CHESTERTOWN, 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, 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 […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Historian Patrick Spero, whose study of the 18th-century frontier is bringing a new perspective to the roots of the American Revolution, will give a talk on April 4 about the forgotten story of a band of rebels, known as the Black Boys, whose protests helped ignite the battle for American independence. Spero, […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr., whom Business Insider has called “one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in American business,” will be the speaker at Washington College’s 286th Commencement on May 19th. Strine, who became chief justice of Delaware’s highest court in 2014, will receive the honorary degree Doctor of […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Washington College welcomes Katherine Grandjean, associate professor of history at Wellesley College, for the 2018-2019 Guy F. Goodfellow Memorial Lecture, “In the Kingdom of Devils: The Harpe Murders and the Legacies of the American Revolution.” Sponsored by the Department of History, the March 21, 2019 talk begins at 5 p.m. in Hynson […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—The Washington College Theatre Department is pleased to present its Spring 2019 schedule of performances, including Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Flick, and The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias. Unless otherwise noted, all performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in Tawes Theater in the Gibson Center for […]
Continue ReadingWashington College’s Department of Music invites high school and college students to participate in its second annual Piano Festival, where they can develop their talents through workshops, performances, lessons, and competitions. Participants should apply by March 1 for the festival, which is set for April 20, 2019. The featured guest artist, Yong Hi Moon, Professor […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Jane Coaston, a senior politics reporter for Vox and a journalist and writer based in Washington, D.C., will give a talk on contemporary American politics and culture on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Sponsored by Washington College’s Richard Holstein Program in Ethics, which promotes ethics education in the classroom, across campus, and in […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — John Nocita, master chef and president of the Italian Culinary Institute, will visit Chestertown on Nov. 20 to lead two presentations at the new Eastern Shore Food Lab about how to make the most of every bit of your food by not wasting any of it. Nocita, who is among Europe’s leading […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD — In 2016-2017, Corps member Kathy Thornton (now the Arboretum’s Land Steward) organized an All Hands on Deck workshop for the Conservation Corps to learn from renowned landscape designer and author Claudia West and to help her install a 4,500-plant plug design for the Arboretum Entrance Garden. What used to be mostly mulch […]
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