Mid-Shore Life

Gospel Shepherds & 100 Voice Choir - Modern and Traditional Gospel

Bring a blanket or chair. Free/donations appreciated. Concerts every other Saturday. Remaining Dates June 19, July 3, 17, 31, Aug 14, 28 & Sept. 11. Fountain Park, Downtown Chestertown. 7-8:30pm, except July 3 concert from 6:30-8pm. 410-778-0500 or visit www.chestertown.com/events_calendar.php.

Experience Farm-to-Table dining with local foods prepared by local and guest chefs on-site at local farms with Farm Dinners on the Shore! Three great events the weekend of June 18, 19 & 20! Menus and details at www.homegrownandgreen.com.

Friday, June 18, 6:30 p.m.: A fete prepared by a team of chefs including Chef Robbie Jester of Harbor House, Chef David Perry of Casual Caterers, Chef Kevin Frederick, formerly Executive Chef at Annapolis' Maryland, and Chef Rob Parker, former Banquet Chef for the DuPont Country Club. After hors d'oeuvres the chefs will demonstrate and serve a 4 course meal, and Jason Mantis of Bacchus Distributors will pour and discuss geographically interesting wines to complement the courses. $95 per person.

Saturday, June 19, 6:00 p.m.: Tapas on the Farm. Small plates, sangria, local beer from 16 mile Brewery, white wine and an assortment of small plates, with music by Bob and Pam Ortiz. $30 per person.

(Chestertown, MD) Celebrating colonial resistance to British rule, Chestertown, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, will hold its Annual Tea Party Festival on May 28, 29, and 30, 2010.  Visitors, merchants, and rebels-at-heart will flock to this picturesque waterfront town to cheer the reenactment of local lore as angry colonists storm an 18^th century schooner and dump it’s cargo of British tea into the Chester River.

Local history holds that on May 13, 1774, the citizens of Chestertown met and set forth "Resolves" forbidding importing, selling, or consuming tea in Chestertown. According to local legend, when the brigantine Geddes sailed up the Chester River and attempted to offload it’s shipment of East India tea, the citizens, with the Boston Tea Party fresh in their minds, boarded the Geddes and disposed of its reviled cargo in protest of the Tea Taxes. Despite the recent ranting of ne’er-do-wells and scalawags who question the authenticity of the original incident, a dedicated committee of volunteers recognizes the allegorical importance of the Chestertown Tea Party in developing appreciation for the region’s history. All comers are invited to embrace the colonial atmosphere, shop for crafts, feast on Eastern Shore faire, and drink anything but tea.

This year’s theme is “Red, White and Brewed”.  Our first art contest for children ages 10-13 was held this year and based on our theme.  The winner of the art contest is Meaghan Doyle, age 10.  Meaghan’s artwork will be featured on this year’s program and t-shirt.  All other entries will be on display Tea Party week at the Compleat Booksellers.

At the historic Prince Theatre in Chestertown
Thursday, May 13 @ 7pm
$5.00 for adults and youth 14 years and under are FREE

It's the soaring glory of Chesapeake Bay as never seen by Captain John Smith

and his traveling companions of 1608. MPT's Chesapeake Bay by Air forever

captures the unparalleled wild beauty, history and natural serenity of the

bay, all from above.

Shot in the air from two to 2,000 feet using state-of-the-art
high-definition recording gear, Chesapeake Bay by Air's unique perspective
of the Chesapeake Bay marries gentle verse, prose and music with stunningly
dramatic images of the Chesapeake in a way that, until now, only migrating
Canada Geese could truly appreciate.

BOISTER
Saturday, May 8 @ 8pm
Tickets $10 for adults / $5 for kids (ages 14 and younger)
  at the historic Prince Theater in Chestertown, MD

Live music score to the Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr.  Anne Watts / Boister's original score for Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. was commissioned by the Walters Museum's film series and debuted at the Charles Theater in Baltimore in 1998. Steamboat Bill Jr. is considered one of the great silent movies of Mr. Keaton's career, created at a time when he had paramount control over the content of his films. Most memorable for its startling displays of death-defying acrobatics, the film features a strong supporting cast and an abundance of classic slapstick.

www.boister.net

Sponsored by the Kent County Arts Council

October 30-31 and November 6-7, 2010, Artworks, the community craft and art center in Chestertown, MD will be offering its free, self-guided Studio Tour. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to see and shop for original artwork at studio prices.

Visit the studios and see the work of some 50 artists in throughout Kent County and parts of Queen Anne’s County who work in a full range of art and craft including painting, photography, sculpture, metal work, pottery, fiber, woodcraft, jewelry, furniture, stained glass and more.

For more information go to www.artworkschestertown.org.

Chestertown Farmers' Market 

at Park Row at the Fountain Park, Chestertown. 9 a.m.-noon. 410-639-7211.

The Artworks Gallery at 306 Park Row in Chestertown features its eighth annual Fiber Show in April, with a champagne and chocolate reception on Friday, April 2, from 5-8 p.m.

Sheep wool spun into fiber art. Stitching and crewel work. Needlework.  Invited artists will surprise and impress. Over a dozen local experts will participate, with a colorful panoply of woven, knitted, hooked, felted, and basket-woven items.

Artworks also maintains a non-profit gift shop featuring unique, hand-made gifts, with proceeds going to support local classes and programs for children and adults and to foster arts on the Upper Eastern Shore.

Regular hours for Artworks’ gift shop, office, and gallery are Wednesday through Friday, 12-3 and Saturday, 9-3. For information on classes, memberships, or shows, call 410-778-6300 or visit www.artworkschestertown.org.