July 21st, 2014
A new exhbit at The Rehoboth Beach Museum features items that illustrate the history of the organization known as CAMP Rehoboth. With this exhibit Rehoboth Beach Museum honors the history of CAMP Rehoboth.
The organization, whose name is an acronym for Create a More Positive Rehoboth, was founded 24 years ago. CAMP Rehoboth is a LGBT community service organization that has grown from its original small office on Baltimore Avenue, publishing a 4-page newsletter to a nationally-known organization with a long list of services, activities, events and programs.
The once modest Letters from CAMP Rehoboth newsletter now runs anywhere from 88 to 120 pages an issue.
Visitors are invited to visit the Rehoboth Beach Museum to view past issues of the newsletter, photos and t-shirts from the early days of the organization.
The shovel used to break ground for the new community center is on display, as is a bumper sticker stating “Keep Rehoboth a Family Town”, a tangible example of the tensions in the community that led to the founding of CAMP Rehoboth. Also on display is a framed ceremonial copy of SB121 which added the words “sexual orientation” as a protected class under Delaware’s non-discrimination laws.
The Rehoboth Beach Museum is open 10 – 4 from Monday through Friday, 11 – 3 Saturday and Sunday. It is located at 511 Rehoboth Avenue by the Rehoboth Beach Visitor’s Center and by the Roundabout. Admission is by donation. Call 302-227-7310 for more information. And, please visit http://www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org
August 25th, 2012
Now that you have resigned yourselves that the week-end is going to be cloudy and rainy….what are you planning to do with the kids? It would be so easy if you were by yourselves; shopping, eating, drinking. Someday, right?
Downtown Rehoboth Beach is such a walkable town that, at least, you will not have to get back in the car and follow the masses to the outlets.
An easy one to entertain those young ones is that if it is just cloudy, let them run around on our award winning boardwalk and the beach!! That’s an easy one. If it’s raining, then, check the following activities. They might help.
Sunday, August 26th – Browseabout Books, located at 133 Rehoboth Ave. At 9 a.m. is an hour of activities, stories and crafts. Llama Llama will be there to pose for photos. Make sure you arrive by 9 a.m. to enjoy the whole hour. The meters do not go into effect until 10 a.m. so you will be fine.
Then, if you are here during the week, you can also go to Browseabout Books Monday through Thursday until August 30th for A time for Storytime.
8:30 a.m. until 9:10 the age group is 5 through 8 years of age.
9:15 a.m. until 9:45 the age group is 2 to 4 years of age.
For more information, please visit http://www.browseaboutbooks.com. They are open from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.
They also have coffee and pastries and places to sit, catch your breath and check out the books.
Cake Break is a gourmet cupcake company located at 7 South First Street in Downtown Rehoboth Beach. It is a nut free facility with vegan and gluten free cupcakes. You can bring your young ones to decorate cupcakes. It is fun!! I have seen the kids there having a great time. You can have some coffee and enjoy some of the following:
The Blueberry muffins have been a hit. They are gluten free, vegan, and nut free. I have tried them myself.
I have also had the pleasure of trying Miss Piggy. This cupcake is the one with the bacon on top. It is a struessel cupcake with maple bacon icing and bacon on top. The other one on the tray is the Salty Dawg which has salted caramel.
The Cookie Monster is chocolate chip cookies, baked on chocolate ship cupcakes with or without mocha icing.
Cake Break opens at 6:30 a.m. daily. Carries pastries, NY Bagels, Homemade breads, cinnamon rolls, sticky buns, coffee, espresso and smoothies. http://www.cakebreakrehoboth.com
Crafts – Creatable Crafts is located at 146 Rehoboth Ave. Paint your own pottery, beading, glass fusing, mosaics, paint me t-shirts. Drop in basis. Paint today, pick up tomorrow. Tel. 302-227-1020. Website? http://www.creatablecrafts.com
Arcades:
Coastal towns have many arcades available for the young and the matured crowd. Rehoboth Beach has a 1 mile award-winning Boardwalk. Of course, we have arcades!!
The Beach Arcade is next to Dolle’s at 5 North Boardwalk. Tel. 302-227-1040.
Playland Arcade is on the South side of the Boardwalk.
Surfside Arcade is on the South side of the Boardwalk, as well.
Funland is located on the South side of the Boardwalk and it is a whole amusement and arcade complex. You will find rides and arcades for the whole family. Website? http://www.funlandrehoboth.com
If you are by yourselves, then, check the following:
The Rehoboth Art League is located at 12 Dodds Lane. Tel. 302-227-8408., Website? http://www.rehobothartleague.org. Until Sunday, August 26th the 74th Members Fine Art Exhibit is on display at the Corkran and Tubbs Galleries. The Members Showcase: Print Makers is at the Homestead Gallery.
From August 31st until September 30th is the 4th Regional Juried Show at the Corkran and Tubbs Galleries. Delaware and New Mexico Paintings-Color and Form: New work by Ray Petersen, Venture Gallery. By The Sea: New Works by Denise Dumont at the Homestead Gallery.
Opening Reception is on August 31st from 5 to 7 p.m.
Please keep your eyes open for Cinema & Art coming later on in October. Mark your calendars for the November 3rd Holiday Fair and later on in December, on the 8th is the Art League Holiday Open House.
Heidi Lowe Gallery is having a Barbara Klar Trunk Show this Saturday, 8/25, and Sunday, 8/26. The gallery is located at 328 Rehoboth Avenue. Check http://www.heidilowegallery.com. For more info. on Barbara Klar, please check http://www.clearmetals.com/bio.html.
The Rehoboth Beach Museum is the perfect place to get to know Rehoboth Beach better. If you have been coming to the beach for years, this museum will show you how far this coastal town has come. It is located at 511 Rehoboth Avenue near the traffic circle. The Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center is in the same complex. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, college students, and military. $2 for children 13 to 17 and the rest are free.
This museum used to be the town’s ice house and it is currently hosting two exhibits. “Rehoboth Speaks: The Story Nation’s Summer Capital” tells the story of the founding and growth of Rehoboth Beach. And, “World War II: Rehoboth Beach” tells the story of our beach town during the war. Visitors will learn how local citizens helped with Civil Defense and of the local boys who were sent overseas. Website? http://www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.
Saturday – 8/25 – At the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand, at 8 p.m. is Sounds of Society, a Tribute to Chicago
Sunday – 8/26 – At the Bandstand is She Said Sunday, Cover Band, at 8 p.m.
Have fun…relax!! You are at the beach!!
July 20th, 2012
“The earlier settlers to this coastal area were Native Americans who traveled to the beach in the summer months to enjoy the cool breezes and abundant seafood.” Abundant seafood? But, of course. Cool breezes? Well, if you have been at the Delaware Beaches, you know that those breezes have been a little too warm.
If you are visiting Rehoboth Beach take a chance to enjoy our award winning Boardwalk. It is the life of the town. Guest what? The Travel Channel will be filming in Rehoboth Beach around the Boardwalk on the week-end of August 4th which is also when the Sandcastle Contest will be taking place. So…..if you see cameras rolling, please smile!!
Let’s see, what else is going on in the next few days…..
Friday, 7/20 – The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society’s Annual Watermelon Festival will be held in Grove Park and the Rehoboth Beach Museum from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Your favorite things will be part of the festival: Watermelon seed-spitting and eating contests, crafts, bean bag toss and hula hoop and paddle ball contests, and guessing games to win jelly beans and watermelons. Also a favorite is face painting and free tastes of watermelon. Families can win a grand price of a Bucket of Fun filled with toys and gifts certificates. Admission is $3 for visitors age 13 and older, $2 for ages 5 to 12. Children age 4 and younger get in free. Admission to the Festival includes admission to the museum. Please call for more info. at 302-227-7310. Visit www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.
Friday, 7/20 – At the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand – Entertaining visitors will be Groove Train. It’s all about the 70’s. Show begins at 8 p.m.
Through September 2nd – Clear Space Rocks with “Broadway at The Beach”. Eight cast members bring 33 songs from 26 different musicals to life in “Broadway at the Beach”. The concert-style performance features musicians on stage with the singer and choreography by Christa Pardocchi. Expect to hear some of your favorite songs like “Big Shot”, “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”, and “Don’t Stop Believin”, in addition to a big crop of new Broadway tunes. “Broadway at The Beach” plays in repertory with “Annie” and “Cabaret”. Performances are Tuesday – Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced at $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $15 for students and children, are available online at http://www.clearspace.theatre.org.
A full schedule of performances are also found on the website. You can also purchase tickets in person at the box office, located at 20 Baltimore Avenue in Downtown Rehoboth Beach.
Musical Director, Doug Yetter says that “with this show, we’ve tried to imagine what it would be like if Broadway dominated the radio today, like it did in the first half of the 20th century”. He continues to say that “with movies being made into musicals and pop songs being used to score shows, the soundscape of Broadway has really changed in the last decade, and we wanted to reflect that shift with this show”.
Saturday, 7/21 – A Tribute to the Eagles with 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Experience. It is at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand at 8 p.m.
Sunday, 7/22 – 2012 Maritime Heritage Festival at the Indian River Life-Saving Station located south of Dewey Beach and just before you cross the Indian River Bridge, on Coastal Highway. This historic Life-Saving Station is gorgeous and the festival will offer something for everyone. Food, re-enactments of time at the Life-Saving Station, and songs and stories of old sailing days. Tickets: $5 for adults, $3 for youth (5-12), 4 years old and under are free.
Sunday, 7/22 – Week-end is over so sit back, relax and enjoy The Pork Roll Project and the sounds of Contemporary Blues!!
Have a good one!! Remember, you are at the beach….relax and kick back!!
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