Featured Events

Join us in the Terrace Room as we welcome, Lenny Wilson is the Associate Director of Development for the Delaware Center for Horticulture.  tA Botanical Shoemaker by training, Lenny uses traditional methods and materials to unify leather, leaves, and other materials to craft unique life-size shoes. His one-of-a-kind shoes made from plant material are displayed in local art galleries and exhibits.

Internationally acclaimed pianist, Enrique Graf ~ one of the world's premiere virtuosos will be joining us on Saturday, June 23rd. 

Join us in the Terrace Room as we welcome Mark W. (MACK) McElroy, PhD from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.  Mack will be discussing with us the Orion program. This program is NASA's current effort to send humans back to the moon and to Mars. Involved in this program is design and construction of a crew capsule that will be launched by a new rocket into deep space (i.e., beyond Earth orbit). Occurring in parallel will also be a new human occupied space station that orbits the moon that Orion will interact with on missions. I will discuss these programs from my perspective in the structural engineering branch and describe how all of these efforts fit together in the

Kevin Reilly was living a charmed life. He had fulfilled his lifelong dream of playing in the NFL, for his beloved Philadelphia Eagles. Then, a rare tumor in his shoulder had him undergo a radical amputation and put an end to his professional football career. Join us in the Terrace Room as he shares his personal story with us. 

Join us in the Terrace Room as we welcome our guest speaker, Mr. William Drennen, III.  Mr. Drennen is the CEO and President of PanAtlantic Energy Group.  He leads the PanAtlantic in managing the existing worldwide portfolio and growing assest base through the acquisition of new projects. Mr. Drennen serves as CEO of Vanco Exploration Company. He has 36 years

Join us in the Terrace Room as we welcome, writer, director and producer Lyda Ely. Lyda’s credits include: the two-hour documentary “THE AMERICAN WEDDING” for A&E Television, “THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH MIKE WALLACE” for THE HISTORY CHANNEL, as well as “DIANA: PRINCESS OF WALES” (CNN); “I REMEMBER: 1968 POLITICS” (CBS PRODUCTIONS) and “CNN 20th ANNIVERSARY – TIANANMEN SQUARE” (CNN). She has

Singing the classics from the Great American Song Book, we welcome back Katie Eagleson.  Since the beginning of her professional career, Katie has been the featured vocalist in many ensembles, ranging from duos to Big Bands, singing "pop" music, in venues large and small, and events both public and private, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Chris' Jazz Cafe and

Just in time for horse racing season, Dr. Dean Richardson will be joining us on Thursday, May 3 ^rd  to speak.  Dean Richardson, DVM, DACVS, has certainly made an impact on equine orthopedics. The award-winning chief of large animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center has worked on some of the world’s most famous horses and continues

Jonathan Russ is an associate professor of History at the University of Delaware.  Jonathan serves as the editor of the Delaware History and as a board member of the Delaware Heritage Commission. Professor Russ regularly teaches courses in the history of Delaware, United States history and the history of business at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The topic that

Join us in the Terrace Room on Thursday, April 26 as we welcome our guest speaker, Alison Hoagland. Her engaging study of this archetypal American building form combines in-depth research and fieldwork with vivid anecdotes. Especially valuable is her fresh and multifaceted interpretation of the building type as an icon evokes pioneer virtues, humbly born presidents, and childhood memories of Lincoln

Join us on Thursday, March 29th in the Terrace room as we welcome Jill Abbott.  Jill is the Senior Events Planner for Winterthur Mueseum and Gardens.  Jill will be sharing with us the ins and outs on how she runs a local, "HORSE and PONY Show" that we all know as the Point to Point which is scheduled rain or

On Thursday, February, 22 ^nd our guest speaker will be Ann Baker Horsey. Curator of Collections with the Delaware State Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.  Ann's lecture will cover the history of the "USS Delaware - an American Battleship." 1909-1924.  In addition,  Ann will discuss the silver service that was was designed by Howard Pyle and presented to the ship

On Thursday, January 18, John Morris of Channel 6 in Philadelphia will be the featured speaker at Stonegates giving us an in-depth look at aspects of electronic communication, of which television is a part.  John is Vice-president of Multiplatform Programming for the Philadelphia ABC company.  His job is to make the company relevant to people of all ages.

Ralph Begleiter (former CNN World Affairs Correspondent and Director of the University of Delaware's Center for Politcal Communication)  will join us for a discussion about how the social media and Internet communication revolutions have overturned a century of mainstream information media economics, ethics and standards.