Kent County Arts and Entertainment Events- April 2018

Turn your art into a pillow! We'll provide shams, stuffing, markers and you provide the inspiration.

All ages welcome.
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Monday Movies at KCPL are free and open to all!

Our public performance license for films restricts us from advertising the name of the movie here, but you can find more details on the library's website or by calling 410.778.3636.

On First Friday, April 6th, Marc Rubin will be the featured artist at The Artists' Gallery. Marc is a classical representational oil painter whose works articulate a timeless quality. In "Vicissitudes," the work Marc has created focuses on the subject at times, and throughout, a sense of texture may be seen through the application of paint. His rich use of color and finely developed eye for compositions set him apart from his contemporaries. Classically trained by his mentor, Thomas Buechner, in upstate New York, Rubin emerged from his art studies with a unique point of view. His work has been featured in art galleries in Corning, NY, Lambertville, NJ, Philadelphia as well as The Artists' Gallery in Chestertown. Marc Rubin is based in Elmira, NY.

Wendy Eckel and Stephanie Fowler return for the third part of our series for writers to provide dual perspectives on what many people find to be the most challenging aspect of being a published author: marketing your work and yourself!

Monday Movies at Kent County Public Library are free and open to all!

Our Public Performance license for films restricts us from advertising the name of the movie here, but you can find more details on the library's website or by calling 410-778-3636.

Please join us for an afternoon focused on the craft of fiction and the power of narrative.  Amber Dermont, the 2018 Mary Wood Fellow, will lead this afternoon talk. Please check the Literary House website for more information.

Amber Dermont is the author of the novel, The Starboard Sea, and the short story collection, Damage Control. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Dermont received her PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston. Her fiction has appeared in TriQuarterly, Tin House, Zoetrope: All-Story, and in numerous anthologies. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, InPrint, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference, she is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Happiness Hour is a time for grown-ups to explore their powers of creativity!

Featured project: Paper Flowers

Swap ideas, give encouragement, and leave a little happier than you arrived.

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“Leaves of Bluegrass,” the Chester River Chorale’s 19th annual spring concert, salutes American poets like Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes and presents the Eastern Shore premier of Mortals and Angels, a cantata-length Te Deum written in bluegrass style and backed by the High and Wides string bluegrass band. The performances by the 95-voice chorus are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 12th and 13th, at the Chestertown Baptist Church on Morgnec Road. Save the dates!

Parker Ramsey is making his first appearance on the concert series. Currently, he is studying at Oberlin Conservatory. Prior to his arrival at Oberlin, he served as Organ Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, U.K., under the direction of Stephen Cleobury. Parker has performed concerts in many venues both in the United States and Europe.

They say you are what you eat, but there's more to the story than that!

Multi-talented author and historian Ed Okonowicz puts on his metaphorical chef's hat for a presentation that serves up history, heritage, humor, and more! Learn surprising information about national and regional foods, reflect on how food informs identity, and–of course!– enjoy some snacks.

Monday Movies at KCPL are free and open to all!

Our public performance license for films restricts us from advertising the name of the movie here, but you can find more details on the library's website or by calling 410.778.3636.

Come hear graduating senior writers read from their original pieces. The Literary House will also announce the winners of the Literary House Genre Fiction Prize, the William W. Warner Prize for Creative Writing on Nature and the Environment, and the Jude & Miriam Pfister Poetry Prize.

This is a return performance by WACappella, the student-led a cappella ensemble from Washington College. These talented performers will present a vocal concert, the proceeds from which will support the Emmanuel lunch program for Washington College student workers and interns and the National Music Festival members and mentees. for two weeks in June. Donations will be most welcome.

Local favorites, The High & Wides, celebrate the release of their debut album, Lifted!
$20 includes concert, CD and beverages is. Seating is limited. For tickets: ,https://thehighandwides.bandcamp.com/merch