Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 29, No. 1

Black History Month What’s Love Got To Do With It? Archivist Tony Burns

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Inside This Issue

SpeakOut............................................................................. 4 In Brief..................................................................................5 CAMP Matters — A New Year Has Come.............................6 CAMP Out — Am I Queer?....................................................8 Black History Month: Leadership........................................12 Straight Talk — The Fine Art of Apology.............................14 President’s View – Moving Forward...................................16 CAMP Stories — Ego Propono.............................................18 Health and Wellness..........................................................24 Intentionally Inclusive — What’s Love’s Got to Do ............28 It’s My Life — The Golden Girls.......................................... 34 Archivist Tony Burns...........................................................36 Volunteer Spotlight —Lisa Rabigi and Bea Vuocolo..........38 CAMP News........................................................................46 Good Queer Fun — Romance ...........................................48 CAMP Shots — Holidazed..................................................52 Eating Out — The Pines......................................................64 Q Puzzle — Oh Dear...........................................................66 The Real Dirt — Everything’s Coming Up Roses ............... 72 CAMP Arts.......................................................................... 74 Booked Solid —Hiding Out................................................. 78 CAMP Dates — February 8 – April 14 ................................82 Letters from CAMP Rehoboth welcomes submissions.

Email editor@camprehoboth.com. Photographs must be high resolution (300 dpi). Documents should be sent as attachments in Microsoft Word®. Deadline for submissions is two weeks prior to the issue release date.

On the cover

All You Need is Love! Image: Getty Images.

Resources Serving Delaware’s Coastal Area ACLU of DE Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights Project ..................................................... 302-654-3966 AIDS Delaware New Castle County........................................................................ 302-652-6776 AIDS Delaware Kent & Sussex Counties................................................................ 302-226-3519 AIDS Hotline Delaware statewide.......................................................................... 800-422-0429 CAMP Chorus a program of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center................... 302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Community Center LGBTQ Community Service Organization ....... 302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Families allows LGBTQ parents to connect.................................. 302-227-5620 CAMP Rehoboth Parents of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Children........... 302-227-5620 CAMPsafe AIDS Education & Prevention program of CAMP Rehoboth ................ 302-227-5620 Christiana Care HIV Wellness Clinic AIDS Support Services, Georgetown............... 302-933-3420 Christiana Care LGBTQ Health Initiatives TRodden@christianacare.org................... 302-733-1227 Delaware HIV Consortium HIV Treatment & Prevention, statewide ....................... 302-654-5471 Delaware Human Relations Commission Housing & Public Accomodation ............. 877-544-8626 Delaware Pride Community events, annual Pride Festival.................................... 302-265-3020 Delaware Transgender Resources transdelaware.net, delawarelgbtq@gmail.com Delaware Transgender Support Support for Trans Men & Women......................... 302-402-3033 Gay/Lesbian Alcoholics Anonymous Call for other schedules................................... 302-856-6452 Saturdays at 6 pm: Epworth Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. (Step Meeting) Saturdays at 7:30 pm: All Saint’s Church, 18 Olive Ave. (Step Meeting) Tuesdays at Noon: St. Peter’s Church, 211 Mulberry St., Lewes (Step Meeting) Thursdays at Noon: CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave. (Open Discussion) Gay Men’s Support Group a program of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center............. 302-227-5620 LGBT Student Union University of DE, Newark........................................................ 302-831-8066 Lesbian Support Group a program of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center...............302-227-5620 Letters from CAMP Rehoboth LGBTQ Magazine...................................................... 302-227-5620 National Alliance on Mental Illness of DE (NAMI)....................................................... 302-427-0787 PFLAG - Rehoboth 2nd Tuesday, Public Library, 111 Adams Ave., Lewes............. 302-841-1339 SLAA and SAA Thursdays at 7:30 pm.................................................................... 302-745-7929 All Saint’s Church, 18 Olive Ave. (Church Hall-Lower Level), Rehoboth TransLiance of Delaware Rehoboth TransLiance meets the 4th Tuesday of every month 7 pm at MCC Church. Contact TransLiance@gmail.com

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CAMP Rehoboth Mission Statement and Purpose CAMP Rehoboth is a nonprofit community service organization dedicated to creating a more positive environment in Rehoboth Beach and its related communities. We seek to promote cooperation and understanding among all people, as we work to build safe, inclusive communities with room for all.

We seek to promote community well-being on all levels; to foster the development of community groups; to develop community space; to promote human and civil rights; to work against prejudice and discrimination; to lessen tensions among the community at large; and to help foster the economic growth of the area. We work toward these ends through activities such as the following: Fundraising for other organizations, such as AIDS service organizations, gay and lesbian community organizations, recycling programs, environmental projects, literacy training, and other ventures for the general betterment of the community.

Networking resources and information by publishing a newsletter, and functioning as an alternative tourist bureau and information center.

Promoting artistic expressions and creative thinking, and giving aid to artists and craftspeople with an emphasis on the works of lesbians and gay men.

Education and outreach to the larger community, including sensitivity training seminars, and printed materials to promote positive images of gay and lesbian people and others.

Promoting political awareness to build safe and inclusive community through voter information, education, and registration; and analysis of issues and candidates.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Murray Archibald INTERIM EDITOR Fay Jacobs DESIGN AND LAYOUT Mary Beth Ramsey EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Marj Shannon ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Tricia Massella ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Monica Parr, Barb Ralph DISTRIBUTION Tom Craft, Corky Fitzpatrick CONTRIBUTORS Murray Archibald, Sondra N. Arkin, Rich Barnett, Chris Beagle, Tony Burns, Kim Butler, Wesley Combs, Stefani Deoul, Michael Thomas Ford, David Garrett, Michael Gilles, Cheryl Head, Fay Jacobs, Tricia Massella, Monica Parr, Mary Beth Ramsey, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Marj Shannon, Eric W. Wahl, Doug Yetter VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1 • February 8, 2019 Letters from CAMP Rehoboth is published 15 times per year, between February and Thanksgiving, as a program of CAMP Rehoboth Inc., a non-profit community service organization.

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PRESIDENT • Chris Beagle VICE PRESIDENT • Leslie Sinclair SECRETARY • Glen Pruitt TREASURER • Natalie Moss, CPA AT-LARGE DIRECTORS Jane Blue, Mike DeFlavia, Max Dick, Jack Morrison, Mark Purpura, Tara Sheldon, Kathy Wiz INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR • Murray Archibald HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM DIRECTOR • Salvatore Seeley CAMP Rehoboth 37 Baltimore Avenue Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 302-227-5620 • Fax 302-227-5604 e-mail: editor@camprehoboth.com www.camprehoboth.com CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to CAMP Rehoboth are considered charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes and may be deducted to the fullest extent of the law. A copy of our exemption document is available for public inspection. © 2019 by CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. All rights reserved by CAMP Rehoboth. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the editor.

The Way I See It

by Murray Archibald THIS IS THE FIRST 2019 ISSUE OF LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH AND WITH ITS PUBLICATION we kickoff the 29th season of both this magazine and its parent organization, CAMP Rehoboth. Already, we are exploring ways to celebrate next year’s 30th anniversary—and honor all of the members, donors, volunteers, sponsors, staff, and founders who made the last three decades possible. During this past year, the CAMP Rehoboth staff and Board have done amazing work at moving the organization into a positive future. Read the President’s View column in this issue for the latest updates on our Strategic Plan and the search for an executive director.▽ THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ON JANUARY 22 NOT TO HEAR ANY OF THE CASES AGAINST the Trump ban of transgender people serving in the military now makes it possible for the administration to begin implementation of that discriminatory policy—even though the cases are still working their way through the appeals process. CAMP Rehoboth promotes equality and understanding among all people, and we stand firmly with our transgender family members in denouncing this ban and its implementation. HRC estimates there are 15,000 transgender service members and their families put at risk because of this decision. A majority of people in this country do not support this ban. The Pentagon does not support this ban.

Equal rights should never be a political bargaining tool. Good people will lose their jobs.

The military will lose good people—and our country will lose a little more credibility as “the land of the free, and the home of the brave.” See CAMP Rehoboth Statement on Transgender Military Ban at camprehoboth.com.▽ FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THIS FIRST ISSUE OF THE SEASON, THE YEAR STRETCHES OUT ahead of us—and is already busy. Highlights include the upcoming CAMP Rehoboth Chorus Concert on February 15, 16, and 17 at Epworth United Methodist Church. We are very proud of our Chorus, and their annual winter concert is always a crowd pleaser—and the tickets go fast! The 2019 concert, titled Seasons of Love, celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Chorus by reviving music from their first decade. Also on the horizon, one of our major events, CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST returns April 11-14. FEST Pass sales begin on February 11—and sell out quickly! Extraordinary teams of volunteers lead both the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus and CAMP Rehoboth Women’s FEST, and I marvel every time I witness their hard work.▽ ONE OF THE FEATURES NOW INCLUDED IN EVERY ISSUE OF LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH is our Health and Wellness section. With data, details, and news, we’ll cover all the ways that our health and wellness programs fulfill our mission. At the heart of CAMP Rehoboth, from recovery meetings to discussion groups to special events, these programs serve thousands of people each year. Thanks to Sal’s leadership, and Marj’s reporting, you’ll get the full picture.

Check it out to find out about Tai Chi, Broga Yoga for Men, Women’s Coffee Talk, Medicine Wheel Journey, AA Groups, HIV Testing, Counseling, and Quit Smoking Classes. Plus, while the free AARP tax preparation and filing sessions beginning on February 12 may not directly be a health-related opportunity, they will bring peace of mind to those in need of assistance.▽ SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOTICE STARTING IN THIS ISSUE IS THAT WE ARE tightening up some of the information that is presented. Some resource lists will combine and relocate. The centerfold will gain more usefulness in this digital age since most readers use technology to find their way. Our Membership Roster will now identify those in the Founders’ Circle who have been the foundation of our organization. We will keep focus on our programs and the direction that we are moving, and we hope you will come along for the ride.

Comments and critiques are always welcome, so please feel free to email me and let me know how we are doing.▽ ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MY THANKS TO ALL THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE CONTINUED to reach out to me with words of love and support as I adjust to life without Steve. I know he would join me in saying “Happy Valentine’s Day” to all. ▼ FEBRUARY 8, 2019

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SpeakOut “It takes a village.” Time after time, our greater Rehoboth Beach community has demonstrated exactly what a village can do when we come together to respond to a need.

2018 marked the 11th anniversary of our Rehoboth Beach toy drive, benefitting the children and families of the Sussex County HIV/AIDS Wellness center. In recent years, the generosity has been so great that our impact has grown to support the children and families of the ACE Peer Resource centers in Georgetown and Laurel, DE. These are communities in Delaware that are frequently “under-served” when needs arise.

This year, we set a record not only in toy donations (two full truckloads of toys, sports equipment, bicycles, and games) but also in hats, gloves, scarves, and blankets for adults in need.

And what a village to put this together! Sal Seeley and CAMP Rehoboth, Murph’s Beef and Ale, Diego’s Hideaway, MG&T Toggery, the Rehoboth Beach Bears, Bryan Hecksher and the Auto Gallery, and the artistic talent of Michael Muller.

Thank you. For all that is not right in this world, you continue to remind us why we love this small gem that we call home in Rehoboth Beach.

Paul Christensen Sussex County HIV/AIDS Wellness Center

SAVE THE DATE

CAMP Families Pride Weekend: June 27-30 Host Hotel: Atlantic Sands Hotel Join other LGBTQ families for a weekend of beach fun, creating community, and lasting connections!. ▼

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Something Risqué to Come this Way

FEST Pass is the BEST Pass

The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus will bring their small, select ensemble Brotherly Love to CAMP Rehoboth on March 30 with shows at 4 and 8 p.m.

Their show is an adult-themed cabaret called Risqué, direct from performances in Philly. Tickets $25 are available at camprehoboth.com.▼

FEST Passes on sale February 11.

These combo tickets give the best savings and early access for the entire Women’s FEST weekend.

Tickets for individual events start February 20. Only $80 (at least a $107 value). See page 46 for full details.▼

Don’t Panic!

Tax Help is Here Just in time for tax season—FREE tax preparation help for community members is offered through a partnership with the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program. IRS-certified volunteers will be at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center on February 12 (9-noon), February 26 (2-5 p.m.), March 12 (9-noon), March 26 (2-5 p.m.), April 2 (9-noon). By appointment only. RSVP by calling 302-227-5620 or email salvatore@camprehoboth.com. ▼

Black History Month Exhibition and Presentation In conjunction with the Voices That Have Yet to be Heard reception February 8 from 6:30-8 p.m., CAMP Rehoboth and Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice are co-hosting Delaware Black History: Past and Present a presentation by James Newton. Mr. Newton will shed light on Delaware’s history as it traces African-Americans from the Colonial era to modern times, including aspects of the social and cultural life of Black Delawareans. Free and open to the public. ▼

InBrief

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On January 26, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington Cabaret returned to the CAMP Rehoboth stage for two sold out performances. Dana Nearing (photo) and the talented cast of The Best Worst Thing! delivered amazing performances.▼

WINTER WEDDINGS

Tom Kelch and Keith Carvalho were married on January 23, at the courthouse.

Sam Gerbino and Brian Helsdon were married on October 26, after 15 years together.

PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO Mike Behringer

NORTHERN PERU, NEAR TUMBES Carlos Prugue, Peter Pizzolongo

Veg Rehoboth Supports the Work of CAMP Rehoboth Tara Sheldon of Veg Rehoboth presented a check to the members of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors. Photo: Murray Archibald, Jane Blue, Chris Beagle Jack Morrison, Max Dick, Mark Purpura, Kathy Wiz, Natalie Moss, Leslie Sinclair, Mike Deflavia, Glen Pruitt, and Tara Sheldon. ▼

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO Tony Sowers, Mike DeFlavia

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CAMP Matters

A NEW YEAR HAS COME “I think the two least considered small words in the English language,” may be ‘over’ and ‘next’.

When something is over, [it’s] over. We're onto next.”

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by Murray Archibald

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once did a painting of a doorway in a barren landscape with a naked man crawling through it. It still hangs in my studio and reminds me that there are times in our lives when all that we know feels stripped away, and we find ourselves stranded on a threshold between the past and the future.

That painting was part of a show I did shortly after we moved to Rehoboth full time in 1990. That time period is remembered by us today primarily for the founding of CAMP Rehoboth, but behind the scenes Steve and I were both experiencing life-changing passages— the devastating loss of friends from AIDS, deep spiritual growth, and the natural shift in focus that comes as we mature.

This new year is somewhat akin to that time period for me, though I do not feel naked nor lost in a “barren landscape.” I do feel as though I am standing on the threshold between the past and the present. The good news for me is that I do not feel trapped in the past, and I find hope in the creative potential that seems to be the most productive way for me to deal with grief, loss, and change.

Change in itself can be paralyzing, and yet once embraced, fear disappears.

“But that’s the way we’ve always done it,” becomes, “what’s next?”

This was my first Christmas without Steve. I expected it to be emotional, and it was. Family gathered, we laughed, cried, and remembered Steve. Yet as family returned to their various homes, and the cold and grey of winter set in for real, my spirits sank. Grief sat on my shoulders, heavy, solid, and soul deadening.

In the first week of the new year a friend met with me to take care of some CAMP Rehoboth business—which we dispatched with quickly. Her husband, also a friend, had passed away from cancer a few months before Steve. We sat there in my office and talked for two hours, and sometime during that conversation, she shared with me some words from Norman Lear.

“Over” and “next.”

“That’s how I’ve gotten through it,” she said, tearing up.

Later she sent me a link to Carl

Quintanilla’s interview with Lear. “I think the two least considered small words in the English language,” may be 'over' and 'next'. When something is over, [it's] over.

We're onto next.”

Those words struck me like a slap in the face. I teared up too, thinking about them in the context of my life with Steve and with CAMP Rehoboth. Yet that night for the first time, I felt better. A window had opened in the grey flatness of loss. I glimpsed hope—and that is all it takes to keep hope alive.

“I live in that moment,” Lear said.

Somehow, so do I. Because it means that there is a future, and there is something next!

Throughout the desperate last months that we fought Steve’s lymphoma, and in the months of grief, heartache, and change that followed, I was held upright by love—love for Steve, love from Steve, the love of dear friends and family, God’s love for us both, and the unending outpouring of love, support, and understanding from the larger community around us.

The theme of this issue of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth is love. It is our Valentine’s Day issue. I cannot think of a better way to start a new year than remembering the way that love changes our lives and moves us from one place to the next.

There is no better way to anchor ourselves in the present than to celebrate the way love works in our lives. Even if we live alone, as I am doing for the first time in 40 years, love is present. Love is present in the way we behave around other people. Love is present in our memories. Love is present in the way we share with other people.

Nothing makes us feel better about what is happening in our own lives than taking the time to love others enough to offer a helping hand, a word of encouragement, or to listen to what is happening in their lives.

In the months after Steve died, I printed a notecard. The image on the front of the card is a print of my 2003 Sundance painting titled Heartbeats.

The 25 hearts in that painting celebrated our 25th anniversary—and I had Steve

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draw one of those hearts into the underpainting. On the back of the card is a photograph of Steve’s heart and an explanation of his death from lymphoma just shy of our 40th anniversary.

I plan to use the cards for thank you notes and to share them with the staff and patients at Tunnell Cancer Center in Rehoboth Beach and at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia where, to quote the back of the card, “…he received exceptional care, love, and support.”

In recent years, our technology has exposed the ugly vein of hate and fear that ripples under the surface of our society. Racism still shapes our country and our world in ways we previously thought to be ancient history. Fear of cultural change is driving an anti-immigration bus right over the truth that we are a country of immigrants. Our transgender brothers and sisters are facing loss of jobs in the military.

Young LGBTQ people are bullied online and in school. Politics divide our nation as deeply as it did during the civil war.

Fortunately, our technology also allows us to share stories about the good people in our lives—about the love in our lives. In truth, the only weapon we have to use against hate and fear is love.

Love celebrates the courage it takes to stand up to injustice and abuse. Love honors truth. Love forgives. Love creates conversations and not confrontations. Love is kind.

Love welcomes all.

Most of all love has the power to heal a broken spirit—and a broken world. One heartbeat at a time!

Love gives me the strength to get out of bed each day.

Love allows me to live in the present and not in the past. Love reminds me there is a future. Love helps me to say “over” and “next.”▼ Murray Archibald is an artist, CAMP Rehoboth Co-Founder, and longtime President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors. He is currently serving as CAMP Rehoboth Interim Executive Director and Editor in Chief of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. Email Murray at murray@camprehoboth.com

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CAMP Out Fay’s Rehoboth Journal

by Fay Jacobs

Am I Queer?

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re you as sick as I am of listing the entire alphabet to refer to our community?

By the time I type LGBTQ+ I’ve forgotten the rest of the sentence. And readers are catching some ZZZZs as well, So am I just plain queer?

That’s one solution proposed for replacing the current alphabet soup with a self-affirming umbrella term: calling us all queer. The HuffPost has a Queer Voices section, Queer Eye is back on TV and the Urban Dictionary has tapped us all as one big Queer family.

Certainly, being simply queer is shorter and less complex. Quite descriptive, actually. And yes, all encompassing.

But is it comfortable? Nope. Calling myself queer gives me the yips, though I am trying hard to embrace it. Many in my generation probably agree, having grown up when being called queer was harrowing and hurtful. The word was often hurled at us in homeroom, at recess, or as we waited for the school bus, even before we ourselves knew we were, as was also the popular term at the time, homosexuals.

Whether out or closeted, we got called dykes and queers. Sometimes even faggots by clueless bullies ignorant of the proper gender slurs. And it was painful.

But, more than a half century ago (!), in the mid-1960s, prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots, our community started to usurp the lovely dictionary word “gay,” turning its meaning from “a carefree person” to “a homosexual person.”

What a great idea! It worked for me.

Once the Stonewall Inn erupted and newspapers and talk shows started coming to reluctant terms with the existence of homosexuals, there was lots of talk about gays. As a placard at the first Pride parade shouted, “Gay is Good!” And it was.

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started seeing the term gay to mean men—mostly drag queens, leathermen, and sadly, men dying of AIDS. People hardly ever heard about gay women. And the word lesbian was seldom seen. Gay was good, but for the women it was the beginning of the longstanding lesbian invisibility crisis.

So smart lesbians everywhere set about correcting the record. The fight for the L word was on.

Whether out or closeted, we got called dykes and queers. Sometimes even faggots by clueless bullies ignorant of the proper gender slurs.

I remember being part of an argument, in the mid-1980s, with the editor of the Washington Blade— which, by the way, started life as the Washington Gay Blade. I was lobbying for inclusion of the word lesbian on the front page of the newspaper. It took lots of letters, conversations, and heated exchanges from a lot of women, but the L-word finally appeared under the Washington Blade banner. Victory! We had a newspaper for gays and lesbians.

What followed in quick succession was the rise of the L word, both as a common descriptor in communications and eventually on television with the brilliantly bitchy and beloved TV series of the same name.

So gays and lesbians were now more visible but what about our bisexual and

transgender brothers and sisters? We happily added them to the discussions, but by this point writing or saying gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender was becoming a bit of a mouthful, absolutely no pun intended.

Ergo, we got the shorter, snappier LGBT—yes, less specifically visible for each, but inclusive of all.

But it wasn’t actually all. What about the young people who were questioning? Or those reclaiming the slur queer? Or intersex folks, or others wanting inclusion? That’s how we first got LGBTQ+ and now it’s a whole, dizzying list of letters. Try using LGBTQIAEIEIO in a sentence.

So people are thinking we should get back to calling ourselves just plain queer. Of course, for some of us, it gives flashbacks from the hate-strewn past.

A couple of years ago I went to a college campus to perform my show, Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay. They gave me a large sign to post on my car’s windshield so I wouldn’t get a parking ticket. In big block letters it announced Queer Conference. I have to admit, seeing the word queer splashed across my windshield gave me the vapors.

But something has to be done. It’s no longer possible to fit the whole laundry list of letters into a readable column, or effective conversation.

For my part, I wish we could just use the G-word, calling all of us gay. But if not, I will accept that we are all queer, we are all here, and everybody better get used to it. Myself included.

So call me what you want, but don’t call me late for happy hour. ▼ Fay Jacobs is an author of five published memoirs. Her newest is Fried & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked. As a humorist, she’s touring with her show Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay. See www. fayjacobs.com

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by Cheryl Head

Shed A Little Light: A Riff on Leadership for Black History Month (riff; verb: to perform a monologue or spoken improvisation on a particular subject)

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h, let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King Jr. I’ve been thinking a lot about the absence of leadership. It’s difficult not to.

I live in Washington, DC, where the US Capital dome looms only a dozen blocks from my house. Congress has recently changed to look a lot more like America than it did before, and I hope that means we will have a resurgence of leadership in our government. For the first time, women of color represent 42 percent of the women in the US House of Representatives, including the first Native American women, and the first Muslim-American women.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would celebrate that change.

Leading isn’t easy in any sector of society. I know, from experience, that it’s even more difficult when you don’t look like America’s prevailing image of a leader.

As a young woman, working in broadcast media in Detroit, I was thrust into leadership roles. I was a cocky reporter/ producer; thought my opinions mattered; and always questioned the decisions of those above me. So, ultimately, I was asked to step up or shut up. I began a career journey through a series of vice president positions—first at local television/radio stations, and later within public media’s national organizations. I learned quickly that being smart, assertive, and ambitious just isn’t enough if you’re young, and a woman of color.

There wasn’t a lot of visual reinforcement for my leadership. Most of the bosses I’d had, the professors who’d taught me, and the public figures I interviewed in my city government/auto industry beats didn’t look like me. Even the street names in Detroit honor dead, white, men who led the city to industrial greatness in the twentieth century.

So, I brought my insecurities—all packed in my bags—when I stepped across the leadership threshold. With my working-class background, public univer-

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sity undergraduate degree, new-mom status, and as a closeted lesbian, I asked myself: am I good enough? I felt I always had to prove myself, and I added an extra, self-inflicted burden when I decided I had to represent my race in everything I did in my professional life.

I persevered. I had the help of training, and mentors—including a couple of white men—and I proved myself worthy of their faith in me. But the responsibility of leadership was not without sacrifice of my personal growth and well-being. I stayed closeted because I didn’t want to give another weapon to those willing to see me fail, and I put limits on my ambitions because I believed I’d have to give up even more of myself to go further.

Flash forward thirty years.

Leadership has a brave new face.

Women of color. These capable, experienced, enthusiastic leaders work in government, higher education, and in our civic and cultural sectors. One wears the robe of Associate Justice on the highest court in our democracy. One is governor of her state. One is the Librarian of Congress. Some have emerged from the grassroots of America’s cities as courageous change agents challenging the status quo.

There’s Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement, who has propelled the epidemic of sexual assault into a critically important national conversation;

I stayed closeted because I didn’t want to give another weapon to those willing to see me fail…

Emma González, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student whose activism inspired the Florida state legislature to enact more sensible gun control laws; Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, and Carmen Perez, who mobilized nearly one-million citizens in an action dubbed the Women’s March, seeking “to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change.”

As James Taylor so aptly wrote (“Shed a Little Light,” 1993): There are ties between us Bound together by the task that stands before us And the road that lies ahead.

There’s still a lot of work to be done.

Zero women of color head Fortune 500 companies. Zero lead America’s major media organizations. But, it’s not just women of color we must rely on. We need well-meaning leaders from a diversity of experiences—conservative and liberal, straight and gay and queer, all ethnicities, races, and socio-economic statuses—all prepared to guide and engage us when partisanship, xenophobia, and blind greed overwhelm our better angels. I won’t agree with all the ideas of these leaders, but I will applaud them if they act from their convictions; to be judged, as Dr. King said, for the content of their characters.

Today, I channel my own leadership ambitions into fiction writing. My goal is to challenge readers’ perceptions of race, class, and tolerance in America. I am no longer limited by the expectations of others, nor my own uncertainties. Leadership has a new face. That face is us.

And let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King Jr. ▼ Cheryl Head writes fiction; plays Scrabble; and eats chocolate. All of this going down in Washington, DC. The next installment of her Charlie Mack Motown Mystery series drops in March.

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13 Letters

Straight Talk

by David Garrett

The Fine Art of Apology

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here are proper ways to apologize.

Then, there are creative ways to seem like you are apologizing. The website Proflowers.com has a resource titled, “61 ‘I’m Sorry’ Quotes” making it quite convenient to scroll down and pick the proper apology for your situation.

Examples include, “Can I get a redo?” Or, “If I said ‘I’m sorry’ even though I don’t know why I’m saying it, will it reduce my time in the corner?” And the classic nonapology, “I’m so sorry about what I said when I was hungry.”

In politics, places of worship, entertainment, and varied life settings, there are those who have done us wrong, yet cannot bring themselves to compose a proper apology. Take the case of Kevin Hart, who, in the past, made harsh homophobic remarks. In a recent article in The Atlantic, Spencer Kornhaber recounted that Hart called someone a “fat-faced fag” in a 2009 tweet. In 2010 he said someone’s profile pic “resembled ‘a gay billboard for AIDS.’” One of Hart’s comedy routines played on his anticipated anguish should his son come out as gay.

Ellen DeGeneres has come to Kevin Hart’s defense. She accepts Hart’s apologies and has pronounced forgiveness on behalf of the LGBTQ community. She wants him to rescind his resignation as host of the upcoming Oscar ceremony. Hart did not exude much sincerity when he “apologized” for his routine about possibly having a gay son. Rather, he stated, “I wouldn’t tell that joke today, because when I said it, the times weren’t as sensitive as they are now.”

There are more important issues playing out in the public arena demanding genuine apologies. Some people issue a genuine one by having the courage to take full responsibility for their actions. Then there are others, such as the pastor who encouraged parents to punch their gay children. Later he said, “I apologize to anyone I have unintentionally offended. I did not say anything to intentionally offend anyone Letters 14 FEBRUARY 8, 2019

in the LGBT community…. It is unfortunate I was not more careful and deliberate. I can understand how these words could be misunderstood.”

Peterson Toscano, a Central Pennsylvania Biblical scholar and gay activist, delved into the precarious world of apologies as he shared his blog about John Smid, a former conversion therapy counselor. Smid realized the harm he had done to former patients and wanted to apologize publicly. He reached out to Toscano, one of his former patients, as

Then, there are creative ways to seem like you are apologizing. the first to receive Smid’s apology letter.

The letter fell far short of its mark and prompted Toscano to thoroughly edit it.

Toscano reflected on this task, “I recognize that history cannot be erased, and it does nothing to the strength of LGBTQ communities to overlook or minimize the wrongs against us. It also does not aid in the liberation of our oppressors to overlook or minimize painful past actions. In other words, writing an apology can prove challenging both to those giving and those hearing.”

Toscano is a co-founder of a web forum for those who have undergone conversion therapy, Beyond Ex-Gay. The art of apology is a lost art. Many half-hearted apologies do not result in change for the better. There are three important steps to a sincere apology. The acronym OAT may serve as a reminder.

Key ingredients include Ownership of the offense, Addressing the proper parties and Taking positive action. One

must own the offense, not deflecting it onto others, denying it altogether, or becoming defensive. Apologize to those who were offended by one’s words or deeds. Ambiguous references, such as “those who may have been offended,” render the apology insincere. The third step is to take action to rectify the offense, and build a new foundation of positive behavior to move both people forward.

CNN’s Don Lemon felt something was missing in Kevin Hart’s apology. As Neal Broverman wrote January 5, 2019 in The Advocate, “Lemon is not satisfied with Hart's handling of the scandal—or DeGeneres acting as if she's the decider on who is forgiven and who's not. Lemon acknowledged Hart apologized after he stepped down as Oscar host, but reminded viewers that he previously refused to apologize and never, in the intervening years, offered a substantial denunciation of his homophobia. ‘I don't see any meaningful outreach to the LGBT community,’ Lemon said of Hart.

‘Apologizing and moving on does not make the world a better place for people who are gay or who are transgender.

Being an ally does.’”

We know that actions speak louder than words. So, apology accepted, now get to work and be an ally. Become an advocate. Show you sincerely care. ▼ David Garrett is a straight advocate for equality and inclusion. He is also the proud father of an adult transdaughter. Email David Garrrett at dlgarrett4rb@gmail.com

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15 Letters

President’s View

by Chris Beagle

Going Forward with Expert Help

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hile many might think it slows down in Rehoboth over the winter, our work here at CAMP Rehoboth does not. We’ve been busy strategizing for an important year ahead.

Since the last issue, our Long-Range Planning Committee has continued its work with DANA (Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement) and is in the latter phases of the Strategic Planning process we started last summer.

We’re grateful for the over 400 people who completed our Community Survey in December. The feedback collected has provided, and will continue to provide, valuable information as we consider initiatives that will help shape the next chapter for CAMP Rehoboth. Our heartfelt gratitude and thanks to those who have taken the time to share with us. We hear you.

We have established two teams to chart a path in hiring and onboarding a new Executive Director, being keenly aware of the responsibility before us. This includes input from the staff and, of course, Interim Executive Director and co-founder Murray Archibald. Through this column and other communications, we want this to be an inclusive and transparent process, guided by a respect for the past and a focus on the future.

While the Succession Team considered multiple avenues forward, it ultimately decided to contract with an independent search firm. After receiving multiple proposals and interviewing those firms, and aided by a sizable donation to help offset this expense, we selected Stamm Consultancy, Inc. This is a boutique consulting firm committed to enhancing the effectiveness of mission-based organizations.

Led by founder and principal, Sonia Stamm, the firm concentrates on the areas of governance, leadership transition and succession, and organizational development in the nonprofit and small business arenas.

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Representation from the community-at-large was a top priority for the Succession Team in identifying those to serve in this search. Significant consideration was given to this task and the Team has named CAMP Board members Mark Purpura, Tara Sheldon, and myself, along with community members Wes Combs, Joyce Felton, and Lois Powell to the Search Committee.

The Transition Team will help the next Executive Director get acclimated to the role and ensure a smooth, seamless transition as we continue the legacy created by three decades of leadership, service, and vision by CAMP Rehoboth founders, Murray Archibald and the late Steve Elkins.

The Transition Team includes CAMP Rehoboth board members Leslie Sinclair, Glen Pruitt, and Jack Morrison, along with community members Linda Gregory, Beth Cohen, and Jon Worthington.

Collectively, these teams represent a diverse and wellbalanced group whom I’m confident will undertake these crucially important roles and ultimately produce a qualified and well-suited Executive Director.

By the time this issue hits the streets, the search process will have commenced with our consultant conducting a national search and identifying a large pool of qualified candidates.

In this promising year ahead, the board looks forward to working with staff, volunteers, supporters, and members to make this amazing organization the best it can be. Together we will continue to Create A More Positive Rehoboth. ▼ Chris Beagle is President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors.

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CAMPStories

EGO PROPONO

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or most of my adult life I was one of the millions of Americans who made ridiculous New Year resolutions knowing full well I’d never stick to them. Eat healthier. Save money.

Be kinder. Puh-leeze.… Come the first cold snap I’d find myself scarfing down a big carton of General Tso’s chicken and binge watching some random FX+ series. I wasn’t alone. It seems four out of five people who make resolutions break them—80% by the second week of February.

Then why do we do it? Probably because there’s something alluring about the start of an unblemished new year as a time to look at the changes we’d like to make in our lives forward.

From what I’ve read, this resolution business started in ancient Babylon but really got rolling when Julius Caesar created his calendar. Caesar declared January as the beginning of the new year. The month was named after Janus, the god with two faces. One looked to the past and the other to the future. Hence the Romans began making sacrifices and promises to be good in the new year. The early Christians then adopted the practice of looking to the beginning of a new year to reflect on past mistakes and vow to change their behavior.

Experts on time management behavior point to four main reasons so many well-intentioned people fail in their resolutions.

First, most people want the change, but aren’t really willing to put in the work. Second, people want to see big changes fast. And that’s generally not how it works.

Third, we don’t plan for setbacks.

Fourth, we’re too ambitious in our goal setting.

Yours truly is no expert on the topic, but I do believe they’re missing something important and that is you have to make the resolution fun if you want it to stick.

I stumbled upon this notion last year when I resolved to try my hand writing iPoems, very short poems meant to be read in a single screen on a smart phone. Using the notebook app on my phone, I was able to write on demand, anytime, anywhere, when inspired by anything I saw or heard.

It was a different type of resolution. And it stuck! I found I enjoyed writing sly little spoofs about the people and circumstances I encountered in my everyday life. Let’s face it; I’m not deep. I am, however, observant. And I have a sharp wit and a breezy writing style.

Then, when one of my iPoems was pub-

Let’s face it; I’m not deep.

I am, however, observant.

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by Rich Barnett

lished in the gay literary e-zine Chelsea Station, I felt almost like a modern day Cole Porter.

This, I realized, was how a New Year resolution should work out.

So, without further ado, I want to share three of my favorite New Year resolution iPoems.

Vodka Ballet Another stumble, another fall.

Pirouette into a coral wall.

Cuts and abrasions. A big ol’ scrape.

Blood clot powder and lots of tape.

Punctured lung. Broken rib.

Grand jeté, another fib.

Bring out the Stoli, a drink will do.

Pas de deux, baby, me and you.

Dinner Party 10PM Shut the f@#k up.

Stop breathing my air.

The dinner has burned, But nobody cares.

The old boys are drunk, Zombies in their cups.

And the twinks have all left, For their Grindr hook ups.

White Party Husseys in pearls, Queens in white jeans, Blackamoor figures, Adorn antique mirrors.

A bust of Robert E. Lee. The host is a bigot, But few will admit it, While drinking his wine, And looking so fine, In expensive white cotton and linen.

So what is my resolution for 2019? At first I was going to quit watching CNN, but the reality show going on in the White House is just so fascinating that I can’t pull myself away. I considered flossing because I need to do it more often, and I have this pesky gag reflex I keep hoping to overcome.

Neither of these, though, seemed very fun.

Finally, after much soul searching, I have resolved to drink and appreciate scotch whiskey, which seems like an appropriate taste to acquire later in life and something a refined and—ahem— older gentleman might sip while watching and writing about life’s amusing antics. Can’t wait to see where this takes me. ▼ Rich Barnett is the author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town, and Fun with Dick and James.

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health+wellness CAMP Rehoboth’s Health Providers Directory: A Resource

by Marj Shannon

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e all want quality health care providers we feel comfortable with; ones we can see without a weeks-long wait; ones who offer an informed opinion; and especially ones who welcome us.

Sometimes this is a challenge. Not only is there an overall shortage of health care professionals in Sussex County, but the situation can be compounded when LGBTQ patients are seeking welcoming practices.

The good news is that there is now a Directory of LGBTQ-friendly providers online at camprehoboth.com.

Listed under “Resources,” the Directory contains names, contact information, and medical specialties for multiple provider types. Each provider welcomes LGBTQ individuals as clients, and comes recommended for quality care and services by members of CAMP Rehoboth’s community. The Directory is dynamic; as it grows over time to include additional providers, it will become an even richer resource.

A SURVEY COMES UP WITH ANSWERS One route CAMP Rehoboth has taken to pursue its health and wellness mission is to develop and—with the help of many community partners—disseminate an online, health-related survey—Assessing the Health of Our Community.

Launched in October 2017, the survey included 48 questions. Some were merely demographic, asking respondents’ ages and ZIP codes. Many questions asked about health conditions, like diabetes and heart disease. Other questions focused on health risk behaviors, such as tobacco and alcohol use, and on barriers to health care, like lack of transportation, or distance to health care facilities.

Over 400 people anonymously responded to the survey. Because there were large numbers of respondents in various sub-groups— e.g., cisgender females, cisgender

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Assessing Our Community's Needs: October 2017 Survey Results

Percentage of Respondents Identifying “Lack of Adequately Trained Health Care Professionals” as a Major Barrier to Care Overall Cisgender female Cisgender male People <55 years of age People 55-64 years of age People 65+ years of age People identifying as transgender 0

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males, people in three age groups of interest—aggregated survey results could be examined for both the overall group of people filling out the survey, and also for sub-groups.

Although there were fewer than 20 transgender respondents, it was even possible to do some broad comparisons of this sub-group’s aggregated responses to those of other sub-groups.

In examining barriers people encountered in seeking health care, survey respondents were asked if the availability of adequately trained health care professionals was a barrier to health care.

Just under one-quarter (24%) of respondents indicated this was a major barrier; similar percentages of cisgender females and cisgender males indicated the same. A slightly higher percentage of respondents less than 55 years of age (29%) indicated it was a major barrier, while a substantially lower percentage of respondents age 65 and older (16%) did so. Over half (53%) of transgender respondents indicated this was a major barrier.

Differences across the sub-groups are not surprising. For example, access to health care providers is often associated with having health insurance.

As most people age 65 and older have Medicare, a lack of health insurance among people in that age group is less likely to be a factor in accessing health care.

Conversely, transgender people may have health care needs related to being transgender, so finding providers with transgender health care experience may be more challenging. This may contribute to the larger percentage of transgender respondents reporting a problem finding access to adequately trained professionals.

The survey findings are proving helpful in many areas. In the case of barriers to accessing adequately trained health care professionals, CAMP Rehoboth’s Health Providers Directory is one resource that can help overcome that barrier.

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Tai Chi: All ages and fitness levels welcome at these free sessions devoted to the practice of the ancient Chinese system of mind-body-spirit health.

Classes taught by certified Tai Chi teachers; meet Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

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lenges, share information, and support one another. Professionally moderated; meets second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Grief Support Group: A safe and welcoming space for those struggling with grief and loss, no matter where individuals are on their grief journeys.

Facilitated by a certified End-of Life and Grief Coach; next meets at 3:00 p.m. on February 28.

Parents of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Children Group: Network in a safe space with other families who are going through similar experiences raising their children.

Meets last Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.

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Meets last Sunday of each month at 5:00 p.m.

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Intentionally Inclusive

by Wes Combs

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

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t this time of the year, the world is fixated on all things love. The commercialization of Valentine’s Day inundates us with 50 ways to play homage to that someone special in our lives. Personally, I am biased towards receiving gifts of dark chocolate but also have a soft spot for everyday items like socks emblazoned with images of my husband Greg and me on them. That’s why one of his pet names for me is “marketer’s dream.” But I digress.

We do things a bit differently in our household, opting to celebrate our affection for each other annually two weeks earlier on January 28, as this is our anniversary. In fact, we just celebrated 30 years together, and it all began right here in Rehoboth on July 3, 1988.

On that day, Greg Albright literally walked into my life when the guests at the beach house he was staying in (his host was Steve Hayes) were invited to dinner at the house of my hosts, Robert Bellman and Tim Schoeffler. Even though Greg was “otherwise engaged” at the time, we reconnected six months later and the rest—as they say—is history.

From the very beginning of our relationship, Rehoboth has served as the backdrop for many of our most cherished lifelong memories, memories that Tony Burns has so meticulously chronicled. (See page 36) Many readers may remember the group house theme parties organized each weekend by master scheduler Chris Riss.

You have us to thank for throwing Madonna’s Baby Shower in honor of Lourdes, in the parking lot of our condo. And the Neel Lattimore production of Survivor complete with grass skirts and tiki torches where guests who misbehaved were voted off the island!

When people remark on how long Greg and I have been together, we often say that it really comes down to the luck of the draw. But Rehoboth deserves some of the credit as it was a place we both loved to visit. In reality, celebrating this momentous milestone was due, in large part, to the mutual respect and admiration we have for each other.

This is a learned behavior, and we have some remarkable couples to thank for teaching us the importance of living your life authentically and with a purpose. Let me share a few examples of what I mean and hopefully they will remind you of people in your lives.

Both my parents were only children, so their cousins were surrogate aunts and uncles like my dad’s first cousin Billy. He and his partner Howard were successful real estate developers who lived in South Florida. Growing up, I knew them as a generous couple who took very good care of

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my grandmother who lived near them, after my father died suddenly at age 58.

After coming out in 1985 at age 19, I got to witness their kindness firsthand as arts benefactors. Throughout the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, they used their philanthropy to forge relationships with people from all walks of life. They were the consummate hosts, throwing lavish parties supporting local arts organizations where the guests were young and old, gay and straight, Republican and Democrat.

Despite political and religious differences, everyone came to respect and like Billy and Howard because their mutual love of opera and community theater mattered most. In the end, being gay was of little or no consequence, something I marvel at looking back now. Given the polarization we see today, it certainly could have been a lot easier to give anonymously or to support LGBT arts organizations rather than risk being treated disrespectfully by others different from them.

In many ways, CAMP Rehoboth’s Steve Elkins and Murray Archibald also lived by the same credo. When long time Rehoboth residents opposed the opening of the LGBT nightclub, The Strand, in the late 80s, it would have been easy for Steve and Murray to assume the locals were narrow-minded, homophobic people. Instead of getting mad, they chose to start a dialogue in an effort to understand the reasons for the backlash. What they learned was everyone had a mutual love of Rehoboth but had differing points of view regarding overall growth.

In both cases, these two couples shared a vision for making the world a better place and chose to keep an open mind when engaging with people. All too often, we jump to conclusions about other people because of how they dress or who they associate with. Imagine what Rehoboth would look like today if Steve and Murray had assumed anyone who grew up in Rehoboth harbored animosity towards LGBT people. If they had succumbed to that notion, who knows if Greg and I would be celebrating 30 years together? ▼ Wesley Combs is a diversity and inclusion expert and a passionate social justice advocate. He is the founding Principal of Combs Advisory Services where he works with clients who share his values of enabling equity, equality, and opportunity in the workplace and the community.

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It’s My Life

by Michael Thomas Ford

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o, this Super Bowl thing is happening again. I have never in all my 50 years watched a football game, nor had the slightest interest in doing so, but I somehow have accumulated a group of friends who are very into it, and for months they’ve all been excited about the big game.

Or were. They’re mostly New Orleans Saints fans, and I gather Something Very Bad happened a couple of weekends ago that put them all into a very bitter mood, because now they’ve gone silent.

Even if I don’t really get what all the fuss is about, I’ve been sympathetic because I too understand the tragedy of a favorite team losing what should rightfully be theirs. And by team I mean person. And by person I mean actress at the Oscars.

The first time I remember being actively angry about a Best Actress Oscar win was the 1986 telecast, when Geraldine Page won for The Trip to Bountiful over Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple. At 17 I didn’t care that Page had seven previous nominations without a win, and that she was really getting what amounted to a lifetime achievement award. All I knew was that Goldberg’s performance of Celie in The Color Purple had made me feel things very strongly, and I couldn’t believe the world didn’t recognize what an astonishing thing she had done.

Thus began a long and rocky relationship between me and the Best Actress race. After the Goldberg fiasco, I was retroactively angry about Bette Midler (The Rose) losing to Sally Field (Norma Rae) in 1980. I hadn’t seen the films when they were released, being a little young for them, but went back and watched them. Again, I couldn’t fathom how Oscar voters had failed to reward Midler’s raw portrayal of the perils of stardom.

As painful as these two losses were, they pale in comparison to the Great Injustice of the 71st Academy Awards, an occasion that until the 2016 presidential election had few rivals for ending in Letters 34 FEBRUARY 8, 2019

unadulterated disappointment. For on that night in 1999, the golden statuette that should have exited the stage cradled in the hands of Cate Blanchett for her breathtaking performance in Elizabeth instead was kidnapped and hauled off by the despicable Gwyneth Paltrow for what can only kindly be called her mildly passable line reading in Shakespeare in Love.

Twenty years later, I am still angry about this. My hatred for Paltrow’s win may be the longest relationship I’ve had with anything in my life. And I am not letting it go. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now.

As painful as these two losses were, they pale in comparison to the Great Injustice of the 71st Academy Awards, an occasion that until the 2016 presidential election had few rivals for ending in unadulterated disappointment.

It doesn’t help that Blanchett repeated her Best Actress loss nine years later, again for playing Elizabeth.

(Yes, I know she won Best Supporting Actress in 2005, but we all know that was a consolation prize.) Although, honestly, I was okay with Marion Cotillard getting it for playing Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose and personally, if I were an Oscar voter, I would have given it to Julie Christie for her turn as a woman losing everything to Alzheimer’s in Away from Her anyway. But still.

Blanchett finally won in 2014, for her scenery-chewing role as Jasmine in the

Woody Allen movie, Blue Jasmine. Was it her finest performance? Not if you ask me. But it was about time, and finally I kind of got the Geraldine Page thing.

We’re facing a similar situation this year, as Glenn Close tries to take home the gold for the first time in seven nominations, for her role in the little-seen The Wife. But standing in her way is none other than Lady Gaga, nominated for her breakout performance in the nine-hundredth remake of A Star is Born. A win for Gaga is the kind of story Hollywood loves.

But Close is an undeniable legend, a three-time Tony Award winner, and at 71 this could be her last chance. She and Gaga tied for the Best Actress win at the recent Golden Globe Awards, so this one is a real nail-biter.

Close seemed genuinely relieved to tie at the Golden Globes. Perhaps she’s been having flashbacks to the 1987 Oscars, when she was also up against a musical diva and ultimately lost to Cher for her performance in Moonstruck.

For the pure camp factor, I was thrilled that Ms. Sarkisian won that year.

Watching the ceremony in the lounge of my college dorm, I cheered loudly.

But really it was Close who should have taken it, for her role as the utterly unhinged bunny-boiler Alex in Fatal Attraction.

Will history repeat itself this year?

We’ll find out on February 24. Who do I want to win? My heart says Gaga, but as long as it’s not Paltrow or Trump, I don’t really care. ▼ Michael Thomas Ford is a much-published Lambda Literary award-winning author. Visit Michael at michaelthomasford.com

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Tony Burns: The Storyteller of Rehoboth

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he library is a small upstairs room at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Look to the left for shelf after shelf of books lining the wall—a normal library sight. But look to the right for the real treasures: binder after binder, a hundred strong, fill the bookcases. Each binder holds dozens and dozens of visual stories about the history of Rehoboth. These are Tony Burns’ stories; these are his/stories. This is, in many ways, Tony Burns’ room.

Tony has been taking photographs of Rehoboth life since the late 1970s, including pictures of all kinds of people— US presidents, political candidates, and governors, as well as Rehoboth locals. He’s been the photographer and photo archivist for CAMP Rehoboth since its beginning over 25 years ago.

In those binders, there are over 30,000 photographs, most of them taken for CAMP Rehoboth, many of them used over the years in Letters.

Tony’s eye on Rehoboth has created an amazing history of the town and the organization that changed it forever.

Rehoboth was a different place when Tony began chronicling it.

Gays and lesbians, both singles and couples, were not readily accepted in the community. Murray Archibald and Steve Elkins began changing all that with the founding of CAMP Rehoboth and its mission: “Creating A More Positive” Rehoboth with “room for all.”

This mission is what drives Tony’s passion. CAMP Rehoboth’s push for diversity and inclusiveness fits in with Tony’s own vision: to document all parts of Rehoboth’s community, gay or straight. His goal is to connect to all of Rehoboth; to see Rehoboth as a community for everyone.

Letters is perhaps the most visible part of the CAMP Rehoboth operation, thanks in no small part to Tony’s contributions. While the magazine offers a lot of news and columns, it’s no secret that Tony’s CAMPshot photos are often what people turn to first. “Am I in CAMPshots?”

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…he sometimes feels like the Forrest Gump of photographers with all the interesting photo opportunities he has had.

Tony works closely with Murray Archibald on each issue of Letters. The two sit together and comb through Tony’s latest shots to select the ones for printing. For CAMPshots, Tony is also the archivist, making sure he writes names and information on the back of each picture. This gives those who don’t possess Tony’s astounding memory a method for quickly identifying a shot. Murray and Tony comb through about 300 pictures for each issue.

Tony’s photographs tell thousands of stories, including some unusual tales. He says he sometimes feels like the Forrest Gump of photographers with all the interesting photo opportunities he has had.

He’d just arrived in Baltimore in 1965 to join the office of the Social Security Commissioner when Lyndon Johnson flew in by helicopter to sign the Medicare/Medicaid legislation. Having his camera with him (of course), he

took a photo of the signing. He keeps that photo in his private collection.

Thanks to his work history in DC, he managed to snag a seat on stage at the second inauguration of Barack Obama. Seated a few chairs away was Delaware Governor Jack Markell, soon to be joined by Governors O’Malley of Maryland and Malloy of Connecticut.

Governor Markell, who knows Tony, asked him what he was doing there.

Tony said, “I’m here to take your picture!”

So, naturally, he got photos of all three governors. But the story doesn’t stop there. That same day, he also scored photographs of President Obama and his family, Hillary Clinton, and the Biden family—just as Vice President Biden was being sworn in.

That picture is particularly poignant, as the family photo included Beau, the son soon to be diagnosed with cancer, who passed away three years later. These photographs are dear to Tony’s heart.

When asked which of his photos give him the most satisfaction, Tony says they all hold something special. Whether snapping photos of the AIDS quilt, or a Vice President’s son, or a Rehoboth Beach party, Tony finds a way to bring people together. Like Forrest Gump, he seems to be everywhere, at all the events and parties, from Sundance to Drag Volleyball and beyond.

Check out his albums in the CAMP Rehoboth library. See the people, past and present, still here or sadly gone, and the events, still going or fond memories, along with the full spectrum of the folks who built this community.

Tony describes himself as a “social photographer.” But he’s so much more. He’s a Rehoboth legend. ▼

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CAMP Volunteer Spotlight

by Kim Butler

Lisa Rabigi and Bea Vuocolo

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native of Maywood, NJ, Lisa worked at a large chain grocery store as front-end manager for 13 years before switching to retail management, where she met Bea. As the relationship blossomed, Lisa left the rat race of retail for a corporate fraud analyst position with a nice cubicle.

Bea is from Essex County, NJ, where her parents emigrated from Italy when they were in their 20s. Fluent in Italian and sarcasm, Bea studied criminal justice at Rowan University while starring in lacrosse. Bea was the lead fraud investigator at the same company as Lisa. Fraternization between their job titles was strongly discouraged—which made it so much more fun the girls admit!

Animal lovers as well as Stevie Nicks fans, Bea and Lisa moved to Sussex County six years ago, ironically both now working for the same company— one which values collaboration and is amazingly supportive of LGBTQ staff.

With “bankers hours” and abundant paid holidays, the girls note it’s akin to retirement, swapping midnight pretzel runs into New York City for Sunday morning boardwalk strolls.

When did you start volunteering at CAMP Rehoboth?

Two years ago, we went to the CAMP Rehoboth Block Party, saw volunteers at different stations, and a table supporting events like Women’s FEST. We decided to get involved. Monica Parr at the CAMP Rehoboth office suggested we check out a Volunteer Orientation Workshop. About a month later, we were helping CROP (CAMP Rehoboth Outreach Program) with the Winter Wonderfest of Lights.

We’ve helped with the beach clean-up during National Trail Days, prepared meals at Epworth for the Immanuel Shelter, and made sure no children were trampled in the bounce house during the most recent CAMP Block Party! We also ushered for the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus where Bea wore her first-ever bow tie!

What’s your best volunteer memory?

Our most memorable event was painting the house at the girls’ group home in Milford. We met so many great volunteers. And, the girls were so grateful to have newly painted bedrooms.

What’s your favorite CAMP Rehoboth event?

Without a doubt, Women’s FEST. This will be our 10th year. It’s a wonderfully organized event with something for everyone.

If you could go back to the age of 18, what do you know now that you wish you knew then?

Bea: Talk less and listen more. You earn the fun after working hard. Never be afraid to ask out that cute girl.

Lisa: Worry less. Everything is going to be OK. Let faith guide you when you’re lost.

Do you have an LGBTQ hero?

Lisa: What can be said that hasn’t been said before about Ellen? She empowered countless lesbians to come out—me included.

Bea: Barbara Gittings, Hilary Rosen, Marsha Johnson, and all of the Stonewall activists who fought back.

What events/activities have you been involved with as a volunteer?

The LGBTQ community has made significant progress in the fight for equality over recent years. Did you expect to see this in your lifetime?

Mostly things organized through CROP

by Leslie Sinclair and Debbie Woods.

Lisa: No. I never thought I’d have marriage equality in my lifetime.

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Bea: I expected nothing less.

Given the current political climate, what concerns you most about the future of the LGBTQ community?

Using religious liberty to undermine LGBTQ rights.

What advice would you give to the younger LGBTQ community?

Be visible. Get involved. Continue to fight and, for the love of God, get out and vote!!!

Since you began coming to Rehoboth, name the biggest change you’ve seen.

Rehoboth has become more of a “yearround” community. We are feeling the love of second season more and more.

What are you most thankful for?

That we have each other and our family here in Delaware, and we’re also very grateful for Steve Elkins and Murray Archibald. Without their vision and hard work, we wouldn’t have such an inclusive community. ▼

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Sondra Arkin David Carder Max Dick Ann Evans Corky Fitzpatrick Kathy Fitzpatrick Nancy Hewish Maggie Kilroy Jack Morrison Natalie Moss Sandra Skidmore Patricia Stiles Russell Stiles

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Jane Blue Deborah Bosick Andy Brangenberg Carol Brice Jim Chupella Dottie Cirelli Paul Cline Shelley Couch Kay Cummings Linda Dean Linda DeFeo Mike DeFlavia Karen DeSantis Max Dick Eric Engelhart Michael Fetchko Keven Fitzsimmons Lisa Flowers David Garrett Tony Ghigi Fran Grote Rich Grote Ken Haag Marie Haag Whitney Herring Nancy Hewish Muriel Hogan Steve Hoult Fay Jacobs Ernie Johnson Jana Kamminga Myrna Kelley Kathy McGuiness

to all the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Volunteers for the period: October 14 – January 31

Jeff McGuire Ellen McKeon Valerie McNickol Jim Mease Anne Morillon Jack Morrison Niki Nicholson Rina Pellegrini Keith Petrack Mark Pipkin Mark Purpura Bonnie Quesenberry Lisa Rabigi Ken Reilly Mike Safina Carol Scileppi Laura Simon Leslie Sinclair Sandra Skidmore Tony Sowers Jeff Stroud Bea Vuocolo Louisa Watrel Donna Whiteside Jim Wigand Stephanie Wingert Kathy Wiz Debbie Woods Larry Zeigler John Zingo Karl Zoric

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY MEETING Murray Archibald Diane Mead Dotti Outland

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REHOBOTH RETAIL SHOPS Atlantic Jewelry, 313 S. Boardwalk............................................... 302-226-0675 Gallery 50, 50 Wilmington Ave....................................................... 302-227-2050 M.G.T. & Company, 39 Baltimore Ave............................................ 302-567-5976 New Wave Spas, 20660 Coastal Hwy........................................... 302-227-8484 One Day At A Time Gifts, 46-B Baltimore Ave............................... 302-212-5632 Shademakers, 33 Baltimore Ave.................................................... 302-226-2222 The Linen Outlet, 19269 Coastal Hwy........................................... 302-727-5362 Unfinished Business, Rt. 1 behind Panera Bread.......................... 302-645-8700 Ward Ellinger Gallery, 39 Baltimore Ave........................................ 302-227-2710

REHOBOTH FOOD & DRINK Aqua, 57 Baltimore Ave.................................................................. 302-226-9001 Back Porch Café, 59 Rehoboth Ave............................................... 302-227-3674 Blue Moon, 35 Baltimore Ave........................................................ 302-227-6515 Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave..................................................... 302-227-8100 Café Papillon, Penny Lane Mall...................................................... 302-227-7568 Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave...................................... 302-227-0818 Dos Locos, 208 Rehoboth Ave.............................................302-227-3353 Go Fish, 24 Rehoboth Ave.............................................................. 302-226-1044 Iguana Grill, 52 Baltimore Ave....................................................... 302-727-5273 Just In Thyme, 38163 Robinsons Dr.............................................. 302-227-3100 Lori’s Café, 39 Baltimore Ave......................................................... 302-226-3066 Lupo Italian Kitchen, 247 Rehoboth Ave....................................... 302-226-2240 Palate Bistro, 19266 Coastal Hwy................................................. 302-249-8489 Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave........................................... 302-226-1139 Rigby’s, 404 Rehoboth Ave............................................................ 302-227-6080 Shorebreak Lodge, 10 Wilmington Ave......................................... 302-227-1007 The Pond, 1st St & Rehoboth Ave.................................................. 302-227-2234 1776 Steakhouse, Midway Shopping Center................................ 302-645-9355

BEACH AREA LODGING At Melissa’s, B&B, 36 Delaware Ave.............................................. 302-227-7504 Atlantic Sands Hotel, Boardwalk & Baltimore Ave........................ 302-227-2511 Atlantis Inn, 154 Rehoboth Ave...................................................... 302-227-9446 Breakers Hotel, 105 2nd St & Baltimore Ave................................. 302-227-6688 Canalside Inn, 34 6th St................................................................. 866-412-2625 Rehoboth Guest House, 40 Maryland Ave..................................... 302-227-4117 Sea ‘n Stars Guest Suites, 44 Delaware Ave................................. 302-226-2742 Summer Place Hotel, 1st St & Olive Ave........................................ 302-226-0766 The Shore Inn, 37239 Rehoboth Ave Ext...................................... 302-227-8487

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OTHER AREA FOOD & DRINK Bluecoast Seafood, 1111 Hwy One, Bethany............................... 302-539-7111 Catch, 5454 Madison Ave, Fenwick............................................. 302-436-8600 Matt’s Fish Camp, 28635 Coastal Hwy, Bethany.......................... 302-539-2267

SERVICES AT THE BEACH BUILDING/CLEANING/REMODELING/LANDSCAPING A.G. Renovations ........................................................................... 302-947-4096 CHURCHES/SYNAGOGUES All Saints Episcopal, 18 Olive Ave.................................................. 302-227-7202 Epworth UMC, 19285 Holland Glade Rd....................................... 302-227-7743 M.C.C. of Rehoboth, 19369 Plantation Rd..................................... 302-645-4945 Seaside Jewish Community, 18970 Holland Glade Rd................. 302-226-8977 Unitarian Universalist, 30486 Lewes-G’Town Hwy....................... 302-313-5838 Unity of Rehoboth, 98 Rudder Rd, Millsboro................................. 717-579-2612 Westminster Presbyterian, King Charles Ave................................ 302-227-2109 COUNSELING/THERAPY/LIFE COACH Kevin J. Bliss, Personal/Professional Coaching............................. 302-754-1954 DOCTORS/DENTISTS/REHAB/HOME CARE Beebe Healthcare, 26744 J.J. Williams Hwy................................. 302-645-3300 Rehoboth Beach Dental, 19643 Blue Bird Ln, #1................. 302-226-7960 Steven B. Wright, D.M.D....................................................... 302-645-6671 EVENT PLANNING/CATERING Big Fish Catering.................................................................. 302-226-0300 Flair................................................................................................. 302-930-0709 Plate Catering................................................................................. 302-644-1200 FINANCIAL SERVICES Bell Rock Capital, 19606 Coastal Hwy #101................................ 302-227-7608 Community Pride Financial............................................................ 302-227-2939 County Bank, 19927 Shuttle Rd........................................... 302-226-9800 Jenn Harpel, Morgan Stanley......................................................... 302-644-6620 FLORISTS Windsor’s Florist, 20326 Coastal Hwy........................................... 302-227-9481 FUNERAL SERVICES Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium................................ 302-645-9520 HAIR SALONS Beach Cuts, 214 Rehoboth Ave..................................................... 302-226-ROBB Gregory Meyers Hair Studio, 20245 Bay Vista Rd & Rt 1.............. 302-727-5331 Stephan & Co. Salon & Spa, 19266 Coastal Hwy #18.......... 302-260-9478

INSURANCE George Bunting, State Farm................................................. 302-227-3891 Jeanine O’Donnell, State Farm............................................ 302-645-7283 Eric Blondin, State Farm....................................................... 302-644-3276 LEGAL/ACCOUNTING/TRUST SERVICES Lawson Firm, 402 Rehoboth Ave................................................... 302-226-3700 LOCKSMITHS Rock Lock, Robin Rohr Your Community Locksmith ..................... 302-386-9166 MASSAGE THERAPY/FITNESS Midway Fitness & Racquetball, Midway Center............................ 302-645-0407 One Spirit Massage, 169 Rehoboth Ave........................................ 302-226-3552 Rehoboth Massage/Alignment, 19633 Blue Bird Ln #7.................. 302-727-8428 PET RETAIL All Dried Up, 149 Rehoboth Ave ......................................... 484-667-7122 Critter Beach, 156 Rehoboth Ave.................................................. 302-226-2690 Pet Portraits by Monique................................................................ 717-650-4626 Salty Paws, 149 Rehoboth Ave...................................................... 484-667-7122 PET SERVICES Brandywine Valley SPCA, 22918 Dupont Blvd .................... 302-856-6361 Parsell Pet Crematorium................................................................. 302-645-7445 REAL ESTATE Allen Jarmon, RE/MAX, 317 Rehoboth Ave................................... 302-227-4800 Bill Peiffer, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy.................... 302-703-6987 Chris Beagle, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Rehoboth Ave........... 302-227-6101 Debbie Reed Team, 319 Rehoboth Ave......................................... 800-263-5648 Eric Atkins, Patterson-Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy................... 302-727-1456 John Black, Patterson Schwartz, 18958 Coastal Hwy.................. 302-703-6987 Lana Warfield, Berkshire Hathaway, 37230 Rehoboth Ave.......... 302-227-6101 Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, 16698 Kings Hwy....................... 302-645-6664 Lingo Realty, 246, Rehoboth Ave................................................... 302-227-3883 McGuiness Group, 246 Rehoboth Ave........................................... 302-227-3883 Randy Mason/Shirley Kalvinsky, Lingo Realty................................ 302-227-3883 Sea Bova Associates, 20250 Coastal Hwy........................... 302-227-1222 Troy Roberts, Mann & Sons, 414 Rehoboth Ave............................ 302-228-7422 TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION Accent On Travel, 37156 Rehoboth Ave.............................. 302-278-6100 Jolly Trolley Shuttle from Rehoboth Ave & Boardwalk.................. 302-644-0400 POPULAR LGBTQ BEACHES Poodle Beach, South end of the Rehoboth Boardwalk Cape Henlopen State Park, Ocean Dr north to Cape Henlopen State Park.

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CAMPNews Women’s FEST April 11-14

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his spring CAMP Rehoboth’s Women’s FEST celebrates 19 years of bringing mid-Atlantic women together for the best in national and regional entertainment, special events, hot dance parties, engaging sporting events, and much more.

FEST Passes go on sale February 11 (individual tickets, February 20) for the weekend conference, anchored by a double header concert of headliners Ruthie Foster and BETTY. The young singing/songwriting duo Mouths of Babes takes the stage Saturday afternoon and again Saturday evening; comic Karen Williams’s only show follows the evening concert. Presenting sponsor Olivia Travel, along with a long roster of generous local and regional sponsors, makes much of this possible.

The FEST Pass (at least a $107 value) will be sold for $80, and includes a ticket for Friday night’s headliners, a ticket to the Mouths of Babes show, a Women’s FEST sweatshirt designed by Geri DiBiase, and invaluable guaranteed access and early seating to concerts, the keynote, and events.

For 2019 there are more exciting events than ever before. The Keynote Speaker is Pamela Stewart, Vice President of Retail Sales for Coca Cola North America and Board Chair for the

non-profit GLAAD. Noted historian and biographer Blanche Wiesen Cook will take part in a dialogue with author Marcia Gallo to discuss First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Biographer Wiesen-Cook will talk about Eleanor Roosevelt’s long relationship with journalist Lenora Hickok.

Added to these inspiring sessions will be young activist Mei-Ling Ho-Shing, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

In addition to the rocking Ladies 2000 dance party on Saturday night at the RB Convention Center, the hugely popular Thursday night Welcome Party also will be at the Convention Center. Having

outgrown the space at the Atlantic Sands Hotel, the opening party will now feature enhanced lighting and sound, plus plenty of room for the hundreds of women who converge to launch Women’s FEST. Along with the musicians, comics, and special events, there will be a giant book fair; a craft expo; the annual golf, pickleball, cornhole, and biking events; plus the signature Sunday Broadwalk on the Boardwalk to fight cancer. To end the weekend, author and humorist Fay Jacobs will bring her one woman show, STILL Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay, back to town for one performance only.

But wait, there’s more! Presenting sponsor Olivia Travel has generously donated a Gems of the Italian and French Riviera Luxury Cruise for two. Women’s FEST is raffling the trip, worth more than $11,000, with a $20 raffle ticket (six tickets for $100) and only 600 tickets will be sold for this October 5-12, 2019 cruise. The odds are excellent!

Raffle tickets are on sale NOW at camprehoboth.com and will be sold throughout the FEST. The winning ticket will be drawn on Sunday, April 14, at the Broadwalk on the Boardwalk. You need not be present to win!

For more information check out everything at camprehoboth.com. ▼

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Bursting with songs the chorus loves—show tunes, rock and roll, the Beatles, rousing patriotic numbers, and uplifting spirituals—the concert will be a retrospective of a wonderful decade of song.

Liane Hansen, former host of NPR’s Weekend Special Edition, will emcee the show, which features all the music and gleeful fun (dueling Elvises anyone?) that are hallmarks of the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus.

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These concerts always sell out, so purchase tickets as soon as possible ▼ Information and tickets: camprehoboth.com.

CAMP Chorus Singers! Anthony Chiffolo, left, is a tenor, in his sixth season; Gail Tannenbaum, center, a soprano, has been with the chorus for four seasons; and Barb Ralph, right, an alto, is an original chorus member in her 10th anniversary season.

Comic Drama In the Wake February 22-24

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AMP Rehoboth will produce In the Wake, by Broadway playwright Lisa Kron, directed by Kay Cummings, on February 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., and February 24 at 2 p.m. at the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Tickets $25 on sale now at camprehoboth.com.

The play is a funny, passionate, and ultimately searing script about politics—but is actually about love and loss and risk and relationships.

Kron's works are humorous and poignant looks at life by someone who has often described herself as an outsider. Her experiences as a Jewish woman living in a predominantly Christian Midwestern city, or life as a lesbian working in traditional theatre, provide rich material for her plays.

This particular script takes place Thanksgiving of 2000 when the presidential election still has not been decided.

The main character, Ellen, deals with the political turmoil as well as upheaval in her personal life.

The production features several local actors and includes Charlie Keenan, Gwen Osborne, Tanaye Purnell, Kelly Sheridan, Patricia Stiles, Darcy Vollero, and Ashlie Workman.

The play’s director, Kay Cummings, is a successful writer, actor, and director in her own right. She has played leading roles off-Broadway, in national tours, stock, repertory theater, television soaps, series, and commercials.

Cummings appeared in Stop Kiss, and as Dr. Kitty Cochran in Last Summer at Bluefish Cove at CAMP Rehoboth ▼

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GOOD QUEER FUN

by Stefani Deoul

It’s the Valentine’s Day Issue—so Good Queer Fun Highlights Love in the Air

MIX & MATCH: How well do you know your Rainbow Celebrity Love Birds? Which letters match which numbers?

1. Jodie Foster 2. Ricky Martin 3. Samira Wiley 4. Sara Gilbert 5. Laverne Cox 6. Elton John 7. Melissa Etheridge 8. Jenny Shimizu 9. Ellen DeGeneres 10. Lance Bass 11. Cynthia Nixon 12. RuPaul 13. Neil Patrick Harris 14. Robin Roberts 15. Lily Tomlin

BONUS QUESTION: Which famous newscaster met their spouse when they were hired to do yard work on their future spouse’s Berkshire property?

Hint: The yard worker was artist Susan Mikula.

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a. Linda Perry b. Portia De Rossi c. David Burtka d. Lauren Morelli e. Jwan Yosef f. Jane Wagner g. Christine Marinoni h. Kyle Draper i. Michael Turchin j. Georges LeBar k. David Furnish l. Michelle Harper m. Amber Laign n. Alexandra Hedison o. Linda Wallem

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NEW LISTING

OYSTER BAY

Beach perfect 3 BR 2.5 BA twin-home just over a mile to the beach!

And a garage to boot! Enjoy the beach and leave the yard work to others. Features casual floor plan with a large living room. New laminate floors in Kitchen and DR. Large Master BR features a tiled bath and large walk in closet. Ready to move into, just bring your clothes! Good rental history, or just use it yourself. $375,000

PLANTATIONS EAST

Beautifully remodeled and maintained 3 BR 2.5 BA home in desirable Plantations East. Features incl. paver driveway, newer gourmet kitchen cabinets and appliances, large pantry, beamed ceilings & gas fireplace in LR, enclosed 3 Season room w/masonry wood fireplace, spacious MBR with gas fireplace. Guest BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have Jack-n-Jill bath. Private paver patio in the rear for relaxing evenings. Irrigation with private well. HOA amenities are voluntary, only pay for what you use! $378,500

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STONEWATER CREEK

Extremely well maintained one level home offers 4 BR, 2 BA, a spectacular floor plan with both formal & DR as well as a spacious kitchen/ great room for casual living. Split BR design, large Master BR,& hardwood floors throughout most of the home. 2 foot bump out on left side of the home to make guest rooms more spacious. The sellers have upgraded roof to a hurricane roof, irrigation system w/ its own well, stainless steel range hood, upgraded gas range, upgraded HVAC/heating system, even added extra insulation in the attic! Total home surge protection system & professional ($7K!) security monitoring system.

This home has it all, and has been lovingly cared for! $425,000

DOWNTOWN REHOBOTH

Perfect central downtown location! Enjoy the large community pool or take a leisurely 3+ block stroll to the beach. Remodeled kitchen with granite counters, Jack-n-Jill bath upstairs with large shower, laminate floors. Excellent location in complex, closest building to the beach.

Proven rental income, as high as $35K. The complex has more open space than any in Rehoboth & the pride of ownership shows in the gorgeous landscaping! Buildings are in excellent shape with new window, sliders, siding, etc. in the last 10 years. $515,000

WALK TO BEACH

BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION, coastal design open floor plan with 5 BR, 4.5 BA, large front porch. Luxury kitchen with large island, custom built Amish cabinets, Master BRs on 1st, 2nd and lower levels. 2nd floor feature large loft area as well as 2 guest BRs with Jack & Jill bath.

Lower level basement features another MBR and storage area. Should be ready to call it your home by Spring 2019! Photos are of similar home, this home will have deeper front porch and it will be screened. $1,395,000

WHISPERING PINES

Well maintained 2 BR 1 BA mobile home close to downtown Lewes.

Home features spacious living area and large Master BR, plus an almost full length screened side porch! New kitchen flooring. Low cost plus low lot rent equals great value! Living here is less expensive than renting! Best of all, home has scenic view of farm fields! Close to community pool. ONLY $33,500!!

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It might just be that tonight you aren’t prepared to take the plunge. If you don’t have a condom, stay with non-penetrating activities. In a live broadcast, it only takes one error to make a big blooper. But it’s no joke. Tune in to Health.

Sponsored by CAMPsafe. © 2006 CAMP Rehoboth, Inc. Photography by Judy Rolfe. For more information, call CAMP Rehoboth at 302-227-5620, the Delaware HIV/STD Hotline at 1-800-422-0429 or the CDC National AIDS Hotline (English) 1-800-CDC-INFO. Funding provided through a contract with Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Public Health. CAMPsafe is a program of CAMP Rehoboth.

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SCENES FROM REHOBOTH BEACH Holidazed!—Rehoboth Celebrated the Holiday Season with Friends, Family, and Fun! Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Community Unity Dinner, Hometown Christmas Parade, and More!

THIS PAGE 1) John Milligan, Bryan Hecksher, Robert McCullogh, Jared Lajoie, Michael Morrison, Paul Hurdle, John Kircher, Tom Negran, Marc Anthony Worosilo, Phil Goodenough, Dickie Papp, Diane Lalime, Nanette Lalime, Beth Cohen, and Fran Sneider at Tom and Marc Anthony’s Holiday Party. 2) Jeremy Leffler, Cliff Atkinson, Frank Suprenant, Gary Seiden, and Ah Bashir at Jeremy’s Holiday Party. 3) Jonathan Lockerby, Leon Vignes, JB Fields, Steve Pearson, Amy Ziegenfuff, and Joanna Ziegenfuff at Jonathan and Leon’s Holiday Party.

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6) Carol Fezuk, Sydney Artz, Randy Haney, Tim Ragan, Lion Gardner, Meghan Gardner, Ryan Ward, Chuck McSweeney, David Herchik, Richard Looman, Jerome Simpson, Rick Nesmith, and Lisa Lindsey at Tim and Randy’s Holiday Party. 7) Kathy Wiz, Max Dick, and Muriel Hogan at Max’s 12th Night Party.

Photos by Murray Archibald, Tony Burns, and Tricia Massella.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Bob Suppies, David Gonce, Tyler Townsend, Kevin Naff, John Bator, Brian Sparrow, Brian Buebel, Jackie Blue, Beth Yocum, David Franco, Samer Alhawandoh, Sammy Trail, Peggy Raley, Eddie Sherman, Sydney Artz, and Linda Didomenici at The Pines. 2) David Herchik, Richard Looman, Bobby Hughes, Charles Bounds, Tony Burns, Troy Roberts, George Toma, Matt Wilson, Allison Murray, Ron Butt, and Nicole Keller at David and Richard’s Holiday Party. 3) Brenda Robertson, Caroline Huff, Patricia Stiles, Deb Woods, Jane Knaus, and Leslie Sinclair at Jane’s Opening in the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery. 4) David Salie, Mark Bromley, Marcos Barboza, Jefferson Gonschoroski, James Reyna, Jenner Silva, and James McGuire at David and Mark’s Holiday Deserts Party.

THIS PAGE 5) Sandra Young, Pamala Stanley, Robin Rogers, Lisa Lindsey, Mark Robinson, Rich Hardy, Matt Urban, Dave Lyons, Chad Statos, Andrew Criss, Roxy Overbrooke, Jamie Morino, and Jennifer Morelli at Blue Moon. 6) Emilie Paternoster and Monica Parr at CAMP Rehoboth. 7) Anthony Aligo, Nick Gugliegta, Matthew Cohen, Mike Glinski, Manzie Iyer, Matthew Stensruv, and Michael Owens at the Pre-New Year’s Eve Party at 7 Olive. 8) Pete Borsari, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Lisa Schlosser, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Dick Byrne, Karen Falk, Cheryl Crowe, Edward Chrazanowski, Delaware Speaker of the House Pete Schwartzkopf, Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness, Richard Stiles, and Patricia Stiles at Community Unity Dinner.

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EatingOut

By Fay Jacobs

Fun and Fine Dining at The Pines

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he news is absolutely great about The Pines, which finally opened on Baltimore Avenue for the past holiday season. The completely renovated historic beach cottage now houses a comfortable downstairs bar, a casual yet creative fine dining restaurant, an upstairs party venue and bar (The Top of the Pines), a balcony to overlook busy Baltimore Avenue, and to my mind, best of all, the fabulous New York/Ogunquit style piano bar.

Painstakingly rebuilt, with an eye toward Rehoboth history (great old photos; beach artifacts) and a contemporary flair (the awesome wood tables were hand made for the restaurant from trees cut down in the area), The Pines' décor is a work of art.

The Pines is the dream of Rehoboth area native Tyler Townsend, who followed a baseball-playing stint with the Baltimore Orioles to restaurant and hospitality school—and now to his own restaurant. He’s teamed up with business partner Bob Suppies, who also dreamt of opening a restaurant, and the project took off.

Especially fun is the wall of old photos lining the trek upstairs. Some of the shots are historically amusing, with early 1900s beachgoers harking back to the turn of the 20th century and the following decades. Early Funland pictures and 1950s shots are amazing.

There are also hysterically amusing shots of folks you might recognize having fun between the 1980s and now.

I challenge you to find the joyous shot of the Gold Barbie-winning women’s troupe from the CAMP Rehoboth Follies show, now nearly two decades ago.

Photos are fun, but it’s the food that dazzles—really dazzles—at The Pines.

Chef Dane Wilfong has put together a creative and varied culinary selection.

From the appetizers/small plates, the deviled eggs, tuna atop a salt block, and shrimp corndogs won my heart at an early happy hour visit. On returning for dinner, my wife Bonnie absolutely

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adored the Cataplana mussels—enough for a whole meal.

The roasted beet and gorgonzola salad, with pickled beet stems and honey crisp apple accompaniment, plus bourbon dipped walnuts, was as tasty as it was beautifully plated. Chef Dane knows his way around vegetables, taking special care to focus on taste as well as originality.

We sampled two entrees. The Seafood Pot Pie, rich and brimming with scallops, shrimp, and fish under an ample flaky crust made a marvelous meal, with some to carry home. As for the Ginseng and Honey Brined/Grilled Pork Chop, simply bravo. It was huge, with delightfully moist meat, huckleberry compote to complement, and potent kimche carrots. I’d love those carrots dipped in a Bloody Mary.

Other entrée selections include Seared Day Boat Scallops, Hibiscus Braised Short Ribs, a Butter Poached Lobster Roll, and an entrée for two, the Free Range Fried Chicken. We watched a table for two devour the fried chicken, proclaiming it the best ever. As for me, I cannot wait to try the burger on the sweet potato pretzel bun.

As everything is made in-house (including the ketchup), so too was the dessert éclair—an ultra-rich frosted pastry with a dark chocolate center—a sweet and indulgent finish to a fine, fine meal.

More in-house desserts are planned, along with tweaks to the menu and added photos for the memory wall on the way upstairs. Stop by for happy hour, dinner, or for the upstairs entertainment.

And save some time to look at those photos. They are a trip back in time.

The Pines is a great addition to our culinary future. ▼

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Solution on Page 83 ACROSS 1 Notes to Tammy Baldwin's staff 6 Greenish-yellow fruit 10 Buffy creator Whedon 14 Playground retort 15 Part of San Francisco's BART 16 Not taken in by 17 Spy-action thriller series with Sandra Oh 19 James of East of Eden 20 Bewitched mother 21 Mommies of a child 23 Clean-air org.

25 Hard to come by 26 Allie on Weeds 31 They hold balls in pool halls 34 Oscar, to Felix 35 Phallic fish that need no lube?

37 Played (with) 39 Drug cop 40 Like a stripper's attire 42 Tiny speck 43 Coming soon 45 Spanking spot 46 Suffix with leather 47 Masters 49 Annie Leibovitz's workplace 51 Will "beneficiary" McCormack

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7 Hershiser of baseball 8 Cut 9 Rubicon crosser 10 She plays 64-Across 11 Draft eligible 12 South Park owner of a gay dog 13 Niles and Frasier to Martin

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Pete Antolini, Philip Livingston, Carl Grimm, Mark Betchkal, Dan Kyle, Tony Burns, Marvin Miller, Rich Fennell, Murray Archibald, Lion Gardner, George Toma, Tim Ragan, Meghan Gardner, Randy Haney, Bryce Lingo, Kathy Young, Justin Russell, Larry Richardson, Joe Filipek, Michael Fishman, Wendy Eaby, Jared Bieschke, David Alma, Samantha Mittman, and Frank Suprenant at Marvin, Dan, and Tony’s Holiday Party at The Pines. 2) Sam Turdo, Dominic Mannello, Jeff Hecker, Brian Helsden, and Sam Gerbino at Dominic’s Epiphany Party. 3) Trish Vernon, Doug Wingate, Shelley Couch, Donall O’Heali, and Lauren Thomas at Celtic Consciousness at CAMP Rehoboth. 4) Stefanie Deoul, Fay Jacobs, Evelyn Maurmeyer, and Natalie Moss at Browseabout Books THIS PAGE 5) Bryan Houlette, Jon Worthington, John Bisch, Frank Cooper, Terry Ballard, Jim Lisehora, Tim Dillingham, and Dan Corin at Jon and Bryan’s New Year’s Eve Party. 6) Angela Kontoulas, Denise Miles, Doreen Hartley, Diane Cooke, Angie Falise, Sue P, Lyn Pawlyk, Lisa Hutchinson, Kim Witner, Laura Reitman, Karen Faber, and Lisa Balestrini Faber at the Glade New Year’s Eve Party. 7) Will Healy, Rob Jones, Julia Sugarbaker, Greg White, Terri Raynes, Lynden Armstrong, and Noah Cohen at Purple Parrot. 8) Marc Blachfield, Lewis Renoll, Mike Blachfield, Ricky DiDomenico, Ray Sonderfran, Tom Johnson, and Frank Stepnowski at Rigby’s.

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OPPOSITE PAGE 1) Rehoboth Beach Mayor Paul Kuhns, Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Dick Byrne, Sherri Wright, Jenny Wagner, Azu Mahmie, Harry Mahmie, Will Knight, Terry Isler, Tara Lausch, Jesse Lausch, Blair Cappiccio, Karen DeMarchi, and Jason Evans at Rehoboth Beach Christmas Tree Lighting.

2) Anita Broccolino, Anita McMullin, Georgette Shalhoup, Lynne Foss, Alexis Kelly, Laura Reitman, Mary Jenkins, Angie Falise, Kim Witmer, and Donna Marie at Lefty’s Alley and Eats. 3) Bea Vuocolo, Monica Parr, Lisa Rabigi, Samuel Dixon, Deborah Woods, Tony Burns, Leslie Sinclair, and Anthony Chiffolo at the Opening of Generations at CAMP Rehoboth. 4) John Stakias, Reela Stakias, George Stakias, Pete Borsari, Joe Roy, Teresa Bolduc, and Lori Garrett-Baron at Goolee’s Grill. 5) Michael McHugh, Matthew Reeder, Richie Pagnotta, and Bill Snow at Michael’s Holiday Party. 6) Chris Marchant, Carl Schloegel, Trevor Wadleigh, Daniel Shevlin, and Edmond Bagnell at Clear Space Theatre.

THIS PAGE 7) Scott Silber, Al Drulis, Chris Berg, Colin Armstrong, Sarah Rose, Robert Patlan, Jacques Wieciech, Stephanie Whitcome, Wesley Paulson, Richard Thibodeau, David Carder, Miguel Deleon, and Rich Garrett at Clear Space 8) Greg Albright and Wes Combs at their New Year’s Eve Dinner. 9) John Offidani and Steve Falchek at their Epiphany Party. 10) Scott Button and David Streit at their Thanksgiving Party. 11) Jeff Smith, Tony DiMichele, Pete Borsari, Joe Roy, Steve Cannon, and Liz Renshaw at The Pond. 12) Esther Ingram, Andy Staton, Patrick Sparito, Pam Smith, Yost Bonham, Greg Donaway, Debbie Donaway, Tony Bryan, and Jim Prettyman at Jim and Yost’s Holiday Party.

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THE REAL DIRT

by Eric W. Wahl

Everything’s Coming Up Roses "In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own."

—ALICE WALKER

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y mother has this quote on a picture frame with snapshots of her garden encircling it. I don’t think she knows where the quote comes from, but it spoke to her just the same. It happens to be from an essay in the 1970s that discussed Walker’s search into where her creativity came from. As it turned out, she concluded that her creativity was passed on to her from past generations of women in her family.

My own love of art in the landscape and “landscape as art” was passed to me through both mom and dad. Their tireless effort in the yard, from mowing the lawn, to caring for the vegetable garden, to creating beautiful displays of blooms and fragrance sparked my passion.

My mother also loves roses, which have been a symbol of love through the ages. We had shrub roses, tea roses, climbing roses, you name it, we tried it. Many of them did well, especially the pink shrub rose that we had on the southwest corner of the house— perfectly shaped roses with a perfectly pink complexion. I think it must have been an old knock-out rose bush that was really happy in its spot.

Taking care of roses can be considered high-maintenance, especially for those that we love the most: the fragrant ones. Others are somewhat low-maintenance like the shrub roses and low-growing creepers.

They need deadheading and some pruning to keep their shape but overall, they are carefree. The tea roses and other showy, fragrant, attention-seeking roses are a little more finicky. Whichever type of rose you choose, here are a few basic guidelines to get the best results.

Roses love full-sun. They require six to eight hours of sunlight per day. They

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also prefer a location that has good air circulation; this also helps to fight powdery mildew and black spot.

They prefer well-drained soils. If you have a clay soil, be sure to mix in compost or other organic matter to help drainage; add compost to sandy soils as well, to help hold onto moisture.

The best time to plant roses is spring, after the last frost, or six weeks before the first frost in autumn.

Roses need to be fertilized regularly for prolific flowering. I suggest organic fertilizers like compost, composted manure, or other natural fertilizers. This also helps to maintain a healthy soil composition.

Keep your roses watered well, especially in dry, hot months. They usually require about one inch of rainfall per week. (However, they do not like “wet feet,” i.e. roots being inundated in water.) When watering, try not to splash the leaves as this can encourage the formation of black spot and powdery mildew.

Roses can take a good pruning.

Prune any dead areas first, and then cut

back one-third to one-half of the shrub in early spring. Dead-head throughout the season to encourage reblooming.

There are tons of new varieties of roses entering the market just about every year. Many of them are being bred to resist disease and provide better blooming. Do some research and talk to your nursery; they are there to help you along the way.

I hope these basic guidelines give you the confidence and the encouragement to begin a rose garden.

Whether occupying a sunny patch in the yard, climbing an arbor gateway, or filling containers on your patio, roses can bring joy and beauty to your home. And what better way to symbolize the love for another, then sharing a fresh cut rose from your garden.

Happy Valentine’s Day and let’s garden together! ▼ Eric W. Wahl, RLA is a landscape architect at Element Design Group and president of the Delaware Native Plant Society.

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elcome back and Happy New Year, gentle readers! I would lay money that every one of you has some experience with the game show Jeopardy. You may be an avid fan like me—never missing an episode, trivia galore crammed in your brain, calculating how much you would have won if you only had the drive to audition—or you may just hate the damned thing and watch Family Feud instead.

Regardless, I’m inviting you to think of this column as Reverse Jeopardy.

I’ve provided all the answers to the questions you’re just waiting to ask yourselves, like, “What’s there to do around town?” or “How can I see fantastic independent films in February?” or “Where can I hear some great music?”

And if you happen to misplace your copy of Letters from CAMP Rehoboth, you can always find this column online at camprehoboth.com. Or, you can just say, as on Family Feud, “Show me Leather Pants!” All locations are Rehoboth Beach, unless otherwise noted. ▼ Quilt by Linda Morman, at the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

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CAMP Rehoboth Puts Art at The Heart of Our Community Voices That Have Yet to be Heard through February 28. This group show brings light to that which is often hidden. Artists share works that express their personal interpretations and bring focus to long-silenced truths, lending their voices to that which must be heard.

Coming up—Through Their Lenses, Life is Art! Coastal Camera Club members explore fine art photography, share their work, and offer interpretations. Artist’s Reception on March 2 (3-5p.m.). Free and open to the public. Through March 30.

Call for Art! Artists are invited to submit up to three works for consideration for display and sale at Women’s FEST Art Show 2019 the Women’s FEST Art Show 2019, April 6-28. Paintings, photographs, multimedia art, and smaller 3-D works can be submitted. Submission info and guidelines at camprehoboth.com/ programs under Visual Art.

CAMP Rehoboth Gallery Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.

Closed on Sundays in February.

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At the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery, My Life Matters,

by Donna Blakey.

In the Wake at CAMP Rehoboth February 22-24 In the Wake, by Broadway playwright Lisa Kron, is a funny, passionate, and ultimately searing script that illuminates assumptions that lie at the heart of the American character.

Kron's works are humorous and poignant looks at life by someone who has often described herself as an outsider. Her experiences as a Jewish woman living in a predominantly Christian Midwestern city or life as a lesbian working in traditional theatre provide rich material for her plays. Her reflections from the outside looking in are insightful but not bitter. Ben Brantley of the New York Times says of her: “…there is never condescension in her humor. It is simply a crucial part of her navigational equipment in finding her way through life's absurd course of non sequiturs.”

arts+entertainment PERFORMING ARTS

Fitzpatrick; 23: Eddie Bruce Celebrates Tony Bennett; 24: Beauty & the Beast— dress-up and sing-along; 28: Marshall.

March Events: 1: Homecoming Kings: Stand-Up Comedy; 2: Black Light Mardi Gras Dance Party with Universal Funk Order; 3: Hot Sauce Band; 7: Blue Hawaii—Storm of ’62 Party; 8: Games with Magnolia Applebottom; 9: Fellow Travelers—"Celebrating the Luck of the Irish”; 10: St. Patrick’s Parade Day Free Concerts; 10: Damn the Torpedoes— Tom Petty Tribute; 14: McQueen; 15: Welcome to the Land of Ozz—The Ultimate Ozzy Osborne Experience.

CAMP Rehoboth presents In the Wake (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2275620; chorus@camprehoboth.com)

by Broadway playwright Lisa Kron and directed by Kay Cummings.

Performances February 22, 23 at 8pm and Feb 24 at 2pm. Tickets $25 available on camprehoboth.com.

CAMP Rehoboth Chorus (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; chorus@ camprehoboth.com) rocks your world with Seasons of Love, celebrating its first decade of music. Concert at Epworth United Methodist Church (19285 Holland Glade Road)—February 15-17. This retrospective concert features the 90-voice chorus— accompanied by the David Zipse Orchestra—performing medleys of Broadway hits, spirituals, rock, disco, love songs, a patriotic salute, and dueling Elvises!

Portrait of a Young Woman in a Hat, Russian Impressionist painting at Peninsula Gallery.

Rehoboth Beach Convention Center (229 Rehoboth Avenue) brings A. R. Gurney’s Love Letters to our fair city starring Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross of TV’s Family Ties fame— February 14 (8p.m.). For tickets call 800-514-3849.

Capital Ringers (capitalringers.org) presents “Oh, the Places You’ll Go”—a journey round the world, here, there, and everywhere! Multiple dates and venues, Saturday, April 3-Sunday, May 5. Check website for locations.

Mid-Atlantic Symphony (P. O. Box 3381; Easton, MD 21601; 888-8468600; midatlanticsymphony.org) presents their spring concert featuring Schubert’s Symphony No. 4, and a performance by their Young Artist Competition winner, under the baton of guest conductor Andrews Sill.

Rehoboth Concert Band (rehobothconcertband.org) will be performing “Tapestry”—a fundraiser for the Cape Henlopen Senior Center featuring guest vocalists Jerry Birl and Lorraine Steinhoff—March 17 (3p.m.) at Epworth UMC (19285 Holland Glade Road).

Clear Space Theatre Company (20 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-2270; ClearSpaceTheatre.org) is featuring a stage adaptation of the 1967 film The Graduate with an all-star cast—through February 10. The Claire Booth Luce classic, The Women, will be presented as a fundraiser for the Fund for Women and the Clear Space Scholarship Fund— March 2 and 3. Meredith Willson’s The Music Man opens March 15.

Possum Point Players (441 Old Laurel Road in Georgetown; 302-856-4560; possumpointplayers.org) has a terrific one-night only fundraiser—"Let It Go!”—featuring dozens of songs that won Oscars and a cast of the area’s best singers (and me)—February 23 (8p.m.). Opening April 5—the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway comedy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Rehoboth Beach Film Society (17701 Dartmouth Drive, Lewes; 302-313-4032; rehobothfilm.com) screens the best new independent films at their Cinema Art Theatre. Met Live in HD: Bizet’s Carmen—February 9, 11, 12.

Coastal Concerts (in residence at Bethel UMC Hall; Fourth and Market Streets in Lewes; 888-212-6458; coastalconcerts. org) has three awe-inspiring concerts remaining in their season—Grammy Award winner and exceptional classical guitarist David Russell (February 23; 2p.m.); pianist Orion Weiss (March 16; 7p.m.); and “Time for Three” with violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang and Ranaan Meyer on the double bass (April 13; 8p.m.).

Premier Centre for the Arts at Milton Theater (110 Union St. in Milton; 302-684-3038; miltontheatre.com) “keeps Milton weird”! February Events: 8: The Power of Laughter: Stand-Up Comedy Night; 9: Forever Tina; 10: Gospel Brunch; 14: When Harry Met Sally; 15: Peek-a-Boo Revue (18+ only); 16: Oh, Boy! Buddy Holly Tribute; 17: A Broad’s Way: It’s a Man’s World; 21: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; 22: Psychic Medium Deanna

Southern Delaware Chorale (P.O. Box 444; 302-260-7022; southerndelawarechorale.org) presents “A Choral Patchwork” in honor of Black History Month under the direction of Dr. Colin Armstrong, with guest vocalists Cantabile Women’s Chorus, Sussex Tech’s Bella Voce, and VOCE Men’s Quartet—February 24 (3p.m.) at Epworth United Methodist Church (19285 Holland Glade Road).

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arts+entertainment VISUAL ARTS Abraxas Studio of Art (515 Federal Street, Lewes; 302-645-9119; abraxasart. com) features the oil portraits and landscape paintings of Abraxas and his own style of illuminated reality.

Anna Hazzard Museum (17 Christian Street; 302-226-1119) is a captivating look at the early history of Rehoboth Beach as a religious retreat. The museum is housed in one of the original “tent” houses from Rehoboth's 1870s camp-meeting era and is named for former owner and civic leader, Anna Hazzard.

The Brush Factory on Kings (830 Kings Highway, Lewes; 302-745-2229; Facebook@ brushlewes) an artist/craft co-op: furniture, art, clothing, antiques, sea glass, vintage garden, and more. It’s easy to spend hours wandering through this great co-op.

CAMP Rehoboth Gallery (37 Baltimore Avenue; 302-227-5620; camprehoboth.com) features Voices That Have Yet to be Heard— February 8-28. (See listing elsewhere in this column.)

Cape Artists Gallery (110 W. 3rd Street, Lewes; 302-6447733; capeartists.org) represents two dozen artists, with much of their work focusing on beach scenes.

Heidi Lowe engagement rings.

Delaware Art Gallery (239 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-853-5099; kevinfleming. com) offers new and classic Delaware photographs by Kevin Fleming.

Heidi Lowe Gallery (328 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-2279203; heidilowejewelry.com) has beautiful and unique hand-made pieces (including rings!) and offers classes in jewelry making—such as her Mandala Pendant class February 12, 19, 26, and March 5 (6-9 p.m.).

Peninsula Gallery (520 E. Savannah Road, Lewes; 302-645-0551; peninsula-gallery.com) opens an exhibition of Russian Impressionist work from the Cold War Era (1930-1980) on Feb 16 from 5-7 p.m. Show will continue until March 30.

Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Henlopen Acres; 302-227-8408; rehobothartleague.org) has a fantastic schedule of classes—pottery to pen and ink technique to jewelry making…something for everyone. Current exhibitions: Non-juried Members’ Exhibition in the Members’ Sales Gallery—through March 12; Recent Acquisitions: The Permanent Collection—through June 9; Animal Farm II: Works by Laura Hickman and Wayne Weeks—through April 7.

Winter Time, Russian Impressionist painting at Peninsula Gallery.

Rehoboth Beach Museum (511 Rehoboth Avenue at the Canal; 302-227-7310; rehobothbeachmuseum.org) is open and looking better than ever! Their newly-renovated second floor is complete with new exhibits for you to enjoy, plus they always have great walking tours of the area, and fascinating lectures.

The Studio on 24 (20231 John J. Williams Highway, Lewes; 302-644-4424; thestudioon24.com) is open by appointment only for custom made glassware with owner and artisan Deb Appleby.

Tideline Gallery (111 Rehoboth Avenue; 302-227-4444; tidelinegallery.com) offers unique gifts, Judaica, jewelry, pottery, lamps, and art glass.

Ward Ellinger Gallery (CAMP Rehoboth Courtyard, 39 Baltimore Avenue; 302-2272710) features art in different mediums by abstract expressionist Ward Ellinger and Sondra N. Arkin.

Zwaanendael Museum (102 Kings Highway, Lewes; 302-645-1148) commemo-

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rates Delaware’s first European colony, established by the Dutch in 1631, and serves as a showcase for the Lewes area’s maritime, military, and social history.▼ Doug is the Artistic and Musical Director for CAMP Rehoboth Chorus, Director of Music Ministries at Epworth UMC, and co-founder and Artistic Director emeritus of the Clear Space Theater Company. Contact Doug at dougyetter@gmail.com if you want to add your events to the calendar. Check out CAMP Arts on our website at camprehoboth. com for links to all the listed theatres, galleries, and museums.

This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.

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by Terri Schlichenmeyer

BOOKED SOLID Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives by Tina Alexis Allen c.2018, Dey St. Books $16.99/$21.00 Canada, 288 pages â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ready or not, here I come!â&#x20AC;?

Hear that, and if you hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hidden by then, hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t found a secret spot, you had a real chance of losing at Hide and Seek. Get out of sight, though, and you mightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed to sneak back home, ready to play another game. As in the memoir Hiding Out by Tina Alexis Allen, that game could last for decades.

Growing up, Christina Worthington knew her father hated her.

Her twelve siblings knew it, too, and they reminded her of it often: she was the youngest, her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;lucky thirteen,â&#x20AC;? and the victim of much of her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrath. Starting at about the age of nine, Tina was also the victim of sexual abuse from two of her then-adult brothers.

But she never told anyone about it. Instead, she acted out at school until the nuns were at their witsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; end and her â&#x20AC;&#x153;saintâ&#x20AC;? of a mother was exasperated. At age eleven, a younger teacher finally took Tina under her wingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and into her bed.

Two years later, by the time her teacher-lover sent her away, Tina knew she was more attracted to girls than to boys. By her mid-teens, she had a college-age girlfriend who lived near her parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Washington D.C.-area house, from which she managed to mostly stay away; there was more comfort in the girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apartment than there was at her

childhood home, where hiding her real self was necessary.

But no one can hide forever.

When her father invited her and her girlfriend to lunch one day, Tina was guardedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and rightfully so, because he had figured out her secret and she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deny. Then he revealed a shocker of his own: he was gay, too.

Within weeks, Tina went from hated daughter to favorite; from ignored to invitee to her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinners and clubs.

They agreed to keep one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secrets from the rest of the family, partying, drinking, and doing drugs until the stress of it all bubbled over. Tina couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the lies anymore, and her lips spilled the truth.

Years later, there was one last secret.â&#x20AC;Ś Memoirs, by their very nature, are generally focused inward, to a greater or lesser degree. Count Hiding Out on the latter side.

Starting with a raucous anecdote of sibling rivalry before Christmas Mass, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in for more than a look-at-me memoir.

This is, in fact, a whole-family tale in which author Tina Alexis Allen puts the focus mainly on her parents, with sibs ringing the action as needed. Using that as a base, tales eke out tantalizingly slowly over the course of this book, and some are shocking, yet told so casually that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wait. What?!â&#x20AC;? backlash. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if you read the occasional sentence twice, in disbelief.

Add a tight window of time and a deep, unsubstantiatedrumor-type mystery that feels like a character unto itself, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a compulsively readable book that is, at its close, very unique. If a memoir like Hiding Out is what you want for a long winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night, then get ready.â&#x20AC;&#x2030;â&#x2013;ź Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was three years old and never goes anywhere without a book. Always Overbooked, she lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 15,000 books.

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CAMPDates SUNDAYS • Alcoholics Anon. Open Discussion.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 9 am.

• 3rd Sunday. Drag Brunch. Goolee’s Grille, 11 S. 1st St. 1-3 pm. 302-227-7653 • T-Dance. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 3 pm • 4th Sunday. Healing Circle. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 5 pm.

• Ed Mills. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-6080 • Last Sunday of each month. TransSocial of Delaware. Metropolitan Community Church, 19369 Plantations Rd., Lewes.

7 pm. Visit meetup.com/RehobothTransLiance • Karaoke. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-2271023 • The Birdcage Bad Girls Drag Show.

Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 10 pm. 302-226-1139

• Alt. Wednesdays. Men’s Discussion Group. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd. 7 pm.

302-227-5620

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THURSDAYS

• Delaware’s Black History: Past and Present. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. FREE, 8 pm.

Tickets: https://deblackhistory2019. eventbrite.com

• Alcoholics Anon. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 12 noon. 302-856-6452 • Cathy Gorman. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 5-8 pm.

302-227-1023 • Holly Lane w/John Flynn. Café Azafran, 18 Baltimore Ave. 7 pm. 302-227-8100 • SLAA/SAA Meeting. All Saints Church Hall, Lower Level, 18 Olive Ave. 7:30 pm.

302-745-7929 • Lower Case Blues. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 7:30 pm.

302-212-5355 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139

• Artist’s Reception “Voices.” CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6:30 pm

FEBRUARY 9 • Artist Reception and Fundraiser with Damon Pla. Peninsula Gallery, 520 E. Savannah Rd., Lewes. 5 pm.

Information: peninsulagallery1@gmail. com or 302-645-0551.

FEBRUARY 10 • Gospel Brunch w/Rhenda Fearrington.

Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 1 pm.

Tickets miltontheatre.com

FEBRUARY 14

MONDAYS

FRIDAYS

• When Harry Met Sally (Film). Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

• Matthew Kenworthy. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 5 pm. 302-227-6080

• 1st Friday. FURst Friday Bear Happy Hour.

The Pond, 3 S. First St. 302-227-2234

FEBRUARY 15

• Bandeoke! Karaoke with a Live Band.

Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. 7 pm. 302-212-5355

• John Flynn. Shorebreak Lodge, A Restaurant. 10 Wilmington Ave. 5 pm.

302-227-1007

TUESDAYS

• Rock n’ Roll w/The Girlfriends. Murph’s Beef & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave Ext. 5 pm. 302-212-5355

• 2nd Tuesday. PFLAG. Lewes Library, 111 Adams St. 6 pm. pflagrehobothbeach@gmail.com.

• 3rd Tuesday. Kent County LGBT Dover Support and Social Group. Christ Episcopal Church, 523 South State St., Dover. 7 pm. lgbtdover_kent@yahoo.com • Young People’s AA. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm.

• Tuesday Loco Locals w/DJ Eddie. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 4 pm.

302-227-1023

WEDNESDAYS • Tai Chi. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 1 pm.

302-227-5620 • John Flynn. Shorebreak Lodge, A Restaurant. 10 Wilmington Ave. 5 pm.

302-227-1007 • 2nd Wednesday. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 6:30 pm. 302-227-5620 • Karaoke. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080

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• Karaoke. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. 8 pm. 302-227-6080 • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 • Fantasy Friday w/DJ Eddie. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm.

302-227-1023

SATURDAYS

• CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents “Seasons of Love.” Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 7 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com • Heartburst! w/Peek-A-Boo Revue.

Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

FEBRUARY 16 • Brandywine Baroque at the Beach presents “Two Philosophers Confer on Love and Death.” The Lutheran Church of our Savior, 20276 Bay Vista Road. 2:30 pm. Tickets brandywinebaroque.org or 877-594-4546

• 1st & 3rd Saturdays. Women’s Coffee Talk. • CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents “Seasons of Love.” Epworth United CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, Methodist Church, 19285 Holland 37 Baltimore Ave. 10 am. 302-227-5620 Glade Road. 7 pm. $25. Tickets: • 1st Saturday w/John Flynn. Murph’s Beef camprehoboth.com & Ale, 37169 Rehoboth Ave. Ext. 7 pm.

• Oh Boy! A Buddy Holly Tribute.

302-212-5355 Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm.

• Karaoke. Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Tickets: miltontheatre.com Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-227-6080 • DJ Steve Sidewalk. Diego’s • Karaoke. Purple Parrot Grill, 134 Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm. 302-226-1139 302-227-1023 • Release Dance Party. Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 9 pm.

FEBRUARY 17 302-227-1023 • CAMP Rehoboth Chorus presents “Seasons of Love.” Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 3 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

• It’s a Man’s World with a Broad’s Way. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

FEBRUARY 21 • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (film). Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

FEBRUARY 22 • In the Wake. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm. $25.

Tickets: camprehoboth.com • Deanna Fitzpatrick. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

FEBRUARY 23 • In the Wake. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm. $25.

Tickets: camprehoboth.com • Eddie Bruce celebrates Tony Bennett.

Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm.

Tickets: miltontheatre.com

FEBRUARY 24 • In the Wake. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 2 pm. $25.

Tickets: camprehoboth.com • Beauty & the Beast (film). Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 2 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com • Celebrate Black History Month w/ Southern Delaware Chorale. Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 3 pm. Tickets: southerndelawarechorale.org.

FEBRUARY 28 • Marshall (film). Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 7 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MARCH 1 • Homecoming Kings Comedy Show. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MARCH 2 • The Women. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 6 pm. $50. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.com • Hot Sauce Band. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre. com • Black Light Mardi Gras Dance Party w/ Universal Funk Order. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com • Mardi Gras Release Party w/DJ Biff.

Diego’s Hideaway, 37298 Rehoboth Ave. 302-227-1023.

FEBRUARY 8–APRIL 14

MARCH 3 • The Women. Clear Space Theatre, 20 Baltimore Ave. 2 pm. $50. Tickets: clearspacetheatre.com

MARCH 8 • Games w/Magnolia. Milton Theatre, 110 Union St. 8 pm. Tickets: miltontheatre.com

MARCH 17 • Rehoboth Concert Band presents “Tapestry.” Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road. 3 pm. Tickets: rehobothconcertband.org

MARCH 30 • Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Risqué.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center,

37 Baltimore Ave. 4 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com • Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Risqué.

CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 8 pm. $25. Tickets: camprehoboth.com

CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLUTION (puzzle on page 66)

APRIL 6 • Lucie Blue Trembley. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 7 pm. $25 Tickets: camprehoboth.com

APRIL 7 • Lucie Blue Trembley. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave. 3 pm. $25 Tickets: camprehoboth.com

APRIL 11 – 14

QUEER FUN SOLUTION 1. Jodie Foster 2. Ricky Martin 3. Samira Wiley 4. Sara Gilbert 5. Laverne Cox 6. Elton John 7. Melissa Etheridge 8. Jenny Shimizu 9. Ellen DeGeneres 10. Lance Bass 11. Cynthia Nixon 12. RuPaul 13. Neil Patrick Harris 14. Robin Roberts 15. Lily Tomlin

n. Alexandra Hedison e. Jwan Yosef d. Lauren Morelli a. Linda Perry h. Kyle Draper k. David Furnish o. Linda Wallem l. Michelle Harper b. Portia De Rossi i. Michael Turchin g. Christine Marinoni j. Georges LeBar c. David Burtka m. Amber Laign f. Jane Wagner

BONUS ANSWER: Rachel Maddow hired artist Susan Mikula to do yard work.

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