Mid-Shore Life

The Mid-Shore is an artist's - and art-lover's - utopia. Every county has an active Arts Council, offering unique community programs and classes. In addition, there are galleries, exhibits, classes, concerts, theatrical productions and festivals scattered throughout the area.

Enjoy!

Maryland State Arts Council 2007 Individual Artist Award Recipient for Music Composition and Parents’ Choice Awardee

 “Every so often (rarely) you chance upon an artist whose work is evidently a class apart from all the others. Christina is one of those artists who deserve the world-wide recognition reserved for the few and select... ” - review from the United Nations FAO CASA GAZETTE, Rome, Italy.

Maryland based Christina Harrison is a singer/songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland and has sung before live audiences most of her life.  Her repertoire is beautifully versatile featuring a combination of traditional, contemporary and original Celtic/folk ballads and audience participation songs from Scotland, Ireland, and America. In addition to her family style entertainment and school assembly performances her melodic and witty Robert Burns Shows both challenge and enhance her natural rapport with the audience. Before extending her music career to the USA she was the lead singer in both a traditional bluegrass and a jazz band in London. As a teenager, she received classical voice training from Bill Ibbotson, the pianist for the great conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent and his orchestra, and Isabel Bailey, the Opera star. She became one of the few solo sopranos for the English travelling choir, 'The Centralaires,' which appeared on B.B.C. Television.  Christina studies periodically under Cari Cole in New York City, who made the nominee ballot for best female vocalist for the 2004 Grammys and Veniamine Jitomizski, former coach for the Russian Opera, Moscow, Russia. Christina has received applause in hundreds of cities internationally including, London where she appeared in musicals at the Westminster Central Hall and the famous Royal Albert Hall, London.

Dorchester Center for the Arts Announces March Student and Instructor Gallery Show

The Dorchester Center for the Arts will showcase the work of its students and instructors in a variety of media during the month of March. The Student and Instructor Gallery Show will run Thursday, March 4 through Saturday, March 27. The public is invited to meet the instructors and student artists during the Artists’ Reception on Saturday, March 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  There will be live music and light refreshments and a People’s Choice Award will be presented.

            More than 80 works have been submitted, in media ranging from pottery, watercolor, stained glass, duck carving and more.  These items are available for viewing and some can also be purchased during the Center’s normal business hours.

DORCHESTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS – 410-228-7782

TROIKA GALLERY PRESENTS “A PASSION FOR PORTRAITS”
 
 From March 5 to April 6, Troika Gallery in downtown Easton presents “A Passion for Portraits.” The exhibit showcases original portraits by Troika Gallery owners Dorothy F. Newland, Laura Era, and Jennifer Heyd Wharton. All three women have been professional artists for more than 20 years each. The show features their portraiture in oil, watercolor, and pastel. An Opening Reception and Artists Talk will take place during Easton’s First Friday Gallery Walk, March 5, from 5-9pm.

Newland, Era, and Wharton create commissioned portraits, including children, families, pets, and homes. Visit them at their gallery for a lively, fun experience with some of the region’s most talented artists and best art experts.

ESLC Announces Extended Call for Art Submissions

Contest for High School Age Students Seeks Artwork for 20-year Anniversary Celebration

Queenstown, Maryland – March 1, 2010 –The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy has extended the deadline to receive submissions for its Youth Art Contest to March 15. The contest – which is open to all high-school students in the six Upper and Mid-Shore Counties including Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester- asks entrants to submit their original artwork depicting an ideal Eastern Shore, one that features rich rural landscapes and vibrant and thriving towns.

Due to the inclement weather that caused a delay in some of our promotional activities for the contest, the deadline has been extended to March 15.

The winning entry will be considered for use on ESLC’s 20^th anniversary promotional materials – and will receive a $250 prize. Entrants may use any type of media they chose - both paper and digital entries will be accepted.

It’s real live High School Musical time!

Queen Anne’s County High School Drama Department is thrilled to premiere the spring musical You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. Director Shelagh H. Grasso along with Vocal Director Robbin Twilley, Musical Director Eric Wright and Choreographer Kristen Tyler have spent the last few months preparing for the huge annual theatrical event, along with the many students in the cast, crew and band.

Principals in the cast include: Kyle Lindenberger, Sarah Day, Shannon Whitaker, Colin Grav es, Ely Vance, Donald Roderick, Devin King, Erin Murray, Mikayla Cowan, and Daniel Meeks.

Dates of the performance are Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, at 7:30 pm, Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday March 14 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors.

Photo caption:  Donald Roderick as Snoopy.

March 12,13,14 & 19,20,21  Friday & Saturday 8:00 PM Sunday 3:00 PM

It's 1954 in Paris and the famous artist Paul Sorodin has died. At some time we all wonder what will happen when people have to go through our desk drawers and view our private lives. Well, forget the foibles of "regular people" … the deceased was an artist and it wasn't just his canvases that were colorful. The dead had secrets and you will roar with laughter as you learn about each one of them. Also on hand with revelations of their own are an eccentric Russian princess, an ex-showgirl, an eleventh hour immersionist, and a mute but effective gentleman named Fabrice. Before they get through, reputations are arranged and rearranged.

Featuring Noel Coward's wonderful plotting and sterling dialogue, Nude with Violin is a concert of laughs.

Milburn Stone Theatre, Cecil College, One Seahawk Drive, North East, MD

Adults $15; students and seniors $12; children 12 and under $10

410-287-1037

Website: www.milburnstone.org

Greensboro, MD, March 13, 2010 – John Miller and John Ford from the Academy of Lifelong Learning will team up with The Eastern Shore Writers’ Association to present a unique perspective on this at times vexing literary genre on March 13^th from 1–3 p.m., at the Riverside Country Inn in historic Greensboro, MD.

Held in the heart of the Eastern Shore, and overlooking the Choptank River, “we will gather midst green tea, coffee, and shamrock cookies,” Anne McCormick, Co-coordinator of the ESWA describes invitingly. “It is sure to be just the right tonic after this winter.”

Free and open to the public, this event will include a fun reading of some irreverent poems from over the years, with lively discussion encouraged. A tour of the Inn will follow the meeting, with refreshments provided just a short distance away at the Greensborough Trading Company.

“Reservations are recommended and dust off your funny bones! It is sure to be a hoot!” Anne concludes.