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David Orvis–Shakespeare's Queer Marriages
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Sophie Kerr Room, Washington College |
Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/ |
David L. Orvis, a 2002 graduate of Washington College, earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Arizona. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English and Faculty Affiliate in Women's Studies at Appalachian State University. He is working on his first book, tentatively titled Performing Queer Marriage on the Early Modern St age, as well as a collection of essays on Psalms in the Early Modern World, co-edited with Linda Phyllis Austern and Kari Boyd McBride. He has articles forthcoming in The Journal of Homosexuality, In Search of the Normal: Developments in the Histories of Sexualities, 1200-1900, Selected Papers from the Sexual Identities in Shakespeare Conference, The Explicator, and Performing Pedagogy: Gender and Instruction in Early Modern England.
Sponsored by: The Sophie Kerr Committee. Sophie Kerr Room, Miller Library, Washington College.
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Chestertown's 1st Fridays
Date: Friday the 5th
Time: 5–8pm
Location: Downtown Chestertown |
Contact:
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URL: www.kentcounty.com/artsentertainment |
| Meander the red-brick, tree-lined sidewalks of Historic Chestertown, while enjoying extended shop hours and arts and entertainment throughout Downtown. For a list of activities, please check this calendar for specific listings. |
Light and Shadow
Date: Friday the 5th
March 5–31
Time: First Friday 5-8pm
Location: Chestertown Arts League |
Contact: Rich Hall
PH: 410-928-5012
Email: rwhall@pitt.edu
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Art in all media which emphasizes the values of light and the drama and mood of shadow. Color may be an element in this show but maintains a certain modesty. Open to all artists. Thursday and Friday 11am–4pm; Saturday 10am–4pm; Sunday hours in the summer and event weekends. Special show openings with receptions on most first Fridays of each month 5–8pm. FREE.
Chestertown Arts League, 312 Cannon Street, Chestertown |
Historic Chestertown Exhibit
Date: Friday the 5th
March 5–28
Time: Wed–Fri 12 noon–3pm, Sat 9am–3pm
Location: Artworks Gallery |
Contact:
PH: 410-778-6300
Email: artworkschestertown@gmail.com
URL: www.artworkschestertown.org |
Artworks hosts a month-long show featuring images of historic Chestertown, the scenic Chester River, and the unique characteristics and events that make them special. The show is open to all local artists and photographers, and selected images from the exhibition will be featured on banners displayed along High Street. The colorful banners will brighten up downtown and promote the many annual events that draw visitors and revenue to the region. The exhibition is sponsored by Main Street Historic Chestertown (MSHC), dedicated to promoting and preserving the unique historic character of downtown Chestertown. MSHC was formed in 2008, when The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the state of Maryland designated Chestertown as an official "Main Street America" site.
Artworks Gallery, 306 Park Row, Chestertown
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Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble–Band Concert
Date: Sunday the 14th
Time: 4pm
Location: Christ United Methodist Church |
Contact:
PH: 410-778-2829
Email:
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This is the third in the series of four free concerts in the Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble's 2009–2010 season. Directed by Keith Wharton since the band's founding in 2001, the community concert band offers area wind and percussion musicians the opportunity to continue or resume playing high-quality music in a large ensemble. The band, based in Chestertown, welcomes new members at any time, without fee or audition. For information about joining call 410-778-2829 or 410-810-1834
Christ United Methodist Church, 401 High St. (at Mill St.), Chestertown
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62nd Annual Open Juried Art Show
Date: Sunday the 21st
March 21–April 11
Time: 9am–5pm
Location: Galleries of Heron Point |
Contact: Chestertown Arts League
PH: 410-778-5789
Email: artsleague@verizon.net
URL: www.chestertownartsleague.net |
This popular art exhibit includes works in all fine arts media submitted by artists from throughout the region. The show is open to the public daily, 9am–5pm.
Opening reception is Sunday, March 21, 2–4pm; awards presentation at 3pm.
Heron Point, 501 E Campus Ave, Chestertown |
Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket–Sophie Kerr Weekend Speaker
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 4pm
Location: Decker Theatre, Washington College |
Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://lithouse.washcoll.edu |
Daniel Handler is the author of the literary novels The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and, most recently, Adverbs.
Under the name Lemony Snicket he has also written a sequence of books for children, known collectively as A Series of Unfortunate Events, which have sold more than 53 million copies and were the basis of a film starring Jim Carrey. His intricate and witty writing style has won him numerous fans for his critically acclaimed literary work and his wildly successful children's books.
Handler has worked intermittently in film and music, most recently in collaboration with composer Nathaniel Stookey on a piece commissioned and recorded by the San Francisco Symphony, entitled "The Composer Is Dead," which has been performed all over the world and is now a book with CD. An adjunct accordionist for the music group The Magnetic Fields, he is also the author of Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Biography, The Beatrice Letters, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid, and two books for Christmas: The Lump of Coal and The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: a Christmas story. He is the screenwriter of the film Rick, a revamp of the Verdi opera Rigoletto, and the film adaptation of Joel Rose's novel Kill the Poor, and has written for The New York Times, Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle, The Believer, Chickfactor, and various anthologies, and was the chair of the Judging Panel for the National Book Awards in Young People's Literature, 2008. His current projects include a fourth novel for adults, a picture book in collaboration with Maira Kalman and the script for the long-awaited second Snicket movie.
"Daniel Handler something like an American Nabokov."–Dave Eggers
"One of our most dazzling literary conjurers."–Michael Chabon
"Sentence by sentence, Handler dazzles, teases the unwary with unforeseeable perceptions."–San Francisco Chronicle
Sponsored by: The Sophie Kerr Committee and The Rose O'Neill Literary House
Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College, Chestertown |
Inna Faliks Concert
Date: Sunday the 28th
Time: 4pm
Location: Decker Theatre, Washington College |
Contact:
PH: 410-778-7839
Email:
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The Washington College Concert Series–now in its 58th season–will host an exciting 2009–2010 line-up of performances. Single tickets can be purchased at the door, $15 for adults and $5 for youth and students. Season tickets are available for $50 per person in advance or at the box office on performance nights.
Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College, Chestertown |
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