Events - 16 Oct 25

09/01/2025 - 11/30/2025

12:00 am

Pacem in Terris 10th Annual Visionary Peace Exhibition 2026

• Location: Pacem in Terris Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibition: Call for Work
• Organization(s): Pacem in Terris

Call for Artwork: Visionary Peace Exhibition
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2025

Calling all creative Delaware students in Grades K-12.  We invite you to submit an original 2D artwork for inclusion in Pacem in Terris’s 10th Annual Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibition held at the Wilmington Library.  Selected works will also become part of the Traveling Peace Youth Art Exhibition, which is shared at 28+ locations across Delaware and beyond, reaching over 200,000 viewers annually.  Your artwork should address either of these questions:  1. What is your vision of a peaceful world?    2. How can we create a more peaceful world together?

• Artwork Guidelines:  
  • 2D art only
  • Mounted on 16″ x 20″ (or smaller) construction paper or mat board
  • Include a short artist statement on the front
  • Label the back with your name and school
  • No violent images or 3D works

Details and Guidelines are provided at: https://depaceminterris.org/visionary-peace-youth-art–registration

10/15/2025 - 10/18/2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Guided Tours of New Castle Court House Museum

• Location: New Castle Court House Museum
  211 Delaware St, New Castle , Delaware, 19720
• Organization(s): Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs

Guided tours of the building are offered at 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm. Tours are free with no registration required.

Staff will guide visitors through the history of the courthouse and its involvement in Delaware’s colonization, statehood, and laws. One major piece of the building’s history involves the Fugitive Slave Act trials of John Hunn and Thomas Garrett, Delaware Quaker abolitionists.

Learn more at https://history.delaware.gov/new-castle-court-house-museum/.

10/16/2025

12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

For Peace in Our Hearts: Labyrinth Walk with Sound Bath

• Location: First & Central Presbyterian Church
  1101 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE, 19801, New Castle County
• Organization(s): First & Central Presbyterian Church
• Well-being

One way to nurture inner peace is through mindful practice, such as meditation. This event offers two highly effective practices, providing an extraordinary opportunity to experience them together.

Walking the Labyrinth is a “moving meditation” engaging mind, body, and spirit as you walk the path at your own pace. A Sound Bath uses sound and vibration to guide and support your meditation. This one will include crystal “singing bowls” along with other instruments.

Schedule: Open from Noon to 7:00 p.m. Attendance is on a drop-in basis.
-Noon to 4:30 pm and 6:10 to 7:00 pm: Labyrinth Only Walk the Labyrinth
supported by the soothing recording Calm Within by Laura Sullivan.
-4:30 to 6:10 pm:  3 Sound Bath Sessions and Labyrinth. You can stay seated or
also walk the Labyrinth during the Sound Bath sessions. Sound Bath session
times are 4:30-4:50 pm, 5:10-5:30 pm, and 5:50-6:10 pm.

Other Notes: Finger Labyrinths are available for non-walkers and are wheelchair accessible.

¹Author unknown, attributed to Lao-tse, among others

10/16/2025

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Songs of Peace and Harmony

• Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark
  420 Willa Rd, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): The Newark Ukesters
• Music

Come and raise your voice for Peace.  Join the Newark Ukesters on Thursday, October 16, for a fun and meaningful community sing-along featuring songs of peace and harmony.  All are welcome – good singing voice not required!