Community Calendar

Feb 08, 2023

Updated 12/23/24. Something incorrect/outdated? Something to add? Please let us know!

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Saturdays through 12/21: Shaw Alley Holiday Food Market, 9am-1pm.
Last Month of Tours at the Dutch & Amstel Houses until Spring 2025 (Thursday through Sunday beginning from NCHS at the Arsenal.
Weekends, Noon to 4pm: Final Month of the ‘Fort Casimir & the Struggle for the Delaware Valley’ Exhibit at The Old Library Museum.

12/27 - Fourth Friday Art Loop will not be held in December.
12/27-29 - LIT for the Holidays Exhibit at Read House & Gardens, 11am-4pm.
‘Delaware's Changing Winter Landscapes’ is a museum-wide exhibit featuring works from the collections of the DE Historical Society, the New Castle community, and the Washington Society of Landscape Painters. It showcases local winter scenes from the 1800s to today, asking how best to steward DE’s landscapes for future generations.

1/5 - Twelfth Night Candlelight Concert at Immanuel on the Green, 6pm.
Part of the Immanuel Concert Series, featuring Philip Moore’s 2022 composition Nativitas, which features poems by David Broadbridge interspersed with organ selections, musing on the mystery and joy of Christmas, in a church lit only by candlelight.

1/9 - Movie Magic: Conclave, New Castle Public Library, 6:30pm.
Screening of the 2024 film about a cardinal who is tasked with leading the selection of a new Pope, only to find himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church. (PG, 120 min.)
1/11 - Diamond Swing Jazz Performance, Zollie’s Jazz Cucina, 6:30pm.
1/14 - Regular City Council Meeting, New Castle Senior Center, 7pm.
Agenda to be posted.
1/18 - VolunTEEN Crafts for the Community, NC Public Library, 3pm.
Program allowing 6^th—12th graders to gain work experience, develop leadership skills and earn service hours. By attending, participants will gain one volunteer hour. More details / Registration (required).

1/19 - The Trial of Thomas Garrett, NC Court House Museum, 12pm.
Participants may take roles and join in the reenactment of the historic trial of Thomas Garrett, a white abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad movement, who was prosecuted in this very courthouse in 1848 for violating the Fugitive Slave Act.
1/22 - DE Public Archives: Tales from the Vault, NC Public Library, 6pm.
Presentation from the DPA telling four unique spooky stories directly from their vaults, including tales of murder, trials, pardons and undertaking, told using primary source documents. No registration required.

Fourth Friday Art Loop at participating shops and galleries around downtown, including the Opera House, Mo’zArt Gallery, The Window on Delaware Street, the Mercury Cafe’s in-house gallery, and more!
Third Sundays: ‘Second Street Coffeehouse’ Open Mic nights at NC Presbyterian Church’s fellowship hall on 2nd Street.
Regular Historic Tours at:
- New Castle Court House Museum (Monday and Wednesday-Sunday)
- Read House & Garden (Wednesday-Saturday)
City Board and Commission Meetings are posted on the City Website, here.
Click here for the many events happening each week at New Castle Public Library.
And click here for New Castle Historical Society’s full event calendar.

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