Love chocolate? Chestertown Wednesday, August 17, 2022 5:30 to 7 pm featuring Bespoke Chocolate truffles and Casa Carmen wines. This event is held in conjunction with the August art exhibit, Epicure. Red wine is not always the rule of thumb when it comes to pairing chocolate with wine! Enjoy three unique wine and chocolate truffle […]
Continue ReadingHalf Marathon & 5K Run/Walk to benefit Kent Association of Riding Therapy, Inc which provides horseback riding and equine activities for the special needs community. Both courses are USAFT certified. This is a TriState Events Ultimate Challenge Series Event. Half Marathon – $50 prior to Sept 25; $60 after. 5K – $25 prior to Sept […]
Continue ReadingRock Hall’s 15th PIRATES AND WENCHES WEEKEND – Celebrating 15 Years! A Town-Wide Family Theme Event That You Won’t Forget! The Rock Hall Pirates and Wenches Weekend is Celebrating 15 Years!! On the weekend of August 12-14th, 2022, landlubbers and buccaneers, young and old, will once again set sail to Rock Hall, MD for the […]
Continue ReadingMain Street Historic Chestertown (MSHC) has been awarded an allocation of Maryland state tax credits to support its 2022 fundraising efforts. The Community Investment Tax Credits (CITC) are awarded by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development through a highly competitive application process. The CITC program provides a tax credit to donors equal to […]
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 ReadingEvery summer, ShoreRivers deploys a team of citizen scientists to monitor bacteria levels at popular swimming and boating sites to provide important human health risk information to the public. View the results every Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day at theswimguide.org and get updates during swim season by following #SwimmableShoreRivers or your local Riverkeeper’s […]
Continue ReadingTeddy L. Friedline of Greenville, SC has been awarded the 2022 Sophie Kerr Prize, which is valued at $68,292 this year. Their award-winning portfolio consists of poetry and academic essays focused broadly on gender identity and presentation, religious topics, and literature, among other topics. Roy Kesey, Associate Director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House and […]
Continue ReadingThe 2022 prize is worth $68,292; winner to be announced on Friday 5/20 at 7:30 p.m. The six finalists have been announced for the 2022 Sophie Kerr Prize in literature, which is worth $68,292. They are: Isabelle Anderson, Emma Campbell, Teddy L. Friedline, Chloe Mello, Erica Quinones, and Nicholas Ritter. The winner of the nation’s […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND — The Board of Directors at Chestertown RiverArts is proud to announce the appointment of its new Executive Director, Chris Sade. Sade will assume the organization’s leadership in May 2022. Sade is uniquely suited to fulfill RiverArt’s mission to grow community, creativity, and connection through the arts. A passionate music lover with deep […]
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