Wednesday, Nov. 4
An astronomy home-school workshop will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Dover Public Library, 45 S. State St., Dover. Learn about telescopes, see a slide show of the night sky, and look at the sun through a special filter. For more information or to register for this free program, call the children's desk of the Dover Public Library at 736-7034, or register via email at jacqueline.mccabe@lib.de.us. For more information, visit www.doverpubliclibrary.org/children_programs.htm.
Limit and No-Limit Cash Card Games, sponsored by the Blackbird Community Association, will be held at 7 p.m. at Premier Poker Room, 1055 Walker Road, Hamlet Shopping Center, Dover. For more information, call Linda at 222-7559.
Stories and Songs with Miss Melissa will be at 10 a.m. at the Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. DuPont Highway, Dover. Melissa Brenner runs Giggles Express. Space is limited. Call 698-6440 to register. For more information, visit www.co.kent.de.us.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Vera Bradley Bag Bingo will be held at the Bowers Fire Hall, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and games starting at 7 p.m. Free refreshments are available. Advance tickets are $20, with tickets at the door being $25. For more information and to buy tickets, call Shirley at 335-4290.
Bookshelf discussions will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. Dupont Hwy., Dover. Adam Roll and Sarah Ferguson run the book group that reads and discusses top selling books for adults. For more information, call 531-0550 or visit www.co.kent.de.us.
Limit and No-Limit Cash Card Games, sponsored by the Mamie A. Warren Senior Center, will be held at 7 p.m. at Premier Poker Room, 1055 Walker Road, Hamlet Shopping Center, Dover. For more information, call 222-7559.
Pre-school story time will held at 10 a.m. at Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. Dupont Highway, Dover. Granny Franny will visit the library on the first and third Thursdays with her dulcimer, stories, crafts and treats. Other programs are hosted by Miss Hilary, and may include other performers. For more information, visit www.co.kent.de.us.
Preschool/kindergarten storytime will be held at 10 a.m. at Dover Public Library, 45 S. State St., Dover. For more information, visit www.doverpubliclibrary.org/children_programs.htm.
Vera Bradley Bingo will be held at 7 p.m. at Bowers Fire Co, 3285 Main St., Frederica. Doors open at 5:30, game starts at 7pm. The cost is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. For more information, call Shirley at 335-4290.
Writer's support group will be held at 6 p.m. at Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. Dupont Highway, Dover. Writers are given the opportunity to learn through critiquing another member's work, or by having their own work critiqued. For more information, visit www.co.kent.de.us.
Friday, Nov. 6
All-you-can-eat beef and dumpling dinner will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Magnolia Fire Hall, 2 N. Main St., Magnolia. Cost for adults is $10, $5 for children ages 4 to 14, and free for children younger than 4. For more information, call 697-8893. Proceeds benefit the Magnolia Ladies Auxiliary and the Magnolia Fire Co.
First Look pARTy!: Arts ConnectED to Holy Cross Elementary School will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal St., Dover. Celebrate youth talent in the arts and be the first to look at one of four month-long installments of the Arts ConnectED exhibition. Food and beverage will be provided by Chick-Fil-A of Camden. The event is free. For more information, visit www.biggsmuseum.org/programs/calendar_november2008.html.
Limit and No-Limit Cash Card Games, sponsored by the Dover Elks Lodge No. 1903, will be held at 7 p.m. at Premier Poker Room, 1055 Walker Road, Hamlet Shopping Center, Dover. For more information, call Linda at 222-7559.
Saturday, Nov. 7
A Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament, sponsored by the Frederica Fire Company, will be held at 7 p.m. at 6 E. Front St., Frederica. There will be up to $2,000 in prizes for the first-place winner. Payouts based on participation. The entry fee is $100 for a $5,000 chip value. Two re-buys are allowed at $25 each for a $1,500 chip value. For more information, call Dave at 632-8871 or Joyce at 222-1049.
Biggs Kids: Gobble, Gobble! will be held at 2 p.m. at Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal St., Dover. Children ages 5 to 10 will celebrate Thanksgiving by creating a turkey. For more information, call 674-2111.
Frederica Spring Creek Lions Club beef and dumplings dinner will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, Front Street, Frederica. Cost is $10 for adults, $4 for children ages 4 to 10, or $10 for takeout. For more information or tickets, call Donna Salerno at 335-3854.
A pancake breakfast will be from 8 to 10 a.m. to benefit the AMC Museum Foundation held at Applebee's, 689-B N. DuPont Highway, Milford. Tickets are $5 each and are available at the Air Mobility Command Museum store, and from museum volunteers and board members. For more information, call Don Sloan, AMC Museum Foundation president, at 678-8111.
Plant sale and open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Delaware Estuarine Reserve, 818 Kitts Hummock Rd., Dover. Native trees, shrubs, and perennial plants, including ferns, cardinal flower, pawpaw, and other difficult-to-find plants, will be available at exceptionally low prices.
A poker tournament will be held at 6 p.m. at Bowers Fire Hall, Main Street, Bowers. There is a $100 buy-in, with two rebuys. For more information, call Mike Gosch, 335-5583.
Scouts open house will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. at Dover Elks Lodge, 200 Saulsbury Road, Dover. Participants can learn what Troop 903 has to offer. Dutch-oven pizza will be served. To register or for more information, call Amy at 734-8026.
A spaghetti dinner will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 209 S. State St., Dover. The cost is $6 for adults in advance, $7 at the door. Children ages 7 to 12 cost $3, and children age 6 and under are free. Proceeds benefit the Wesley United Methodist Youth Ministries. For tickets or more information, call Harry Satterfield at 678-1413 or the church office at 678-9626.
The Annual Dover Lions Club Chicken Fry will be held at Rodney Village Shopping Center, Route 13, Dover. The cost of dinner is $7 at the trailer, $6 in advance. For more information, call Frank Jones at 674-1868.
A used book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. Dupont Highway, Dover. For more information, call 698-6440.
Sunday, November 8
Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association will have a show featuring the band Summer Hill and the association's pickers from 1 to 5 p.m. at Marydel Fire Hall, 110 Fire House Lane, Marydel. Admission is $10 for non-members, $8 for members. For more information, call 674-3149 or 492-1048.
Clayton Fire Co. basket bingo will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Clayton Fire Co., Railroad Ave., Clayton. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Pre-registered players are eligible for an early bird drawing. Special raffles and a 50/50 will be available. Proceeds will benefit the Clayton Fire Co.'s New Building Fund. To pre-register, call 632-3445. For more information, visit www.clayton45.com.
Scholarship benefit will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Presbyterian Church of Dover, 54 S. State St., Dover. The National Association of Negro Musicians will present the Delaware State University Concert Choir. Admission is $10 for adults, with children under the age of 12 admitted free.
Tuesday, Nov. 10
“Art and Copy,” presented by Delaware Technical & Community College Terry Campus will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at Schwartz Center for the Arts, 222 S. State St., Dover. The movie is a 2009 Sundance Film Festival award winner about people that have profoundly impacted pop culture, but who are virtually unknown outside of their respective industries. The cost of tickets is $5 for college students with ID and $10 general admission. For more information, call Jessica Cook at 857-1130.
AARP Driver Safety Program will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Harvest Years Senior Center, 30 South St., Camden. Fore more information or to register, call Perry Martinson at 697-0581.
Digital Scrapbooking: Creating Holiday Cards will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at John W. Pitts Center, Schutte Park, Dover. Participants will receive 10 photo scans in the class taught by Jennifer Surdukowski of Heritage Maker. For more information, call 674-7541 or visit www.cityofdover.com.
Family movie night will be held at 6 p.m. at Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. Dupont Highway, Dover. The library will show a special movie for children of all ages. For more information or to register, call 698-6440 or visit www.co.kent.de.us.
Good-for-you desserts will be held at 7 p.m. at Kent County Public Library, 2319 S. Dupont Highway, Dover. Marcie Collins of Dover’s Good News Natural Foods will show participants how to prepare holiday desserts that not only taste delicious, but are good for you. Samples will be provided for tasting. For more information or to register, call the library at 736-7077.
Veterans Day Program will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Ave., Dover. The event will include a presentation about end-of-life options available to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs and a musical tribute to the people who have served in the armed forces. For more information, call 478-5707.
Smooth dance technique will be held at 7 p.m. at Camden Wyoming Moose Lodge, 760 Moose Lodge Road, Camden. USA Dance Dover DE and Deni Robinson from The Ballroom Blitz will teach a one-hour lesson in smooth dance technique at 7 p.m. and a one-hour lesson in Latin dance technique at 8 p.m. Admission per lesson is $7 for USA Dance members and $10 per person for non members. For more information, call 734-8794 or visit www.usadancedoverde.com.
Wednesday, Nov. 11
WWII Heroes Tour will be held at Lakeside Cemetery, 588 N. State St., Dover. Learn about the lives of local World War II servicemen on a self-guided tour. Information boards on each service member will be available for view from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A one-hour guided tour also will be available beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the cemetery flagpole. For more information, call 734-2142
TICKETS
Fall Quarters Auction tickets are now on sale for $15, which includes a roll of quarters at the door. The event will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Hartly Fire House. For more information, call Missy Green at 492-0687.
TRIPS
A bus trip to New York City will depart at 7 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, from the Kent County Levy Court, 555 Bay Road, Dover. The drop-off point will be near Rockefeller Plaza, which also will serve as the pickup point at 7 p.m. The cost is $35 and includes transportation via private motor coach. An additional trip date will be Saturday, Dec. 12. For more information, call 744-2495 or visit www.kentcountyrec.com.
A nine-day trip to see the Oberammergau Passion Play will be from June 15 to 23, 2010. The cost of the trip is $3,096, which includes roundtrip airfare from New York City, deluxe motor coaches, alpine accommodations, guided sightseeing to sites in Germany, Austria and Italy, breakfast and dinner daily, and tickets to the passion play. For more information, call the First Baptist Church at 674-1980.
REUNIONS
The Lake Forest Class of 1979 is in the stages of planning its 30-year class reunion. Updated addresses from classmates are needed. For more information or to update contact information, call Connie Harrington Louder at 284-4567 or Donna Beebe Shoemaker at 284-2468 with your address, email address and phone number.
EXHIBITS
“Shipbuilding in the First State” is now on display from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, at the Delaware Visitor Center and Galleries, 406 Federal St., Dover. The exhibit features a wide variety of artifacts chronicling shipbuilding in the region from pre-colonial times through World War II. Admission is free. For more information, call 739-4266 or visit http://history.delaware.gov/museums/vc/vc_main.shtml.
An Anthology of Pamphlets printed between 1776 and 1818 is now on display from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays at the Old State House, 25 The Green. The pamphlets cover a variety of topics including letters, orations, a table of duty and customs, a personal narrative, proceedings and debates from the Delaware House of Representatives and addresses made to the Congress of the United States. For more information, call 739-4266.
MUSEUMS
Air Mobility Command Museum — Features approximately 25 restored aircraft, displays detailing the history of military air transport and Dover Air Force Base; Hall of Heroes showcases all those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Located at the south end of Dover Air Force Base, enter from gate on Route 9, open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Free admission and parking, photography is encouraged. The museum is handicapped accessible. 677-5938. www.amcmuseum.org.
Barratt’s Chapel and Museum — The building in which the Methodist Church was organized in the United States in 1784. Route 113 near Frederica. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment. 335-5544.
Biggs Museum of American Art — A personal collection including paintings that span 200 years, from colonial portraiture to 20th-century Impressionism; furniture and silver from some of the best regional craftsmen in the colonial and federal periods; and changing exhibits. 406 Federal St., Dover. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. 674-2111. www.biggsmuseum.org.
Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village — Exhibit building displays more than 10,000 objects, with a wing containing three galleries with changing exhibits. Behind the building, overlooking Silver Lake, is Loockerman Landing, a re-created 19th century village with farmstead, schoolhouse, church, mill and businesses. 866 N. DuPont Highway, Dover. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, members and children younger than 6 are free. 734-1618. www.agriculturalmuseum.org.
Old State House — The original site of Delaware’s General Assembly and Kent County Levy Court. 21 The Green, Dover. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Delaware Visitor Center and Galleries — Featuring changing exhibits on various aspects of Delaware history and culture, the visitor center also serves as a source of information on local and statewide attractions, events and activities. 406 Federal St., Dover. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. 739-4266. http://history.delaware.gov/museums/vc/vc_main.shtml.
Delaware Public Archives — Variety of public programs and services, research room and exhibits. 121 Duke of York St., Dover. Research room and main lobby are open from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Wednesdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the first and third Saturday; closed Sunday. Exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturdays and state holidays. 744-5000. www.archives.delaware.gov.
Star Hill African-American Museum — Museum includes reproduction inventions by African-Americans, African artifacts, utensils used in daily slave life, a library featuring books and articles on slavery and a pictorial exhibit. 516 Voshell Mill/Star Hill Road, Dover. Open by appointment. 697-9903.
John Dickinson Plantation — Revolutionary-era figure John Dickinson’s home and plantation house, built around 1740. Kitts Hummock near the junction of routes 113 and 9. Main house, slave/tenant house and others are open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 739-3277.
Johnson Victrola Museum — A tribute to inventor, businessman and philanthropist Eldridge Reeves. Includes 1920s Victrola dealer’s store, talking machines, and early records; items from the collection of Dr. Lynwood Heiges that recount the history of the talking machine; and an original oil painting of “Nipper,” the dog listening to a talking machine. Bank and New streets. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the first Saturday of each month. Group tours require reservations. 739-4266.
Delaware State Police Museum and Educational Center — Delaware State Police Headquarters Complex, 1325 N. DuPont Highway, Dover. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; by request from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the third Saturday of each month. 739-7700.
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