March 6th, 2012
On Spring Break? If you are visiting Rehoboth Beach, check what’s going on this week.
Wednesday, March 7th – Around the World is a monthly film series presented by The Rehoboth Beach Film Society. This series features critically acclaimed, award-winning international independent films. Location? Upstairs Screening Room, at Movies at Midway on Coastal Highway.
A Screaming Man – This drama explores the relationship between a father and son fraught with sacrifice, selfishness, and guilt….It is not rated and it is in French and Arabic with English sub-titles. Visit http://www.rehobothfilm.com/film_events_around_the_world.html, if you want to see the trailer.
Until Sunday, March 11th – This will be your last opportunity to see the Rehoboth Beach Museum Exhibit “Skimming the Surface”. See vintage surf and skimming boards, bathing suits and images from the 60s and 70s. The Rehoboth Museum is located at 511 Rehoboth Ave. It opens Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. More info.? Please call 302-227-7310. Or, visit www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.
Announcement – Since AboutMyBeaches is a member of the Rehoboth Beach/Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce, e-mails are sent with info. and updates. The following just came in.
Dewey Beach Arts Fest – Dewey Business Partnership is seeking artists and crafters for the first Dewey Beach Arts Fest scheduled for Saturday, May 12th. So, they are calling all of you artists!! For an application, email deweybusinesspartnership@yahoo.com. The deadline is March 15th.
Saturday, March 10th – Second Saturdays Destination Art Walk. Visit downtown Rehoboth Beach galleries from 2 until 5 p.m. as part of the Second Saturday Art Walks presented by Mosaic, the gallery collective for downtown Rehoboth Beach. Stroll through the galleries, the art, enjoy the receptions and much more. Please visit www.mosaicrehoboth.com.
Saturday, March 10th – Having been selected by the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation to be a host site for the first year of the On Screen/In Person Film Touring Program, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society is bringing on this date Family Talk (Fambul Tok). Time? 7:00 p.m. Location? Movies at Midway at their Upstairs Screening Room, on Coastal Highway (Rt. 1). Admission $4 for members and $5 for future members. You can visit http://www.rehobothfilm.com/film_events_special_screenings_events.html. You can purchase tickets through the website. Tickets are also available at the door.
Family Talk – This documentary shows how victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war are finding methods of healing in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth telling and forgiveness ceremonies.
Artwork Contest for 2012 Film Festival – The Rehoboth Beach Film Festival is seeking original art submissions to be adapted for the 2012 Independent Film Festival. The selected artwork will be used in the creation of the Festival’s poster, program, t-shirts, and other memorabilia and/or Film Society publicity. Due date is March 21st at 4:45 p.m. If you are interested please visit http://www.rehobothfilm.com/festival_artwork_guidelines.html.
My Fair Lady – March 16th until April 1st at Clear Space Theatre, at 20 Baltimore Ave., with performances Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 p.m., Sundays at 3:00 p.m., and a special matinee on Thursday, March 22nd at 11 a.m. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $15 for students/children. You can purchase them online at www.clearspacetheatre.org, by phone at 302-227-2270, or in person at the Box Office, located at 20 Baltimore Avenue in Rehoboth Beach.
My Fair Lady is a timeless musical and the day it opens will be exactly 56 years since it originally opened on Broadway. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion”, My Fair Lady centers on cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as she is taken in by Professor Henry Higgins, who attempts to turn her into a proper English lady…
Have a great time!! Talk to you later….
October 3rd, 2011
“A film is – or should be- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.” s. kubrick
Just around the corner is the Independent Rehoboth Beach Film Festival. The dates are November 9th until the 13th. For more info. please visit http://www.rehobothfilm.com.
In the meantime, Wednesday and Thursday of this week there will be some interesting films and documentaries that are worth taking a look at.
Wednesday, October 5th – Free and at 7 p.m. at Movies at Midway located on Rt. 1 in Rehoboth you will find a screening of The Colors of the Mountain. It will be in the upstairs Screening Room.
This film is part of the Around the World Series which feature critically acclaimed award winning and international films.
“Young Manuel lives with his hard-working farmer parents in the remote, mountainous region of the Colombian country side. While the local adults try to avoid both the armed military and the guerilla rebels fighting each other in the area, Manuel and his friend, Julian are obsessed with playing soccer any chance they get….” Disaster strikes when Julian’s soccer ball, given to him for his birthday gets kicked off to a minefield….How far will they go to recover their prized posession. Not rated in Spanish with English subtitles.
Thursday, October 6th – Cinema & Art – Rebecca and Who Does She Think She Is? At the Inn at Canal Square in the Historic town of Lewes at 6:30 p.m. Admission? $15 Light refreshments will be served.
For tickets please call 302-645-9095, ext. 1. Or, visit www.rehobothfilm.com.
Rebecca – Artists who happen to be mothers are the focus of this Cinema & Art.
Discover local mother and artists, Rebecca Raubacher in the short documentary, Rebecca. Directed by her daughter, Riley Raubacher, the film provides an intimate glimpse into the Rehoboth artist’s life as he builds a career combining her love of art and horses. 6 minutes.
The next documentary asks why in a half-changed world, women often feel they need to choose between mothering and working, their children’s well being and their own.
Who Does She Think She Is? was directed by Academy Award Winning filmmaker, Pamela Tanner Boo and it features 5 fierce women who refuse to choose. Through their lives the film explores some of the most problematic choices female artists are forced to make – between mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, and economics and art.
The film reminds the audience that in ancient times, women were worshipped as cultural muses. Ironically, in mothern times most people can’t even name a handful of female artists.
Following the screening Rebecca Raubacher, Anita Peghini-Raber and Kim Klabe will discuss their experiences juggling motherhood and a career as an artist.
Kim Klabe – She is a Rehoboth Beach “oil painter who focuses on familiar, local sights, quaint cottages, again farmhouses and beach homes that capture the essence of Sussex Couty in days gone by”.
Anita Peghini-Raber – She has made Rehoboth her home. Naturalistic Expressionism is her medium.
Rebecca Raubacher is the co-owner of the Rebecca Gallery in downtown Dover, Delaware. She works from her own sketches, never from photographs. More info? Then, visit www.raubachergallery.com.
Have a great day!! Talk to you later….
November 11th, 2010
 Inside the Big Tent - Food, Tickets, Festival Souvenirs
Movies can cause many emotions and so was the case today of the documentary that I went to see. It was the perfect day, Veterans Day, to have seen Soundtrack For a Revolution.
If you get the chance to see this one in Rehoboth, please do so. It was so good. It tells the story of the American Civil Rights Movement through its powerful music. The freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.
The film features new performances of the freedom songs by top artists, including John Legend, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean and The Roots. Riveting archival footage; and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders, including Congressman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Julian Bond, and Ambassador Andrew Young.
The freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and especially from the black church. The music enabled blacks to sing words they could not say, and it was crucial in helping the protesters as they faced down brutal aggression with dignity and non-violence.
The film celebrates the vitality of this music. It is a film of significance, energy, and power. For more info. please visit www.soundtrackforarevolutionfilm.com.
This documentary will be shown tomorrow, Friday, at 4:50 p.m. If you cannot see it, then the next time your city holds its film festival take that opportunity and watch it.
The other documentary that I had the chance to see today was Casino Jack and the United States of Money. This documentary portraits Washington super lobbyist, Jack Abramoff from his early years as a spirited member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned paria. It confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
It is a tale of international intrigue with Indian Casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, and a mob-style killing in Miami.
It is the story of the way money corrupts our political process. Following the ongoing indictments of federal officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s capital, the Director, Alex Gibney, illuminates the way our politicians’ desperate need to get elected, and the millions of dollars it costs, may be undermining the basic principles of American democracy.
It is infuriating and even fun to watch. It is a saga of greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate.
Rehoboth Beach plays a role in the film with Abramoff using the city to establish a fake corporation in which to filter money.
For more info., please visit www.magpictures.com.
This movie will be also shown tomorrow, Friday, at 6:30 p.m.
This was the first full day of the 13th Independent Film Festival. Everything, from my point of view was running beautifully. The volunteers were doing a great job and each movie is welcomed by a member of the Film Society.
The turn out has been excellent and it is great to chat with the people in line. Some of them make this week for a time to get together at the beach to unwind, watch great films and explore our restaurants.
Note: Information for this post was taken from the Rehoboth Beach Film Society Publication.
Have a great time!!! Talk to you later….
March 28th, 2010
That’s too bad I could not find anyone to go with me to a wonderful evening at the Milton Theatre on Friday evening. The previous week, my friend, Debbie, and I attended the film Hands on Harvest at this same venue and were taken over by the beauty of this art deco theater.
I really wanted to go and take some pictures of the inside of the theater. I contacted the Theatre and Ellen Passman called me and informed me that there was a performance on Friday that I should not miss; to come a little earlier so that I would be able to take the pictures for my blog.
The performace on Friday was a live on-stage and vaudeville-themed murder mystery. Ellen wrote it and was also starring in it along with the Delaware Commedy Theatre performers. The Delaware Comedy Theatre, Improve Comedy was started in 2005 and it is a non-profit theatre company. They are located on 131 Glade Circle West, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. Website is www.delawarecomedytheatre.com. Ticket Hot Line 888-446-7763 and for classes, workshops, and booking info. you may call 302-258-5443.
I can tell you that on Friday’s performance of the Mysterious Madcap Murder at the Milton Theatre, the “characters” were quirky and hilarious, mingling and interacting with the audience as they stayed in character, as well; that was part of the fun. Some of the people in the audience really got into it, and solving the murder we did.
This wonderful evening of mystery was to help support the Milton Theatre.
Vaudeville was one of the most popular types on entertainment in North America from the 1880’s until the early 1930’s. The performances were separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. It came to be called “the heart of American show business”.
The Milton Theatre is in the heart of the historic district in Milton. It was built in 1910, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Milton.
Back in the 1930’s it was the community’s celebrated art deco movie house, featuring silent films, and then, “talkies”.
When you enter this theater, and before performances or movies start, there will be continued showings of silent movies, and “talkies”. What was so wonderful to experience was how the audience was truly laughing. And, at a time when we have so much violence and drama shown in films, it was such a nostalgic feeling to experience a good belly laugh, that I just enjoyed the moment.
The silent films, had no sound, or broken dialogue. The acting and dialogue were expressed through muted gestures and pantomime. “Talkies” followed and these were talking pictures; exclusively shorts. The first talking film was The Jazz Singer, released in 1927.
The ticket office at the Milton Theatre is inside and there are no computers; just a cash box. It is very affordable whether it is a movie, documentary or live performance.
One of the interesting aspects when attending anything at this theatre is that besides the usual soft drinks, you are able to purchase beer and wine, along with candy and other movie treats.
On Friday night’s event there was a 50/50 raffle during intermission. The winner, graciously donated her winnings to the theatre.
The Milton Theatre has entertaining stage productions, dedicated to promoting the arts, and most of all making their productions accessible to the community.
This art deco movie house has been rescued from ruin and it has gone through, and is still on going, a revitalization process with a lot of work, dedication and love from the community, who are all volunteers.
It has endured the tests of time; 3 major fires and many nor’easters. It is a community center for many events and is re-emerging as a destination attraction for a fast-growing arts community.
Note: Information for this post was taken from the www.miltontheatre.org, and http://en.wikipedia.org.
Have a good evening. See you at the Milton Theatre some time….It is only 25 minutes from Rehoboth Beach, going north. Talk to you later….
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