Tugboat fun: The Wilmington riverfront is a bevy of
activity when a variety of tugboats—the “workhorses” of
the maritime industry—line
the Christina River from the
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
shipyard to Fort Christina
Park. Wilmington maritime heritage comes to life
through activities celebrating its rich tugboat history,
including tugboat races, a
Best Tattoo contest among
the tugboat crews, all-day
musical entertainment and a
shrimp feast. Tugboats will
illuminate the Seventh Street
Peninsula each evening.
Longwood Gardens hosts
the Festival of Fountains,
and these waterlillies are
part of its horticultural
showcase.
More than 100 crafters and
exhibitors are expected. The
Great Wilmington Tugboat
Celebration, July 6– 8. Visit
kalmarnyckel.org.
Shakespeare in the park:
The Delaware Shakespeare
Festival is fast becoming one
of Greater Wilmington’s
most popular traditions.
This year’s featured production is the historical drama
Richard III. The open-air
festival runs from July 27
to Aug. 11 on the grounds
of Rockwood Park, in the
shadow of Joseph Shipley’s
rural Gothic mansion. Enjoy
a midsummer’s eve picnic
while actors discuss the play’s
plot and entertain the audience with background information before the show. Visit
delshakes.org for details and
hotel packages.
Photo op:
The Delaware
Art Museum
in Wilming-
ton presents
Contemporary
Photography
and the Garden—
Deceits and Fantasies.
Featuring a group of Amer-
ican and European pho-
tographers and their wide
range of artistic responses
to the garden—from reflect-
ing upon it as a site of lyrical
beauty to drawing upon it as
a dark visual metaphor for
the manipulation of nature.
Through Sept. 16. Admission
is free on Sundays. Call 302-
571-9590 or visit delart.org
for more information.
Fountains and
trees: Tree-
mendous fun awaits visitors
to Longwood Gardens this
summer as the world’s pre-
mier horticultural showplace
celebrates the beauty, majesty
and importance of trees. The
Festival of Fountains features
a lineup of unforgettable
displays, fun events and pro-
grams for all ages. See trees
in a whole new way during
In TREEgue, an environ-
mental art exhibit starring
Longwood’s most notable
trees. Fireworks & Fountains
lights the night sky July 3 and
21 and Sept. 2 and 8. The gar-
den grooves with concerts on
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
evenings, followed by spectacular, illuminated fountain
shows. Every day throughout the summer visitors can
enjoy a respite from the heat
beneath Longwood’s shade
trees while thousands of
fountain jets shower their refreshing mist on the gardens.
Daily programs, including
demonstrations, plant walks
and children’s activities, add
to the enchantment. Through
Sept. 1. Call 610-388-1000 or
visit longwoodgardens.org.
For each of the Delaware
events, save 50 percent off
the best available rail fare for one
companion traveling in coach with a
paid regular (full) adult rail fare ticket
on Amtrak travel to Wilmington, DE.
Valid for sale through Dec. 10, 2007,
and for travel through Dec. 13, 2007.
Request discount code V679 when
you book online at Amtrak.com or call
800-USA-RAIL. See page 70 for black-
out dates and other restrictions.
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Psychedelic love: Forty
years later, the Whitney
Museum of American Art
revisits the period with
Summer of Love: Art of the
Psychedelic Era, an exhibition tracing the explosion
of contemporary art and
popular culture brought
about by the civil unrest and
pervasive social change of
the 1960s and early ’70s. The
