Kent County Events Calendar - October 2011


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  • Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre Grand Re-Opening
  • Saturday, October 1   |  8pm
  • Location: Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Prince Theatre Foundation
  • Phone: 410–810–2060
  • Email: office@princetheatre.org
  • URL: www.princetheatre.org
  • Celebrate the Grand Re-Opening at the Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre with a gala fundraiser. Tickets: $75 For more information, contact the Prince Theatre Foundation by visiting our website - or by e-mailing us at info@princetheatre.org
  • Eastern Neck National Wildife Refuge Youth Deer Hunt
  • Saturday, October 1   |  7:01am–6:49pm
  • Location: 1730 Eastern Neck Road Rock Hall MD 21661
  • Contact: Hunt Coordinator
  • Phone: 410-228-5018
  • Email:
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/hunting.html
  • Please be advised that the refuge will be closed to visitors other than permitted hunters during this hunt. Access to Bogels Wharf will still be allowed.
    For more information and to obtain a hunt application, please contact Hunt Coordinator, See above.
  • Chestertown Lions Fall Chicken Barbeque
  • Saturday, October 1   |  11am–3pm
  • Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, Chestertown
  • Contact: Bill Bickley
  • Phone: 410-810-0335
  • Email: president@chestertownlions.org
  • URL: www.chestertownlions.org
  • Chestertown Lions Club Fall Chicken Barbeque
  • 2011 Betterton Fire Department Hunting-Sports Extravaganza
  • Saturday, October 1   |  4-8pm
  • Location: Betterton Fire Department
  • Contact: Tom Ewing or Shelley Pratt
  • Phone: 410-708-1285/410-348-3030
  • Email:
  • URL: www.bettertonoutdoors.charityhappenings.org
  • This Event is like no other, it will blow you away! With every type of outdoor related item you could possibly think of and a wide array of decorative items for your house or hunting lodge PLUS a huge “All you can eat & drink menu” this is an event you just can’t miss!!! This is no run of the mill conservation dinner or banquet….Its absolutely one of kind!!!! If you’re an avid Sports Fan, hunter, fisherman, outdoorsmen of any kind or you just love the outdoors…then this is absolutely the EVENT you have been waiting for. You DO NOT want to miss it!!!

    We are going to have more Authentic Autographed Sports Memorabilia from past and current players, then you could ever imagine. Between Autographed Jersey’s, Autographed Footballs, Autographed Helmets and Photo’s, then Authentic Memorabilia from Baseball and Hockey...plus an autographed Guitar by “Ted Nugent” and so much more..you’re going to have to see it to believe it!!! Believe us, we will have well over 100 Authentic Autographed Sports Memorabilia items there!!!

    GET YOUR TICKETS NOW, before it’s too late from the website or any Betterton Fire Department Member!!! See you at Betterton Volunteer Fire Department on October 1st!!!

    TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR!!!!

    For additional information, please feel free to call…

    Event Chairman Ticket Chairman
    Tom Ewing Shelly Pratt
    Cell: 410-708-1285 Cell: 410-348-3030
  • Aleksi Glick Trio
  • Sunday, October 2   |  4pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Jazz guitar from guitarist and composer Aleksi Glick with Blake Meister on bass and Nathan Ellman-Bell on drums. A recent graduate of Peabody, Glick held the Charlie Byrd Memorial Guitar Scholarship and was guitarist for the Peabody Jazz Orchestra from 2007 to 2011. Based in New York, he has composed music for television and film including Comcast Sportsnet's award-winning series, The Journey. A Charlie Byrd Scholarship/Peabody Institute Series. Call for reservations. Admission is $15.
  • Pepper Steppers Square Dance Club
  • Tuesday, October 4   |  7-9pm
  • Location: First United Methodist Church, 105 N Mill St, Chestertown MD
  • Contact: Bill and Patrice Hartung
  • Phone: 302-284-3316
  • Email: hartungfamDE@comcast.net
  • URL:
  • An evening of Fun, Friends and Fitness for ages 8 to 80s, to experience the fun of the American National Folk Dance--Square Dancing. For students and new and experienced dancers. We are family friendly and teen friendly. Come enjoy this international activity.
  • Eastern Neck National Wildife Refuge Disabled Deer Hunt
  • Wednesday, October 5   |  7:05am–6:42pm
  • Location: 1730 Eastern Neck Road Rock Hall MD 21661
  • Contact: Hunt Coordinator
  • Phone: 410-228-5018
  • Email:
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/hunting.html
  • Please be advised that the refuge will be closed to visitors other than permitted hunters during this hunt. Access to Bogels Wharf will still be allowed. For more information and to obtain a hunt application, please contact Hunt Coordinator, see above.
  • Anatheism and the Poetic Imagination
  • Wednesday, October 5   |  4:30pm
  • Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College
  • Contact:
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  • URL: www.lithouse.washcoll.edu/
  • Richard Kearney is the author of more than twenty books on European philosophy and literature. As a public intellectual in Ireland, he was involved in drafting a number of proposals for a Northern Irish peace agreement.
  • Poetry Reading by Rhina Espaillat
  • Thursday, October 6   |  4:30pm
  • Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College
  • Contact:
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  • URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/lectures
  • Rhina P. Espaillat has published poems, essays, short stories, and translations in numerous magazines and more than fifty anthologies, in both English and her native Spanish. Her most recent work is a collection of poems, "Her Place in These Designs".
  • Vintage Glider Weekend
  • Friday, October 7   |  10am-6pm
  • This event runs Oct. 7-10
  • Location: Massey Aerodrome
  • Contact: Jim Douglass
  • Phone: 410-928-5270
  • Email: masseyaero@dmv.com
  • URL: www.masseyaero.org
  • The Vintage Sailplane Association will hold their annual East Coast sailplane meet at Massey this October. Gliders from the 30's through 60's are expected to turn out for a long weekend of flying and hangar stories. Glider rides are expected to be available with a portion of each tow fee being donated to the museum. See www.vintagesailplane.org
  • Themed Open Art Show
  • Friday, October 7   |  5-8pm
  • This event runs Oct 7–30
  • Location: Chestertown Arts League, 312 Cannon St.
  • Contact: Chestertown Arts League
  • Phone: 410-778-5789
  • Email: artsleague@verizon.net
  • URL: www.chestertownartsleague.org
  • An themed art show in the CAL tradition open to all mediums and artists. (Specific 2011 show themes are in development) The show opens on Oct 7 with a reception 5-8pm.
  • Stepping into the Past: Art Inspired by Kent County History
  • Friday, October 7   |  5–8pm plus see below
  • Location: 306 Park Row, Chestertown
  • Contact: Artworks
  • Phone: 410-778-6300
  • Email: artworkschestertown@gmail.com
  • URL: www.artworkschestertown.org
  • Artworks teams up with the Kent County Historical Society and area artists to create a unique show where art and history merge. Come see how artists are inspired by and recreate the styles, people, events, and places from Kent County's history through their art. Closes October 22, 2011. Regular hours: 12-3 Wed thru Fri; 9-3 Sat.
  • Wildlife by Jonathan Shaw
  • Friday, October 7   |  5-8pm
  • This event runs October 7 - November 30
  • Location: Artists' Gallery, 239 High St, Chestertown, MD
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-2425
  • Email: Tourism@kentcounty.com
  • URL: www.theartistsgalleryctown.com
  • Works in oil and acyrlic. Reception: First Friday 5-8pm. The Artists’ Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12:30-4:30pm.
  • The Library joins First Friday
  • Friday, October 7   |  5-8pm
  • Location: Kent County Public Library 408 High Street Chestertown Md.
  • Contact: Michael Sampson
  • Phone: 410-778-3636
  • Email:
  • URL: www.kentcountypubliclibrary.org
  • Artist Paula Rausch'Graf and Master Sculptor Jacquin Smolens will be featured. The Show Title is "colour".
  • USNA Commandant's Combo
  • Saturday, October 8   |  7pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • An indoor concert with the Commandant's Combo, one of the most requested groups within the US Naval Academy Band. The five-piece ensemble infuses elements of traditional jazz, New Orleans, reggae, and Brazilian music into their own arrangements of time-honored jazz classics as well as popular music inspired by Motown, the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and even Pearl Jam. Call for reservations. Admission is Free!
  • Family Fall Harvest Party
  • Saturday, October 8   |  5-8pm
  • Location: Civic Center
  • Contact: Tom Willis
  • Phone: 443-480-2500
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • Come celebrate the season at the Fall Harvest Party sponsored by The Town of Rock Hall and hosted by The Board of Parks and Recreation. Hayrides, pumpkins, games, contests and fun for the whole family!
  • Sassafras Samplers Training
  • Thursday, October 13   |  9am-12noon
  • Location: Turners Creek Pavilion
  • Contact: Jamie Brunkow
  • Phone: 410-708-3303
  • Email: riverkeeper@sassafrasriver.org
  • URL: www.sassafrasriver.org/whatwedo/#section3
  • Join the Sassafras River Association'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 see above.
  • Eastern Neck National Wildife Refuge Archery Deer Hunt
  • Friday, October 14   |  7:14am–6:29pm
  • Location: 1730 Eastern Neck Road Rock Hall MD 21661
  • Contact: Hunt Coordinator
  • Phone: 410-228-5018
  • Email:
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/hunting.html
  • Please be advised that the refuge will be closed to visitors other than permitted hunters during this hunt. Access to Bogels Wharf will still be allowed. For more information and to obtain a hunt application, please contact Hunt Coordinator, see above.
  • Airy Hill Stables Fall Fest
  • Saturday, October 15   |  1-4pm
  • Location: 7886 Airy Hill Rd, Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Cheryl Bidesh
  • Phone: 410-708-1601
  • Email:
  • URL: www.airyhillstables.com
  • 2nd Annual Fall Fest Open House- Hay rides, petting zoo, pony rides, crafts, raffles, face painting, food, games and more.
    Fun for the whole family. Free Admission!
  • Kent Chamber Music Concert
  • Saturday, October 15   |  7pm
  • Location: St. Paul's Church Parish House
  • Contact: Faith Souders
  • Phone: 410-810-2805
  • Email: fsouders@atlanticbb.net
  • URL: www.kentchambermusic.com
  • Fairfax Chamber Ensemble, featuring: Mark Vogel, piano; Tim Anderson, Clarinet; Wendy Posner and Harriet Verona, Violins; Helen Fall, Viola; Jeff Van Osten Cello Tickets - $15
  • Sultana Projects' Waterfowl Paddle
  • Saturday, October 15   |  10am–12:30pm
  • Location: Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge - Bogel's Wharf
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL: www.sultanaprojects.org
  • Join Sultana Projects' staff naturalists for an incredible kayak paddle on the National Park Service's new Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. We've scheduled four paddles this year - each to coincide with a unique seasonal natural event on the Chesapeake. Kayaks for these trips are provided so all you need to bring is lunch and your binoculars. $25 per person / no children under 12.
  • Kent School's First Ever Triathlon
  • Saturday, October 15   |  9:00am
  • Location: Kent School
  • Contact: Tricia Cammerzell
  • Phone: 410-778-4100
  • Email: tcammerzell@kentschool.org
  • URL: www.kentschool.org
  • Run, Bike and Kayak in support of Kent School! This short course race is family friendly. Located on and around Kent School's beautiful waterfront campus. Registration details to follow.
  • Kent County Kennedy-King Democratic Dinner
  • Saturday, October 15   |  6–9pm
  • Location: Hynson Hall, Washington College
  • Contact: Anita Gottlieb
  • Phone: 410-639-1755
  • Email: afgottlieb@verizon.net
  • URL: www.kentdems.org/
  • Kent County Dems will gather for the Kennedy-King Dinner, commemorating President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, on October 15, 2011. Enjoy the dinner and the opportunity to talk with our Kent County and local Democratic elected officials; Lt. Governor Anthony Brown; and our keynote speaker, Congresswoman Donna Edwards (Dem, MD-4). Tickets are available on website or from any member of the Kent County Democratic Central Committee.
  • Dragonfly Heart Camp 2nd Annual Sprint Triathlon
  • Sunday, October 16   |  8am
  • Location: Wilmer Park-Chestertown, Md
  • Contact: Rhonda J. Cataldo
  • Phone: 443-480-9578
  • Email: director@dragonflyheartcamp.org
  • URL: dragonflyheartcamp.org
  • Activities for the Kids. Cookout, Music, Sprint, Triathlon with a Relay.
  • All You Can Eat Breakfast
  • Sunday, October 16   |  7–11am
  • Location: Millington Volunteer Fire Company
  • Contact:
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  • Bacon, Scrapple, Sausage, Eggs, Pancakes, Chip Beef and Gravy, Biscuits, Fruit. To drink is Coffee, Orange Juice, Apple Juice and Milk. $8/Adult and $6/child under 6. Other 2011 dates: January 16, February 20, March 20, April 9, May 15, June 19, July 17, August 21, September 18, November 20, and December 18
  • The Pyxis Piano Trio
  • Sunday, October 16   |  4pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The Pyxis Piano Trio performs chamber music which include works from the sonata, duo, and trio repertoire. This performance will include works by Haydn, Kodaly and Schoenfield. Compelling, engaging, and informative, Pyxis's 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
  • Eastern Neck National Wildife Refuge first Muzzleloader Deer Hunt
  • Monday, October 17   |  7:17am–6:24pm
  • Location: 1730 Eastern Neck Road Rock Hall MD 21661
  • Contact: Hunt Coordinator
  • Phone: 410-228-5018
  • Email:
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/hunting.html
  • Please be advised that the refuge will be closed to visitors other than permitted hunters during this hunt. Access to Bogels Wharf will still be allowed. For more information and to obtain a hunt application, please contact Hunt Coordinator, see above.
  • The Founders and the Myth of the 'Original Meaning' of the Constitution: Pa
  • Tuesday, October 18   |  7pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College
  • Contact: Michael Buckley
  • Phone: 410 810-7156
  • Email: mbuckley3@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu
  • Acclaimed historian Richard Beeman, winner of the 2010 George Washington Book Prize, will offer a special four-week series of public talks at the College this fall. The series, 'Inventing a Nation,' will provide attendees a crash course in the dramatic highs and lows of America's first twenty-five years. Americans today often disagree--and disagree vehemently--on how the United States Constitution should be interpreted. Professor Beeman will explore how the Founders themselves understood the meaning of many of the clauses which they drafted and how they might have wished their Constitution to be interpreted by subsequent generations. Beeman has been a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania for 43 years and is one of the nation's leading historians of America's revolutionary and early national experience. He has recently joined the Washington College community as a Senior Fellow of the Starr Center and the Institute for Religion, Politics, and Culture.
  • Shakespeare and the 'likeness of a Jew': Shylock, Fagin and Disrali
  • Wednesday, October 19   |  4:30pm
  • Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center, Washington College
  • Contact:
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  • URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/lectures
  • Dr. Miriam Gilbert is a professor of English at University of Iowa, focusing on drama, performance, and the teaching of drama. She has written performance histories as well as articles on teaching Shakespeare through performance.
  • Max's Mainstay All-Stars Reunion
  • Thursday, October 20   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • The Cafe Mainstay jazz series founded by the late Max Corzilius continues as Max's Mainstay All-Stars and reunite for an evening of spontaneous, improvisational jazz. All of the All-Stars will be on stage for an evening of jazz standards: Chuck Redd, vibes and drums; Robert Redd, piano; John Doughten, reeds; Steve Abshire, guitar and Tom Anthony, bass. They will be joined by vocalist Sue Matthews and pianist Dick Durham. Call for reservations. Admission is $20.
  • Ghost Walk of Historic Chestertown
  • Friday, October 21   |  7:30pm
  • This event runs Oct 21 - 22, 2011
  • Location: Historic District of Chestertown
  • Contact: Diane Daniels
  • Phone: 410-778-3499
  • Email: director@kentcountyhistory.org
  • URL: www.kentcountyhistory.org
  • There's more to history than meets the eye in historic Chestertown! The footsteps of history have been echoing on the streets of this charming Colonial riverport for more than three centuries, but also linger on in the attics, cellars, and dark hallways of local residences and businesses. Enjoy the stories of hauntings, folklore, murder and mayhem that reveal the darker side of Eastern Shore history, as a tour guide leads ticket holders through the streets. Reservations suggested. Tours begin in front of White Swan Tavern on High Street in Chestertown.

    $12/adult, $5/child under 12. Reservations are strongly suggested.
  • Holiday Galleria
  • Friday, October 21   |  Fri. 6-8pm / Sat. 10am-4pm
  • This event runs Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday Oct. 22.
  • Location: Kent County Community Center, 11041 Worton Road, Worton
  • Contact: Jane Welsh
  • Phone: 410-778-1370
  • Email: jwelsh@baybroadband.net
  • URL: kentyouth.com
  • Come to this shopping galleria featuring specialty boutiques and regional artists to benefit two organizations that serve children and families. Join us Friday evening from 6-8pm for Patron's Party and enjoy hors d'oeu'vres while shopping! Tickets $25.00/person, cash bar. Saturday general admission is $5.00/person & will offer a 'cash cafe' for your luncheon pleasure.
  • 100 Voice Choir Gospel Concert
  • Saturday, October 22   |  4pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College
  • Contact: Leslie Prince Raimond
  • Phone: 410-778-1149
  • Email: kentcountyartscouncil@verizon.net
  • URL: kentcountyartscouncil.org
  • Concert to benefit the Vincent Hynson Scholarship at Washington College. 100 Voice Choir under the direction of Sylvia Frazier; Guests: Second Generation Choir, The Gibbs Trio, The Still Pond-Coleman Mass Choir, cellist Tia Raimond-Jones, WACappella, Undivied Hearts dance duo and Minister Otis Williams. M.C. Mrs. Denise Jones. Tickets $7.00 at the door.
  • Public Dinner
  • Saturday, October 22   |  4–7pm
  • Location: Millington Volunteer Fire Company
  • Contact:
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  • Chicken And Dumplings, Ham, Chicken Salad, Potatoes, Green Beans, Cole Slaw, Dessert, Carry Out Available
    $10.00 Adults $5.00 Children
  • Schooner Sultana Two-Hour Public Sails
  • Saturday, October 22   |  11–1pm and 2–4pm
  • Location: Solomons, MD
  • Contact: Sultana Projects, Inc.
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL: www.sultanaprojects.org
  • 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. $30 adult / $15 under 12, no children under 5.
  • Rock n' Roll Dance Party - Vic Vacuum & the Attachments
  • Saturday, October 22   |  8pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Dip your dancing toes into classic Rock and Roll with Vic Vacuum and the Attachments, playing great classic hits of the 60s, 70s and more. Mike McBride powers the group with his industrial strength bass lines and vocals. Heís joined by Hot Rod Hudson, guitar/vocals; Dale Trusheim, drums/vocals and Lewis Porter, guitar. Dancers and listeners welcome. Weíll clear half the floor and keep the bar open for the show. Call for reservations, admission is $12
  • Shoreline Cleanup
  • Sunday, October 23   |  1-3pm
  • Location: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
  • Contact: JoAnn Fairchild
  • Phone: 410-778-7295
  • Email: jfairchild2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/
  • Join Friends of Eastern Neck and the Center for Environment and Society of Washington College for a shoreline cleanup at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at the Refuge Office/Visitor Contact Station. Wear sturdy shoes and dress for weather. Bags, gloves, sunscreen, snacks & water are provided. Please RSVP if you plan to come.
  • Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass': The Biography of a Book
  • Monday, October 24   |  4pm event, book signing to follow
  • Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue, Che
  • Contact: Michael Buckley
  • Phone: 410-810-7156
  • Email: mbuckley3@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu
  • Renown Scholar Ed Folsom who is also editor of Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, will present from his work in progress, a biography of Leaves of Grass, one of the most significant books in American history.
  • Inventing a Nation, Part II of IV, The Founders, Religion, and Separation o
  • Tuesday, October 25   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College
  • Contact: Michael Buckley
  • Phone: 410-810-7156
  • Email: mbuckley3@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu
  • Acclaimed historian Richard Beeman, winner of the 2010 George Washington Book Prize, will offer a special four-week series of public talks at the College this fall. The series, 'Inventing a Nation,' will provide attendees a crash course in the dramatic highs and lows of America's first twenty-five years. Americans today disagree over how high the "wall of separation" between church and state should be. Professor Beeman will explore the attitudes of the members of the Constitutional Convention toward the relationship between church and state and then move forward in time to discuss the ways in which subsequent generations have come to view the role of religion in public life. Beeman has been a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania for 43 years and is one of the nation's leading historians of America's revolutionary and early national experience.
  • Open Mic Night
  • Wednesday, October 26   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Prince Theatre Foundation
  • Phone: 410-810-2060
  • Email: office@princetheatre.org
  • URL: www.princetheatre.org
  • Open Mic Night with Ford Schumann returns to the Prince Theatre! Play music on your own or with a band, read some poetry, do a stand-up routine. The options are limitless. E-mail Ford Schumann at fordo1@aol.com to sign up, or for more information! There's no price to come, and there's always a cash bar. Donations are always appreciated.
  • The Politics of Climate Change
  • Thursday, October 27   |  5pm
  • Location: The Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Michael Buckley
  • Phone: 410- 810-7156
  • Email: mbuckley3@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu
  • Ryan Lizza is Washington correspondent for the New Yorker, and author of the explosive 2010 article, 'As the World Burns,' which pulled back the curtain on Washington's failure to rise above partisan politics and address climate change. Lizza continues to explore the politics of climate change in his coverage of the 2012 Presidential campaign.
    Co-sponsored by the Louis L. Goldstein Program in Public Affairs, the Center for Environment and Society, the William James Forum, and Sultana Projects, Inc. A Downrigging Weekend event.
  • Poetry Reading from Jill Alexander Essbaum
  • Thursday, October 27   |  4:30pm
  • Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College
  • Contact:
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  • URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/lectures
  • Essbaum's publications include the 1999 Bakeless Prize winner, "Heaven", and the collections "Necropolis" and "Harlot." She teach in the UC-R Palm Desert MFA low-residency program.
  • Extreme Couponing Seminar
  • Thursday, October 27   |  6:30pm
  • Location: Chestertown Christian Academy
  • Contact: Joyce Brice
  • Phone: 410-778-5855
  • Email: beef4u@baybroadband.net
  • URL: www.chestertownbaptistchurch.org
  • $15.00 per person–includes a packet to get you saving! You will learn to drastically reduce your budget on shopping expenses. Learn great basic and advanced couponing skills such as coupon organization, insiders guide to CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid, where to find coupons for items YOU use, how to make use of rebates, how to “stack” coupons, how to save money on groceries (75% or more IMMEDIATELY!), and how to get cash back for coupons. Learn everything you need to know to save 50% to 75% (or more) each week on your grocery, household, and personal care expenses.
  • Artworks Gallery Opening
  • Friday, October 28   |  5–8pm
  • Location: 306 Park Row, Chestertown, Maryland
  • Contact: Artworks
  • Phone: 410-778-6300
  • Email: artworkschestertown@verizon.net
  • URL: www.artworkschestertown.org
  • Preview of work by artists on the 12th annual self-guided Studio Tour, being held throughout Kent County Oct. 29-30 and Nov. 5-6. Open to the public.
  • Eastern Neck National Wildife Refuge second Muzzleloader Deer Hunt
  • Friday, October 28   |  7:28am–6:10pm
  • Location: 1730 Eastern Neck Road Rock Hall MD 21661
  • Contact: Hunt Coordinator
  • Phone: 410-228-5018
  • Email:
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/hunting.html
  • Please be advised that the refuge will be closed to visitors other than permitted hunters during this hunt. Access to Bogels Wharf will still be allowed. For more information and to obtain a hunt application, please contact Hunt Coordinator, see above.
  • Quilted Treasures Show & Market
  • Friday, October 28   |  Fri. 10am–7pm, Sat. 9am–3pm
  • This event runs October 28-29th
  • Location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chestertown
  • Contact: Kathleen Hutton-Hanley
  • Phone: 410-778-3674
  • Email: mkhh3674@yahoo.com
  • URL:
  • Olde Kent Quilters Guild welcomes you to their biennial show of bed-size quilts, wall hangings, and quilted clothing, with special exhibits from the Guild's charity quilting program, bees and challenges. This is your last chance to buy chances to win this year's raffle quilt, "Conway, Our Way," a hand-appliqued and hand-quilted masterpiece. The lucky winner will be drawn at the close of the show.
  • Halloween Parade
  • Saturday, October 29   |  5pm
  • Location:  Main Street
  • Contact: Tom Willis
  • Phone: 443-480-2500
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • Rock Hall's Annual Halloween Parade! Line-up at Civic Center at 5 pm and parade down to Main Street. Costume Contest to follow. Hosted by Rock Hall Board of Parks and Recreation.
  • 12th Annual Artworks' Open Studio Tour Show
  • Saturday, October 29   |  10am–5pm
  • This event runs October 29-30th, and November 5 & 6th
  • Location: 306 Park Row, Chestertown
  • Contact: Artworks
  • Phone: 410-778-6300
  • Email: artworkschestertown@verizon.net
  • URL: www.artworkschestertown.org
  • A free self-guided tour of some 50 artist studios, featuring artists of note who are happy to discuss their work with you. They work in many different media from fiber to paint to jewelry, clay, metal, glass, and wood. Visitors also have the opportunity to buy original art at studio prices.The tour will include studios in Chestertown, Rock Hall, Galena, Betterton, Church Hill and Arts at Still Pond Station in Worton.
  • Sultana Downrigging Public Sails
  • Saturday, October 29   |  10am–12:30pm and 2–4:30pm
  • Location: Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Sultana Projects, Inc.
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL: www.sultanaprojects.org
  • 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. $30 adult / $15 under 12, no children under 5.
  • History on the Waterfront: A Journey into Chestertown's Past
  • Saturday, October 29   |  Sat.12-4pm; Sun.1-4pm
  • This event runs Sat. October 29, Sun.October 30, 2011
  • Location: Custom House, Water and High Street
  • Contact: Jennifer Emley
  • Phone: 410-810-7161
  • Email: jemley2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu
  • Audio-Guided Tours available throughout the afternoon.
    During Downrigging Weekend, the Starr Center's popular multimedia iPod tour of Chestertown's colonial waterfront, now featuring original work by jazz musician Marlon Saunders.
  • Paddle Around Easterb Neck Island
  • Saturday, October 29   |  9am-4pm
  • Location: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
  • Contact: Marshall Woodruff
  • Phone: 410-639-7056
  • Email: marshall.woodruff@gmail.com
  • URL: www.fws.gov/northeast/easternneck/
  • Join refuge staff and the Chesapeake Paddlers Association for an interpretive paddling program which will circle Eastern Neck Island. This program will run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. To sign up, see above.
  • Band Concert - Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble
  • Sunday, October 30   |  4pm
  • Location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cross & High Streets, Chestertown
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-2829; 410-810-183
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • Under the direction of Dr. Keith Wharton, the community concert band will present a program with a theme of "Only in America." Admission is free. New members are welcome at any time, without audition or fee. The band rehearses on Monday evenings; please call for further information. The ensemble is supported by the Kent County Arts Council and community donations.
  • Sultana Downrigging Public Sails
  • Sunday, October 30   |  11am–1:30pm
  • Location: Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Sultana Projects, Inc.
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL: www.sultanaprojects.org
  • 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.
    $35 adult / $20 under 12, no children under 5.
  • Story Time for Grown Ups
  • Monday, October 31   |  12noon-1pm
  • Location: Kent County Public Library, Chestertown Branch
  • Contact: Karen Collier
  • Phone: 410-778-3636
  • Email:
  • URL: www.kentcountylibrary.org
  • Story Time for Grown Ups. Yes, you read that right. This series of story times are meant for adults. Now you can bring your lunch to the library to hear short stories read aloud for your enjoyment. We're kicking this series off at noon on Halloween in the "Hearse House" (aka Yellow Building) with some delightfully spooky tales. We'll follow that up in subsequent weeks with a varied selection of literary and popular short stories. Story Time for Grown Ups will take place every other Monday at noon beginning October 31 and ending December 12. Feel free to bring your lunch and invite your friends and co-workers. We'll provide drinks, dessert, and entertainment.