Arts and Entertainment - February 2010

Kent County has been recognized by the Maryland State Arts Council as one of the significant arts communities in the state. With this in mind, we have designed the Arts & Entertainment site to provide you with information on what the county has to offer in relation to its arts, entertainment, and cultural heritage. Hopefully, this will help you plan a fun-filled stay, enabling you to take full advantage of places to go and people to see. For more information, call the Kent County Tourism Development Office at 410-778-0416 or email tourism@kentcounty.com.

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  • Art Exhibit–Trees
  • Monday, February 1   |  9am–5pm daily
  • This event runs February 1–March 12
  • Location: Heron Point
  • Contact: Heron Point
  • Phone: 410-778-7300
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  • Original paintings, prints, and photographs from works and collections of Heron Point residents. The subject is trees. Skipjack Hallway, Gallery, Heron Point 501 E. Campus Avenue, Chestertown
  • Art Exhibit–Marjorie Morani
  • Monday, February 1   |  9am–5pm daily
  • This event runs February 1– March 12
  • Location: Heron Point
  • Contact: Heron Point
  • Phone: 410-778-7300
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  • Exuberant, brilliant color carries the day in Morani's landscapes, figures,and festive scenes. She exhibits locally and in galleries in Anguilla. Heron Point, 501 E Campus Ave. Chestertown
  • Dissipated Eight
  • Thursday, February 4   |  7:30pm
  • This event runs February 4
  • Location: 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The precision, vocal gymnastics and excitement of men’s collegiate a cappella singing comes to the Mainstay! Dissipated Eight is the more-than-50-year-old, award-winning men’s a cappella group from Middlebury College in Vermont. They perform both nationally and internationally, at private venues, colleges, and high schools. They sing popular songs from different eras with witty imaginative arrangements, often using their voices to imitate instruments in the originals. Call for reservations. Tickets are $10.
  • Chestertown's 1st Fridays
  • Friday, February 5   |  5:00–8:00pm
  • Location: Downtown Chestertown
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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.
  • Photography Awards Show
  • Friday, February 5   |  5-8pm
  • This event runs February 5–27
  • Location: Chestertown Arts League
  • Contact: Rich Hall
  • Phone: 410-928-5012
  • Email: rwhall@pitt.edu
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  • All artists are invited to bring their best new photographic work to this traditional CAL show. 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 at 5-8pm. Event Admission: free. Chestertown Arts League, 312 Cannon Street, Chestertown.
  • Art for Heart's Sake–Non functional art
  • Friday, February 5   |  Wed–Fri 12 noon–3pm, Sat 9am–3pm
  • This event runs February 5–28
  • Location: Artworks Gallery
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-6300
  • Email: artworkschestertown@gmail.com
  • URL: www.artworkschestertown.org
  • The month of romance brings art of the heart to the Artworks Gallery. We are leaving the interpretation up to out artists so you can expect to find very creative and inspiring Heartworks at the gallery for your loved ones during this month. Artworks Gallery, 306 Park Row, Chestertown
  • The Kings of Crownsville
  • Saturday, February 13   |  8pm
  • Location: The Mainstay
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The Kings of Crownsville have a fun-loving rootsy sound that transports listeners from the streets of New Orleans out onto old Route 66 picking up influences from nearly every page of the American songbook along the way. Their bluesy sound comes to life with the solid songwriting, lead vocals and guitar of Steve Johnson, John C. Harris on trombone and vocals, Mike McCormick on piano and vocals, Rob Creath on percussion and and Pete Miller on bass. Their good-time music is just the right antidote to the mid-winter doldrums. Their New Orleans influenced sound is just right for Mardi Gras. Call for reservations. Tickets are $15. The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Logo Contest
  • Monday, February 15
  • Location: Kent County, MD
  • Contact: Friends of the Kent County Public Library
  • Phone: 410-810-0108
  • Email: kentcountyfriends@gmail.com
  • URL: www.kentfriends.wordpress.com/
  • The Friends of the Kent County Library, a nonprofit organization that provides important library resources, is hosting a logo design contest. All are invited to enter.
    The winner will receive a $200 prize. For details, visit http://kentfriends.wordpress.com/
  • Country/Bluegrass Celebration
  • Saturday, February 20   |  8:00pm
  • Location: Rock Hall Firehouse
  • Contact: Shirley Crater
  • Phone: 410-639-7636
  • Email: rhvfcbusmgr@baybroadband.net
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  • Country/Bluegrass Celebration
  • “I’m Not Rappaport” by Herb Gardner
  • Friday, February 26   |  Friday and Saturday 8pm; Sunday 2pm
  • This event runs February 26–28
  • Location: Church Hill Theatre
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-758-1331
  • Email: info@churchhilltheatre.org
  • URL: www.churchhilltheatre.org
  • In the shadow of a bridge in Central Park, two octogenarians, one white and one black, meet regularly, determined to fight off all attempts to put them out to pasture. Lifetime radical and world-class kibitzer Nat Moyer's daughter is urging him into an old folk's home. He spends his afternoons spinning outrageous yarns that both intrigue and infuriate fellow octogenarian Midge Carter, a half-blind building superintendent who spends his days in the park hiding both from his past and from his disgruntled tenants. They share a Central Park bench, and with sly verbal sparring and indomitable spirits, these irritable heroes square off against drug dealers, enlightened children, posh tenants and, ultimately, time itself. It is a refreshing comedy that is hilarious, poignant and always enjoyable.
    Playing February 26, 27, 28, March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14. Fridays and Saturdays 8pm; Sundays 2pm
    $18.00 for adults, $10.00 for students. Subscriptions, membership and group rate discounts are available.
    Church Hill Theatre, 103 Walnut Street, Church Hill
  • Dick Morgan Trio
  • Saturday, February 27   |  8pm
  • Location: The Mainstay
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The incomparable Dick Morgan, at 80 years young, is Washington DC's legendary jazz pianist, a living link to the history of jazz. He landed his first radio show at age 10, played for Duke Ellington as a teenager and went on to play jazz festivals and clubs all over the world. He can bring audiences to reverent silence with jazz versions of ballads like "Bridge Over Troubled Water," then excite them minutes later with swinging song renditions reminiscent of Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson. At the Mainstay, he'll be joined by Dave Einhorn on bass and Bertel Knox on drums.
    Call for reservations. Tickets are $20. The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Lyric Bass Quintet
  • Saturday, February 27   |  8pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Washington College
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-7839
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  • The Washington College Concert Series–now in its 58th season–will host an exciting 2009-2010 line-up of performances. All concerts are held at the College’s Gibson Center for the Arts. 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, Washington College