28 - CAPE GAZETYE, Friday, August 20 - August 26, 1993
Arts & Entertainment
Steppln Out
The Blues Gems visit Arena's
By Brian A. Barth
The recent rains may have cooled temperatures in the resort area over
the last couple of days, but the entertainment scene remains hot. Here' s
what's going on this week:
REHOBOTH BEACH
• Arena's Bar and Dell: 149 Rehoboth Avenue (in the Village by
the Sea Mall); Friday, August 20 - Voice of Reason, a fusion of rock,
reggae and funk; Saturday, August 21 - The Blues Gems, rhythm and
blues; Sunday, August 22 - Blake Thompson; Monday, August 23 -
Mike Justice, solo acoustic rock classics; and, every Thursday, at Are-
na's on the Boards (beneath the Henlopen Hotel) - Lex Bayard, rock
covers a la solo acoustic. For information, call 227-1272.
• Frogg Pond: First Street and Rehoboth Avenue; Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, August 20-22 - Ecstacy, top 40 covers. For information,
call 227-2234.
• Front Page: Second block of Baltimore Avenue; Friday, August 20
- Charming Arms, alternative originals plus progressive/rock covers;
Saturday, August 21 - Sherman Ward and Company; Sunday, August 22
- Ben Andrews, delta blues; and every Tuesday - the original Acoustic
Jam Night, open stage; and every Thursday - Jammin' Dave Collaton.
For information, call 227-0948.
• Irish Eyes: First block of Wilmington Avenue; Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, August 20-22 - Timlin and Kane, traditional Irish music;
every Tuesday - Oz; and Thursday, August 26 - Danny Quinn, tradition-
al Irish music. For information, call 227-2888.
• Sir Guy's: 243 Rehoboth Avenue; Friday, August 20 - Mystery
Machine, alternative/pop covers plus their own progressive material;
Saturday, August 21 - The Nazarites, reggae covers and originals; and
every Monday - DJ Marty Party. For information, call 227-7616.
• Sydney's Sidestreet: 25 Christian Avenue; Friday and Saturday,
August 20-21 - Tony Grandberry and Friends, contemporary jazz and
rhythm and blues; Sunday, August 22 - Funch, solo organ jazz; Monday,
August 23 - Ellsworth Gibson Trio; Tuesday, August 24 - Funch;
Wednesday, August 25 - Dexter Koone trio; and Thursday, August 26 -
Nick Wayne. For information, call 227-1339.
DEWEY BEACH
• Bottle and Cork: Route I in downtown Dewey Beach; Friday,
August 20 - The Authorities; Saturday, August 21 - Joe Bak and Every-
thing, Saturday jam session; Sunday, August 22 - The GooGoo Dolls,
alternative. For information, call 227-8545.
• Rusty Rudder: Dickinson Street; Sunday, August 22 - Soul Jahz,
reggae; Monday August 23 - Jason and Wild Country, country; Wednes.-
day, August 25 - The Hubcaps, rock and roll oldies. Also, the Island
Boys perform every day on the deck and every Tuesday night at the
Lighthouse Beach. Plus, Love Seed Mama Jump, offbeat/high output
classic and alternative covers, performs every Thursday night. For
information, call 227-3888.
• Starboard: Route 1 in downtown Dewey beach; every weekend -
DJ on the deck. For information, call 227-4600.
LEWES
• Rose and Crown: Second Street; Saturday, August 21 - The
Movies, 60's and 70's covers; Sunday, August 22 - Funch, classic jazz
from 3-6 p.m. For information, call 645-2373.
• Jerry's American Care: Second Street; Every week - Dave
Peters, solo acoustic classical and jazz guitar (in dining room); and, Seam
Smith and Eric PoweR, classic jazz duo (Saturday only from 9 p,m. to 1
a.m.). For information, call 645-9733.
• Anglers: Angler Road; Every Friday - Buddy B.
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rain, the festlval win be reseheduled :for Sunday;August 29.
The festival isreeozed as one of the best outdoor shows on the
ticipatv.
All works are original; no commercially manufactured items per-
Bethany-Fenwiek Area:Chamber of Commerce.
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Zacharias
exhibit opens
at SCAC gallery
By Cordelia Macintire
"Did Ya Get The.Message? "
an exhibition of the paintings and
sculptures of Lewes artist John
Zacharias, opened Tuesday,
August 17, to an enthusiastic
crowd at the Sussex County Arts
Council Gallery at Delaware
Technical and Community Col-
lege in Georgetown.
The opening production, featur-
ing conceptual montage and per-
formance art, was the highlight of
the evening. Gallery visitors wait-
ed in anticipation for the arrival of
Zacharias, who was nowhere to be
seen when the exhibit opened at
7:30 p.m. Promptly at 8 p.m., the
calming background music of
Miles Davis' "Circle in the
Round," stopped, to be replaced
by the sounds of industrial
rhyfluns and minor chords. Cool,
white smoke, emitted from dan-
gling tubes, filled the gallery, and
from a disguised hatch in the ceil-
ing, Zacharias emerged.
As the audience shifted ner-
vously, Zacharias, dressed in a
white coverall reminiscent of
those worn by toxic waste disposal
workers, descended from over-
head. With a purposeful furtive-
ness, Zacharias approached the
centerpiece of the show (a huge
apparatus of beams, belts and
gears suspended from resinated
human brains), switched it on,
then exited the gallery swiftly
through a side door.
Everyone waited. On-lookers
became anxious and laughed ner-
vously, as the apparatus spun its
wheels and spit out a dozen brands
of soap and toothpaste. Zachafias
hovered in the wings, giving the
audience time to "Get the Mes-
sage," before re-appearing,
dressed in black tie and tails, to a
round of applause.
"The message" of his art,
explained Zacharias, is that
humans, because of greed, have
Oon:llla Maointim photo
Lewes artist John Zaeharias stands by part of his exhibit
which opened this week in the SCAC gallery in Georgetown.
created a myriad of objects, sym-
bolized by his apparatus, that have
no meaning or purpose.
"Humans really think they are
doing something, progressing"
said Zacharias, "but they're doing
nothing but destroying the Earth.
Man doesn't need seven kinds of
toothpaste but he wants to make
money. He doesn't see the waste
of energy in that."
"Man wants to enjoy music, art,
but he's too busy with greed. I
chose the show's rifle, Did Ya Get
The Message?, so people would
be forced to stop and ask them-
selves that question."
Symbols of greed, and man's
lack of perspective, recur through-
out the pieces in the show. A visi-
tor enters the Gallery through a
Victorian period-room.
Zacharias chose the Victorian
setting because he sees it as a time
when man gave beauty and art
equal billing with money. Leav-
ing that part of the Gallery, the
visitor, and metaphorically man,
pass into an age where the artwork
reflects man's preoccupation with
greed. The paintings depict envi-
ronments devoid of Earthly
scenery, and many of the pieces
incorporate tear drops crafted
from various man-made sub-
stances.
The Zacharias exhibit will
remain on display through Friday,
October 1.
For Gallery times, to contact the
artist, or to purchase a piece of
Zacharias' artwork, call the Sus-
sex County Arts Council at 856-
5421.
'Small talk' to benefit Rehoboth Library
At a loss for words sometimes? Feel weak in the
knees at the thought of making conversation in a
roomful of strangers?
The Friends of the Rehoboth Beach Public Library
offers a solution next month while doing what they
like best to do - raising money for library books and
equipment.
The Friends' first-ever author's luncheon sched-
uled Thursday, September 9, will feature "an expert
on opening lines that really work, rips for the tongue-
tied, the fine points of small talk and more," accord-
ing to Evelyn Thoroughgood, who will chair the
event for the nonprofit library support group.
Speaker will be Jeanne Martinet, ("Around Town,"
Aug. 13), a free-lance writer who calls New York
City and Rehoboth Beach home.
Daughter of the Leigh Martinents of Rehoboth
Beach and Baltimore, she is author of the not-all-
tongue-in-cheek guide, "The Art of Mingling" (St.
Martin's Press, 1992).
She'll discuss the book, which was excerpted
recently in Cosmopolitan magazine, and her experi-
ences across the country - and on NBC's Today show
- talking about it.
The event, at noon at the Sea Horse Restaurant, is
open to the public.
The cost is $12 and reservations and menu selec-
tion must be made by Sept. 5, according to Thor-
oughgood. Reservation forms are available at the
library.
Martinet has declared herself willing to offer tips
on writing and selling trade books, Thoroughgood
said.
She will also sign copies of her book.
