Community Calendar

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5/26 - Keeping Your Plants Happy at New Castle Public Library, 6pm.
Master Gardener Linda Suskie offers tips on how to keep your plants happy throughout the growing season, with quick pointers on getting to know your plants, watering, fertilizing, mulch, preventing weeds and disease, and more.
5/27 - Movies @ Old Town Hall: Clockwatchers (1997), 6:30pm.
$5-10 recommended donation, refreshments available, BYOB welcome, presented by NC Public Library and The Mercury. More info & film description at link.
5/30 - Restore & Remember: The Monday Club, at The Monday Club, 1pm-4pm.
DHS is gathering volunteers to help with organization and processing archival materials at the site while learning from the elder members of the historic club about their history.
5/31 - Pride Pop-Up Market on The Green, 12pm-5pm.

6/3 - Annual NCHS Garden Party in the Amstel House Garden, 6-8pm.
“An evening of music and good company in the [historic] Colonial Revival garden,” a ticketed event. Info & tickets at the link.
6/5 - First Outdoor Storytime of the Season in Battery Park, 10:30am.
Presented by New Castle Public Library, featuring stories and play with a mix of dance scarves, egg shakers, and more! Families are invited to stay afterwards for playtime to enjoy music, bubbles, and other activities. For babies and toddlers with their families.
6/7 - New Castle Little League Day at the Blue Rocks, Frawley Stadium, 1pm.
Join NCLL families and friends for a day at the park. Register early to get in on group tickets - use passcode NCLL1996 and select the June 7 game.
6/12 - Separation Day Block Party on The Wharf, 6-9pm.
6/13 - Separation Day Festival, Delaware Street & Battery Park, 12-10pm.
6/14 - Saint Anthony’s Day Procession, starting from St. Peter’s Church, 12:30pm.
A benediction will precede the traditional procession to New Castle’s Italian Immigrant Memorial on South Street and back to St. Peter’s, with reception after in Crowley Hall.
6/21 - Summer Solstice Enchanted Market at 5 Shaw Alley, 12-4pm.

7/8 - Battery Park Concert Series: Del Soul, on the lawn at Battery Park, 6:30pm.
Presented at no cost by New Castle Community Partnership.
7/18 - These Houses Were Homes: 5 Generations of Black Community in Old New Castle Walking Tour, starting from Read House & Gardens, 1pm-3pm.
2025 tours expand upon Dr. Benbow Flowers’ research on the African American population of Old New Castle with additional source materials, a revamped route and accompanying map, and a special focus on the time period from 1776-1876. ($25.)

NEW: 2nd & Delaware Stitchers’ Guild meets the Second Tuesday of each month at 7pm at Denali Beauty Works.
NEW: Improv Fun & Games! at the NC Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 2nd and 4th Mondays at 6pm. “Just show up! It’s free!”
NEW: Delaware Street Book Wyrms Fantasy Book Club, Third Wednesdays at 7pm at Denali Beauty Works.
Fourth Friday Art Loop at participating shops and galleries around downtown, including the Opera House, Mo’zArt Gallery, The Window on Delaware Street, The Arsenal/NCHS, the Mercury Cafe’s in-house gallery, and more!
Movies at Old Town Hall, Wednesdays at 6:30pm. From the Mercury Cafe and New Castle Public Library. (See specific listings above.)
Third Sundays: ‘Second Street Coffeehouse’ Local Talent Open Mic nights at NC Presbyterian Church’s fellowship hall on 2nd Street.
City Board and Commission Meetings are posted on the City Website, here.
New Castle Public Library - Full Program & Event Schedule.
New Castle Historical Society - Full Event Schedule.
New Castle Senior Center - Upcoming Activities (for member seniors)

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