April 8th, 2011

What’s Going On?, Rehoboth Beach, Activities, Arts, Entertainment, Delaware Beaches

I know, it has been raining all day; cold, as well.  What happened to the spring?  The trees look beautiful; the pear and cherry trees are amazing.  Even with the weather the way it has been, I will have to tell you that our coastal town is crowded.  Slowly, more and more events are on the schedule and here is what you will find if you are visiting us this week-end.  Or, if you live here too.

Saturday, 4/9 – Vendors Group Open House from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Comfort Inn located at 19210 Coastal Highway (Rt.1), in Rehoboth.  Vendors on site:  Close to my Heart, Tastefully Simple, Thirty One, Longaberger, Island Time International, Silpada, Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Arbonne and Michelle Piling. 

Available to you tomorrow will be cash and carry items, take orders, book parties, and more.  10 door prizes and light refreshments.  More info?  E-mail vendorsgroup@mail.com. Bring a friend.

Saturday, 4/9 – A Grand Opening – Artworx 19971 – Museum Gallery.  From 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Celebration Mall, 20 Baltimore Ave., right next to Clear Space Theatre.  Meet the artists and enjoy local artwork.  Affordable art by Rehoboth Beach artists.  The Gallery is staffed by the artists themselves.  Website?  http://www.artworx19971.com. You can find them on Facebook.

Until Sunday, 4/10 – A Women’s Event!! – Women’s Fest 2011 sponsored by CAMP Rehoboth.  Walking tours, workshops, seminars and so much more.  Nationally acclaimed entertainment with Comic, Jennie McNulty.  A new addition this year is Broadwalk on the Boardwalk for Breast Cancer.  Call 302-227-5620 for tickets and info.  The website is www.camprehoboth.com.   This event started on Thursday.

Tuesday, 4/12 – Broadway Bound final performance at 5 p.m. at Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave.  Tickets are $5 and are available for purchase at the door.  More info?  Please call 302-227-2270 or visit www.clearspacetheatre.org.

Until Sunday, 4/17 – The Secret Garden – directed by David Ruttura.  Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for students and $5 for children 12 and under.  They are available online at www.clearspacetheatre.org, by phone 302-227-2270 or in person at the box office located at 20 Baltimore Ave. in Rehoboth Beach, Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

This year marks the centennial of the original novel’s publication, and the 20th anniversary of the Broadway musical.

The story centers on the young orphan Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with an uncle she has never met.  The spirits of her lost loved ones guide her through these trying times as the girl helps bring new life to a broken family.

Monday, 4/18 – Backstage Lecture Series brought by Clear Space Theatre Company.  This month the focus will be American Folk Music.  The lecture is “All Over This Land:  American Regional Folk Music”.  The guest speaker will be Dr. Saul Broudy who will lead the discussion in the series, designed to give audiences and artists alike a peek into the inner workings of various faces of the performing arts. 

His program is presented in a musical travelogue format.  For example, Louisiana; songs of the French Cajuns and a Hank Williams song he stole from them says Broudy.  Then, Waltz Across Texas, hear the blues of the Mid-south on the harmonica, leave Oklahoma to start over in California with “dustbowl” ballads, and hear a 400 year old British ballad about marital infidelity in Appalachian mountain style.

Dr. Broudy holds a PhD in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania, and has recorded his remarkable harmonica skills on over 35 albums with numerous artists.  His own album is entitled “Travels with Broudy”.  He has also recorded an album with 6 fellow Vietnam veterans called “In Country:  Folk Songs of American in the Vietnam War”, available on Fly Fish Records.

May 7th – Clear Space Plans Bus Trip to D.C. for “Follies”.  — Giving you heads up so that you can plan.  The trip will be to the Kennedy Center in Washington to see the Tony Award-winning musical “Follies”.  Headed by Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, Follies has won 7 Tony Awards.

Bernadette Peters appeared in the original casts of Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George, as well as a starring turn in the 2004 revival of Gypsy as Mama Rose.  She received her Tony Awards for her roles in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance and the 1999 revival of Annie Get Your Gun.

Elaine Paige is best known for creating the role of Eva Peron in Evita in London,  as well as Grizabella in Cats and Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard, both on Broadway and in the West End.

The Clear Space’s trip:  The bus will depart from the Rehoboth K-mart parking lot at 8:30 a.m. on May 7th to arrive in Washington by 11:00 a.m.  The bus will drop all passengers off at the National Mall for an afternoon that is free for eating, shopping and sight-seeing.  At 6:30 p.m. all group members will be transported to the Kennedy Center and will travel home directly following the 7:30 p.m. show. 

Tickets are $150 per person and include transportation (tips and tolls), breakfast, and one ticket to the performance “Follies”.  To register, please contact Company Manager, David Button at David@clearspacetheatre.org, or call 302-227-2270.  Seats are limited since the production is nearly sold-out for its entire run.

Have a great week-end…talk to you later…

March 12th, 2011

What’s Going On?, Rehoboth Beach, Entertainment, Doggies at the Beach, Clear Space Theatre Co., Aprihop from Dogfish Head, Spring is in the Air

Even though I am in Delray Beach this week, when I left Rehoboth Beach I could tell that Spring was around the corner; my daffodils were growing like crazy and the pear trees had buds on their branches.  Seemed like the birds were chirping up a storm, as well.  Those little signs that make you feel so good.  And if you get a crisp sunny day, then smile because it does not get better than that.

I woke up in Delray Beach to, again, a chilly morning.  Hopefully, it will be warmer tomorrow.

But, if you are at the Delaware Beaches, then this is what you have to look forward to.

Clear Space Theatre is located at 20 Baltimore Avenue in Rehoboth Beach.  On their schedule you will find.

Backstage Lecture Series – Monday, March 21st at 10:00 a.m.  Tickets are $10 and include the seminar, coffee and bagels. It is a monthly installment of theatre-related discussions.  On Monday, March 21st the discussion will be “The Shakespeare Nobody Knows” by Lloyd King, a local English and humanities scholar and instructor.

One of the most, if not the most, prolific playwrights in history, William Shakespeare penned 37 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime.  His work has been the inspiration for countless other works, from musicals to movies to contemporary interpretations of his stories.  “The Shakespeare Nobody Knows” will begin with a brief biography of the playwright, leading up to 1599, a pivotal year in his incredible life.  In 1599, he wrote 4 immortal plays, “Henry V”, “As You Like It”, “Julius Caesar”, and “Hamlet”, taking audiences to new intellectual heights.

Mr. King received his Master’s Degree in English from the University of Tennessee, and has also studied at the University of North Carolina, American University, and Pace College.  He taught English for nearly 40 years in Delaware, and operated a touring Shakespeare company at Glasgow High School.

He hopes his participation in this Backstage Lecture will help ease local audiences into being active and eager observers of Shakespeare’s work.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.clearspacetheatre.org, via phone at 302-227-2270, or in person at the box office.

The Secret Garden – March 31st until April 17th.  This production has just started rehearsing.  The Secret Garden is based on the 1922 novel of the same name, opened on Broadway in 1991 and won multiple Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical.  The music is by Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marsha Norman.

Clear Space is celebrating the centennial of the original novel, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, with this musical adaptation.  The story revolves around young Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with family she has never met after being orphaned.  As she and the servants bring new life to the mansion’s neglected garden, Mary also renews the spirits of her grieving uncle and sickly cousin.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for students, and $5 for children 12 and under.  They are available online at www.clearspacetheatre.org, via telephone at 302-227-2270 or in person at the box office which is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Doggies at the Beach is a Cage Free facility for boarding your best canine friend.  They have web cams in case you want to follow what your pooch is doing or who he or she is playing with, and most of all your pet will have 24-hours supervision.  I leave Addy, my dog, there without reservation.  I trust them completely.

Doggies at the Beach is located at 18806 John J. Williams Highway (Rt. 24).  Tel. 302-664-8200.  Website?  www.doggiesatthebeach.com. In this website you will find all pertinent info. regarding this facility, including dog training classes.  They offer so much.  This month celebrates their 4th year in business and if you mention their Anniversary, your dog will receive 20% off grooming.  This is only for the month of March.

2 doggies are being fostered from Safe Haven and they would love to adopt them locally.  I have sen them and they are so nice and adorable.

Meet Papi.  A beagle, loving, gentle, housebroken and does not bark like a beagle; great with other dogs, as well.

Smokie is a pure Cocker Spaniel that is energetic and loves life.

If you want to give any of them their “forever” home, just call 302-644-8200.

For your information Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary is a no kill shelter in Sussex County, Delaware.  Website? www.safehavensanctuary.com.

Saturday, 3/11 – Entertainment at Dogfish Head located at 320 Rehoboth Ave., will be Nothin But Trouble, starting at 10 p.m.  No cover.  “Nothin’ But the Blues”.  You can check them out at www.nothinbuttroubleband.com. 

One of the most popular seasonal beers at Dogfish Head is Aprihop.  Available in stores through May.  They have been brewing it for quite some time now.  The flavor is rich, complemented by the addition of apricots.  If you are a beer lover, then this one should be checked out this time of the year.

Dogfish Head’s Website?  www.dogfish.com.  Tel. 302-226-2739.

Have a great week-end…talk to you later.