This year Bill and I were responsible for lining up the floats, the Marching Bands, the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and getting the parade off on time! Linda Chick, REALTOR® on the Active Adults Delaware Team, and her husband Jack Flood made their first appearance in the Lewes Christmas Parade in Jack’s classic Chevy. They were amazed at how big the parade is for a town the size of Lewes!

Want to watch the parade? Click here

We’d love to hear from you about your Christmas Parade and favorite things to do for the Holidays.

Is Fall my favorite time of year because I’m an October baby? Or, is it the weather, still warm during the day but crisp and cool at night. So many of my favorite things to do take place this month – my calendar is filled with:

Saturday mornings – Historic Lewes Farmers Market (voted BEST in  Delaware 2011) – the last month of Saturday morning Farmers Markets at the Lewes Historical Society Complex (LHS) – October 1st at Sheilds Elementary School.

October 1st – Lewes Historical Society Craft Faire at the Lewes Historical Society Complex (LHS) – this show features some fantastic artists and artisans. What will I find this year?

October 1st – Lewes in Bloom Fall Festival Plant Sale in town, Boast the Coast Maritime Festival presented by the Chamber of Commerce and so much more all weekend long.

October 15th – Coastal Concerts presents Israeli Chamber Project. What an unusual, eclectic schedule for this coming year of classical music in Lewes! And you wondered what we did here in the off-season?

Just a few ideas to entice you to come visit Lewes in the Autumn.

The 21st Annual Lewes Garden Tour will be held this Saturday, June 18, 2011, from 10 am to 5 pm, and the weather forecast is fantastic! The tour, sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce, will be held rain or shine, but it is so much nicer when the sun is shining and Saturday should be sunny and in the 80s.

Lewes Chamber of Commerce

Tickets are available at the Lewes Chamber of Commerce, 120 Kings Highway, and other local businesses.  For credit card orders or for more information, call 302-645-8073 or www.leweschamber.com.

This year there will be 8 private gardens on the tour throughout town. Most are in walking distance but there is also free trolley service to shuttle you from garden to garden.

Don’t miss the Public Herb Garden next door to the Visitor Center in the fisher-Martin House, 120 Kings Highway, next to the Zwaanendael Museum.

Look for me from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Garden #6 where I will be one of the many volunteer docents this year. I am hoping to get around to see the other gardens before I go on duty. I’ll be bringing my camera with me so look for lots of pictures and maybe a video next week.

Following the Garden Tour, enjoy the week long 13th Annual Chautauqua Tent Show with free events at Zwaanendael Park, the Lewes Historical Society complex and in Stango Park by the Lewes Public Library. For a complete list of activities, CLICK HERE!

Saturday, June 11, from 10 am to 5 pm
Cadbury at Lewes, Gills Neck Road
Artists from the age of 5 to 85 present an array of inspiring handcrafted work including quilts, baskets, fabric art, watercolors, photography, wood working, pottery, jewelry and more! All exhibits are indoors so weather is not a factor! Local artists and craftsmen are offering a tremendous variety of original works. Quilts and quilt related items will be for sale.
For more information contact the Cadbury Foundation

One of my favorite shows is the Delaware By Hand Fine Arts & Crafts Show at the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes, Delaware. In a busy Memorial Day Weekend, this is one event you don’t want to miss. From 10 am to 4 pm, you’ll find exquisite original artwork from paintings, photographs, jewelry, ceramics and glass to metal, wood and more. Established only 7 years ago, Delaware By Hand is a statewide network of very talented artists and artisans.

Read More about the organization and the show coming up May 28th, 2011.

The Lewes Tulip Festival, a celebration of Lewes’s Dutch heritage, will again include a photography contest. (For contest rules and deadlines, click here.) The festival, sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Lewes Historical Society, Lewes in Bloom, City of Lewes Parks and Recreation Commission, the Zwaanendael Museum and the Historic Lewes Farmers Market, will be held April 15 and 16, 2011 in various locations throughout Lewes with the photography exhibit taking place in Zwaanendael Park. The Tulip Festival kicks off on the evening of Thursday, April 14 at a community dinner when the Lewes Historical Society will honor 4 recipients with their 2nd Annual Preservation Award

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What could be better than a wine and cheese reception and the Second Annual Art Exhibit of the Delaware Shore Artists Group? This is an opportunity to meet over a dozen local artists and enjoy more than 50 of their paintings in various mediums, all available for sale. Several of these artists have won recognition in state and local exhibitions, including the annual Rehoboth Art league member events. Enjoy the wine at Nassau Valley Vineyards on Sunday, November 7, 2010, from 2-4 pm. The Art Exhibit is there through November 28th if you can’t make it on Sunday.

The Nassau Valley Vineyards are located off Route 1, just south of the Nassau Bridge, and off Route 9, just west of Five Points.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 18th, 10 am – 4 pm, artists all over Lewes, Delaware, will open their studios to the public. This is the 12th annual tour and as many as 300 people typically take advantage of this chance to see local artists at work.

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FOOD, INC.  sponsored by
The Lewes Historic Farmers Market & Rehoboth Farmers Market
Saturday, May15, 2010 – Reception at 5:00 p.m.; Movie begins at 6:00 p.m.

In FOOD, INC. filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, FOOD, INC. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

A complimentary reception featuring light, organic refreshments is included and a cash bar is available.
For tickets to the movie at The Milton Theatre

TICKETS:  General Admission – $12.00; Seniors over 65 and students 18 and under – $10.00