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Those of you with cabin fever from
the long, cold winter will be happy to note that Cape May welcomes you with open
arms offering everything from diversity, to jazz
To begin, GABLES of Cape May County is holding its Second Annual Diversity Weekend Cabaret Friday, April 3 at Carney’s. A line-up of performers takes the stage guaranteeing two hours of laughs and music. Comic Brad Loekle, star of TruTV's Smoking Gun, will provide laughs. The Cabaret is hosted by Joe Schmitz as Joanna. The club opens at 7 p.m. Showtime is at 8:30 p.m. Cash bar and menu are available. There will be an after-party until 2 a.m. Admission is $25 per night. Seating is limited and tickets will not be sold at the door. Reservations are required. Tickets may be purchased via GABLES website www.gablescapemay.com or by phoning GABLES at 609-861-1848.
The ever
popular 31st Jazz Festival will be held April 17 through 19. This
year’s event is a tribute to Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn and the Big Band
Music of the '40s and '50s. Because Convention Hall is still closed with no
signs of new one coming our way soon, the two main venues – B Swingers Big Band
staring Steve Butler with special guest Sabrina Carten, and the James Cotton
Blues Band – will both be held at the Theatre at Lower Regional High School
Friday and Saturday night. Don’t worry, there will shuttle buses leaving from
Convention Hall and other
Don’t forget the
Spring Tulip & Garden Show sponsored the Cape May Chamber of
Commerce, April 25-26. Activities for this year’s homage to spring will be held
in Rotary Park – where the gazebo is – on Lyle Lane behind the
Washington Street
Mall. One of the highlights of this year's garden show
Tickets for the Secret Garden Tour and all other tours are available at the Chamber of Commerce office on Lafayette Street or the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) ticket booth on The Mall at Ocean Street. For more information call the chamber at 609-884-5508 or visit www.capemaychamber.com
Vintage Dance
Weekend, sponsored by MAC, is also being held that weekend.
Nothing says Victorian Cape May like the charm
and spectacle of a Vi
There will be an old-fashioned Easter Stroll on the Washington Street Mall on Easter Sunday, April 12, with prizes for the best dressed in several age group categories including three and under, four-six, seven-nine, 10-12, and 13 and over, as well as the Best Dressed Lady, Man, Couple and Family. Top the day off, by popping over to the opening day celebration at Morey's Piers in Wildwood. They boast fun for the kid in all of us including rides, food, entertainment and even Easter eggs for the little ones. Another great family activity is Earth Day Clean-Up, Saturday, April 18, at the Nature Center of Cape May on Delaware Avenue. Kids Can Grow: Gardens and Wildlife will also be offered that day from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. Ever grow a plant in a bag? How about an old yogurt container? Learn with the Nature Center of Cape May about plants, the animals that depend on them, and how to create crazy container gardens. Dress to get dirty! $10 members, $15 nonmembers. Call 609-898-8848 for more information.
Don’t forget if you run out of things to do, there’s always those sunsets at the Cove, Sunset Beach and Higbee Beach, and long walk on the Promenade, if it’s still too windy to go on the sand, plus plenty of beautiful homes to gawk at. Until next month, adieu. |
to a celebration of spring all
rolled into the month of April.
The next day,
Saturday April 4th, checkout the award winning play, Fostered Ideal by
Cape May native Bradley Vile at Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse on
the corner of Lafayette and Bank Street. The afternoon play and film will be
presented at 2 p.m. and admission is free. 
locations to get you there. For more information and
for tickets visit their website at
will the ninth annual
silent "Poster Painting" auction sale. This year Cape May artist Patricia
Rainey's donated an original watercolor painting of Jackson Street (right). The proceeds
go to benefit the Chamber of Commerce.
ntage Dance Weekend –dozens of dancers in elaborate costume
swirling gracefully to the music of another era. You can be part of it! Learn the basic steps at three
daytime workshops conducted by Al and Jan Seabra on Saturday at a location to be
announced. Contact MAC or keep checking
And if you
like the feel of a small town, come to Cape May Easter weekend. We have
it all – an Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 11, at 10:00
a.m. at Cape May Elementary School on Lafayette. DON’T BE LATE – these kids take off at precisely 10 a.m. and they take no prisoners in their search for
eggs. 
In the world
of art, two new exhibitions will open Saturday April 4 at SOMA NewArt Gallery,
31 Perry Street in Carpenters Square Mall. A reception in honor of
Cape May-Two Views will held April 4 at 6 p.m. In
Gallery One, David Clemans, River Run to the Sea features
Impressionistic and Historical oil paintings of Cape May, its rivers, beaches,
bays, and wetland. In Gallery Two, Marc Shenfield, Cape May in Detail
focuses on intimate paintings of Cape May from “weatherbeaten shutters” to
"beach boxes in the sand.” Beginning April 3rd. Both exhibitions run through May
3. Gallery is open Thursday- Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about
the Gallery and the Artists visit:
And
be sure to catch the Family Tree Exhibition sponsored by Center
for Community Arts and MAC before
it leaves The Gallery at the Emlen Physick Estate April 11. This Carriage House
Gallery exhibit traces the origins, descendants and relationships of Cape May's
oldest and most prominent African American families. The Gallery is at the
Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. The Gallery is open Saturdays and
Sundays; times vary. Admission $2 for adults, $1 for children (ages 3-12), or
free with any tour of the Physick Estate. For more information, call
609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278 or visit