Kent County Maryland Calendar of Events- February 2018
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February 1
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Literary House Series: A Reading by Natalie Diaz
- Thursday, | 4:30pm
- Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College
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Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her poetry collection, When My Brother W...
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February 2
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History Happy Hour
- Friday, | 4pm
- Location: 301 High Street
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Chestertown First Friday
- Friday, | 5 - 8pm
- Location: Chestertown Historic District
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Join us for our monthly progressive open house! Our businesses keep their doors open later so you can enjoy gallery exhibits, unique shopping, special performances, kids' activities and a variety...
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First Friday in Chestertown
- Friday, | 5 - 8pm
- Location: Chestertown A&E District
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We love a good celebration. The start of a new month is a fantastic excuse to get out and enjoy new art, wonderful shopping, little sips of wine here and there, and dinner out. First Friday is a free ...
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Paint Night - Fill Your Canvas with Fish!
- Friday, | Friday, 5:30 pm
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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Artist Sarah Hutchison Focht joins us to lead a painting experience! Participants will be led through the process step-by-step recreating a fantastic fish-filled scene.
Spaces are available for in...
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The Artists Gallery Features Gallery Gems
- Friday, | 5 - 8pm
- Location: 239 High Street
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On First Friday in February, The Artists' Gallery invites you to a reception from 5-8 p.m. in celebration of Valentine's Day. The Beatles once sang, "All you need is love," but a ...
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Natural Lands Project: Balacing Natural Lands on Working Farms
- Friday, | 10am
- Location: Kent County Public Library, Chestertown
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Dan Small will talk about the Natural lands Project on Chino Farms (Washington College). The project was initiated in 2015 to work with area landowners to create a balance between natural lands and wo...
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February 3
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Poems of Resistance: The Heroism of Survival in an Oppressive Society
- Saturday, | Saturday, 10 am
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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African-American Poet Robert Earl Price will read from his work and speak of the events that have shaped his career as a black cultural worker in America. Mr. Price is a veteran of the Black Arts Move...
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February 5
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Mainstay Monday: Joe Holt welcomes Paul Carr, saxophone
- Monday, | 7 - 8:30pm
- Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
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Every Monday night pianist Joe Holt hosts an evening of diverse music. Joe’s special guest for this evening is Saxophonist Paul Carr, Executive and Artistic Director of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fe...
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February 6
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Sophie Kerr Series: Sometimes We Tell the Truth: An Evening with Kim Zarins
- Tuesday, | 4:30pm
- Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College
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Kim Zarins has a PhD in English from Cornell University and teaches medieval literature and children's literature at Sacramento State University. Her debut novel, Sometimes We Tell the Truth (Sim...
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February 7
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Dreamers on the Eastern Shore
- Wednesday, | 7pm
- Location: Hynson Lounge at Washington College
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On Wednesday evening, February 7 at 7:00 PM the LWVKC will join with the Goldstein Program for Public Affairs at Washington College for a discussion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals polic...
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February 10
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Chester Gras
- Saturday, | Noon to 4pm
- Location: High Street, between Spring Avenue and Mill Street
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Chester Gras: Chestertown's Mini Mardi Gras celebration is a family friendly event. Mardi Gras style parade at 1:00 with all other events in heated tents starting at noon: silent auction, 50/5...
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African-American Read-In: A Community Celebration of African-American Authors
- Saturday, | 10am
- Location: 408 High Street
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Join us for a community celebration of African-American authors! All ages are welcome.
Presented in partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English....
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Chocolates & Dessert Wine Tasting
- Saturday, | 6:30 - 8:30pm
- Location: 117 S. Cross St.
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Valentine's Day celebrates love and appreciation...and we love chocolate, desserts, and wine. So - we're having a party.
Join us for our February "cheese shop after hours" wine ...
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National African American Read-In: A Community Celebration of African-American Authors!
- Saturday, | Saturday, 10 am
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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Join us for a community celebration of African-American authors! Come to listen or bring a selection you'd like to share and take part as a reader.
10am - Readings that are family-friendly fo...
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February 12
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Mainstay Monday: Joe Holt welcomes Tim Dove, vocals
- Monday, | 7 - 8:30pm
- Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
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Every Monday night pianist Joe Holt hosts an evening of diverse music. Joe’s special guest for this evening is Tom Dove, described as having "a voice like silk." Tim has long been act...
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February 13
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Farmers for America - Film Screening
- Tuesday, | 6:30pm
- Location: Norman James Theatre, Smith Hall, Washington College
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The documentary traces the extraordinary changes coming to America’s food system as more and more consumers flock to farmers’ markets, embrace farm-to-table lifestyles and insist on knowin...
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February 14
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Literary House Series: The Poetics of Eros: A Tea & Talk with Professor Elena Deanda
- Wednesday, | 4:30pm
- Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College
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Elena Deanna-Camacho is Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of the Black Studies Program at Washington College. She studies transatlantic Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlight...
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February 18
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University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble
- Sunday, | 4pm
- Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
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Mainstay Founder Tom McHugh celebrates his 80th year with a concert by one of his very favorite groups, The University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble. This is the top Jazz group at the University of Delawa...
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February 19
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Mainstay Monday: Joe Holt welcomes Keith Thompson, vocals and guitar
- Monday, | 7 - 8:30pm
- Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
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Every Monday night pianist Joe Holt hosts an evening of diverse music. Joe’s special guest for this evening is Keith Thompson, a familiar voice to Kent County as a longstanding on-air personali...
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February 20
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Delmarva Oasis
- Tuesday, | 7pm
- Location: Hynson Lounge, Washington College
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Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance, in partnership with the Center for Environment and Society at Washington College, invites you to an evening lecture entitled "Delmarva Oasis" by ...
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February 23
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church Concert Series
- Friday, | 7:30pm
- Location: Emmanuel Church on the Fountain Square,
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Organ Recital by Dexter Kennedy He has performed through North America and Europe
while serving as Assistant Organist at Christ Church, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. This will be his second performance ...
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Parenting Forum
- Friday, | 7pm
- Location: 914 Gateway Dr.
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FREE PARENTING FORUMS
Bring the whole family — light supper and childcare provided
Fri, Feb 23, 6 - 8 p.m. “There’s Just Not Enough Time!”
Fri, Mar 9, 6 - 8 p.m., &ld...
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February 24
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4th Annual Seed Swap
- Saturday, | 11am
- Location: 408 High Street
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Do you need seeds for your garden? Do you have seeds you could share? Join us for our 4th Annual Seed Swap!
Presented in partnership with University of Maryland Extension, Kent County and facilit...
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Arts in Motion Present: An Evening with the Arts: Celebrating Past, Present and Future Artists from Kent County Public Schools
- Saturday, | 6:30pm
- Location: rock hall
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The event will be held at the SULTANA building on Cross Street, Chestertown, Md. and will feature the art of students and faculty of Kent County Public Schools.
There will be silent and live auctio...
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Country Crafts Guild Spring Arts & Crafts Show
- Saturday, | 10 am to 4 pm
- Location: Frank M Jarman American Legion Post 36
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Unique handmade arts and crafts including furniture, folk art, knitting, crochet, jewelry, gourd birdhouses, quilts, wall hangings, placemats, linens, wreaths, lamps, garden flags, wood bowls, cutting...
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February 25
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L'abri Trio
- Sunday, | 4pm
- Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
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The Hedgelawn Classical Music Series presents The L'abri Trio, the collaboration since 2012 of three outstanding young musicians at the Peabody Conservatory: saxophonist Kenny Baik, cellist Mauri...
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February 26
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Mainstay Monday: Joe Holt welcomes John Ewart and Mike McShane
- Monday, | 7 - 8:30pm
- Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
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Every Monday night pianist Joe Holt hosts an evening of diverse music. Joe’s special guests for this evening are John Ewart, sax and clarinet and Mike McShane, drums who along with Joe on keybo...
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