LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth |
In Brief |
Faces of Stone at Our Place Restaurant
New photographs by Seng (Eakapotch Thantanacharoen) are on display at Our Place Restaurant, 37 Baltimore Avenue in Rehoboth Beach. The exhibition will continue throughout July, with all photographs available for purchase. This is Seng's first exhibition of his photography. The photographs are of stone Chinese statues located in various temples around the city of Bangkok, Thailand. This is the first time his photographs of these statues have been exhibited in the United States. The statues arrived in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1830s and 1840s during the reign of King Rama III. China was experiencing a food shortage and was importing rice from Thailand. When the ships left Bangkok for China they were full of rice. In order to fill the ships for their return trip to Bangkok the Chinese put the statues in the ships hull to give them weight. King Rama III, impressed by the statues, ordered them to be placed in the temples where they have remained for over 150 years. Seng studied Art Education at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, which is Thailand's most prestigious University. His first job was as a production manager for a fashion designer in Bangkok. In 1993 he came to the United States and studied computer graphics at the Art Institute of Boston. After receiving his bachelors degree he relocated to New York City and was a free lance artist and chef. He received a full Scholarship for a masters degree in Theater Costume Design at Brooklyn College. Upon receiving his masters degree in May of 2000, Seng relocated to Lewes and has been working as a chef at Our Place Restaurant. For more information, contact Seng at 302-645-1567 or call Our Place Restaurant and Garden Patio at 302-227-4143. Seng can also be reached by e-mail at zenseng@aol.com Dignity Beach Weekend The Washington chapter of Dignity USA will be holding their annual beach weekend in Rehoboth on July 20th. The weekend events include a happy hour at the Renegade on Friday Night, brunch at Yum Yum on Saturday morning, and a Mass on Saturday afternoon at Grove park followed by a scrumptious catered picnic. The weekends activities conclude with a brunch at Our Place Restaurant on Sunday. Dignity USA is an organization of Gay Catholics, their family and friends. For more information, contact Jeff Bridges at301-592-9139 or jmbridges@ex-pressnet.com The Baltimore Waltz Caps HTP Season As the third major production of the Henlopen Theater Project season, The Baltimore Waltz will come to the beach beginning July 26 for an eight performance run. The show, a charming comic farce with a heart a mile deep, is the brainchild of Pulitzer Prize winning author Paula Vogel. The show is a hilarious and fast-paced comedy about a brother and sister taking a wild and desperate European vacation. Audiences on Broadway and all over the country have taken the show to their hearts, laughing until they cry. Tickets for The Baltimore Waltz are available now for the July 26 - August 4 performances. Momentum has been building since June for this HTP season, with two crowd-pleasing productions already history for 2001. The Baltimore Waltz is the jewel in this 2001 season's crown as HTP readies the show for eight packed performances. The Baltimore Waltz will be performed at the Little Theater at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes. Playwright Vogel herself plans a quick trip to one of the HTP performances and will add further excitement to the stellar line-up for a one night special performance, an evening with Paula Vogel, on July 31. Following the performance, there will be a party with the playwright and special guests at Celsius Restaurant, and tickets are limited. Starring in The Baltimore Waltz will be Shelly Delaney, who gave up this summer's AIDS ride to do the show. After training for the strenuous bike ride, she traded her wheels for a script to this challenging and meaningful show. "Shelly and I had talked about doing this show for the last two years," says James FitzSimmons, HTP's Artistic Director, "and it's a great opportunity for us, especially poignant as this is the 20th anniversary of the AIDS crisis." Starring along with Delaney in The Baltimore Waltz will be Barnaby Carpenter and Sean Dougherty. To support efforts to fight the AIDS epidemic, and assist other local causes and non-profits, the Henlopen Theater Project has designated this production for giving back to the community. Benefit shows are planned on Saturday July 28 at 8 p.m. for the Metropolitan Community Church and Sussex County AIDS Committee. On July 29 at 7 p.m. for the ACLU Delaware Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Project, and Saturday, August 4 at 8 p.m. for AIDS Delaware & Positive Light. The organizations receive half the price for each ticket. Anyone wishing to make a donation to any of these organizations can purchase tickets for one of the particular performances and note that they want half of the ticket price to go to the recipient organization. According to FitzSimmons, "HTP is very committed to giving back to the community in gratitude for its support. As U.S. Representative Shirley Chisolm once said,' Community Service is our rent for living on the planet.'" Call HTP at 302-226-4103 for tickets and information regarding The Baltimore Waltz as well as the July 31 evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Special guest stars are expected in town to spend an evening celebrating the works of this talented playwright. The evening is expected to be a sell-out, so call today to reserve your tickets. |
LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 11, No. 9, July 13, 2001. |