Kent County Arts and Entertainment - February 2013

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 1   |  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.

  • The Artists' gallery featuring two of our exhibitors, Donna Wintering and J
  • Friday, February 1   |  Reception 5-8pm Show hangs through Feb 24
  • Location: 239 High St Chestertown, Md
  • Contact: The Artists' Gallery
  • Phone: 410-778-2425
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  • Exhibits

  • Midstream
  • Friday, February 1   |  First Friday, Feb. 1, 5-8pm and March First Friday, Mar.1, 5
  • This event runs Feb. 1-Mar. 1, 2013
  • Location: Carla Massoni Gallery, 203 High Street, Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Carla Massoni
  • Phone: 410-778-7330
  • Email: info@massoniart.com
  • URL: www.massoniart.com
  • New work by Greg Mort and Vicco Von Voss showcased in the ongoing exhibition - Midstream - featuring the photographs of Kelly Parisi Castro and Alessandra Manzotti.

  • Marc and Ken Castelli Art Show
  • Friday, February 1   |  10am-5pm
  • This event runs February 1 to 14
  • Location: Administration Gallery at Heron Point
  • Contact: Barbara
  • Phone: 410-778-3224
  • Email: finneson@verizon.net
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  • Spectacular show of paintings of the Chesapeake Bay and its
    watermen in watercolor and oils and ship models.

  • Live Playwrights' Society
  • Monday, February 4   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Garfield Center for the Arts at Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Lucia Foster
  • Phone: 410-810-2060
  • Email: lfoster@garfieldcenter.org
  • URL: www.garfieldcenter.org
  • The Live Playwrights' Society for Play Writers, Readers, Observers & Critics aims to foster a community of playwrights, actors and critics. This group meets the first Monday of every month at 7:30pm and is open to all ages. (Free!) New plays are read and critiqued each month!

  • artNOW: DC
  • Friday, February 8   |  1- 6pm, Wednesday-Sunday
  • This event runs February 8 - March 29, 2013
  • Location: Kohl Gallery, Gibson Center for the Arts
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  • This exhibition focuses on challenging and wide-ranging contemporary art coming out of Washington, DC. Free and open to the public.

  • Mardi Gras Community Dance Party (Fais Do Do)
  • Saturday, February 9   |  7-11pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center for the Arts
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  • Phone: 410-810-2060
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  • URL: www.garfieldcenter.org/event/mardi-gras-community-
  • Enjoy Gumbo, King Cake and Music by The Dixie Power Trio. Mardi Gras costumes and accoutrements strongly encouraged!
    $20 ($10 for children ages 6-12)

  • Washington College Concert Series, Ethos Percussion Group
  • Sunday, February 10   |  4pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Performing Arts, Washington College
  • Contact: Kate Bennett
  • Phone: 410-778-7839
  • Email: kbennett2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.washcoll.edu
  • Rescheduled after fall cancellation due to Hurricane Sandy.

  • "Red Army Red" A Poetry Reading by Jehanne Dubrow
  • Wednesday, February 13   |  5:30pm
  • Location: Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall Commons, Washington College
  • Contact: Michael Buckley, Program Manager
  • Phone: 410-810-7156
  • Email: mbuckley3@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/news-events.php
  • 'Red Army Red' takes a remembered childhood behind the Iron Curtain and transforms its shadows and deprivations into the saturated colors of poetry. Mary Jo Salter Award-winning poet Jehanne Dubrow is the author of four poetry collections, including most recently Red Army Red and Stateside

  • Erotic Poetry Fest
  • Thursday, February 14   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center for the Arts
  • 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. Contact Lucia Foster for more info or to sign up to read.

  • New Orleans Comes to the Shore: Music of the South
  • Thursday, February 14   |  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
  • Celebrate Valentineís Day with a warm New Orleans vibe as Graham Breedlove (trumpet soloist, US Army Band) fronts the 18 piece University of Delaware big band under the direction of Tom Palmer as they romp through New Orleans classics and Southern standards. Admission is $15. Call for reservations.

  • Organ Recital
  • Friday, February 15   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Emmanuel Church, 101 N. Cross St., Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Laura Kaufmann
  • Phone: 410-778-3477
  • Email: emmanuel778@verizon.net
  • URL: www.emmanuelchesterparish.org
  • Gail Archer, reknown organist from Columbia University will make her second appearance on the Emmanuel Concert Series. Gail is Director of the Music Program at Barnard College, Columbia University, and has performed world-wide. Tickets are available at the door: $20 for adults, $5 for students and children. Meet Ms. Archer after the performance.

  • Kent Chamber Music Concert
  • Saturday, February 16   |  7pm
  • Location: St. Paul's Parish Kent, 7579 Sandy Bottom Road, Chestertown
  • Contact: Faith Souders
  • Phone: 410-810-2805
  • Email: fsouders@atlanticbb.net
  • URL: www.kentchambermusic.com
  • Caceanova/Finehouse Duo: featuring Olga Caceanoa, violin and Constantine Finehouse, piano. The duo's repertoire spans from Bach and Beethoven to Bartok and Bolcom with special emphasis on 19th and early 20th century compositions. Tickets are $15 at the door.

  • Writing in Wartime: An Evening of Fiction with Siobhan Fallon
  • Tuesday, February 19   |  4:30pm
  • Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College
  • Contact: Kathryn Bursick
  • Phone: 410-778-7899
  • Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.lithouse.washcoll.edu/
  • Siobhan Fallon's debut collection of stories, You Know When the Men Are Gone, was listed as a Best Book of 2011 by The San Francisco Chronicle and Janet Maslin of The New York Times. Her stories and essays have appeared in Women's Day, Good Housekeeping, New Letters, Publishers' Weekly, among others, and she writes a fiction series for Military Spouse Magazine.

  • 8th Annual Women Helping Women Concert
  • Wednesday, February 20   |  7pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center for the Arts
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  • Phone: 410-810-2060
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  • URL: www.garfieldcenter.org/event/8th-annual-women-help
  • Tickets are $25. Please make your reservations early because this event often sells out. This event supports the work of Dr. Maria Boria, who has been serving this community by offering a free clinic on a weekly basis.

  • US Army Blues Swamp Romp
  • Wednesday, 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
  • 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 own special hot sauce. Spicy, swinging and sensational! Free but call for reservations.

  • Logan Seith Quartet
  • Friday, February 22   |  8-10pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center for the Arts
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  • Phone: 410-810-2060
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  • $10 per ticket. Come enjoy a night of Jazz.

  • George Washington's Birthday Ball,
  • Saturday, February 23   |  8pm-12:30am
  • Location: Johnson Lifetime Fitness Center
  • Contact: Heather Morris
  • Phone: 410-810-7146
  • Email: hmorris2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.washcoll.edu/calendar/birthday-ball.php
  • Break out your dancing shoes. Washington College celebrates the birthday of its founding patron with the biggest party of the year. George Washingtonís Birthday Ball is an elaborate affair with over-the-top decorations and a big dance band. Black-tie or themed costumes are encouraged. Everybody is there: faculty, board members, parents, and alumni turn out for the fun.

  • Unveiling Shadows: "I Will Speak for Myself"
  • Sunday, February 24   |  4pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Nate Najar on nylon string classical guitar, Chuck Redd on drums and vibes and Tommy Cecil on bass celebrate the release of their new recording 'Blues for Night People: The Nate Najar Trio remembers Charlie Byrd.' The chemistry and interplay between the three players is apparent on alluring bossa novas, romantic ballads, swinging jazz and delicate, classically influenced numbers inspired by classic Charlie Byrd arrangements. Admission is $15. Call for reservations.

  • George Howe Colt On His Brothers and Brothers in History
  • Tuesday, February 26   |  5:30pm
  • Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center, Washington College
  • Contact: Michael Buckley, Program Manager
  • Phone: 410 810-7156
  • Email: mbuckley3@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/news-events.php
  • Brothers, is an equally idiosyncratic and masterful blend of memoir and history featuring both the author's three brothers and iconic brothers in history 'the Booths, the Van Goghs, the Kelloggs, the Marx Brothers, and the Thoreaus'. Journalist and author George Howe Colt is the author of November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide (1991) and The Big House (2003).

  • Open Mic Night
  • Wednesday, February 27   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Garfield Center for the Arts at Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Lucia Foster
  • Phone: 410-810-2060
  • Email: lfoster@garfieldcenter.org
  • URL: www.garfieldcenter.org
  • "Open Mic Night' is free and open to all ages! Hosted by Ford Schumann - To request a time slot, Email Ford at fordo1@aol.com