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• • • Sure-fire mood boosters

• • • Why we love comfort foods

• • • Feel-good tunes, movies & more

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Fending off the February blahs. By Scott Pruden10 cheery tips to beat the winter. By Shawna SneathReader suggestions. Comforting recipes.

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O&ACONTENTSFebruary 2012 | Vol. 24, No. 12| www.outandaboutnow.com

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By Bob YearickWORD 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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Discrete Also pronounced dis-

kreet, also an adjective, means separate and

distinct, as opposed to simply separate. For example (or e.g.), if a company has three separate divisions, the divisions may

have little autonomy. If, however, they are

discrete divisions, they have considerable

autonomy.

Discreet Pronounced dis-kreet, is an adjective meaning prudent, tactful, circumspect.

Media WatchApparently the news media were particularly care-less as 2011 came to an end. In cleaning out our MW fi le, we came across enough examples to (almost) fi ll a column. To wit:

• Jody McDonald, an old WIP favorite of ours, not-ing that there were a lot of sports topics to discuss: “Th ere’s plenty of food for fodder.” File this one under Department of Redundancies Dept. because food and fodder are essentially the same. He meant either “food for thought” or “fodder for conversation.”

• An AP story noted that an overhead camera came loose during a bowl game and the guide wire wrapped around a player. � at’s guy wire. For more on this rather odd term, see pg. 51 in your copy of ˜ e War on Words book. What’s that, you don’t have a copy? For shame.

• CBS’s Norah O’Donnell reported that President Obama was “unwielding” on the subject of a tax cut for the middle class. Obviously, the president was unyielding on what could be described as an un-wieldy subject.

• USA Today: “One a° ect of a cancelled NBA season . . .” Th at’s the verb. Needed here, the noun – eff ect.

• Scott Graham on Westwood One, talking about NFL end-of-season possibilities: “Th e number of permeations . . .” He meant permutations, which are complete changes, transformations. Permeation re-fers to infusion, saturation, infi ltration.

• From a Spark review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy:“Th ough much compressed from the much-beloved six-hour BBC miniseries . . .” Again, a candidate for Department of Redundancies Dept. Beloved means dearly or greatly loved, so this phrase translates to “much dearly loved.” It also unnecessarily repeats the word “much” that appears four words earlier.

• From a News Journal obituary: “. . . an ever-abiding love of great music.” Another redundancy. Abiding means “enduring, long-lasting.”

• Mike Barnicle on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”: “I felt badly about the way I talked about Michelle Bach-man.” To feel badly actually means you are incom-petent at touching and sensing. You feel bad, Mike. You don’t feel sadly, do you?

• From a wire service report in the Philadelphia In-quirer: “Kevin Garnett is worried that the league’s shortened schedule will impede on his team’s ability to build chemistry.” If the writer did indeed mean “impede,” he should’ve dropped the “on.” We’re guessing he was thinking of “impinge on,” meaning aff ect or impact.

How long, oh Lord, how long?(In which we chronicle the continuing abuse

of that most maligned of punctuation marks, the apostrophe.)

A reader reports that he saw a news photo of a motorcycle gang whose members were wear-ing jackets with the word “Pagan’s” on the back. It never ends.

Correction/Clarifi cationIn last month’s column, our explanation of

where quotes are placed in relation to commas and periods was fraught with problems. To start with, we misused the word “principal,” meaning main or primary, when we should have written “principle,” meaning belief or value. Th en, our explanation was a bit confusing. To clarify: in the United States, quotation marks go outside periods and commas, even if only one word is quoted. In England, the quotes go inside the comma and period. Our point was that the latter practice seems to occur too of-ten in the good ol’ U.S.

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By Marie Graham

That Is Not OK!

FeedbackFeedback is always OK.

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I love snow. I love the anticipation of it starting. I love how pretty it looks before it’s been touched. I love the sound of silence right

after it stops falling and the way it refl ects light, making the house so bright yet softly lit inside. I love the feeling of being snowed in, and, of course, I love playing in it.

� ere are, however, certain annoyances that come with snow. My opinion is that most of these annoyances are manmade rather than nature’s fault.

Exhibit A: � e craze before the storm. � e grocery store always turns into total chaos when snow is in the forecast. When was the last time you were snowed in for more than a day or two? I understand making sure you have a few staples on hand, but people act like they’re preparing for nuclear fallout. Fights start over loaves of bread and the last bunches of bananas. I suppose people who otherwise rarely eat bread and bananas are convinced that they are crucial to snow storm survival. I can’t fi gure out any other reason for the shortage in supply.

and/or sleds and head out. 1. Have you shoveled your sidewalk yet? You know, the one that you share with all of your neighbors? If you haven’t, then do it now before it freezes and is impossible to fi x. It really won’t take that long. 2. Do you really need to take your Corvette for a spin right now? Because the rest of us have no doubt that you are going to get stuck, inevitably on a one-way street, causing the rest of us to be stuck now too. 3. Have you adequately removed the snow from your car? Because, although you’ve removed enough that you feel comfortable driving, the rest of us don’t appreciate the ice chunks that are fl ying off your roof and hitting our windshields while we’re driving down I-95. While you’re at it, don’t forget about clearing off the headlights and brake lights.

Equally frustrating as driving in snow is parking in it. If there is a substantial amount of snow on the ground, and your neighbor spends a good three hours shoveling a parking spot, chances are he didn’t do it so that you’d have a place to park. Taking that spot when you didn’t shovel your own is defi nitely not OK. On the other hand, there are the people who shovel their spots and save them with anything imaginable: chairs, trash cans, old doors, children...you name it. I understand why you do this, but eventually enough is enough. Not only are you making parking diffi cult on the rest of the block, you are preventing plows from cleaning up the rest of the street.

Right now, we’ve only had a minor amount of snowfall in 2012 and aside from the aforementioned Corvette, I didn’t notice too many poor snow-related behaviors. So let this be a warning for snow days yet to come: Slow down and shovel your own spots. What’s best for the rest of us will likely benefi t you too.

Everyone, pull yourselves together. Hysterics over impending snow is simply unnecessary.

And so it begins. � e fi rst fl urry falls and suddenly the roads become mayhem. I’m not sure why many of us here have such a hard time with driving in the snow. We don’t live in Florida. It snows here every year. Masses of people leave work early to beat the storm; most are driving way too fast, and the accidents start happening. It’s not the snow. It’s the people driving in the snow. Your SUV isn’t going to prevent you from slipping on ice, so stop tailgating the panicking old lady in the Geo Prism who you think is moving too slowly. As for you lovers of the brake, when will you learn that slamming the brakes when you feel yourself slipping just makes matters worse? � e bottom line is that it is OK to take your time and it is defi nitely OK to maintain a safe, no-need-to-slam-on-the-brakes, stopping distance.

� e aftermath. � e storm has ended, and you are ready to go have some fun. Ask yourself a couple of questions before you grab the beer

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Fend O ̃ The FEBRUARYBLAHSThe cold and gray got you down? Try these sure-fi re mood-boosters

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If months were people, February would be the

gloomy, sad-sack friend who casts a black

cloud over every otherwise happy scene.

There we were, celebrating the promise of

a new year during January, when along comes

the second month, dreary and cold, basically arch-

ing its eyebrow at us and saying, “So, you thought

you were going to accomplish so much. How’s that

going for you now?”

Granted, for many of us things might not be going that well. Many folks would prefer to just tuck under the covers around about Groundhog Day and emerge again in March with the hope that the dismal gray of the season has somewhat dissipat-ed. Unfortunately, unless you’re… well, a groundhog, that isn’t really an option.

So in the absence of full-on hiberna-tion, we here at Out & About have a few suggestions on how to feel good during a time when nature isn’t helping very much.

Get LitThough February days are short (late

December are the shortest of the year), lack of sunlight often has less to do with the length of the days than with the diminished quality of light during those daylight hours. It’s also a function of the indoors existence most of us lead during the colder months.

Researchers at places like the Mayo Clinic have traced the winter blahs, known clinically as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), to this reduction in exposure to bright light at this time of year and a subse-quent drop in the body’s production of the hormone serotonin.

SAD is marked by seasonal depression, in which sufferers experience a noticeable drop in energy and enthusiasm, changes in overall mood, an inclination to sleep more (but poorly), and a deterioration in eating habits (usually skewing toward higher-fat and carbohydrate foods).

Fend Off The To treat SAD, doctors will frequently

recommend that patients simply increase their exposure to bright light, usually for about 30 minutes a day. Full-spectrum light bulbs designed to give the effect of natu-ral sunlight or an electric lamp designed especially for that purpose are especially effective.

If you simply find yourself feeling a lit-tle down during the winter, the Mayo Clin-ic suggests that it can’t hurt to just make your lifestyle a little brighter. Open interior doors, blinds and curtains at home to let in more of the available daylight. If you’re stuck at work, make a point to allow your-self some outside time during lunch.

Remember that more severe SAD symptoms should probably be addressed by a doctor.

Get Fit Listening to hard-core marathoners

talk about “runner’s high” can get tedious for those of us not devoted to reaching su-perhuman levels of endurance, but there are reams of solid science behind the buzz that accompanies strenuous, long-term physical activity.

Whether you hear it from research-ers, your doctor or your personal trainer, it’s true that exercise helps elevate mood in much the same way as pharmacological antidepressants.

“Aerobic exercise makes people feel better emotionally and it’s also a way of

getting out and being with other people,” says Wilmington psychologist Dr. Sandra W. Taub. “And there’s also the whole no-tion that you’re doing something good for yourself.”

During exercise, your body releases hormones called endorphins. These natu-rally-occurring chemicals act on the brain in much the same way as a shot of an opiate drug like morphine, but without the pesky addiction and accompanying spiral of trag-edy that artificial opiates can bring.

In fact, all the things endorphins do are considered pretty helpful and will cer-tainly brighten your mood during these bleak days. Higher endorphin levels mean reduced stress and pain, a sense of eupho-ria and modulation of appetite, as well as an accompanying spike in sex hormones (more on that later) and a boost to the body’s immune system.

Get OutSo, now that you’ve gotten your light

therapy and are feeling better thanks to a healthy dose of endorphins, it’s time to take that improved attitude out among the rest of society.

Sure, even if there’s not three feet of snow on the ground the cold temperatures still make venturing out of the house less appealing. The key is to set yourself up with plenty of incentives to do so.

A 2003 study published in the British Journal of Psychology—one of many on the topic—determined a direct correla-tion between severity of seasonal depres-sion and one’s social life, noting that those with stronger social ties usually do better in dealing with depression.

“It’s important to get out because we’re social animals and it gives us a certain vali-dation,” Taub says. “There’s pleasure inter-acting with other people, it adds structure being with other people and certain groups making plans, and it takes away that feeling of isolation.”

With the holidays over and fewer social obligations on your calendar, now is a great time to explore all those things you’ve con-sidered doing but never got around to —a community college or tech school night class, an indoor athletic league (See “Get Fit,” above), a community theater group or writing group.

A quick Internet search or scan of the listings on MeetUp.org will give you an ex-

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cellent idea of who’s out there doing what, and if you’ve got friends doing something you find interesting—a book club, for in-stance—ask for an invitation to their next gathering; or start one of your own.

Taub notes that winter is also perfect for volunteering with many of the area or-ganizations that depend on non-paid help to keep going. “The people getting together might have a common goal—raising money for a certain cause or working to provide meals—where there’s the benefit of doing good for someone else but there’s also the benefit of doing a project with other people.”

In addition, while many of these groups see a surge of volunteers leading up to the holidays, interest during the later winter months can often fall off, meaning they’ll be thrilled to see you and will be especially appreciative of your help.

Get Busy...In the Bedroom—There’s a big reason

those Poconos resorts make a mint from wintertime visits to their champagne tow-ers and heart-shaped bathtub suites, and it sure ain’t the snow on the slopes. No, it’s good old-fashioned sex.

With all that cuddling under the covers and staying indoors, it’s no wonder statis-tics show that people tend to have more sex in the colder months. So turn up the heat a bit and watch your mood improve.

The uplifting effects of sex are manifold and combine several of the above recom-mendations. First, notes Wilmington sex therapist Dr. Debra Laino, sex is a cardio-vascular workout that can release those afore-mentioned euphoria-inducing en-dorphins.

Second, the act of having sex releases a tasty cocktail of other neurochemicals like oxytocin and dopamine to the brain. “Those chemicals often help a couple feel bonded and feeling good throughout the day and maybe a few days,” she says.

Third, Laino says, sex is the ultimate no-cost, at-home entertainment—perfect for nights when leaving the house isn’t an alluring prospect; like, say, when it’s cold outside.

“Turn the heat up a little higher and actually put something sexy on, because in the winter we don’t actually get to see each other’s bodies as much,” Laino says. “Put on lingerie and have maybe a lingerie picnic with a glass of wine.”

And finally, if sex doesn’t work for you, you can look ahead to Feb. 19. That’s when Phillies pitchers and catchers report to spring training, with the full squad follow-ing five days later.

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10 CHEERY TIPSWear Bright Colors Take yellow, for instance. A cheery yellow is associ-ated with the sun, and also causes you to produce more serotonin in the brain, which in turn makes you more op-timistic. Have some fun with color - there’s no rule saying you should blend in with the gray around you.

Omega-3sOmega-3 fatty acids are nu-tritional powerhouses that help boost your mood and keep your brain sharp, es-pecially when you’re indoors and feeling blah. It’s proba-bly a good idea to take these year ‘round, but they can be especially benefi cial in the winter months.

Take Time to Cook SomethingFood is comforting, and the process of cooking or bak-ing can be therapeutic as well. Spend some time in the kitchen making a dish you truly love. Maybe you’ll have an opportunity to create something complex that you wouldn’t normally have time for. There truly is satisfac-tion in spending time mak-ing something from scratch, both for yourself and the ones you love.

Pick Up Some Fresh FlowersRalph Waldo Emerson said, “Earth laughs in fl owers.” Bring some of that joy in-side! It will make you smile, and remind you of new life in coming months.

Eat a Piece of Chocolate a DayThe smell of chocolate alone can signifi cantly increase your brain waves and relax your body. That’s one of the reasons it’s widely used in spas. When you’re not out so-cializing or home-improving, curl up with a blanket, book, and box of chocolate (try not to eat the whole thing).

Smell a LemonAromatherapy has been used since ancient times to improve mood and health. The simple action of inhal-ing the fresh and invigorating smell of citrus fruits can in-stantly reduce stress and lift your spirits.

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2Vitamin DVitamin D is one of those other great things we absorb from the sun. When it’s not shining, take a D supplement, or stock up on D-rich foods such as salmon or soymilk.

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Combine eggs, cream, salt, pepper, mustard, nutmeg, and 1 cup of blue cheese crumbles in a large bowl to make custard. Whip well. Wash the potatoes and slice very thin. Add to cus-tard and make sure all potatoes are well coated. Pour into bak-ing dish and distribute potatoes evenly. Cover with parchment, then foil. Bake at 350 for 45 min, rotating once. When pota-toes are fully cooked, sprinkle the additional blue cheese on top. Bake another 5-8 minutes.

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It’s a weeknight, but there’s a wait for a table at one of New Castle County’s newest restaurants. The polite customers don’t seem to mind. Apparently, the extensive craft beer se-lection, the mussels—prepared four different way—and the flatbread pizzas are worth the wait.

The restaurant, Ulysses American Gastropub, isn’t along the Wilmington Riverfront. Nor is it in college-centric Newark. It’s tucked in the Shoppes of Graylyn, a North Wilmington strip center built to service the surrounding communities of split-level homes.

North Wilmington in many ways defines post-World War II suburbia in Delaware. “My dad built in Brandywine Hundred in the ‘60s and ‘70s because it was the place to be—great neighbor-hoods, schools, shopping,” says Dan Martelli of Bestfield Homes,

who, like his father, became a homebuilder. And it’s close to Phila-delphia, adds Martelli, who lives in North Wilmington.

Residents also like being near numerous grocery stores—at least eight—as well as shops and entertainment. “Living in Fairfax, everything is within a mile or two,” says David Monzo. “My daugh-ter loves that Panera Bread is in the Fairfax Shopping Center now. Lucky's is also a fav spot of the kids.”

Easy to see why businesses eye the area for locations. “It has a critical mass with high-income demographics,” Martelli says. Mike Lucey, who with his brother, Stephen, owns Ulysses, would agree. “It’s so densely packed with families and little business centers,” says Lucey, who, had been scoping Brandywine Hundred for a site since the 1990s.

Out & About in

Brandywine Hundred and environs offer history,

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in an area of a few square miles

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A RICH HISTORY Curled like a comma against the Pennsylvania border—created when the powers-that-be drew a circle around the courthouse in New Castle to define the boundaries—Bran-dywine Hundred was once one of 11 “hundreds” in New Castle County, according to Henry Clay Conrad’s “History of the State of Delaware.” The use of the geographic term has fallen out of favor in most areas, but stuck in North Wilmington.

Brandywine Hundred is Delaware’s highest and rockiest re-gion. For proof, visit Alapocas State Park, where rock-climbers with state permits take to the craggy wall. destateparks.com

In Alapocas, Blue Ball Barn, built in 1914 by Alfred I. duPont, is a remnant of the farmland that once dominated the area. It’s now an event venue. A few miles away, Highland Orchards is a ru-ral oasis in suburbia. The farm has been in one family’s hands since Clark Webster purchased the property in 1832. Today, it’s known for its produce, apple donuts and active, community-supported agriculture program. highlandorchardsde.com

North Wilmington was once dotted with estates, including Al-fred I. duPont’s home, Nemours Mansion and Gardens. nemours-mansion.org

Some owners sought to capture the river breezes. Take Archmere, John J. Raskob’s country estate. It’s now the home of Archmere Acad-emy, a private Catholic high school. archmereacademy.com

Bellevue Hall, located in Bellevue State Park, was built in the 1850s and purchased by William duPont Sr. in 1883. His son, who remodeled the mansion, erected indoor horse-training facilities and a tennis court. The Tennis Center and Wellspring Farm Eques-trian Center now operate in the park, which is laced with pictur-esque trails. destateparks.com

Rockwood Museum, a 150-year-old, Rural Gothic-style estate, is a public park with an English garden, an idyllic setting for the annual Delaware Shakespeare Festival. (Auditions are Feb. 11-12 for this year’s production, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.) nccde.org/rockwood/default.aspx

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THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! Shakespeare has a presence all year long in Arden. � e village, founded in 1900 as an artistic enclave, is named for the forest in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. A turnstile bears the inscription “You are Welcome Hither,” a quote from King Lear.

On Sunday, Feb. 12, the Shakespeare Gild will feature a show-case of the Bard’s works, featuring actors ages 6 to 18 in the Arden Gild Hall. On Saturday, Feb. 18, the hall will host singer David Jo-hansen, and you’re just as likely to hear folk, jazz and rock. arden-club.org

� e “Ardens” also includes Ardentown, the residence of the New Candlelight Dinner � eatre, which presents Miss Saigon through March 11. nctstage.org

For something edgier, travel down to Mojo 13, which follows the motto: “Live Original Music. Alcohol. Strange People.” Enough said. mojothirteen.com

For something elegant, � e Blue Ballroom Dance Studio holds open dances with a cover charge. Attend as a couple or come alone. “You’re guaranteed to make new friends and pick up a few new moves,” promises director Ken Richards.

And for something sophisticated, there’s Sullivan’s Steakhouse, which features live music in its lounge. Come early on � ursdays, when the lounge also off ers $6 “Knockout Martinis,” $6 select wines by the glass and $6 bar menu items. It can be hard to secure a seat. “� e place rocks,” says general manager Bill White. sulli-vansteakhouse.com

Sullivan’s isn’t the only Brandywine Hundred hotspot off ering sizzling steaks and cool tunes. Harry’s Savoy Grill on Friday, Feb. 3, hosts its “First Friday Happy Hour.” � e monthly event, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., has drink specials, complimentary nibbles and live music. Featured this month: Simple Pleasure. harrys-savoy.com

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DINE AROUND—AND AROUND AND AROUND � ere was a time when Harry’s was an anomaly. Creative cuisine was hard to fi nd in Brandywine Hundred. No longer. Culinaria in Branmar Shopping Center liv-ened up the scene when it opened in 1999. culinariarestaurant.com

Corner Bistro, which joined the neigh-borhood in 2003, recently underwent a renovation that gives it French airs with modern fl air. Menu highlights include the tarte fl ambee selection, a fl atbread-like piz-za-tart with a crunchier crust. � e creamy brie in the cheese platter is sinful. (Don’t fear: � e black bean soup and the Cuban sandwich are still on the lunch menu.) my-bistro.com

Co-owner Mickey Donatello, who can’t resist a good tweak, will next spruce up Lucky’s, his coff ee house/diner, which oc-cupies the old Ranch House location. luck-ysco ̃eeshop.com

Into this friendly fray, enter brave Ulyss-es. � e restaurant already has proved it has the chops. Chef Sean McNeice’s dishes in-clude pork belly pierogies, a blackened cat-fi sh “Reuben,” and onion-crusted sea bass.

McNeice, who grew up in North Wilm-ington, lives just a menu’s throw from the restaurant with his family.

“I want my boys to have the same sense of security and community that my wife had growing up in South Graylyn and I had growing up in � e Timbers,” says McNeice, referring to two established developments. “� ere’s something about a neighborhood with sidewalks that lets you know the peo-ple who live in the houses are part of a big-ger picture. � ey make their homes where they want to be neighbors, not just home-owners.”

Many residents have lived in the area since those developments were built. Lucey says seniors are the restaurant’s bread and butter from 2 to 4 p.m., when they enjoy a beer and sandwich or early dinner. You’ll also catch them dining early at Culinaria, especially on Tuesday when crispy potato-crusted catfi sh is available.

Early birds beat the crowds, and that’s always been the case at � e Charcoal Pit, which opened in 1956. Yes, the burgers with their signature relish are the star, but on Fri-days crab cakes and clam chowder pack ‘em in. charcoalpit.net

Tracing its roots to 1935, Stanley’s Tav-ern is another institution. � e menu has kept pace with the times. Still, customers would complain if the restaurant ditched its soup and salad bar. stanleys-tavern.com

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TAX-FREE SHOPPING ON THE LINE Claymont’s cheesesteaks at-tract even Philly residents to North Wilmington, but there’s an-other reason why Pennsylvania tags pepper the parking lots: tax-free shopping close to the border. Concord Mall, understandably, is a draw. Yet independent boutiques also boast a client base that crosses state lines.

Lady’s Image, for instance, has been serving well-heeled fash-ionistas since 1979. “I blended my passion for fashion with a com-munity mindset, and it’s worked well,” says Jane Strobel, who owns the women’s clothing and accessories business with sister Janice Venema. Mother-of-the-bride is big business here. ladysimage-fashions.com

Lady’s Image is close to Simply Home, which over the years has moved from specializing in shabby chic items to furniture and design services. visitsimplyhome.com

Both are within easy driving distance of Basia Gifts, which re-cently moved from Foulk Road to Talleyville. � e shop shares the shopping center space with Great Stuff , a resale shop that benefi ts the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, (greatstu ̃resale.com) and Bon Appetit, a gourmet food shop that’s anchored the center since 1986. (Try the baked brie.)

Basia’s owner, Marie Swyka, never considered leaving Brandy-wine Hundred when she needed more space for her cards, candles, gifts, handbags, and whimsical items.

“� ere was far more opportunity to move to other locations in Delaware, but it simply would not have been worth losing the relationships that we have here and the wonderful people we have been able to serve,” she says. basiagifts.com

“I’m jumping the gun on this, but keep an eye out for El Diablo Burritos, second location set to open next to Culinaria. It’s always worth trying these bundles of deliciousness.”

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Meatloaf. Apple Pie. Chili. Chicken pot pie. By definition, these easy-to-cook, happy-to-eat dishes that evoke nostalgia and sentimentality exemplify what comfort foods have come to mean. Some people crave them when feeling blue; others after extended travel when eating habits are helter skelter. A reunion can be a buffet of things past, while everything from illness and

funerals to national tragedy (9/11) can trigger a pang of hunger for the familiar. The first time the term “comfort food” gained dictionary status was in 1977, though

certainly the concept was already ingrained in the consciousness of the home cook. It existed in American regional cuisine. When you consider ethnic background or geography, it just makes sense, for instance, that we crave crabs here in the Mid-Atlantic during summer. Just think of all the ethnic festivals throughout the country and their proximity to immigrant strongholds. Portuguese fish stews are to the Northeast what Cajun gumbo is to New Orleans. The same is true around the world. For every country that dots the Pacific Rim, for example, there is a cuisine that defines what it means to have grown up or lived there.

Comfort foods also have a strong association with childhood. How many of us retain memories of mothers and grandmothers concocting one-pot wonders while we watch cartoons in the den from an island of throw pillows and crocheted afghans? For me, it was awaiting the first round of family and visitors on Christmas Eve while the aroma from an eight-hour pot of spaghetti sauce with garlic and basil hung heavy in the air.

Mood also can determine what we eat. Give me a blustery, cold winter day, and my thoughts turn to a desolate seaside town. I seek out a bowl of bacony chowder or a steaming pot of ebony-shelled mussels (extra bread, please) and a pint of frothy Guinness. If I’m feeling particularly overworked—like last holiday—I’ll slip out in the middle of it all to the nearest raw bar and double down with a bottle of bubbly and a dozen briny oysters on the half-shell. This past New Year’s Day, mom threw on the crockpot with pork shoulder, sauerkraut, apples and beer; it all but said, “Stay out of the kitchen! Sit back, relax, drink, nap, whatever. But dinner’s covered, and it’ll be every bit as good as it smells!”

I pretty much find all food comforting. So even the stacked, infused, inverted and deconstructed have a place in making me feel good inside. Just sitting down to a restaurant table, I can feel layers of stress peel away as I sip a cocktail or a first glass of wine, pondering

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what I might eat. A well-conceived menu has a balance of what the restaurant is best known for and some edgy stuff for people who dine out more frequently and want something outside the box. As a consumer, that provides you with options, and in turn, the restaurant with your loyalty.

So where do comfort foods fit in with the latest food trends? Competitors for your dining dollar have their crosshairs set on your memory and moods, too. Hard economic times send consumers back to what they know and love. Food trucks, street foods and ingredient- or dish-specific restaurants will continue to be all the rage in 2012. In the last few years more chefs have been putting variations of comfort foods on their menus while managing to keep things au courant. Who hasn’t spotted the ubiquitous lobster mac-n-cheese on menus? Or the meatloaf with foie gras and truffles? It can get a bit gimmicky, but it puts people in seats.

We self-medicate when we seek out comfort foods, too, and that’s not always a bad thing. While a bad break-up can put us on the couch with box after box of bon-bons, it can also provide a kick in the pants to get out to our favorite restaurant or bakery. Men tend to crave meaty, stew-like, earthy comfort foods while women trend toward the sweet, gooey and decadent; children go for more snack-type foods.

Every meal we take is an opportunity to learn more about food and flavors. But just like a great movie, novel or favorite TV show, sometimes repeats are just what the doctor ordered. And that’s comforting.

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

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In partnership with chefs from Delaware’s favorite restaurants, Premier Wine & Spirits this month kicks off a Chef Tasting Series at its interactive tast-ing/sampling bar in Limestone Shopping Center, 2052 Lime-stone Road.

To be held the fi rst Wednesday of each month, the series will enable wine, beer and food enthusiasts to meet their favorite local chefs, sample their signa-ture dishes, and enjoy hand-selected wines and beers from Premier. � e $20 admission fee will go to the chef ’s charity of choice.

� e series will be hosted by Mike Whitwell, general manager and somme-lier of Premier. Paul Egnor, head chef at Pizza by Elizabeth’s, will be the fi rst chef featured in the series on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.

To register, go to premierwinespirits.com. Attendance will be limited to 35.

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The following is the “startling conclusion” of the article that ran in the December, 2011 issue of O&A and was rudely delayed by my three primary nemeses: time, space and di-mension — a triumvirate that challenge me on a moment-

to-moment basis. But first, a recap:

Winter Solstice—good, holy, really old tradition and, of course, bier has been there from the beginning.European Monks—good, holy, really old brewers of bier, especial-ly in Germany and Belgium.Burke W. Griswold’s European Vacation—good, less than holy, traditionally inebriated tour of all the biery delights the continent has to offer.Munich Bier Hall—good place to drink a bier, bad place to try to undo your lederhosen in a hurry.Oktoberfest—great place to drink a bier (unless you can only have one; in which case you’re undoubtedly going to want to kill every-one around you).Oktoberfest (again)—Bad place for those who don’t like John Denver. Also, bad place to break a mug.

OK, now that you’re caught up, here is the startling conclusion:Third Stop: Belgium—Brussels Airport.You know there’s something different going on when the first

thing you see in a country is a Coca-Cola vending machine illumi-nating a (much) larger-than-life image of a cherubic, Cupid-esque knave taking a wiz into a bottle of, you guessed it, Coca-Cola! I’m not making this up. This cute little cherub was, presumably, piss-ing an explosion of psychedelic stars, trails and “soda-urine.” And I hadn’t had a drop of Delirium Tremens or Fin du Monde, or any other inebriant, for that matter!

Questions really started to overwhelm me: Where the hell am I? Who thought this made sense? What are they trying to say about Coca-Cola? What are they saying about cute little angels? If they pee in soda bottles in Belgium, what goes into the bier? Why am I ob-sessing about a soda advertisement in the Bier Capital of the World??

Good questions, all. For the answers, I went to the first little cafe, right there in the airport, and had a bier. It was 8:23 a.m., but add the six-hour time difference and I rationalized it was after noon at home, so it was perfectly OK.

Now, let’s keep in mind that I’m in Belgium. The worst bier here, I figured, had to be better than most of the bier available at home, right?

NOW, WHERE WAS I?SUDS:Wherein our bier expert picks up

where he left off in December—

namely, Belgium

Wrong—really wrong. Now I’m not going to tell it you it was the worst bier I ever had, ‘cause it wasn’t. That honor goes to a 90+ degree bottle of “Old German” that I was encouraged to drink while in college as part of a truly sadistic fraternity initiation. At a tepid 48 degrees, this distinctly uninspired Pilsner (Jupiler, if you ever find yourself in Belgium, looking for a bier to avoid) actually triggered a gag reflex. Perhaps it was because it was early in the morning, in an airport, but my first bier experience in Belgium was a combination of bewilderment and disappointment. And nausea.

But then things began to take a turn for the better. While sit-ting at this little airport cafe, I picked up a brochure about Brus-sels, and, BAM! There it was, right on the cover of this brochure: The Manneken-Pis!

As it turns out, my confusion over the Coca-Cola machine was really just due to my ignorance of Belgian art and culture. Turns out the little boy in the Coke ad is actually a commercialized ad-aptation of one of Belgium’s most treasured pieces of art. At 61cm (approximately 24 inches), the Manneken-Pis is a relatively small statue on display on a street just off the Grand Place in the center of Brussels. But what he lacks in size he more than makes up for in “exposure.” This little guy is everywhere in Belgium. He’s like the Belgian Statue of Liberty, adorning things as disparate as tax preparation services and, well, Coca-Cola machines.

And here’s the best part: On several occasions (infuriatingly not identified in the brochure by date or occasion), the little guy is actually hooked up to a keg of bier so he can serve cups to de-lighted passersby. Alas, I wasn’t there on any of those occasions, but I did get a chance to see him, oddly enough, dressed like a South American futbol player. I’m telling you, these people are definitely a little “bent”; but then again, that’s probably why I like them! I didn’t visit it, but there actually is a museum dedicated to housing all of the costumes that have adorned “Squirt” (the affec-tionate moniker I have assigned him) over the centuries, the oldest of which dates back to the 17th century.

Now you know.Next month: Fourth stop, Bruges

By J. Burke Morrison

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BLACK CHOCOLATE STOUT - 10% (Brooklyn Brewing Co.) I remember viv-idly the very fi rst time I tried Brooklyn Chocolate Stout. It was Christmas of ‘94 and I had just made my fi rst legal trip into State Line Liquors. Seeing as how it was all on the up and up, I took about an hour combing through the beers looking for the perfect brew to bring up to my parents’ Wilmington home for the holidays. I eventually decided on the fancy yet understated black bottle from Brooklyn. What we found in those bottles was just incredible. Still to this day, the balance between the co� ee and the chocolate is spot-on. It’s a chocolate stout that drinks perfectly all the way through, from the to� ee-like aroma to the co� ee-like fi nish.

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ish Garnacha that shows purity of fruit and fi nesse.

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Don’t let your social life fall victim to hibernation this winter. Throwing an intimate dinner party for friends can be a great

way to beat the winter blues. Here are a few simple ways to make your gathering an event:

• Set the mood. Make your home inviting on a winter’s night with fresh cut flowers and candles.

• Encourage interesting conversations. Arrange three smaller centerpieces instead of one large conversation-stopping arrangement. This will keep the table feeling open and allow your guests to mingle. Warm cocktails will help too (See sidebar).

• Enhance the ambience with dinner music. Plan a jazz playlist that includes artists old and new (See sidebar). It will create a wonderfully intimate atmosphere in your home.

• Serve a seasonal favorite — fondue. What’s more com -forting than warm cheese and chocolate on a cold evening?

• WWEPD? (What would Emily Post do?) She would get out her grandmother’s china and set place cards. So should you. These special touches will add glamour to your tablescape.

• Take this opportunity to channel your inner June Cleaver. Get out your LBD (Little Black Dress) and throw on your apron and pearls. Make sure to tell your guests to leave the sweatshirts at home.

Need some inspiration? Take a trip to Petals Flowers & Fine Gifts in Greenville. The atmosphere alone is enough to inspire any hostess. From festive napkins and place cards by Caspari, to aro-matic Voluspa candles, they have everything you need to plan the perfect winter gathering.

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Dinner Party Playlist1. “The Lady is a Tramp” Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 2. “Someone to Watch Over Me” Amy Winehouse3. “Cheek to Cheek” Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong4. “Beyond the Sea” Bobby Darin5. “I’ll Be Seeing You” Billie Holiday6. “Makin’ Whoopee” Frank Sinatra7. “Miles Davis” All Blues8. “Sway” Dean Martin 9. “My Funny Valentine” Miles Davis10. “It Had to Be You” Ray Charles11. “Monicas Val“ Bill Evans

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Pour hot chocolate into a heatproof cup. Add amaretto to taste. Stir and serve.

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Some Lewes beachhouses, bars, and even the nearby seaside at Cape Henlopen were a little more active than usual last

month. No, there wasn’t a sudden influx of beachgoers due to the unseasonably warm weather. Instead, Lewes was playing temporary home to a film production crew headed by Delaware musician and independent director Chris Malinowski.

Malinowski was shooting his latest film, a feature-length drama with the deliberately arcane title of Yes, Your Tide Is Cold and Dark, Sir (a bit more on that curious title later). Malinowski, who is guitarist and front man for the local band The Collingwood, penned the original story, composed the score, and took one of the lead roles in the film.

Yes, Your Tide, as Malinowski refers to the film, is, on the surface, a mystery story about a charismatic guitar teacher and three of his teenage musical disciples who disappear without a trace into the surf at Cape Henlopen. Months later, the teacher’s estranged son comes to Lewes in part to search for his father

and the teens but also to come to terms with his hometown, his parents, and his disconnection from his own history. Malinowski sees the film as both a love letter to his favorite Delaware town but also as a meditation on loss, isolation, and the absence of familial relationships.

“Lewes has this warm austerity,” says Malinowski. “There’s a charming, churning hum to the place that appeals to me.”

The character of the brash, magnetic teacher is inspired by Malinowski’s own father, who died several years ago. But the mystery narrative is really just a framework to serve Malinowski’s deeper intent as a filmmaker. “I feel like it’s my job to elicit an emotional response from the viewer, to lead people to a state of mind where they can confront challenges and questions in their own lives through the film.”

Malinowski studied cinema and photography at Ithaca College in New York and later paid his dues doing post-production work in Los Angeles. Although he worked on several films

By Mark Fields

TO LEWES, WITH LOVEA Delaware musician-filmmaker pays homage to the town and his father

L to R: Ian Mosely-Duffy (assistant camera), Justin Valls (sound) and Chris Malinowski. Photo by Bob Stuart

Night shooting at Lewes beaches.Photo by Christine Barone

L to R: Bob Stuart (Cinematographer), Chicago’s Ted LeBlang (actor), Chris Malinowski (writer, director, actor), and Greg Tigani (actor).

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and TV shows, he found the commercial focus of the business unsatisfying. “I couldn’t see myself working there long term. I like making fi lms about common folks just living in their environment.”

He returned to Delaware in the early 2000s in hopes of creating his own cinematic paths. After a few years of working to pay the rent, he used a separation package from Wachovia to fi nance his fi rst non-student fi lm, Alms You Say, which he screened mostly for friends and fi lm enthusiasts throughout the region.

Malinowski has greater ambitions for Yes, Your Tide… After another several months of editing and other post-production work, he plans to promote the fi lm to the fi lm festival circuit and perhaps fi nd an overseas distributor. His fervent hope is to fi nd a Hollywood studio to pick it up and release it commercially.

In the meantime, he will continue with � e Collingwood, his band (“Music is equally cinematic as fi lmmaking”), and also with his own thriving guitar teaching studio (Yes, he assumed that mantle after his father’s death).

He will also continue to enjoy in retrospect the experience of Yes, Your Tide… He speaks fondly of the people assembled to make his cinematic vision a reality. Many of the actors in the

cast spent months leading up to the shoot in unpaid rehearsal (� ey were paid for the actual shooting days). He also praises the eff orts of cinematographer Bob Stewart and editor Ben Whitten. And he is especially grateful to his executive producer and fi nancier, Alan Burkhard, a Delaware entrepreneur who wholly underwrote the production. “I couldn’t have made the fi lm without him,” says Malinowski, with a smile. “He’s smart, honest, and blunt, and he kicks my ass when I need it.”

Malinowski reserves his greatest praise for the leaders and citizens of Lewes, who opened their businesses and streets to him and his crew. “I was honored, amazed by their trust.”

And that cryptic title? Malinowski declines to fully explain it. “I’ve taken plenty of fl ak for it,” he says. � e crew pressured him to opt for something simpler, especially for the production t-shirt, but he was, and is, adamant. “It is a line that occurs in the fi lm, but I think explaining it would take something away. In my music and in my fi lms, I don’t like to provide all the answers. I want to keep the listeners and the viewers guessing…so the fi lm or the music continues to have a life outside the theater.”

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Comfort FilmsEnjoy this varied menu of cinematic equivalents to

meat loaf and mashed potatoes: familiar but oh, so tasty.

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Wall-E (2008). Perhaps not as clever as Toy Story or as thrilling as The Incredi-bles, this nevertheless is one of the most endearing fi lms from Pixar. The story of a lonely robot left to endlessly clean a trash-fi lled future Earth, Wall-E fi nds deep humanity in a machine’s quest for connection and, yes, love.

Remember The Titans (2000). Emotionally satisfying in a completely different way, this fi lm about a high school football team’s struggle to overcome racial ten-sion still hums with excitement after multiple viewings. Denzel Washington and Will Patton lead a talented cast in a true-life story of competition and, eventually, bonding.

Apollo 13 (1995). Maybe not an obvious choice for this list, but the movie’s triumphant conclusion, based on historical events, brings a jolt to the heart and a smile, as do the sincere performances of Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Kevin Bacon.

Babe (1995). This delightfully quirky animal tale follows its porcine hero through a series of farmyard adventures as he aspires to become a cham-pion if unconventional sheep-herder. James Cromwell is a deadpan delight as Farmer Hoggett.

The Princess Bride (1987). Funny, rousing, and thoroughly memorable, there isn’t a false note (or less-than-stellar performance) to be found in this roman-tic adventure. Filled with quotable lines and set to a beautiful score by Mark Knopfl er, this Rob Reiner classic is a great personal favorite. Say it with me…“As You Wish!”

By Mark Fields

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IN TUNEWITH OURTUNES

Whether we want to feel happy, inspired, creative—even smarter—music can have

a profound eff ect on us

By Matt Amis

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A few notes of a melody, a few kicks of a drum beat, and synapses instantly begin firing, trig-gering an emotional response deep in our sub-conscious.

There are songs tied to moments in our memory banks. There is music that inspires us, pumps us up, or gets our creative juices flow-

ing. But perhaps most important, music has the profound power to make us feel good.

“Music is the world’s greatest antidepressant,” says music ther-apist Joe Reilly, whose practice—Tune-Up Network Enterprises—is in Landenberg, Pa. “There is absolutely a science to it. Certain rhythms will increase physiological function. Major scales and keys have a positive, well-resolved sound that can bring joy and positive vibes. And even my four-year-old daughter can pick up on the anger of an AC/DC track.”

Music can affect, and often reflect, the way we feel. It’s all rela-tive, Reilly says, and a lot depends on personal preference. Natu-rally, we respond more positively to the music we like. During his sessions at Wilmington’s Gilpin Hall Nursing Home, Reilly gets strong positive reactions to swing and big band music from older patients, and reserves Motown for the younger residents.

In a broader sense, we might play a snappy pop tune to im-prove our mood on a bad day. Up-tempo songs might help us exercise, just like a Barry White record might seem appropriate when we’re feeling amorous.

“I find that I’m usually playing stuff that fits my mood,” says Chris Avino, who owns Rainbow Records in Newark. “Sure, sometimes you want to hear something upbeat to get your adrena-line pumping, but sometimes it’s just a rainy, crappy day and I want to listen to something twangy.”

There’s no doubting music’s power to reflect, enhance or dictate how we feel. But the link between music and the mind runs even deeper.

At the Music School of Delaware, an 88-year-old institution with campuses in Wilmington and Milford, early-childhood classes seek to develop a joy for music in kids as young as six weeks. Simply being around and participating in music helps to foster creative and emotional growth in developing minds.

“What we see is growth of fine motors skills, aural skills, lis-tening, hearing and matching pitch, and developing a steady beat in your body,” says Cheri Astolfi, the school’s executive director.

That pattern—music’s ability to affect the mind—continues in adults. Studies show that pre- and post-surgery patients are more relaxed when music is played. Assigning a melody to a pneumonic device can aid with memory. And it’s been suggested that listening to certain types of classical music—especially Mozart—can actu-ally make you smarter.

“I think we spend so much of our day dealing with the con-crete,” says maestro David Amado of the Delaware Symphony Or-chestra. “So when we have an opportunity to explore the abstract, a place that has no everyday labels, I think it’s a wonderful op-portunity.”

But why? What is it about music that flips switches in our brains and ignites our emotions? “Personally I love Beethoven’s

On a visceral level, Bailey says, music is just plain good for the soul.

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7th Symphony,” Astolfi says. “It just touches me. It speaks to me in a way that a lot of symphonies don’t. I can’t tell you why that is—it just does. I think a lot of people struggle to articulate that. They can tell you that it’s wonderful and meaningful, but I don’t think they can tell you what it is.”

It turns out it isn’t just the cognitive mind that’s affected by music. Our brains also respond to music on a chemical level. University psychology studies show that when we anticipate and experience a pleasurable response while listening to music, our brain reacts in distinct and specific ways to release dopamine, the neurotransmitter that makes us feel good.

“Music can be a tool to affect emotional change,” Reilly says. “Where some traditional medicines shut down synaptic connec-tions, music can reopen them. The thing about music is it affects your heart as much as it’ll affect your brain waves.”

For the average person, our brains allow music to enrich, relax or stimulate. For people like Amado, Astolfi, and Grand Opera House executive director Steve Bailey, music is an inextricable thread in their daily lives. Bailey says he consumes so much music that he occasionally switches to talk radio, “just for a breath of air.” Though he holds near and dear a variety of records and artists (“I’ve been playing Pink Floyd for 40 years,” he says. “I’m almost afraid now that I’ll break it”), he says he gravitates toward more avant-garde offerings—like punk icons Mink DeVille—to stimu-late his creative mind. “Nowadays I listen to the more obscure stuff, where the creativity and the soul are really dripping from the notes.”

Avino says the Rolling Stones’ “Exile on Main Street,” Ryan Ad-ams’ “Heartbreaker,” and the Black Keys’ “The Big Come Up” are albums he can never exhaust. “Every song just hits home,” he says.

Our brains and our bodies reward us for listening to our favor-ite music. And on a visceral level, Bailey says, music is just plain good for the soul. “And I don’t say that because I work in the music business,” he says. “I work in the music business because of that. I tried doing something else for a few years and I couldn’t stand it.”

Music can be whatever we need it to be: a stimulus or a stimu-lant; an action or a reaction. Either way, it’s wondrous to think about how a few simple sound waves can stir such deep, meaning-ful reactions within us.

Says Amado: “It’s these vibrations in the air, and with those vibrations, you are able to put very direct and pointed emotions on people. It’s an amazing trick, when you think about it.

“It’s like magic. There’s no text to guide you—nothing but sound waves, textures and pacing, [yet] it evokes feeling, and that’s amazing.”

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Ben Francisco: “A Star Is Born” by Jay-Z, “Moment 4 Life” by Nicki Minaj

Ross Gload: “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” by Metallica

Ryan Howard: “Otis” by Jay-Z & Kanye West, “I’m On One” by DJ Khaled

Raul Ibanez: “Times Like These” by the Foo Fighters

Roy Oswalt: “Whistling Dixie” by Randy Houser

Placido Polanco: “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” by Pitbull

Jimmy Rollins: “Bright Lights Bigger City” by Cee Lo Green, “Play Your Part” by Wale, “The Show Goes On” by Lupe Fiasco

Sports: A Special Case

Music plays a particularly important role in sports. Athletes at all levels are rarely seen without their

headphones, from the time they emerge from the team bus all the way through warm-ups. Even non-athletes wear them during gym workouts. Locker rooms are another constant source of music. HBO audiences who watched the recent series 24/7 saw the Philadelphia Flyers celebrate each victory by jamming in the locker room to “Knock Knock” by rapper Mac Miller. Meanwhile, the Phillies, as with most MLB teams, blare snippets of songs, selected by each player, before every at-bat. Even relief pitchers have their own entrance music.

Take the 2011 Phillies, for instance. They were an eclectic bunch, musi-cally speaking, strutting to the plate to Metallica, Kanye West and “Hillbilly Deluxe,” to name just a few. Here’s a list of the Phils’ favorite at-bat songs:

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Carlos Ruiz: “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins

Brian Schneider: “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon

Chase Utley: “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin

Wilson Valdez: “Bulto” by “Doble t y Crow” and “Ponte en Vibrador” by Piddy Pablo

Shane Victorino: “Buffalo Soldier” by Bob Marley

Vance Worley: “It’s Goin’ Down Tonight” by Celly Cell

PITCHER WARM-UP SONGS:

Joe Blanton: “Hillbilly Deluxe” by Brooks & Dunn

Jose Contreras: “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” by Jay-Z

Cole Hamels: “Thunderstruck”by AC/DC

Roy Halladay: “Moby Dick/Good Times Bad Times” by Led Zeppelin

Kyle Kendrick: “Been Caught Stealing” by Jane’s Addiction

Cliff Lee: “Stranglehold” by Ted Nugent

Ryan Madson: “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey

Roy Oswalt: “My Kinda Party” by Jason Aldean

Vance Worley: “Alors on Danse” by Stromae

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Angela SheikFeb 11: @Kennett FLASH open-ing for Sharon Little - Kennett Sq, PAFeb 16-19: @Millenium Music Conference - Harrisburg, PAFeb 18: @Indie Music Night - Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJFeb 24: @ Goodwill Industries Fashion Show - Details tba

Carla and Mike P. AcousticFebruary 7: @Del RoseFebruary 14: @Del Rose Café Wilmington, DE

Chorduroy BandEvery Sunday@ Deer ParkNewark, DE, 302-369-9414Every Wednesday @ Kelly’s Logan HouseOpen Mic, 10pm, $1 Beers Home Grown CaféFeb 1: Bruce AnthonyFeb 3: Alfred James BandFeb 4: Rubber SkunkFeb 8: Rockabilly Wednesday with Hot ToddyFeb 10: BoomslangFeb 11: Mad Sweet Pangs

Feb 15: Bruce AnthonyFeb 17: Modern Exile & Home Grown Cafe Presents Sweet LedaFeb 18: Quimby Mountain BandFeb 22: Rockabilly Wednesday with Hot ToddyFeb 25: Unity Reggae BandFeb 29: Bruce Anthony

Mad Sweet PangsFeb 11: @Homegrown Cafe

Modern Exile Feb 11: @Deer ParkFeb 24: @The Wedge

New SwedenFeb 10: @The Note - West Chester, PAPlaying 1/21/12 @ Mojo Main w/ Battleshy Youths

Revolution, I Love youFeb 6, 4:30 PM: @The Real Radio Show WRCN 103.9FM West Babylon, NYFeb 16-19: @Millenium Music Conference Harrisburg, PA Feb 25: @The Station Bar and Grille Philadelphia, PAFeb 26: @Tri State Indie Music Awards Philadelphia, PA

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Villains Like YouMarch 31: Landenburg, PA

What Momma SaidFeb 03: @The Final ScoreFeb 04: @Bubba’s Rock ShakFeb 10: @JB McGinnes PubFeb 18: @Kildare’s Newark

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Shine a Light for The QueenThe Joe Trainor Trio is a piano-based rock trio known for its enig-matic original material and energetic live shows. Focusing on original material, JT3 creates intense and engaging live perfor-

mances designed to defy the expectations of the listener. JT3 is an-chored by Joe Trainor, whose vocals and piano ebb between enticing and heartfelt to soaring and aggressive. Kevin Niemi (bass) and Jeff Dement (drums) round out the Trio and provide the foundation with a precision and focus that help create the band’s singular sound.

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Thu 2 – Miss Tess and theBon Ton ParadeFri 3 – Gable Music Presents Tatnall Student & Faculty Showcase

Sat 4 – Paul LewisSun 5 – Serafin String QuartetThu 9 – Chris Bruni, Nathan Johnson & Rod Kim Get Inspired

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Sat 11 – Caravan of ThievesSun 12 – Beer My Valentine (4pm)Thu 16 – SuiteFranchon Presents: Peace, Love & Poetry

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The Light Up � e Queen Foundation, which benefi ts the ongoing reconstruction of the Queen � eatre, is set to host a fundraiser focused on the 50th anniversary of

the debut of the Rolling Stones. Set for Saturday, March 3, at World

Café Live, and sponsored by Accent Mu-sic, the concert will feature local musicians performing covers of Stones songs. � e show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets, available at the door, are $20. All proceeds will go to the non-profi t Light Up � e Queen Foundation.

What makes this fundraiser diff er-ent is that the concept came from outside the foundations’s board room. When local musicians heard about the fundraiser, they showered the foundation with off ers to as-sist the Queen � eater.

Under the direction of foundation members Rob Grant and Ben LeRoy, the fundraiser has two goals: reconstruction of the Queen � eater and an on-going com-mitment to the community.

“Being stewards of this fantastic build-ing,” LeRoy says, “is a great responsibility.” And being a foundation member since the

2008 beginning, LeRoy understands that the Light Up � e Queen Foundation has been given the opportunity to become an entity for the local community.

� e concert will take on a format simi-lar to that of a previous Queen concert, “Deadfest,” with individual band mem-bers being divided into groups. As songs change, so will the performers. LeRoy says the up-beat tempo will keep the audience on the edge of their seats.

Planning an event of Rolling Stones magnitude proved to be time-consuming, says Grant, who was in charge of fi nding musicians, planning the set-list, and decid-ing who was going to play what. He also handled advertising.

“� is current format is unique and challenging,” he says. “Around every turn, a train wreck could potentially occur.”

Grant says he is excited about bring-ing in musicians not regularly seen at the World Cafe Live at the Queen. He’s hoping that the ground-swell of local musicians will not only bring new faces to the con-cert, but to future events as well.

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After decades of neglect, � e Queen � eatre was restored to the Wilming-ton community last March and has become a key component in the city’s revitalization eff orts. So for Steve Harkey, owner of Accent Music, � e

Queen was the perfect venue to host his fundrais-ing concept for the Sunday Breakfast Mission.

� e AccentLive Big Show is set for Friday, March 2 (8 p.m.), at � e Queen’s downstairs the-ater. � e event will feature 10 bands and each will have at least one member with a connection to Accent Music, either as an associate, instructor or student. Mark Rogers, host of WSTW’s Hometown Heroes, will serve as master of cer-emonies.

“As � e Queen lay derelict for over 50 years and has been restored to the Wilmington community, the Sunday Breakfast Mission works to restore the homeless and addicted men and families to our community,” said Harkey. “[We hope that] the combination of this restoration image and the work of Wilmington’s local music community and students through Accent Music will provide a lasting contribution.”

� e headliners include: IVA, an international opera singer and pop artist who is also a vocal teacher at Accent; � e Collingwood (2011 Musikarmageddon fi nalist); Little In-visibles (2011 Musikarmageddon Judge’s Choice); My New Dream Sequencer (rising star in area original music circles), and PT199, a contemporary Christian rock group that fea-tures Harkey and his daughters Paige and Caitlin.

Performing between the fi ve headliners will be fi ve bands from Accent’s Rock School: Black Powder, Last Glimpse of Day, Wicked Wayz, My Own Mind and Moment of Truth. � e Rock School musicians range in age from 11 to 17.

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NIGHTLIFE

for 15 years, Dead Presidents Pub and Restaurant in the center of Wilmington’s Union Street has been providing a Cheers-like at-mosphere for its customers. You know —the kind of place where you can get a good, hardy meal

and where your beer is already on the bar by the time you sit down. It’s that kind of atmosphere and service that earned “Dead Prez” a spot on Esquire’s list of best bars in America back in 2007 and again last year.

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Raughley also initiated other President’s Day cel-ebrations, such as the best costume contest, with major prizes like a flat screen tele-vision and concert tickets.

“This is just a fun way to claim something as our own,” Raughley says. “Our signature day is getting big-ger every year.”

The bar’s creative atmo-sphere prompted one regu-lar to add a unique touch with a now infamous “pic-ture swap.” The patron—a graphic artist—went to A.C. Moore, bought an antique photo frame and inserted his self-portrait, which he added to the portraits of presidents that decorate the bar’s walls. Nearly a month went by while the bogus photo went unno-

ticed, Finally, Raughley and the patron revealed the hoax to the regulars, who got a big charge out of it.

Perhaps the bar’s most loyal customer is Rob Bowen, who lives on the Riverfront. He extols every aspect of Dead Prez: its off-street parking, its beer selection, its three varieties of seating, and its menu.

Bowen especially enjoys the Sunday Brunch. “All I have to say is, ‘I’ll have the usual.’ Val, the little lady in the kitchen, has the meanest corn chowder that goes great with my usual meatloaf wrap.”

He adds that the brunch Bloody Marys are a great complement to the food. “The bartenders have a special recipe they make days in advance to get ready for Sunday,” says Bowen.

Owning a business that opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 1 a.m. seven days a week has its challenges, but Raughley gets plenty of support from his staff and his family. On weekends, his children even help him count quarters and open the bar.

Like the Cheers bar, there is never a karaoke night or a DJ at Dead Prez. Its formula for success is simple: friendly service and beer, wine, mixed drinks and good food—served until 1 a.m.

“Dead Presidents is not the type of bar you would wander into, or find due to overflow from local Trolley Square bars,” Raughley says. “No one ends up here by accident.”

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coming atmosphere. He knew the place well, having spent 10 years bartending there and at Catherine Rooney’s in Trol-ley Square. Ownership gave him the op-portunity to put into practice some of the creative ideas he had been champing at the bit to try over that decade.

One of his innovations is the annual Presidents Day Celebration. For last year’s event, he hired a retired Barnum and Bailey high-stilt walker dressed like Uncle Sam who also juggled. The perform-er was supposed to walk up and down Union Street, but a major snow storm made that impossible, so he took his act inside the bar. It was a huge success.

Brian Raughley, owner of Dead Presidents in Wilmington. Photo by Tim Hawk

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The 5th annual Winter Gala, which benefi ts Dewey Beach Police and life guard stations, this year will feature four local bands and more than fi ve mini-bars.

� e gala, which kicks off at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, is a team eff ort by Steve Montgomery, owner of the Starboard, and his friend and owner of the Lighthouse, Jim Baeurle.

“We know how to throw a party,” Montgomery says. “We have all the right facilities at the Baycenter, plus there is no better way to fundraise than actually making it fun.”

Proceeds from the fundraiser have increased each year, with the 2011 event bringing in $20,000.

According to Montgomery, profi ts from the gala will be used to purchase a Chevy Tahoe for the K9 Police Unit, along with jackets, radios, paddle and rescue boards as well as funding for the lifeguard training program. Dewey Beach does not assess property taxes, and the gala provides much-needed funds for these critical departments.

“� e time and stress that is spent worrying if we will cover our own expenses is well worth it,” Montgomery says, “when a single police oÿ cer comes up, shakes my hand and thanks our group for aiding the core of Dewey Beach.”

Tickets, priced at $85, cover open bar and banquet food. � ey can be purchased in three ways: on the gala’s website, wintergaladewey.com; at the Lighthouse during regular � ursday through Sunday business hours; at the door on the night of the gala.

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FEBRUARY, 2012Vol. 3 ISSUE 8this issue

• Plenty of Reasons to Love City Arts Scene• DCAD Continues Market Street Expansion• The Unstoppable Mary Wilson Thompson

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February 2012 volume 3, issue 9

6 Cover Story

Throughout the city, multi-tasking associationsfill social, safety, civic needs. By Larry Nagengast

10 The ArtsA Month to Love

4 “in” Calendar

10 On the Riverfront

16 City Notes

17 Wilmington Renaissance News

all rights reserved

13 PeopleThe Unstoppable Mary Wilson ThompsonA force of nature, she took up myriad causes. By Josephine Eccel

ABOUT THE “IN” CAMPAIGNWilmington is truly in the middle of it all, and the “in” campaign is a celebration of the accomplishments we continue to achieve as a community to make our city stronger and more attractive. From neighborhood and business development to our arts and cultural scene, the people of Wilmington are working together to support our city’s ongoing growth and prosperity.

ABOUT WILMINGTON MAGAZINEThe mission of Wilmington Magazine is to capture, through stories and images, the ongoing energy present in the city. We aim to inform readers, both inside and outside Wilmington, of the city’s residential, financial, and cultural progress while remaining entertaining and vibrant.

On the cover l-r (top row fi rst): Bayard Square duplex; Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build!; sign of hope in Southbridge; getting neighborly in Union Park Gardens; Little Italy Farmers Market; tranquility in Cool Spring. O&A staff photos

Music, theater and free flicks. There are plenty of reasonsto show some love to the city’s art scene. By Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald

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ART IS IN - EXHIBITS OPENING& CLOSING THIS MONTH

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

MUSIC ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FOOD & DRINK

Garden Architecture and Water FeaturesWinterthur800.448.3883 • 5105 Kennett Pike

Bruce AnthonyBellevue Noontime Concert Series302.761.6965 • Bellevue State Park

Band Together for Kid’s MusicBenefit for the Light up the Queen Foundation featuring Allgood, Angel Band & New SwedenWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

2011 Polish Festivalthru Sept 17Riverfront Wilmington302.594.1400

Alo BrasilWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

An Intimate Evening with Erin MckeownWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400• 500 Market Street

Zumbathon Fundrasier benifiting Opera DelawareOpera Studios302.442.7809 • 4 S. Poplar St.

Victorian Lecture SeriesRockwood Museum302.762.2075 • 610 Shipley Road

Candlelight Comedy Club302.475.2313 • 2208 Millers Road

Golden Pheasants Fall BlastHagley Museum and Library302.658.2400 • 200 Hagley Road

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH

Reel Talkdocumentary on Gov. Jack Markell benefitting the Jewish Family Services of DEWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.944.1400 • 500 Market Street

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH

Monarch Migration Celebration Open HouseDuPont Enviornmental Education Center302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

Slaying the Dragon by Michael ChingMusic Read-throughOpera Studios302.442.7809 • 4 S. Poplar Sreet


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Harry’s Fall Bridal FairHarry’s Savoy Grill and Ballroom302.475.3000 • 2020 Naaman’s Road

Fall Family Cruise DuPont Enviornmental Education Center302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

David Wilcox and Susan WernerWorld Live Cafe at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

Delaware Art Museum• Perception/Deception: Illusion in Contemporary Art thru September 25th• Pre-Raphaelites in Print: The Age of Photomechanical Reproduction thru September 17th• The Storyteller’s Art: Reimagining America through Illustration September 7th thru December 2012302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Delaware Center fot the Contemporary Arts• The Elliptical Frontiersthru September 18th• Gustthru September 23rd302.656.6466 • 200 South Madison Street

Hockessin Flyer Train Ride& September 24thWilmington Western Railroad302.998.1930 • 2201 Newport-Gap Pike

Shape RobotsDelaware Children’s Museum 302.654.2340 • 550 Justison Street

Woodside Farm Annual Arts and Crafts Show302.239.9847 • 1310 Little Baltimore Road

2011 Taiwan Film Festivalvarious dates thru Sept 25Delaware Art Museum302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Grease: Rockin’ Rydell Sing-a-LongWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

Mezzanie Gallery• Rise of The Jou Jou Mama by Joy RobinsonSeptember 6th thru September 30th302.577.8278 • 820 North French Street

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD

Lilie Anel w/ FusionhouseWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

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Auburn Heights Steamin DayTrains, Trains, Trains! thru September 4thMarshall Steam Museum 302.239.2385 • 300 Creek Rd.

Twin Lakes Brewery Tours & Tastingsevery Wednesday and SaturdayTwin Lakes Brewery302.658.1826 • 4210 Kennett Pike



Art on the TownVarious LocationsBuses leave at 5:45 PM from the DCCA302.576.2135 • 200 South Madison Street

re:Fresh When you’re done browsing, join us for live music at the Riverfront Blues Festival, this month’s official after-party spot for Art on the Town!

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The Lifethru Oct 1Wilmington Drama Leauge 302.764.1172 • 10 W Lea Blvd

Rhett Miller w/ The Spring StandardsWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

The ONEworship Summit 2011Doubletree Hotel700 King Street

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH

Rod Kim & Mean Lady: Get Inspired by The BeatlesWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

Musikarmaggedon: The Final BattleThe Grand800.37.GRAND • 818 North Market Street

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD

One Step Away Kickoff/FundraiserFilm Brothers Movie Co-Op205 North Market Street

Arts in Recovery Month RallyRodney Square11th & North Market Street

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Annual Student ExhibitionDelaware College of Art and Design600 N. Market St. • 302.622.8000bit.ly/tVDkhT

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Miss SaigonNew Candlelight Theatre2208 Millers Rd • 302.475.2313bit.ly/tADSbi

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Harlem String QuartetGold Ballroom at the Hotel du Pont42 West 11th St • 800.37.GRANDbit.ly/vXDfa5

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CTC Community Series: “Cruel, Calm & Neglected”OperaDelaware Studios4 S. Poplar St. • bit.ly/uDh69v

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Delaware Symphony Orchestra: Sax & RomanceThe Grand • 818 N. Market St. 800.37.GRAND • bit.ly/rOiMx3

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Buckwheat ZydecoWorld Cafe Live at The Queen

500 N. Market Street • 302.994.1400bit.ly/shA6aU

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Sunday Studio SeriesDelaware Art Museum2301 Kentmere Pkwy • 302.571.9590bit.ly/tmUGCK

FRI, FEB 3 - FRI, FEB 24

Ellen Durkan ExhibitionMezzanine Gallery820 N. French St. • 302.577.8278bit.ly/rFMry9

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Monthly BirdwalksBrandywine Creek State Park41 Adams Dam Rd. • 302.655.5740bit.ly/vwPE3e

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Art is SocialDelaware Art Museum2301 Kentmere Pkwy • 302.571.9590bit.ly/jSzRlZ

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Hagley’s Dollar Days200 Hagley Rd • 302.658.2400bit.ly/vG87n9

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD


Delaware Art Museum• Beyond Words: The Symbolic Languageof Plants February 4th thru April 7th• Tales of Folk and Fairies: The Life and Work of Katharine Pyle February 18th thru September 9302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts• Contraption: Devices in Art February 17 thru June 24th• Five Stumps thru February 19th • New Work by the Dufala Brothers February 10th thru May 13th• Under Construction: Part I February 4th thru June 3rd• Under Construction Part II February 17th thru June 10th• Walkshed thru February 16th • Young Country thru February 26th302.656.6466 • 200 South Madison Street

Brandywine BaroqueBarn at Flintwoods302.594.4544 • 205 Center Meeting Rd.

Market Street Music presents Serafin String QuartetFirst & Central Church • 1101 N. Market St.

Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers The Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Occidental GypsyWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD

Art is Tasty: Dante Gabriel RossettiDelaware Art Museum302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Green Willow presents AnnaliviaLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church302.456.3242 • 101 Old Kennett Road

Art is Date NightDelaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

Paul LewisWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Peanut Butter & Jams welcomes Bubble do BeatlesWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

David LanzThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Tatnall Student & Faculty Showcase World Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Art Salad Talks every Thursday at noonDCCA • 302.656.6466


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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH





Alternative 90’s Night feat. SpongeWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Blast! thru Feb 5DuPont Theatre • 302.656.4401

Time Stands Still thru Feb 5Delaware Theatre Company302.594.1100 • 200 Water Street

Rod Kim & FriendsWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Caravan of ThievesWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Adventures in SongOperaDelaware Studios302.658.8063 • 4 S. Poplar Street

“Tschaikovsky” St. Petersburg State OrchestraThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Up Front with FSBTStudio 1 (baby grand) • 818 N. Market St.302.658.7897 x 3851

WXPN welcomes Citizen CopeWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Bob Marley Birthday Celebration w/ Spokey SpeakyWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street


61 North - Record ReleaseWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Construction JunctionDCCA • 302.656.6466

Champian FultonThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Betty LaVetteThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Jessica LatshawWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Victorian Costume BallRockwood Carriage House302.762.2075 • 610 Shipley Rd

Call of the CoyoteBrandywine Creek State Park302.655.5740 • 41 Adams Dam Rd.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND

Bootless Artworks presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone thru Feb 5Shipyard Shops • 900 South Madison Street

Rhonda Vincent and The RageThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Weekend Dance Party w/ H Mazz every Friday & SaturdayCatherine Rooney’s302.652.2255 • 1616 Delaware Avenue

ParadeWilmington Drama League302.764.1172 • 10 W. Lea Blvd.

Peanut Butter & Jams welcomes Alex + KaleidoscopeWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street



BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet & Marcia BallThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Victorine’s Valentine’s DayHagley Museum & Library302.658.2400 • 200 Hagley Road

Slaying the DragonOperaDelaware Studios302.658.8063 • 4 S. Poplar Street

MidAtlantic Food + Wine Feastthru Feb 26th: benefits Delaware Theatre CompanyVarious Locations • 302.367.6929

An Evening with Patrizio BuanneWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Echo MissionExtreme Pizza • 201 N. Market St.


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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND



Garden Architecture and Water FeaturesWinterthur800.448.3883 • 5105 Kennett Pike

Bruce AnthonyBellevue Noontime Concert Series302.761.6965 • Bellevue State Park

Band Together for Kid’s MusicBenefit for the Light up the Queen Foundation featuring Allgood, Angel Band & New SwedenWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

2011 Polish Festivalthru Sept 17Riverfront Wilmington302.594.1400

Alo BrasilWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

An Intimate Evening with Erin MckeownWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400• 500 Market Street

Zumbathon Fundrasier benifiting Opera DelawareOpera Studios302.442.7809 • 4 S. Poplar St.

Victorian Lecture SeriesRockwood Museum302.762.2075 • 610 Shipley Road

Candlelight Comedy Club302.475.2313 • 2208 Millers Road

Golden Pheasants Fall BlastHagley Museum and Library302.658.2400 • 200 Hagley Road




Reel Talkdocumentary on Gov. Jack Markell benefitting the Jewish Family Services of DEWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.944.1400 • 500 Market Street


Monarch Migration Celebration Open HouseDuPont Enviornmental Education Center302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

Slaying the Dragon by Michael ChingMusic Read-throughOpera Studios302.442.7809 • 4 S. Poplar Sreet



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Harry’s Fall Bridal FairHarry’s Savoy Grill and Ballroom302.475.3000 • 2020 Naaman’s Road

Fall Family Cruise DuPont Enviornmental Education Center302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

David Wilcox and Susan WernerWorld Live Cafe at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

Delaware Art Museum• Perception/Deception: Illusion in Contemporary Art thru September 25th• Pre-Raphaelites in Print: The Age of Photomechanical Reproduction thru September 17th• The Storyteller’s Art: Reimagining America through Illustration September 7th thru December 2012302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Delaware Center fot the Contemporary Arts• The Elliptical Frontiersthru September 18th• Gustthru September 23rd302.656.6466 • 200 South Madison Street

Hockessin Flyer Train Ride& September 24thWilmington Western Railroad302.998.1930 • 2201 Newport-Gap Pike

Shape RobotsDelaware Children’s Museum 302.654.2340 • 550 Justison Street

Woodside Farm Annual Arts and Crafts Show302.239.9847 • 1310 Little Baltimore Road

2011 Taiwan Film Festivalvarious dates thru Sept 25Delaware Art Museum302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Grease: Rockin’ Rydell Sing-a-LongWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

Mezzanie Gallery• Rise of The Jou Jou Mama by Joy RobinsonSeptember 6th thru September 30th302.577.8278 • 820 North French Street

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD

Lilie Anel w/ FusionhouseWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD AND 4TH

Auburn Heights Steamin DayTrains, Trains, Trains! thru September 4thMarshall Steam Museum 302.239.2385 • 300 Creek Rd.

Twin Lakes Brewery Tours & Tastingsevery Wednesday and SaturdayTwin Lakes Brewery302.658.1826 • 4210 Kennett Pike



Art on the TownVarious LocationsBuses leave at 5:45 PM from the DCCA302.576.2135 • 200 South Madison Street

re:Fresh When you’re done browsing, join us for live music at the Riverfront Blues Festival, this month’s official after-party spot for Art on the Town!

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The Lifethru Oct 1Wilmington Drama Leauge 302.764.1172 • 10 W Lea Blvd

Rhett Miller w/ The Spring StandardsWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 Market Street

The ONEworship Summit 2011Doubletree Hotel700 King Street

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH

Rod Kim & Mean Lady: Get Inspired by The BeatlesWorld Live Cafe at the Queen302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

Musikarmaggedon: The Final BattleThe Grand800.37.GRAND • 818 North Market Street

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD

One Step Away Kickoff/FundraiserFilm Brothers Movie Co-Op205 North Market Street

Arts in Recovery Month RallyRodney Square11th & North Market Street

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD


Delaware Art Museum• Beyond Words: The Symbolic Languageof Plants February 4th thru April 7th• Tales of Folk and Fairies: The Life and Work of Katharine Pyle February 18th thru September 9302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts• Contraption: Devices in Art February 17 thru June 24th• Five Stumps thru February 19th • New Work by the Dufala Brothers February 10th thru May 13th• Under Construction: Part I February 4th thru June 3rd• Under Construction Part II February 17th thru June 10th• Walkshed thru February 16th • Young Country thru February 26th302.656.6466 • 200 South Madison Street

Brandywine BaroqueBarn at Flintwoods302.594.4544 • 205 Center Meeting Rd.

Market Street Music presents Serafin String QuartetFirst & Central Church • 1101 N. Market St.

Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers The Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Occidental GypsyWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD

Art is Tasty: Dante Gabriel RossettiDelaware Art Museum302.571.9590 • 2301 Kentmere Parkway

Green Willow presents AnnaliviaLower Brandywine Presbyterian Church302.456.3242 • 101 Old Kennett Road

Art is Date NightDelaware Art Museum • 302.571.9590

Paul LewisWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Peanut Butter & Jams welcomes Bubble do BeatlesWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

David LanzThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Tatnall Student & Faculty Showcase World Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Art Salad Talks every Thursday at noonDCCA • 302.656.6466



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH





Alternative 90’s Night feat. SpongeWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Blast! thru Feb 5DuPont Theatre • 302.656.4401

Time Stands Still thru Feb 5Delaware Theatre Company302.594.1100 • 200 Water Street

Rod Kim & FriendsWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Caravan of ThievesWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Adventures in SongOperaDelaware Studios302.658.8063 • 4 S. Poplar Street

“Tschaikovsky” St. Petersburg State OrchestraThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Up Front with FSBTStudio 1 (baby grand) • 818 N. Market St.302.658.7897 x 3851

WXPN welcomes Citizen CopeWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Bob Marley Birthday Celebration w/ Spokey SpeakyWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street


61 North - Record ReleaseWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Construction JunctionDCCA • 302.656.6466

Champian FultonThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Betty LaVetteThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Jessica LatshawWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Victorian Costume BallRockwood Carriage House302.762.2075 • 610 Shipley Rd

Call of the CoyoteBrandywine Creek State Park302.655.5740 • 41 Adams Dam Rd.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND

Bootless Artworks presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone thru Feb 5Shipyard Shops • 900 South Madison Street

Rhonda Vincent and The RageThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Weekend Dance Party w/ H Mazz every Friday & SaturdayCatherine Rooney’s302.652.2255 • 1616 Delaware Avenue

ParadeWilmington Drama League302.764.1172 • 10 W. Lea Blvd.

Peanut Butter & Jams welcomes Alex + KaleidoscopeWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street



BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet & Marcia BallThe Grand • 800.37.GRAND

Victorine’s Valentine’s DayHagley Museum & Library302.658.2400 • 200 Hagley Road

Slaying the DragonOperaDelaware Studios302.658.8063 • 4 S. Poplar Street

MidAtlantic Food + Wine Feastthru Feb 26th: benefits Delaware Theatre CompanyVarious Locations • 302.367.6929

An Evening with Patrizio BuanneWorld Cafe Live at The Queen302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market Street

Echo MissionExtreme Pizza • 201 N. Market St.

410.908.0059 • 1100 W. 10th Street


It Takes a Neighborhood

Throughout the city, multi-tasking associations fill social, safety, civic needs

By Larry Nagengast

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Including groups organized in apartment complexes and high rises, the city has more than 60 neighborhood associations, each carving its own niche but all demonstrating a similar sense of purpose.

“Neighborhood associations are a way to bring people together, getting to know each other and maintaining the properties,” says Clara Zahradnik, president of the Cool Spring/Tilton Neighborhood Association. “It’s a way to nurture civic spirit and civic pride, the cohesion that makes city living attractive.”

Social activities bring neighbors together, says Dan Walsh, president of the Midtown Brandywine Neighborhood Asso-

ciation, serving about 215 homes between 12th Street and the Brandywine, bordered on the east and west by Hercules Plaza and Wilmington Hospital. The community’s first big event of the year is set for Saturday, Feb. 4. It’s the “Great Midtown Brandywine Chili Cheeks Cookoff,” a festive taste test held in the pocket park at the corner of 14th and West streets. The event always draws a big crowd—“no more than 99 because that’s the maximum listed on our permit,” Walsh says with a laugh.

The association continues activities throughout the year—a progressive dinner, a spring cleanup, outdoor movies in the summer and a block party in the fall.

Whether it’s patrolling the streets,

planting gardens, throwing a party

or helping residents find jobs, Wilm-

ington’s neighborhood associations

have found plenty of ways to build

better communities.Throughout the city, multi-tasking associations fill social, safety, civic needs

[ [In the southwest corner of the city, resi-

dents of Union Park Gardens are finding there’s a social aspect to making their community safer.

Concerned with a rise in break-ins and groups congregating after dark in a small park behind the Fraim Boys & Girls Club, the neighborhood association worked with city police to create a community watch program, association Vice President John DiEleuterio says. Between 30 and 40 residents take turns walking in pairs throughout the community in the evening. “You walk around for a couple of hours. It’s good conversation and great exercise,” says DiEleuterio. “One night I did about five miles.”

Extra eyes on the street can pay off. DiEleuterio says he once spotted someone who had apparently stolen a moped, followed him from a safe distance and watched as the suspect, aware he was being followed, ditched the moped before leaving the neighborhood.

Public safety is an issue in Southbridge too. After a shooting incident last summer, Marvin Thomas, president of the South Wilmington Civic Association, worked with police and community leaders to create a small task force that canvassed the neigh-borhood and demonstrated to residents a shared concern for their safety.

(Opposite page) Julian Willauer Chung waters his family’s community garden, located in Wilmington. Photo by Tim Hawk

Midtown Brandywine (photo by Les Kipp) Union Park Gardens (photo by Don Blake)


Thomas also works with the South Wilm-ington Planning Network, an alliance of more than 40 agencies that provide services to neighborhood residents. In the last four years, he says, the neighborhood association created several “community benefit agreements,” contracts that require businesses that locate in the community to hire Southbridge residents for designated percentages of their job open -ings. Agreements have already been reached with Habitat for Humanity, Port Contractors and Wilmington Organic Recycling, and talks are under way with the Delaware Humane Association, which is expanding its shelter on A Street.

The association, Thomas says, is also working with city and state agencies “to make Southbridge more walkable,” by adding streetlights and pedestrian cross-ings, slowing traffic, and mapping out the safest routes for children to walk to Elbert Palmer Elementary School.

Like the other associations, the Cool Spring/Tilton group takes safety seriously, Zahradnik says. The group works closely

with its assigned community police officer, recently formed a public safety committee and last year gave its dues-paying members motion-activated photovoltaic sensors for their porch lights, she says.

The organization also collaborates with the West End Neighborhood House and St. Francis Hospital, landmarks in the adjoining Little Italy community. For example, when West End received a grant for community gardens, the association arranged to have plots atop the Rodney Reservoir reserved for Cool Spring residents. “We had 15 to20 plots, a pretty good start for the first year, and we want to expand,” Zahradnik says.

Cool Spring/Tilton residents also find time to socialize. One of their big annual events is community Christmas caroling, which starts with a neighborhood soup supper and ends with coffee and dessert and features stops at Regency Health Care and the Ingleside high rise.

In addition to their community activi-ties, many neighborhood associations use flyers, newsletters, email and social media

to keep in touch with their constituen-cies and to pass on information about city government.

Good communication improves commu-nity involvement, Walsh says, noting that he recently had a dozen Midtown Brandy-wine residents ready to testify at a vacant property hearing concerning an owner who was using the property only as a mail drop for businesses located elsewhere. “People feel accountable here,” he says. “Account-ability is everything. Everything matters.”

Mayor James M. Baker appreciates the effort neighborhood associations are making to improve the city.

Their leaders “give of their time and energy to help their communities grow and prosper,” Baker says. “We rely on neighbor-hood associations to help us communicate with other citizens and in the process receive feedback representing the commu-nity’s views. The benefits to citizens from this type of participation are innumerable.”

FEBRUARY 2012

Cool Spring Resevoir Park (photo by Les Kipp) Southbridge (Out & About File Photo)


February’s chilly weather is usually tempered by the heated anticipation of St. Valentine’s Day. May I suggest warming up your holiday with the Arts. From intimate concerts to hilariously demented one-acts, you can find the perfect gift for any level of V-day merriment. Plus,

you’ll seem very smart and hip, ‘cause you’re into the Arts.

Brandywine Baroque performs in an exquisitely restored barn just off Route 52. The Barn at Flintwoods seats an intimate group of only 100. “Oh, no! Baroque music?!” you say. Yes, you really must try this. The ensemble melds voice, violins, harpsi-chord and cello in works of classic composers — like Bach — but in a more informal style. Members interact with the audience, describing elements of pieces and why they enjoy playing them. You gain an appreciation for the “old” in a whole “new” way, in one of Wilmington’s most distinctive concert spaces. Join them Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m. for “Just Us,” featuring sonatas and cantatas (meaning both instruments and vocals) of Bach, Handel and more. Visit www.brandywinebaroque.org for tickets and more info.

Or, stick closer to Downtown Wilmo’s footprint and you’ll still find amazing music! Market Street Music heralds the return of the renowned Serafin String Quartet for an evening of chamber music. Because of its intimate nature (often played in parlors and smaller rooms), chamber music has been described as “the music of friends,” and how better to spend this month? The Serafins — Kate Ransom and Timothy Schwarz, violins; Molly Carr, viola; and Lawrence Stomberg, cello — also encourage the interactive arts experience, playing up close and personal in the sanctuary of First & Central Presbyterian Church on Rodney Square. Their concert is Saturday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m. Get tickets at www.market -streetmusicde.org.

Maybe you enjoy a “non-traditional” Valentine. Head over to City Theater Company for “Cruel, Calm & Neglected,” a collection of short plays by Delaware native David Robson, as part of CTC’s Community Series. Robson’s dark comedies cover public speaking, celebrity arrests, sexual satisfaction, job-seeking, and revenge in ways dear to the company’s disturbed little hearts -- and maybe your own as well. The series begins Feb. 24 and 25 and finishes March 2 and 3. All plays are performed at The Black Box at OperaDelaware. See www.city-theater.org for full deets and tickets.

Need to Valentine on the thrifty side? Visit the DCCA (admission is always free but it’s closed Mondays) or Silver Screen Sunday in the Delaware Art Museum’s DuPont Auditorium. Silver Screen Sunday brings you free films of adventure and intrigue, with an introduction by O&A’s very own film critic, Mark Fields. This month, Treasure Island (1934) shows Feb. 19 at 1p. m. Snacks are available for purchase (or sneak in a box of Sno-Caps).

Enjoy, my arty Valentines!

In the Month for Love,

LOVETHE ARTS!

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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

25. Timothy’s Restaurant, TIMOTHYSONTHERIVERFRONT.COM Molly’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, MOLLYSICECREAM.COM Ubon Thai Restaurant26. Wilmington Rowing Center, WILMINGTONROWING.ORG27. Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge/ DuPont Environmental Education Center, DUPONTEEC.ORG28. DART Park-n-Ride Lot

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22DELAWARE FAMILY EXPOFebruary 25 • 10am–4pmChase Center


RIVERFRONT WILMINGTON

PHOTO CONTEST

The Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware (RDC) invites you to submit your images to the 2012 Riverfront Wilmington Photo Contest. A panel of judges will select

four top finalists and a public voting process will determine a grand prize winner.

The RDC is looking for both scenic photos and photos that include people enjoying activities and places along the Christina River-front in Wilmington, Delaware. Entries may be submitted from January 9, 2012 through April 16, 2012. The four finalists will have their photos printed in the June issue of Out & About Magazine. The grand prize winner will be announced during the last week of June 2012 and will have his/her photo, along with a brief article, printed in the July 2012 issue of Out & About Magazine.

For Rules or Terms and Conditions visit:

www.riverfrontwilm.com/photocontest

Adventures in songFebruary 52pmJoin bass Martin Hargrove, soprano Helen Huse Ralston, violist Gregg Ralston and pianist Jeffrey Miller in an afternoon of music by Ralph Vaughan-Williams and H.T. Burleigh. The Song of Travel, Four Hymns for Soprano and Viola, and a selection of Spirituals will make up the hour-long program.OperaDelaware

going green on A dime – Adults & teensFebruary 76-7:30pmDelaware Nature Society Member:$10Non-Member: $15From window cleaner to unclogging pipes, learn cheap and environmen-tally safe methods to put that sparkle back into your house abound.delawarenaturesociety.orgDuPont Environmental Education Center

PArents n ight out – Kids only!February 106:30-8:30pmDelaware Nature Society Member:$10Non-Member: $15Set mom and dad loose to have dinner along Wilmington’s Riverfront while you stay at DEEC and have all the fun. Dinner provided. Parents receive a coupon for Timothy’s Riverfront Grill.delawarenaturesociety.orgDuPont Environmental Education Center

deeC FAmily nAtur Alist s ingle session – Winter Photogr APhyFebruary 1810am-12pmDelaware Nature Society Member:$8Non-Member: $14Explore the marsh as a family focusing on Winter Photography. Ages 6+delawarenaturesociety.orgDuPont Environmental Education Center

environment Al Boo K Clu BFebruary 236-7:30pmFree, No pre-registration requiredJoin us for a lively discussion of selected books relating to our natural world. For more information contact Brenna Gog -gin at [email protected] or 302-239-2334.delawarenaturesociety.orgDuPont Environmental Education Center

del AWAre FAmily exPoFebruary 2510am-4pmFrom clothing and room décor, to schools, summer camps and educa-tional opportunities, from healthcare to family safety and everything in be-tween and on the fringes, you can find it all at the Delaware Family Expo. mountainexpos.comChase Center

the KAlm Ar nyCKel Found Ation 2012 l eCture series Presents:uss monitor At 150February 28“Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience Aboard USS Monitor,” by Dr. David A. MindellReception: 6:00-7:00 pmLecture: 7:00-8:30 pmTickets: $12.00 pre-registration, $8.00 members, $15.00 at the doorMore info: [email protected] or call 302-429-7447.Chase Center

WAl KshedThrough February 16By Amanda BurnhamBurnham creates installations based on American urban landscapes. Start-ing with observational sketches made on site, she compiles, manipulates, and then pieces together fragments to arrive at a more subjective represen -tation of place. In Walkshed, impres -sions of quotidian details from rou -tine daily encounters trace the terrain of community and home.DCCA

Please visit TheDCCA.org, for a full list of upcoming exhibits.

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Mary Wilson Thompson was one of Wilmington’s most effective activists long before that term

was coined. She was indefatigable when she took up a cause, and none was too small or too hopeless if she believed in it.

Thompson’s 1947 obituary described her as a “civic leader” and “one of Delaware’s best known club women.” But that hardly describes the power she wielded in the public arena as both friend and foe to politicians. Yet, surprisingly, in the struggle for voting rights she stood firmly opposed to women gaining power at the ballot box. Voting, she said, would be a “burden.”

Thompson’s interests were wide-ranging, and her ability to tap a network of wealthy friends made her a formidable fundraiser. She headed the Wilmington Babies Hospital and spearheaded the establishment of a comparable hospital for African Americans. For years she led the state’s fundraising campaign for the National Foundation for the Prevention of Infantile Paralysis, forerunner of the March of Dimes.

An avid gardener and head of the state’s Highway Beautification Committee, Thompson campaigned for attractive plantings along major roads and the abolition of billboards. She raised awareness of the state’s historic landmarks and founded the Delaware Society for the Preservation of Antiquities. Her efforts saved New Castle’s Amstel House and Wilmington’s Old Town Hall. When the First Bank of Delaware building at 6th and Market streets in Wilmington was


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to be torn down, she raised $42,000 and hired an architect to dismantle and move it to a site on Lovering Avenue, where it served until recently as the home of the Delaware Academy of Medicine.

In the early 1900s, the beaches at Rehoboth, where the Thompson family spent summers, were home to hundreds of squatters, a dumping ground for refuse and a paradise for mosquitoes. Thompson organized a public cleanup and planted gardens. Local folks called her crazy when she tried to eliminate mosquitoes, but, as she noted in her 1937 memoir, “Opposition has always fanned my desire to succeed.” She consulted an expert on mosquito control in Panama, then raised money to dig ditches and eliminate stagnant water, and distributed cans of kerosene near breeding spots. She spoke to groups throughout the state, urging the hiring of the unemployed to work on the “mosquito problem.” She organized the Delaware State-Wide Mosquito Control with representatives from all three counties and took her eradication campaign to Washington, which responded by assigning Delaware two contingents of Civilian Conservation Corps workers to continue the job she had started.

An early conservationist, she proposed better regional planning and railed against dumping pollutants in waterways and cutting down trees.

Thompson came by her fighting spirit naturally. The daughter of Union Army General James H. Wilson, she was born on her maternal grandparents’ farm south of Wilmington the year after the Civil War ended. She recalled that her father’s friends, their conversations, and even the first songs she learned were related to the war.

Married to Henry B. Thompson, a textile executive, and the mother of five, she could have been a model for the modern superwoman, but a feminist she was not. She thought women shouldn’t vote, and, as the head of the Delaware Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, she was determined to see that they wouldn’t.

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In the spring of 1920, the nation watched as Delaware was poised to consider the amendment that would give women the vote. By the end of March, it was just one state shy of becoming law.

Suffragists and “antis” rallied in Dover, the former hoping to delay bringing the bill up for a vote until it was certain to pass. On the day of the scheduled vote, the group still had not garnered the necessary support and resorted to “kidnapping” the legislator responsible for bringing the bill to the floor (He was driven home to his farm). Upon learning this, Thompson commandeered a car and driver to take her to the legislator’s house and had him sign a statement authorizing her to present the bill the next day if he failed to appear in Legislative Hall. Suffrage supporters returned in the evening with plans to take the beleaguered official away and ensure his continued absence from the House floor, but by then, it was too late. The next day, Delaware, which could have cast the swing vote, instead became the only Republican state to reject the 19th Amendment.

“On the whole,” Thompson wrote in her memoir, “this suffrage fight was one of the most interesting and amusing affairs I ever participated in.”

It’s safe to say that there probably will never be another like Mary Wilson Thompson in Wilmington, or perhaps even in Delaware.

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DART Kicks Off Poster ContestSafety, art and community involvement are

the focus of DART’s 2012 poster contest.“Don’t Text and Drive! Commute Smart,

Ride DART” is the theme for the 12th Annual Transit Poster Contest. Open to children in grades 6 through 12, the contest is designed to encourage students to learn more about pub-lic transportation and its benefits. It also gives them the chance to see their artwork featured by DART First State in various advertisements, pro-motions, and displays.

With statewide efforts and local communities continuing to educate the public about the dan-gers of texting and using the phone while driv-ing, DART wants to use the opportunity to in-form and promote the advantages of using public transit. Increased awareness of Delaware’s Pub-lic Transit system informs new and current com-muters that riding DART can be a wise choice.

Posters must be submitted by March 16 to: DART First State Poster Contest Marketing Dept. 119 Lower Beech St., Wilmington, DE 19805. Prizes and certificates will be provided by DART First State and its business partners.

Interested schools are being asked to conduct the contest within the appropriate grade levels at the school and forward entries to DART First State for judging. Students wanting to enter apart from their schools may do so as long as they are in grades 6 through 12.

For details, call (302) 576-6016, or visit DART’s website: DartFirstState.com.

New Heritage Center to Honor Community History

Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker recently announced that a more than 15-year delay in es-tablishing an African-American Heritage Center in Wilmington is over. The mayor said the City has accepted a proposal from the Delaware His-torical Society to establish a heritage center for African-American history on Market Street in Downtown Wilmington.

In 1996, when Mayor Baker was president of City Council, he joined former council member Stephanie T. Bolden in proposing that a heritage center be established to present and preserve the cultural heritage of African Americans.

The Delaware Historical Society (DHS) plans to open the center at DHS headquarters at 504 Market St. and in the Old Town Hall, which is next door. To fund the projected $3.5 million project, the DHS will receive $1 million from a 2004 City bond earmarked for the center, and the remainder will come from a DHS fundraising campaign.

“I want the children and families of today and future generations to have a place where they can learn about the wisdom, accomplishments, sacrifice and legacy of thousands of African Americans who lived through both good and bad times in our City,” said Mayor Baker.

The mayor, who is a collector of African-American historical materials, many of which he has donated to the DHS, said he is looking for-ward to the day when he can walk into the heri-tage center with his grandchildren and help them

CITY NOTESDowntown Wilmington is soon to

be home to even more residents as the Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) expands on Market Street.

The college recently announced the acquisition of the Brandywine Suites Hotel at 707 N. King St., as part of a $4.2 million expansion of student housing and campus services.

DCAD has experienced significant growth in the past few years and needs to continue to grow in order to meet student and curriculum de-mands. Last fall, 198 of DCAD’s 254 students requested on-campus hous-ing, resulting in the largest residential student population the City of Wilm-ington and DCAD have seen to date.

While first-year DCAD students live in The Saville on Market Street, which the college owns, it has leased other living space from downtown property owners for second-year stu-dents. Once renovations of the Bran-dywine Suites are complete, DCAD will be able to offer second-year stu-dents housing in one building.

“This expansion is perfect for our needs,” says DCAD President Stuart Baron. “We’ll be able to bring our stu-dents into one location and provide additional services to our students.”

The former Brandywine Suites will be converted to a campus resi-dential facility with 49 rooms accom-modating 95 students. The expan-sion plan also includes new office and meeting space as well as a din-ing area so DCAD can offer a student meal plan. In addition, Baron says, the project includes commercial re-tail space on the first floor of the

facility, which opens onto Market Street.

Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker thanked Baron and the DCAD Board of Directors for their continu-ing commitment to Wilmington and hailed the project as another boost for the City’s future.

“DCAD’s staff, students and their families provide a lot of energy and excitement that have added to our City’s overall arts, cultural and enter-tainment scene in recent years,” says Baker. “We’ve been supportive of DCAD since its inception. Our City’s other financial investments in this wonderful institution have paid off handsomely and have helped to bring us to the expansion announcement.”

The Mayor’s chief of staff, Wil-liam S. Montgomery, says the City will provide a $500,000 loan from the City’s capital budget to support the expansion. Montgomery says this type of funding can only be used for capital improvements to support the City’s economic development goals. If DCAD meets pre-determined dead-lines for completion of the project, he says, the loan will convert to a grant, eliminating the need for DCAD to re-pay the loan.

The Buccini/Pollin Group will ren-ovate the building and the school is completing discussions with ING DIRECT regarding funding for the project.

“This project is helping us fulfill our mission to our students and to our community,” Baron says. “It is a com-munity investment.”

For more information: dcad.edu.

DCAD Expands in Downtown

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understand their history and the sometimes un-told history of the City of Wilmington.

For more information: www.hsd.org.

P3 Wilmington Coalition to be Led by WENH

West End Neighborhood House (WENH) has taken the lead in a collaborative effort with Connections Community Service Programs, Inc. and the William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center to offer juvenile offenders a second chance

WENH announced that funding has been awarded for the newly created P3 Wilmington Coalition. The Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services (MANY) has awarded the P3 Wilmington Coalition a two-year grant of $1,005,076 to improve the long-term labor mar-ket prospects of youth, ages 16 to 24, that have a history with the juvenile justice system, and to facilitate local collaboration to find a sustain-able and community-rooted solution to reducing crime and enhancing opportunities for youth.

“The high rates of crime in Wilmington result in large-scale, complex community prob-lems,” says Paul F. Calistro, Jr., West End’s execu-tive director. “To truly tackle crime in Wilming-ton, we must attack it from every angle. West End is proud to take the lead on this new partnership, which will address juvenile crime and ultimately reduce the rates of repeat offending.

“Incarcerated youth return to their commu-nities more disenfranchised, with few employ-ment or education opportunities. We believe if you offer these youth skills and a job, we can work toward reducing the rates of recidivism. West End is ready to meet the challenges of the target population and will offer youth the positive pathways of GED attainment, job training, and restorative justice.”

The Positive Pathways Program, known as P3, is a multi-level strategy to reduce commu-nity violence. Built on a foundation of research-driven, evidence-based practices, the P3 model is an asset-based approach that leads to increased job skills, academic achievement and sustainable employment for youth currently or formerly in-volved in the juvenile justice system.

In the P3 model, youth are viewed as active partners rather than passive clients, and the part-nering agencies were selected to best meet the demands of the P3 model and needs of Wilm-ington’s youth.

“Connections is thrilled to offer our job training and intensive case management pro-gramming to adjudicated youth who so desper-ately need our services,” says Catherine Devaney McKay, president and CEO of Connections Com-munity Support Programs. “Our expertise rests in working with Wilmington’s most challenging populations, and as always, our doors are open to offer these youth the skills they need for positive mobility.”

Over the course of 24 months, the coalition will work with more than 180 youth in the ar-eas of education and employment training, re-storative justice, mentoring, recreation, and case management.

For more information: www.westendnh.org.

Wilmington Renaissance Corporation

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D o w n t o w n W i l m i n g t o n . c o m

Wilmington Renaissance Corporation (WRC) has hit the ground running in 2012. We have big plans for the New Year as we continue to tackle important issues and create successful programs in the revital-ization of Downtown Wilmington.

Our current strategic plan comes to an end at the close of 2012, so we have begun the process of cultivating the projects for our next four-year plan. We have working group mem-bers, business owners, board members, community leaders and other partners who contribute to the process. If you have anything you’d like to share, we encourage you to view our current plan on our web-site, www.downtownwilmington.com. Then give us your comments at [email protected].

We are already planning the dates for our major events that will help stimulate the economy, showcase the city and bring more folks to Wilmington. Our State of the Downtown will be held on April 19; City Restaurant Week is slated for April 23-28; the Wilmington Grand Prix will be May 18-19; the CityLife Awards will be in November, and the Downtown Fall Fest will be the first Saturday in November. As details become solidified, you can check our website for all of the info.

Also this year, we are working with the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs to enhance the Art on the Town Art Loop with a Make it a Night program, launching in March.

WRC continues to work with a number of partners on an artist live/work project, solutions to taxi service challenges in the city, bus hub conversations, and much more.

We look forward to working toward a unified goal of helping Wilmington become an even greater city!

For more information, visit www.downtownwilmington.com.

1. Ernest & Scott’s Taproom is now open at 900 Market St.

2. Special additions are in store for the March Art on the Town and beyond.

3. NOSO Boutique now offers a men’s line.

4. City Restaurant Week is scheduled for April 23 to 28.

Every month we feature a few of the staff’s favorite things that

are happening in the city. Our favorites for February include:

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out & about magazine - the feel good issue - february 2012

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