Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: Opening Reception 5-8pm
Event: Figure Study by Shirley Hampton Hunt
Location: The Artists' Gallery

Contact: The Artists' Gallery
PH: 410-778-2425
Email:
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New works by Shirley Hunt. Photographs, watercolors, pastels. The show will hang through Feb. 26, 2012.

Date: Wednesday the 1st
February 1–28
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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: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 5pm
Event: The Invisible Line: A Secret History of Race in America
Location: Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, Washington College

Contact: CV Starr Center
PH: 410 810-7161
Email: jemley2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu

Law professor Daniel Sharfstein will delve into the long and complicated history of racial passing in America. His new book, The Invisible Line (Penguin, 2011), explores the dramatic stories of three black families that recast themselves as white during years of great racial upheaval, including one that left slavery to become wealthy sugar planters and prominent Confederates. Sharfstein is a professor of law at Vanderbilt University.

Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 5–8pm
Event: Chestertown's 1st Fridays
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.

Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Scenes in Mixed Media
Location: Artworks, 306 Park Row, Chestertown

Contact: Artworks
PH: 410-778-6300
Email: artworkschestertown@verizon.net
URL: www.artworkschestertown.org

See how artists draw on a variety of mediums and found objects to cut, paint, piece, and sculpt captivating scenes in one, two or three dimensions. Through Feb. 25, 2012.

Date: Friday the 3rd
February 3, 4 and 6th, 2012
Time: 6pm on 3rd and 6th: 11am on 4th
Event: Auditions for "Proof"
Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts ar the Prince Theatre

Contact:
PH: 410-810-2060
Email:
URL: www.garfieldcenter.org/event/auditions-for-proof/

Directed by Mark Sullivan, "Proof" will run for two weekends in March, from the 16th - 25th.

Date: Monday the 6th
Time: 7:30pm
Event: Erotic Poetry
Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts at the Prince Theatre

Contact: Lucia Foster
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: lfoster@garfieldcenter.org
URL:

Celebrate Valentine's Day in an unconventional way! Join us, as a reader or audience member, as we share poetry open mic style. Bring your own poem, or read one of the ones we provide. To sign up to read, contact Lucia.

Date: Tuesday the 7th
Time: 4:30pm
Event: Oo! Those Awful Hobbits: Tolkien Versus the Academy
Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College

Contact:
PH:
Email:
URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/lectures

Verlyn Flieger has taught courses on J.R.R. Tolkien at the University of Maryland for the past thirty-five years. She has published three books on his fiction, "Splintered Light," "A Question of Time," and "Interrupted Music." She is the author of the fantasy novel "Pig Tale," its sequel "The Inn at Corbies' Caww," and an Arthurian novella, "Avilion."

Date: Thursday the 9th
Time: 5pm, book signing to follow
Event: American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson
Location: Custom House, 101 S. Water Street, Chestertown

Contact: CV Starr Center
PH: 410-810-7161
Email: jemley2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu

Join us for a book party and reading to honor historian David Stewart, whose new book, American Emperor (Simon & Schuster, 2011) was written partly at the Starr Center. This vivid biography of Aaron Burr, Jefferson's vice president and arch-nemesis, blends high adventure and political scheming to portray an essential turning point in the life of the young nation. The author of two other books, Stewart received the Starr Center's inaugural Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship in 2009.

Date: Friday the 10th
Time: Opening 5pm
Event: artNOW:Baltimore
Location: Kohl Gallery, Washington College

Contact: Kay MacIntosh
PH: 410-810-7408
Email: kmacintosh2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.washingtoncollegenews.blogspot.com/2012/02/koh

Five contemporary artists based in Baltimore are showcased in the first of three annual art:NOW exhibitions that will present works by some of the most talked-about artists working in nearby major cities. Featured artists: Christian Benefiel, Karen Furlong, Andrew Liang, Rene Trevino and Karen Yasinsky. Curated by Alex Castro and Cara Ober.

Date: Saturday the 11th
Time: 9am-12noon
Event: Sassafras Samplers Training
Location: Washington College, Toll Science Building

Contact: Jamie Brunkow
PH: 410-708-3303
Email: riverkeeper@sassafrasriver.org
URL: www.sassafrasriver.org/whatwedo/#section3

Join SRA's team of citizen scientists, helping to monitor the health of the Sassafras River! SRA will provide all the training, guidance and materials to get you started with this exciting, once a month, water testing project. Volunteers get the chance to learn more about the Sassafras River and interact with SRA staff and community volunteers. Help out your River by volunteering today! For more information, or to RSVP for the training contact Jamie Brunkow.

Date: Monday the 13th
Time: 5pm, book signing to follow
Event: American Fun
Location: Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, Washington College

Contact: CV Starr Center
PH: 410 810-7161
Email: jemley2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu

American history is often presented as a litany of brawls: Native Americans against Pilgrims; patriots against redcoats, Occupy Wall Street against the plutocracy. John Beckman, a professor of English at the U.S. Naval Academy, takes a different view by chronicling the ways that Americans have had fun. This story, too, often involves rebellion, bad behavior, and mockery. All will be on display at this rollickingly fun event.

Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 8pm
Event: Washington College Concert Series
Location: Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts

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

Cuarteto Latino Americano from Mexico presents a program of Latin string quartets.

Date: Tuesday the 14th
Time: 9am-3pm
Event: Polymer Clay Techniques-Mokume Gane
Location: Heron Point, 501 East Campus Ave, Chestertown

Contact: Artworks
PH: 410-778-6300
Email: artworkschestertown@verizon.net
URL: www.artworkschestertown.org

Originally an ancient Japanese metalworking technique, mokume gane or "wood-grained metal" has evolved into a polymer clay standard. Learn how to create rich organic patterns, delicate layers of color, and the illusion of depth with a simple technique. Choice of small projects to apply it to and then the piece will be completed giving a professional looking, glass-like finish.Recommended that students take Basic class first but not essential. Registration deadline is Feb 7th, $80 members $95 other - includes all materials; $18 for Basic Kit if you don't have one.

Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 4:30pm
Event: Fiction Reading with Paul Lisicky
Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College

Contact:
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Email:
URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/lectures

Paul Lisicky is the author of "Lawnboy, "Famous Builder," and the recently published novel "The Burning House." A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the James Michener/Copernicus Society, the Henfield Foundation, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, where he was twice a fellow.

Date: Thursday the 16th
Time: 6pm
Event: Open House at Kent School
Location: 6788 Wilkins Lane

Contact: Beth Collins
PH: 410-778-4100 ext. 11
Email: admissions@kentschool.org
URL: www.kentschool.org

Information and tours provided for families looking for an enriched education for their children, ages 3 through grade 8.

Date: Monday the 20th
Time: 4:30pm
Event: BYOB: Blog Your Own Book
Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College

Contact:
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Email:
URL: www.lithouse.washcoll.edu/

This event focuses on the rising use of social media (blogs, facebook, twitter) in the book world. Leading this discussion will be Rebecca Jones Schinsky (The Book Lady) and author Joseph Wallace.

Date: Saturday the 25th
Time: 8pm
Event: Mardi Gras Dance Party
Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts at the Prince Theatre

Contact:
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@garfieldcenter.org
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Dance party featuring Zachary Smith and the Dixie Power Trio. All ages welcome. Tickets $12

Date: Tuesday the 28th
Time: 5pm, book signing to follow
Event: Lincoln Caplan Covering the Supreme Court
Location: The Egg, Hodson Hall Commons, Washington College, Chestertown

Contact: C.V. Starr Center
PH: 410 810-7161
Email: jemley2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu

Legal journalist Lincoln Caplan, who writes editorials about the Supreme Court for the New York Times, will share his insights about the present and future direction of the Court in a public conversation with Starr Center director Adam Goodheart. A former faculty member at Yale Law School, Caplan was the founding editor of Legal Affairs. He is the author of five books and has covered legal issues as a staff writer at the New Republic, the New Yorker, and elsewhere.

Date: Wednesday the 29th
Time: 7:30pm
Event: Open Mic Night
Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts at the Prince Theatre

Contact: Ford Shumann
PH:
Email: ford01@aol.com
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For information or to sign up contact Ford.