Artist Kim Klabe INspires Feelings of an Almost Human Nature
The year was 2017. As an artist and a citizen, Kim Klabe was frustrated. Living in Rehoboth, DE, she was painting flawlessly rendered oil paintings of seascapes, old beach cottages, and boats, trying...
In the space of ten minutes, three passersbys on the 200 block of West 9th Street stop to praise the mural that artist Erica Jones is in the process of painting. On a step ladder, jars of milky paint...
A pivotal scene in J.R. Martinez’s autobiography, Full of Heart, describes the moment that Martinez looked into the mirror for the first time after surviving a bomb that hit his Humvee while he was...
#PhilanthropySoWhite #NonprofitsSoWhite
It is certainly no secret that the philanthropy and nonprofit sector in this country is led by white men. As a Black executive director, I consider myself fortunate, as I have been successful...
Quarantine Check IN: The Delaware Contemporary
Nothing could have prepared Wilmington businesses and nonprofits for 2020 (and we aren’t even halfway finished yet!). Some business have folded under the constraints. I was personally saddened to...
Quarantine Check IN: Delaware Shakespeare
Jimmy Kimmel is streaming nightly monologues from home, Willie Nelson and John Legend are playing music online, and Broadway stars like Idina Menzel are singing and chatting from their homes....
Quarantine Check IN: Hagley Museum and Library
Overlooking 235 scenic acres on the banks of the Brandywine IN Wilmington, DE sits Hagley Museum and Library, the site of the gunpowder yards founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. The museum...
Arts Fundraising During the COVID Crisis IN Wilmington
The Grand Opera House lost millions in ticket sales and other revenue when it was forced to close for the coronavirus lockdown, with three Broadway shows and about 15 smaller performances...
