Kent County Arts and Entertainment - February 2012

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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  • Chestertown's 1st Fridays
  • Friday, February 3   |  5–8pm
  • 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.
  • Scenes in Mixed Media
  • Friday, February 3   |  5-8pm
  • Location: Artworks, 306 Park Row, Chestertown
  • Contact: Artworks
  • Phone: 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.
  • Auditions for "Proof"
  • Friday, February 3   |  6pm on 3rd and 6th: 11am on 4th
  • This event runs February 3, 4 and 6th, 2012
  • Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts ar the Prince Theatre
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  • Phone: 410-810-2060
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  • URL: www.garfieldcenter.org/event/auditions-for-proof/
  • Directed by Mark Sullivan, "Proof" will run for two weekends in March, from the 16th - 25th.
  • Pyxis Piano Quartet
  • Sunday, February 5   |  4pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The Pyxis Piano Quartet performs chamber music which includes traditional and contemporary masterpieces for piano quartet.. This performance will include works by Strauss, Turina and Saint-Saens. Compelling, engaging, and informative, Pyxisí performances have become amongst the most sought-after in the Delaware arts scene. Now in their third year as Artists-in-Residence at the Delaware Art Museum, Pyxis performs there regularly to sold-out audiences. Call for reservations. Admission is $15
  • Erotic Poetry
  • Monday, February 6   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts at the Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Lucia Foster
  • Phone: 410-810-2060
  • Email: lfoster@garfieldcenter.org
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  • 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.
  • artNOW:Baltimore
  • Friday, February 10   |  Opening 5pm
  • Location:  Kohl Gallery, Washington College
  • Contact: Kay MacIntosh
  • Phone: 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.
  • A Tribute to the Music of Louis Armstrong
  • Sunday, February 12   |  4pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • A tribute to the music of New Orleans native Louis Armstrong with cornet and trumpet player Zach Smith (Dixie Power Trio, New Line Brass Band) and the University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Tom Palmer. This is the first event in The Music of New Orleans: Jazz with All the Fixin's, a 2 week celebration of New Orleans and its jazz heritage. Call for reservations. Admission is $15.
  • Washington College Concert Series
  • Tuesday, February 14   |  8pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts
  • Contact: Kate Bennett
  • Phone: 410-778-7839
  • Email: kbennett2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.washcoll.edu
  • Cuarteto Latino Americano from Mexico presents a program of Latin string quartets.
  • From Gottschalk to Swamp Romp: the Roots of the Music
  • Thursday, February 16   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • A free and informal discussion with audio examples of the roots of the music of New Orleans. Led by Tom McHugh. This discussion is part of the 2-week celebration "The Music of New Orleans: Jazz with all the Fixin's" sponsored by the Mainstay and the Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince. Free.
  • The New Line Brass Band
  • Saturday, February 18   |  8pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The big, bold, brassy, New Orleans-style street parade music (think Treme, Olympia & Dirty Dozen Brass Band) of the New Line Brass Band combines the talented members of the Dixie Power Trio with one of Washington/Baltimore's finest horn lines. They blend a heady mix of traditional brass band standards, spirituals, zydeco, and original compositions with a loose vibe and a funky groove. Itís raw, fun, and full of energy! Call for reservations. Admission is $15.
  • The US Army Blues Swamp Romp
  • Monday, February 20   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • A free MONDAY concert with Swamp Romp, the Louisiana-influenced subset of the jazz band of the United States Army Band (known worldwide as 'Pershing's Own'). Fronted by Graham Breedlove from Lafayette, Louisiana on trumpet and Harry Watters from Huntsville, Alabama on trombone, they play a wide mix of New Orleans classics, Dixieland, ragtime, original compositions and contemporary works with their special hot sauce. Free!
  • Conservatory Classic Jazz Band
  • Thursday, February 23   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • New Orleans style, Chicago style, small-group swing, and mainstream jazz from this DC-based jazz band.. Their repertoire includes the music of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Eddie Condon, Benny Goodman and other early jazz pioneers, in addition to the Great American Songbook compositions of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Hoagy Carmichael. Sponsored by the Snow Foundation in memory of Allen Malcolm. FREE but space is limited; reservations are required.
  • The Nerd
  • Friday, February 24   |  Fri. & Sat. 8pm; Sun. 2pm
  • This event runs Feb. 24-26; Mar. 2-4, 9-11
  • Location: Church Hill Theatre
  • Contact: Joyce Benton
  • Phone: 410-758-1331
  • Email: office@churchhilltheatre.org
  • URL: www.churchhilltheatre.org
  • "The Nerd" is a hilarious comedy set in the midwest in which an architect is visited by a man who saved his life in Vietnam. The visitor turns out to be an incredible inept, hopelessly stupid nerd who outstays his welcome and causes outrageous complications in the architect's life.
  • Mardi Gras Dance Party
  • Saturday, February 25   |  8pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts at the Prince Theatre
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  • Phone: 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
  • The Potomac Guitar Trio
  • Sunday, February 26   |  4pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
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  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Phil Mathieu, Peter Fields and Jeff Meyerriecks in a performance of classical guitar music dedicated to Charlie Byrd. The concert will include a concise history of classical Brazilian guitar music with works by classic composers Joan Pernuambuco (1863-1947) and Pixinguinha (1897-1973), some unique arrangements of Bossa Nova standards by AC Jobim (1927-1994) and infrequently played original compositions by guitar legend Charlie Byrd (1925-1999). A Hedgelawn Classical Music Series Concert. Call for reservations. Admission is $15.
  • Open Mic Night
  • Wednesday, February 29   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center For the Arts at the Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Ford Shumann
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  • Email: ford01@aol.com
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  • For information or to sign up contact Ford.