CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, May 23 - May 29, 1997 - 63
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Steppin Out
Cape Region entertainment heats up for holiday weekend
By Yen Ellingsworth On Friday, May 24, Dogfish
The Memorial Day holiday is
shaping up to be a hot entertain-
ment weekend on the local circuit.
Establishments are pulling out all
the stops to ensure locals and visi-
tors that this holiday packs the
punch.
For instance, the Rusty Rudder
on Dickinson Street in Dewey
Beach has a stellar lineup planned.
The bevy of live entertainment
begins on Friday, May 23, when
local faves Love Seed Mama
Jump will make their seasonal
debut on the Rudder deck. For the
past several years, Love Seed has
been seen jamming the deck on
Thursdays, and it looks like the
tradition will continue this season.
You can look forward to seeing
Love Seed play on the Rudder
deck each and every Thursday
night, starting Thursday, June 19.
On Sunday, May 25, the Rudder
will host the progressive group
Mr. Greengenes.
Upcoming entertainment for the
Rusty Rudder includes the band
Jah Works on Monday, May 26;
Juliet's Wishing Well with The
Finders on Thursday, May 29; 80s
rockers One Step Beyond on Mon-
day, June 2; and Laughing Colors
on Thursday, June 5.
In addition, the Rusty Rudder
has welcomed back the steel drum
sounds of the Ruddertowne Island
Boyz every Saturday and Sunday
starting at 4 p.m.
Dogfish Head Brewings and
Eats on Rehoboth Avenue also has
a jam-packed weekend of live,
original entertainment planned.
Head will host Starbelly. Then, on
Saturday, May 25, it will present
Juliet's Wishing Well with open-
ing act Seven Potato Baby.
On Sunday, May 26, Rehoboth
Beach will be treated to Half
Japanese, a seasoned band whose
musical career spans 30 albums.
Led by veteran solo artist Jad Fair,
the band is making its sweep of
the east coast after touring the
U.S. The band has enjoyed world-
wide popularity, and worked with
artists including Sonic Youth,
NRBQ, Velvet Underground and
most recently Nirvana, for whom
Half Japanese opened the "In
Utero Tour."
The band is currently on tour to
promote its latest effort, "Bone
Head." It's hard to pinpoint the
musical style of this band because
it is so original. The unique, sim-
ple sound is undoubtedly going to
be well received by the crowd at
Dogfish Head.
If dinner entertainment is your
bag, there's still plenty of action
for you, too.
The Potpourri Restaurant and
Lounge in Rehoboth Beach will be
featuring Seattle native Scott Hen-
richsen on piano for the next two
weekends.
Henrichsen plays and sings a
mix of jazz, standards, pop, rock
and everything else.
On Fridays, May 23 and 30, he
will appear from 7:30-11:30 p.m.
On Saturdays, May 24 and 31,
from 8 p.m. until midnight. On
Sundays, May 25 and June 1, from
7-11 p.m.
Jump into summer with the
Rusty Rudder deck on Friday,
Additionally, the Saturday, May
24, performance will feature the
rest of the trio - Kelly Dudley on
tenor sax and Brian Larson on
drums.
Henrichsen has played exten-
sively in the Virginia Beach,
Washington and Richmond metro
areas for eight years, and is a local
favorite in each of those cities.
Call 227-4227 for information.
REHOBOTH BEACH
• Arena's Bar and Deli: 149
Rehoboth Avenue (in the Village
by the Sea Mall). Every Monday
is Monday Martini Madness;
sounds of Love Seed Mama Jump, who will be returning to the
May 23. Call 227-3888 for information.
every Tuesday - Import Night;
every Sunday - acoustic jam;
every Thursday - Mexican Fiesta
Night; Friday, May 23 - The
Naildrivers; Saturdays May 24 -
Scrapple. For information, call
227-1272.
• Dogf'tsh Head: 320 Rehoboth
Avenue. Friday, May 23 - Starbel-
ly; Saturday, May 24 - Juliet's
Wishing Well (opening act is Sev-
en Potato Baby); Sunday, May 25
- Half Japanese; Wednesday, May
28 - The Shoe Gazers; Friday,
May 30 - Lenahann. For informa-
tion, call 226-BREW (2739).
• Fran O'Brien's Beach
House: Lake Avenue. For infor-
mation, call 227-6121.
• Frogg Pond: First Street and
Rehoboth Avenue. Karaoke every
Thursday. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, May 23-25 - Common-
bond; Friday and Saturday, May
30-31 - The Pet Detectives. For
information, call 227-2234.
• Irish Eyes: Wilmington
Avenue, Rehoboth Beach. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, May 23-25 -
Danny Quinn; Wednesday, May
28 - The Mighty Chihuahuas; Fri-
day and Saturday, May 30-31 -
Brian and O'Brien. For more
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The building is the canvas for Cape Region artis.t
By Jen EUingsworth
You won't find Andrew Dera's
artwork framed and hung on a
wall.
You will, however, find his art-
work covering the walls, or the
sides of buildings.
Sometimes four stories tall,
Dera's murals canvas the sides of
many local buildings, including
the one adjacent to Woody's
Restaurant.
It's hard to ignore the bright
blue skies and ocean, painted to
include dolphins, killer whales
and exotic tropical fish. In fact,
Dera said he's seen many people
stop to have their photo taken in
front of the vibrant-colored mural,
which took him a little more than a
week to paint.
At the time he painted the mur-
al, Dera was working as a chef at
Woody's.
"I'd work on the wall until
about three, go clean up and get
ready to start cooking at four," he
said. He said he made the decision
to leave that job about two weeks
ago, so that he could devote his
total attention to painting.
"Since I've always had another
job, I've only spent about two per-
cent of my time painting," he said.
"Now I'll be able to focus my
attention on this."
Currently living in Ocean View
with his wife, Lucinda, and two-
year-old son Rad, the New Jersey
native said he's "always doodled
throughout school and whatnot."
He said he has no degree or formal
training in art, and that what he
does has always come natural for
him.
"It's just one of those things
that's in my blood," said Dera.
"When I start to paint it's like I'm
in a hypnotic trance."
The Deras spent some time in
Key West, Fla., where he said air-
brushing is a very popular art
form. Dera said that during Key
West's Mardi-Gras-like Fantasy
Fest, he discovered that air-brush-
ing is not only used to paint inani-
mate objects, but paint people as
well.
"You could make thousands of
dollars during Fantasy Fest air-
brushing on people," he said. "It
was wild."
Dera said since he's moved
back to Delaware, he's noticed
that there's definitely a demand
for the murals. He said he's
received inquires from the Ocean
View, Rehoboth Beach and
Bethany Beach areas, and he
thinks its only a matter of time
before he expands into the sur-
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Jen EIIingsworth photo
Andrew Dera's work in progress can be seen at the Atlantic
Sands Hotel in Rehoboth Beach, where the Ocean View
artist's four-story mural covers one side of the building.
