Kent County Arts and Entertainment Events- July 2019

Please note the new Mainstay Monday pricing effective May 27, 2019: $10 online in advance, $12 at the door.
Join us for another Mainstay Monday! These eclectic evenings happen every Monday night and are hosted by our own Joe Holt at the piano, partnering with a special guest. Each week is a unique, one of a kind show. Seating is casual and tables are available (bring your own dinner, if you like), along with a cash bar. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the show starting at 7:00. Click on the video link below to see select performances from recent Mainstay Mondays.

Join us for a fun, fast-paced introduction to playing ukulele. Instruments are available to borrow for the class. Call or email the store to reserve your spot. Cost: $5/person.

Join us for a fun, fast-paced introduction to playing violin. Instruments are available to borrow for the class. Space is limited, so call or email the store to reserve your spot.

Cost: $5/person.

Relieve Stress - Part 1 of The Benefits of Therapeutic Touch Series
Kiley Shipp, LMT, SET, presents a 3-part series exploring how massage and body work techniques can help you address common body aches and pains. Attend all three sessions or choose the topics that interest you. Please register.

Wednesday, July 3 - Relieve Stress

Learn simple breathing techniques that can help reduce stress and tightness in the neck and shoulders.

Mainstay stalwart Chuck Redd brings an all-star band to the Mainstay to celebrate the release of his new CD, “Groove City.” $30 online and $35 at the door or by phone.
Chuck Redd has assembled a stellar group of musicians, playing a variety of deep grooves ranging from hard swinging to bossa nova and the blues. The reviews are in, and this new recording is being praised by critics across the spectrum! Join Chuck, bassist Nicki Parrott, pianist Tadataka Unno, and drummer Andrew Hare as they share this grooving music at The Mainstay.

Designed to help everyone discover the beauty of their own voices, this class will build students’ self-confidence through vocal exercises, singing harmony, and having fun singing with a group. Students will take an active part in song selections. This class will meet once per week for three weeks and is open to all ages.

Join us for a free virtual lecture!

Can Creativity Be Taught? The Science Behind Imagination
presented by Shelley Carson, Harvard University

Human creativity, sometimes rising to the level of genius, is essential to our ability to survive and thrive as a species. In the arts it enriches our lives, transforms our moods, and transmits culture from generation to generation, while in the sciences it improves our health and living conditions, and opens the worlds of outer space and inner space to our scrutiny and amazement. In addition, in our business and personal lives it allows us to stay competitive and adds breadth to our everyday experiences. But where do genius and creativity come from? Is it determined by our genes? Can it be taught and enhanced?

In this talk, Dr. Carson will take you inside the brain to glimpse the creative process. She will describe some of the fascinating findings from neuroscience and molecular biology that are revealing the mysteries of creativity, genius and imagination. You will learn how we can use information gleaned from the lives of "mad" geniuses to enhance our own unique expression of creativity. You will also participate in creativity-evoking exercises and receive valuable tips for amping up your creative life.

Join us for a fun, fast-paced class that will have you playing guitar in no time. Instruments are available to borrow for the class. Space is limited, so call or email the store to reserve your spot.

Cost: $5/person.

Strategy! Hilarity! Meeples! Find all this and more at a casual evening of board games for adults and teens.

If Monopoly and Scrabble are what come to mind when you think about board games, this program is an excellent opportunity to experience the landscape of modern board games. Whether you enjoy storytelling, multi-layered strategy, collaborative problem-solving, or fast-paced competition, there’s a game for you!

Gamers of all experience levels are welcome at this casual evening of board games.

Can’t make it to the program? Use your library card to borrow these board games to play at home:

Azul
Bring Your Own Book
Carcassone
Codenames
Dixit
Forbidden Desert
Forbidden Island
The Fox in the Forest
Love Letter: Court the Royal Princess of Tempest
Munchkin Deluxe
Pandemic
Sheriff of Nottingham
Smash Up
Sushi Go!
Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza
Timeline: Inventions
Tiny Epic Galaxies
Topiary

Poets Linda Blaskey, Gail Comorat, Jane Miller, and Wendy Ingersoll have published 7 books of poetry between them. Their latest, Walking the Sunken Boards, is the result of a decade of biannual weekend writing retreats at Shipping Creek Farm, from which they draw inspiration for their work. Hosted by Amanda Newell.

The Shore’s best live music venue is throwing the record party of the year. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at The Mainstay during showtimes or online. LPs will be played over an incredible sound system provided by The Listening Room of Chestertown. Bart’s Records Chestertown will be on hand all day, for those looking to buy that elusive, vintage, vinyl LP. See the music schedule at mainstayrockhall.org. Bring your own LP along and, for a mere $20 donation, you can share its magic with the crowd! Barbecued ribs will be served at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.The Mainstay offers a full cash bar.

Julie Iromuanya is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Doctor (Coffee House Press. She is an assistant professor in the creative writing MFA program at the University of Arizona. She is at work on a second novel, A Season of Light. Visit her website here: http://julieiromuanya.com
Matthew Olzmann is the author of two collections of poems, Mezzanines, which was selected for the Kundiman Prize, and Contradictions in the Design, both from Alice James Books. Currently, he teaches at Dartmouth College and also in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Julie Marie Wade is the author of ten collections of poetry and prose, including Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures, Small Fires, When I Was Straight, Catechism: A Love Story, and SIX. Her newest collections are Same-Sexy Marriage: Poems (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2018) and The Unrhymables: Collaborations in Prose (Wild Patience Books, 2018), co-authored with Denise Duhamel. Wade teaches in the creative writing program at Florida International University and reviews regularly for Lambda Literary Review and The Rumpus. She is married to Angie Griffin and lives on Hollywood Beach.

A tribute to the quintessential voice of jazz, Billie Holiday, aka Lady Day, as celebrated by the Shore’s own Lady K, Karen Somerville. Tickets $20 in advance and $25 by phone reservation/at the door.

Join us for a free virtual lecture!

Do My Eyes Deceive Me? The Science of How Humans See the World
presented by Andrew Shatté, University of Arizona

It is estimated that humans get 80% of their information about the world through their eyes and so the science of vision has fascinated us for centuries. Human vision performs a remarkable feat; it glimpses a 3-D world, represents it as 2-D on the eye, and then uses the brain to reconstruct it as a 3-D perception.

In this highly energetic session, Dr. Shatté takes you on a whirlwind tour of the journey from eye to brain, using the classic visual illusions to illustrate what we know about how we make sense of our world. What do case studies tell us about our eyes and our brains (like the man who saw the world upside down, the people who can't recognize faces, or those who can't see movement or depth)? Join us as we unpack how humans see the world.

Please note the new Mainstay Monday pricing effective May 27, 2019: $10 online in advance, $12 at the door.
Join us for another Mainstay Monday! These eclectic evenings happen every Monday night and are hosted by our own Joe Holt at the piano, partnering with a special guest. Each week is a unique, one of a kind show. Seating is casual and tables are available (bring your own dinner, if you like), along with a cash bar. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the show starting at 7:00. Click on the video link below to see select performances from recent Mainstay Mondays.

Join us for a fun, fast-paced drumming extravaganza. We'll cover basic technique for playing different hand-percussion instruments within a drum circle setting. Instruments are available to borrow for the class. Space is limited, so call or email the store to reserve your spot.

Cost: $5/person.

The legendary folk singer and songwriter John Gorka returns to The Mainstay. $25 online and $30 door/phone.

Join us for our monthly open mic night. This month we're encouraging performances of jazz and blues, but as always, all ages, skill levels and styles are welcome.

Please note the new Mainstay Monday pricing effective May 27, 2019: $10 online in advance, $12 at the door.

Join us for another Mainstay Monday! These eclectic evenings happen every Monday night and are hosted by our own Joe Holt at the piano, partnering with a special guest. Each week is a unique, one of a kind show. Seating is casual and tables are available (bring your own dinner, if you like), along with a cash bar. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the show starting at 7:00.

Please note the new Mainstay Monday pricing effective May 27, 2019: $10 online in advance, $12 at the door.
Join us for another Mainstay Monday! These eclectic evenings happen every Monday night and are hosted by our own Joe Holt at the piano, partnering with a special guest. Each week is a unique, one of a kind show. Seating is casual and tables are available (bring your own dinner, if you like), along with a cash bar. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the show starting at 7:00.

Kiley Shipp, LMT, SET, presents a 3-part series exploring how massage and body work techniques can help you address common body aches and pains. Attend all three sessions or choose the topics that interest you. Please register.

Wednesday, July 31 - Calm Headaches

Explore how mobilizing the cranial bones and soft tissue in the head and neck can minimize headaches and discuss simple lifestyle changes, such as adjusting desk height or modulating the brightness of screens, can play a role in alleviating pain.