,” she says.

If you missed Hometown Heroes, no problem. WSTW has a Facebook page and podcasts of every Sunday show for its listeners. Just visit facebook.com/HometownHeroesWSTW for daily updates on performances as well as wstw.com/heroes/ for podcasts.

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I often hear, “Summertime in Wilmo is sooooo slow.” I am here to dispel the “summertime=downtime” myth by offering you great live music options to kick off the first month of summer.

Arts and business are mixing quite well in Wilmo. Nowhere are there better examples than the live music

gracing the establishments of Extreme Pizza (201 N. Market St.) and The Nomad (905 N. Orange St.). Extreme Pizza, in partnership with Gable Music Ventures, hosts a range of live and local/regional/sometimes national acts on Friday evenings. Now, they’ve expanded the tunes with Open Mic Thursdays for acoustic, bands, and hip-hop. The Nomad—which I’ve heard called the “coolest bar in Wilmo” more than a few times—brings in live music of nearly every genre as well, including regional faves E. Shawn Qaissaunee & Sharon Sable, The Joe Trainor Trio and Noelle Picara. Newest on the block is the sleek expansion of LoMa Coffee (239 N. Market St.), where a small, informal stage has already welcomed acoustic sets from Hot Breakfast!, Rachel Shain, Keith Hartman and more. I’ve also noticed the Chris White Gallery at Shipley Artist Lofts is quickly becoming another hotspot for live music.

Speaking of Shipley Lofts: Musician/songwriter and Shipley resident Darnell Miller began holding informal jam sessions in his loft last year. The music derived from those meet-ups will be featured in the “Friday Live” concerts of Christina Cultural Arts Center (705 N. Market St.). Darnell and special guests, including Angela Sheik, bring a unique blend of acoustic worship, country and world rhythms to CCAC Friday, June 1, with “A Night at the Loft.” Tickets are only $15; get them at the door or by calling 652-0101.

If you have a penchant for the classical art form, join me for two June dates not to be missed. First, the 50+ choristers of the Delaware Valley Chorale lift up their collective voices on Saturday,

June 2, at Aldersgate Church. This group, noted for performance of both classically revered and modern-day compositions, proudly presents the Delaware Premiere of Bob Chilcott’s Requiem (A requiem is, essentially, a mass for the dead; although this particular work has been called “…not music for mourning…more a piece about meditation and reflection.”) To round out this landmark performance, they’ll include solo vocalists from New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania as well as a small orchestra. Tickets are $10-$20;

visit delawarevalleychorale.org to purchase.

Two weekends in June host a festival of music. The Delaware Chamber Music Festival, led by noted Delawarean/violinist Barbara Govatos, takes place in The Music School of Delaware (4101 Washington St.) June 15, 17, 22 and 24. Now in its 27th year, festival highlights include works by Beethoven and Mozart and a World Premiere for violin and piano by composer Vivian Fung. It’s a great, informal way to hear amazing artists and learn a bit about classic works by the masters. On Sunday, June 17, one of my favorite musicians,

arts advocate and all-around fun person—pianist Julie Nishimura—will perform a Mozart Piano Trio. Tickets can be purchased by calling 442-0572; visit dcmf.org for complete festival details.

Back-tracking to the previous genre, Shady Grove Music Fest—called Delaware’s premier music festival for local and original music—jumps off Saturday, June 9, in Arden. With eight bands of rockabilly, folk, jazz and punk, including AlyCat, Spontaneous Underground, Still Moon Servants and the Bullbuckers, it’s a family-friendly festival that none of you should miss. And don’t dawdle—tickets will go fast ($15 in advance, $20 at the gate; kids under 12 are free). Get ‘em at brownpapertickets.com.

Last, but certainly not least, four words: Clifford. Brown. Jazz. Festival (June 13-18). Go there.

And, keep your ears open and ready for a live, musical summer!

M-U-S-I-CMAKE IT PART

OF YOUR SUMMER!By Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald

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WHAT’S ‘IN’ FOR JUNE 2012

MUSIC ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FOOD & DRINK

DCM Speedway

Wilmo a Go-Go Car Show

Meet the Artist: Mary Page Evans

Born This Way Showcase

Discover TheDCH Month

St. Anthony's Italian Festival

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

2012 Shady Grove Music Festival

The 6

Delaware Chamber Music Festival

DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival

The 2012 Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale

k. d. lang

Jack Hubley's Wild Neighbors

I Henry IV

Delaware Children’s Museum 550 Justison Street • 302.654.2340 bitly.com/ICrfFH

Poppycock Tattoo 115 West 8th Street • 302.543.7973 bitly.com/IHOp1h

Barclays • 125 South West Street 302.661.7300x28 • bitly.com/ICrfW1

Delaware Art Museum • 302.571.95902301 Kentmere Pkwy • bitly.com/ICrfW7

Arden Gild Hall 2126 The Highway • 302.475.3126 bitly.com/IHOp19

Discover TheDCH w/ 14 Events in 30 days!1810 North Dupont St. • 302.658.6262 bitly.com/ICrcJV

901 N Dupont St • 302.421.2790 bitly.com/ICrfW5

World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400500 N. Market St. • bitly.com/IHOphD

Arden Shady Grove • 2126 The Highway 302.475.3126 • bitly.com/ICrfFL

Singer/Songwriter Showcase • Shipley Lofts 701 Shipley Street • 302.932.0738 bitly.com/ICrfFJ

Music School of Delaware • 302.762.11324101 Washington St. • bitly.com/IHOphx

Rodney Square • 11th & N. Market Streets 302.576.2139 • bit.ly/ISHynO

The Grand Opera House 818 N Market Street • 302.658.7897 bitly.com/IHOp15

Mt. Cuba Center • 3120 Barley Mill Rd. 302.239.4244 • bitly.com/IHOrGc

The Field Theatre in Arden 2310 Woodland Lane • 302.475.3126 bitly.com/ICrfWb

NOW - MONDAY, JUNE 18

SUNDAY, JUNE 10 - 11AM

SATURDAY, JUNE 16 - 11AM

FRIDAY, JUNE 8 - 7PM

FRI, JUNE 1 - SAT, JUNE 30

SUN, JUNE 10 - SUN, JUNE 17

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 - 8PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 - 12PM


FRI, JUNE 15 - SUN, JUNE 24

MON, JUNE 18 - SAT, JUNE 23


TUESDAY, JUNE 5 - 8PM



100 Works for 100 YearsDelaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy • 302.571.9590 bit.ly/J9Sk5c

SAT, JUNE 23 - SUN, SEPT 16

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ART IS IN - EXHIBITS OPENING& CLOSING THIS MONTH

SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND


Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts• Contraption thru June 23 • Entropy opens June 8• Functioning Systems opens June 1st• Under Construction: Part One thru June 2 Part Two: thru June 10302.656.6466 • 200 South Madison Street

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20TH

SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH

TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH

Caveman • Arden Gild Hall 2126 The Highway • 302.475.3126

Blue Rocks vs. Frederick Keys thru June 3rd • Frawley Stadium801 Shipyard Drive • 302.888.2015

An Evening of Cabaret w/ A Broad’s Way • New Candlelight Theatre 2208 Millers Road • 302.475.2313

Fire Company Appreciation Day Woodside Farm Creamery1310 Little Baltimore Rd. • 302.239.9847

Just Drag: A Summer MasqueradeNew Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND

SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD

Lili Anel, E.B. Hawkins & Jordyn Gatti World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

The Botany of Beer The DCH • 302.658.6262

Nature Explorers Club: Amazing Amphibians • Brandywine Creek State Park 41 Adams Dam Road • 302.577.3534

I Am Heresy w/ Blackheart AceSpaceboy Clothing • 302.225.9781

Moms Let Loose and Sunday, June 10thNew Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH

New Candlelight Theatre Comedy Club 2208 Millers Road • 302.475.2313

Delaware Chinese Festival thru June 24 Chinese American Community Center 1313 Little Baltimore Road • 302.239.0432

SUNDAY, JUNE 24TH

The Station Gallery• Lynne Lockhart & Kirk McBride June 1 - June 30302.654.8638 • 3922 Kennett Pike

Mezzanine Gallery• Paintings by Tara Funk Grim June 1 - June 29302.577.8278 • 820 N. French St.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1ST

Art on the TownVarious Locations Buses leave 5:45pm from the DCCA, making the last return at approx. 8:30pm302.576.2135 • 200 S. Madison Street

4W5 Blues Jam every Wednesday 7-9pm World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Progressive Dinner & Private Gardens Tour The DCH • 302.658.6262

Tric Town presents JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH

Naturalist-Guided Canoe Trip Brandywine Creek State Park • 302.577.3534

MONDAY, JUNE 4TH

Third World • World Cafe Live at the Queen 500 N. Market Street • 302.994.1400

DFVA Greenville Summer Art Show thru June 10 • One Greenville Crossing

THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH

Earth from Space thru Sept. 10Delaware Museum of Natural History4840 Kennett Pike • 302.658.9111

Father’s Day BrunchGreen Room at the Hotel du Pont11th & Market Streets • 302.594.3154

Wilmington City Gardens People’s Choice Tour • The DCH • 302.658.6262

Hagley’s Creek Kids: The Natural World298 Buck Road East • 302.658.2400

Minas • World Cafe Live at The Queen 500 N Market Street • 302.994.1400

Claire Mann & Aaron JonesBlue Ball Barn • 1914 W. Park Dr. • 302.456.3242

Full Moon Hike • Bellevue State Park 800 Carr Road • 302.761.6965

June Blues • New Candlelight Theatre 2208 Millers Road • 302.475.2313

Mary Page Evans: Force of Nature Delaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

Summer Concert Seriesevery Sun and Thurs at 6:30pm thru Aug 26th Bellevue State Park • 302.761.6965

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH

Southern Culture on the SkidsWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Art is Social • Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy • 302.571.9590

Growing Green Thumb Kids The DCH • 302.658.6262

SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH

Peanut Butter & Jams welcomes We Kids Rock BandWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Blue Rocks vs. Winston-Salem Dash thru June 17th • Frawley Stadium

Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Ben Sollee • World Cafe Live at the Queen 500 North Market Street • 302.994.1400

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18THSummer Solstice Labyrinth WalkDelaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

Finbar Furey World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

The Chris Robinson BrotherhoodWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Epicurean Delights: Farm to Table Dinner • Green Room at the Hotel du Pont11th & Market Streets • 302.594.3154

Bootless Artworks presents Star Wars: A New Musical Hope thru June 17 Opera Studios • 4 S. Poplar Street

Peace, Love & PoetryWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Kitchen Moments Cooking Demonstrations every Thursday Green Room at the Hotel du Pont11th & Market Streets • 302.594.3154

THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH

Chris White Gallery (Shipley Lofts)• JAMM-O Comic-style art thru June 29302.932.0738 • 701 Shipley Street

All-You-Can-Eat Crab Cruises on the Riverboat Queen every Thurs & Fri 7pm thru July 27Riverfront Wilmington • 302.383.1946

Hookah Vibe every Friday at 7pmSikar Lounge • 1624 Delaware Avenue

Night at the Loft w/ Darnell Miller 705 N. Market Street • 302.652.0101

I Am Lightning • Spaceboy Clothing617 N. Market Street • 302.225.9781

The Blackwell Solution presents Jazz on My Mind every Monday at 8pm World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Flight Club Tuesdays 5:30pm-7:30pm Chelsea Tavern • 821 North Market Street

Holy Trinity Greek Festivalthru June 9th • 808 North Broom Street

Unlabeled: Acoustic/Electric Open Micevery Tues 7-9pm • World Cafe Live at The Queen 500 North Market Street • 302.994.1400

Lunchtime Concert Seriesevery other Wednesday at NoonBellevue State Park • 302.761.6965

Yoga in the Garden The DCH • 302.658.6262

MONDAY, JUNE 11TH

Blue Rocks vs. Salem Red Sox thru June 13th • Frawley Stadium

An Intimate Evening: Lindsey Buckingham World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400


FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH

Deadly Beloved: A Murder Mystery New Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

SATURDAY, JUNE 16TH

Johnny K and the JK Rockets New Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH

Wild About Dads! • Brandywine Zoo 1101 North Park Drive • 302.571.7747

FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND

SATURDAY, JUNE 23RD

Aztec Two-Step: 40th Anniversary World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Meet the Artist: Nina KatchadourianDelaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

MONDAY, JUNE 25TH

An Introduction to the Night SkyBellevue State Park • 302.761.6963

Make Your Own Rain BarrelThe DCH • 302.658.6262

THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH

Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats thru June 30th • Frawley Stadium

FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH

John Edward • Doubletree Hotel 800.432.7250 • 700 North King Street

Red, White & Zoo! and July 1stBrandywine Zoo • 302.571.7747

Garden Party & Open HouseDelaware Center for Horticulture (TheDCH)1810 N. DuPont Street • 302.658.6262

Blue Rocks vs. Carolina Mudcats thru June 7th • Frawley Stadium River Walk & Wine

DuPont Environmental Education Center1400 Delmarva Lane • 302.656.1490

TUESDAY, JUNE 12TH

Wilmington Pirate FestivalTubman-Garrett Riverfront Park80 Rosa Parks Drive • 302.429.7447


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ART IS IN - EXHIBITS OPENING& CLOSING THIS MONTH

SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND


Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts• Contraption thru June 23 • Entropy opens June 8• Functioning Systems opens June 1st• Under Construction: Part One thru June 2 Part Two: thru June 10302.656.6466 • 200 South Madison Street


SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH

TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH

Caveman • Arden Gild Hall 2126 The Highway • 302.475.3126

Blue Rocks vs. Frederick Keys thru June 3rd • Frawley Stadium801 Shipyard Drive • 302.888.2015

An Evening of Cabaret w/ A Broad’s Way • New Candlelight Theatre 2208 Millers Road • 302.475.2313

Fire Company Appreciation Day Woodside Farm Creamery1310 Little Baltimore Rd. • 302.239.9847

Just Drag: A Summer MasqueradeNew Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND

SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD

Lili Anel, E.B. Hawkins & Jordyn Gatti World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

The Botany of Beer The DCH • 302.658.6262

Nature Explorers Club: Amazing Amphibians • Brandywine Creek State Park 41 Adams Dam Road • 302.577.3534

I Am Heresy w/ Blackheart AceSpaceboy Clothing • 302.225.9781

Moms Let Loose and Sunday, June 10thNew Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH

New Candlelight Theatre Comedy Club 2208 Millers Road • 302.475.2313

Delaware Chinese Festival thru June 24 Chinese American Community Center 1313 Little Baltimore Road • 302.239.0432

SUNDAY, JUNE 24TH

The Station Gallery• Lynne Lockhart & Kirk McBride June 1 - June 30302.654.8638 • 3922 Kennett Pike

Mezzanine Gallery• Paintings by Tara Funk Grim June 1 - June 29302.577.8278 • 820 N. French St.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1ST

Art on the TownVarious Locations Buses leave 5:45pm from the DCCA, making the last return at approx. 8:30pm302.576.2135 • 200 S. Madison Street

4W5 Blues Jam every Wednesday 7-9pm World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Progressive Dinner & Private Gardens Tour The DCH • 302.658.6262

Tric Town presents JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH

Naturalist-Guided Canoe Trip Brandywine Creek State Park • 302.577.3534

MONDAY, JUNE 4TH

Third World • World Cafe Live at the Queen 500 N. Market Street • 302.994.1400

DFVA Greenville Summer Art Show thru June 10 • One Greenville Crossing

THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH

Earth from Space thru Sept. 10Delaware Museum of Natural History4840 Kennett Pike • 302.658.9111

Father’s Day BrunchGreen Room at the Hotel du Pont11th & Market Streets • 302.594.3154

Wilmington City Gardens People’s Choice Tour • The DCH • 302.658.6262

Hagley’s Creek Kids: The Natural World298 Buck Road East • 302.658.2400

Minas • World Cafe Live at The Queen 500 N Market Street • 302.994.1400

Claire Mann & Aaron JonesBlue Ball Barn • 1914 W. Park Dr. • 302.456.3242

Full Moon Hike • Bellevue State Park 800 Carr Road • 302.761.6965

June Blues • New Candlelight Theatre 2208 Millers Road • 302.475.2313

Mary Page Evans: Force of Nature Delaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

Summer Concert Seriesevery Sun and Thurs at 6:30pm thru Aug 26th Bellevue State Park • 302.761.6965

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH

Southern Culture on the SkidsWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Art is Social • Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy • 302.571.9590

Growing Green Thumb Kids The DCH • 302.658.6262

SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH

Peanut Butter & Jams welcomes We Kids Rock BandWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Blue Rocks vs. Winston-Salem Dash thru June 17th • Frawley Stadium

Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Ben Sollee • World Cafe Live at the Queen 500 North Market Street • 302.994.1400

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18THSummer Solstice Labyrinth WalkDelaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

Finbar Furey World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

The Chris Robinson BrotherhoodWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Epicurean Delights: Farm to Table Dinner • Green Room at the Hotel du Pont11th & Market Streets • 302.594.3154

Bootless Artworks presents Star Wars: A New Musical Hope thru June 17 Opera Studios • 4 S. Poplar Street

Peace, Love & PoetryWorld Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Kitchen Moments Cooking Demonstrations every Thursday Green Room at the Hotel du Pont11th & Market Streets • 302.594.3154

THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH

Chris White Gallery (Shipley Lofts)• JAMM-O Comic-style art thru June 29302.932.0738 • 701 Shipley Street

All-You-Can-Eat Crab Cruises on the Riverboat Queen every Thurs & Fri 7pm thru July 27Riverfront Wilmington • 302.383.1946

Hookah Vibe every Friday at 7pmSikar Lounge • 1624 Delaware Avenue

Night at the Loft w/ Darnell Miller 705 N. Market Street • 302.652.0101

I Am Lightning • Spaceboy Clothing617 N. Market Street • 302.225.9781

The Blackwell Solution presents Jazz on My Mind every Monday at 8pm World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Flight Club Tuesdays 5:30pm-7:30pm Chelsea Tavern • 821 North Market Street

Holy Trinity Greek Festivalthru June 9th • 808 North Broom Street

Unlabeled: Acoustic/Electric Open Micevery Tues 7-9pm • World Cafe Live at The Queen 500 North Market Street • 302.994.1400

Lunchtime Concert Seriesevery other Wednesday at NoonBellevue State Park • 302.761.6965

Yoga in the Garden The DCH • 302.658.6262

MONDAY, JUNE 11TH

Blue Rocks vs. Salem Red Sox thru June 13th • Frawley Stadium

An Intimate Evening: Lindsey Buckingham World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400


FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH

Deadly Beloved: A Murder Mystery New Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

SATURDAY, JUNE 16TH

Johnny K and the JK Rockets New Candlelight Theatre • 302.475.2313

SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH

Wild About Dads! • Brandywine Zoo 1101 North Park Drive • 302.571.7747

FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND

SATURDAY, JUNE 23RD

Aztec Two-Step: 40th Anniversary World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400

Meet the Artist: Nina KatchadourianDelaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

MONDAY, JUNE 25TH

An Introduction to the Night SkyBellevue State Park • 302.761.6963

Make Your Own Rain BarrelThe DCH • 302.658.6262

THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH

Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats thru June 30th • Frawley Stadium

FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH

John Edward • Doubletree Hotel 800.432.7250 • 700 North King Street

Red, White & Zoo! and July 1stBrandywine Zoo • 302.571.7747

Garden Party & Open HouseDelaware Center for Horticulture (TheDCH)1810 N. DuPont Street • 302.658.6262

Blue Rocks vs. Carolina Mudcats thru June 7th • Frawley Stadium River Walk & Wine

DuPont Environmental Education Center1400 Delmarva Lane • 302.656.1490

TUESDAY, JUNE 12TH

Wilmington Pirate FestivalTubman-Garrett Riverfront Park80 Rosa Parks Drive • 302.429.7447

WHAT’S ‘IN’ FOR

JUNE 2012


DCM Speedway

Wilmo a Go-Go Car Show

Meet the Artist: Mary Page Evans

Born This Way Showcase

Discover TheDCH Month

St. Anthony's Italian Festival

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

2012 Shady Grove Music Festival

The 6

Delaware Chamber Music Festival

DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival

The 2012 Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale

k. d. lang

Jack Hubley's Wild Neighbors

I Henry IV

Delaware Children’s Museum 550 Justison Street • 302.654.2340 bitly.com/ICrfFH

Poppycock Tattoo 115 West 8th Street • 302.543.7973 bitly.com/IHOp1h

Barclays • 125 South West Street 302.661.7300x28 • bitly.com/ICrfW1

Delaware Art Museum • 302.571.95902301 Kentmere Pkwy • bitly.com/ICrfW7

Arden Gild Hall 2126 The Highway • 302.475.3126 bitly.com/IHOp19

Discover TheDCH w/ 14 Events in 30 days!1810 North Dupont St. • 302.658.6262 bitly.com/ICrcJV

901 N Dupont St • 302.421.2790 bitly.com/ICrfW5

World Cafe Live at the Queen • 302.994.1400500 N. Market St. • bitly.com/IHOphD

Arden Shady Grove • 2126 The Highway 302.475.3126 • bitly.com/ICrfFL

Singer/Songwriter Showcase • Shipley Lofts 701 Shipley Street • 302.932.0738 bitly.com/ICrfFJ

Music School of Delaware • 302.762.11324101 Washington St. • bitly.com/IHOphx

Rodney Square • 11th & N. Market Streets 302.576.2139 • bit.ly/ISHynO

The Grand Opera House 818 N Market Street • 302.658.7897 bitly.com/IHOp15

Mt. Cuba Center • 3120 Barley Mill Rd. 302.239.4244 • bitly.com/IHOrGc

The Field Theatre in Arden 2310 Woodland Lane • 302.475.3126 bitly.com/ICrfWb

NOW - MONDAY, JUNE 18

SUNDAY, JUNE 10 - 11AM


FRIDAY, JUNE 8 - 7PM


SUN, JUNE 10 - SUN, JUNE 17

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 - 8PM



FRI, JUNE 15 - SUN, JUNE 24

MON, JUNE 18 - SAT, JUNE 23


TUESDAY, JUNE 5 - 8PM



100 Works for 100 YearsDelaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy • 302.571.9590 bit.ly/J9Sk5c

SAT, JUNE 23 - SUN, SEPT 16


YOU BE THE JUDGE!For its 30th anniversary, the Delaware Center for Horticulture

invites the public to pick the winners in the City Gardens Contest

By Elynsey Price

2011 Container Garden Category, 1st place — Wendy and Michael Simione 2011 Flower Garden Category, 1st place — Becky McLaughlin

2011 Landscape Garden Category, 1st-place tie — Herman Boyd2011 Landscape Garden Category, 1st-place tie — Richard Franta

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Each summer for three decades, the Delaware Center for Horticulture (TheDCH) has sponsored the Wilmington City Gardens Contest. Free to enter and showcasing the work of proud gardeners

from every neighborhood in the City, this friendly competition has cultivated urban greening and inspired civic pride among thousands of residents.

Historically the gardens in the contest were evaluated by teams of volunteer judges. In celebration of the 30th anniversary this year, the judging is being opened to the public. Voting will be online for the newly-christened “Wilmington City Gardens People’s Choice Tour.”

The City Gardens Contest began as a small neighborhood competition in South Wilmington. It grew to encompass

gardens of every size in 17 categories, and gardeners of every age and experience in every nook and cranny throughout the city. Over the years more than 6,000 individuals have participated, either as entrants or as judges.

“Gardening is contagious,” says Angela Kaiser, a former judge and resident of the Cool Spring Tilton Park neighborhood. “One of my favorite things about judging the City Gardens Contest is experiencing a little bit of paradise in areas of the City that otherwise don’t have any. So I’m excited that this year we’re opening up the gardens for everyone to see.”

On the weekend of June 16-17 the public is invited to tour more than 50 private gardens in Wilmington. This tour offers a convenient way to get new ideas and ask questions of the people who created these urban oases. Gardens on the tour include small to big, simple to quite grand, as well as gardens that feature flowers, containers, water features, landscaping, vegetables and wildlife habitat.

Tickets come with a printed map of all of the gardens. The tour is self-guided and the City is divided into four quadrants. Tour

attendees can drive or bike to as many gardens as they want from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. They can then vote on TheDCH website to select their favorite garden within each quadrant. An awards ceremony will be held in September.

“I think the new format is exciting,” says Betsey Ney, a long-time judge. “I also love the way the contest encourages City residents to beautify their neighborhoods and contribute to the quality of life for both the gardeners and the surrounding community. It will be great for everyone to have the opportunity to see the wonderful things that people are doing in the City.”

Many of the gardens are created by homeowners, but some are the creations of renters, businesses and schools. Fire houses, homeless shelters, churches and other local groups also have also entered winning green spaces.

Friendship House won an award last year, the first time it entered the contest. “We started our flower garden project for the women in our transitional housing program,” says Marcy Perkins, director of Women’s Ministry at Friendship House. “Being awarded a prize was icing on the cake. Our goal was to give the women an area of beauty to relax in at the end of their busy days. It has grown and blossomed with the help of many volunteers.”

The Wilmington City Gardens People’s Choice Tour is the marquee event during Discover TheDCH Month. June at TheDCH features multiple garden tours, social events, educational workshops and family activities. The June lineup includes two other events celebrating the 30th anniversary of the City Gardens Contest: a photography exhibit in TheDCH Gallery of winning gardens from past years, and a Progressive Dinner & Private Gardens Tour of some of Wilmington’s most impressive gardens.

“Everything we’ve planned is about celebrating what is going on within Wilmington, and letting the public see what gardeners and TheDCH have been doing for thirty years,” says Marcia Stephenson, TheDCH’s Special Events and Volunteer coordinator. “We invite tour participants to explore the City and discover hidden gems, perhaps in neighborhoods they’ve never set foot in before. If you go on this tour, we guarantee that you’ll be inspired.”

Tickets for the tour are $10. To order, and for more information, go to TheDCH.org.

2011 Greenest Block Category, 1st-place tie —

Fay Voshell; 1000 block North Monroe St.

(tied with Tammie Rochelle, 1000 Block Kirk Ave.)

2011 New Garden Category, 1st place — Matthew S. Weinert


Art Show Opening & ReceptionFRIDAY, June 1, 5:30 - 9:00 PMFREE & open to the publicCelebrating 30 years of the Wilmington City Gardens Contest. Images of past winners on exhibit in the Gallery through end of June.

Trolley BazaarFRIDAY, June 1, 5:30 - 9:00 PMFREE & open to the publicA one-night show of folk art, fine art and crafts.

Garden Party & Open HouseMONDAY, June 4, 5:30 - 8:00 PM FREE & open to the publicEnjoy a spring evening strolling through TheDCH gardens in Trolley Square with food from Sprout Gourmet, and wine tasting from Moore Brothers.

Stretch Your Plant BudgetTUESDAY, June 5, 6:30 - 7:30 PMMembers/$15, Non-members/$20Get the most bang for the buck in your garden through easy propagation. Learn which shrubs and perennials divide easily and how to do root cuttings of annuals. Taught by horticulturist and notorious cheapskate Andrew Olson. Includes cuttings to take home.

Garden Gems of SwarthmoreTUESDAY, June 5, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMMembers/$75, Non-members/$85Visit three spectacular private gardens in Swarthmore and tour Scott Arboretum with the curator. You will be welcomed to Hedgleigh Spring by author Charles Cresson; plantsmen’s paradise by Jeff Jabco and Joe Henderson; and Bevi-dere, Scott Arboretum curator Andrew Bunting’s garden. Transportation and lunch included. Space is limited.

Yoga in the GardenWEDNESDAYS, June 6, 13, 20 & 27 Adult classFirst Session 5:30 to 6:30 PMSecond Session 6:45 to 7:45 PM$40/member, $50/non-member (four-class series)Experience the beauty and tranquility of TheDCH Gardens while learning basic yoga poses and breathing techniques in this four-week series. Open to all skill levels. Wear comfortable clothing. Bring water and mat. Led by certified instructor Alice Davis. Classes held outside, weather permitting.

Progressive Dinner & Private Gardens TourTHURSDAY, June 7, 5:30 - 8:30 PM (RAIN DATE June 12)Members/$75, Non-members/$100Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the City Gardens Contest by visiting some of the best gardens in Wilmington while enjoying a delicious meal. Wine tasting from Deerfield Fine Wines, cheese from Taste Artisanal Market, main course from Sprout Gourmet, and desserts from Desserts by Dana.

Growing Green Thumb KidsFRIDAY, June 8, 4:00 - 5:00 PMMembers/$4, Non-members/$8 per child (parents free)A fun, educational workshop for parents with children ages 3 to 10 (older siblings welcome). Each child will learn about leaf shapes and paint a leaf mold to take home.

Botany of BeerSATURDAY, June 9, 3:00 - 5:00 PMMembers/$40, Non-members/$50An afternoon of tasting, learning and talking about beer. We’ll cover the process of making beer and its botanical components, as well as styles of beer, what glasses to use and why the shape matters. Cost includes hearty, delicious snacks to accompany the beverages sponsored by Scratch Magoo’s and Veritas Wine and Spirits.

Make Your Own Rain BarrelMONDAY, June 11, 7:00 - 8:30 PMMembers/$45, Non-members/$55No need to spend hundreds of dollars on a store-bought rain barrel when you can create one yourself ! We’ll show you how. All materials included in the registration fee. Must pre-register by June 6.

TheDCH Game Night at the Wilmington Blue RocksThursday, June 14, Start time 7:05 PMMembers/$7, Non-members/$10Bring the family to Frawley Stadium for a fun evening celebrating two of America’s favorite pastimes: baseball and gardening! Win prizes by answering plant trivia questions and cheer on the Blue Rocks as they support trees in Wilmington with every run.

Contact Joe Fargnoli to request TheDCH game night discounted tickets at 302.472.5701 or [email protected]

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2012 CONCERT

SCHEDULEMonday, June 18:6PM Monty Alexander8PM All-Star Celebration of Lionel Hampton featuring Jason Marsalis, Kevin Mahogany, Candido, Robin Eubanks & Russell Gunn

Tuesday, June 19:6PM Claudio Roditi Septet8PM Randy Weston’s African Rhythms

Wednesday, June 20:6PM Steve Wilson with Strings8PM Christian McBride Big Band

Thursday, June 21:5PM Winston Byrd Quintet8:30PM Ernie Watts Quintet

Friday, June 22:6PM Valerie Capers7:30 PM TBA9PM Jane Monheit with special guest Mark O’Connor

Saturday, June 23:11AM-11:45AM: Warren Oree & The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble Trio Presents Jazz for Young Audiences at Delaware Children’s Museum. Free with purchase of admission to DCM.3PM Aaron Walker & Spiritual Rhythms5PM “All These Miles”: The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble plays the music of Miles Davis7PM Hiromi: The Trio Project with Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips9PM Dee Dee Bridgewater

Cityfest, Inc., in partnership with JazzReach Performing Arts & Education Association,

Inc. (jazzreach.org), is developing an all-original, live multi-media educational program for young

audiences. The program will be tailored to promote the music, life and legacy of trumpeter, bandleader, and Wilmington native Clifford Brown.

Established in 1994, JazzReach is a nationally recognized New York City-based 501(c) (3) not-for-profi t organization dedicated to the promotion, performance, creation and teaching of jazz music. In response to the overwhelming need for supplementary arts programming, JazzReach has developed a unique and diverse repertoire of substantive, high quality

live educational programs for young audiences that are especially tailored to elucidate the art form and complement a broad range of students’ everyday classroom curriculum.

The Clifford Brown Arts Education Program will debut in Wilmington with six performances (four student and two general public performances) scheduled over three days.

The program will feature: • Live scripted narration • Live performance of repertoire closely associated with Mr. Brown by JazzReach’s Metta Quintet • Video projections featuring classic archival footage and images and/or animation

DUPONT CLIFFORD BROWN JAZZ FESTIVAL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES:

H.B. duPont Park: 10th & West StreetsMonday–Friday, 12–1:30PM.

Willingtown Square at the Historical Society: 505 N. MarketMonday–Friday 12–1:30PM.

The Grand Opera House:818 N. Market Wednesday 12-1 PM. Monday:HB: The W.E.S. GroupWillingtown: Sharon Sable with Shawn Qaissaunee

Tuesday:HB: Radam Schwartz with Paul GalonskyWillingtown: Tony Smith

Wednesday: HB: Allyson TaylorWillingtown: Rob Swanson’s Terra Soul ProjectThe Grand: Vox Prandium

Thursday:HB: Ms. Pat and Somethin’ DifferentWillingtown: Aniya

Friday:HB: Soul FuegoWillingtown: Spontaneous Underground

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Aaron Walker and Spiritual Rhythms Born and raised in Memphis, this drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader can’t get enough of jazz music. In addition to his current band, Spiritual Rhythms, Walker has performed, toured, and recorded with a variety of jazz artists including Abbey Lincoln, George Colligan, and Suzzette Ortiz.

All-Star Celebration of Lionel Hampton featuring Jason Marsalis, Kevin Mahogany, Candido, Robin Eubanks & Russell Gunn The Lionel Hampton Celebration is a collective that celebrates the music of an American icon, Lionel Hampton. The band features conga legend Candido and trombone master Robin Eubanks, vocalist Kevin Mahogany, 2010 NEA Jazz Master, Jason Marsalis and Grammy nominee Russell Gunn.

Claudio Roditi “Master musician” is the phrase that may come to mind when thinking about Brazilian trumpet player, recording artist, and music teacher Claudio Roditi. This 66-year-old has

been studying music since age six; from there, he has gone on to travel, record 20 critically acclaimed albums, and perform with a variety of bands and artists.

Christian McBride Philadelphia-born bassist, composer, arranger, educator, curator, and administrator, Christian McBride has remained one of the most influential jazz musicians for the past 20 years—which is saying a lot, since he isn’t yet 40 years old. He has worked in a variety of genres, including R&B, pop, rock, hip-hop, and even a little opera.

Dee Dee Bridgewater Denise Eileen Garrett, or “Dee Dee,” was exposed to jazz while growing up in Michigan, thanks to her father, who played and taught jazz music. As she grew up, she formed jazz bands and began touring, and eventually met her husband, Cecil Bridgewater, also a jazz musician. She has won prestigious awards such as the 1976 Grammy for “Best Musical Show Album,” and now spends her time touring around the country.

Ernie Watts Watts was just a teenager when he picked up a saxophone for the first time. But 50 years later, he has become a two-time Grammy Award winner, a featured artist in over 500 albums, and a recording studio founder for Flying Dolphin Records in 2004.

Hiromi Japan-born keyboardist and composer, Hiromi Uehara debuted in 2003 with her first album, Another Mind. With her creative energy and sophisticated sound, she instantly caught the attention of listeners around the world. Since then, she has recorded five more albums, all of which won awards, such as the Guinness Jazz Festival’s Rising Star Award.

Jane Monheit This Long Island, N.Y, native began singing professionally when she was in high school. She has released seven albums and was a featured performer at the nationally televised Christmas at the White House. Monheit appeared as a guest on television shows such as The View and The Today Show. She spends most of the year on tour with her band, consisting of

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pianist Michael Kanan, bassist Neal Miner, and Rick Montalbano on drums.

Mark O’Connor At the age of 13, O’Connor won the prestigious “Grand Masters Fiddle Championships” in Nashville, competing against musicians of all ages. His childhood awards set the stage for his adulthood, when he won two Grammy Awards. His music tends to cross genres—a mix of composing, arranging, and recording folk, classical, and jazz music.

Monty Alexander For the past 50 years, pianist Monty Alexander has embraced a mix of American jazz and music from his home country, Jamaica. When he was a teenager his family moved to America, where he caught the eye of a New York City club owner while playing with an orchestra. Since then, he has performed and worked with many artists, including Frank Sinatra, recorded over 70 albums, and currently tours around the world.

Randy Weston African Rhythms This pianist and composer has been one of the leading innovators and visionaries of the jazz genre for the past 60 years. His style embraces the rhythmic heritage of Africa while blending specialized jazz techniques.

Steve Wilson This saxophone, flute, and clarinet player from Virginia has won critical acclaim as a bandleader. He’s been featured on more than 100 recordings of celebrated artists, such as Chick Corea and Geoge Duke. He currently co-leads a trio with pianist Renee Rosnes and bassist Peter Washington when he isn’t touring with the Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, Christian McBride & Inside Straight, and more.

Valerie Capers Hailing from the Bronx, Dr. Valerie Capers obtained her bachelor’s and master’s at The Juilliard School of Music. She went on to teach music at several colleges and universities around the country, where she won awards such as

the National Endowment for the Arts for her outstanding teaching and performing.

The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble Every member of this group is a composer, which lends to a versatile sound that appeals to a variety of audiences. The band has performed internationally, including Brazil, Bermuda, Europe, and the Dominican Republic. Their nine CDs, including the most recent, Man Bites Dog, vary from soft and melodic to energetic.

Winston Byrd Instead of going to college when he graduated from high school in 1991, this trumpet player decided to dedicate himself to a life of jazz music. As a well-rounded performer, he can play a variety of musical styles, including classical and pop. He recently put together an 18-piece big jazz band in Los Angeles, with compositions from popular musicians such as Frank Foster, Thad Jones, and Alan Broadbent, to name a few.

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1. Amtrak Station2. Opera Delaware Studios/City Theater Co.3. Wilmington Youth Rowing Assn., WYRA.ORG4. Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park5. Residences at Christina Landing6. Asnan Sushi Bar & Asian Cuisine, ASNANRESTAURANTS.COM7. Harry’s Seafood Grill / Riverfront Market, HARRYS-SAVOY.COM8. Delaware Theatre Co., DELAWARETHEATRE.ORG9. FireStone Roasting House, FIRESTONERIVERFRONT.COM10. Cosi at the Barclays Crescent Building, GETCOSI.COM

11. Hare Pavilion/Riverwalk12. AAA Mid-Atlantic Travel Center, AAAMIDATLANTIC.COM13. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, THEDCCA.ORG14. Justison Landing, Currie Hair, Skin & Nails, CURRIEDAYSPA.COM Veritas Wine & Spirits, VERITASWINESHOP.COM 15. Kooma, KOOMASUSHI.COM CrossFit Riverfront, CFRIVERFRONT.COM16. Delaware Children’s Museum, DELAWARECHILDRENSMUSEUM.ORG

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17. Joe’s Crab Shack, JOESCRABSHACK.COM18. Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, IRONHILLBREWERY.COM19. Public Docks20. Big Fish Grill, BIGFISHRIVERFRONT.COM21. Frawley Stadium, BLUEROCKS.COM Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame22. Chase Center on the Riverfront, CENTERONTHERIVERFRONT.COM23. Dravo Plaza & Dock24. Shipyard Center Planet Fitness, PLANETFITNESS.COM

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PHOTO CONTEST FINALISTSKatie Reynolds — Wilmington Skyline at Sunset Nick Vinson — The Kalmar Nyckle Heading Home

RIVERFRONT EVENTSBlue Rocks Vs. FRedeRick keys June 1-3Frawley Stadium visit BlueRocks.com for moreinformation on game times and promotions.

Family canoeing in the maRsh Saturday, June 2, 10:30-12:30amCanoe in the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge with the whole family. Look out for wading Great Blue Herons, diving Osprey and swimming turtles. Bring a lunch to enjoy on the water.delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progsDuPont Environmental Education Center

8th annual RiVeRFRont camaRo showSunday, June 3An auto show dedicated exclusively to the Chevrolet Camaro and its sister model, the Pontiac Firebird. The event is open to all Camaros and Firebirds including stock, modified, pro street, race cars and even daily drivers. Spectator admission is free. clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=dvrcc Dravo Plaza

Blue Rocks Vs. caRolina mudcats June 4-7Frawley Stadiumvisit BlueRocks.com for moreinformation on game times and promotions.

meet mR. tuRtleTuesday, June 5, 10:30-11:30amMeet turtles up close and personal! Examine their shell, count their scutes, listen to a turtle story and eat a terrapin snack. Take a walk on the boardwalk to look where turtles live in the marsh. Parent participation required (no extra fee).delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progsDuPont Environmental Education Center

PaRents night out!Friday, June 8, 6:30-8:30pmLet mom and dad loose to have dinner along Wilmington’s Riverfront while you stay at DEEC and have all the fun with games, a scavenger hunt and an evening hike. Dinner provided. Parents receive a coupon for Timothy’s Riverfront Grill.delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progsDuPont Environmental Education Center

20th annual aRthuR J. tuRneR JR. scholaRshiP 5kSaturday, June 9Regsitration begins at7:30amRace begins at 8:45amDravo Plaza

3Rd annual Beat mPs 5k Run/walkSunday, June 10Registration begins at 7:45amRace begins at 8:30amDravo Plaza

Blue Rocks Vs. salem Red sox June 11-13Frawley Stadiumvisit BlueRocks.com for moreinformation on game times and promotions.

RiVeRwalk & wineTuesday, June 12Enjoy an interpretive walk of the Wilmington Riverfront’s cultural and natural history with Sally O’Byrne, author of Wilmington’s Waterfront, Delaware Nature Society board member and Delmarva Ornithological Society president. Finish at Veritas Wine.delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progsDuPont Environmental Education Center

Blue Rocks Vs. winston-salem dash June 14-17Frawley Stadiumvisit BlueRocks.com for moreinformation on game times and promotions.

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PHOTO CONTEST FINALISTSJoanne Moretti — Fall Park Jennifer Reed — In Light

In January, the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware (RDC) announced the details to its 2012 Riverfront Wilmington Photo Contest. Ranging in theme from riverfront celebrations to inspiring skylines, more than 100 entries were submitted. As promised, our judges narrowed the competition down to their Top Four picks. Now it’s your turn…Go to OutAndAboutNow.com to vote for your favorite Wilmington Riverfront photo. The winning photographer will be featured in the July issue of Out & About Magazine. Voting deadline: Friday, June 15.

Summer ShowerSSaturday, June 16 10-11:30amBoom, crash, bang! Discover the science of thunderstorms. Create rainbows and mimic the sound of a summer shower with your own rain stick designed from natural materials.delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progsDuPont Environmental Education Center

Your ArtiStic NAtureMonday - Friday, June 18-22, 8:30-3:00pmWhat better place to cultivate your creativity than Wilmington’s freshwater tidal marsh? Learn from a professional author and illustrator how to translate your love of nature into works of art. Sketch your observations in nature journals, take photos from the River Taxi, build a sculpture from found objects, and visit the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. Finish the week setting up your own art exhibit to show off to family and friends.delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progs DuPont Environmental Education Center

cANoeiNg the chriStiNA riverSaturday, June 23, 1:30-5:30pmRide the Tide on the Christina at the height of summer splendor. Ride with the tide upstream, exploring wilderness in the

midst of suburbia. When the tide turns, we will turn with it following the curves of the natural stream, noting some of the historic changes made by man and seeing how nature has reclaimed it.delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progs DuPont Environmental Education Center

mileS for childreN 5K ruN/wAlKSaturday, June 23Registration begins at 8:00amRace begins at 9:00amJoes Crab Shack

ducK, ducK, gooSeSunday, June 24, 3-5pmWetlands are home to variety of waterfowl. Learn about the ducks and geese that live here, take a walk to search for favorite waterfowl habitats. Meet a pair of live Mallard ducks and enjoy a flight demonstration in our indoor “duck lab.”delawarenaturesociety.org/seasonal_progsDuPont Environmental Education Center

wAlK for lupuS Now delAwAre2K or 4K wAlKSunday, June 24Registration begins at7:30amWalk begins at 8:30amDravo Plaza

Blue rocKS vS. lYNchBurg hillcAtS June 28-30Frawley Stadiumvisit BlueRocks.com for moreinformation on game times and promotions.

wilmiNgtoN pirAte feStivAlSaturday and Sunday, June 29-30wilmingtonpiratefest.comTubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

All-You-cAN-eAt crAB cruiSeSEvery Thursday starting at 7pm, and Every Friday starting at 7pm. Looking for something fun and exciting to do this summer in the Wilmington Area? Then come see us for a unique experience right here on the Wilmington Riverfront. This summer we will be running more all-you can-eat crab cruises. wilmingtonriverboat.comRiverboat Queen


New Urban Farm Apprentice Joins DCH

Linda Evans has been named The Delaware Center for Horticulture’s (TheDCH) new Farm Apprentice at the Urban Farm in Wilmington’s 11th Street Bridge Neighborhood.

Evans, a New Castle native who lives in Wilmington with her young son, attended Delaware Technical Community College and is a recent graduate of the TheDCH’s Return to Work horticultural skills training program for ex-offenders. While training, she helped plant 450 trees to advance a community

CITY NOTES

Traditional Event, New TwistThe traditional St. Anthony of Padua’s Italian Festival, set for June 10 through

June 17, will introduce some changes this year.In addition to live Italian and contemporary music, authentic Italian food,

rides, games, and more, the festival will highlight Sicily with a Sicilian Garden and an Il Mercato (market) featuring items that are sold in the shops of Sicily.

Also this year, the 10th annual Gala Concert will feature a variety of celebrated artists, talented musicians, and stirring works. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, in St. Anthony of Padua Church. It will include the debut of St. Anthony’s new pipe organ, custom-built for the church. Noted organist Paul Fleckenstein will demonstrate the capabilities of this impressive instrument for concert attendees.

The food is one of the biggest draws to the week-long event, and 2012 will be no exception. The Antonian Surfside café will get an overhaul and will become the Little Italy Riviera, with Ryan German of Caffe Gelato partnering for a new menu of Italian favorites and seafood specialties. The area will also have nightly entertainment, including beer tastings and Quizzo.

For more information about the festival, visit stanthonysfestival.com.

initiative to reforest the City of Wilmington, and emerged as a natural leader.

“With her incredible work ethic, commitment to TheDCH, and her experience last year, she was clearly the best candidate,” says Tara Tracy, TheDCH’s urban agriculture manager.

Evans joins Tracy and urban farmer Alice Goodfellow Davis, as well as a committed core of volunteers at the Urban Farm, established at the corner of 12th and Brandywine streets. The project was created to empower residents to grow their way out of the “food desert” problem many urban communities face, and

to build a sense of community by working together to produce fresh vegetables and fruits.

“Linda had a ‘can-do’ work attitude as the Urban Farm intern during the 2011 growing season,” says Davis. “Her problem-solving abilities made the farm more efficient and productive. We look forward to great things in 2012.”

“I am excited about farming in Wilmington, and having my son and others taste the fresh vegetables that I grow, especially green beans, which are one of my favorites,” says Evans.

TheDCH cultivates greener communities statewide through horticulture, education and conservation. Founded in 1977, TheDCH’s Trolley Square headquarters includes public gardens, an art gallery, lecture hall, atrium, and greenhouse.

For more information, visit thedch.org.

Family Fun KickoffPart of Cabot Community Tour

On Saturday, June 16, the Wilmington Family Fun Kickoff will be held in Tubman-Garrett Park on the Riverfront from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is part of the 2012 Cabot Community Tour, which began in Miami and includes eight major stops along the East Coast throughout the next few months. The 2012 Community Tour was created to “celebrate those who give their hearts, time and skills to strengthen communities.”

The Wilmington event, which is free and open to the public, will showcase local community and nonprofit organizations. Proceeds from vendor fees will benefit the Food Bank of Delaware. The AARP will be on hand to collect non-perishable food items for the Food Bank. Each person who donates an item will be entered to win a special prize.

For more information, visit communitytour.coop or inwilmingtonde.com.

Rodney Square Gets A MakeoverOne of Downtown Wilmington’s most

recognizable and prominent locations, Rodney Square, is in the midst of a multi-phase makeover.

After nearly four years of planning, the first phase of a landscape improvement project began in early May. First proposed in November of 2008, the project is a collaboration between the City, the Delaware Center for Horticulture and the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), with financial support from a host of public and private sources.

According to Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker, the impetus for the project was the need to replace the trees surrounding the park.

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space so that people continue to enjoy its shade and beauty, we needed to find a solution to a uniquely urban problem--how to grow healthy trees in a small, impervious area.”

The multi-faceted project includes replacing the sickly trees surrounding the square; upgrading the sidewalk, curbs, and curb ramps around the park; installing new pedestrian crosswalks and decorative lighting fixtures; and mitigating storm water runoff, which introduces pollutants to the park’s soil.

Phase One of the project, estimated to cost $1 million, will address the 10th Street and King Street boundaries of the park. It’s scheduled for completion in mid-November. A start date and estimated cost has not yet been determined for Phase Two, which will address the 11th Street side of the square. The Market Street side of Rodney Square was renovated 10 years ago.

Mayor Baker found a solution by turning to TheDCH—the Wilmington-based organization that has worked with the City on many other horticultural projects and agreed to manage the Rodney Square landscape improvement project.

According to Pam Sapko, executive director of TheDCH, the current trees were planted in the early to mid-1990s and have not thrived due to insufficient soil volume and soil compaction.

“In order to replace the trees, we needed to identify a way to renovate the surrounding hardscape and retrofit the existing design to incorporate the greatest soil volume possible,” says Sapko. “Rodney Square’s new landscape design and under-the-sidewalk structural engineering to prevent soil compaction will result in fewer trees, but ultimately larger and healthier trees for this community park in downtown Wilmington.”

The bulk of the project’s cost, $800,000, was provided through federal funds; the remaining $200,000 in matching funds was provided by the City of Wilmington ($50,000), the Garden Club of Wilmington ($30,000), and Transportation Enhancement funds from the following Delaware legislators: Sen. Robert I. Marshall, District 3 ($25,000); Rep. Dennis P. Williams, District 10 ($25,000); Rep. Gerald Brady, District 4 ($20,000); Rep. James Johnson, District 16 ($15,000), Rep. John L. Mitchell, District 13 ($15,000), and Rep. Stephanie T. Bolden, District 2 ($20,000).

Finally, Mayor Baker thanked DuPont, M&T Bank, and Bank of America for donating $3,000 each to pay for the new trees.

For more information, visit wilmingtonde.gov.

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This month the festival season kicks into high gear, and Wilmington is at the center of it all.

The fun kicks off with the Holy Trinity Greek Festival from Tuesday to Saturday, June 5-9,

from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day. The grounds surrounding Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at

9th and Broom streets will quickly become a feast for the senses. Traditional Greek music, dancing and food

are the main attractions, with children’s activities and Greek vendors also in the mix.

For lunch, a free shuttle service will be available from 9th and Market streets Tuesday through

Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For those who can’t dine-in for lunch, the festival offers a new service of

curbside pick-up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day. For more information, visit holytrinitywilmington.org/

greekfestival.

The cultural celebrations continue with St. Anthony’s Italian Festival from Sunday, June 10, to

Sunday, June 17. The area surrounding St. Anthony of Padua Church becomes a taste of Italy with authentic

food, music and experiences straight from the native land of many of those who live in Little Italy.

For 2012, the festival’s cultural focus is Sicily—Italy’s island paradise. Some of the food cafes will get

makeovers to offer new specialties designed to tempt the taste buds. Of course there is plenty of fun for

the kids, with amusement rides and games on the midway. For more details, visit stanthonysfestival.com.

A new event joins the Wilmington scene this year—the Wilmington Family Fun Kickoff. It takes

place in Tubman-Garrett Park on the Riverfront on Saturday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free event

will include live entertainment, a Passport to the Outdoors Prize Packet giveaway, children’s activities, a

sports zone and more.

The event is part of Cabot Cheese’s 2012 Community Tour, which celebrates communities from Miami,

up the East Coast, closely following the route of the East Coast Greenway and culminating in Portland,

Maine. For more information, visit communitytour.coop.

The Delaware Center for Horticulture is growing more than just plants and fl owers. This year marks

the 30th Anniversary of the City Gardens Contest and, to celebrate, the contest will include a tour of

some of the most interesting, creative and stunning gardens in the city. Gardeners from all over Wilmington

will share fl ower gardens, water features, potted gardens, vegetables, outdoor artwork and more.

There is no cost to have a garden on the tour, but tour-goers must purchase $10 tickets. Tour dates

are Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit dch.org.

The DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival returns to Rodney Square this year from June 18 to June

23. The event celebrating live jazz music typically draws nearly 40,000 people to the downtown. The live

entertainment is free. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets to relax and enjoy the smooth

jazz sounds on the square. Food and drink vendors are also on hand for refreshment. For more information,

visit wilmingtonde.gov.

Another return event this summer is Wilmington Beer Week, when restaurants of Wilmington shine

a spotlight on that favorite summer beverage—beer. This year’s shenanigans will be held for one week,

beginning July 14.

The week will feature special dinner pairings, with chef creations and craft beers, a city-wide

happy hour, dinners and receptions with brewers and more. For more information and details, visit

wilmingtonbeerweek.com.

Every month we feature a few of the staff’s favorite things that are happening in the city. Our favorites for June include:1. Spaceboy Clothing on the 600 Block of Market Street not only has fun, unique t-shirts, but can also do

custom designs.

2. Photographers Luigi Ciuffetelli and Scott Hewitt opened their studio on an upper fl oor of 605 N. Market St.

3. Scott’s in the Community Service Building is a perfect spot to grab a quick breakfast or lunch.

4. Designs by Keiko on Orange Street features women’s clothing and accessories.

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