For most of 2020, the pandemic kept the Garfield Center for the Arts (GCA) closed to the public. Only their initial production of Greater Tuna made it to the stage…
After four successful years of service and playing a key role in revitalizing the Main Street Chestertown Program, Kay MacIntosh, MSC ED, is retiring this June. The Board of Directors…
Information on quilts documented in Kent County will soon reside on the online Quilt Index. The documentation project, conducted in 2006-2007, collected data on 279 quilts owned by Kent County…
The Garfield Center for the Arts is preparing to present a full season of plays performed live on our stage for a streaming online audience. The first production of the…
Postponed from April 2020 due to the global pandemic, this year’s rescheduled Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals will be held on-line on April 10, 2021, due to…
The Upper Shore is blessed with some live entertainment venues. One of those is the Church Hill Theatre. The building located on Walnut Street in Church Hill was originally built…
The Kent Cultural Alliance (KCA) in partnership with Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project, with additional support from The Hedgelawn Foundation, is offering five (5) artist fellowships for spring…
John Carl Haas’ “The Worst Choice,” premieres on Friday, February 12, in Church Hill Theater’s inaugural COVID-19 SAFE Zoom production. The performances include a Saturday evening performance and a Sunday…
Steven Arnold became executive director of the Garfield Center for the Arts last winter — shortly before Gov. Larry Hogan was forced to close all entertainment venues in the state…
Church Hill Theatre will be live streaming The Worst Choice, a searing—and timely—new play by John Carl Haas this February. Haas, a history professor at Chesapeake College, poses a disturbing…
Sponsored by Chesapeake Bank and Trust, The Garfield Center’s “(Stay) Home for the Holidays!” is a family-friendly, holiday-themed online video program. Produced by GCA Executive Director Steven Arnold, the program…
The Seasonal Art Walk taking place this Saturday, Dec. 5, in downtown Chestertown will feature 10 commercial galleries and studios and three pop-up venues, offering a range of art from…
The National Music Festival will celebrate its 10th Anniversary August 1-14, 2021 in Chestertown, Md. NMF will feature music to suit virtually every taste – from symphonies and chamber…
Church Hill Theatre will be live streaming an acclaimed radio version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on the weekend before Christmas. With social distancing still in effect, this would…
A competitive show featuring 18 different artists from all over the region from Gaithersburg to New Jersey; local artists and first time exhibitors opens Oct. 15 at Tish Fine Art…
Carla Massoni, the owner of MassoniArt Gallery, announced the opening of Marc Castelli’s newest one-man exhibition – Shouting at the Wind – by reassuring Castelli’s collectors that “the show will…
I have always loved riding on buses. So when Paul Comfort announced the upcoming release of his new children’s book on mass transportation due out on October 1, I was…
An intriguing new sign has appeared at 6202 Rock Hall Road (Md Rte. 20). It portrays a Selkie, a Celtic figure from folklore, who is announcing your arrival at Selkie…
Continuing the tradition of eclectic variety Short Attention Span Theatre has become known for, this year’s selections run the gamut from thought-provoking to absurd, covering topics like love and hate,…
