2011-01-25

Chestertown, MD - Eastern Shore Events

Chestertown and Kent County (MD) (Postcard History Series)

Date: Tuesday the 1st
February 1–28
Time:
Event: The Garden Puppet Theatre Mini-Museum
Location: Kent County Visitor Center


Contact: Patsy Hornaday
PH: 410-778-5841
Email: tph203@verizon.net
URL:


Celebrating Presidents Month, puppets George & Martha Washington–First American President & First Lady as they appeared in the 1994 & 1995 Historic Society of Kent County puppet show THE PRESIDENT & PATSY. George Washington and the family of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington addressed her by the family name of “Patsy”. Two surviving letters (written to her by her husband) addressed her as “My Dearest Patsy” as he prepared to lead and eventually form the new nation by the 18th Century American Revolution. Kent County Visitor Center, 122 N. Cross St., Chestertown.




Date: Wednesday the 2nd
Time: 6pm
Event: The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
Location: Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Washington College


Contact: JoAnn Fairchild
PH: 410-778-7295
Email:
URL:


Author Kristin Kimball will read from her new best-seller, followed by receptiona nd book signing. Presented by the Center for Environment and Society, Farm Dinners on the Shore, the Joseph H. McLain Program in Environmental Studies, and the Sophie Kerr Committee.




Date: Friday the 4th
February 4–March 31
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Eastern Shore Vistas by Nancy Thomas
Location: Artists' Gallery


Contact:
PH: 410-778-2425
Email: Tourism@kentcounty.com
URL: www.theartistsgalleryctown.com


239 High St, Chestertown, MD
Works in oil. Reception: First Friday 5-8pm. The Artists' Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12:30-4:30pm.




Date: Friday the 4th
Feb 4- March 12, 2011
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Themed open art show
Location: Chestertown Arts League, 312 Cannon St.


Contact: Rich Hall
PH: 410-928-5012
Email: rwhall@pitt.edu
URL: www.chestertownartsleague.org


A themed art show in all mediums and open to all artists in the tradition of the Chestertown Arts League. Gallery hours: Thurs and Fri 11am-4pm; Sat 10am-4pm; and Sunday hours on event weekends.
Theme TBA.




Date: Friday the 4th
February 4–26
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Art and Soul- Gallery Show Opening
Location: Artworks


Contact: Artworks
PH: 410-778-6300
Email: artworkschestertown@gmail.com
URL: www.artworkschestertown.org


Artworks is proud to present the stirring, spiritual and diverse art of local African American artists.
Regular hours: 12-3 Wed thru Fri; 9-3 Sat.




Date: Friday the 4th
February 4 thru March 31
Time: 5–8pm
Event: Eastern Shore Vistas by Nancy Thomas
Location: Artists' Gallery, 239 High St, Chestertown, MD


Contact:
PH: 410-778-2425
Email: Tourism@kentcounty.com
URL: www.theartistsgalleryctown.com


Works in oil. Reception: First Friday 5-8pm. The Artists‚ Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12:30-4:30pm.




Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7pm
Event: Hands of Harvest
Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall


Contact: JoAnn Fairchild
PH: 410-778-7295
Email:
URL:


Feature-length documentary followed by discussion with filmmaker Adrian Muys. The file chronicles the journey of Mexican migrant women who travel to pick crabs in small fishing villages on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Presented by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, the Center for Environment & Society, Students Against Human Trafficking, and the League of Women Voters of Kent County, MD.




Date: Friday the 18th
Time: 7:30pm
Event: Organ Recital: Ahreum Han
Location: Emmanuel Church, 101 North Cross Street, Chestertown


Contact: Church office
PH: 410–778–3477
Email: emmanuel778@verizon.net
URL: www.emmanuelchesterparish.org


Ahreum Han is Principal Organist and Artist in Residence at Frist Presbyterian Church in Davenport, Iowa.




Date: Saturday the 19th
Time: 8pm
Event: Washington College Concert Series: Jasper String Quartet
Location: Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washngton College


Contact: Kate Bennett
PH: 410-778-7839
Email: kbennett2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.washcoll.edu






Chestertown, Maryland event information sourced from http://www.chestertown.com/events_calendar2.php?month=February&date=2011
Chestertown | 118N Cross Street | Chestertown, MD 21620 | 410-778-0500 | office@chestertown.com

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