Kent County Events Calendar - September 2010


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  • The Artists' Gallery First Friday
  • Wednesday, September 1   |  5-8pm Reception on the 1st Friday of the
  • This event runs Sept. 1st - 30th
  • Location: 239 High Street, Chestertown
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-2425
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • Featuring Jeanne Salisbury's new oils
  • Garden Puppet Theatre Mini-Museum Exhibit
  • Wednesday, September 1
  • This event runs September 1-30, 2010
  • Location: Kent County Visitor Center, 122 N. Cross St. Chest
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-5841
  • Email: tph203@verizon.net
  • URL:
  • Changing characters and themes throughout the year.
  • Chestertown's 1st Fridays
  • Friday, September 3   |  5-8pm
  • Location: Downtown Chestertown
  • Contact:
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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.
  • Four under Forty
  • Friday, September 3   |  Opening Reception Sept 3, 5-8pm
  • This event runs Sept. 3 - 26, 2010
  • Location: Chestertown Arts League at 312 Cannon St. in Chest
  • Contact: Rich Hall
  • Phone: 410-928-5012
  • Email: rwhall@pitt.edu
  • URL: www.chestertownartsleague.org
  • This show features the work of four Kent County resident artists: Robbi Behr, Emily Kalwaitis, Joe Karlik and Angela Ranzoni. All in their fourth decade, these prolific practicing artists are in the prime of their relatively young creative lives. Artists will be introduced at 6pm at the opening. Thurs, Fri 11am-4pm; Sat 10am- 4pm; Sunday hours in the summer and event weekends. FREE.
  • Creative Designs in Mosaics, Paint and Pottery
  • Friday, September 3   |  Wed-Fri 12-3pm, Sat 9am-3pm
  • This event runs Sept. 3rd-28th, 2010
  • Location: Art Works, 306 Park Row, Chestertown
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-6300
  • Email: artworkschestertown@gmail.com
  • URL: www.artworkschestertown.org
  • Artworks celebrates the beauty of both traditional and contemporary clay and mosaic work represented by several of Artworks‚ skilled and talented Clay Studio instructors. This show features an eclectic selection of functional and decorative pieces demonstrating the diversity and artistic creativity that can be coaxed from mosaics and ceramics. New work from noted local and regional artists will be shown, including Jen Wagner, Susan Stockman, Kay Jones, and Megan Van Wagoner, all of whom will be giving workshops at Artworks Clay Studio in the near future.
  • 4th Annual Rock Hall Car Show
  • Saturday, September 4   |  9am
  • This event runs September 4
  • Location: Bayside Landing and Park
  • Contact: Rosalie Kuechler
  • Phone: 410–639–2428/410–708–8416
  • Email: tbirdrock@verizon
  • URL:
  • 40 Trophies, 100 Dash Plaques, Music, food, drinks and a good time down by the Bay!! Open to all cars!! Bayside Landing & Park, Bayside Ave. 9am Registration.
  • Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
  • Saturday, September 4   |  11–1pm and 2–4pm
  • This event runs Saturday, September 4
  • Location: Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • 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. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.
  • Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
  • Saturday, September 4   |  8am-1pm
  • This event runs Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
  • Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets
  • Contact:
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • URL: http://www.chestertown.com\market
  • This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.
  • Banjo Man & Bill with Tom Anthony
  • Saturday, September 4   |  7pm
  • Location: Outddors in Oyster Court behind The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Free outdoor concert with Mainstay founder and director Tom McHugh on banjo, blues harp, vocals and kazoo, Bill Matthews on vocals and guitar, and Tom Anthony on the upright bass. Their music is a blend of old jazz, blues, a sprinkling of folk classics and a bit of what have you. These old friends have been playing together for fifteen years or so. You‚ll sing along, tap your feet, and maybe grab a partner for a dance or two. Bring a lawn chair and sit back and enjoy the music. In case of rain or extreme heat, the concert will move indoors to the air-conditioned Mainstay. Free.
  • Chestertown, Maryland -The Movie
  • Saturday, September 4   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Fountain Park
  • Contact: Gordon Chapman
  • Phone: 410-708-2126
  • Email: janechapman@usa.net
  • URL:
  • The 1998 film, 'Chestertown, Maryland: An American Home Town for more than 350 Years'. Contains interviews and scenes from the 1940 film, 'The Way We Were'.
  • All-You-Can-Eat-Breakfast
  • Sunday, September 5   |  7:30-11am
  • This event runs 5th & 19th
  • Location:  Galena Fire House, Galena
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-648-5050
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • A favorite of locals and visitors alike. This country breakfast is sure to please. 7:30-11am. $7/adult, $3/children ages 3 to 12, Free for children under age 3.
  • Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
  • Sunday, September 5   |  11am–1pm and 2–4pm
  • This event runs Sunday, September 5
  • Location: Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • 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. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.
  • Poetry and Project Runway, or How to Take Criticism
  • Wednesday, September 8   |  7pm
  • Location: Tawes Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College
  • Contact: Kathryn Bursick
  • Phone: 410-778-7899
  • Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.lithouse.washcoll.edu/
  • Join the Rose O'Neill Literary House in a playful, poetic and practical look at how to take criticism. Fashion designer Andrae Gonzalo, star of Bravo TV's Project Runway (Season 2) will be bringing his new line to Washington College, and will be joined by Harvard University Professor Stephen Burt (author of the recently published essay "Poetry and Project Runway: Should book critics take their cues from Tim Gunn?") in an evening where runway walks collide with the creative writing workshop. Haute couture meets half rhyme . . . only in Chestertown.
  • September 11th Remembrance Ceremony
  • Saturday, September 11   |  7:10pm
  • Location: Galena Fire House
  • Contact: Galena Town Hall
  • Phone: 410-648-5151
  • Email: townofgalena@verizon.
  • URL: www.galenamd.com
  • "WE WILL NEVER FORGET" This is the 9th anniversary of the attacks on our country, and we will always remember those who passed, especially our Fire Fighters, Police, and EMT's. Galena Volunteer Fire Company. 7:10pm. For more information call 410-648-5151 or email townofgalena@verizon.net
  • Chestertown Art in the Park
  • Saturday, September 11   |  9am-4:30pm
  • Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown, MD
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-5789
  • Email: laniseikaly@me.com
  • URL: www.ChestertownArtInThePark.com
  • The Annual Chestertown Art in the Park features over forty artists and crafters selling quality works of art. This celebration of the arts is a perfect time to begin or finish your holiday shopping.
  • Annapolis Blue Grass
  • Saturday, September 11   |  7-8:30pm
  • Location: Fountain Park, Downtown Chestertown
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-0500
  • Email:
  • URL: www.chestertown.com/events_calendar.php
  • Hand-clappin', Knee-slappin' & Toe-tappin' tunes.
    The 16th season of Music in Fountain Park by the fountain in Historic Downtown Chestertown. Bring a blanket or chair. 7-8:30 pm. Concerts every other Saturday night. June through the fourth weekend in September. Remaining dates Sep.11 & 25. These free concerts are sponsored by the Town of Chestertown with support from The Kent County Arts Council and Community Contributors. Donations may be sent to Music in Fountain Park, Town of Chestertown, 118 N. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD 21620.
  • Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
  • Saturday, September 11   |  11am–1pm and 2–4pm
  • This event runs Saturday, September 11
  • Location: Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • 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. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.
  • Sultana Projects Public Paddles
  • Saturday, September 11   |  10am-12:30pm
  • This event runs Saturday, September 11
  • Location: Southeast Creek on the Chester River
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • Spend a morning with Sultana Projects‚ trained staff paddling some of the most pristine sections of the National Park Service's new Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail as well as adjacent river trails. Canoes are provided, so just bring a day-pack and be ready to explore.
    Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 8.
  • Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
  • Saturday, September 11   |  8am-1pm
  • This event runs Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
  • Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets
  • Contact:
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • URL: www.chestertown.com\market
  • This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.
  • WCTR Party In The Park Splash
  • Saturday, September 11   |  4–8pm
  • Location: Kent County Community Center, Worton,Md.
  • Contact: Ken Collins
  • Phone:
  • Email: kcollins@wctr.com
  • URL:
  • Benefit Character Counts of Kent County.
    Live Music by: Blake Thompson Band, Blind Willie and The CTR Allstars, Moon Bounce, ATC Cruisers. Food, prizes and don't forget your swimsuit and towel.
  • Reception for artist Sandy Mayer
  • Saturday, September 11   |  5-8pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org/
  • Reception for artist and innkeeper Sandy Mayer whose work is hanging at the Mainstay from 9/10-9/17. Wine tasting by Java Rock and music by Annabella Wood. Free.
  • Fishing Tournament - Maryland Concerns of Police Survivors
  • Monday, September 13
  • Location: Rock Hall, Maryland
  • Contact: Capt. Bob Gibson
  • Phone: 410-778-9424
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mdcops.org
  • 3rd Annual Charter Boats of Rock Hall Fishing Tournament to benefit the Maryland Chapter of C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors). $100. per person covers you fishing trip, charter boat, rods & reels, bait, quality entertainment, steamed crabs & corn afterwards, along with lots of cold drinks. If interested, please call Capt. Bob Gibson to enter, at (410)778-9424. Parties of 10 or more are welcome; others will be assigned boats as you register. All donated $ goes back towards the families & co-workers of Police Officers killed in the line-of-duty in the State of Maryland. For further information, you can check out the MD C.O.P.S. web site @ www.mdcops.org
  • Chester River Chorale Fall Rehearsals
  • Monday, September 13   |  7pm
  • Location: First United Methodist Church
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-758-2199
  • Email: mmccoy@hughes.net
  • URL: www.chesterriverchorale.org
  • Rehearsals every Mon. 7-9:15, registration 6 pm Sept. 13. No audition required. The Chester River Chorale provides opportunity and inspiration for amateur singers to achieve artistic excellence. Our performances entertain diverse audiences and enrich the cultural life of the community.
  • Do You Wish You Knew More About County Government?
  • Thursday, September 16   |  7-8pm
  • Location: The Book Plate, 112 S. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: William W. Pickrum
  • Phone: 410-778-4167
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • Here is your opportunity:
    A free non-partisan monthly seminar on Kent County government operations.
    Topics will include, General Governance, Water and Waste Water Management, Law Enforcement, Emergency Operations, Public School System, County Parks and Recreation System, State Relationships, Budgeting and more.
    Seminars will include occasional invited guest speakers.
    Wonder how the County and State relate to each other?
  • Max's Mainstay All-Stars: Steve Abshire, John Doughten & the Redds
  • Thursday, September 16   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Max's Mainstay All-Stars mix it up again for another magical evening of sensational jazz from members of the Mainstay house band. This time with John Doughten on sax and clarinet, Steve Abshire on guitar, Chuck Redd on vibes and drums, Robert Redd on piano and Tom Anthony on bass. Expect the unexpected when the House Band All-Stars cut loose! Call for reservations. Tickets are $15.
  • Colum McCann; Fiction Reading
  • Thursday, September 16   |  5pm
  • Location: Tawes Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts at Washington College
  • Contact: Kathryn Bursick
  • Phone: 410-778-7899
  • Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/
  • In August 2009, Colum McCann released "Let the Great World Spin," an "emotional tour de force" (The New York Times) that became, instantly, one of the most talked about books of the decade. By the end of the year, it had entered the pantheon of Great American Novels. A polyphonic work set in the New York of the 1970's, but serving as an allegory of the city's resilient post-9/11 self, "Spin" was Chose as Amazon's #1 Book of the Year and won the National Book Award. It placed McCann - whose remarkable previous books include "Zoli" and "Dancer" - at the very top rank of contemporary novelists.
    Born in Dublin in 1965, McCann currently teaches at Hunter College in New York.
  • National Preparedness Month Open House
  • Thursday, September 16   |  2-5pm
  • Location: Heron Point-Wesley Hall
  • Contact: Lulu Hurtt
  • Phone: 410-778-8321
  • Email: luluhurtt@actslife.org
  • URL:
  • In celebration of National Preparedness Month, the Kent Co. Local Emergency & Heron Point have teamed up to inform the community on disaster preparedness and wellness. Vendors include Morrison Nutritional Information, CERT, 911, Fire, Police, Chester River Hospital blood pressure screening, cholestrol screening, diabetes education, massage therapy, Kent Co. Health Dept., and much more. All are invited.
  • Candidate Public Forum on Seniors Issues
  • Friday, September 17   |  12:30pm
  • Location: Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center
  • Contact: Muriel Cole, Kent County Commission on Aging
  • Phone: 410-778-0831
  • Email: murielcole@verizon.net
  • URL:
  • A public meeting hosted by the Kent County Commission on Aging to meet and hear candidates for Kent County Commissioner convey their views on senior services in Kent County. Moderated by Bob Garson.
  • Kent County Teen Summit: Voices of Our Youth
  • Friday, September 17   |  Noon-7pm
  • Location: Kent County Community Center
  • Contact: Valerie Oliver
  • Phone: 410-778-7918 ex 228
  • Email: voliver@dhmh.state.md.us
  • URL:
  • A teen summit open to all 7th to 10th grade youth in Kent County. A forum for them to voice opinions & propose solutions, have fun, work, believe, achieve and succeed.
    They can climb the rock wall, eat FREE food, chill in the dunk tank, and speak out on alcohol and drugs in our community.
    HOW: Pick up a registration form, available at the KC community center and KC library branches, or go online to kentasac.org or your school website.
    Turn your signed form in at the community center, your library or school office, or mail it to:
    KC Prevention 114 A S. Lynchburg St.
    Chestertown, MD 21620
    No later than Friday, September 10.
  • Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
  • Saturday, September 18   |  11am–1pm and 2–4pm
  • This event runs Saturday, September 18
  • Location: Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • 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. Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 5.
  • Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
  • Saturday, September 18   |  8am-1pm
  • This event runs Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
  • Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets
  • Contact:
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • URL: http://www.chestertown.com\market
  • This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.
  • Chestertown Half Marathon
  • Saturday, September 18   |  8am
  • Location: Wilmer Park, Chestertown, Md
  • Contact: David Slomkowski
  • Phone: 443-756-7711
  • Email:
  • URL: www.chestertownhalfmarathon.com
  • Athletes Serving Athletes and the Town Council invite you to be a part of Chestertown’s inaugural Half-Marathon. 100% of the race proceeds will go to charity and benefit Athletes Serving Athletes as well as the following local charities: Character Counts, the Radcliffe Creek School and Women In Need.
    Race Day Registration is available so please feel free to show up, register and race on Saturday.
  • Washington College Concert Series, Thomas Pandolfi, piano
  • Sunday, September 19   |  4pm
  • Location: Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College
  • Contact: Kate Bennett
  • Phone: 410-778-7839
  • Email: kbennett2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.washcoll.edu
  • Piano concert featuring the works of George Gershwin.
  • Ned Sublette: Patrick Henry Fellow
  • Tuesday, September 21   |  6:30pm
  • Location: The Egg, Hodson Hall Commons, Washington College
  • Contact: Kathryn Bursick
  • Phone: 410-778-7899
  • Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu/ ; www.lithouse.wash
  • Ned Sublette, the 2010-2011 Patrick Henry Fellow, is an internationally renowned guitarist, musicologist, writer and historian. His books include "The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans," "The World that Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square" and "Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo." His time at Washington College will be spent working on a history of the American slave coast.
    Patrick Henry Fellowship aims to encourage reflection on the links between American history and contemporary culture, and to foster the literary art of historical writing.
  • Toby Walker - a FallFest concert
  • Friday, September 24   |  8:00pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org
  • Walker's blues, rags and flashy country picking, his great vocals and his very entertaining stories were a hit at the Mainstay back in March, so he's been invited to return for FallFest. Whether it is telling the humorous and heartwarming tales of his teachers, blues masters like Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, Etta Baker and R.L Burnside, talking about his inspirations and his travels, or astounding audiences with his playing, his performances are a rich banquet of the blues. Call for reservations. Tickets are $15.
  • Waterfront Festival & Cardboard Boat Regatta
  • Saturday, September 25   |  12-4pm
  • Location: Wilmer Park, Chestertown, MD
  • Contact: JoAnn Fairchild
  • Phone: 410-778-7295
  • Email: jfairchild2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.ces.washcoll.edu
  • River tours, boating, sailing, kayaking and Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Chester River. Music by Chester River Runoff, pony rides, hula hoops and family fun. Fish fry, funnel cake, pit beef and ice cream.
  • Rock Hall FallFest
  • Saturday, September 25   |  10am-5pm
  • Location: Rock Hall
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-0416
  • Email: tourism@kentcounty.com
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org/fallfest
  • A celebration of family and community. ON MAIN STREET: A carnival atmosphere... 60 craft vendors... Two stages with continuous music... Clowns, jugglers, & other roving entertainment... Fun Run for kids at 1:30pm... Food, food, food. Around town- Boats on display to reflect Rock hall's unique heritage on the Bay. . AT KID’S KOURT: Clowns, magic shows, mime, kid-made craft, homemade baked goods, Giant Slide and Moon Bounce, goat milking, and pony rides. Visit the nearby Tolchester Beach Revisited Museum. AT THE MAINSTAY: Evening concert (admission). 10am-5pm.
  • RHYC Hobie Cat Regatta
  • Saturday, September 25
  • This event runs Sept. 25th & 26th, 2010
  • Location: Rock Hall Yacht Club
  • Contact: Joe Skinner
  • Phone: 410-639-2182
  • Email: regattas@RockHallYachtClub.org
  • URL: www.RockHallYachtClub.org
  • Hobie Cat classes compete in a two day regatta during the great fall winds on the Eastern Shore.
  • Sultana Projects Public Paddles
  • Saturday, September 25   |  10am–12:30pm
  • This event runs Saturday, September 25
  • Location: Wilmer Park on the Chester River
  • Contact: Sharon Burritt
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • Spend a morning with Sultana Projects‚ trained staff paddling some of the most pristine sections of the National Park Service's new Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail as well as adjacent river trails. Canoes are provided, so just bring a day-pack and be ready to explore.
    Advance reservations recommended. Adults $30 / $15 under 12. Sorry, no children under 8.
  • Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
  • Saturday, September 25   |  8am-1pm
  • This event runs Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
  • Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets
  • Contact:
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • URL: http://www.chestertown.com\market
  • This longest running market in the state of Maryland, is open every Saturday morning from the beginning of April until Christmas. Lots of fresh produce and hand made goods and crafts displayed throughout Fountain Park, in the heart of Downtown Historic Chestertown.
  • US Naval Academy Jazz Band
  • Saturday, September 25   |  7-8:30pm
  • Location: Fountain Park, Downtown Chestertown
  • Contact:
  • Phone: 410-778-0500 Town Hall
  • Email:
  • URL: www.chestertown.com/events/musicpark/
  • 'The Next Wave', one of the Navy's two premier big bands, is comprised of seventeen of our nation's finest musicians. The band continues the time honored tradition of fostering one of America‚s musical treasures: JAZZ. The Next Wave plays big band repertoire from the earliest to the most contemporary."

    16th season of Music in Fountain Park by the fountain in Historic Downtown Chestertown. Bring a blanket or chair. 7-8:30 pm. Concerts every other Saturday night, June through the fourth weekend in September. Remaining Date: Sept. 25. These free programs are sponsored by the Town of Chestertown with support from The Kent County Arts Council and Community Contributors. Donations may be sent to Music in Fountain Park, Town of Chestertown, 118 N. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD 21620.
  • Chesapeake Scenes - a FallFest concert
  • Saturday, September 25   |  8pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • Tom McHugh, Andy McCown, Bill Matthews and Tom Anthony celebrate the beauty and majesty of the Chesapeake Bay, paying musical and literary tribute to the people who live on its shores and work the waters. Expect some old favorites, some new music and spoken word pieces and some hearty sing-alongs. Sponsored by Echo Hill Outdoor School and Penn State University. Call for reservations. Tickets are $15.
  • Improv Night Showcase
  • Saturday, September 25   |  8pm
  • Location: Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Prince Theatre
  • Phone: 410-810-2060
  • Email: info@princetheatre.org
  • URL: www.princetheatre.org
  • Enjoy an evening of improvisational comedy - you never know what might happen!
  • 4th Annual Return of the Geese Bike Ride
  • Sunday, September 26   |  9am
  • This event runs Sunday September 26, 2010
  • Location: Starts at Rock Hall Fire House
  • Contact: Shirley Crater
  • Phone: 410-639-7636
  • Email: rhvfcbusmgr@baybroadband.net
  • URL:
  • MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We are doing the rides again with the same great Rock Hall, Eastern Shore Fall weather, good directions, and fantastic spaghetti dinner plus a souvenir T-shirt. There are three rides - The 62 Mile Metric Century; 50 Mile Half Century (both starting at 9:00 a.m.); and the 15 Mile Family Ride to Eastern Neck Island (starting at 10:00 a.m.)
    Registration prior to 9/20/10 - $25
    Registration after 9/20/10 - $30
  • Day Sail on the Sultana
  • Sunday, September 26   |  8am–5pm
  • This event runs Sunday, September 26
  • Location: Chestertown to Annapolis
  • Contact: Sultana Projects, Inc.
  • Phone: 410-778-5954
  • Email: sburritt@sultanaprojects.org
  • URL:
  • For those interested in a more prolonged sailing experience on the open waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Sultana offers Public Day Sails throughout the season that give you the opportunity to accompany Sultana on one of her port-to-port transits. These sails generally last from 5 to 8 hours in length, beginning in one port and ending in another. Day Sails give the captain and crew a chance to unfurl more of Sultana's canvas and sail somewhat harder than is usually possible during our two-hour sails.
    $50 per person/ no children under 12/ no return transportation/ Call for Reservations.
  • John Muir and the Mountains of California
  • Monday, September 27   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center, Washington College
  • Contact: Kathryn Bursick
  • Phone: 410-778-7899
  • Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/
  • Mark Long "John Muir and the Mountains of California: Prospects for Environmental Thinking and Writing".
    Dr. Mark Long is Associate Professor of English and American Studies and the coordinator of first-year writing at Keene State College, New Hampshire's public liberal arts institution. Dr. Long's professional experience in the study of environmental writing includes serving on the executive council of ASLE, the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, and the editorial advisory board of its journal, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment. His is the co-editor of the book "Teaching North American Environmental Literature, recently published by the MLA.
  • 13th Port of Chester Antiques Seminar & Appraisals
  • Tuesday, September 28   |  10am-12 Noon and 2–4pm
  • Location: Amy Lynn Ferris Center, 200 Schauber Rd., Chestertown
  • Contact: Joyce McCracken or Doris Floyd
  • Phone: 410-778-7350 or 410-778-5
  • Email:
  • URL:
  • This benefit for the Cliffs School House provides a chance to have an heirloom appraised and to learn about antiques.
    Experts from Sotheby's and Alex Cooper, Inc. will evaluate the items presented. Admission of $20 includes appraisal of one item. Please call for reservations/information.
  • Open Mic Night
  • Wednesday, September 29   |  7:30pm
  • Location: Prince Theatre
  • Contact: Box Office
  • Phone: 410-810-2060
  • Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
  • URL: www.princetheatre.org
  • Open Mic Night with Ford Schumman at the Prince! E-mail Ford at fordo1@aol.com for information and to sign up.
  • The Galway Girls
  • Thursday, September 30   |  7:30pm
  • Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall
  • Contact: The Mainstay
  • Phone: 410-639-9133
  • Email:
  • URL: www.mainstayrockhall.org/
  • Irish music and dance from County Galway with vocals, button accordion, percussion and two master Irish dancers. Admission is $15. Call for reservations.
  • Erika Meitner: Poetry Reading
  • Thursday, September 30   |  7pm
  • Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House, Washington College
  • Contact: Kathryn Bursick
  • Phone: 410-778-7899
  • Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
  • URL: www.english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/
  • Erika Meitner's first collection of poems, "Inventory at the All-night Drugstore," won the 2002 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and was published in 2003 by Anhinga Press. Her second book, "Ideal Cities," was a 2009 National Poetry Series winner, and was published in August 2010 by Harper Collins. Her third book, "Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls," is forthcoming from Anhinga Press in 2011. Meitner's poems have appeared in journals including The Virginia Quarterly Review, The New Republic, The Kenyon review and on Slate.com. Meitner is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program, and is simultaneously completing her doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where she was the Morgenstern Fellow in Jewish Studies.