I visited Leslie C Quick Jr Stadium for the first time this past September when attending the…read moreGeneva College at Widener University football game. The event was enjoyable overall, and I appreciated getting to see and experience a new football venue. Leslie C Quick Jr Stadium is the outdoor stadium for Widener University Athletics. They host their home football, soccer, lacrosse, track and field events here, per the website. It is on the outer northern part of the University's Chester campus. As someone visiting the campus and field for the first time, this was a little tricky to get to. When you arrive, it seems like you are in a neighborhood. This will feel wrong, but it is the correct way to get to the field. Essentially, you will drive through the neighborhood back to the area where there is parking and pathways to make it to the stadium. On this day, there were staff helping to direct traffic and point attendees in the right direction. This was very helpful for me personally. There is not a ton of parking right near the entrance. It seems that during events, they park cars on both sides of the access road that leads to the stadium/runs on the backside of the Pride Recreation Center (per the website, this is called Quick Stadium Drive). We were directed to park in the grass, up a small hill, on the right side of E 17th Street, if you are driving back toward the Recreation Center. For the football games, parking costs $5, and is cash only. I would not mind paying for the parking closer to the field, but this seemed excessive considering we parked in a grass field. I personally had no issue with this parking arrangement in terms of location, but if you have someone with limited mobility this might be too far. I believe you would be able to drop off closer via the access road, if needed. From where we parked, it was around a 5-minute walk to the entrance. There was some tailgating going on either side of the access road that we saw on our way in. Once you approach the stadium, there are brick pillars identifying the entrance, a ticket booth, as well as various signage. Tickets were available for purchase via QR Code, or right at the booth. We opted to pay on-site, and it was $5 per person for the game. There were discounted Senior and Student tickets available. Children under 12 and Widener students get free admission. The only stadium entrance is on the backside of the home bleachers. Locker rooms are located underneath this set of bleachers, and a press box sits on top. The concession stand and restrooms are visible from the entrance point. The home side of seats is very large. On this particular day, it was nowhere near full. So, if you are from the visiting team, you could definitely find space if you did not want to venture all the way to the other side of the stadium. On the other hand, the away section is rather small. In order to access, you have to walk on the outer perimeter of the track, all the way around to the opposite side. A plus is that this side is surrounded by trees, so there will likely be shade at some point. There are no facilities on the away side, so you will have to walk back around to the home bleachers for restrooms and concessions. I know a lot of older stadiums are built in this regard, but as a fan this is a downside to the stadium and sitting on the visiting side. The stadium atmosphere was enjoyable. I was able to hear the PA clearly, and we had a nice view of the field. The scoreboard was easily visible from our seats. I enjoyed seeing the cannon, the marching band, and all of the game day traditions of the university. The concession stand was very average. I thought some of the items, such as the Cheese Nachos and Drinks, were rather expensive. There was a food truck that was accessible from within the stadium, which provided another option. I do understand this is a money maker for the school, but I wish that they were not charging $3 for water when it was 90+ degrees outside. Unfortunately, the game was paused in the second half due to inclement weather. I thought that the staff did a great job of keeping everyone informed, helping attendees exit safely, and overall monitoring for the situation. Kudos to them for a great response in this regard. Overall, this was a nice first visit to Leslie C Quick Jr Stadium at Widener University. I enjoyed exploring some of the campus, seeing the facilities, and partaking in the game day traditions of the school. It is an older stadium, so some of the facility aspects are going to be less than ideal, such as the distance of the parking lot and distance of the away bleachers from all amenities. Also, the concession pricing could be improved in some aspects. I would recommend visiting this collegiate stadium if you have the opportunity to do so. This was a nice setting for my first college football weekend of the 2025 season, and I am glad I decided to make the trip from Pittsburgh!

I went here for free on Thursday night and had such a good time! The pirate paintings are my…read morefavorite!!

I've been here a couple times over the years for plays. It's a sizable theatre. I think this is a…read morenew thing building larger theatres attached to high schools that house shows that would of interest to the public. I gather in the long run it is a less expensive manner of providing a public theatre. It had been a few years since I attended an event here. I came recently to see Laura Ingraham. Everything was comfortable: the seat, lighting, and audio. There were plenty of police present. Bathrooms were clean. It was an easy event to arrive at and leave from. I am more than willing to return for another show in the future.

Delafaire, AKA the Delaware Renaissance Faire, is held over three weekends in October - November…read moreeach year. This is one of four "pop up" faires run by the same group. I e now been to three: Philly Faire, Bucks County Faire and Delafaire. The fourth is Midsommar Faire in Connecticut (July). This was my first visit to Delafaire, and it's already on my calendar for next year. The Faire is in Townsend DE, not terribly far from Smyrna. It's in a rural location, so cell service is spotty at best. The Faire is held on the grounds of Fire Base Lloyd, a veteran's assistance organization. You'll see the big helicopter mounted out front. The fees they make renting their field (30 or so acres) go to support their work with homeless veterans. Pretty cool. I arrived just before / at opening. Checking in was easy, the line moved quickly. They had their first show, a harp player who sang traditional folk songs from the renaissance period. I joined up with friends, and we walked the grounds, visiting the vendor tents, seeing a few shows (Magic! Storytelling! Comedy!). The "pub" was cool, all proceeds from that went up the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science. Also cool. They had a Filipino restaurant there in a good tent. I got the lumpia which were delicious. I also got a strawberry shortcake bowl with vanilla ice cream and nilla wafers that was quite good. Parking was easy. There had been rain so mud was a thing - you are parking in a field. Tickets were quite reasonable, especially for all the acts and characters. Well run, lots to do, gives back to the community. What else could you ask for?

No. It costs too much money for what you get. The road into the veryyyy small location is dirt,…read morefilled with ruts. Low cards willll drag. If it's wet, don't go! The employees and venders are nice. The food is basic and expensive. According to the website, it was opening day. Go to the MD REN FARE ti see how to set up a real one-please. There weren't a lot of people at this event. The venders, who were there, tried very hard. Don't bother going.

Hagley is a little hard to describe, but I spent hours there this past weekend, so I'll do my best!…read moreHagley is one of many properties in the area associated with the du Pont family. Hagley is where Éleuthère Irénée du Pont founded his black powder mills in 1802. For more than 100 years (the factory was the largest in the world but then closed in 1921), it was the center of the du Pont family's work, wealth, and success. The reason it's hard to explain? Hagley has multiple areas and attractions - it's not just one place or one thing. There's the Powder Yard, Workers' Hill, the historic home and gardens, and the Nation of Inventors (a museum/exhibit exploring inventors/patents in 19th century America). When you arrive at the visitor center, a friendly staff members hands over a map, which you'll need during your visit. You can walk around most of the property, but you do have to take their shuttle to get to and from the historic home and gardens. Since I was already at the visitors center, I explored the Nation of Inventors first and found it interesting and fun (with some interactive aspects). Then I walked along the Brandywine River and the mill race to the Powder Yard. There, I visited the Powder Yard Orientation Gallery (for some context), explored the roll mills (historic structures where the black powder was produced), and visited the millwright shop. At the millwright shop, the friendly staff turned on some of the 19th century machines in the machine room, explained about the work that happened at the factory, and demonstrated a small, contained black powder explosion. From there, I took the shuttle to the historic home and gardens. I visited the barn (where you can see carriages and antique vehicles), the pollinator garden, and the restored French kitchen garden, before taking a tour of the house and the First Office (a structure next to the house that served as DuPont Company headquarters). After all this, I looked at my phone to realize I had spent about 2 hours longer than I had intended to at Hagley and I was starving. It says a lot that I had intended to spend about 2 hours at the museum and then go grab lunch in Wilmington and instead spent at least 4 hours at the museum. And I didn't even make it to Workers' Hill (where you can visit another house, the Sunday school, a picnic pavilion, and the workers' garden)! There is so much to do at Hagley. I learned a ton (big thanks to the docents that helped me to learn at Hagley - Pete, John, and Jonathan), and I had a great time. Visiting Hagley is easy - most sites have tours or demonstrations on the half hour, so you're never waiting for long for something new to begin. The shuttle makes it easy to get around, but the property was also beautiful to walk around. Hagley would be great for anyone interested in history, science, or the Brandywine region. Definitely plan to spend a long time here to fully experience what it has to offer!

We did not have this museum on our radar until we learned about it when touring the nearby Nemour…read moreEstate. It helped that with our reciprocal museum membership we got free admission! It was already 2pm when we arrived so we had limited time. We walked the road to see the machine shop demo and the powder rolling demo by Bob. Both were quite interesting especially the big bang finish of the powder rolling demo. Learned a lot! Given it was late and way too hot to walk up the hill we skipped the house tour which looked interesting. We opted for the AC in the visitor center and the very educational two floor exhibit on patent models. Nerdy. Overall a big thumbs up for this museum.

I'm a Delaware Art Museum member so I must say it is one of the best decisions that I have made in…read morerecent years joining. I have visited the museum many times over decades but in the last two years since joining, I've probably visited just as much as I did in all the time prior. There's quality diverse program on top of the standing exhibits in the galleries and visiting ones. I am a born Wilmingtonian and have always enjoyed culture and the arts, which again is why I have frequented this museum many times before, but I think it's a jewel that many locals neglect to appreciate. You don't have to go to the larger regional cities for acclaimed artists as many are here. The proximity to other places of interest in the area, can allow you to enjoy this and many others during a day or weekend trip if you're not local or live outside of the city. Join the mailing list and check the events because there is always something going; the images on my review are from a few of them. I keep saying I'm there so much I should join the team, but this is my way of supporting in sharing this review.

Decided to visit this museum this past Thursday as it was later in the day and a search revealed…read morethat they were open until 8pm on Thursdays (photo attached). Approximately an hour into our visit we were ushered out of one of the exhibits on the first floor and told that exhibit would be closing. Thought it was odd that a particular exhibit in the museum would be closing early, but we complied, simply moving on to other exhibits. At approximately 4:20 we were in a room on the second floor and the lights suddenly went out (pitch black, can't see your hand in front of your face, darkness). We were stunned for a moment before using our phone flashlights to safely exit. We were then met at the door by a confused staff member who stated that the museum had actually closed at 4pm. We began making our way toward the exit, explaining that the website listed that the hours were until 8pm on Thursdays. We were then stopped by a second employee who accused us of having entered the room *after* the lights had been turned off (because, as everyone knows, the best way to view art is in total darkness). She then said that we had already been informed that the museum was closing. ("Exhibit" and "museum" mean different things.) We explained once again that the website listed Thursdays' hours until 8pm. Rather than appreciate the confusion (much less apologize for the communication error), she insisted that we must have been looking at the hours for the following week (not true) and added a superfluous directive to leave (as we were literally stepping toward the exit). Up to this point, we had been enjoying our visit. However, this rude encounter certainly marred our experience

My friend and I came to Subaru Park for the second time yesterday for a Philadelphia Union game…read more This time we were in Section 132 row DD which is near the top of the corner with the river and bridge behind us. Last time we were on the video board side also in the corner upper rows. Directly opposite of where we sat last night. Both areas had great views of the field and for the most part we were able to watch the game without issues. When people and their kids were constantly getting up to let others through or kids just bored talking loud, playing loud videos, or moving around the stands without parents being parents, then there were problems which were at times difficult to deal with. Another issue which I did not even think to consider is that where we were, and having the river behind us, is that there were numerous flies making things irritating. Parking is in numerous lots throughout the area and all are cashless, so buy your pass before and get the code emailed to you to be scanned by the attendants. Police are plentiful directing traffic before and after the game. Subaru Park holds 20,000. There's plenty of bathrooms, multiple food stands (average food at high prices), and if you don't mind 24/7 cheering, the Sons of Ben section almost next to us will make you wonder how many sore throats there are the day after games. Some sections have signage specifically stating that they are standing allowed sections. The Sons of Ben sections also have signs saying you can expect to stand the whole game. Overall, we had a great time and are 2-0 with Union wins both games we attended. When we come back again, we'll be shooting for the video board side for our seats. No flies, less kids, not as much noise from the Sons of Ben (sorry, everyone) and less windy! Go Union! Ba-ba-baba-ba-ba-ba-ba....Heeeeeeyyy You! For about 20 minutes straight....

Yesterday was a perfect evening for a match. Cool air, sun setting during the first half, but…read moreunfortunately, Atlanta United took an L. I like that this stadium was designed for soccer matches rather than sharing with other sports. It's not overwhelming, easy to get to the vendors you want, the bathrooms are clean, no roof, and you can see everything happening on the pitch without looking up at the screen. The river/bridge is right behind one side with a nice view from behind the opposing team's supporter section. The parking lot can use some work but I'm sure that will come in time.

Best congregation closest to downtown Wilmington…read more Have been here several times, for yahrzeits and to give thanks, over a 25 year span, and the congregants and clergy have been welcoming.