Wilmington is in the center of Arts and Culture

I want to pass along this message from our friend Brendan Cooke, Executive Director at OperaDelaware:

Please join OperaDelaware for the historic East Coast Premiere of Franco Faccio's lost Hamlet, and Verdi's Falstaff. Our first ever grand opera festival is attracting press attention from all over the world. So far, over 500 people are attending from outside a 30 mile radius of Wilmington, and almost 700 attendees who are new to our patron base. We'd obviously love to have the critics from Paris, Milan and London see full houses.

I continue to be impressed with the truly incredible talent that Wilmington attracts. I hope you'll join me in enjoying these beautiful and powerful productions!

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Marty

Meet & Greet opportunity for Downtown Wilmington

Please join the downtown business community on Tuesday, May 10 at the Baby Grand as we celebrate our upcoming "Summer in the City" - trust me, this will be a great event!

Downtown Wilmington Celebrates Shakespeare Day

Lunchtime on Market Street on Friday provided a real treat as the Delaware Shakespeare Festival coordinated a production of all of Shakespeare's plays in under an hour using more than 50 people from our community.

All of this took place in front of The Grand Opera House - and I would dare say we had participation from people from all walks of life and all of our great communities - artists, musicians, attorneys, business leaders, young, not so young, students, professionals, and more!

I am proud of our vibrant arts community in Wilmington - and I am proud that Downtown Visions helped sponsor and support this event.

Marty

New restaurant opens on Market Street

If there's one thing I love about being in Downtown Wilmington, it's the great variety of choices we have for food - whether you're in the mood for Italian, Mexican, Chilean, Chinese, or Ethiopian food, we have it! 

This week, Masala Kitchen opened its doors to serve incredibly flavorful vegetarian Indian food - I highly recommend trying the Mix Pakora.

Jaysheel Bhavsar said he and his team are excited to be located in Downtown Wilmington and want to make sure everyone gets to try their food.

All I can say is that I am thrilled to have Masala Kitchen as part of our Downtown family - oh, and you should really try the ice cream here, it's like nothing you've had before.

Marty

Great Downtown Business Featured in Out & About

The April issue of Out & About magazine really is packed with great articles about businesses and events in Wilmington.

One of those articles features Delaware's only tea shop - Levitea

Here's an excerpt:

Accolades are quickly building for the establishment. Last year, Levitea won a “Best of Delaware” award from Delaware Today, and the Green Room at the Hotel du Pont features a variety of its teas each month. Soon, the shop will offer teas to-go by the ounce, and an online store will be up and running, along with a blog. And this summer, Lomax promises bubble tea.

Click Here for the complete article.

I am proud of all of our Downtown Wilmington businesses and the success they are creating.

Marty