Calendar

Beginning Weaving

March 28, 2019, 6:00 PM - April 25, 2019, 9:00 PM @ The Art Studio - Drawing Studio

Five 3 hour sessions. Learn loom weaving basics and complete a small project on a tabletop loom. A great guided way to begin weaving on the loom. Teens/Adults

Pottery - Morning Session

April 8, 2019, 10:00 AM - June 12, 2019, 1:00 PM @ The Art Studio - Pottery Studio

Ten 3-hour classes. Learn hand-building, throwing, wheel techniques and glazing. Teens/Adults

Pottery - Evening Session

April 8, 2019, 6:00 PM - June 12, 2019, 9:00 PM @ The Art Studio - Pottery Studio

Ten 3-hour classes. Learn hand-building, throwing, wheel techniques and glazing. Teens/Adults

Beginning's Watercolor

April 15, 2019, 6:30 PM - May 6, 2019, 8:30 PM @ The Art Studio - Drawing Studio

Four 2-hour classes. Learn watercolor techniques and how to apply them to a painting. Techniques include washes, brush work, glazing and color mixing. Practice each skill and combine them in a final project. Teens/Adults

Wearable Art! Ice and Indigo Dying

April 16, 2019, 6:30 PM - April 23, 2019, 8:00 PM @ The Art Studio - Room 108

Two 1½-hour sessions. Learn two different methods of dying fabric. Ice dying results in stunning contrasts as the ice melts and carries the dye into the silk. Indigo dying is like magic as you watch the color develop before your eyes. Dyes and two silk scarves are provided. Bring your own cotton/linen items to dye, if desired. Teens/Adults

DIY: Felt Succulent Mini Garden

April 30, 2019, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM @ The Art Studio - Room 108

One 2½-hour session. Celebrate spring with a lush sustainable garden. Learn to make your own patterns and sew wool blend felt succulents and arrange them into a small planter. Teens/Adults

Drawing and Painting (Ages 10-17)

April 6, 2019, 9:00 AM - May 25, 2019, 10:30 AM @ The Art Studio - Drawing Studio

Eight 1½-hour classes. Learn techniques of drawing and painting. Creative expression is encouraged while learning basic skills with the younger age group.

Fun with Clay (Ages 6-9)

April 6, 2019, 9:00 AM - May 25, 2019, 10:30 AM @ The Art Studio - Pottery Studio

Eight 1½-hour classes. Learn techniques and create new pieces using coils, slabs, pinching and sculpting techniques.

Clay Works (Ages 10-17)

April 6, 2019, 10:40 AM - May 25, 2019, 12:10 PM @ The Art Studio - Pottery Studio

Eight 1½-hour classes. Learn fundamental hand-building techniques and get an introduction to the potter?s wheel. Explore both functional and sculptural pieces.

Drawing and Painting (Ages 6-9)

April 6, 2019, 10:40 AM - May 25, 2019, 12:10 PM @ The Art Studio - Drawing Studio

Eight 1½-hour classes. Learn techniques of drawing and painting. Creative expression is encouraged while learning basic skills with the younger age group.

Girl Scouts: Potter for a Day

April 27, 2019, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ The Art Studio - Pottery Studio

One 3-hour class. Become a potter for a day! Learn tricks of the trade from hand building to painting and glazing. Each girl will create their own small hand built pot and use glaze to paint a tile. Ages 6-9

Board of Adjustment Public Hearing

April 25, 2019, 6:00 PM @ New Castle Room NCC Government Center

Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee Public Hearing - CANCELLED

April 24, 2019, 9:30 AM @ New Castle Room

Budget Hearings - Executive Office and Community Services

April 29, 2019, 2:00 PM @ Council's Conference Room

Finance Committee

April 30, 2019, All Day @ Council's Conference Room

Community Services Committee

April 30, 2019, 3:00 PM @ Council's Conference Room

Executive Committee

April 30, 2019, 4:00 PM @ Council's Conference Room

Council Meeting

April 30, 2019, 6:30 PM @ Council Chambers

Stream Stewards Spring Watershed Cleanup at First State National Historical Park: Beaver Valley Unit

April 27, 2019, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Celebrate Earth Day by giving back to your local national park! Volunteers are needed to help protect the watershed by picking up trash and debris in and around the streams that feed into the Brandywine Creek in First State National Historical Park. Participants will be provided with gloves, pickers and trash bags. This is a free event but online registration is required. Adults, families and groups are welcome! We will provide water and snacks. Please dress for the weather and wear clothes and shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty and wet. This event will be held rain or shine.

Farm Stories and Fun

April 27, 2019, 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM @ Bank Barn

Saturday 12.30-1.15 p.m. A fun story time about life on a farm, followed by an old-time activity kids living the country life would have done a long time ago. Bring a snack. Ages 2+ with an adult.

Pound with Jessica Burton

March 27, 2019, 6:30 PM - April 24, 2019, 7:30 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Instructor Jessica Burton will lead participants in this class utilizing weighted drumsticks, called Ripstix, and choreographed exercises that will have everyone breaking a sweat! PoundFit is a whole new fun twist on traditional cardio. Please make sure to complete participation waiver before start of class!

Pickleball

April 22, 2019, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. Join fellow players and increase your physical dexterity with this new and fun sport!

Knitting Club

April 22, 2019, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Join us for knitting club - bring your project of choice (sewing, knitting, crochet, cross-stitch) and enjoy good company and conversation of fellow knitters! No RSVP required - just show up every Monday and Thursday

Pickleball

April 23, 2019, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. Join fellow players and increase your physical dexterity with this new and fun sport!

Book Club

April 24, 2019, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Join in and discuss assigned book of the month! Run by guest librarian from Hockessin Library. This is a FREE event. No RSVP required - just show up!

Pickleball

April 25, 2019, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. Join fellow players and increase your physical dexterity with this new and fun sport!

Knitting Club

April 25, 2019, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Join us for knitting club - bring your project of choice (sewing, knitting, crochet, cross-stitch) and enjoy good company and conversation of fellow knitters! No RSVP required - just show up every Monday and Thursday

Pickleball

April 26, 2019, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. Join fellow players and increase your physical dexterity with this new and fun sport!

Pickleball

April 29, 2019, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. Join fellow players and increase your physical dexterity with this new and fun sport!

Knitting Club

April 29, 2019, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Join us for knitting club - bring your project of choice (sewing, knitting, crochet, cross-stitch) and enjoy good company and conversation of fellow knitters! No RSVP required - just show up every Monday and Thursday

Pickleball

April 30, 2019, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. Join fellow players and increase your physical dexterity with this new and fun sport!

Stone Soup

April 30, 2019, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Hockessin Community Recreation Center

Bring a vegetable of your choice (onions, cabbage, beans, carrots, etc) and help to create this community-inspired soup! Then, bon appetit! Will be co-hosted by Kathy Andrzejewski, our “Instant Pot pro.” Please make sure to sign up and pledge to bring in an offering for the soup!

Celebration of Earth Month at Bayberry North Park

April 26, 2019, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Bayberry Park parking area (Park entrance on North Bayberry Parkway, located just off Boyds Corner Road, Middletown, DE 19709)

Please join New Castle County, DNREC, and community partners as we celebrate Earth Month by demonstrating our shared commitment to protect the environment through the effective application of land use standards and regulations and by highlighting planning tools and resources offered to individuals, communities and land owners to support conservation. This hour-long educational event will be held on Friday, April 26 starting at 11:00 a.m. at the Bayberry North community in Middletown and features a narrated walk along neighborhood pathways ending with a tree planting at the community clubhouse.

Fit Family Fun at Glasgow Park

April 24, 2019, 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM @ Glasgow Regional Park

Looking for fun ways to spend time with your family and also stay healthy? We have the perfect way! Join the Fit Family Fun club at Glasgow Park! The class includes exercise activities and games to get the family moving with sports drills, jump rope, interval training and fun games. All ages welcome. Classes are held every Wednesday starting April 24 from 5:30 to 6:15pm. Class dates are: April 24; May 1, 8, 15 Meet at the base of the sledding hill at the east end of the park and join the team from Bear/Glasgow YMCA for Fit Family Fun.

Glasgow Park Trail Walk

April 25, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM @ Glasgow Regional Park

If you are looking for a moderate morning workout in a gorgeous setting and a way to get those 10,000 steps in, this is the club for you. Trails in this section of the park are nice and shady and have a few very mild hills. There are many trails of various lengths throughout this beautiful natural area. All ages welcomes. Walks are held every Thursday starting April 25 from 10:30 to 11:15am. Dates of walks: April 25; May 2, 9, 16. Meet at Parking Lot C near the playground. Hosted by Bear/Glasgow YMCA.