March 21st – 28th: Star Party, Dover Symphony Orchestra and Art of Mixology

Hey Delaware, are you looking for something to do this weekend? We have some recommendations on what’s happening around the First State.

New Castle County

Star Party: Spring Sky, March 22nd

Join astronomer Greg Lee (Delaware Astronomical Society) and his assistants to learn about the sky above us this time of year. An informational program is followed by telescope viewing of the night sky. Delaware Museum of Natural History.

 

The Hit Men featuring Former Stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, March 28th

The Hit Men are original musicians from The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, Carly Simon, Jim Croce, and many others who have reunited to perform from a catalog of solid gold pop and rock songs from the 1960s and ‘70s. The Grand.

 

 Kent County

Delaware Sampler Symposium: ‘Wrought with Careful Hand’, March 22nd

As part of a three-day weekend symposium focused on Delaware Samplers and newly emerging scholarship, the Biggs Museum will host a full day of lectures and multimedia presentations on Delaware’s needlework schools and teachers. This event is the culmination of a year-long sampler documentation effort in Delaware, directed by the University of Delaware’s Sampler Archive Project. Pre-registration required. The Biggs Museum

   

Dover Symphony Orchestra Spring Classical Concert, March 23rd

The Dover Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Donald Buxton will launch the second half of its 2013-2014 season on Sunday, March 23, 2013 at 3:00 pm at the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover. The orchestra will perform Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. Our featured soloist, Phillip Sawyer, will perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in D for Strings and Lute on classical guitar. Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino.

 

Sussex County

Ching-Yun Hu, Piano, March 22nd

Declared a “first class talent” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Taiwanese pianist Ching-Yun Hu is rapidly gaining worldwide recognition as an artist of shimmering technique. A winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, she also captured the top prize and the Audience Favorite Prize at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv. Hailing her “superstar quality,” The Jerusalem Post called her “musical, energetic and full of flair.” Bethel United Methodist Church Hall.

 

Rehoboth Art League Salon No.9: Art of Mixology, March 27th

Relax , enjoy and learn the art of Mixology and have a few off centered drinks from the masters at Dogfish. The evening will combine the art of the perfect drink. Please join us upstairs in the Dogfish Restaurant in Rehoboth for an entertaining, enlightening and captivating evening! Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, Rehoboth Beach.