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A Conversation Between Artists on Nov. 2 Will Kick Off the Next Kohl Gallery Exhibit, “Clippings, Voids and Banana Curry”

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD — Kohl Gallery at Washington College is pleased to announce “Clippings, Voids and Banana Curry,” a two-person exhibit featuring Baltimore-based artists Jo Smail and Paul Jeanes. To celebrate the opening of this exhibit, Kohl Gallery will present a salon-style conversation between the two artists on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 4:00 p.m., followed […]

2018 George Washington Prize Winner Kevin Hayes Discusses George Washington: A Life in Books and the Craft of Narrative Writing

October 9, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD—Few Americans think of the nation’s founding father as a writer, or an avid reader. More often than not, we picture George Washington as a vigorous leader astride a horse, commanding an army, or crossing stormy rivers in the cold of night. Kevin Hayes’s prize-winning narrative, George Washington: A Life in Books, dismisses these […]

Washington College Department of Theatre and Dance Offers Fall 2018 Performances

September 27, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD — The Washington College Department of Theatre and Dance presents its fall 2018 schedule of performances, including Dreaming, Brave and True; These Shining Lives; Loot; The Dining Room; and Dancescape 2018. Unless otherwise noted, all performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Tawes Theater in the Gibson Center for the Arts. Tickets are […]

Andrew Lawler, Former Starr Center Writing Fellow, Returns to Washington College for Talk on His Book The Secret Token, on the Search for Roanoke Colony

September 20, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD—The ultimate fate of the more than 100 men, women, and children who landed on Roanoke Island in 1587, with the intent to establish a European settlement in the New World, has been one of the greatest mysteries in American history. Within a few years, the settlers vanished, leaving behind a single clue: a […]

Washington College Poets Win Two Major National Poetry Awards With Their First Full-Length Collections

September 18, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD — A second-year English faculty member and an alumna who is now assistant director at the Rose O’Neill Literary House each have earned two top national literary awards in poetry. Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, assistant professor of English and creative writing, has won the 2018 Akron Poetry Prize for her first full-length collection, A […]

An African American and Latinx History of the United States: A Talk by Paul Ortiz

September 17, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD — Paul Ortiz, an expert in the fields of African American history and Latino studies, will visit Washington College on October 2, 2018 discussing his book An African American and Latinx History of the United States. Sponsored by Black Studies Program, Latin American Students Association, and the William James Forum Fund, the event […]

The Annual Cardboard Boat Race and Get to Know CES Waterfront Festival

September 6, 2018September 18, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD—It wouldn’t be Fall Family Weekend at Washington College without the annual Cardboard Boat Race, which is set to take place September 22 during the Center for Environment & Society’s “Get to Know CES Waterfront Festival.” As always, the public is invited to Wilmer Park from 1-4 p.m. to enjoy food, beer, live music, […]

Horrible History, Terrible Tale: Chaucer & Jephthah’s Daughter—A Talk by David Wallace on September 12, 2018

September 3, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD—David Wallace, professor of English and author of literature on the work of Geoffrey Chaucer and other medieval writers, will speak at the Rose O’Neill Literary House on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 The event, which is part of the annual Sophie Kerr Lecture Series, will start at 4:30 p.m., and is free and open […]

Solo Exhibit Featuring Amber Robles-Gordon Opens at WC’s Kohl Gallery in September

August 21, 2018Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD—The Kohl Gallery at Washington College kicks off the 2018-19 academic year with a solo exhibit titled Material-isms: the cultivation of womanhood and agency through materiality, featuring Washington, D.C.-based mixed-media artist Amber Robles-Gordon. The exhibit features assemblage and installation works created from a range of found objects and textiles. Opening on Thursday, September 6, […]

A Tea & Talk on Chapbooks with Washington College Poets Kimberly Quiogue Andrews and Lindsay Lusby

August 20, 2018Across Our Desk

The Rose O’Neill Literary House is proud to showcase two Washington College poets, Dr. Kimberly Quiogue Andrews and Literary House Assistant Director Lindsay Lusby, during a tea and talk on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 as part of the fall Literary House Series. Andrews and Lusby will be discussing their recently published chapbooks, and the talk […]

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