Chestertown, MD – Playwright and memoirist R. Eric Thomas will be at the Rose O’ Neill Literary House on October 17, 2019 presenting “Eric Reads the News: Writing Humor in Current Events.” The free and public reading, part of the fall Literary House Series, will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by a book sale and […]
Continue ReadingEzra Greenspan, whose multigenerational family biography “Frederick Douglass’ People: A Family Biography,” is underway during his fellowship at Washington College, will discuss the project in an event on October 15, 2019. The free, public talk at 5:30 p.m. in Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, is sponsored by the Starr Center for the Study of the American […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Water security and cooperation in global and local conflicts will be the topic of a talk by Ambika Vishwanath ’05, part of Washington College’s Goldstein Program in Public Affairs Young Alumni Program. The talk on October 16, 2019 begins at 5:30 p.m. in Litrenta Lecture Hall of the Toll Science Center, and it is […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD – Washington College’s Communications and Media Studies (CMS) Speaker Series presents the multi-channel video installation and live performance piece “The Diva Saga: The Legend of the Worst Drag Queen” on September 20-21, 2019. Performed by John Musser as Veronica Bleaus, and produced by Scott Andrew, the program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the […]
Continue ReadingFrom the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screen in Delaware is more than a century old. Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Dina Falconi, a clinical herbalist with a focus on food activism and nutritional healing, will kick off the Center for Environment & Society’s 20th Anniversary Events Series on September 17, 2019 with her talk “Foraging & Feasting.” The free and public presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Litrenta Lecture Hall at […]
Continue ReadingChestertown– This month’s First Friday at the Bordley History Center breaks tradition with a special double feature. Not only are horses, rather than people, the focus, there are two speakers. David Turner, who recently taught the WC-ALL class “Horseplay,” will team with Ed Fry, master of the hounds for the Eastern Shore, for an evening […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Rebecca Makkai, whose novel “The Great Believers” was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, will kick off the fall semester’s Rose O’ Neill Literary House Series on September 5, 2019. The free and public reading will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Lit House, followed by a […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will begin its Fall Speaker Series on Thursday, October 10, 2019 and continue on select dates through Wednesday, November 13, 2019. All sessions take place in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium, and advance registration is encouraged. CBMM’s newest exhibition, On Land and On […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Bill Schindler, director of Washington College’s Eastern Shore Food Lab, will be the speaker at an event in Easton on June 19, 2019 presented by The Aspen Institute Wye Fellows and Washington College. Sponsored by Out of the Fire restaurant, “Food Evolution Revolution: The Cutting-Edge Fusion of Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Modern Kitchen,” will […]
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