News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
-Day-long series of activities explores the 1798 sinking of HMS DeBraak- DOVER, DE – Visitors to Lewes, Del. will have an opportunity to learn about the 1798 wreck of the British warship DeBraak in the program “The Wooden World Revealed” that will take place outdoors on Saturday, May 21, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 4:15 […]
Continue ReadingA living shoreline project developed by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary to help Lewes, Delaware with shoreline stabilization was completed in partnership with Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Delaware Living Shorelines Committee. The Lewes Canal project was a joint effort to add a […]
Continue ReadingRehoboth, DE – Starting on February 26, 2021 the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “The Artist’s Wife,” a moving drama about a couple coping with the husband and renowned artist’s disease. Claire (played by Lena Olin), the wife of famed artist Richard Smythson (played by Bruce Dern) and once a promising […]
Continue ReadingLewes Lights is a self-guided Holiday Lights driving tour through the City of Lewes, Delaware Dec 4th thru Dec 31st, 2020. A grass roots effort organized by a group of holiday spirited Lewes Locals. Digital tour maps will be available Dec 3rd, 2020 at LewesLights.org. Grab your family, bring your hot cocoa, blast your favorite […]
Continue Reading-All activities to be presented free via Zoom; registration required- (DOVER, DE — Between October 1 and 3, 2020, Lewes, Delaware’s Zwaanendael Museum will present “Cyber Seafaring,” a four-part series of presentations on the Lewes/Cape Henlopen region’s maritime history. NOTE: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cyber Seafaring programs will not be conducted in front of […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – On June 22, 2020, the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs began rehabilitation work at the Zwaanendael Museum located at 102 Kings Highway in Lewes, Delaware. Expected to continue for approximately one month, work will include cleaning of the entire exterior of the building with attention paid to its ornamental-design features, […]
Continue Reading(DOVER, Del.—Nov. 27, 2019)—Beginning on Dec. 4, 2019 and continuing through the month of December, the Zwaanendael Museum, located at 102 Kings Highway in Lewes, Del., will be decorated for the holidays based on the theme “Here We Go a Caroling.” Decorations will be provided by the Sussex Gardeners, a Rehoboth Beach-based horticultural group that […]
Continue ReadingEastern Shore, MD & Lower Delaware – The Mid-Atlantic Symphony, the Delmarva peninsula’s only professional orchestra, continues its 22nd season with two exciting programs dedicated to the Holiday Season. On December 6 in Easton, MD, December 7 in Lewes, DE, and December 8 in Ocean City, MD, the MSO will present its annual Holiday Joy […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section and the City of Lewes will begin erecting fencing along the bay side of the primary dune at Lewes Beach during the first week of November. The fencing is designed to help protect the dune’s fragile habitat, and act as a deterrent to area residents leaving […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, De – Historical clothing and textiles will be the subject of the four-part series, “Seams From the Past,” that will take place on succeeding Saturdays between Nov. 2 and 23, 2019 at the Zwaanendael Museum, located at 102 Kings Highway in Lewes, Del. A complete schedule is listed below. All programs begin at 2 […]
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