ESO Fall Art Classes Beginning for Young and Old
Fall is upon us and Mother Nature’s got her paint brush ready. But why should she have all the fun? Youth and adults have their pick of painting and art classes at ESO Arts Center in Belle Haven. [Read more…]
Broadwater Grads Reunite after College as ‘Fat Tuesday’
Fat Tuesday and the New Custards at a Harbor Party gig. The band members play up and down the Shore, but say they like Cape Charles the best.
Cape Charles Wave
September 2, 2013
With music as delectable as their name, the local band Fat Tuesday and the New Custards has been playing gigs around Cape Charles all summer. Fat Tuesday has delivered dynamic and danceable music at Kelly’s Gingernut Pub, the Cape Charles Harbor Party, the Clam Slam, and the Harbor for the Arts Festival.
All members of the band graduated from Broadwater Academy in Exmore, and went to their respective colleges, reuniting in 2010 to seriously begin playing music together. According to lead guitarist Cole Newsom, “they [the rest of the band] were on the JJV basketball team when I was on varsity. They asked me to sit in and play for a New Years show and the rest is history.”
Fat Tuesday draws many influences from the classic and funk rock genres with favorites being the Grateful Dead, Phish, and Led Zeppelin. But lead singer and rhythm guitarist Austin Riopel attributes “everyone and everything” within the musical realm to their unique sound. Bassist Philip Simpson laughingly said “someone once described our music as ‘Hippie Heehaw.’” Cole named Led Zeppelin as their favorite band to cover. “Zeppelin’s music really allows us to stretch our musical legs. We can play good music and put a little of ourselves into it too.”
Asked about the evolution of the band’s music, Austin answered, “It’s all self expression. As you change, the music is going to change also.” Restaurant owner Gene Kelly has hired Fat Tuesday to play at Kelly’s Gingernut Pub about five or six times in the past year. Gene expressed his appreciation for the band, saying, “They all definitely have individual musical talent. They are exceptionally good musicians developing a great sound.” Gene is no stranger to good music and has been choosing bands to play at Kelly’s since 2006. “Their original material is really good. They play great covers and have a remarkable energy.” [Read more…]
SATURDAY 8/31: Jammin’ at the Jetty Features Music, Food
Celebrate the summer with friends and family at the open air festival “Jammin’ at the Jetty” at the Cape Charles beachfront (corner of Mason & Bay Avenues) on Saturday, August 31, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. [Read more…]
Saturday’s Craft Beer & Music Festival Is a Shore First
By DONNA BOZZA
August 20, 2013
ESO Arts Center will turn its Belle Haven lawn into a beer garden on Saturday, August 24, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a Shore first — the Eastern Shore’s Own Craft Beer & Music Festival.
The oldest arts center on the Eastern Shore is pinning its hope for a successful fundraiser on the ever growing popularity of craft beers. U.S. sales of microbrews hit $12 million in 2012 and are now celebrated with craft beer festivals across the country.
Craft beers are artisan beers, typically brewed in relatively small, independently-owned commercial breweries that employ traditional brewing methods where the emphasize is on flavor and quality, instead of mass production.
There will be over 30 different local and regional microbrews available to sample. Admission includes one sampler wristband which gives each attendee ten 4 ounce pours. Along with a prime variety of craft beers the festival will offer fresh local seafood and lip smacking BBQ as well as other food offerings. [Read more…]
Sunday Concert in Park Is Harbor Arts Festival Last Hurrah
Jae Sinnett Trio in Central Park is the final performance in Cape Charles’ amazing two-week Harbor for the Arts Festival.
Sunday, August 18, at 6 p.m. – Jae Sinnett Trio in Central Park (Free). Jae Sinnett’s trio includes pianist Allen Farnham and bassist Terry Burrell. Bring a beach chair and a picnic. Wine and Margaritas available.
SATURDAY: Experimental Dance Film Screenings
“Viviana” — From one of the original 3-minute films made in Cape Charles during the past two weeks.
Special to the Cape Charles Wave
August 17, 2013
Saturday (August 17) at 8 p.m., 11 new dance films made right here in Cape Charles will be screened at the Palace Theatre as part of the inaugural Harbor for the Arts Festival.
Artists from New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Italy, as well as all over the United States have gathered for a two-week workshop directed and facilitated by Renata Sheppard and produced and managed by Paolo Armao, who is also serving as the Sound Design faculty.
The guest of honor and guest faculty and mentor is Noémie Lafrance, an award-winning site specific choreographer and dance filmmaker based in New York. She was choreographer for one of Justin Timberlake’s music videos and for the Grammy-nominated music video for the song 1,2,3,4 by Feist.
These 11 filmmakers have been waking up at 6 a.m. and staying up well past Cinderella’s bedtime in order to make these films that exist in an emerging category of experimental film called Dance for the Camera (also known as Screen Dance or Video Dance or Dance Film). After their debut at the Palace Theatre, many of these films will possibly be screened at film festivals all over the world. [Read more…]
FRIDAY: Last Chance to See IViR Danza at Palace Theatre
August 16, 2013
IViR Danza, after receiving rave reviews for its August 3 performance, returns to the Cape Charles Historic Palace Theatre 7 p.m. tonight (August 16).
Led by company founder and director Irma Cardano, IViR Danza dance intends to pursue its own language and gestures inspired by the philosophy of contemporary dance but processed through new and avant-garde linguistic elements.
The intention is to describe current issues through dance deducing them from the outside world and from everyday reality.
A reviewer of the August 3 production in Cape Charles described it as “a world-class performance.”
Tickets are $12 adults, $5 students. The event is part of the Cape Charles Harbor for the Arts Festival August 3-18.
REVIEW: An Evening of Civil War Spies and Love Letters
By WAYNE CREED
August 15, 2013
Last night the Palace Theatre hosted an evening of Civil War history. This was most appropriate and timely, given last week’s presentation at the Cape Charles Museum finding Shore people complicit in the 1863 raid on the Cape Charles Lighthouse (Click for story). Last night included its own intrigue, with master storyteller Lynn Ruehlmann relating the tale “Spy! The story of Civil War Spy Elizabeth Van Lew.”
Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most effective Union spies during the Civil War. Born to a prominent Richmond family, she lived with her widowed mother in a three-story mansion on Church Hill in the Confederate capital. Educated in the North, Van Lew took pride in her Richmond roots, but she fervently opposed slavery and secession, writing her thoughts in a secret diary she kept buried in her backyard and whose existence she would reveal only on her deathbed. [Read more…]
