February 25th, 2011
I cannot believe that February is almost over. It was so funny; today I was at Rehoboth Auto Repair located in Rehoboth Beach when a local builder from Lewes came in and stated “everybody in this darn town is on vacation”, “my electrician is in Florida”, “my plumber is in South Florida”, but “”not me”. His next statement was “I like here like this, no tourists, no bugs, no heat”.
That made me think about Delray Beach. It was crowded when I was there last month and I wonder if the locals are ready to take their town back. I think we do feel that way around here, at the end of the summer, but tourism is what makes our beaches. I don’t know, I think I am ready for Spring and Summer; for those visitors to arrive and see how lucky we are to live here.
As usual, Delray Beach is full of activities this week-end. So here is a taste of what you can experience if you find yourselves in the warmer climate of that Village by the Sea.
Until Sunday, 2/27/11 – The International Tennis Championships will still be going strong. Location? The Delray Beach Tennis Center, located at 201 West Atlantic Ave. Tel. 561-330-6000. But for the most complete information please log on to the website, www.yellowtennisball.com. I wrote a post on the Delray Tennis Center on 2/16, so scroll down to that date if you would like to see it.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 2/25, 2/26, 2/27 – Sandoway House Nature Center – Shark Feeding. Friday and Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. I wrote a post on this Nature Center on 2/15/11. Scroll down to the date.
The Sandoway House Nature Center is located at 142 South Ocean Blvd., Tel. is 561-274-7263, website is www.sandowayhouse.org. There is a $4.00 admission fee.
Besides the shark feeding, you will meet Bob. He is a Spotfin Burfish. Very aware when shark feeding is imminent.
An exhibit called Ice Age Florida is in display until 3/29/2011.
Friday, 2/25/11 – Cars As Art on the Avenue from 6:00 until 10:00 p.m. Together America’s Finest Classic Cars and Veteran Soldiers. The mission is to give the public an opportunity to meet and embrace our Wounded Hero’s, through the medium of Cars as Art. Location? Old School Square lawn on 51 N. Swinton. For more info, please visit www.carsasart.org.
Friday, 2/25/11 – Gallery Walk – from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Delray is known for its art galleries. On Friday nights a lot of the participating galleries keep longer hours so you can get to know them. They serve some refreshments and appetizers, as well. One of those galleries is also a place where you can get framing done. It is Wizard Arts lcoated on 301 NE 1st Street., Tel. 561-276-4343. Website is www.wizardarts1.com.
I met Carol through Tiffany Cant who is a Delray artist and who uses Wizard Arts for her framing. I have used her framing services several times and have been most pleased.
Carol was professional, affordable and fast.
Friday, 2/25/11 – Cycles – A Musical Journey at the Crest Theatre – Old School Square located at 51 N. Swinton. It will start at 8:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Price $30.
Cycles is an innovative blend of visual excitement and musical virtuosity, led by Delray’s percussionist, Drew Tucker. Check www.oldschool.org for tickets and more info.
Saturday, 2/26/11 – Delray GreenMarket – SE 4th Avenue, south of Atlantic Avenue. 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. This Market is very popular and it is held every Saturday. Music, flowers, baked goods and great food are among the many things that you will find early in the morning.
Saturday, Sunday, 2/26, 2/27 – Artists in The Park – It is an open air art fair right at Veteran’s Park on Atlantic Ave., by the intracoastal. 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Free.
Saturday, Sunday, 2/26, 2/27 – 14th Downtown Craft Festival-Pineapple Grove Arts District at NE 4th Ave. from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
A Howard Alan Show with handmade jewelry, wall hangings, ceramics and so much more. It is also free. Some of the Nation’s top crafters will offer something for every taste and budget. There will be an expansive Green Market with plants, orchids, exotic flora and homemade soaps. For more information, please visit www.artfestival.com.
Saturday, 2/26/11 – Grand Opening of Mootz’s Homemade Italian Ice at 2:00 p.m., located at 504 E. Atlantic Ave., inside the Antique Mall. Tel. 561-330-8280. Website? www.mootzsitalianice.com. You can find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Music Anyone? At Johnnie Brown’s, 301 East Atlantic Ave., tel. 561-243-9911 you will find:
Friday, 2/25 – Ryan and The Rockers – 9:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. – This is a 5 man band based in South Florida playing the music of the 50’s and 60’s. Their website is www.ryanandtherockers.com.
Saturday, 2/26 – Riptide – 9:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. This is a Boca based Rock and Blues Band. Their website is www.getripped.org.
Note: Delray Beach has been known to grow pineapples so many years ago. I am so glad that the pineapple is shown, mentioned and placed at strategic places in downtown Delray; such a symbol of hospitality and this Village by the Sea, certainly is.
Have a great week-end…..talk to you later….
June 10th, 2010
If you are visiting us at the Delaware Beaches, these are a few of the events going on this coming week-end.
Saturday, June 12th – Second Saturdays Destination Art Walk. Visit downtown Art Galleries from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. This is presented by MOSAIC, www.mosaicrehoboth.com. The event takes place the second Saturday of each month. MOSAIC is the new Gallery Collective for downtown Rehoboth Beach. Check out the art galleries, the fabulous art, the receptions and much more.
Saturday, June 12th – Earrings and More Earrings. It is Earrings Galore. A group show at Heidi Lowe Gallery located at 328 Rehoboth Avenue. It will showcase dozens of artists this year. Last year it was a big success. The Gallery will host an opening reception in conjuction with the Art Walk. It will be open from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. More info? Please call 302-227-9203.
Saturday, June 12th – It is Best of the Beach – Art Auction, Dinner and Dance. It is a benefit for Beebe Medical Foundation and the Rehoboth Art League. It will start at 6:00 p.m. at the Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres. For information and tickets please call 302-644-2900 or visit the website www.rehobothartleague.org.
Sunday, June 13th – Race: 2nd Outlet Liquors 5K at North Beach Restaurant in Dewey Beach. It is Part 2 of the Seven Sisters Two Brothers RunningWalking Series. Details? Please visit www.sevensistersdeweybeach.com
Have a great time at the beach. Please remember to enjoy and kick back. That’s why you come here!!!
March 23rd, 2010
Update received from the MERR Institute, Inc. regarding the findings after performing a necropsy on the Fin Whale that washed up this past week-end on the beach in Fenwick Island. This information is from a member of the necropsy team. It was only 20 years old, and weighed at least 100,000 lbs. The whale appears to have died from a blunt force trauma, most likely a boat strike. “To the public that traveled to see this amazing creature, thanks for supporting MERR’s efforts in understanding more about the marine mammals and sea turtles that visit Delaware’s coastal waters.” If you would like to see my post and pictures regarding the fin whale just scroll down to the 3/21 post on this blog.
Events and activities at the beaches are increasing. A good sign that the summer season will be upon us in no time. Pretty nice events going on, so check them out.
Wednesday, 3/24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 3/28 at 2 p.m. is the film Precious: Based on the novel Push by Saphire. This will be shown at the Milton Theatre located on 110 Uniion Street, Milton. Tel. 302-684-3400. Website www.miltontheatre.org. The town of Milton is north of Lewes and it is very easy to get to.
If you have never been to this theatre you really should try to attend at least one of the many events that are held there every week. Check the website for more information. I just went for the first time with my friend, Debbie, last Friday to see Tindewoks and Hands of Harvest, part of the Delmarva Roots series featuring films about the history of the Delmarva region. The movies were fantastic and the theatre is just beautiful.
The Old Milton Theatre was a state of the art, art deco movie house. Rescued from almost ruin, it has been revitalized to operate once again.
Precious received 6 nominations. The film will be sponsored by Lavender Fields Farm in Milton. Tickets are $5.00.
Friday, 3/26 also at the Milton Theatre, located on 110 Union St. in Milton, at 8 p.m. is Delaware Comedy Theatre-Murder Mystery “The Mysterious Madcap Murder at the Milton Theatre”. Live on their stage, a vaudeville-themed murder mystery. An evening of laughs and merriment. One victim, so many crazy characters with a motive. No, the butler didn’t do it!! The audience is invited to help solve the case. Tickets are $15; $12 for Seniors (over 65) and students (under 18). For more information please visit www.miltontheatre.org.
Friday, 3/26 The Monthly Screening: Some Mother’s Son at 7 p.m., upstairs at the Movies at Midway, on Coastal Highway, (Rt. 1) sponsored by the Rehoboth Beach Film Society. $2 for RBFS members (membership card required) $4 for non-members. Complimentary Irish appetizers courtesy of Stoney Lonen in Rehoboth will be served from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
Some Mother’s Son is a 1996 drama based on actual events from 1981, when Irish Republican Army prisoners in Belfast’s Maze Prison staged a hunger strike to protest against British political policies. This fictionalized account focuses on two of the srikers’ mothers, portraying the “Troubles” of Northern Ireland on a purely personal level. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Following the screening, Film Society Board of Director member, Sharon Miken will lead a discussion about this.
Friday, 3/26, Saturday, 3/27 and Sunday, 3/29 Writers at the Beach: Pure Sea Glass Writer’s Conference. It is at the Atlantic Sands Hotel in Rehoboth Beach. Workshops, discussions, readings and book signings. Keynote speaker will be Steve Luxemburg, author of “Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret”. Registration will be $250.
One hundred percent of the net proceeds will go to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, to help families with children with mitochondrial disease. For info. please visit www.writersatthebeach.com.
You should know that Writers at the Beach: Pure Sea Glass was founded in March of 2005 to raise money for, and awareness of, a little known disease that affects as many as 1 in 2000 children. Mitochondrial disease.
Diseases of the mitochondrial appear to cause the most damage to cells of the brain, heart, liver, skeletal muscles, kidney and the endrocrine and respiratory systems. Please visit the website of The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation www.umdf.org.
Writers at the Beach is about helping others to tell their stories. Please, do visit the website as it is a very personal story.
Saturday, 3/27 Young Life 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk. 3.1 mile loop course through historic and country side Milton, Delaware. It is the 2nd Annual Young Life Coastal Sussex County 5 K Run in cooperation with the Seashore Striders. Where? Start/Finish Mulberry St. by Wagamons Pond. To register on line and receive more information go to www.active.com (Left corner type in date and town name). Need more info? Please call Debra Spellman at 302-542-8640.
Saturday, 3/27 at 8 p.m. and also at the Milton Theatre, located on110 Union Street in Milton. Hmm, this little town is having some action this week. It is LOL – A Spring Icebreaker. Join them for a comedy night and celebrate the end of a very long and cold winter. Just for the fun of it, you can participate in this lively evening of laughs co-sponsored by Delmarva Broadcasting. Tickets are $10, ($12 at the door that night). For more information, please visit www.miltontheatre.org.
Saturday, 3/27 Exhibit Opening “Spring and Summer Moods” at Peninsula Gallery. This is the work of Tricia Cherrington Ratliff. Exhibit will run until April 24th. Peninsula Gallery is located at 520 E. Savannah Rd. in Lewes, just across from the canal bridge. On Saturday, 3/27 there will be an opening reception to meet the artist from 5 – 7 p.m. The show may be previewed on the website www.peninsulagallery.com.
Saturday, 3/27 and Sunday 3/28 in Rehoboth Beach is the 13th Annual Delaware Resorts Home Expo at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Rehoboth Ave. There will be over 50 exhibitors; realtors, builders, home service companies, etc. Saturday from 9 until 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 until 4 p.m. This is a benefit for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity. It is Free. More info? Please visit www.rehobothtoday.com/expo or you can call 302-645-0225.
I think this is all for tonight, so, I will talk to you later….
August 2nd, 2009
A lot of different events going on this coming week at all the beach towns.
Lewes, Delaware
Take a lawn chair or blanket and watch free movies under the stars at the Village of Five Points. Free Popcorn. The movie on Thursday, August 6th, will be The Lion King and it will start at 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
On Saturday, August 8th, there will be a free concert by The Funsters at the Community Center Lawn
For more information please go to www.thevillagesoffivepoints.com
Rehoboth Beach
Friday, August 7th, there will be an Exhibit Opening of artist Anita Peghini-Raber at the Phillip Morton Gallery, located at 47 Baltimore Ave. The opening reception will be from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. For more details please go to www.phillipmortongallery.com
Saturday, August 8th, will be the day for Mosaic Second Saturdays: Destination Art Walk. You will be able to visit the downtown galleries from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Mosaic was founded in 2008 to recognize and support the art scene in Rehoboth Beach. Please check their web site www.mosaicrehoboth.com and read about their philosophy, members, events and check the map with all the galleries and addresses.
The Rehoboth Art League will be holding their 36th Annual Rehoboth Art League Outdoor Fine Arts & Crafts Exhibit.
The dates are August 8th and 9th and August 15th and 16th. It will start at 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the League’s location on 12 Dodds Lane. Their tel. is 302-227-8408 and their web site is www.rehobothartleague.org. Please check it out since you can find other information about the League, including classes.
At the Bandstand – August 8th – The performers will be North of Mason Dixon – New Country. This group opens for Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith and Rascal Flatts and other major country performers. Their web site is www.northofmasondixon.com
On August 9th, also at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand – the performance will be Oh Boy A Buddy Holly Tribute. It is a commemoration of the death of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, Buddy Holly. The web site is www.ohboybuddytribute.com
The Rehoboth Bandstand has many other events coming up and I will be highlighting them, but you may also check their web site www.rehobothbandstand.com/schedule/
Dewey Beach
On Mondays this town has a movie night. It is free but donations are appreciated. Just bring your chair and your family. The movies are shown on a giant screen on the beach and they start at dusk (8:30 p.m.) The location is Dagsworthy St. and the Beach.
Wednesdays is Bonfire Night on Dagsworthy St. and the Beach. A beach chair and family and friends and marshmallows is all you will need for the bonfire on the beach. It starts at 7:30 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. The last of the bonfires will be on August 26th so you better try it soon.
Since the movies at the beach and the bonfires are subject to the weather, please listen for cancellations on WGMD 92.7 FM or check the notices at the Lifesaving Station at Dagsworthy St.
Bethany Beach
On Friday, August 7th, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., and at this beach town’s Bandstand the performance will be Oh Boy, A Buddy Holly Tribute. This is a commemoration of the death of Buddy Holly, a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Check the web site www.ohboybuddytribute.com
Also at the Bandstand, on Saturday, August 8th, starting at 7:30 p.m. is Jesse Garron’s Tribute to Elvis. The web site is: www.jessegarron.com. I don’t think I need to say anymore of what this is about. Enjoy it.
Please call the Bethany Beach hotline 302-539-5484 for any updates.
Fenwick Island
Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum would be something to do on a cloudy day. The museum is located at 708 Ocean Highway in Fenwick Island, Delaware. Their telephone is 302-539-9366 and their toll free number is 888-743-5524.
This museum was opened in 1995. It is an ever changing exhibit. For more information please go to its web site www.discoversea.com
Ocean City, Maryland
This town has a lot going on this week besides its biggest event; The White Marlin Fishing Tournament. If you click on events under categories, you will find more information on the tournament.
Every Wednesday there are free concerts on the beach at North Division St. from 8:00 until 9:30 p.m.
This is the schedule:
8/05 Nomad, 8/12 Zydeco-a Go-Go, 8/19 Captain Quinn, 8/26 Frankie & the Pack and 9/02 Lauren Glick Band
Monday Family Movie Nights – Free movies for the whole family start at 8:30 p.m. and the location is 27th St. on the beach. Bring your chairs or blankets.
The schedule is as follows:
8/3 Beethoven’s Big Break, 8/7 The Incredibles, 8/10 Open Season 2, 8/14 Monsters vs Aliens
Bonfires on Thursdays on the beach at North Division St. You can sit by the bonfire and learn facts, history and fun things to do in Ocean City. There will be different speakers and it starts at 9:00 p.m.
Speakers scheduled are:
8/06 Ocean City Police, 8/20 Ocean City Fire Marshall, and 8/27 O.C. Recreation & Parks Dept.
At the Marlin Club in West Ocean City on Thursday, August 6th there will be about 20 vendors for a Jewelry Show to benefit the Stephen Decatur High School Scholarship Fund. Donation will be $5.00
It is open to the public and the $5.00 admission ticket will give you one free drink (wine, soda, beer, and snacks) The show starts at noon and ends at 4:00 p.m. The address for the Marlin Club is 9659 Golf Course Rd., Ocean City, Maryland, 21842 and their tel. is 410-213-1613
Another event taking place in Ocean City, this coming week-end will be Antiques-by-the-Sea Antique Show to be held on August 7th through August 9th at the Ocean City Convention Center on 40th St. and the Bay. It will start at 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and for more information, please call Jennifer Pearson at 410-289-3453.
For over 60 years, St. Paul’s by-the-Sea has hosted this fundraising event. Vendors will exhibit antiques, jewelry, furniture, pottery and art.
As you can see, there is plenty to do around my beach towns and I hope you have a great time discovering them.
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