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Horton “Who” and Adam Scott
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It’s a hard job, but someone’s got to do it
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It’s a great time to play Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
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Seghesio Sonoma Zins are well priced and ready to drink
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Damon Pla's 'Old Man and The Must See' selected as theme for film festival
May 25The Rehoboth Beach Film Society announces that Damon Pla’s acrylic on canvas, “Old Man and The Must See,” was selected as the art theme for the ...
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Delaware State Parks summer camps filling fast
May 25There are currently a limited number of spaces still available in Delaware State Parks summer day camps throughout the state. State park day camps ...
Nage to celebrate female farmers with Nassau Valley Vineyards dinner June 7
May 24Nage is celebrating and honoring a special group of female Delaware farmers with a farm-to-table dinner prepared by Chef Ted Deptula in the ...
Award-winning Lewes artists featured in Annapolis, Md. exhibit
May 24Lewes artists Karin Snoots and Barbara Warden are among those juried into the exhibit Less Is More: Small Works in a Great Space, which will run ...
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Delaware By Hand Fine Arts & Crafts Show set May 25 in Lewes
May 24Delaware By Hand artist members at the Biggs Museum of American Art are proud to present the fourth annual Fine Arts & Crafts Show Saturday, May ...
Crack These Big Nuts wins taste-testing contest
Ice Cream Store event to lead off Cooking Channel series
May 24Celebrating one of Rehoboth Beach’s favorite precursors to the summer season, more than 1,000 people came to The Ice Cream Store’s Sixth Annual ...
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Biddy Babes Contest June 22 at Delmarva Chicken Festival
May 24A pageant to select royalty to reign over the Snow Hill Independence Day Celebration on July 6 will be staged during the 64th Delmarva Chicken ...
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First Rehoboth Beach VegFest kicks off June 1
May 23People from the coastal area will gather in Rehoboth Beach Saturday, June 1, for the best of everything vegetarian in and around Delmarva at the ...
Steppin' Out
Nightlife: Check out the local listings
May 23DEWEY BEACH • Bottle & Cork: 1807 Highway One. Friday, May 24 - Jam with The Rockets and more; Saturday, May 25 - Jam with Go Go Gadget, My Hero ...
'Summer Time' debuts May 25 and 26 at Ellen Rice Gallery
May 22As the Ellen Rice Gallery enters its 15th year in Ocean View, the gallery's founder focuses on happy, sometimes humorous and poignant memories of ...
The Freeman Stage to host Sixth Annual Memorial Day St*Arts & Stripes Celebration May 25
May 21The Freeman Stage at Bayside will host the Sixth Annual Memorial Day St*Arts & Stripes celebration starting at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 25. Highlighti...
Rehoboth Concert Band to perform June 4 in Lewes
May 21The Rehoboth Concert Band will perform at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, in Stango Park as part of the Lewes Summer Concert Series. The name of the ...
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Cape Henlopen Theatre Academy to host 'Magic to Do' May 25
May 21Students enrolled in the theatre program at Cape Henlopen High School will host a gala showcase in the school’s theater to raise funds for ...
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Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival offers events May 24-26
May 21Ten years ago some Milton ladies, Brenda Sims and Shelly Grabel and some artist friends who lived on Broadkill Beach, came up with an idea to ...
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Entertainment Briefs
May 21Limited vendor spaces still open for Delmarva Chicken Festival Spaces remain open for arts and crafts vendors, commercial vendors and nonprofit, ...
Plein Air Tune-Up with Kirk McBride at Gallery One June 1 and 2
May 20Gallery One in Ocean View announces a two-day workshop, Plein Air Tune-Up, with noted plein air artist Kirk McBride, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., ...
Walt Bartman to teach color and composition June 29 to July 1
May 19During a three-day workshop Saturday to Monday, June 29 to July 1, the Delaware Watercolor Society will feature Walt Bartman, an extraordinary art ...
Long Neck artist Jack Knight to exhibit in Annapolis gallery May 31-June 22
May 18Long Neck artist Jack Knight will have one of his cigar box constructions, "Murad," included in the Eye of the Beholder, the Fine Art of the Found ...
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Possum Point Players announces cast for 'And Then There Were None'
May 18Director Titia Halfen of Prime Hook Beach has announced the cast for the Possum Point Players' upcoming dinner theater production of Agatha ...
Best of the Beach Art Auction set June 8
May 17Beebe Medical Foundation’s 24th Annual Best of the Beach Art Auction, Dinner & Dance will take place Saturday, June 8, beginning at 6 p.m. under a ...
Woodworker Larry Edwards to take part in Ocean View Artisans Fair May 25
May 17Larry Edwards is a woodcrafter who has combined his love of history and of beautiful wood to create pieces that in many cases can be passed on ...
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Restaurant Week June 2-8 offers a taste of Rehoboth's culinary hot spots
May 16Rehoboth Beach Main Street Inc. is offering a treat for the taste buds as it sponsors Restaurant Week from Sunday to Saturday, June 2 to 8. The ...
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Chicken Run joins lineup for annual Delmarva Chicken Festival
May 16The Chicken Run United 5K will take place Saturday, June 22, as part of the Delmarva Chicken Festival in Snow Hill, Md. The 5K run/walk will start ...
Bernice Shaller exhibit opens at Epworth gallery June 16
May 16Bernice Shaller will show her exhibit, Works From the Imagination and the Heart, from Sunday, June 16, to Sunday, July 21, at Scott's Gallery in ...
Local artist Edwin Krumm to exhibit May 18 in Rehoboth Beach
May 15Edwin Krumm will be one of 30-plus artists showing and selling their work from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at the Village Improvement ...
Plein air show to open with free reception May 17
May 14The artist group PAPMA recently announced the Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic's 1st Group Exhibition at the Delaware Agricultural Museum ...
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Coastal Kayak to host 3rd Annual Paddle for a Purpose
May 14Every Sunday during the month of June, Coastal Kayak, of Fenwick Island, will sponsor an event to benefit a local charity. “We try to have a ...
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DNREC announces new program to get families outdoors
May 13The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Division of Parks and Recreation recently announced the creation of a new ...
Mary Beth Adair to perform in California starting June 14
May 13For many people, one career is enough and they can’t wait until they retire. Mary Beth Adair of Rehoboth Beach has two demanding but much-loved ...
Local artists take part in Dover Days contests
May 10Local artists participated in the recent Dover Days Plein Air and Quick Draw contests in Dover. Although some days were a challenge weatherwise, ...
All ready for Milton's Horseshoe Crab Festival May 25
May 10Dressed for the occasion is Milton Joe, who will be all set for the town's annual Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Festival. More than 1,500 visitors ...
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Delmarva Chicken Festival to include June 22 car show
May 09S. H. Car Events will host a major car show during the 64th Delmarva Chicken Festival in Snow Hill, Md. Show organizer and sponsor Royal Plus Inc. ...
Works of Jonathan Spivak to be featured at Gallery 50
May 09Gallery 50 Contemporary Art & Framing will welcome artist and restaurateur Jonathan Spivak May 10-23. There will be an opening reception from 6 to ...
Lewes Farmers Market opens for eighth season May 11
May 09The Historic Lewes Farmers Market kicks off its eighth season Saturday, May 11. The market is open from 8 a.m. to noon on the grounds of the Lewes ...
Down on Green Acres Farm
By Ron MacArthur - May 09Each year, wide eyes and little hands look forward in early May to their school's trip to Green Acres Farm, Delaware's largest dairy farm located ...
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Gloriana to play free concert for race fans June 2
May 09Race fans will be treated to a special prerace event, as country music group Gloriana will play a free concert for fans in Victory Plaza the ...
Del Tech hosts Annual Starry Starry Night Gala
May 08Del Tech held its annual Starry Starry Night Gala April 30, a fundraiser for Delaware Tech’s Educational Foundation that has helped to provide ...
Art for a Purpose celebrates May 8 with big sale at new location
May 06Art for a Purpose is celebrating its new location with a big sale and a gala reception. Nearly 100 works of art are currently available - some of ...
Milton Theatre hosts first Shakespeare Festival
By Nick Roth - May 04The inaugural Milton Shakespeare Festival was held April 26 and 27. The Milton Theatre group opened the weekend festivities April 26 with Will ...
Eberle to join 'Nocturne' show at Peninsula Gallery
May 03Award wining watercolorist Howard J. Eberle will be part of the May “Nocturne” show at Peninsula Gallery opening Saturday, May 4, with a reception ...
History comes to life at Fort Miles
By Ron MacArthur - May 03History came to life April 27 during the annual spring opening of Fort Miles in Cape Henlopen State Park. The living history event featured dozens ...
Clear Space to present '9 to 5: The Musical' starting May 3
May 02The Clear Space Theatre Company in Rehoboth Beach will present "9 to 5: The Musical" with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia ...
5 X 5 exhibit opens in Milton
Apr 30“5 X 5: The Pleasures of Local Art,” an exhibit featuring five artists painting five works based on photos, opened April 26 at the Lydia Black ...
Peninsula Gallery May exhibition, Nocturne, opens May 4
Apr 28The May exhibition opening at the Peninsula Gallery with a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 4, will present seven artists in a themed ...
Lewes to hold 23rd annual garden tour June 15
Apr 26The Lewes Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau will sponsor its 23rd annual Lewes Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 15. Twenty-...
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Dover Days celebration highlights May events at Delaware museums
Apr 17Delaware's Division of Historic and Cultural Affairs offers a dozen special events throughout May at six different museum locations. Highlighting ...
MADE IN SUSSEX
Old way is preferred way at T.S. Smith & Sons
By Ron MacArthur - Dec 19T.S. Smith & Sons in Bridgeville is one of the oldest farming operations in Sussex County, and for the most part the Smith family says, the old ...
RBFS and CAMP Rehoboth to present 'Cloudburst' Dec. 29
Dec 15The Rehoboth Beach Film Society and CAMP Rehoboth are cosponsoring a screening of “Cloudburst” starring Oscar winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda ...
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Writers and musicians to celebrate far side of good cheer and good will Dec. 18
Dec 11The public is invited to join members of the Rehoboth Breach Writers’ Guild from 7 to 8:15 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 18, along with area musicians ...
Second Saturday amateur art contest a success
May 25Mosaic’s Second Saturday Art Walk in downtown Rehoboth Beach expanded in May to include other retailers. For the initial launch of Second Saturday’...
Maritime Day brings crowds to Lewes Ferry Terminal
May 25The Cape May-Lewes Ferry and the Delaware River and Bay Authority held its Second Annual Maritime Day May 18. The event featured boat tours, ...
Oh Boy! kicks off City of Lewes Summer Concert Series May 28
May 24The City of Lewes launches its 2013 Summer Concert Series Tuesday, May 28, with the Buddy Holly Tribute Band, Oh Boy! The popular annual music ...
HLFM officially kicks off summer fresh food season May 25
May 24The Historic Lewes Farmers Market celebrates the beginning of summer this Memorial Day Weekend. The market is open from 8 a.m. to noon on the ...
Reigning Cats and Dogs exhibit opens May 25 at The Kitchen
May 24Reigning Cats and Dogs will be on display and sale starting Saturday, May 25, and running through mid-July at The Kitchen restaurant at The ...
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Lewes Garden Tour June 15 offers eight unique experiences
May 24The Lewes Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau sponsors its 23rd annual Lewes Garden Tour featuring unique and private gardens from 10 a.m. to ...
Kalmar Nyckel sets sail for Lewes; tall ship offering school programs
May 23After hosting Swedish and Finnish dignitaries May 11 in Wilmington, Kalmar Nyckel has sailed to Lewes to host local school groups and kick off the ...
At the theater: Local movie listings
May 23Movie listings include those of the Movies at Midway. Times and listings may change. • The Hangover Part III: This time, there's no wedding, no ...
Jolly Trolley to operate 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day
May 23The Jolly Trolley, operating since 1970, is celebrating 43 years of transportation service in the resort areas and continues to be involved with ...
Zwaanendael Maritime Festival set May 25
May 22The adventure, romance, excitement and hardships experienced by 18th and 19th century seafarers will be brought to life at the Zwaanendael ...
Long Neck artist Ronald Lightcap shows at The Upper Crust
May 21The Upper Crust at 7 East Market St. in Georgetown is now exhibiting works by award-winning artist Ronald Lightcap. There will be a Meet the ...
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Milton Theatre solves "The Horseshoe Crab Murder Mystery" May 24
May 21What would happen if a slightly mad scientist, a TV home shopping empress, a respected author of microbiology journals, a native medicine woman, a ...
Delaware Poetry Review issue guest edited by Dr. Jeffrey Lamar Coleman
May 21The newest publication of Delaware Poetry Review ranges widely, from the author of 28 books to the first publication by a recent high school ...
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State Park Briefs
May 21Hike into history at Coin Beach May 18 The vast majority of park visitors stroll the beaches of Delaware Seashore State Park to search for ...
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Milton Theatre presents 'A Walk in the Woods' children's play May 26
May 21The Milton Theatre is presenting "A Walk in the Woods," a children's fairy tale play, as part of the theatrical entertainment it is providing for ...
Dewey Beach Arts Fest draws crowds
May 20The Second Annual Dewey Beach Arts Fest, sponsored by the Dewey Business Partnership, drew a good-sized crowd of shoppers to Dagsworthy Avenue May ...
EatingRehoboth.com offers a taste of Rehoboth restaurants
May 18Realtor and Local Buzz author Deb Griffin, former Bad Company bass player and wine expert Paul Cullen, and the Rehoboth Foodie celebrate the ...
Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival kicks off with May 23 reception
May 18Milton's 10th Annual Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival kicks off with an opening reception for the Art of Nature '13 Festival Art Show and ...
Award-winning director Rodney Ascher addresses Del Tech film class
May 17Rodney Ascher, director of the award-winning 2012 Sundance Film Festival hit “Room 237,” spoke with communications students at Delaware Technical ...
Millsboro Art League announces photography contest winners
May 17Millsboro Art League recently announced its photography contest winners. Shown is first-place winner "Maine Landscape" by Anne Rhodes; second-place...
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Mispillion Art League offers classes in seascapes, journaling
May 17Guest professional artist Annie Strack is ready to meet with local artists to help them bring their paintings to life. She will teach Painting ...
Stepping Stone to hold open houses May 18 and 25
May 16The Stepping Stone American Handcrafts Gallery invites the public to celebrate the arrival of its 2013 collection with two open houses from 5 to 7 ...
RAL announces 'Door of Fame' book launch party May 23
May 16The 75th Anniversary year for the Rehoboth Art League has already begun to create excitement at the three-acre campus in Henlopen Acres. Planning ...
Picnic in the Park returns to Lewes June 2
May 16One of the most anticipated events in Lewes returns Sunday, June 2, when the Friends of the Lewes Canalfront Park present the second annual Picnic ...
Chihuahua races raise funds
May 15The Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Chihuahua races were held at the Dewey Beach Lifesaving Station May 4. A Chihuahua Costume Pageant was scheduled ...
Rebel Baroque Ensemble plays for students at Cape Henlopen High School
May 14Onstage are Rebel musicians (l-r) Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer on violins, Dongsok Shin on harpsichord, John Moran on cello and ...
Milton Theatre reinvents summer camp
May 13The Milton Theatre Corporation is re-creating summer camp throughout Milton this 2013 summer season, and extending outreach sessions in Lewes. Alth...
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Lord Baltimore school to host artisans' fair May 25
May 13Outstanding local crafters will show their wares at the Sixth Annual Artisans' Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 25, at Lord Baltimore ...
Film society to screen 'If I Were You' May 23 and 24
May 11For May’s Monthly Screening, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present “If I Were You” at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 23, at DiFebo’s at Bear Trap ...
Back Porch to exhibit art by Carol Carpenter through June 13
May 10The Back Porch Café in Rehoboth Beach is showing works of Maryland artist Carol Carpenter through June 13. Carpenter is a professional artist who ...
British Car Show motors over to Lewes
May 10The 18th Annual British Car Show, The British Are Coming, was held on the grounds of the Lewes Historical Society May 4. Sponsored by the Lewes ...
LaVerne McIntyre is featured artist at the Wibergart Gallery
May 09The Wibergart Gallery will join with the other Galleries at 20 Baltimore Avenue to celebrate May flowers, Mother’s Day, women in art and the proud ...
CAMP Rehoboth to unveil new exhibit by local artists
May 09CAMP Rehoboth will present an exhibition of new works featuring local artists Michael Muller and David Smith. We Collect What We Can Bare will run ...
Free yoga and zumba weekly at Lewes Canalfront Park
May 09Spring has sprung and it's time to get mind and body into warm-weather shape. Free yoga and Zumba sessions will be offered in Lewes Canalfront ...
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Spring has sprung at the Galleries at 20 Baltimore Ave.
May 09This month, the Galleries at 20 Baltimore Ave. will be featuring Springtime in Paris - paintings, furniture and accessories with a Parisian ...
Anita Peghini-Räber Gallery announces plein air exhibition featuring Seaford artist Jim Rehak
May 08Spring is in the air and there is a desire to be out in the open. That is the latest theme at 49 Baltimore Ave. The Anita Peghini-Räber Gallery ...
Nage hosts Annual Spring Wine and Food Fest
May 07Nage Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach held its 5th Annual Spring Wine and Food Fest April 28, benefiting the Children’s Beach House. The event ...
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Barbershop Chorus Extravaganza set for May 18
May 06The Nautical Sounds Chorus will welcome the Pride of Delmarva Chorus, a 35-man group made up of some of the best barbershop harmony singers on the ...
RAL selects artist William Dec to paint Cottage Tour homes on canvas
May 04The Rehoboth Art League announces William Dec as the artist to create paintings of the eight homes on the 64th Annual Cottage Tour. The Rehoboth ...
PPP to perform 'Les Miserables' Sept. 20 to Oct. 7
May 03Possum Point Players will be presenting "Les Misérables" for three weekends in September and October. "Les Misérables" is the world's longest-runni...
Delmarva Christian High School presents first full musical, 'Fiddler on the Roof'
May 02Delmarva Christian High School performed its first full musical, "Fiddler on the Roof," to rave audience reviews this spring. More than 40 DCHS ...
Friends of Lewes Public Library announces Delmarva on View photo contest and show
Apr 30The Friends of Lewes Public Library recently announced the fourth annual Delmarva On View: Delaware, Maryland & Virginia In Photographs Benefit ...
CAMP Rehoboth Women’s Fest brings fun, laughs, awareness
By Ryan Mavity - Apr 29Thirteen was a lucky number for CAMP Rehoboth as the organization’s 13th annual Women’s Fest drew possibly the largest crowd ever. The four-day ...
Art league to feature Catherine Hillis: Color and Light starting May 3
Apr 26The Rehoboth Art League presents the first of the spring/summer exhibition season with Catherine Hillis: Color and Light in the Tubbs Gallery and ...
Rollin’ on the runway: Southern Delaware Roller Derby girls strut heels, wheels April 25
By Molly MacMillan - Apr 25Celebrating its second year since bringing roller derby to the Cape Region, the Southern Delaware Roller Girls are ready to jam out with a new ...
Disney’s New Fantasyland preview at Ellen Rice Gallery Dec. 29
Dec 27Disney-certified Glass Slipper Concierge travel planner Duane Whitman will present a colorful preview of Walt Disney World’s just-opened New ...
Dance alliance to present "The Nutcracker Ballet" Dec. 22
Dec 17Delaware Dance Alliance announces its holiday performance of Duke Ellington’s “The Nutcracker Ballet.” Delaware Dance Alliance Artistic Director ...
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Coastal Concerts offers holiday ticket special
Dec 12Coastal Concerts has announced a holiday ticket special that offers tickets for the current season’s three remaining concerts for $75, a savings ...
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Celebrate the Winter Solstice on Burton Island Nature Preserve
Dec 11Delaware Seashore State Park will host a winter solstice hike of Burton Island Nature Preserve at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21. The winter solstice ...
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