Date: Wednesday the 1st
Sept. 1st - 30th
Time: 5-8pm Reception on the 1st Friday of the
Event: The Artists' Gallery First Friday
Location: 239 High Street, Chestertown

Contact:
PH: 410-778-2425
Email:
URL:

Featuring Jeanne Salisbury's new oils

Date: Wednesday the 1st
September 1-30, 2010
Time:
Event: Garden Puppet Theatre Mini-Museum Exhibit
Location: Kent County Visitor Center, 122 N. Cross St. Chest

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

Changing characters and themes throughout the year.

Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Chestertown's 1st Fridays
Location: Downtown Chestertown

Contact:
PH:
Email:
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.

Date: Friday the 3rd
Sept. 3 - 26, 2010
Time: Opening Reception Sept 3, 5-8pm
Event: Four under Forty
Location: Chestertown Arts League at 312 Cannon St. in Chest

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

This show features the work of four Kent County resident artists: Robbi Behr, Emily Kalwaitis, Joe Karlik and Angela Ranzoni. All in their fourth decade, these prolific practicing artists are in the prime of their relatively young creative lives. Artists will be introduced at 6pm at the opening. Thurs, Fri 11am-4pm; Sat 10am- 4pm; Sunday hours in the summer and event weekends. FREE.

Date: Friday the 3rd
Sept. 3rd-28th, 2010
Time: Wed-Fri 12-3pm, Sat 9am-3pm
Event: Creative Designs in Mosaics, Paint and Pottery
Location: Art Works, 306 Park Row, Chestertown

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

Artworks celebrates the beauty of both traditional and contemporary clay and mosaic work represented by several of Artworks‚ skilled and talented Clay Studio instructors. This show features an eclectic selection of functional and decorative pieces demonstrating the diversity and artistic creativity that can be coaxed from mosaics and ceramics. New work from noted local and regional artists will be shown, including Jen Wagner, Susan Stockman, Kay Jones, and Megan Van Wagoner, all of whom will be giving workshops at Artworks Clay Studio in the near future.

Date: Saturday the 4th
Saturday, September 4
Time: 11–1pm and 2–4pm
Event: Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
Location: Chestertown, MD

Contact: Sharon Burritt
PH: 410-778-5954
Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
URL:

Departing and returning from Sultana‚s home port of historic Chestertown (and occasionally other ports around the Chesapeake), Sultana‚s two-hour public sails are a great way to sail the Chester River onboard a traditional schooner. Passengers are encouraged to help raise the sails, steer using Sultana's seven-foot long tiller, and explore the authentically reproduced crew's quarters below-decks. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.

Date: Saturday the 4th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am-1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
Email:
URL: http://www.chestertown.com\market

This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.

Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 7:30pm
Event: Chestertown, Maryland -The Movie
Location: Fountain Park

Contact: Gordon Chapman
PH: 410-708-2126
Email: janechapman@usa.net
URL:

The 1998 film, 'Chestertown, Maryland: An American Home Town for more than 350 Years'. Contains interviews and scenes from the 1940 film, 'The Way We Were'.

Date: Sunday the 5th
Sunday, September 5
Time: 11am–1pm and 2–4pm
Event: Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
Location: Chestertown, MD

Contact: Sharon Burritt
PH: 410-778-5954
Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
URL:

Departing and returning from Sultana‚s home port of historic Chestertown (and occasionally other ports around the Chesapeake), Sultana‚s two-hour public sails are a great way to sail the Chester River onboard a traditional schooner. Passengers are encouraged to help raise the sails, steer using Sultana's seven-foot long tiller, and explore the authentically reproduced crew's quarters below-decks. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.

Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 7pm
Event: Poetry and Project Runway, or How to Take Criticism
Location: Tawes Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College

Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.lithouse.washcoll.edu/

Join the Rose O'Neill Literary House in a playful, poetic and practical look at how to take criticism. Fashion designer Andrae Gonzalo, star of Bravo TV's Project Runway (Season 2) will be bringing his new line to Washington College, and will be joined by Harvard University Professor Stephen Burt (author of the recently published essay "Poetry and Project Runway: Should book critics take their cues from Tim Gunn?") in an evening where runway walks collide with the creative writing workshop. Haute couture meets half rhyme . . . only in Chestertown.

Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Event: Chestertown Art in the Park
Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown, MD

Contact:
PH: 410-778-5789
Email: laniseikaly@me.com
URL: www.ChestertownArtInThePark.com

The Annual Chestertown Art in the Park features over forty artists and crafters selling quality works of art. This celebration of the arts is a perfect time to begin or finish your holiday shopping.

Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 7-8:30pm
Event: Annapolis Blue Grass
Location: Fountain Park, Downtown Chestertown

Contact:
PH: 410-778-0500
Email:
URL: www.chestertown.com/events_calendar.php

Hand-clappin', Knee-slappin' & Toe-tappin' tunes.
The 16th season of Music in Fountain Park by the fountain in Historic Downtown Chestertown. Bring a blanket or chair. 7-8:30 pm. Concerts every other Saturday night. June through the fourth weekend in September. Remaining dates Sep.11 & 25. These free concerts are sponsored by the Town of Chestertown with support from The Kent County Arts Council and Community Contributors. Donations may be sent to Music in Fountain Park, Town of Chestertown, 118 N. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD 21620.

Date: Saturday the 11th
Saturday, September 11
Time: 11am–1pm and 2–4pm
Event: Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
Location: Chestertown, MD

Contact: Sharon Burritt
PH: 410-778-5954
Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
URL:

Departing and returning from Sultana‚s home port of historic Chestertown (and occasionally other ports around the Chesapeake), Sultana‚s two-hour public sails are a great way to sail the Chester River onboard a traditional schooner. Passengers are encouraged to help raise the sails, steer using Sultana's seven-foot long tiller, and explore the authentically reproduced crew's quarters below-decks. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.

Date: Saturday the 11th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am-1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
Email:
URL: www.chestertown.com\market

This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.

Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 7pm
Event: Chester River Chorale Fall Rehearsals
Location: First United Methodist Church

Contact:
PH: 410-758-2199
Email: mmccoy@hughes.net
URL: www.chesterriverchorale.org

Rehearsals every Mon. 7-9:15, registration 6 pm Sept. 13. No audition required. The Chester River Chorale provides opportunity and inspiration for amateur singers to achieve artistic excellence. Our performances entertain diverse audiences and enrich the cultural life of the community.

Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 7-8pm
Event: Do You Wish You Knew More About County Government?
Location: The Book Plate, 112 S. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD

Contact: William W. Pickrum
PH: 410-778-4167
Email:
URL:

Here is your opportunity:
A free non-partisan monthly seminar on Kent County government operations.
Topics will include, General Governance, Water and Waste Water Management, Law Enforcement, Emergency Operations, Public School System, County Parks and Recreation System, State Relationships, Budgeting and more.
Seminars will include occasional invited guest speakers.
Wonder how the County and State relate to each other?

Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 5pm
Event: Colum McCann; Fiction Reading
Location: Tawes Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College

Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/

In August 2009, Colum McCann released "Let the Great World Spin," an "emotional tour de force" (The New York Times) that became, instantly, one of the most talked about books of the decade. By the end of the year, it had entered the pantheon of Great American Novels. A polyphonic work set in the New York of the 1970's, but serving as an allegory of the city's resilient post-9/11 self, "Spin" was Chose as Amazon's #1 Book of the Year and won the National Book Award. It placed McCann - whose remarkable previous books include "Zoli" and "Dancer" - at the very top rank of contemporary novelists.
Born in Dublin in 1965, McCann currently teaches at Hunter College in New York.

Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 2-5pm
Event: National Preparedness Month Open House
Location: Heron Point-Wesley Hall

Contact: Lulu Hurtt
PH: 410-778-8321
Email: luluhurtt@actslife.org
URL:

In celebration of National Preparedness Month, the Kent Co. Local Emergency & Heron Point have teamed up to inform the community on disaster preparedness and wellness. Vendors include Morrison Nutritional Information, CERT, 911, Fire, Police, Chester River Hospital blood pressure screening, cholestrol screening, diabetes education, massage therapy, Kent Co. Health Dept., and much more. All are invited.

Date: Friday the 17th
Time: 12:30pm
Event: Candidate Public Forum on Seniors Issues
Location: Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center

Contact: Muriel Cole, Kent County Commission on Aging
PH: 410-778-0831
Email: murielcole@verizon.net
URL:

A public meeting hosted by the Kent County Commission on Aging to meet and hear candidates for Kent County Commissioner convey their views on senior services in Kent County. Moderated by Bob Garson.

Date: Friday the 17th
Time: Noon-7pm
Event: Kent County Teen Summit: Voices of Our Youth
Location: Kent County Community Center

Contact: Valerie Oliver
PH: 410-778-7918 ex 228
Email: voliver@dhmh.state.md.us
URL:

A teen summit open to all 7th to 10th grade youth in Kent County. A forum for them to voice opinions & propose solutions, have fun, work, believe, achieve and succeed.
They can climb the rock wall, eat FREE food, chill in the dunk tank, and speak out on alcohol and drugs in our community.
HOW: Pick up a registration form, available at the KC community center and KC library branches, or go online to kentasac.org or your school website.
Turn your signed form in at the community center, your library or school office, or mail it to:
KC Prevention 114 A S. Lynchburg St.
Chestertown, MD 21620
No later than Friday, September 10.

Date: Saturday the 18th
Saturday, September 18
Time: 11am–1pm and 2–4pm
Event: Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
Location: Chestertown, MD

Contact: Sharon Burritt
PH: 410-778-5954
Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
URL:

Departing and returning from Sultana‚s home port of historic Chestertown (and occasionally other ports around the Chesapeake), Sultana‚s two-hour public sails are a great way to sail the Chester River onboard a traditional schooner. Passengers are encouraged to help raise the sails, steer using Sultana's seven-foot long tiller, and explore the authentically reproduced crew's quarters below-decks. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.

Date: Saturday the 18th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am-1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
Email:
URL: http://www.chestertown.com\market

This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.

Date: Saturday the 18th
Time: 8am
Event: Chestertown Half Marathon
Location: Wilmer Park, Chestertown, Md

Contact: David Slomkowski
PH: 443-756-7711
Email:
URL: www.chestertownhalfmarathon.com

Athletes Serving Athletes and the Town Council invite you to be a part of Chestertown’s inaugural Half-Marathon. 100% of the race proceeds will go to charity and benefit Athletes Serving Athletes as well as the following local charities: Character Counts, the Radcliffe Creek School and Women In Need.
Race Day Registration is available so please feel free to show up, register and race on Saturday.

Date: Sunday the 19th
Time: 4pm
Event: Washington College Concert Series, Thomas Pandolfi, piano
Location: Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

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

Piano concert featuring the works of George Gershwin.

Date: Tuesday the 21st
Time: 6:30pm
Event: Ned Sublette: Patrick Henry Fellow
Location: The Egg, Hodson Hall Commons, Washington College

Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu/ ; www.lithouse.wash

Ned Sublette, the 2010-2011 Patrick Henry Fellow, is an internationally renowned guitarist, musicologist, writer and historian. His books include "The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans," "The World that Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square" and "Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo." His time at Washington College will be spent working on a history of the American slave coast.
Patrick Henry Fellowship aims to encourage reflection on the links between American history and contemporary culture, and to foster the literary art of historical writing.

Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 12-4pm
Event: Waterfront Festival & Cardboard Boat Regatta
Location: Wilmer Park, Chestertown, MD

Contact: JoAnn Fairchild
PH: 410-778-7295
Email: jfairchild2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.ces.washcoll.edu

River tours, boating, sailing, kayaking and Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Chester River. Music by Chester River Runoff, pony rides, hula hoops and family fun. Fish fry, funnel cake, pit beef and ice cream.

Date: Saturday the 25th
Saturday, September 25
Time: 10am–12:30pm
Event: Sultana Projects Public Paddles
Location: Wilmer Park on the Chester River

Contact: Sharon Burritt
PH: 410-778-5954
Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
URL:

Spend a morning with Sultana Projects‚ trained staff paddling some of the most pristine sections of the National Park Service's new Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail as well as adjacent river trails. Canoes are provided, so just bring a day-pack and be ready to explore.
Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 8.

Date: Saturday the 25th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am-1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
Email:
URL: http://www.chestertown.com\market

This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.

Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 7-8:30pm
Event: US Naval Academy Jazz Band
Location: Fountain Park, Downtown Chestertown

Contact:
PH: 410-778-0500 Town Hall
Email:
URL: www.chestertown.com/events/musicpark/

'The Next Wave', one of the Navy's two premier big bands, is comprised of seventeen of our nation's finest musicians. The band continues the time honored tradition of fostering one of America‚s musical treasures: JAZZ. The Next Wave plays big band repertoire from the earliest to the most contemporary."

16th season of Music in Fountain Park by the fountain in Historic Downtown Chestertown. Bring a blanket or chair. 7-8:30 pm. Concerts every other Saturday night, June through the fourth weekend in September. Remaining Date: Sept. 25. These free programs are sponsored by the Town of Chestertown with support from The Kent County Arts Council and Community Contributors. Donations may be sent to Music in Fountain Park, Town of Chestertown, 118 N. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD 21620.

Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 8pm
Event: Improv Night Showcase
Location: Prince Theatre

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: info@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

Enjoy an evening of improvisational comedy - you never know what might happen!

Date: Sunday the 26th
Sunday, September 26
Time: 8am–5pm
Event: Day Sail on the Sultana
Location: Chestertown to Annapolis

Contact: Sultana Projects, Inc.
PH: 410-778-5954
Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
URL:

For those interested in a more prolonged sailing experience on the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Sultana offers Public Day Sails throughout the season that give you the opportunity to accompany Sultana on one of her port-to-port transits. These sails generally last from 5 to 8 hours in length, beginning in one port and ending in another. Day Sails give the captain and crew a chance to unfurl more of Sultana's canvas and sail somewhat harder than is usually possible during our two-hour sails.
$50 per person/ no children under 12/ no return transportation/ Call for Reservations.

Date: Monday the 27th
Time: 7:30pm
Event: John Muir and the Mountains of California
Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center, Washington College

Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/

Mark Long "John Muir and the Mountains of California: Prospects for Environmental Thinking and Writing".
Dr. Mark Long is Associate Professor of English and American Studies and the coordinator of first-year writing at Keene State College, New Hampshire's public liberal arts institution. Dr. Long's professional experience in the study of environmental writing includes serving on the executive council of ASLE, the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, and the editorial advisory board of its journal, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment. His is the co-editor of the book "Teaching North American Environmental Literature, recently published by the MLA.

Date: Tuesday the 28th
Time: 10am-12 Noon and 2–4pm
Event: 13th Port of Chester Antiques Seminar & Appraisals
Location: Amy Lynn Ferris Center, 200 Schauber Rd., Chestertown

Contact: Joyce McCracken or Doris Floyd
PH: 410-778-7350 or 410-778-5
Email:
URL:

This benefit for the Cliffs School House provides a chance to have an heirloom appraised and to learn about antiques.
Experts from Sotheby's and Alex Cooper, Inc. will evaluate the items presented. Admission of $20 includes appraisal of one item. Please call for reservations/information.

Date: Wednesday the 29th
Time: 7:30pm
Event: Open Mic Night
Location: Prince Theatre

Contact: Box Office
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

Open Mic Night with Ford Schumman at the Prince! E-mail Ford at fordo1@aol.com for information and to sign up.

Date: Thursday the 30th
Time: 7pm
Event: Erika Meitner: Poetry Reading
Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College

Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/

Erika Meitner's first collection of poems, "Inventory at the All-night Drugstore," won the 2002 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and was published in 2003 by Anhinga Press. Her second book, "Ideal Cities," was a 2009 National Poetry Series winner, and was published in August 2010 by Harper Collins. Her third book, "Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls," is forthcoming from Anhinga Press in 2011. Meitner's poems have appeared in journals including The Virginia Quarterly Review, The New Republic, The Kenyon review and on Slate.com. Meitner is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program, and is simultaneously completing her doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where she was the Morgenstern Fellow in Jewish Studies.