UP to SPEED
Get Your Holiday On
Your New Year’s resolution
to relax and have more fun
starts right now! Amtrak is
your vehicle to experience
all the Northeast Corridor
has to offer this holiday
season. There are holiday
festivals of trains, a yacht
club light parade, historic
yuletide celebrations and
a chance to experience a
New England Christmas.
But, hey, tinsel, toy trains
and jolly Santas may not
be your thing. So sit back
and enjoy THE RIDE, a
new event that lets you
experience NYC as never
before (“Front of The Line”
offer for Acela Express
ticket holders—see New
York section). Half of The
Beatles are gone, but
you’ll think the band is
back together when you
witness RAIN: A Tribute
to The Beatles. Newport
opens its finest kitchens for a culinary celebration like no other. Oklahoma!
is in D.C. American Idol’s Constantine rocks Baltimore. And get ready to be
moved with two must-see events, celebrating soldier art and Rosa Parks.
Check for discount companion fares to select destinations and other offers
below—they’ll save you dough. Climb aboard and let Amtrak deliver you to
the fun! — Compiled by miChael hammett
American Idol’s Constantine
Maroulis in Rock of Ages.
a complimentary champagne toast and an array
of Strauss waltzes and
polkas. Grand Opera
House, Wilmington.
Dec. 31, 7: 30 p.m. 302-652-
5577; ticketsatthegrand.org;
delawaresymphony.org.
Around the World in 80
Days: Adapted by Mark
Brown from the novel by
Jules Verne, this theatrical
journey follows Phileas
Fogg and his servant,
Passepartout, as they set
out to beat the clock in a
race around the world. Five
actors portray 39 characters from this classic novel,
in an adaptation that’s
been called “ingenious and
imaginative” and “a ton of
fun for all ages.” Delaware
Theatre Company. Dec. 1–
19. delawaretheatre.org.
CONNECTICUT
Beginning Nov. 26, the Eli
Whitney Museum presents
its annual “Holiday Gilbert
Train Exhibition.” Classic
toy trains produced by New
Haven’s A.C. Gilbert Com-
pany still run beautifully
after 50 years. Admission
is free and construction
kits are available for a fee.
Eli Whitney Museum, 915
Whitney Ave., Hamden.
203-777-1833; eliwhitney.org.
DELAWARE
Music on the Orient
Express: Climb aboard
for Delaware Symphony
Orchestra’s New Year’s
Eve Celebration, “Orient
Express to Vienna,” spon-
sored by Amtrak, David
Amado, conductor. DSO’s
annual toast to the depart-
ing year offers a musical
tour along the route of the
Orient Express. Featuring
Christmas at Hagley:
Celebrate the holidays at
historic Hagley Museum
and Library in Wilmington,
where E.I. du Pont settled
in 1802 along the bank of
the Brandywine Creek and
began harnessing its power
to produce high-quality
gunpowder, thus laying the
foundation for the DuPont
Company. Designated by
American Bus Association
as one of the Top 100 Events
for 2010, Eleutherian Mills,
the ancestral home of five
generations of the du Ponts,
is dressed for the holidays
in colonial revival style
and open for guided tours.
Dried flowers, fruits and
greenery create a festive
ambience accentuated by
soft lights and Christmas
music. Nov. 26–Jan. 2.
Hagley.lib.de.us.
