March 3rd, 2011
What’s Happening?, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Beaches, Arts, Entertainment, Mardi Gras, Gumbo Cook-off, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, Film, Chocolat, The 21st Chocolate Festival
Rehoboth Beach is a resort town and a year-round community. The town has over 200 shops, galleries and spas, 40 hotels and B & B’s, and over 100 gourmet restaurants, casual eateries, bakeries and coffee shops.
I can feel it, and I can smell it too. Slowly spring is around the corner. People are working on their yards; sprucing things up for the upcoming summer season. That’s the first sign.
This upcoming week-end is a big one for Rehoboth Beach. There is something for everyone. So, here it goes.
Friday – Tuesday, 3/4 until 3/8 – It’s a Mardi Gras week-end in downtown Rehoboth Beach. There will be festivities, raffles, beads and more beads. The participating restaurants are going all out to offer the Cajun cooking that defines New Orleans. So, until Fat Tuesday, be ready to party, to eat and to have a good time!! There will be a Gumbo Cook-off on Sunday, 3/6 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. For all information, please log on to http://www.downtownrehoboth.com. You will find the information on the Gumbo Cook-off, the participating restaurants and so much more. You can also call tel. 302-227-2772.
Fat Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday and Ash Wednesday is 46 days before Easter. Easter can fall on any Sunday from March 23rd to April 25th with the exact date to coincide with the first sunday after the full moon following a Spring Equinox. More Mardi Gras info.? Then log on to www.mardigrasneworleans.com.
Friday, 3/4 – Cinema Cabaret – Dinner & Film Series, presented by the Rehoboth Beach Film Society and Fish On, located at the Village of Five Points in Lewes. Tickets are $30 and will include a 3-course meal, coffee or tea, and the film. Alcohol and gratuity is not included. You may purchase the tickets on line at www.rehobothfilm.com or by calling the Film Society at 302-645-9095, ext. 1.
On Friday the film will be Chocolat at 6:30 p.m. – In a tantalizing tale about desire, single mother Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) and her 6 year old daughter open a chocolate shop in a provincial French Village. The townspeople are shocked when Vianne leaves her shop open during Lent, but her confections are too tempting to resist…..Also starring Alfred Molina and Johnny Depp. PG-13. The film is in English and French with English subtitles.
Saturday, 3/5 – It is the 21st Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center located in Rehoboth Avenue, right in the heart of downtown Rehoboth Beach. The $2 admission will give you 1 taste. Children under 5 are free. More info? Please call 302-227-2772 or log on to www.downrehoboth.com.
The tastings will start at 11:30 a.m., but for a complete list of all that will be happening please visit the website above mentioned.
Saturday, 3/5 – Chocolate Festival at Outlet Liquors located at 19724 Coastal Highway. Tel. 302-227-7700. 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. will be a time to sample chocolate creations from local restaurants, a variety of chocolate wines, beers and liquors. There will be live music and it is completely Free!! Their website is www.outletliquors.net but at the moment is under redevelopment.
Saturday and Sunday, 3/5 and 3/6 – Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, at Clear Space Theatre Company located at 20 Baltimore Ave. Saturday’s performance will be at 7 p.m. and Sunday’s performance will be at 3 p.m. It will feature musical styles from blues to waltz, novelty numbers and marches. The classic rag, Scott Joplin & the Original Kings of Ragtime feature authentic orchestrations. Visit www.clearspacetheatre.org for more info. and to purchase tickets on line. You may also purchase tickets by calling 302-227-2270.
Saturday and Sunday, 3/12 and 3/13. Clear Space Theatre Company located at 20 Rehoboth Ave. will be bringing to you the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. Saturday, the 12th, the performance will be at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, the 13th it will be at 3 p.m. You can obtain tickets by calling 302-227-2270, by visiting the Theatre during the week and by going to their website, www.clearspacetheatre.org.
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico is a group of energetic dancers gathered from all over the world to celebrate the cultural diversity that is steeped in the rich, ancient history of Mexico. The group was created by the Avila siblings in 1972 to preserve Mexican folk dances and to make these performances widely available for others to appreciate the diverse Mexican culture. The group has traveled around the world with their dances and received official commendations from the Mexican Government Tourism Office. Visit www.balletamalia.com if you would like to learn more about this group.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors, $20 for students and $10 for children. If you mention this article you will receive $5.00 off the ticket price.
Until April 8th – Back on April 23, 2010, I wrote a post on Avery’s Rest, the beautiful archaeological exhibit at the Rehoboth Beach Museum. If you would like to see it just click on the month of April 2010 on the left hand side of this website and scroll down to the date.
The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society would like to invite local residents who have not yet visited the Avery’s Rest archaeological exhibit at the Rehoboth Beach Museum before it moves on. The exhibit features objects from an archaeological dig on the former property of Captain John Avery who resided in the area in the late 1600’s; Delaware’s Frontier. On view are farming tools, Native American artifacts, tobacco pipes, German pottery and other objects more than 300 years old.
From now until the exhibit ends, visitors showing a Delaware driver’s license will get $2 off the regular admission price.
The museum is located at 511 Rehoboth Ave. Winter hours are Monday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Regular admission for adults is $5, $3 for seniors, college students and military and $2 for children 13 to 17 years of age. Members and children 12 and under are free. Memberships are available. Please call 302-227-7310.
As you can see Rehoboth is starting to wake up and believe me once it does….well you know, this town is a lot of fun….
Talk to you later…
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