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THE QUEEN TO HOST HOMETOWN HEROES
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elaware Public Media and host Mark Rogers will honor the local music scene with the 13th presentation of the Hometown Heroes Homey Awards at The Queen Theater in Downtown Wilmington Aug. 7 at 7pm. Awards will be presented in 28 categories. Visit TheQueenWilmington. com for ticket information. For those who can’t attend, you can listen at DelawarePublic.org or WMHS 88.1FM in Wilmington or WDDE 91.1FM in Dover.
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
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CELEBRATING DELAWARE’S BEER, WINE & SPIRITS TRAIL
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he 12th annual Delaware Beer, Wine & Spirits Festival returns to the Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village in Dover on Sat., Aug. 27 from 4-7:30pm. The event is the only statewide festival for the state’s craft alcohol industry and features producers on the Delaware Beer, Wine & Spirits Trail. The event features more than 70 product for sampling, live music by Blue Cat Blues and Too Tall Slim, a vendor marketplace, food trucks, lawn games and more. Admission is limited to 500 with private tables and VIP options. Visit DeBeerWineSpirits.com
MISSION-DRIVEN DINNERS DELIVER FOR INDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION
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t a ceremony at Le Cavalier last month, IRC x Wilmington, a series of benefit dinners featuring celebrity chefs working alongside local talent, presented a $100,000 check to the Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC). The Wilmington dinners, which were part of a national campaign, ran from Dec. 2021 thru March 2022 and featured acclaimed chefs such as including Ashley Christensen, Tom Colicchio, Gregory Gourdet, and Andrew Zimmern working with area chefs from Bardea, La Fia, Le Cavalier, Stitch House, and Wm. Mulherin’s Sons. Le Cavalier chef-partner Tyler Akin is a founding board member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition. Proceeds benefit the IRC’s mission of supporting independent restaurants and bars nationwide.
he Open Streets Wilmington program continues its tour of city neighborhoods with the next installment set for Sat, Aug. 20 at Fourth St. (between Union St. and Greenhill Ave). Open Streets closes designated city streets to motor vehicle traffic for a three-hour stretch and encourages the community to use that space to walk, bike, run, roller blade or simply socialize. The initiative is a collaboration between Urban Bike Project, West Side Grows Together and the Open Streets steering committee. The 2022 campaign continues Sat., Sept. 17 at Delaware Ave. (between Union St. and Brinkle Ave.) and concludes Sat., Oct. 15 at Baynard Blvd. (between 18th St. and Concord Ave.). Visit OpenStreetsWilmington.org
Andrew Zimmern (center left, glasses & beard) with the Bardea team at IRC x Wilmington. Other visiting celebrity chefs pictured: Gerald Allen (far right); Khoran Horn (left of Allen).
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