News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
From modern cult comedy to the classically familiar to the pomp and pageantry of a beloved Disney classic, the Garfield Center’s exciting 2023 season will provide audiences with all the feels we expect from live theatre. The new season opens February 10, 2023, with Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch. Performances will run weekends until […]
Continue ReadingComedy and laughter is the theme for this year’s edition of the Garfield Center’s annual Short Attention Span Theatre. Presenting a diverse set of short plays ranging from the outrageous to the hilarious, this year’s SAST received over 350 script submissions from playwrights across the country and internationally. SAST opens for live performances starting June […]
Continue ReadingGet to know the apprentice musicians of the National Music Festival up close and personal with four free Lunchtime Chamber Bites Concerts, Tuesday through Friday, June 14 – 18 at 12:30pm in Chestertown, MD. “It’s an hors d’oeuvre, not a meal,” Thomas Parchman, the Festival’s Director of Operations and clarinet mentor, says of the music […]
Continue ReadingWait until you see what RiverArts has in store for 2022! You’ll enjoy unique exhibits, interesting classes, fun events, and so much more! We will celebrate & learn from our visionary founders. We’ll explore new topics & techniques with new instructors. And we’ll revisit favorite events from years past. Take a look at some of […]
Continue ReadingOpening the 2022 season at the Garfield Center for the Arts in February is the over-the-top hilarious new comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. The Garfield Center’s Executive Director, Steven Arnold, will direct the production. Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, December 4th 2021 from 2:00 to 5:00 […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts has finished planning for its first full slate of theatrical productions since 2019. The 2022 season will feature two comedies, a thought-provoking and well-timed drama, a big, splashy, family-friendly musical and the return of everyone’s favorite annual short play festival. Starting off the 2022 season with a bang will […]
Continue ReadingThe Chestertown Jazz Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an astonishing line up of fabulous (and famous) musicians. The festival begins with a tribute concert at the Mainstay in Rock Hall for Charlie Byrd on Thursday September 9, 2021. See MainstayRockHall.org for tickets and more information Friday evening Under the Tent in Wilmer Park […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—The Chestertown Car Show will cruise into the heart of downtown Chestertown on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., complete with judges’ awards and a beverage tent. The rain date for the event is Sunday, October 3. Sponsored by Main Street Chestertown, the show will display cars in and around Fountain […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts is calling for play and musical titles for consideration for production in its 2022 season. Suggestions and proposals can be made by Directors who have an interest in directing specific titles, as well as by interested community members, patrons of the Garfield Center and arts participants. All proposals must […]
Continue ReadingWhen one thinks of the history of Town on the Chester, Chestertown, it’s usually its Colonial History. It also has a touch of Civil War history, or more precisely Post Civil War. George Vickers was one of Kent County’s most prominent citizens. In early 1868 he was selected by the Maryland Legislature as a US […]
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