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Looking for something to do that won't break the bank? Here's an assortment of events and activities throughout Delaware that are free and open to the public.

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"Through the Eyes of Two Sisters"

Janekav Gallery
Through April 2

First Sunday Music Jam

Newark Arts Alliance
Through June 2

Christina Wilmington Art Loop - "Eye Shadow" Women's Art Exhibit

Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Through April 30

CCArts Open Mic Night

Center for the Creative Arts
Through December 19

Thursday Noontime Concert: Passarinho

First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
March 28

DEstination: Space

Kent County Public Library
August 1 - August 31

Human Connection by Olga Nielsen

Mezzanine Gallery
September 6 - September 27

What Makes a Great Wildlife Image? A Subjective Review

Cokesbury Village
March 25

Apollo Spacesuits: History, Technology, and Culture

Hagley Museum and Library
March 27

Copeland String Quartet

Wesley College, College Center
March 27

From the Second Wave to the Tidal Wave

The Queen
March 27

Wesley College Presents the Copeland String Quartet

Wesley College, College Center
March 27

More Events

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• Film: One Woman, One Vote (2006)
  Friday, March 29 @ Kent County Public Library
• 86th Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography
  Sunday, March 31 @ Arsht Hall (UD Wilmington Campus)
• Delaware Beach Classical: Opening concert!
  Sunday, March 31 @ St. Edmond's Roman Catholic Church
• Mariah Stewart - Afternoon With The Author
  Sunday, March 31 @ Hockessin Book Shelf
• Stories from the Studio
  Sunday, March 31 through Sunday, May 5 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Thursday Noontime Concert: Ovidiu Marinescu, cello
  Thursday, April 4 @ First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
• Adult Writers Critique Group
  Thursday, April 4 through Thursday, April 25 @ Kent County Public Library
• Opening of 22nd Annual DCAD Student Show
  Friday, April 5 @ Delaware College of Art and Design
• In Harmony Concert Series: Jerry
  Friday, April 5 @ Dover Public Library
• Spring Awakening Art Show Reception
  Friday, April 5 @ Gallery 107
• April Art Loop
  Friday, April 5 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• THE FIRE THEFT
  Friday, April 5 through Friday, April 26 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• BLACKOUT
  Friday, April 5 through Friday, April 26 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• Painting with Wood by Robert Bruce Weston
  Friday, April 5 through Friday, April 26 @ Mezzanine Gallery
• Frank DePietro - "Ephemeral ~ New Paintings"
  Friday, April 5 through Saturday, April 27 @ The Station Gallery
• Spring Mix
  Saturday, April 6 through Saturday, March 30 @ Peninsula Gallery
• 86th Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography
  Sunday, April 7 @ Arsht Hall (UD Wilmington Campus)
• First Sunday for Families
  Sunday, April 7 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Celebrating the History of the Department of Transportation
  Sunday, April 7 @ Delaware Public Archives
• The Silent Sentinels
  Monday, April 8 @ Dover Public Library
• An Introduction to Infrared Photograhy at Coastal Camera Club
  Wednesday, April 10 @ Cadbury at Lewes, 2nd Floor Auditiorium
• Backyard Nature Teacher Workshop
  Thursday, April 11 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Thursday Noontime Concert: OperaDelaware Sneak Preview
  Thursday, April 11 @ First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
• Inside Look
  Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 14 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Pro Series Concert: University of Delaware's Vocal Point
  Friday, April 12 @ Hanover Presbyterian Church
• Cecil Con 2019 Art Show
  Friday, April 12 through Saturday, April 13 @ Cecil Con
• NaPoMo Celebration & Local Author Showcase
  Saturday, April 13 @ Hockessin Book Shelf
• History Book Club
  Thursday, April 18 @ Dover Public Library
• DCAD Open House
  Saturday, April 20 @ Delaware College of Art and Design
• ARTZ at Brandywine
  Tuesday, April 23 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Thursday Noontime Concert: La Bernardinia Baroque Ensemble
  Thursday, April 25 @ First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
• DelArt Readers
  Thursday, April 25 through Thursday, May 30 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Fast-Track Admissions Event
  Friday, April 26 @ Delaware College of Art and Design
• "Delaware Goes to War" Concert by Rehoboth Concert Band
  Saturday, April 27 @ Fort Delaware State Park
• Chavela - On Screen/In Person Film Series
  Sunday, April 28 @ The Queen
• Thursday Noontime Concert: John Bullard, banjo & David Schelat, organ
  Thursday, May 2 @ First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
• UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LYNN HERRICK SHARP AWARD EXHIBITION
  Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 26 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• cusp, The University of Delaware 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition
  Friday, May 3 through Thursday, May 30 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• Third Annual UD Art in Science Exhibition
  Friday, May 3 through Monday, June 3 @ Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park
• HOPES & DREAMS/FEARS & FEELS
  Friday, May 3 through Sunday, June 30 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• FREE TOUR
  Saturday, May 4 @ Delaware Public Archives
• World Labyrinth Day
  Saturday, May 4 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Honk Jr. Performance
  Saturday, May 4 @ Delaware State University, Education & Humanities Theater
• The Arts at Trinity presents Serafin String Quartet
  Sunday, May 5 @ Trinity Episcopal Church
• First Sunday for Families: Outside the Box
  Sunday, May 5 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Thursday Noontime Concert: The Art of Song
  Thursday, May 9 @ First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
• Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale
  Saturday, May 11 through Sunday, May 12 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Celebration of Creativity Art Exhibition
  Wednesday, May 15 through Friday, June 14 @ Delaware State University, Arts Center/Gallery
• Thursday Noontime Concert: Center City Chorale - A Choral Miscellany
  Thursday, May 16 @ First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington
• FAMILY EVENT: EARLY CHILDHOOD GRADUATION CONCERT
  Saturday, May 18 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Immanent Realms: Light, Image, Sound
  Saturday, May 18 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• SUZUKI ACADEMY GRADUATION
  Saturday, May 18 through Sunday, June 16 @ The Music School of Delaware
• TACIT
  Tuesday, May 21 through Thursday, September 26 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• Rehoboth Concert Band Summer Concert
  Thursday, May 23 @ North Bedford Street Park, Georgetown
• Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash
  Saturday, May 25 @ Bowers Beach Maritime Museum
• Awards and Alumni Recital - Rising Stars and Shining Stars
  Friday, May 31 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Are You Grant Ready?
  Friday, May 31 @ Kent County Public Library
• Starting a Nonprofit
  Friday, May 31 @ Kent County Public Library
• ANNUAL SPRING CHORAL CONCERT
  Saturday, June 1 @ Avenue United Methodist Church
• An Unsurpassed Soldiery: The Delaware Regiment During the American Revolution
  Saturday, June 1 @ Delaware Public Archives
• Galaxy Scale Model Builders Club
  Monday, June 3 through Monday, August 5 @ Kent County Public Library
• Subway Train roller Caster Art Exhibit
  Friday, June 7 through Friday, June 21 @ 3rd Place Gallery
• U.S. Navy Band The Commodores
  Tuesday, June 11 @ Stango Park
• Play-Doh Posse
  Tuesday, June 11 through Thursday, August 15 @ Kent County Public Library
• 135th Anniversary Evensong
  Sunday, June 16 @ Cathedral Church of St. John, Wilmington
• Turtle Dance Music: Space! The Cosmos for Kids
  Monday, June 17 @ Kent County Public Library
• Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition
  Tuesday, June 18 @ Stango Park
• New Moon Theater: Minwa-Japanese Folk Tales
  Tuesday, June 18 @ Kent County Public Library
• Rehoboth Concert Band Summer Concert
  Sunday, June 23 @ Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
• DELAWARE WOMEN’S CHORUS: Baltic Tour Send-Off Concert
  Tuesday, June 25 @ The Music School of Delaware
• DE National Guard Army Band
  Tuesday, June 25 @ Stango Park
• Footsteps on the Moon
  Thursday, June 27 @ Kent County Public Library
• Book Chain "Dominoes"
  Saturday, July 6 @ Kent County Public Library
• Catching Apollo
  Sunday, July 7 @ Delaware Public Archives
• Cinderella Kids Camp Show
  Friday, July 12 @ Milton Theatre
• Cinderella Kids Camp Show
  Saturday, July 13 @ Milton Theatre
• Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware
  Tuesday, July 16 @ Kent County Public Library
• I Am the Moon
  Thursday, July 18 @ Kent County Public Library
• Stevens Puppets: The Wizard of Oz
  Monday, July 29 @ Kent County Public Library
• DuPont and the Manhattan Project
  Saturday, August 3 @ Delaware Public Archives
• Lewes Creative Writers Conference
  Friday, August 16 through Saturday, August 17 @ Lewes Public Library
• Sally Ride: Reach for the Stars!
  Wednesday, August 28 @ Kent County Public Library
• Purl-fectly Knit
  Through Tuesday, July 2 @ Dover Public Library
• Farm Stand at Winterthur
  Through Friday, July 12 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• OPEN MIC NIGHT
  Through Thursday, May 9 @ The Music School of Delaware
• JAM IT! BLUEGRASS & OLD TIME ACOUSTIC SESSION
  Through Saturday, June 15 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Suzuki Academy Solo Recitals
  Through Sunday, June 9 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Recent Acquisitions : The Permanent Collection of the Rehoboth Art League
  Through Thursday, June 6 @ Rehoboth Art League
• CREATIVE ART SATURDAY
  Through Saturday, December 14 @ Garfield Park Community Recreation Center
• DELAWARE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  Through Saturday, June 1 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Writers Breakfast Club
  Through Saturday, June 1 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• CREATIVE ART SATURDAY
  Through Saturday, December 7 @ Appoquinimink Community Recreation Center
• ORIGINS
  Through Monday, April 22 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• Open Mic Night
  Through Tuesday, June 4 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• NEW HEIGHTS
  Through Wednesday, December 11 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• A SENSE OF PLACE 47°-80° N
  Through Sunday, May 12 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• Student Recitals
  Through Saturday, June 15 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Student Recitals
  Through Saturday, June 8 @ The Music School of Delaware, Milford Branch
• Russian Impressionism Exhibition and Reception
  Through Saturday, March 30 @ Peninsula Gallery
• Loose Threads Fiber Art Group
  Through Thursday, June 20 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• Drum Circle
  Through Friday, June 28 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• Warm and Cool
  Through Tuesday, April 2 @ Gallery One
• TOTALLY MYTHOLOGICAL
  Through Thursday, April 25 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• Transformed Terrain Art Exhibition
  Through Wednesday, March 27 @ St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
• Jacalyn Beam - "A Way of Seeing"
  Through Saturday, March 30 @ The Station Gallery
• TIME STILLED, MY HAIR NARRATIVE
  Through Sunday, April 28 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• 2019 Mezzanine Gallery Exhibitions
  Through Friday, August 2 @ Mezzanine Gallery
• First Annual Rising Scholars in American Art Lecture: 2019
  Through Saturday, May 4 @ Biggs Museum of American Art
• First Sundays For Families
  Through Sunday, April 7 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Beginning Drawing: Animals
  Through Tuesday, March 26 @ Kent County Public Library
• The 2019 Young Brandywine Artists Exhibition
  Through Sunday, March 31 @ Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park
• Adult Writers Critique Group
  Through Thursday, March 28 @ Kent County Public Library
• CANTABILE WOMEN’S CHORUS: Women’s History Month Concert in Support of People’s Place
  Sunday, March 24 @ Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware

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• Abraxas Studio of Art and Gallery · Southern Delaware
• AerieArt Gallery · Southern Delaware
• African-American Heritage Center · Northern Delaware
• Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware · Northern Delaware
• AIDS Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Air Mobility Command Museum · Central Delaware
• Alapocas Run State Park · Northern Delaware
• Arden Buzz Ware Village Center · Northern Delaware
• Arden Craft Shop Museum · Northern Delaware
• Arden Group Motion · Northern Delaware
• ARIANNA Alliance · Northern Delaware
• Art Loop Wilmington · Northern Delaware
• Avon Grove Library
• Bellefonte Arts Festival · Northern Delaware
• Bethany Beach Ocean Suites · Southern Delaware
• Biggs Museum of American Art · Central Delaware
• Bowers Beach Maritime Museum · Central Delaware
• Bridgeville Public Library · Southern Delaware
• Copeland String Quartet · Northern Delaware
• Cornerstone Church · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Center for Horticulture · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs · Central Delaware
• Delaware Division of Human Relations · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Fun A Day · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Heritage Commission · Central Delaware
• Delaware Improvised Theater · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Medical Reserve Corps · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Nature Society · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Playwrights · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Public Archives · Central Delaware
• Dover Art League · Central Delaware
• Dover Public Library · Central Delaware
• Duck Creek Historical Society · Central Delaware
• DuPont Environmental Education Center · Northern Delaware
• DuPont Nature Center · Central Delaware
• First State Heritage Park · Central Delaware
• First State Heritage Park Welcome Center · Central Delaware
• Gallery 107 · Southern Delaware
• Gallery 37- A Destination for Artful Living · Southern Delaware
• Gallery One · Southern Delaware
• Greenhill Imaging · Northern Delaware
• Greenwood Public Library · Southern Delaware
• Hardcastle Gallery · Northern Delaware
• Heidi Lowe Gallery · Southern Delaware
• Holts Landing State Park · Southern Delaware
• JD Kurtz/ New Moon Rugs · Northern Delaware
• John Dickinson Plantation · Central Delaware
• Johnson Victrola Museum · Central Delaware
• Joshua M. Freeman Foundation · Southern Delaware
• Kemblesville United Methodist Church · Northern Delaware
• Kent County Public Library · Central Delaware
• La Esperanza · Southern Delaware
• Laurel Historical Society · Southern Delaware
• Laurel Public Library · Southern Delaware
• Lewes Public Library · Southern Delaware
• Little Italy Neighborhood Association · Northern Delaware
• Lums Pond State Park · Northern Delaware
• Lydia Black Cannon Museum · Southern Delaware
• Market Street Music · Northern Delaware
• Mezzanine Auditorium · Northern Delaware
• Mezzanine Gallery · Northern Delaware
• Middletown Main Street Inc · Northern Delaware
• Milford Community Bands · Central Delaware
• Milton Historical Society · Southern Delaware
• MoonCat Comedy · Southern Delaware
• Museum Square · Central Delaware
• New Wilmington Art Association · Northern Delaware
• Newark Community Band · Northern Delaware
• Pemberton Historical Park
• Peninsula Gallery · Southern Delaware
• People to People Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic
• Red Mohawk Gallery and Studio · Northern Delaware
• Rehoboth Beach Bandstand · Southern Delaware
• Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild · Southern Delaware
• Seaford (city of) · Southern Delaware
• Sussex County Stamp Club · Southern Delaware
• The Arts at Trinity · Northern Delaware
• The Greater Millsboro Art League · Southern Delaware
• The Labyrinth at First & Central · Northern Delaware
• The Old State House · Central Delaware
• The Station Gallery · Northern Delaware
• The Written Remains Writers Guild · Northern Delaware
• Trinity Episcopal Church · Northern Delaware
• University of Delaware, History Department
• University of Delaware, Library · Northern Delaware
• University of Delaware, Mineralogical Museum · Northern Delaware
• University of Delaware, University Museums · Northern Delaware
• Urban Sketchers Delaware · Central Delaware
• Wilmington Public Library · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington State Parks · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs · Northern Delaware
• Zwaanendael Museum · Southern Delaware