Find The Love
Our cover story is all about finding things to love about the Greater Wilmington area, so we’re hiding hearts for you to find on four pages in this issue (this page doesn’t count). Tell us which four pages we’ve hidden a heart and you could win a cool prize. Email your answers to Contact@TSNPub.com with the subject line: I Found The Hearts! Three winners will be selected from those who answer correctly by February 19. Congratulations to last month’s winners — Alexis Cammarata, Christine Stirparo, and Kathy Linsner — who found the burgers on pages 19, 26, 41, and 53.
City Theater Company Gets Wild
CTC chases away the winter blues with Wild Party Weekends, presenting two original works over two weekends. Diva Baby Delaware stars Addie Montgomery (Hedwig and The Angry Inch) as her alter ego Diva Baby alongside a bevy of beauties from the Philly drag scene for a cabaret-style show Feb. 7 & 8 at 8pm. That’s followed by Murder Manor, an improvised murder-mystery experience inspired by the game Clue and led by Kristin Finger and performers from ComedySportz Philadelphia. Murder Manor runs Feb. 14 at 8pm and Feb. 15 at 1pm & 8pm. All shows perform at The Black Box in The Delaware Contemporary (200 S. Madison St., Wilm.).
– More at City-Theater.org
Love In The ’90s Film Series
DelArt Cinema celebrates Black History Month with a series of films exploring various forms of love and highlighting black filmmaking in the ‘90s. Films include: Crooklyn (Feb. 1); House Party (Feb. 8); Good Burger (Feb. 9); Love Jones (Feb. 15); and Love & Basketball (Feb. 22). All screenings are at 1:30pm at the Delaware Art Museum (2301 Kentmere Pkwy., Wilm.).
– More at Delart.org/DelArtCinema
New Light Theatre Awarded National Grant
For the first time, Wilmington’s New Light Theatre (NLT) has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its 2025 programming starting with its upcoming production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (Feb. 28-Mar. 9). Honored to receive the support from the federal agency, Artistic Director Lena Mucchetti says it “affirms the importance of our mission and fortifies us to keep pushing forward, expanding our programming and deepening New Light Theatre’s roots as we continue to grow.”
– More at NewLightTheatre.com
Coolest Things Made In Delaware Contest
Delaware produces a variety of impactful products, from food safety instruments and mammography detectors to spacesuits and renowned beers. To bring attention to this, the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce (DSCC) and its affiliate, the Delaware Manufacturing Association, are hosting the “Coolest Thing Made in Delaware” contest to highlight the state’s $5.6 billion manufacturing industry, which employs 28,000 people. Nominations are open until Feb. 19, and the popular vote starts on Feb. 20. The top 16 products will compete in a bracket-style contest, with the winner revealed at the DSCC’s Spring Manufacturing & Policy Conference on Mar. 27.
– More at DSCC.com/MFG
Three Ballets Make Their World Premiere
First State Ballet Theatre, Delaware’s only professional ballet company, will present Triple Bill, an evening of new work with three world premiere ballets by choreographers Viktor Plotnikov, Blake Krapels, and Carlos Martinez. Says Artistic Director Pasha Kambalov, “It is hugely inspiring for our dancers to get to work with choreographers like Viktor, Blake, and Carlos. Creating new work extends our dancers’ creativity, and I am excited for audiences to see the range of their artistry.” Triple Bill performS Feb. 21 & 22 at 7pm and Feb. 23 at 2pm in the Baby Grand Theater at The Grand (818 N. Market St., Wilm.).
– More at FirstStateBallet.org
Mitch Albom Classic Comes To DTC
From February 19 to March 9, Delaware Theatre Company (200 Water St. Wilm.) will present Tuesdays with Morrie. Based on the best-selling memoir, the play tells the uplifting story of professor Morrie Schwartz and former student Mitch Albom reuniting for a final, profound lesson on life, humanity and friendship. Directed by Matt Silva, the production stars DTC co-founder, and multiple Barrymore Award nominee, Peter DeLaurier as Morrie along with Adam Howard as Mitch.
– More at DelawareTheatre.org
