Kent County Maryland Calendar of Events- April 2019
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April 4
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"Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West," a talk by Dr. Patrick Spero, librarian and director of the American Phil
- Thursday, | 5:30 PM talk. Book signing to follow
- Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, John Toll Science Center - Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue
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The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience welcomes Patrick Spero, Librarian and Director of the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia. As a scholar of early American h...
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Container Gardening with Mrs. Fancy Plants
- Thursday, | Thursday, 5 - 6 pm
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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Master Gardener Kacey Martin, aka “Mrs. Fancy Plants,” will present a free workshop on the basics of how to create and maintain a gorgeous container garden, including selecting containers,...
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April 5
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April First Friday
- Friday, | 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Location: Downtown Chestertown - Park Row, High Street, Cross Street, & Cannon Street
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First Friday is a free event sponsored by Chestertown's downtown merchants, community organizations, and art galleries along Park Row, High Street, Cross Street, and Cannon Street. This event is ...
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Kent School Golf Tournament
- Friday, | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Location: Chester River Yacht & Country Club - 7738 Quaker Neck Road
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To help celebrate Kent School's 50th Anniversary, we are bringing back our popular Golf Tournament.
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April 6
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Second Saturdays in Chestertown
- Saturday, | 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
- Location: Bad Alfred's Distilling - Cannon Street Parking Lot (Between Cross & Mill Streets)
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Live music, amazing food and drink, and fun for everyone. Join us in downtown Chestertown for Second Saturdays, sponsored by Bad Alfred's Distilling! This event is held rain or shine.
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Kent School 50th Anniversary Gala
- Saturday, | 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- Location: Brittland Manor - 211 Britland Farm Lane
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This year our Gala will celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Our event includes both silent and live auctions, the success of which is entirely dependent on the generosity of others – both auction do...
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Delaware's Forgotten Daughter
- Saturday, | Saturday, 10 - 11 am
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary sounds like a modern-day superwoman – a teacher, journalist, editor, feminist, lawyer, wife, and mother with a steadfast commitment to racial and gender equality.
In fact...
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April 9
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WC-ALL Trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Tuesday, | Bus departs 8:00 a.m. and returns by 5:00 p.m.
- Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA
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Participants will have an hour-long guided introductory Highlights Tour that includes examples of the museum's impressive holdings in Renaissance, American, Impressionist, and Modern art. Admissi...
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April 11
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Literary House & Sophie Kerr Series: Living Writers—A Reading by Rion Amilcar Scott
- Thursday, | 4:30pm
- Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House - Rose O'Neill Literary House
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Rion Amilcar Scott’s short story collection, Insurrections (University Press of Kentucky, 2016) was awarded the 2017 PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and the 2017 Hillsdale Award from the Fel...
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April 13
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Concert! Jason Blythe & U of DE Band Re-Create the Lester Young Trio
- Saturday, | 7 P.M.
- Location: Sumner Hall - 206 S. Queen Street
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Produced by Tom McHugh for Sumner Hall, the African American Legacy & Heritage in Jazz, Blues & Gospel series hosts its 5th concert on April 13th!
Jason Blythe, a saxophone player in the Un...
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Humane Society Fundraiser
- Saturday, | 6PM -10PM
- Location: Kent County Community Center - 11041 Worton Roage - Kent County Community Center - 11041 Worton Roag
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Fundraising event to benefit The Humane Society of Kent County. Format to be determined.
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Kinetic Creatures! Presented by Futuremakers
- Saturday, | Saturday, 1 - 2 pm
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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Please join us for this special STEM program presented by Futuremakers!
Please register.
Most suitable for ages 5-10 accompanied by an adult.
Designed and adapted for children with visual impa...
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A Taste of Rock Hall
- Saturday, | 7:00 to 10:00 PM
- Location: Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company - Route 20 - Rock Hall
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This year's 3rd Annual "Taste of Rock Hall", a kick-off to "Restaurant Week", promises to provide both good food and fun, with a theme of "A Hollywood Night at the Movies...
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Rock Hall Restaurant Week
- Saturday,
- This event runs April 13 to April 20
- Location: Participating Rock Hall restaurants - Rock Hall
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Rock Hall will once again feature "Restaurant Week" as a follow-up to "A Taste of Rock Hall" and a kick-off to the "season". Restaurants featuring specials from April 13...
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April 16
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“Crossing Borders” a talk with Cristina Jimenez
- Tuesday, | 5:30 PM
- Location: Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall - Washington College, 300 Washington Avenue
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Executive Director and Co-founder of United We Dream (UWD), the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country
Cristina Jimenez is Executive Director and Co-Founder of United We Dream,
th...
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April 17
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9th Annual Empty Bowls
- Wednesday, | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Christ United Methodist Church - 401 High Street
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RiverArts Clay Studio and Christ United Methodist Church will host the 9th Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit Kent County Food Pantry.
Ticket price includes your choice of a handmade bowl to ke...
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Sophie Kerr Lecture Series: A Talk by Gene Demby
- Wednesday, | 4:30pm
- Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House - Rose O'Neill Literary House
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Gene Demby is the lead blogger for NPR’s Code Switch team where he covers issues on race, ethnicity, and culture. He is also cohost of the weekly Code Switch podcast. Before coming to NPR, he se...
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Happiness Hour: Creating Poetry from Other People's Words
- Wednesday, | Wednesday, 6 - 7 pm
- Location: Main Meeting Room, 408 High Street
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Registration required.
Whether you think of yourself as a poet or not, if you have a love of language and an appreciation of words, you can create poetry–no writing required!
If you&rsquo...
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April 18
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WC-ALL Learn at Lunch with Dr. Bill Schindler of the Eastern Shore Food Lab
- Thursday, | Buffet lunch at 12 noon
- Location: Hynson Lounge in Hodson Hall - Washington College
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WAC's Professor Bill Schindler applies prehistoric-focused approaches in experimental archaeology to address a major issue facing humans today: diet. His talk is called "Food Evolution Revol...
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April 20
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Bluegrass Block Party
- Saturday, | noon to 3 p.m.
- Location: Downtown Chestertown - 100 block of South Cross Street
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The acclaimed Dirty Grass Players provide the blue grass and new grass tunes as Main Street Chestertown, in collaboration with the Downtown Chestertown Association and the Chestertown Environmental Co...
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Tea Party Costume Sewing Bee!
- Saturday, | 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
- Location: Sumner Hall - 206 S. Queen Street
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Coffee, lunch, a chance to sew with others in a bright, beautiful space where there's lots of room - what fun!
Sewing enthusiasts and seamstresses needed, as Sumner Hall prepares to tell the &...
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9th Annual Chestertown Earth Day Festival
- Saturday, | 9 am - 1 pm
- Location: Downtown Chestertown - Memorial Row - Downtown Chestertown - Memorial Row
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This beloved family event in Chestertown’s Memorial Park promotes stewardship of our planet, educates residents and visitors about innovative practices, and celebrates Chestertown’s certif...
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Easter Egg Hunt
- Saturday, | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Location: Rock Hall Civic Center - Civic Center Drive
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Hop down to Rock Hall's Very Eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt!!
Activities will include crafts, eggs with special treats, jelly bean counting contest, and prizes! Every child participating will receiv...
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April 22
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LEGO Build at Rock Hall
- Monday, | Monday, 11 am - Noon
- Location: 5585 Main Street
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Build, create, repeat! It's LEGO time at the library where only your imagination is the limit. All ages welcome.
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April 24
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Senior Reading
- Wednesday, | 7pm
- Location: Rose O'Neill Literary House - Rose O'Neill Literary House
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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 Creati...
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April 25
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RiverArts Paint the Town
- Thursday, | April 25, 2019, 8:00am – April 28, 2019, 3:00pm
- Location: Chestertown RiverArts - 315 High Street, Suite 106
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RiverArts will hosts it's tenth annual plein air event, Paint the Town, April 25, 2019, 8:00am – April 28, 2019, 3:00pm
The Paint the Town event is popular with plein air artists all ove...
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