Out & About Magazine -- July 2011 -- The Beer Issue

VOL. 24 NO. 5

JULY 2011

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COMPLIMENTARY

BEER ON THE

HORIZON WILMINGTON BEER WEEK: JULY 9–16 NEWARK FOOD & BREW FEST: JULY 23 BEERS WE LOVE • WHY BEER AWARDS MATTER HOW NOT TO GRILL • SUMMER MOVIES SCORECARD

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INSIDE

Published each month by TSN Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Mailing & business address: 307 A Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

O&ACONTENTS

July 2011 | Vol. 24, No. 5 | www.outandaboutnow.com

FEATURES Publisher Gerald DuPhily

13 UP CLOSE: THE BEER ISSUE

Editor-in-Chief Michael Pollock

˜ e debut of Wilmington Beer Week, 8th Annual Newark Food & Brewfest, Beers We Love and more. ˜ is month O&A is talking serious suds.

Plus: Celebrating Bier and Washing Machines. By J. Burke Morrison

Director of Publications Jim Hunter Miller Director of Sales Marie Graham Creative/Production Manager Matthew Loeb

33 FOOD & DRINK: HOW NOT TO GRILL

Common sense is often thrown out the window when it comes to moving a kitchen appliance outdoors. By Robert Lhulier

41 MOVIES: SUMMER SCORECARD

What’s scoring at the cineplex. Plus, Beer in the Movies. By Mark Fields

46 BOOGIE MONSTERS

Villians Like You and their blues-rock vendetta. By Michael Pollock

Art Director Joy Smoker Senior Graphic Designer Shawna Sneath

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Contributing Editor Bob Yearick Contributing Writers Mark Fields, Richard L. Gaw, Pam George Carol Kipp, Robert Lhulier J. Burke Morrison, Larry Nagengast

Out Front

33 Food & Drink 41 Movies 49 Nightlife 57 Flip Page

Contributing Photographers Joe del Tufo, Dennis Dischler Tim Hawk, Les Kipp Tony Kukulich, Matt Urban Special Projects Kelly Loeb, Marie Poot Editorial/Graphic Interns Lauren Marchionni Alexis Spaide Ben Young

ON THE COVER Whether your passion is pale ale or Hefeweizen, we’re sure you’ll agree that a world without beer would be like a day without sunshine.

No worries here. On the cover, senior graphic designer Shawna Sneath sets the tone for this month’s Beer Issue with an illustrative interpretation of a magical land of beer. Bon appetit!

For editorial & advertising information: (302) 655-6483 • Fax (302) 654-0569 5

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The War

OUTFRONT

ON WORDS

By Bob Yearick

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

WORD OF THE MONTH

phlegmatic

Pronounced fleg-matic, it’s an adjective meaning “having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament.”

Media Watch

From a News Journal editorial: “. . . has led a number of economists to issue warnings about, at best, much slower economic growth, or, at worse, another downturn.” Use “worst” when making a comparison with “best.” ˜ e same editorial incorrectly put a semi-colon inside the quotation marks: “. . . 86 million Americans now live in homes that are considered ‘under water;’. Periods and commas go inside quotation marks; semicolons go outside.

And cleaning out our Spark files: ● “. . . and it’s Kelly that’s going to teach my daughter . . .” When referring to people, use “who,” not “that.” ● “We’ve tried to prepare her as best as we can.” ˜ e phrase is “as best we can.” Delete the second as. ● “Not to imply that all Christians are crazy, but these ones are.” “˜ ese ones” is a colloquialism to be avoided. Delete “ones.” ● “. . . a beautiful young women attracts the a˛ ection of many men . . .” Once again, confusion between the plural and singular name for the female of the species raises its ugly head. ● “We’re living in an era where calories are cheap, where chicken wings are more expensive then breast meat . . .” Confusing then and than is another recurring problem. ● “. . . it helped resolve the situation sooner than later.” ˜ is is a less logical shortening of the traditional expression “sooner rather than later.” ● “It’s us ladies who have a need to feel one-of-akind.” Make it “we ladies.”

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And, under Department of Redundancies Dept. ● “We also enjoy attention not only for our asses, but also for our accomplishments too.” Delete one “also” and “too.”

How long, oh lord, how long?

Debbie Layton, of Wilmington, recently spotted a sign that advertised “Cards and Gift’s” – yet another example of being half right when it comes to forming plurals.

Clarifications

A press release touting summer arts programs stated that “˜ e Grand puts the spotlight on a dearth of local talent!” Dearth – meaning lack or shortage – is sometimes confused with plethora, which has the opposite meaning – excess, overabundance. We suspect the press release meant to use the latter word.

Waiting in line; waiting on line. ˜ e former is the standard expression; the latter is a regionalism, spoken most often by New Yorkers.

Phillies-isms

“War” loves the Phillies, and the announcers are OK, too, but they’ve got a couple of blind spots.

Like most broadcasters, Tom McCarthy can’t bring himself to use the objective pronoun in sentences like this: “Victorino is working on the communication between he and Francisco.” As the object of the preposition “between,” the pronoun should be him.

Analyst Chris Wheeler, like almost everyone, mispronounces the word forte as for-tay. As “War” pointed out some time ago, the pronunciation -- in almost all cases -- is fort. ˜ e word usually is used to mean “strong point” or “strength.” Pronounced as for-tay, it is used chiefly in a musical context, to mean “loud.”

BONUS

WORD OF THE MONTH sibilant Pronounced sib-a-lnt, it’s usually used as an adjective to mean “characterized by or producing a hissing sound.”

Seen a good

(bad) one lately?

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Can It Be? Twin Lakes, now in six-packs

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win Lakes Brewing Co. started in 2003 as an obsessive hobby for a group of beverage-industry friends. It was also a way for Greenville’s Hobbs family to preserve its seven-generations-old, 250-acre farmland on Rt. 52. But as the years pass, the beer gets tastier and Twin Lakes gets more serious.

So serious, in fact, you can now find win Lakes in cans at a number of area liquor stores. Previously, the beer was only sold on tap at events and select restaurants or in custom growlers from the brewery. Like many business decisions in the food-and-beverage industry these days, the move to cans had both economic and environmental factors.

“We wanted to do cans about three years ago, but we weren’t ready,” says Twin Lakes co-owner Sam Hobbs, who likes to call the cans “baby kegs.” “We didn’t have the cash and the brewery wasn’t established. But then Fat Tire did it. Oskar’s Pale Ale did it. Sly Fox does it. I fi ured, ‘If they’re doing it…’

“But I’ll never do bottles,” Hobbs goes on. “I’m averse to it. I don’t want that carbon footprint.”

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Here are Hobbs’ footnotes on why cans are better than bottles: 1) The alumi um can Twin Lakes uses is infini ely recyclable; 2) Cans have a lighter carbon footprint; 3) Bottling technology hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years, while canning technology has, specifi ally in regard to alleviating that “tin taste”; 4) Cans go—fishing trips, ball games, the beach—where bottles don’t (they don’t break like bottles do and there’s no light penetration that skunks the beer).

“Th s is a big, big deal for us,” Hobbs says.

“We stuck to our guns by producing living beer that’s still clean.”

Cans of Twin Lakes are now available at Kreston, Branmar Liquors, Tally-Ho, Ward’s and Frank’s in Trolley Square, Atlantic Liquors (at the beach), the Wine & Spirit Co. of Greenville, and Hockessin Liquors.

The esponse so far has been remarkable—more than 500 cases were sold the first w ek of June. Th t’s good news in the effort to convert those who think beer tastes better in a bottle.

“Out West and in the Northeast, it’s more common to find raft beer in cans,” Twin Lakes head brewer Rob Pfeiffer says. “We’re trying to get people over the perception here.

We tell them, ‘Try it. It tastes like our beer.’”

— Michael Pollock

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Main Street, U.S.A. Newark gets national recognition

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he ever-changing landscape of Main Street Newark—shopping, dining, entertainment, you name it—isn’t just noticeable to the nearby UD campus. Recently, the Downtown Newark Partnership—made up of the City of Newark, the University of Delaware, and the Newark Main Street business community—was honored with a 2011 Great American Main Street Award, courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

It was the maintenance of Newark’s historic identity and small-town feel,

coupled with the town’s ability to adapt to shifting economic climates, that brought attention. ˜ e National Trust noted the Downtown Newark Partnership’s track record in presenting the award: Main Street has attracted 26 new businesses and more than $30 million in investment over the last three years.

See why Main Street is still buzzing when it hosts the eighth annual Newark Food & Brew Fest on Saturday, July 23.

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July is brewing up some serious suds WHAT'S INSIDE: Wilmington Beer Week, p14 • Newark Food And Brew Fest, p20 • What Beer Awards Really Mean, p23 Beerku: Reader submitted haikus, p24 • Getting Crafty, p25 • Recipes with Beer, p26 • Beers We Love, p29

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Introducing Wilmington Beer Week

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alling all foodies! Attention, beer snobs! ˜ is next one’s for you. Both of you, and everyone in between.

Your presence is requested at Wilmington Beer Week, an inaugural summer celebration of great food and beer taking place across the city from July 9 to 16. ˜ is isn’t grubs ’n’ suds. In the spirit of Wilmington Restaurant Week and with a tip of the mug to American Beer Month, 10 dining establishments (listed above) are teaming up with beer distributors United, NKS, and Standard to deliver fine craft beers. It’s as much for the food aficionado as it is the hop head.

A prix fixe menu features two-course lunches for $15 and three-course dinners for $30. Special events take place every night of the week, including demonstrations, perfect pairings (sandwiches and entrees paired with specific beers), a citywide toast (Saturday, July 9 at 9 p.m.), tap takeovers (where one brewery gets to pour all its own beers), and Delaware Beer Night, which features the pours

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of all five First State breweries: Twin Lakes, Fordham, Dogfish, 16 Mile, and Evolution. Speaking of Dogfish, owner (and TV star) Sam Calagione will also be on hand for a series of appearances during the week.

Beer dinners will also take place, with Chelsea Tavern serving Yards, Vinoteca 902 serving Harpoon, Harry’s Seafood Grill serving Victory and so on (complete list next page).

“Wilmington has some great restaurants, and that really hits you when we get together to do something fun like this,” says Dan Butler, who has two restaurants, Deep Blue and Piccolina Toscana, on board for the week.

“People have been associating my restaurants with great wine lists—and deservedly so—but we also have great beer selections that pair well. Local breweries are really stepping up their quality. We’ve been tasting countless beers after busy dinner services for months now. It’s a grueling job, but hopefully the e˛ ort will be obvious come Beer Week.”

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About 100 craft brews for the adventurous and sophisticated beer palette. Join us for Beer Week and see for yourself.

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BEER WEEK Event Schedule SATURDAY, JULY 9

• Citywide Toast: 9pm at all locations. Plus: Delaware Beer Night • Columbus Inn: Chef Pairing and meet the Twin Lakes crew • Harry's Seafood Grill: Victory Beer Dinner (5:30pm) • Piccolina Toscana: Meet the Brewer of Evolution for a free portfolio tasting

SUNDAY, JULY 10

• Union City Grille: Sam Adams Beer Dinner • Domaine Hudson: Belgian Beer Tasting (4:30-6:30pm)

MONDAY, JULY 11

• Piccolina Toscana: Meet the Brewer of 16 Mile & enjoy a multi-course dinner of small plates paired with 16 Mile brews

TUESDAY, JULY 12

• Vinoteca 902: Five-course paired dinner with Harpoon Beer (6:30pm) • Deep Blue Lounge: Down n Dirty BBQ Brews from Clipper City Brewing Company • Domaine Hudson: Flying Fish Beer Garden with special guest Chuck Ott

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13

• Chelsea Tavern: Yards Tap Take Over Party • Washington Street Ale House: Sam’s Hitting Washington Street Ale House (5pm) • Vinoteca 902: Saranac Craft Tasting

THURSDAY, JULY 14

• Chelsea Tavern: Meet & Greet with Dogfish founder Sam Calagione (4-5:30pm) • Chelsea Tavern: History in a Bottle Beer Dinner w/Nick Vitalo of Dogfish Head (6pm) • Columbus Inn: Brunch with Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head (11:30am-1pm) • World Cafe Live at the Queen: Old World vs New World. Five-course pairing & tasting with Cicerone Burke Morrison • Domaine Hudson: Six-course beer dinner with beer guru Bob Gera

FRIDAY, JULY 15

• Washington Street Ale House: Firkin Friday - Brewers from Yards, Evolution & Fordham take over the Ale House • World Cafe Live at the Queen: American Craft Beer Tasting. More than a dozen U.S. craft breweries featuring rarities and beers new to the U.S. (4:30-8pm)

SATURDAY, JULY 16

• Delaware Beer Night • Deep Blue: Four-course Beer Dinner with Old Dominion & Fordham Brewery • Piccolina Toscana: Cooking with Beer demonstration/class with Robbie Jester • Harry's Seafood Grill: Chef Pairing on the Patio with brewer from Twin Lakes • Union City Grille: Unibroue Tasting Dinner

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More Than Beer (But the Beer’s Good, Too)

The Newark Food & Brew Fest continues to evolve

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resh off ome big recognition—a Downtown Delaware honor last fall for its annual Food & Brew Fest, a 2011 Great American Main Street Award last month— Newark is beaming with pride right now.

And deservedly so. To see why, make plans to be at the eighth annual Newark Food & Brew Fest, on Saturday, July 23.

Beer, cuisine, live music and performers, and a great sidewalk sale—the proof is right on Main Street, all day long. (From 2 to 10 p.m., actually.)

Two dozen breweries (offering more than 40 beers) meet 17 participating restaurants (See full list next page), with 19 shops open for business along the sidewalks of Main Street.

The first 2,000 uests get tasting mugs. And for the kids? Free root beer in commemorative cups.

The articipating restaurants: Ali Baba, Buffalo Wild Wings, Caffe Gelato, Catherine Rooney’s, Claymont Steak Shop, Cosi, Cucini di Napoli, Deer Park Tavern, Grotto Pizza, Home Grown Café, Iron Hill Brewery, Kildare’s Irish Pub, Klondike Kate’s, Mojo Main, Saigon, Santa Fe Mexican Grill, and Stone Balloon Winehouse.

Everyone has fun at the Newark Food & Brew Fest!

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presents:

8 HOPS

Saturday, July 23 [2 - 10 pm]

Special menus tailored to OVER 40 FEATURED BREWS

Leinenkugel’s

Twin Lakes

Ommegang BrewDog

Woodchuck

Moretti

Clipper City

Latis Palm

Victory

Saigon

Sapporo

Shipyard

Dogfish Head

Sierra Nevada Flying Fish

Steinlager

Long Trail Otter Creek

Flying Dog Troegs

16 Mile

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SHops Bloom

92 E. Main St., 302-454-7266 Providing an eclectic and ever-changing collection of apparel, handmade jewelry and unusual gifts.

Brunswick Blue Hen Lanes

501 Newark Shopping Center, 302-737-5690 (sharing sidewalk space with Gecko – 146 E. Main Street) 32 lanes, Noble Roman’s Pizza, Cosmic Bowling – stop by our table and pick up some free bowling coupons!

Clothes in the Past Lane

56 E. Main St., 302-369-1960 Retro and new clothing and accessories.

Flip Flop Shops

148 E. Main St., 302-533-6621 Latest styles of flip flops and sandals, boots and slippers.

Flavor

151 E. Main Street, 302-369-6160 Hot fashions and accessories at affordable prices.

Formal Affairs

257 E. Main St., 302-737-1519 Tuxedo and men’s formalwear.

Gamble’s Newark Florist

The Fabulous “Hops & Shops” Sidewalk Sale featuring these celebrated downtown merchants and more: {starts at noon}

Gecko Fashions

146 E. Main St., 302-456-1929 Fashions, lingerie, t-shirts, jewelry and artwork by local artists.

Grassroots Handcrafts 93 E. Main St., 302-453-9751 Contemporary handcrafts, gift items, clothing, jewelry.

Main St. Computers

218 E. Main St, Ste. 112, 302-525-9821 Meeting all your computer needs - virus and spyware removal.

Moxie Boutique

48 E. Main St., 302-456-1300 Featuring the latest fashions, dresses and high end denims.

National 5 & 10

66 E. Main St., 302-368-1646 Offering variety merchandise, Delaware sportswear and souvenirs.

Primo Hoagies

223 E. Main St., 302-368-7746 Old-fashioned South Philly hoagies, best meat, 95-98% fat free, no MSG.

SAS Cupcakes

134 E. Main St., 302-368-2253 Gourmet cupcakes and whimsical party goods. Featuring tropically themed treats for the Food & Brew Fest.

Switch Snowboard & Skateboards

54 E. Main St., 302-738-7499 Skate and snowboard gear retailer.

The Days of Knights 173 E. Main St., 302-366-0963 Fantasy and science fiction gifts, gaming shop.

Village Imports Fair Trade Store

Trader’s Alley, 165 E. Main Street, 302-368-9923 Clothes, jewelry, home and garden, gifts from 60+ countries, all Fair Trade, all handmade.

World Class Supply 175 Elkton Road, 302-737-1441 Environmental Design Center – green building materials for home and office.

Romanick Pottery

170 E. Main St., 302-738-8038 Contemporary handcrafted pottery and unique gifts. Most pieces will be priced at 30% to 40% off!

257 E. Main St., 302-366-1211 Full-service florist delivering affordable, fine fresh flowers 6 days a week.

LIVE MUSIC • sidewalk performers FREE ROOT BEER SAMPLES IN SOUVENIR CUPS fOR KIDS

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Beer awards build reputation and drive sales, but in the end it’s all about the customers

By Scott Pruden

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raft brewers, by their very nature, aren’t necessarily interested in producing brews that appeal to everyone. But that doesn’t mean they don’t enjoy a little aÿ rmation that they’re doing things right.

As such, brewers in Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania are vigilant about entering national and international beer competitions in which their individual brews compete against some of the best from their peers. Events like the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place every year in Denver, Colo., can make a brewer’s reputation by bestowing an unknown beer with a medal. But when the brewer comes home, what matters is how much product is flowing out of the tap.

Prestigious as they are, are the awards just about bragging rights among brewers? Or do they really drive sales?

“It’s a little bit of both,” says Al Stewart, owner of Stewart’s Brewing Co. in Bear. “First and foremost, you like to be recognized by the people in your industry, by your peers.”

Few things in a brewer’s life compare to bringing home that first medal from Denver, he says. The first one for Stewart’s came in 2000: a bronze for the brewery’s Irish Red Ale. “I was a foot off the floor for days after that,” Stewart says. “It’s a great pride thing.”

The next step for the brewer is to let people know about the award. That usually involves a certain amount of public-relations work, issuing press releases and adding appropriate signage at

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brewpub locations or retailers. And because the beer drinkers that normally patronize brewpubs or drink craft-brewed beers generally have higher expectations from their beers, they’re eager to try the award winners, says Mark Edelson, co-owner and director of brewery operations for Iron Hill.

“I would say that we get a bump [in sales] after a competition, but I would say overall that any award that you get speaks to a greater awareness of the brand,” he says. “That in itself drives overall beer sales. If we’re consistently winning awards, then I think people say, ‘Hey, they must be doing something right.’”

That consistency is reflected in the numbers. Iron Hill has won 30 medals since it first entered the Great American Beer Festival 15 years ago, bringing home at least one medal in each of those years. One of Stewart’s past winners, the seasonal Windblown Blonde Ale, became a customer favorite after it brought home a World Beer Cup Gold Medal in 2008, requiring him to brew a second batch to cover brewpub demand. And although those awards do mean a lot, both Edelson and Stewart agree: It’s less important to bring home a medal than it is to put your best beers out there for customers and judges.

“We don’t just brew for the competitions, we brew beer that our customers will enjoy,” Stewart says. “We just love the art and the instant gratification when someone takes a big swig and says, ‘Aw, God, that’s a good beer.’ That’s what it’s all about.”

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INGREDIENTS (Feeds 6 People): For the marinade:

12 garlic cloves 1 teaspoon dried oregano or 1 leaf fresh ½ teaspoon ground cumin 2 tablespoons chopped onion 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

For the main dish:

1 ½ pounds boneless chicken breast

¼ cup oil ¾ cup chopped onion 1 green pepper, cut into thin strips 5 tablespoons tomato paste ½ teaspoon annatto powder or oil 6 cups chicken broth 1 bay leaf 3 cups Valencian rice 1 ½ cups Allagash White beer 1 cup corn 2 small grilled red peppers, cut into strips

METHOD For the marinade:Crush the garlic, oregano, and cumin with some salt in a mortar. Add the onion and lime juice.

Main dish: Cut chicken breast into smaller pieces and place in a dish and season with salt.

Add the marinade, mix well, and leave for at least an hour.

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Drain the chicken pieces and keep the remaining marinade.

Heat the oil in a heavy pan on a high heat. Fry the chicken until golden then remove from pan.

Reduce the heat and add the onion, green pepper, and the remaining marinade. Sauté

for 5-6 minutes until the onion is transparent, then add the tomato paste and the annatto powder. Cook for another 5-6 minutes then add the chicken pieces, the broth, and the bay leaf. Season with salt, cover, and cook gently for 25 minutes.

Raise the heat, add the rice and cook for 15 minutes. When the rice starts to dry out and is almost cooked, add the beer and corn and cook for another 5-10 minutes, until the rice is cooked but still fairly liquid.

Place in an earthenware dish, garnish with strips of red pepper, and serve immediately before rice dries too much.

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Here’s what they said.

“A tap favorite of ours, out of the 27 taps and all the Belgians we carry, is still the Brooklyner Weisse from Brooklyn, NY. It’s had a dedicated tap spigot for 14 years. It truly represents a German Bavarian style wheat.

Soon we’ll be tapping another German hefeweizen, Bischoff UR-Weisse. We’re looking forward to comparing the two.”

— Scott Hammond, Owner, Half Moon Restaurant and Saloon

“Dogfish’s 90 Minute IPA is definitely in my Top 5 dessert-island beers. Its hoppiness and malt balance is head and shoulders above any other Hop Head beer.

The best example of a super strong IPA, I think. Next, I’d say Brooklyn’s Black Chocolate Stout. When I was 21 and living in Newark, I went to State Line to grab something on my way to Mom and Dad’s for Christmas dinner. I blindly grabbed a four-pack of BCS and completely fell in love with the beer. Last, and I feel a bit dirty saying it, but Miller Lite has a very special place in my heart. Mostly having to do with Eagles tailgating and summertime day drinking.”

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“It is hard for me to flat-out say what my favorite beer is.

It changes many times over the course of a year. Right now, I have been going with the super hoppy West Coast beers. Green Flash West Coast IPA is what you will find most often in my fridge right now.

It has a beautiful pine and citrus hop aroma with a sticky lacing head. It’s almost juicy, if that makes sense. But I do have a guilty pleasure when it comes to beer: Imperial Stout (a stronger more full flavored stout) is a beer-style most often sipped on slowly in the cold winter months. But I could drink them year around.

North Coast Brewery makes Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. It’s an amazing beer that’s so complex, different flavors come out throughout the entire drinking process.

And for the money, it is one of the best beers available everyday!”

— Jeremy Hughes, Director of Operations, Deer Park Tavern and McGlynns Pub & Restaurants

“I love beer and when I opened up our coolers at Home Grown to choose my three favorites, I was overwhelmed with thoughts of delicious brews, good times with friends and tasting my first beer sitting on my grandfather’s lap as a little boy. I had to discuss my dilemma with Eric Garwood, a manager at HG, to narrow down my picks. Caldera IPA is an amazing IPA with aggressive hops, lots of body & great flavor. Don’t let the bright yellow 12 oz can fool you; unlike other beers of its kind this brew is big on flavor and light on your palate.

Pinkus Organic Hefe-Weizen is a cloudy and creamy unfiltered wheat ale from the world’s first organic brewery. There are hints of toasted bananas, citrus, yeast & fresh baked bread. Pinkus is a great old world brewery putting out 4 phenomenal beers, but their Hefe-Weizen is our favorite for its distinctive flavor. I love Rogue’s Dead Guy Ale for its smooth and refreshing

flavor, which is great for any occasion. This medium bodied Maibock is rich and malty with crisp hop finish. Rogue is another great brewery from Oregon that puts out an amazing array of beer.”

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BEER NOTES YARDS, NOW IN DELAWARE Though it’s less than 30 miles from the Delaware border, Philly’s Yards Brewing Co. has always eluded First State taprooms and liquor stores.

That was, until last month.

Yards can now be found in liquor stores and more than 30 bars and restaurants up and down the state. Their Philly Pale Ale and Brawler can be found on tap, while the “core lineup” (Pale Ale, IPA, Extra Special Ale, Love Stout, and Brawler) is available in stores.

Yards attempted to have a presence in Delaware about eight years ago, operations manager Steve Mashington says, but the brewery’s demand in Philly didn’t afford them the capability to ship out of state for very long. “We were growing in Philly, and we didn’t have enough to cover Delaware,” Mashington, a UD grad, says. “So we had to pull out.”

The recent addition of two fermenters increased production and made Delaware a reality again. “The response has been better than expected, honestly,” Mashington says. “People have been waiting for us to come here.”

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CHELSEA CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY WITH MORE ROOM, BEERS Chelsea recently turned 15 (months, not years), and the Market Street tavern is marking the milestone by going bigger.

First: Their dining room has been renovated using an eco-friendly flooring system and now seats up to 100. (“Chelsea Underground,” the restaurant’s lower level, features a new A/V system as well as upgraded A/C and a wet bar. The room fits 75.) Outdoor seating has been spruced up with bigger umbrellas. Also, a few “beeristas”—beer-serving experts a la the baristas you find at coffee shops—have been added to staff.

They’ll come in handy for the five new beers now available: Sam Adams’ East West Kolsch, Yards’ Brawler, Palm’s Belgian Ale, Blue Point’s Hoptical Illusion, and Sierra Nevada’s Southern Hemisphere Fresh Hop Ale. (This brings Chelsea’s tap total to 27.)

DELAWARE WINE & BEER FESTIVAL SET FOR OCT. 23 Mark your calendar and ready your palate—the second annual Delaware Wine & Beer Festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Pizzadili Vineyard and Winery in Felton. Held from noon to 5 p.m. with a $35 at-the-door admission ($25 in advance), the festival will feature 16 Mile, Dogfish, Evolution, Fenwick Wine Cellars, Fordham/ Dominion, Pizzadili, Stewart’s, Twin Lakes, and Millsboro’s Unplugged & Uncorked. The festival is being sponsored by the Delaware Wine & Ale Trail, which encourages visitors to sample 13 wine and beer locations throughout the state.

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“For me, summertime is the best season for drinking beer, like a cold, refreshing tall boy after cutting the grass. All three of the beers I chose fit this profile.

Brooklyn Summer Ale had a sweet malt taste with a slight aroma of floral and citrus hops, and a full taste for a summer brew. It goes down easy and is refreshing and delicious. Dogfish Head’s Sah’Tea, currently on draught at BBC, is a unique brew with a full-mouth feel, brewed with black chai tea and juniper berries. It is different than anything I have tasted before, perfect for drinking on the patio on a hot summer night. And with 9% abv, it packs a little kick as well. I fell in love with Pacifico Clara when I lived in southern California. It is a better alternative to Corona in my opinion. The perfect beach or poolside beer. Just add a lime and some sunshine and this crisp, clean cerveza does the trick every time!”

“One of [my] all-time greats is definitely Saison DuPont: insanely food-friendly, complex, and refreshing all at once.

Evolution Lot #6 might be my favorite beer brewed in Delaware: just an intense blast of grapefruit with a sturdy malt character. It also hides the fact that it’s almost 10% alcohol very well. I love almost everything Allagash does, but their Curieux is at the top. It’s a Tripel aged in bourbon barrels, which sounds decently odd, and then you taste it. The Belgian spice and the vanilla from the barrel make for an outstanding beer. My favorite rainy day beer is Iron Hill Pig Iron, a classic porter that hits every note on the head.” — Ben

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By Robert Lhulier

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ow that it’s oÿ cially hotter than the gates of Hades, we can go outside to cook our summer meals over an open, smoking fire. Great. When I was asked for a piece on cooking out, it occurred to me there are likely more able grillers out there than we give credit to. So, it seems it would be more useful to draft a primer on what not to do while barbecuing this summer.

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I’m always amazed at how much common sense is thrown out the window when it comes to moving a kitchen appliance into the backyard.

Take, for instance, our innate dual fascination with, and fear of, fire. Most marinades and pre-seasonings are fatbased; yet grill plebes believe, after loading the open flames with fat-laden vegetables and chicken parts, that dumping the remaining two cups over the coals will produce extra flavor.

Oh, you’ll get flavor. It’s the kind of flavor that can only be found in a burnt-out row home.

Another faux pas with marinades comes when, just after completing the final stages of golden-browndeliciousness, our grill master returns his prized, glistening

meats to the now warmed and waiting original dish of marinade, in all its rawness and bacteria-blooming bliss.

This is the surest way to harm the most people without letting them know what’s coming. You call it cutting down on dirty dishes, we call it cross-contamination. Discard your prize-winning leftover marinade as soon as the first chop hits the grill—and go wash your dish, you dirty little piggy.

Generally, the next most egregious error is in assessing the size of the flames in relation to what’s being grilled.

Refinery-sized flames aren’t necessary, for example, when cooking monstrous pieces of raw meat. In fact, if your goal is to perfectly char the

outside while leaving the inside cold and sushi-like, this is the correct method. Slow and low, that is the tem-po, I think the Beastie Boys once said. Parcooking items, like boiling drum sticks and thighs, also helps cut down on cooking time and ensures a finished product.

Try using that little shelf above the grates when you’ve got the desired color you’re looking for, but still need to cook some more. Lay out some foil and use your grill as an oven. It’s a smart and versatile way to master the coals.

My next tip is for the procrastinator. Scenario: While cocktailing, you’ve neglected your prep and helped polish off the cooler of adult beverages. Now it’s time to put on dinner, but wait—it’s dark outside! Grilling in the dark is not for the novice. As you stare into the pretty orange light while being consumed by mosquitoes, you poke at the meat repeatedly, certain “it must be ready.” Under the pressure of getting dinner on the table, you plate up steaks still mooing, and everyone’s nose crinkles while they load up on potato salad. FAIL. Excessive utensils, a tank of lighter fluid, wrought-iron skewers, grilling baskets, and silicone basters won’t make you a better grill cook. But you will look good. Take instead these few tips to the backyard with a level head and a good game plan. You’ll be able to show off your chops with the best of them.

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

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PICKS Toscana To-Go’s Family night dinner: Oliver approved.

“Every Sunday, Toscana To-Go in Trolley Square offers a Family Night dinner. Purchase any family-size entrée (serves 4-6), and they include Caesar salad, breadsticks, and cookies. This past weekend, we ordered the Tortellini: hand-turned pasta filled with mortadella and ricotta in a sun-dried tomato blush sauce.

Everything was delicious. We had plenty for four adults with some leftovers, and spent only $40. It’s a great option for a home style Sunday dinner when you don’t have the time to make it yourself.”

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Celebrating Bier and Washing Machines We owe a debt to Fritz Maytag

By J. Burke Morrison

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uly is very special. Why? Because it’s National Bier Month!

Wow...An entire month dedicated to everyone’s favorite “adult libation.” (Yes, favorite: If you’re not with me, you’re against me!).

Can you believe we have a whole month dedicated to bier, in all its variety, all its glory?

Really! Twenty, 30, 40 years ago, the mere notion of celebrating a week, or, for that matter, even a day, to bier would have seemed absurd.

What was there to celebrate?

Variety abounded, to be sure. You had a multitude of choices. The Heartland (Wisconsin, Missouri, Colorado, et al) led the day, offering the thirst-quenched masses their pale, straw-yellow, adjunct-riddled “pilsner” biers. And, of course, there were countless smaller, mostly local operations, struggling to survive amid the ever-increasing pressures of mass media marketing.

These local stalwarts’ unfortunate strategy, for the most part, was to emulate, not differentiate themselves from, the megabiers. The result, of course, left the masses with the plentitude of choices between local style pale, straw-yellow, adjunct-riddled “pilsner” biers, and hip, cool, national—repeat after me—pale, straw-yellow, adjunctriddled biers.

Actually, of course, homogeny abounded.

Then, in a stroke of genius, recognizing the lack of variety available, these brewers, local and national alike, came up with a grounding-breaking solution. Instead of producing more traditional, full-flavored options, they brought us—tah-dah!— “Light -Biers!” These pale, straw-yellow, adjunctriddled biers were nothing more than watered-down versions of the originals. Financial, if not gastronomic, success followed.

Enter Fritz. Maytag.

Yes, that Maytag—the washing machine guy, or, more specifically, the heir to the washing machine guy. In fact, not just the heir to the washing machine legacy (and fortune), but also the heir to the Artisanal Blue Cheeze legacy.

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As it turns out, a lot. It’s widely accepted that Fritz Maytag is the grandfather (some might argue great-grandfather) of the modern craft bier industry. In 1965, Mr. Maytag, while enjoying a full-flavored, local legacy bier at a watering-hole in a San Francisco neighborhood in the ‘60s, learned from his local publican that the brewery that produced the bier he was enjoying was closing. Maytag immediately wandered over to the Anchor Brewery and, long story short, purchased 51 percent of the failing enterprise, invested in new sanitation and brewing equipment, and began producing traditional, full-flavored ales.

The boldness of producing exactly the kind of bier that was falling out of favor in the general market at this time was, by all accounts, a foolhardy enterprise. Only a “trust fund baby” could be so frivolous and impulsive to behave so fiscally irresponsibly.

But then a funny thing happened. People bought his bier. They liked his bier.

Now, I’m not suggesting that Anchor Steam was an immediate, overnight success, nor did the spark he lit lead to an immediate revolution. Other breweries didn’t flock to mimic his biers. In fact, it was tough. The brewery floundered for years, but stuck to its principles.

Meanwhile, the brewing industry largely ignored this little nuisance and continued to conduct business as usual. Arguably, it wasn’t for another 10 or 15 years before anyone tried to do what Fritz did. In fact, really, it took President Jimmy Carter to get things moving on the brewing front by repealing the abolition of home brewing in 1979. All of a sudden, people started brewing bier at home. They experimented with different styles and they liked them.

Many of these early home brewers became brewery owners, starting what we now recognize as the Craft Bier Revolution. These upstarts looked at what Fritz Maytag had done with the little brewery, Anchor Steam, and concluded that there was a market for these biers. And they were right. The rest, as they say, is history.

So this month, when you’re enjoying a bier at one of the numerous bier-centric events being conducted this July, be it a local craft, national craft, or even a European specialty bier, take a moment to thank Mr. Maytag for saving the Anchor Steam brewery and saving us all from the homogeny we were so close to being stuck with.

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D y Bobb hhhhh, summer…oh how I love thee. It is so nice to be outside and enjoying the sun. This Spring we saw so many new faces.

This Summer we are welcoming so many more. I want to remind everyone about a very important truth that new members and veterans alike should pay attention to. Sports are our structure, but the DSL community is the cement that binds us together. We believe it is up to each of us, the people of Delaware to decide the type of environment we want to create for ourselves. It is up to us to decide whether we live in a fun, exciting, friendly, and healthy state. It is up to us as individuals to make the first step in introducing yourself to someone outside your team, and then on the other individual to make them feel welcome.

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SUMMER SCORECARD, Part 1

MOVIES

By Mark Fields

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n keeping with the strong contingent of summer films that are sequels or prequels or set-ups for future sequels, here is our first entry in a multi-part report of what’s scoring at the Cineplex:

Green Lantern. How fitting that a comic-book-inspired movie be awash in primary colors (especially green, of course) with a paper-thin plot and two-dimensional characters. ° e problem is that we have come to expect (or at least hope) for more from the superhero genre. If that weren’t disappointing enough, Green Lantern is another painful example of the exhausting 3D trend and an overreliance on CGI.

Ryan Reynolds is handsome and likable as the cocksure test pilot Hal Jordan, but he and the rest of the cast (Blake Lively, Tim Robbins, Peter Sarsgaard) are no more real than the CGI characters voiced by Geo˛ rey Rush and Michael Clarke Duncan. ° is half-hearted e˛ ort is nothing more than an obvious money grab.

The Trip. Two British comic actors, Steve Coogan and Rob

Brydon, spend a week motoring across the north of England reviewing nouvelle restaurants for a magazine article. As they sit and eat, they deftly needle one another with petty whining and dueling impersonations (Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Woody Allen). ° e two performers, playing variations on their own personas, are an amusing contrast: moody, self-absorbed Coogan and sunny, obliging Brydon. ° is modest film – with no special e˛ ects and little action beyond a moving car – manages to be far more entertaining than standard summer movie fare.

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“Yes, Your Tide is Cold and Dark, Sir”, a film by Christopher Malinowski for Myatin Productions.

Shooting commences in November 2011 in Lewes/Rehoboth, Delaware.

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Beginners. Ewan McGregor plays Oliver, a talented but aimless illustrator, who re-examines his life after his aging father reveals that he is gay and that he is dying of a terminal illness. Christopher Plummer brings a delightful blend of joie de vivre and elegance to the role of Hal, the father. Melanie Laurent is all Gallic charm as Anna, the actress with whom Oliver tries to establish a new relationship. ˆ e story is inspired by the family of director Michael Mills, and perhaps he’s a little too close to the subject matter. He conveys the story with a grab-bag of directorly tricks and quirks, many of which are eˇ ective devices on their own, but cumulatively they tend to clutter the narrative and detract from the emotional connection between characters and audience.

Super 8. Director J.J. Abrams – who brought new life to the Star Trek film franchise and has also captivated the imaginations of millions of TV watchers with Lost, Alias, and Fringe – creates a mashup of kids, monsters, and movies in the ultimate summer blockbuster. But working with producer Steven Spielberg, the director also manages to pay tribute to Spielberg’s early career on the same topics. ˆ e tribute, though, is more than just a simple homage to an inspirational director; in Abram’s confident storytelling, Super 8 is a surprisingly subtle meditation on family life and adolescent bonding, cleverly enveloped in a sci-fi fantasy.

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hen trying to put together a list of movies with memorable moments involving beer, three films came to mind: Strange Brew (1983), Beerfest (2006), and I Hope ˜ ey Serve Beer in Hell (2009). Here are nine others—fast-forwarded to their appropriate scenes—to round out the dirty dozen.

American Pie (1999). Stifler drinks a “pale ale.”

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Old School (2003). Frank the Tank takes a hit from the beer bong.

Snatch (2000). Bullet Tooth Tony sips a Guinness while explaining the difference to a group of would-be jewel thieves between a real Desert Eagle .50 (his) and a replica (theirs). Also included: a lesson on testicular fortitude.

Barfly (1987). Henry orders a celebratory draught after

redeeming his win-loss record against the local bartender.

Superbad (2007). Seth tries to keep it together in the liquor store.

Blue Velvet (1986). Frank Booth dismisses a request for

Heineken with an enthusiastic alternative: “Pabst Blue Ribbon!”

Fight Club (1999). Tyler and the narrator start Fight Club after enjoying three pitchers of beer.

Good Will Hunting (1997). Morgan pretends to swallow a bug in his glass so Will can talk to Skylar.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989). Uncle Eddie throws back a cold one while emptying the RV toilet.

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BOOGIE MONSTERS Villains Like You and their blues-rock vendetta

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funny thing happened to Wilmington-area bluesrock band Villains Like You on the way to last October’s Musikarmageddon fina s at the Baby Grand. After playing Arlene’s in New York City’s Greenwich Village the night before, bassist/electric guitarist James Everhart was about to enjoy a post-show, um, high. Before he could take a pull, a nearby police

office spotted him, arrested him, and thwarted everyone’s plans. Everhart spent most of the weekend in jail before the charges were dropped.

The l sson learned?

“Marijuana is still illegal in New York,” Everhart says.

The in ident reduced the then-trio to a duo. Still, vocalist/guitarist Chris Julian and drummer Will Donnelly soldiered on, playing a blistering,

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bass-less set to kick off he fina s, where Villains Like You were one of four bands vying for the judges’ votes. Th y didn’t win, but they left a big impression.

Now, months later, the trio is a foursome—Robbie Schuler has been added to play harmonica— and they’ve made good on their promise with a 10-song album, Black Jackets, recorded and engineered by Donnelly, who works at Oceanic Studios in Bethesda, Md. Black Jackets is four white boys in their early 20s playing the blues. But it’s not a closed-eyes, wrinkled-brow kind of blues.

It’s dirty finge nails and raw emotion—more Jack White than John Mayer. Julian calls it “scudpunk blues,” which is taken, with some clever tweaking, from Them C ooked Vultures’ “Scumbag Blues.”

Villains Like You’s blues connection sinks down to the art form’s origins. “What other genre of music talks so much about getting wasted and hating and loving women at the same time?”

Everhart jokes. (I responded with “hip-hop,” but that could fall under the blues just as well.)

“The blu s is universal,” Julian says. “You can be anywhere and it’s like, ‘I understand this.’

It’s simple.”

As UD students, friends Julian and Everhart cut their teeth playing in “little crappy jam bands” at university events and house-party basements.

“I’d rather have you know more about me going to jail than playing in those bands,” Everhart laughs. But those gigs, which included covers and originals, “gave us a taste of people liking what we do,” as well as lots of practice, Julian says. “It was affirmation. Now, it’s much more of an artistic direction.”

“And more personal,” Everhart adds. “We have a chip on our shoulder. It comes with our name.

We all come from a place where we’ll take any opportunity we

can get. We see a lot of bigger bands that become successful, and they’re just a bunch of a__holes. People are given these opportunities and they act like they don’t even wanna be there.

It’s pathetic. Every show we play is a blessing. Being able to do this in front of people and fi uring out how to get better—it’s what I lose sleep over.”

Th t intensity made it to Black Jackets, which stomps (“No Other”), slides (“Off he Cuff ”), and scorches (“Rainy Day Weather”) with a kind of lean electricity. (It’s also expertly produced. “The xtent of our infi hting is where to put the mics when we record,” Julian says.

Adds Everhart: “We’re all nerds about that stuff”) And because, in Julian’s words, the blues is universal, there’s room for growth, even when the influen es bleed through. You could hardly be faulted for mistaking the shuffle of Then Th e Were Two” for a Black Keys tune, but that’s part of the fabric.

“The e are territories on the record that are more reminiscent of early Led Zeppelin, particularly with the addition of the harmonica,” says this magazine’s Jim Miller, one of the band’s earliest supporters.

“The e’s more dimension to their sound now—the raw power of the bass and guitar are balanced with those haunting harmonica lines. It’s fuller, but it all fi s.”

Th t’s the band’s version of democracy at work. An early VLY lineup featured Julian and Everhart both on electric guitar, Donnelly on bass, and a former drummer, who left amicably.

Donnelly took the drummer’s spot, allowing Julian and Everhart to trade off on lectric and bass. “It completely changed the dynamic,” Julian says. “It wasn’t me trying to fi ure out what to play and what not to play.

It became, ‘I’m doing my thing on bass, so you can do your thing on guitar.’ The e’s something to

be said for one person on each instrument—one voice on the bass, one voice on the guitar, one voice on the drums.”

“We have freedom, but it’s a lot easier to lock in to what we’re doing, too,” Everhart says.

Schuler’s recruitment was a natural fi . “My dad had a good CD collection,” he says.

“I tried the guitar but I could never remember all the chords.

My grandfather had a 21-note harmonica, and I learned ‘When the Saints Go Marching In.’ Then I moved to a 10-hole [10-note harmonica] and started learning from a book and CD my dad got me. I stuck with it since I was 6 years old.”

Now, it seems, those formative years are coming full circle. The e’s a chemistry that’s evident in Villains Like You, but it’s adaptable, a way of “showing versatility but paying homage,” Everhart says.

The and cites other bands— Rolling Stones, Crazy Horse, the Grateful Dead—as well as key recordings—The and’s Last Waltz, Dylan’s Basement Tapes, the Beatles’ Anthologies—as more than reference points.

Blueprints, maybe. “A bucket list” of like-minded projects they want to tackle eventually, Everhart says.

“The e’s a fine line etween a band being obsessed with themselves and a band just being a band, which is something that’s accessible to people,” Julian says.

“You have to show the fi er of what you’re doing.”

“The blues is universal.

You can be anywhere and it’s like, ‘I understand this.’ It’s simple.”

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Composed of seasoned musicians who’ve enjoyed careers touring and recording with acts like Patti LaBelle, Billy Paul, and The Delfonics, Hollywood & The Final Kutt bring the classic soul sounds of Philly – and more – to Wilmington.

Always popular during the CityLife Block Party Series, the band knows how to get crowds in high spirits, playing favorites from a range of soul, R&B, Motown, funk, and rock acts from the past as well as today. The groove-tight band is well known for its front man, Hollywood, whose presences lives up to his name, and whose atomic-like energy lights up a room on its own.

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n our cover feature last month, lead vocalist Billy Dobies kept mum about what was in the works for New Sweden, only willing to reveal that there was an upcoming album and that there might have been interest from record labels or producers.

With the impending Record Release Party for the album this month, the band can no longer remain hush-hush about their upcoming LP (and yes, we can now say with certainty that it is a full LP).

Recently revealed on their website, New Sweden has teamed up with producer Ritchie Rubini, of The Caulfields, and sound engineer Nick DiDia, who has worked with rock royalty Bruce Springsteen, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine and Pearl Jam, among others.

Be the first to get the new album while enjoying New Sweden’s live Record Release Party performance, July 29 at World Cafe Live at the Queen, where they will be joined by Philly bands The Spinning Leaves and Johnny Miles & The Waywards.

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ribute bands get their share of knock, and they’ve been known to make people a little uncomfortable.

But they’ve come a long way, recreating themselves into faithful, down-to-thedetail performance machines in the process. Besides, how else can you see your favorite bygone bands live?

In the case of Dewey’s Bottle & Cork,

you can see them live and at the beach.

The Co k’s July lineup includes Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute) on Thursday, July 14 and Friday, July 15 ($25 in advance, $28 day-of ) and Who’s Bad (Michael Jackson) on Friday, July 22 (free show).

The ollowing month, two of rock’s most recognized acts get recreated when

Zoso (Led Zeppelin, named after the band’s symbol-laced fourth album) plays on Thursday, Aug. 4 (free) and 2U—“the world’s second-best U2 show”—hits the stage on Friday, Aug. 26 (also a free show).

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After a highly appraised set at the MeadowGrass music festival in Colorado, this Americana band is collecting fans, or new members of their so-called “Yar-my,” everywhere they go. The six-piece band has a unique sound that results from their eclectic influences of country, blues, folk, rock, and more.

Just before the group heads down to Virginia for FloydFest, they will make a pit-stop in Wilmington.

Performing at Kelly’s Logan House on July 28 at 8 p.m., this is a show not to be missed.

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Sunday July 3 will mark the 17th anniversary of the Burke-and-Stock Independence Day celebration, an event that has grown from humble beginnings. Burke Morrison, the party’s founder (and O&A’s own “Suds” column contributor), explains that, “Burke-and-Stock started as a house-warming party in 1995 in my basement, and has become a fun, local tradition of great beer, great people and great music.”

Five years ago, the event moved to Twin Lakes Brewery in Greenville, where it will begin this year at 3 p.m. with a performance by Lyric Drive, followed by an entire evening of live local music.

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On the cover: An aerials view of Wilmington’s Riverfront.

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ABOUT THE “IN” CAMPAIGN

Wilmington 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.

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WED, JUL 6, 13, 20 & 27, 5 – 8 PM

THU, JUL 7, 10 AM & 1 PM

FRI, JUL 8, 8 PM

Linda Celestian: Painting

Bike & Hike

Magical Land of Oz

Todd Rundgren

Mezzanine Gallery • 302.577.8278 Hours: 8 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday 820 N. French St. • bit.ly/jADKBo

Hagley Museum and Library • 302.658.2400 Every Wednesday evening thru August 31 200 Hagley Rd. • bit.ly/kHZB04

The Grand • 800-37-GRAND 818 N. Market St. • bit.ly/m2AaR1

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Wilmington Pirate Day

Rodney Square • 302.250.0652 10th & Market Streets • bit.ly/mtSK6r

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New Candlelight Theatre 302.475.2313 • 2208 Millers Road bit.ly/lypsni

Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park 80 Rosa Parks Drive • bit.ly/lhL638 Presented by the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation

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Delaware Shakespeare Festival: The Winter's Tale

Peek-a-Boo Revue

2011 Best of Delaware Party

Rockwood Mansion Park • 302.764.0113 610 Shipley Road • bit.ly/kqfWwV

World Cafe Live at the Queen 302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street bit.ly/mqT2t7

Chase Center on the Riverfront 302.656.1809 • 815 Justison Street bit.ly/l0Ca9p

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Brian McKnight: “Just Me” The Grand • 800-37-GRAND 818 N. Market St. • bit.ly/mpdIjv

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World Cafe Live at the Queen 302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street bit.ly/jpRPU7

Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park 302.575.9462 • 80 Rosa Parks Drive bit.ly/j1Lc1p

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ART IS IN – EXHIBITS OPENING & CLOSING THIS MONTH: Delaware Center for Horticulture Leaves: Variation on a Theme July 8 – July 29 302.658.6262 • 1810 North Dupont Street

Summer Salon Series

Full Moon Hike

The Grand Every Wednesday at Noon 800.37.GRAND • 818 N. Market St

Bellevue State Park 302.761.6963 • 800 Carr Rd.

The Best and The Brightest

THURSDAY, JULY 7 Delaware College of Art & Design

Theatre N 302.571.4699 • 1007 N. Orange St.

Rush Hour Nature Journaling Series

Alumni Exhibition thru July 15 302.622.8000 • 600 N. Market Street

DuPont Environmental Education Center Every Thursday at Noon 302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

SATURDAY, JULY 16 Community Fun Day

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts • Young Country July 6 – July 28 • Young Love: A Romance in Three Acts thru July 7 • Graham Dougherty July 8 – July 31 302-656-6466 • 200 South Madison Street

Josephine Fountain - Brandywine Park Every Thursday from 11:45 AM –12:30 PM North Park Drive

Recess Monkey World Cafe Live at the Queen 302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market St.

FRIDAY, JULY 8

FRIDAY, JULY 1

Art on the Town

SUNDAY, JULY 17

Various Locations Buses leave at 5:45 PM from the DCCA 302.576.2135 • 200 South Madison Street

Live Jazz at the Nomad Nomad Bar Every Friday & Saturday Night at 9 PM 302.655.8800 • 905 N. Orange Street

Bike the City

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DuPont Environmental Education Center 302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

World Cafe Live at the Queen The official after party featuring DJ Skinny White 302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market St.

WXPN welcomes Little Feat World Cafe Live at the Queen 302.994.1400 • 500 North Market Street

SATURDAY, JULY 2 Steamin’ Evenin’ Ice Cream Social

Brandywine Springs State Park Food & Fun in the Park for People of ALL Ages!

302.571.4006 (day) • 3300 Faulkland Rd

Tai Chi in Brandywine Park

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The Trip

The Big Uneasy

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Theatre N 302.571.4699 • 1007 N. Orange St.

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SATURDAY, JULY 9

Auburn Heights Preserve 302.239.2385 • 3000 Creek Road

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Electric Youth

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

The Grand 800.37.GRAND • 818 N. Market St

Family Canoe in the Marsh

Splintered Sunlight Grateful Dead Tribute Band

MONDAY, JULY 4 Evening Concert Series Rockford Park Every Monday at 6:30 PM 302.222.7436 • 2000 Lookout Drive

DuPont Environmental Education Center 302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

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

TUESDAY, JULY 12

TUESDAY, JULY 5

SATURDAY, JULY 23

Creek Kids: Gunpowder

Kind to Kids 5K

Hagley Museum & Library July 12 & 17 302.658.2400 • 200 Hagley Road

Kayaking the Christina River DuPont Environmental Education Center 302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

Brandywine Park 302.654.5440 • North Park Drive

THURSDAY, JULY 28

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Introduction to the Night Sky

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6

THURSDAY, JULY 14

Jim Tisdall Band World Cafe Live at the Queen 302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market St.

Pippi Longstocking

various dates & libraries thru July 302.739.4748

Bellevue State Park Every Wednesday at Noon 302.761.6965 • 800 Carr Rd.

The Grand 800.37.GRAND • 818 N. Market St

DuPont Environmental Education Center 302.656.1490 • 1400 Delmarva Lane

Bugs, Baboons and Story Tunes!

Lunchtime Concert Series

The Great Dinosaur Mystery

Marsh Masterpieces

Bellevue State Park 302.761.6963 • 800 Carr Rd.

The Grand 800.37.GRAND • 818 N. Market St

FRIDAY, JULY 29

FRIDAY, JULY 15

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Theatre N 302.571.4699 • 1007 N. Orange St.

Donna the Buffalo World Cafe Live at the Queen 302.994.1400 • 500 N. Market St.

Riverfront Time Travel on the Kalmar Nyckel DuPont Environmental Education Center 1400 Delmarva Lane

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Through It Why the Riverfront can’t sit still

By Michael Pollock

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en years ago, local restaurateur Xavier Teixido was approached

by Riverfront Development Corp. executive director Mike Purzycki about coming to the Riverfront. Teixido was less than enthused.

Around that time, the Riverfront was experiencing a particularly bad lull, set off by a series of broken deals: A proposal for investment group AIG fell through, the Backstage Café restaurant closed, and an expensive art exhibit didn’t pan out. The Shipyard Shops weren’t doing well, and The News Journal was calling for Purzycki’s, as well as former RDC deputy director Mike Hare’s, resignation.

But Purzycki, a former real estate attorney and three-time New Castle County Councilman, has a way of making an audience feel comfortable.

Teixido agreed to hear him out.

“Mike showed me the plan for the Riverfront, and what was being invested,”

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Teixido says now. He was able to choose a location for his new restaurant that would have visibility from Market Street and Rt. 13. He was also inspired by the potential.

“Downtown, there was a lot of ‘used to’ talk—this used to be that, this used to be something. But there was passion on the Riverfront. I saw people walking their dogs, and they talked about how much they liked having a place like this here.”

Shortly after 9/11, Teixido and Purzycki drew up a contract for Harry’s Seafood Grill. “Part of it was the need to do something, to get back to business, says Teixido. “But I also thought we could hold the location and wait for more things to happen there.”

Harry’s opened a little over two years later, in November 2003. “People thanked us,” he says. “There was an amazing sense of community. Mitchell Associates designed our space. Iron Hill opened just before we did, and they wanted to have another restaurant there, so we could go into this thing together.”

And then an amazing thing happened.

Or rather, several amazing things happened. Just as the end of the 1990s brought a string of bad luck to the Riverfront, the new decade was shaping into a much-talked-about success story.

“A whole group of things happened,” Teixido says. “There was the parking garage they built in front of the train station. ING expanded into the old Pennsylvania Railroad building. AAA announced they were moving in.”

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Within a couple of years, the Buccini/ Pollin Group announced ambitious plans to put up several residence projects (what would be Christina Landing and Justison Landing). All the while, Harry’s Seafood became an anchor, the place where clients talked shop. “Our volume was 50 percent higher than we expected,” Teixido says.

HARRY’S SEAFOOD IS JUST ONE of many destinations that now make up the Riverfront. But that might be the secret. When work on the Riverfront began in 1996, there wasn’t a blueprint for where everything would go.

Instead, the waterfront has tried and succeeded, tried and failed, responded and evolved. It’s a set of destinations that add up to a unique experience.

Back then, the Blue Rocks and Kahunaville were the big attractions.

(Purzycki credits the Blue Rocks with breaking down the “psychological barrier” of people not wanting to come to the Riverfront.) And since the mid-1980s, the Delaware Theatre Company has called the Riverfront home. It sat mostly lonely for a decade, before revitalization efforts were in full swing. “Arts organizations are often the first ones to jump on board, because they see the growth opportunity,” says JPMorgan Chase’s Hugh Bleemer, a DTC board member since 2003. (Since the ’90s, JPMorgan Chase has been the DTC’s season sponsor.) “The biggest thing for us has been all these companies—ING, Barclays, AAA—relocating, because employees see the theater and tell people about it. That and the train station, where you have people looking out the windows.”

The Riverfront now boasts nine restaurants, a children’s museum, and a wildlife refuge. A 15-screen movie theater, including an IMAX, is set to break ground near Beech Street, and a hotel deal is so close to happening it’s making Purzycki especially careful not to say too much. The Riverfront has about 300,000 visitors every year, about a third of the state’s population.

Half of those come for the regular stream of walks, runs, and festivals. Four thousand people work there, and another thousand live there. And still, the Riverfront may always be a work in progress.

“There’s a market down here,” Purzycki says. “But we have to continue to develop that market, or find that market, or open up markets that people didn’t think existed in the city. It’s never as good as you want it to be. Which is OK, because we want to be constantly reaching. But I think for the first time in a few years, you could look at this place

and say, ‘It’s a finished product.’ It’s a destination now. If things stopped today, no one would say this place is a failure.”

Which ties back to what is perhaps the Riverfront’s greatest strength: its resilience. Where one project falls through, another, successful one crops up.

Kahunaville left; the Delaware Children’s Museum moved in. For years, and still now, the Shipyard Shops have been a “nerve,” as Purzycki calls it. Designed as a retail destination, they never gained much traction and came to be viewed as a symbol of greater failure. But they’re now host to Planet Fitness and rented for office space, as well as home to Timothy’s restaurant and Molly’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream & Deli.

“The key to something successful is that it can sustain failures,” Teixido says.

“I’ve always thought the key to success at the Riverfront was going to be diversity and clientele. You couldn’t only have banks and executives. You’ve got a ballpark.

You’ve got a market in this old building, with firefighters and cops eating next to politicians. You’ve got a children’s museum.

You’ve got lawyers’ offices moving into the old Shipyard Shops. I give Hare and Purzycki credit. They’ve made some unpopular decisions. The Riverfront will ebb and flow like all development does.

But as long as it stays diverse and remains this unique experience, it’ll be successful.”

BEFORE COMING ON BOARD to lead the Riverfront, and before his business and political careers, Purzycki played football for the University of Delaware, under coaches Dave Nelson and Tubby Raymond in the early-to-mid 1960s. Those lessons on the field may have prepared him best for the challenges of building the Riverfront. Football games—the important ones, anyway—are grueling battles full of great catches, big hits, steady drives, key blocks, well-timed scoring, and comebacks. They’re full of opportunity.

Purzycki likes to use football analogies to describe the Riverfront—“We’re on the five-yard line,” he says about closing a deal—and they don’t just sound like convenient metaphors. But rather than an eager player, Purzycki sounds more like a seasoned coach, with wisdom that comes with it.

“They used to tell us in football, ‘You’re never as good as they say you are, and you’re never as bad, either.’

It’s hard to evaluate yourself. There’s always a story behind the story. But I’m way past ever thinking this will fail.”

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Frawley Stadium 801 Shipyard Drive (302) 654-1409 www.bluerocks.com

AAA Mid-Atlantic 1 River Place (302) 299-4800 www.midatlantic.aaa.com

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Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame 801 Shipyard Drive (302) 425-3263 www.desports.org

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts 200 South Madison Street (302) 656-6466 www.thedcca.org Justison Landing 530 Justison Street (302) 426-9500 www.justisonlanding.com Kooma 400 Justison Street (302) 543-6732 www.koomasushi.com

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Chase Center on the Riverfront 815 Justison Street (302) 425-3929 www.centerontheriverfront.com

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Dravo Plaza & Dock 900 Justison Street (302) 425-4890 www.riverfrontwilm.com/destinations

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Shipyard Center 900 Justison Street (302) 999-0708 Timothy’s Restaurant 930 Justison Street (302) 429-7427 www.timothysontheriverfront.com

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Asnan Sushi Bar & Asian Cuisine 115 Christina Landing (302) 472-0055 www.asnanrestaurants.com

CrossFit Riverfront 402 Justison Street (302) 462-5176 www.cfriverfront.com

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Harry’s Seafood Grill/ Riverfront Market 101 S. Market Street (302) 777-1500 www.harrys-savoy.com www.riverfrontmarketwilm.com

Delaware Children’s Museum 550 Justison Street (302) 654-2340 www.delawarechildrensmuseum.org

Molly’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream 928 Justison Street (302) 984-2773 www.mollysicecream.com

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Delaware Theatre Company 200 Water Street Administrative Office: (302) 594-1104; Box Office: (302) 594-1100 www.delawaretheatre.org

Joe’s Crab Shack 600 Justison Street (302) 777-1803 www.joescrabshack.com

Wilmington Rowing Center 1040 Justison Street (302) 652-5339 www.wilmingtonrowing.org

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Firestone Roasting House 110 South West Street (302) 658-6626 www.firestoneriverfront.com Cosi @ the Barclays Crescent Building 125 South West Street (302) 652-8800 www.getcosi.com

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Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant 710 Justison Street (302) 472-2739 www.ironhillbrewery.com

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Big Fish Grill 720 Justison Street (302) 652-3474 www.bigfishgrill.com

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Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge/ DuPont Environmental Education Center 1400 Delmarva Lane (302) 656-1490 www.duponteec.com

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Wednesdays on the Water, Wine Cruise on the River Taxi 5:30, 6:30 & 7:30 Every Wednesday Dravo Dock $15 The Elliptical Frontiers Exhibit Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts June 10 – Sept. 18 Robert Straight acrylic paintings Riverfront Blues Festival

Exhibit: Gust Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts June 10 – Sept. 18 Jeannine Harkeroad art

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Salem Avalanche 7pm Friday, July 1 Frawley Stadium Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, July 3 $44

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Riverwalkers Program July 4 – Aug. 14 Program promoting fitness and health.

Participants walk 30 miles in 6-week period.

Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, July 7 $44 Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Thursday, July 7 Voodoo Deville performs Delaware Hospice 5K 9am Saturday, July 9 Start & finish at Harry’s Seafood Grill Kalmar Nyckel Pirate Day 11am-5pm Saturday, July 9 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park Blue Rocks vs.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6pm Saturday, July 9 Frawley Stadium Kay’s Kamp Day at the Blue Rocks 1:30pm Sunday, July 10 Frawley Stadium $15 Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, July 10 $44

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Blue Rocks vs.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans 7pm Monday, July 11 Frawley Stadium

Riverfront Wellness Walk 11:30am – 12:30pm Friday, July 15 Corner of Water St. and Market St. Bridge

Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Thursday, July 21 Tony Sands performs

DCM’s Riverfront Discovery Camp 8:30am – 4:30pm Wednesday, July 11-15 Delaware Children’s Museum

Blue Rocks vs.

Frederick Keys 6pm Saturday, July 16 Frawley Stadium

Toys for Tots Baseball Benefi Noon Saturday, July 23 Frawley Stadium Delaware American Legion vs.

Pennsylvania American Legion

Blue Rocks vs.

Frederick Keys 7pm Wednesday, July 13 Frawley Stadium

Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, July 17 $44

Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Thursday, July 14 The Larry Tucker Band performs

Community Access Night 5pm Wednesday, July 20 Delaware Children’s Museum

Blue Rocks vs.

Frederick Keys 7pm Wednesday, July 14 Frawley Stadium Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, July 14 $44 Blue Rocks vs.

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Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, July 21 $44 2011 Best of Delaware Party 6-9pm Thursday, July 21 Chase Center on the Riverfront Raising money for charities and featuring winners of Best of Delaware $75 at the door, $70 in advance Family Members’ Evening 5-8pm Thursday, July 21 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, July 24 $44 Blue Rocks vs.

Potomac Nationals 7pm Monday, July 25 Frawley Stadium Blue Rocks vs.

Potomac Nationals 7pm Tuesday, July 26 Frawley Stadium Blue Rocks vs.

Potomac Nationals 7pm Wednesday, July 27 Frawley Stadium Blue Rocks vs.

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Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Thursday, July 28 Karter Jaymes Trio performs 5th Annual 5K Walk/Run for Our Kids’ Heath 8:30am Saturday, July 30 Dravo Plaza 17th Annual People’s Festival 12pm-10pm Saturday, July 30 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park $20 Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair Saturday, July 30, 10am-6pm Sunday, July 31, 10am-5pm Chase Center

Riverfront Blues Festival 5pm Friday, Aug. 5 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park Riverfront Blues Festival Noon Saturday, Aug. 6 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park Riverfront Blues Festival Noon Sunday, Aug. 7 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, Aug. 7 $44

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Blue Rocks vs.

Winston-Salem Dash 7pm Monday, Aug. 8 Frawley Stadium

Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, Aug. 4 $44

Blue Rocks vs.

Winston-Salem Dash 7pm Tuesday, Aug. 9 Frawley Stadium

Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Thursday, Aug. 4 The Barbone Street Band performs

Blue Rocks vs.

Winston-Salem Dash 7pm Wednesday, Aug. 10 Frawley Stadium

Blue Rocks vs.

Lynchburg Hillcats 7pm Thursday, Aug. 11 Frawley Stadium Shipyard Concert Series 7pm Thursday, Aug. 11 Danny Quinn performs on a special family night Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, Aug. 11 $44 Blue Rocks vs.

Lynchburg Hillcats 7pm Friday, Aug. 12 Frawley Stadium Pace for Prevention 5K 9am Saturday, Aug. 13 Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Blue Rocks vs.

Lynchburg Hillcats 6pm Saturday, Aug. 13 Frawley Stadium Blue Rocks vs.

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Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, Aug. 14 $44 Riverwalkers Program Aug. 15 – Sept. 25 Program promoting fitness and health.

Participants walk 30 miles in 6-week period.

Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, Aug. 18 $44 Blue Rocks vs.

Salem Red Sox 7pm Thursday, Aug. 18 Frawley Stadium Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Thursday, Aug. 18 Alfie Moss & the Dexter Koonce Project performs Blue Rocks vs. Salem Red Sox 7pm Friday, Aug. 19 Frawley Stadium Riverfront FamilyFest 11am – 4pm Saturday, Aug. 20 Chase Center on the Riverfront 14 . Life on the Riverfront

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Blue Rocks vs. Salem Red Sox 6pm Saturday, Aug. 20 Frawley Stadium Blue Rocks vs. Salem Red Sox 1:30pm Sunday, Aug. 21 Frawley Stadium Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, Aug. 21 $44 Build It: DCM Camps for Grades K-4 10am Monday, Aug. 22 KK’s 5K 6:30pm Monday, Aug. 22 Riverwalk & Hare Pavilion 6th Annual

Shipyard Summer Concert Series 7pm Tim Laushey Orchestra performs August Quarterly 12pm Saturday, Aug. 27 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park August Quarterly Noon Sunday, Aug. 28 Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 3pm Sunday, Aug. 28 $44 Blue Rocks vs.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6:30pm Monday, Aug. 29 Frawley Stadium

LiveStrong 5K 6:30pm Wednesday, Aug. 24 Dravo Plaza

Blue Rocks vs.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6:30pm Tuesday, Aug. 30 Frawley Stadium

Crab Cruise on the Riverboat Queen 7pm Thursday, Aug. 25 $44

Blue Rocks vs.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6:30pm Wednesday, Aug. 31 Frawley Stadium

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Beating the Heat Stay active, cool off this summer

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ast month, we urged you to take part in the many ethnic festivals and musical celebrations taking place in the city (which continue with Wilmington Pirate Day on July 9, the Peoples’ Festival Tribute to Bob Marley on July 30, and the Riverfront Blues Festival the weekend of Aug. 5-7).

In between, we suggest you experience the rest of summer in the city, the part filled with 5K races, swimming pools, and spray parks. It’s a great way to stay active while staying cool.

The Wilmington Games will host an evening 5K at Baynard Stadium (18th and Broom sts.) on Wednesday, July 27.

The course winds around Brandywine Park before finishing back at the stadium.

Awards will be given to the overall male and female winners plus the top three finishers in 10-year age groups, from 13 and younger to 70 and older.

The Wilmington Games race is just one of many 5Ks taking place throughout the city. Others include the annual Firecracker (July 2 at Rockford Park), Mimi’s Run/Delaware Hospice 5K (July 9, Riverfront), and the Ulster

Project 5K (July 14, Trolley Square).

Check races2run.com for a full schedule.

Cool off by hitting any of the city’s swimming pools or spray parks, which are open starting July 1. The city’s Dept. of Parks and Recreation will operate four public swimming pools this summer: Foster Brown Pool, Prices Run Pool, the William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center Pool, and Eden Park Pool. The pools will be open now through Aug. 13 from 1 to 6 p.m.

“Our city pools provide welcome relief from the summer heat for thousands of residents every year,” Mayor Baker says. “In fact, visiting our pools is a cherished summer tradition across the entire city. Thanks to our parks and recreation staff, we’re able to provide children and adults with a safe, free way to keep cool.”

The pools are staffed by Red Crosscertified lifeguards and feature changing facilities and showers. There is no cost to use the pools during public-swim hours.

While the pools are open to everyone, patrons under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Hours of operation: 1-6pm Foster Brown Pool Seventh & Lombard 571-4265 Open Sunday – Friday

Prices R un Pool (Brown, Burton, Winchester Park) 26th Street & Speakman Place 571-4293 Open Tuesday – Sunday (Open Monday, July 4, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

W illiam “Hicks” A nderson C ommunity C enter Pool (indoor pool) 501 N. Madison St. 571-4266 Open Monday – Saturday Eden P ark Pool Intersection of New Castle and Terminal aves.

573-5560 Open Sundays only

Spray Parks

The City of Wilmington also operates water-spray parks from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Father Tucker Field at Ninth and Lincoln sts., Woodlawn Park at Fourth and Ferris, Helen Chambers Park at Sixth and Madison, Michael’s Playground at Wright and Stroud, Judy Johnson Park at Third and Clayton, and Eastlake Playground at 30th and Madison.

For more info, call 576-3810 or visit wilmingtonde.gov/departments/ parkspools.htm.

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Meat and Greet Midtown Brandywine stays connected through a neighborhood dinner

By Christine Serio

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t’s no secret that sitting around a table and sharing a meal brings people together. No one knows that better than the residents of the Midtown Brandywine neighborhood. They even have an annual event—the Progressive Dinner—devoted to breaking bread and getting to know your neighbors.

“The Progressive Dinner is really about getting out, celebrating spring, and spending time with your neighbors,” says event co-chair and Midtown Brandywine resident Heather Jackman. “It’s like we are all coming out of hibernation in a way, seeing everyone again. It’s great because it’s like a traveling home show—you get to

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“We live on Winchester, which is one see all the unique things people have done block long, and when we first moved in, we with their houses.” were impressed by how people welcomed The dinner, which began in 1995 and us,” Mercante says. “This is our first time took place this year on April 30, started living in the city proper. I was at my first with two houses offering appetizers neighborhood board meeting, where they prepared by the attendees, groups of six were talking about the Progressive Dinner to 12 guests eating at various houses, and with a lot of excitement and how no one the 80 to 100 residents coming together was able to take the lead. So I said, ‘I don’t again at two dessert houses and one afterknow much about cooking for 80 people, party home. The strolling from home-tobut I can help organize them.’” Jackman, home not only gives neighbors a chance who chaired the event last year, said she’d to see the creative designs of some of the help the new guy in town. “Just during 100-year-old homes in the community, it the planning part of the event,” Mercante gives them an opportunity to get to know each other better.

On the cusp of downtown, with quaint “Food is so primal, homes and brick sidewalks so essential a part of our shaded by trees, Midtown Brandywine is bordered lives, often the mere sharing by quality restaurants, the serenity of Brandywine of recipes with strangers turns Park, and the hustle and them into good friends.” bustle of city life. The neighborhood’s positioning and close layout seems to — Jasmine Heiler lend itself to events like the Progressive Dinner and says, “I knew it was a neighborhood development of camaraderie among unlike any we’ve lived in before—and that the residents.

Gus Mercante, another co-chair of the includes here in Delaware as well as Texas and Germany.”

Progressive Dinner, moved into the Mercante doesn’t seem to be alone neighborhood last August and is already in his sentiments about the community. impressed by the spirit of the neighborhood.

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Situated adjacent to picturesque Brandywine Park, Midtown Brandywine has become one of the city’s most tight-knit and active neighborhoods.

Jackman remembers experiencing the same sense of belonging when she moved into Midtown Brandywine in 2008.

“We were first-time home buyers, and this event has really made Midtown Brandywine our home and our neighborhood,” Jackman says. “Our threesquare-block area has such camaraderie.

It really is a neighborhood, not just a development.”

Dan Walsh, Midtown Brandywine’s Neighborhood Association president, says Midtown Brandywine has a “remarkable” number of residents interested in community advocacy, folks who band together when the neighborhood is concerned as well as pursue their own social issues.

Events like the Progressive Dinner seem to be the key to keeping neighbors involved. In addition to the dinner, Midtown Brandywine hosts an annual chili cook-off on Super Bowl Sunday; a block party in June that brings together current and former neighbors; movie nights in Brandywine Park featuring a hi-definition projector fixed on a neighbor’s house; and Christmas caroling.

A streetscape celebration was scheduled for June, to mark the many new sidewalks and new streetlights the neighborhood committee was responsible for. “These events really bring everyone together,” Walsh says. “In Midtown Brandywine, we have empty nesters, younger people, older professionals—and we all come together for the events.”

Jackman agrees that face-to-face interaction is key to having a tight-knit community that socializes and works together for the greater good of the neighborhood.

“We need events to really get ourselves outside and connected,” Jackman says. “Everyone is so busy, and we’re electronically connected, but it’s not the same as actually visiting with your neighbors. We’re so close to downtown.

We have a chance to talk about what’s new and where we’ve been, like the Nomad, or ‘Did you see the Queen yet?’ It’s just a chance to learn more about each other and be connected.”

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CITY NOTES

14-year-old Wilmingtonian wins IN the Spotlight

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he Grand Opera House’s IN the Spotlight competition, where local performers win a shot at performing their own show at the Grand, recently wrapped its third season. Wilmington native Ben Walker, all of 14, was voted the winner.

Walker, who attends Cab Calloway School of the Arts, won over the judges with his innovative rendition of Leonard Cohen’s popular “Hallelujah.”

He was awarded a prize package worth more than $1,300, including $200 in cash and a future performance on the Baby Grand stage during the Grand’s 2011-12 season.

“I am so honored to have won this competition and to have performed alongside such incredibly talented people,” Walker said after winning.

“Singing ‘Hallelujah’ on the Grand Opera House stage has got to be one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.”

Walker is a member of the Delaware Children’s Theatre, Imagination Players, and Delaware All-State Theater, and has performed at the Walnut Street Theatre, Opera Delaware, the DuPont Theatre, the Kimmel Center, and with the Broadway Dreams Foundation in New York City.

Second-place winner was Caitlin Dempsey, 17, who won a prize package worth more than $500, and thirdplace went to Chad Michael Jervis, 16, who won more than $300 in prizes, including a headshot-photography package. Jervis also attends Cab Calloway School of the Arts, and is a member of Delaware All-State Theater and the JazzChords of Calloway. photo by Nancy JL Powel

Argh! Wilmington Pirate Day debuts on July 9

Break out your peg legs and hooks.

Brush up on your pirate speak. And get ready for a day of family fun during Wilmington Pirate Day on Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tubman-Garrett Park on the Riverfront.

The event will feature pirates (fake ones, of course), treasure hunts, crafts and activities for children, a pirate

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parade, a costume contest, tours of the Kalmar Nyckel, food, and music (New Sweden, Pirates for Sail, Scales & Crosstones). Entry is free, but some activities will cost a small fee.

In honor of the festival, the Blue Rocks will host Pirate Night at 6:05 p.m. that same day, featuring prizes for fans who come dressed in pirate garb. For more on the festival, visit kalmarnyckel. org/wilmingtonpirateday.

Archer Group earns (more) top honors

Interactive-marketing agency The Archer Group has been named Best in Class for consumer goods in the annual Interactive Media Awards competition for its work on the United States-based spur for the Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum website. Earlier this year, the company received a gold award in the annual Addys, sponsored by the Philadelphia Advertising Club.

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Wilmington Renaissance Corporation

City receives awards for commitment to green space

To those who live and work in the City of Wilmington, it’s no secret that the urban setting is full of green space and beautiful parks. Now, the city and the Delaware Center for Horticulture are receiving national recognition for community trees.

The Delaware Forest Service presented two awards to Mayor Baker and the city: acknowledgement of 17 years as a Tree City USA as well as a first-ever Tree City USA Growth Award for achievement in urban forestry. These awards honor the importance of trees, appreciation of the environment, and celebration of Wilmington’s urban forest. This effort also supports the Trees for Wilmington goal to plant 20,000 trees by 2020.

“Trees are a vitally important resource for our city,” Mayor Baker says. “In addition to providing shade and cleaner air and water, they beautify our surroundings and make our city more livable.”

To celebrate these accomplishments, and in honor of the city’s Arbor Day celebration, four trees were planted in partnership with the City of Wilmington’s Dept. of Parks and Recreation, the Delaware Center for Horticulture, Kerns Brothers Tree Service, and Wilmington State Parks at 18th Street Park (Brandywine Park). The planting was in honor of Wilmington’s Arbor Day celebration.

HAP helps make home ownership possible

In an effort to promote home ownership and strengthen city neighborhoods, Mayor Baker and the city’s real estate and housing director, Timothy Crawl-Bey, have announced a new Homebuyer Assistance Program (HAP). Under the program, the city will provide financial assistance of up to $10,000 to prospective homebuyers for the acquisition of a qualifying vacant property in the 19801, 19802, or 19805 zip codes.

“There are properties available in Wilmington and there are individuals and families that would very much like to establish a home,” Mayor Baker says. “Sometimes, in this current economic climate, it just takes a little bit of assistance for a potential homebuyer and a mortgage lender to come together and strike a deal.”

The applicant/homebuyer is solely responsible for fulfilling the requirements of the program. The city is funding HAP with federal dollars received from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

For details on the program, contact the City of Wilmington’s Dept. of Real Estate and Housing at 576-3000.

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he summer is underway, and that means exciting festivals, events, outdoor concerts, and much more happening in Wilmington!

We not only have summer vacationers enjoying our city, but company interns and summer associates at law firms are with us for a few months as well. WRC and its partner, the Fun Dept., created a program specifically for these summer folks called Graduate to Wilmington.

The goal of the program is to educate, inform, and immerse interns and associates in Wilmington while they are in the city for the summer. The program offers suggestions of places to live in and around downtown and also provides information about what the city has to offer, what restaurants and businesses are located right outside their company’s doors, and what fun happenings are taking place while they’re here.

The program showcases Wilmington from a residential viewpoint while also highlighting the many “quality of life” elements people look for when they choose a place to live.

The program is designed to help interns and associates learn about the city, so that when they graduate and return to the city for a permanent position, they choose to live in Wilmington.

The WRC staff has made and continues to make presentations at law firms and companies throughout the city to give summer interns a better idea of what it’s like to live here, as well as answer any questions they may have.

This is the second year the program has been presented in Wilmington, and the participation of companies and law firms has more than doubled from last year.

Remember that when you’re out and about in Wilmington, we are all ambassadors. It always helps to offer a smile and some assistance to visitors (who are also potential residents) we may come across!

For more on the program, call 425-5500.

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ach month we’ll feature a few of the staff ’s favorite things happening in the city. Our favorites for July include (in no particular order):

• The Nomad Bar has an official Facebook page.

• The Wilmington Pirate Festival comes

to the Riverfront on July 9.

• Paradise Palms at Ninth and King streets

features jazz on Wednesday nights.

• World Café Live at the Queen has

open-mic nights every week.

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