CHESTERTOWN, 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 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, MD — It wouldn’t be Fall Family Weekend at Washington College without the annual Cardboard Boat Race, which is set to take place Sept. 21 during the Center for Environment & Society’s “CES at 20: Celebration on the Waterfront.” This year CES is marking its 20th anniversary, and we encourage the community to come […]
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 ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Greg Farley, Washington College’s director of sustainability, will kick off WC’s fall 2019 lecture series in Talbot County on Sept. 5 with a discussion about sustainability and resiliency on the Eastern Shore and how local residents can help achieve it. The talk at Talbot County Country Club begins at 6 p.m. and […]
Continue Reading“May we never stop loving, giving support, and caring for the arts and for those who live within them,” says Moran, on winning the nation’s largest undergraduate literary prize. CHESTERTOWN, MD — Shannon Moran, an English major from Baltimore with minors in music and creative writing, has won the 2019 Sophie Kerr Prize, this year […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Six Washington College seniors today were named finalists for the 52nd annual Sophie Kerr Prize, at $63,912 the nation’s largest literary award for college undergraduates. Representing the liberal arts and sciences in majors and minors from political science and music to English and Hispanic studies, the finalists were chosen from a group of graduating […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Washington College’s Foreman’s Branch Bird Observatory (FBBO) has become part of an international network that is revolutionizing scientists’ ability to understand the lives and migratory patterns of birds, bats, and even large insects. Two stations installed in late April, one atop a grain elevator at the River and Field Campus and another […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Cristina Jiménez, immigration reform advocate, MacArthur Foundation “genius award” Fellow, and founder and CEO of the nation’s largest immigrant youth-led organization, will speak at Washington College on Tuesday, April 16. She will share the powerful story of her own journey, from arriving in the US at age 13 as an undocumented immigrant […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—American journalist and blogger Gene Demby will speak on Wednesday, April 17, at the Rose O’Neill Literary House. The event, which is part of the annual Sophie Kerr Lecture Series, will start at 4:30 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Demby is the lead blogger for NPR’s Code Switch team where […]
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