UP to SPEED
Winter Wonderful!
Children pull mandrakes in the herbology section of “Harry Potter: The Exhibition.”
Who knew there was so much to
see and do around the Northeast
Corridor so early in the new year?
Take the kids to experience “
Dinotopia” and “Harry Potter: The Exhibition.” Enjoy fabulous feasts at great
prices during restaurant weeks in
Annapolis and Newark, Del. Experience Broadway in the comfort of
Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre
when The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein and In the
Heights come to town. Celebrate
70 years of Wizard of Oz, when the
classic film meets the sounds of the
Delaware Symphony Orchestra.
And it’s a winter festival, Newport
style! All this and it’s still the beginning of the year. Check below for
special rail fare discounts to your
favorite Northeast Corridor cities—
you’ll save a bundle. Climb aboard
and see all the places Amtrak can
take you. — Compiled by miChael hammett
Early 19th Centuries from
The Metropolitan Museum
of Art,” which represents
many of the young country’s
great artists. The exhibition
was organized by The Met,
and is sponsored by DuPont
and Potter Anderson &
Corroon. Through Jan. 31.
winterthur.org.
Opera Ball: The event that
redefined Valentine’s Day
last year is back! Give your
Valentine a memory that will
last a lifetime at the Hotel du
Pont in Wilmington. Enjoy
an array of music provided
by the Ward Marston Orchestra that is sure to have you
moving, and with a special
Opera Ball room rate, you
can dance right on up to your
room and enjoy the Old
World elegance of the hotel
the next day. Feb. 13, 6: 30 to
11 p.m. (or later ...). Hotel du
Pont, Wilmington. 302-658-
8063, ext. 3250; operade.org.
DELAWARE
Meet Asher Lev: Questions of art, family, religion
and loyalty are explored
in the Delaware Theatre
Company’s production of
the classic story My Name
Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner’s
adaptation of Chaim Potok’s
powerful 1972 coming-of-age novel. A young man
born into a Hasidic Jewish
family struggles to balance
his artistic genius with the
demands of his family. The
Philadelphia Inquirer called
this play “exquisite” and
Talkin’ Broadway labeled
it “a truly theatrical experience.” Feb. 10-28.
delawaretheatre.org.
and scientific accuracy. This
major exhibition features
over 60 works from three
of Gurney’s popular books.
Feb. 6-May 16. delart.org.
“Dinotopia”: Inspired by
archaeology, lost civilizations and the art of illustration, James Gurney’s
“Dinotopia” is an extraordinary place where humans
and dinosaurs live in harmony in a society that has
its own language and alphabet. Gurney’s stories and
art fuse fantasy with realism
Faces of a New Nation:
View masterpiece portraits
of the men, women and children of early America and
explore the changing values
of the nation across a span
of nearly 150 years. Winterthur is the sole venue for
this select group of portraits
from the Met, “American
Portraits of the 18th and
Oz with Orchestra:
Journey to that magical
place, “somewhere over
the rainbow,” with music
director David Amado and
the Delaware Symphony
Orchestra. Following the
smash success of Bugs
Bunny on Broadway, DSO
has another family-friendly
pair of performances featuring a big-screen classic. As
Dorothy Gale travels the
Yellow Brick Road with the
Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion,
Tin Man and Toto, Maestro
Amado and the DSO reveal
the lushness of one of Hollywood’s greatest musical
scores. It’s a perfect way
to see the film Wizard of
Oz, starring Judy Garland,
Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and
