And the Days Dwindle Down
Fall. My favorite time of year. Fall has an order and rhythm lacking in the other seasons. School is in session, the crowds are more limited to the weekends, and the sunlight grows a bit dimmer every day. The arts have an inverse growth relative to the dwindling sunlight and things are already starting to perk for the holiday season. Pull those sweaters out of mothballs and start planning your fall activities now. All locations are Rehoboth Beach, unless otherwise noted.
PERFORMING ARTS
Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; Sussex County’s only year-round professional troupe kicks off their 2011-2012 season September 23 with a special On the Town gala event—silent auction, dinner, drinks and the show are included. Call the box office for details and reservations. Their all-new musical revue Broadway Rhythms plays September 24-October 9 and features three songs each from nine fantastic musicals—from Show Boat to Sweeney Todd and Cabaret to Gypsy. Watch for the opening of the new Clear Space Cabaret in the space directly under the main theatre soon!
Coastal Concerts (in residence at Bethel UMC Hall; Fourth and Market Streets in Lewes; 888-212-6458; P.O. Box 685; Lewes, DE. 19958) presents the Israeli Chamber Project, October 15 at 8 p.m. The group of five Israeli-born musicians (violin, cello, piano, harp and clarinet) opens Coastal Concerts’ 2011-2012 season. $25 (free for any youth 10-18 years and one accompanying adult). Discounted tickets available for 5-concert season subscription.
Possum Point Players (441 Old Laurel Road in Georgetown; 302-856-4560; presents Ragtime: the musical based on the book by E. L. Doctorow from September 23-October 2: $20/$19 (seniors/students)
VISUAL ARTS
Galleries marked with an asterisk (*) are members of The Rehoboth Gallery Collective, MOSAIC. Join participating galleries for their next Second Saturdays: Destination Art Walk, October 8.
*AerieArt Gallery (45½ Lake Avenue; 302-227-5376/302-584-6402; features a solo show—original acrylic on board paintings of Daniel Coston, featuring the Delaware beaches and inland Sussex County. Opening for the Mosaic Art Walk on Saturday, October 8 is an exhibition of the oil paintings of Lewes artist Victor Letonoff, a preview of which is hanging in the gallery in September. Always on display are paintings from the 19th Century to the present.
Artworx19971 (20 Baltimore Avenue at The Celebration Mall; 302-727-1517) presents quality, original art by Rehoboth Beach area artists at affordable prices. The collective is owned, operated, and staffed by eight local artists. Stop by the studios and visit with an artist and view the constantly changing displays or works in progress.
Back Porch Café (59 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-3674) displays the watercolor art of Rodney Cook with Sunny Side Up through September 22..
*Gallery 50 (50-A Wilmington Avenue; 302-227-2050; hosts a reception to present the selected works of Photo Month 2011, Saturday, September 17 (5-8 p.m.). This is the area’s first juried photography exhibition with a national call out for artists. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Packard Reath Gallery of Lewes. Through September 30.
*G-50 Fine Art Photography (46 Baltimore—in the courtyard behind Universal Gear; 302-227-2240; continues Urban Landscapes by Pittsburgh-based artist Rob Larson. Larson explores desolate urban areas with mixed media photography. Through October 7.
The Happyrock Pottery (20 Baltimore Avenue at the Celebration Mall; 410-375-7120) features the work of potter Susan Gladstone through an assortment of handmade Raku and functional pottery.
*Heidi Lowe Gallery (328 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-9203; features handmade, contemporary jewelry by studio artists from around the world. Opening October 8 (6-9 p.m.) is a solo show presenting a new grouping of work inspired by the serviceware and flatware collection of the Biggs Museum. Lowe has created a body of work consisting of neck pieces and earrings that memorializes the beauty and craft of antique silver. This work is the product of a grant Lowe received from the Delaware Division of the Arts.
*Juleez (20 Baltimore Avenue at the Celebration Mall; 302-227-3792; features the unique and vibrant works of Julie Borden including hand-painted cellos, violins, miniature pianos, beautiful acrylic on canvas originals and giclee prints. They also carry dichroic glass sculptures by Mary Ann Borden.
Milton Art League holds a Sidewalk Art Show and Sale on Saturday September 10 (10 a.m.- 3 p.m.) at the corner of Union and Magnolia Streets in downtown Milton. Artists from around Delaware offer Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Acrylics, Photographs, and Lithographs. Free. Info: 302-684-0232.
Packard Reath Gallery (Located in The Hotel Rodney, 142 Second Street; Lewes; 302-644-7513; Specializing in Fine Art Photography. September is Photo Month 2011—a juried photography exhibition and month-long celebration of the art of photography. In association with G-50 Fine Art Photography.
*Paintiques (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-258-4203) offers Sherry Biele’s unique and artfully-painted vintage furniture and accessories as well as glass art by Connie Ballato; silver jewelry by Sue Bartley, handbags by Linanz, and new artist Sibyl MacKenzie’s colorful seaside-themed art.
*Philip Morton Gallery (47 Baltimore Avenue; 302-727-0905; features works by Alden Leonard, Gary Fisher, Vadim Palamarchuk, Dane Tilghman, Aina Nergaard, Anita Peghini-Raber, Deborah Rolig, Chisolm, Deborah Brisker Burk, John Whitney, Lulu Zheng, and many more.
Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane in Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408; Members’ Fall Theme Exhibition: Octoberfest in the Corkran and Tubbs Galleries. The Presence of the Unseen: New Works by Constance Costigan in the Ventures Gallery and Schadenfreud: New Works by Cassie Taggart in the Homestead. Through October 31.
Rehoboth Beach Film Society (107 Truitt Avenue, 302-645-9095; Special Screening: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens—September 16 (check website for info). On Screen/In Person: Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives—September 17 (check website for info). Monthly Screenings: In a Better World—September 22 (7 p.m.), DiFebo’s (Bear Trap Dunes), and September 23 (7 p.m.) in the upstairs screening room at Movies at Midway. $3 (RBFS Members) $5 (non-members.) Another Take: LGBT films)—Bloomington, September 24 (2 p.m.) Private Romeo, September 25 (2 p.m.) Both in the upstairs screening room at Movies at Midway. $7.
Rehoboth Beach Museum (302-227-7310; Rehoboth Avenue at the Canal, invites you to stop and see their new exhibit: Skimming the Surface: Surfing, Skimboarding, and Floating off the Delaware Coast.
Surrattsart (20 Baltimore Avenue at the Celebration Mall; 302-227-3522; featuring the work of artist Sherry Surratt. Specializing in oils, acrylics and gouache paintings in all sizes—from 4x5 inches to 4x5 feet and abstract to realism to surrealism.
*Thunderbird Gallery (200 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-1900; presents original oils by John Powell (johnpowellfineart.com), an artist who lives in the hills of southern California and Maine.
*Ward Ellinger Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard; 39 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2710; displays works by Ward Ellinger and select artists.
*WibergArt (20 Baltimore Avenue at the Celebration Mall; 302-226-0206 or 302-245-3615; features renowned marine artist, Jack Wiberg, and his original oils of sailing vessels and ships.