CHESTERTOWN,MD -The monthly Cars on High gatherings in downtown Chestertown resume for the season on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Cars on High is held on the third Thursday of every month, April through October (weather permitting), in the 300 block of High Street adjacent to Fountain Park. The event welcomes […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – An announcement went out calling for artists to participate in the Chestertown RiverArts 10th Annual “Paint the Town,” taking place April 25-28. The fifty-five openings filled quickly. In addition to our talented local artists many other artists will be coming from throughout the mid-Atlantic region. It is a credit to the Kent County […]
Continue ReadingLocal author Paul Briggs will be discussing his novel Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise on Earth Day, April 20, 2019 at 3 p.m. at the White Swan Tavern in Chestertown. Copies of the novel will also be on sale. Admission is $10. Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise is a 2018 Foreword Indies Finalist in science fiction. Set partly in […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – All are invited to celebrate our planet and sustainability at the 9th Annual Earth Day Festival in Downtown Chestertown’s Memorial Plaza, Saturday, April 20, 2019 from 9 am to 1 pm. This family friendly event, co-sponsored by the Town of Chestertown, ShoreRivers and Washington College Center for Environment and Society, features an array […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts will be pulling out the popcorn this Friday, April 12th for a 7pm screening of the film, The Gold Rush. Come celebrate Charlie Chaplin’s 130th birthday this month by enjoying this film that he wrote, produced, directed and starred in. This will be the second in the series of […]
Continue ReadingPrior to her death on December 19th in 2004 Lucy the goose presided over the Chester River in Chestertown for 15 years. She is immortalized with a life-sized bronze statute on the Boardwalk. ### For each Sunday in April it will be a Delmarva Scene of Monuments, Memorials and Statutes. —— Delmarva Scenes is a […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD–One of the goals of Washington College’s Eastern Shore Food Lab is to host internationally known food innovators who can educate people about how traditional foodways, while often the healthiest and most environmentally sustainable methods of preparing our food, are also deeply connected to cultural heritage. On April 18, Galia Kleiman will visit the […]
Continue ReadingChestertown’s walking tour of its iconic historic homes now has a paperless alternative. The Historical Society of Kent County’s is offering the “Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown/Architectural Guide and Sites of Interest” on its website. Just go to the website at www.kentcountyhistory.org and the tour link can be on the homepage. “We have brought the […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Ahoy and avast and all that Jazz! The Chester River Chorale wants to welcome you to our show. This year’s spring concert—Desert Island Disc: Music You Can’t Live Without—will take you to a desert isle where you are shipwrecked with only one long-play vinyl record of music and a solar-powered gramophone to play […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Theologian and author Diana Butler Bass, whose book Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks was recognized this year as the top non-fiction book in national secular media by the esteemed 70-year-old Wilbur Awards, will speak at Washington College on “Politics of Gratitude: The Subversive Vision of the New Testament in the […]
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