In Brief

The next Bingo-A-Go-Go has cupid aiming for your heart at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Saturday, February 14.

The event, which benefits AIDS Delaware, Delaware Pride, The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware and the Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth Beach, features Valentines as a theme and will have 15 games with prizes valued at $100 or more. Claire Voyant, your Matchmaker for the evening, has her cupids together for an evening that will raise the temperature in Rehoboth!!

"Bingo-A-Go-Go is a fabulously fun evening and great opportunity for people to support four worthwhile organizations," says Vicky Morelli, President of Delaware Pride.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the first game will be called at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and can be purchased at AIDS Delaware, The Pelican Loft, CAMP Rehoboth, and The Race Inn Deli. Tickets at the door will be $15. If there was ever a bingo to arrive in your finest courtin’ wear, this is the one!

For more information or to reserve tickets at the door with a credit card or check, call 1-800-292-0429.

Delaware Pride Seeks Grant Requests

The board of directors of Delaware Pride announced today the opening of requests for proposals for its 2004 Community Grants Program, an initiative designed to support organizations promoting equality and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people in Delaware. In addition, Dela-ware Pride will consider proposals from graduate-level students who are researching the lives of LGBT people. This is the fourth year that Delaware Pride has offered grants to other non-profit organizations.

Delaware Pride will award up to $2000 in grants to at least one of the following:

• Delaware nonprofit organizations that provide services beneficial to LGBT people in Delaware

• Full-time, graduate-level students who are residents of Delaware or who are currently enrolled at a university in Delaware and are pursuing studies related to the lives of LGBT people and who will use the grant for research or for travel expenses to present at an academic or professional conference

Complete grant information can be found on the Delaware Pride website at www.delawarepride.org or by calling (302) 378-6524. The deadline for applications is February 27, 2004. The grant recipients will be notified by March 11, 2004.

Past recipients of the grants include the ACLU of Delaware Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Project, AIDS Delaware, Renaissance Transgender Association, CAMP Rehoboth and the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition. AIDS Delaware has used its grants to fund Camp Camp It Up, a summer program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth. The program gives the youth an opportunity to come together for a fun summer camp experience in a safe, supportive environment and learn valuable skills. The participants did many of the typical camp crafts but also spent time doing community service and learning leadership skills. Delaware Pride is dedicated to creating a more visible and united LGBT community through outreach, education, and referrals.

Got Magazines?

Don’t throw away those magazines you just paged through—drop them off at the Rehoboth Beach Public Library! Previously read magazines are offered for sale for just 25 cents each. What a wonderful way to recycle!

Simply drop off your magazines at the Library, 229 Rehoboth Avenue, and they will be worked into the sale basket in the lobby as space allows. While you are there, peruse the magazine basket—you might just find something you’d like to read!

Rainbow Room Hosts Annual Dinner Dance

The Rainbow Room of Salisbury, Maryland will host it’s annual Spring Dinner Dance at Webster’s Restaurant on Rt. 13 in Salisbury on Saturday, March 13, 2004.

The evening starts with cocktails (cash bar) at 6 p.m., and moves on to a scrumptious buffet dinner at 7 p.m. DJ Freddy Birch will keep things going until midnight.

Tickets are $30 per person, and need to be reserved by Feb. 28. For more info please call 410-749-4563.

Be A Friend to Rehoboth Day Care

In 2003, the Rehoboth Day Care Center on Route One, held a fund raising campaign and successfully raised enough money to do some much needed work on their 100 year old building.

This year, the school has a different goal in mind. They hope to replace the cots that the children nap on each day. The ones currently in use have been there for over 33 years.

The center is used by 40-43 children a day, ages 1-10. Parents pay on a sliding scale, but because of very limited income, some pay very little. Grants, and support from local agencies help fund some of the needs of the center, but they don’t cover everything.

Please consider sending a tax deductible donation to Rehoboth Day Care Center, PO Box 663, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.

Time is getting short for Short & Sweet

Would you turn up the heat if you won the lottery? Know when a second chance at romance was at hand? Or recognize the love of your life at age 16?

These questions and more are explored in Short & Sweet an evening of funny and romantic theatrical bon-bons on stage Valentine’s weekend at the Rehoboth Art League.

Tickets, $12 for Art League members and $15 for all others, are selling fast. To reserve yours, call 302-227-8408.

HTP Trivia Night Spotlights Broadway

Henlopen Theater Project will turn the spotlight on an evening of fun and games with Theater Trivia Night, live from the Frogg Pond, Rehoboth Beach on Sunday, March 7, at 8 p.m.

"This will be ‘some enchanted evening’ with lots of prizes, lots of good food and drinks, and lots of laughs," said HTP President Roo Brown, who will share the emcee stage with her son, Charlie Brown, of Philadelphia.

Participants can play as individuals or put a team together—no more than 8 to a team.

Tickets are $10 per person and include wine, beer and nibbles. Come early to take advantage of an $8 dinner special including chips, fried shrimp, chicken Alfredo and other tasty dishes.