UP to SPEED
Dec. 13, 2008. Request discount
code V828 (Baltimore) or V722
(BWI or Washington, D.C.) when
you book by calling 800-USA-RAIL.
Visit Baltimore.org/deals for more
information. See page 86 for blackout dates and other restrictions.
VERMONT
Celebrate chocolate:
The Vermont Chocolate
Show at the Inn at Essex
features chocolatiers, chefs
and other vendors from
Vermont and throughout
the Northeast. The show
includes educational
programs, a chocolate art
exhibit, product sales and
other culinary activities.
This is an opportunity for
chocolate lovers of all ages
to buy chocolate products,
learn from noted Vermont
pastry chefs and food
experts, and dive into an
array of chocolate spa
treatments. May 17– 18.
vermontchocolateshow.com.
Living history: The Vermont History Expo is a
two-day summer festival
where Vermonters and
Vermonters-at-heart
experience the state’s living
history. The expo features
distinctive exhibits from the
collections of 150 local historical societies, museums
and heritage attractions.
For seven years, the last
weekend in June at the Tunbridge World Fairgrounds
has become the time for
visitors to be immersed in a
hands-on Vermont history
lesson—in the spirit of fun
and discovery. June 21– 22.
vermonthistory.org/expo.
This offer is valid for 20 percent off the best available
Catch the Wilmington Grand
Prix May 16-17—or compete!
regular (full) adult rail fare for coach
travel to any Amtrak destination in
Vermont when traveling on the
Vermonter or Ethan Allen service. Valid
for sale through Oct. 28, 2008,
and valid for travel through Oct. 31,
2008. Request discount code
V209 when you book by calling
800-USA-RAIL. See page 86 for
blackout dates and other restrictions.
DELAWARE
Jazz it up: Named for the
late legendary jazz trumpeter and native son of
Wilmington, the DuPont
Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
celebrates 20 years of free
outdoor jazz music live in
downtown Wilmington’s
Rodney Square. The largest free jazz festival in the
Mid-Atlantic region, the
event attracts jazz legends
of today and the stars of tomorrow. Previous performers include Herbie Hancock,
Wynton Marsalis, David
Sanborn and Sonny Rollins.
June 15– 22. Get jazzy:
Cliff ordbrownjazzfest.com.
It’s like riding a bike:
Bank of America Wilmington Grand Prix, in only its
second year of existence,
has been added to the USA
Cycling 2008 National
Race Calendar—the race
is now recognized as a
national cycling event with
all the status and recognition bestowed on similar
nationally sanctioned races
throughout the United
States. The two-day event
includes a downtown
festival, BMX stunt riders,
free bicycle tune-ups and
repairs, musical performances and the Chase family
bike parade—attempting to
break the Guinness Book of
World Records for largest
bike parade. May 16-17.
Wilmgrandprix.com.
Celebrate freedom:
Wilmington’s annual
Independence Day Freedom
Celebration offers live entertainment, a cool skating
rink sponsored by DuPont,
children’s rides and activities, a fabulous food court,
the annual all-American
baby contest, historical reenactments, special appearances by historical characters
and a grand fireworks finale.
Tubman-Garrett Riverfront
Park, Wilmington. July 4.
ci.wilmington.de.us.
Child stars: See the Broadway stars of tomorrow when
students from the Delaware
All-State Theatre Program
take to the DuPont Theatre
stage in a special production
of Les Misérables Student
Edition. Seventy-five of the
area’s most talented young
performers bring Victor
Hugo’s classic characters
to life in this epic story of
struggle against adversity
in 19th-century France.
Performances in late June.
jalexanderproductions.com.
For 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, 2008, and
for travel through Dec. 13, 2008.
Request discount code V256 when
you book by calling 800-USA-RAIL.
See page 86 for blackout dates and
other restrictions.
RHODE ISLAND
Film fest: In just over
a decade, the Newport
International Film Festival (NIFF) has grown into
one of America’s leading
regional film festivals. The
festival, which critics have
The Newport
International Film
Festival is known as a
“Low-key Cannes.”
