For many Memorial Day weekend is associated with Chestertown and the Tea Party Festival that celebrates the town’s colonial past. It takes a great deal of planning and preliminarily work to put on the festival every year. Planning begins more than 6 months and when the decision was made to cancel the festival, for the […]
Continue ReadingSt. Michaels MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is pleased to announce that its Miles River cruises aboard Winnie Estelle will begin running for the 2021 season on Friday, May 28, 2021. From now through October, guests can enjoy a 45-minute scenic cruise aboard the authentic 1920 Chesapeake buyboat on […]
Continue ReadingJustin Thomas Nash, a 22-year-old from Smyrna, Delaware, has won the 2021 Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation. He was among six finalists considered for the prize, worth $65,580 this year. Named after an Eastern Shore author who made her fortune in New York writing women’s fiction during the 1930s […]
Continue ReadingCROWNSVILLE, MD – The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), a division of the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning), and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) today announced the availability of $1,000,000 in grant funds through the African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP). The goal of the AAHPP is to identify and preserve […]
Continue ReadingThe Rehoboth Beach Arts Festival in Grove Park, presented by the Rehoboth Art League and City of Rehoboth Beach, will take place from 10 am-5 pm Saturday, May 22. This new event continues momentum for the relationship between the league and city and brings professional, practicing fine artists and artisans to downtown Rehoboth to showcase […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Wooden and fiberglass classics, vintage racers, and other antique and Chesapeake Bay-related boats are returning to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum beginning Friday, June 18, 2021 for the 33rd Antique & Classic Boat Festival and the Arts at Navy Point in St. Michaels, Md. Hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of […]
Continue ReadingOne of the major country roads on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is MD313. The 76 miles Northbound road begins at US50 in Mardela Springs, Wicomico County, and runs to MD213 in Galena, Kent County. One of the town the road runs through is Sudlersville. Sitting at the red light, look to your left you’ll see the […]
Continue ReadingStarting on May 14, 2021 the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “Limbo,” an uplifting dramedy about a Syrian musician and other refugees seeking asylum on a remote island in Scotland. Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – On Fridays from now through June 18, families are invited to join the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Rising Tide Program for afternoons of FREE fishing off CBMM’s docks. Both fishing gear and waterfront access are available for participants in Free Fishing Fridays, from 3:30–5:30pm. Individual fishing licenses are not needed, but […]
Continue ReadingShortly after Queen Anne’s County was organized in 1706, Queenstown became the County Seat in 1707. It was first called Queen Anne’s Town, then in 1710 Queen’s Town and later simply Queenstown. The town and the County was named after England’s Queen Anne. The Court House was built in 1708. In 1782 the County seat […]
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