Date: Thursday the 1st
April
Time: 9am–5pm daily
Event: 62nd Annual Open Juried Art Show
Location: Heron Point

Contact: Chestertown Arts League
PH: 410-778-5789
Email: artsleague@verizon.net
URL: www.chestertown.com/artsleague

Artists from throughout the region submit art in seven categories for judging: graphics, painting on paper and on canvas, pastels, mixed media, photography and sculpture. Over $2,000 in prizes awarded. Opening reception on March 21, 2-4pm. Awards presented at 3pm. Work will be on display 9am-5pm, through April 11 at Heron Point, 501 East Campus Ave, Chestertown.

Date: Thursday the 1st
April 1-30
Time:
Event: Garden Puppet Theatre Mini-Museum Exhibit
Location: Kent County Visitor Center, 122 N. Cross St. Chest

Contact:
PH: 410-778-5841
Email: tph203@verizon.net
URL:

Changing characters and themes throughout the year.

Date: Friday the 2nd
April 02 - May 31
Time: 5-8pm Reception on the 1st Friday of the
Event: The Artists' Gallery First Friday
Location: 239 High Street, Chestertown

Contact:
PH: 410-778-2425
Email:
URL:

Featuring Linda Hall's new watercolors of "Two Weeks in Provence"

Date: Friday the 2nd
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Chestertown's 1st Fridays
Location: Downtown Chestertown

Contact:
PH:
Email:
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.

Date: Friday the 2nd
April 2 - May 2, 2010
Time: 5-8pm
Event: Benedictine School Photography Show
Location: Chestertown Arts League, 312 Cannon St., Chesterto

Contact: Rich Hall
PH: 410-928-5012
Email: rwhall@pitt.edu
URL:

A students' show full of whimsy and creativity, curated by Lorraine Slama, arts teacher at the Benedictine School near Ridgely. Thurs, Fri 11am-4pm; Sat 10am- 4pm; Sunday hours in the summer and event weekends. Special show openings with receptions on most first Fridays of each month - 5-8pm. FREE

Date: Friday the 2nd
April 2nd-30th, 2010
Time: Wed-Fri 12-3pm, Sat 9am-3pm
Event: Fiber Art
Location: Art Works, 306 Park Row, Chestertown

Contact:
PH: 410-778-6300
Email: artworkschestertown@gmail.com
URL: www.artworkschestertown.org

A show of the fiber of our lives. Organic, touchable, useable, and wearable are words to describe the works on display this month. The original designs and creative talents of each artist are represented in items of knitting, quilting, needlework, papermaking, basketry, and sculpture. Gallery open Wednesday thru Friday 12-3pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm. For more information call 410-778-6300 or email artworkschestertown@gmail.com

Date: Friday the 2nd
Fri. April 2–Sat. May 15
Time: Fris.12 noon– 4:00pm, Sats.11:00am–4pm
Event: Waterfront History Walking Tours
Location: The Custom House, 101 South Water Street, Chestertown

Contact: C.V. Starr Center
PH: 410-810-7161
Email: jendicott2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/about_the_center/t

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience Presents Waterfront History Walking Tours.
Visitors are invited to step back into the 18th century and explore the Custom House and the surrounding waterfront. The Starr Center's free multimedia audio tour, 'History on the Waterfront: A Journey Into Chestertown's Past,' introduces participants to the true stories of the people who once lived and worked here. Through May 15th, except college holidays.

Date: Friday the 2nd
April 2
Time: 4-7pm
Event: 3rd Annual Kent County Poetry Festival
Location: Bookplate, 112 S. Cross St.

Contact: Robert Earl Price
PH: 410-778-2800
Email: rep@foolcrow.com
URL:

All are welcome to participate by reading an original or favorite poem. April is National Poetry Month. Join In!!

Date: Friday the 2nd
Friday, April 2
Time: 8pm-house open at 7:30pm
Event: Chester River Runoff
Location: Prince Theatre - 210 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

A locally grown bluegrass/newgrass band. Event open to all ages.
www.chesteriverrunoff.com

Date: Tuesday the 6th
Tuesday, April 6
Time: 5:00pm Free
Event: Religion, Politics, and the Constitution in the Thought of Patrick Henry
Location: Hynson Lounge at Hodson Commons, Washington College

Contact: C.V. Starr Center
PH: 410–810–7161
Email: jendicott2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu/events_program

Historian Richard Beeman, author of one of the most comprehensive biographies of Patrick Henry ever produced, will explore the life and legacy of this Revolutionary patriot and noted statesman. Former Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, Beeman is a noted scholar of the American Revolutionary period. He has authored six major books on the Revolutionary and Founding eras and dozens of scholarly articles. Book signing to follow.

Date: Wednesday the 7th
April 7
Time: 6pm
Event: African American Civil War Soldier Learning Series
Location: Kent County Public Library, 408 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Hope Clark
PH: 917-442-9424
Email: hopeclark@mac.com
URL: www.africanamericanheritagecouncil.blogspot.com

Come join an informal gathering to learn about African American Civil War History. Support the celebration and re-enactment of a historic Decoration Day Parade organized by local African American Civil War Veterans. Free reading materials and light refreshments provided.

Date: Friday the 9th
Friday, April 9
Time: 8:30pm
Event: Dragonfly Heart Camp presents JAHWORKS
Location: Prince Theatre - 210 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

The best in American Reggae is coming to Chestertown. This a a benefit for Dragonfly Heart Camp. MEET THE BAND tickets available ONLY through Sheldon Ross Hair, 410-778-9260.

Date: Saturday the 10th
April 10
Time: 6:30pm
Event: Kent School's Annual Auction: A Mediteranean Mystery Cruise
Location: Kent School Gymnasium

Contact: Tricia Cammerzell
PH: 410-778-4100 ext. 12
Email: tcammerzell@kentschool.org
URL: www.kentschool.org/auction

On Saturday, April 10, Kent School will be holding its annual auction, our largest fundraiser of the year. This year's auction 'A Mediterranean Mystery Cruise' features a crime solving mystery aboard a luxury cruise ship. Like any luxury cruise ship, the Mediterranean Mystery Cruise Ship will offer casino, nightlife and boutique shopping. Our evening includes both silent and live auctions, the success of which is entirely dependent on the generosity of others, both donors and buyers.

Date: Saturday the 10th
Saturday, April 10
Time: 4:30pm, free event
Event: Alexander Gardner's 'Confederate Dead by a Fence', Hagerstown, Antietam
Location: Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Reynolds Center for American Art and Portrait

Contact: LKitz2@washcoll.edu
PH: 410–810–7165
Email: LKitz2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/events_programs/am

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience presents America's leading historian of the Civil War, James McPherson who won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for 'Battle Cry of Freedom', a New York Times best seller that has since sold more than 600,000 copies. He was the consultant on the PBS documentaries 'The Civil War' by Ken Burns and 'Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided' and on the film 'Gettysburg'. In 1991 the United States Senate appointed him to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission which determined major battle sites, evaluated their conditions, and recommended strategies for their preservation. McPherson was the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History at Princeton until his retirement. In 2007, he received the first Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for lifetime contributions to the field of military history.
Free tickets distributed at event 8:30pm, reservations required.
Free bus from Casey Academic Center, Washington College Departs 11:30am - returns

Date: Saturday the 10th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am–1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
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.

Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 4:30pm
Event: In spite of my own nature
Location: Sophie Kerr Room, Miller Library, Wash College

Contact: Kathryn Bursick
PH: 410-778-7899
Email: kbursick2@washcoll.edu
URL: english.washcoll.edu/sophiekerrlegacy/

Eric S. Mallin is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written Inscribing the Time: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England (University of California Press, 1996) and Godless Shakespeare (Continuum, 2007), as well as numerous articles and reviews. His lecture on King Lear is part of a book in progress called Perverse: The Hidden History of the Normal. Sponsored by: The Sophie Kerr Committee

Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 11am
Event: From Jazz to Hip-Hop: Legendary Artists
Location: Kent County Public Library, 408 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Karin Cowperthwait, Program Coordinator
PH: 410-778-3636
Email: kcowperthwait@kent.lib.md.us
URL: www.kentcountylibrary.org

Please join Vivian Fisher from the African American Department at Enoch Pratt Library as she gives an overview of how music and culture evolves to create new musical expressions. This presentation will examine the following: the influences of pioneer jazz giants to present day Rap artists, the similarities between Jazz and Rap, and how these two music idioms influenced Hip-Hop culture. Part of the Celebration of National Library Week; April 11th-17th, 2010
FREE. Refrreshments served.

Date: Tuesday the 13th
April 13th - May 7th, 2010
Time: 9am-5pm daily
Event: Don Covington's Wood Sculptures
Location: Skipjack Hallway Gallery, Heron Point, 501 E. Camp

Contact: Heron Point
PH: 410-778-7300
Email:
URL:

A clever way to use scrap wood from boat building companies and artisans. Mr Covington, who supplies the wood to the boat builders, takes the pieces and builds sculptures and wall hangings. The results are fascinating.

Date: Tuesday the 13th
Tuesday, April 13
Time: 7:30pm Free.
Event: 18th-Century Souvenirs: From the Founding Fathers to the Antiques Roadshow
Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, Toll Science Center, Washington College

Contact: C.V. Starr Center
PH: 410–810–7161
Email: jendicott2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu/events_progra

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience asks that you join us for an Antiques Roadshow-style viewing of objects, exploring the memories they evoke and their place in our social history. This multimedia presentation and conversation will be led by University of Pennsylvania historian Robert Blair St. George and the Starr Center's 2009-10 Patrick Henry Writing Fellow.
Marla Miller. St. George specializes in the history and ethnography of material life, of politics and landscape, and of exchange relations, and is the author of Material Life in America, 1600-1860. Miller is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is author of The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution, as well as a forthcoming book on Betsy Ross.

Date: Thursday the 15th
April 15
Time: 7pm
Event: Want to Learn about Your County Government?
Location: Book Plate, 112 S. Cross St, Chestertown, MD 21620

Contact: William W. Pickrum
PH: 410-778-4600
Email: kentcounty@kentgov.org
URL:

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?

Date: Saturday the 17th
Saturday, April 17
Time: 4:30pm. Free event
Event: Jules Feiffer on Bob Landry's 'Puttin on the Ritz'‚ with Fred Astaire
Location: Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Reynolds Center for American Art and Portrait

Contact: LKitz2@washcoll.edu
PH: 410–810–7165
Email: LKitz2@washcoll.edu
URL: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/events_programs/am

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience Presents American Pictures at the Smithsonian Institution.
Jules Feiffer has had a remarkable creative career turning contemporary urban anxiety into witty and revealing commentary for more than fifty years. From editorial cartoons to plays and screenplays, including Little Murders and Carnal Knowledge, Feiffer's satirical outlook has helped define us. The first cartoonist commissioned by The New York Times to create comic strips for its op-ed page, Feiffer has since shifted his focus toward writing and illustrating books for children and young adults. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for his cartoons; an Obie for his plays; an Academy Award for the animation of his cartoon satire, Munro; and lifetime achievement awards from the Writers Guild of America and the National Cartoonist Society. Feiffer presently teaches at Stony Brook Southampton College. His forthcoming memoir, Backing into Forward (March 2010), relates how persistent failure inspired him to reinvent himself as an artist over and over.
Free bus from Casey Academic Center, Washington College Departs 11:30am - returns

Date: Saturday the 17th
Time: 4-8pm (Dinner 4-6pm)
Event: 11th Annual Chestertown Christian Academy Auction
Location: Chestertown Christian Academy

Contact: Chestertown Baptist Church
PH: 410-778-5844
Email: questions@chestertownbaptistchurch.com
URL: www.chestertownbaptistchurch.org

Registration is Available at the door. Cost: $10 per person cover charge (Catered Event). *Adults only please.*
Some of the items up for bid:
K-12th Grade Projects,Trees, Bushes, Shrubs, FishingTrips, Hunts and Bird Shoots, Longaberger Baskets, Golf Packages, Sports Memorabilia, Tickets, Yard & Garden Items, Bushels of Fresh Crabs, Art Pieces, Amish Made Quilts, Amish Baked Goods,
Amish Made Shed, Delicious Food Items, Restaurant Gift Certificates, Beef & Pork for your Freezer, Otis Spunkmeyer Products, And Much More!

Date: Saturday the 17th
Saturday, April 17
Time: 8pm–house open at 7:30pm
Event: Augie Swing (featuring Sue Matthews)
Location: Prince Theatre - 210 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

From Benny to Duke, Ella to Frank, right up to Mike Buble, Big Bands have brought swingin' music to both listening and dancing audiences alike. Augue Swing brings together a group of internationally known musicans who love the era of the American Jazz standards. Their energy is infectious.

Date: Saturday the 17th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am–1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
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.

Date: Saturday the 17th
April 17, 2010
Time: 6pm-until
Event: Benefit Cocktail Party for Kent Center " In Memory of Donna Fletcher"
Location: Chestertown Elks Lodge

Contact: Jayde "Fletcher" Meikle
PH: 410-348-5756
Email: james_meikle@yahoo.com
URL:

Hors D'oeuvres, Cash Bar, Music, 50/50 Raffle.
$20.00 per person or $30.00 a couple

Date: Sunday the 18th
April 1
Time: 1pm
Event: April Open House Camp Tockwogh
Location: Camp Tockwogh, Chestertown

Contact:
PH: 410-348-6000
Email: awhite@ymcade.org
URL: www.tockwogh.org

Come see what Camp Tockwogh's overnight Summer Camp Program is all about! Meet the staff and enjoy a tour of the property, located on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay and lots of information about our summer camp program. FREE! awhite@ymcade.org or visit www.tockwogh.org.

Date: Sunday the 18th
Sunday, April 18
Time: 3pm
Event: Soulful Sunday Series
Location: Prince Theatre - 210 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

Gospel Style Cabaret featuring Ray Fenner

Date: Tuesday the 20th
Tuesday, April 20
Time: 4:00–6:00pm
Event: Sheriff's Rx Drug Roundup
Location: Chestertown Volunteer Fire Dept.

Contact: Karen Cotton, ASAC Coordinator
PH: 410-810-2673
Email: kcotton@kentgov.org
URL: www.kentasac.org

Deputies will be available to receive your unused or expired prescription or over the counter medications. Please, do not flush medication. Bring it to us for safe disposal.

Date: Tuesday the 20th
Tuesday, April 20
Time: 12:00–2:00pm
Event: Sheriff's Rx Drug Roundup
Location: Heron Point - Main Lobby

Contact: Karen Cotton, ASAC Coordinator
PH: 410-810-2673
Email: kcotton@kentgov.org
URL: www.kentasac.org

Deputies will be available to receive your unused or expired prescription or over the counter medications. Please, do not flush medications. Bring them to us for safe disposal.

Date: Friday the 23rd
April 23-April 25
Time: Fri.9am-Sun.pm
Event: Paint the Town-Chestertown 2010
Location: Historic downtown Chestertown

Contact: Mary Pritchard
PH: 410-708-8022
Email: maryvp@udel.edu
URL: www.chestertownartsleague.org

The Chestertown Arts League is sponsoring "Paint the Town-Chestertown 2010," a plein air weekend Friday to Sunday. This non-juried event is open to artists painting in all media and includes a "WetPaint" exhibit and sale, Saturday evening 5-7pm at historic Emmanuel Church, and a "Quick Draw" Sunday morning, 9:30-11:30am with awards at Wilmer Park at noon. For more information and participation form see www.chestertownartsleague.org.

Date: Saturday the 24th
Time: 10am-4pm
Event: Annual Mutt Strut, Pet Fair and Earth Day Celebration
Location: Fountain Park

Contact: Billie Dodge
PH: 410-778-5411
Email: bdodge2@washcoll.edu
URL:

Annual Mutt Strut, Pet Fair and Earth Day Celebration in downtown Chestertown on Saturday, April 24. Festivities begin in Fountain Park at 10:00 a.m. with the 12th annual Mutt Strut, and continue with a variety of pet and Earth Day activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Date: Saturday the 24th
Time: 9am-1pm
Event: Earth Day Festival
Location: Fountain Park

Contact: JoAnn Fairchild
PH: 410-778-7295
Email: jfairchild2@washcoll.edu
URL: www.ces.washcoll.edu

Celebrate the Earth with live music, farmers' market and family fun in the heart of downtown Chestertown. Gather in support of clean air, land and water for all creatures, especially the dogs in the Mutt Strut. Sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society at Washington College and the Humane Society of Kent County, Maryland.

Date: Saturday the 24th
April 24
Time: 2-4pm
Event: Two-Hour Public Sail on Sultana
Location: Chestertown, MD

Contact: Sharon Burritt
PH: 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.

Date: Saturday the 24th
April 24th
Time: 6-8pm
Event: Kent County Community Marching Band Annual Cocktail Party
Location: Chesapeake Bank and Trust, Cross and High Streets, Chestertown

Contact: Mark Mumford
PH: 410-778-0022
Email:
URL:

Come out for a fun evening and support your local Community Marching Band. Donation $12/person

Date: Saturday the 24th
Saturdays April 10-Dec 18, 2010
Time: 8am–1pm
Event: Chestertown Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Location: Fountain Park, at High and Cross Streets

Contact:
PH:
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.

Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 12-3pm
Event: Chestertown Taste of the Town
Location: Wilmer Park, Chestertown

Contact: Andy Goddard
PH: 443-480-1987
Email: info@tasteofchestertown.com
URL: www.tasteofchestertown.com

Something for everyone ! Sample creations from Chestertown's wide array of restaurants-
casual to fine dining. Also featuring local beers and wines.

Date: Sunday the 25th
Sunday, April 25
Time: 5:00pm Free
Event: Skipjack: America's Last Sailing Oystermen
Location: Decker Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

Contact: Michael Buckley
PH: 410–810–7156
Email: MBuckley3@washcoll.edu
URL: http://www.starrcenter.washcoll.edu/events_program

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience presents author Christopher White who spent two years living on Tilghman Island and working with three legendary captains of the traditional wooden Chesapeake Bay oyster boats known as skipjacks. Participants include Senior Captains Wade Murphy, Art Daniels, Stan Daniels, and Stanley Larrimore, plus family members representing three generations of watermen. Through a discussion with a group of these lively characters, we will begin to understand the challenges of living on the Bay and sailing a traditional skipjack. The event will bring the audience face-to-face with a critically endangered tradition that reaches back over 100 years. Art show and reception to follow the main event. Reservations strongly suggested.

Date: Wednesday the 28th
Wednesday, April 28
Time: 7:30pm
Event: Open Mic Night
Location: Prince Theatre - 210 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

Open Mic Night with Ford Schumman at the Prince Theatre. E-mail Ford At fordo1@aol.com for information and to sign up.

Date: Friday the 30th
Friday, April 30; Saturday, May 1, & Sunday, May 2, 2010
Time: Friday & Saturday, 8pm; Sunday 3pm
Event: Boys Next Door
Location: Prince Theatre - 210 High Street, Chestertown

Contact: Prince Theatre
PH: 410-810-2060
Email: boxoffice@princetheatre.org
URL: www.princetheatre.org

An Off-Broadway success, this very funny and very touching play by Tom Griffin focuses on the lives of 4 developmentally challenged men who live in a communal residence under the watchful eye of a sincere, but increasingly despairing, social worker. Filled with humor, the play is also marked by the compassion and understanding with which it peers into the half-lit world of its protagonists.

Date: Friday the 30th
April 30
Time: 8pm
Event: Chester River Chorale Spring Concert
Location: Washington College, Gibson Fine Arts Center, Hotchkiss Recital Hall

Contact: John Ames
PH: 410-810-1438
Email: info@chesterriverchorale.org
URL: www.chesterriverchorale.org/concerts.html

Tickets are available at Scotties and the Compleat Bookseller, in Chestertown, and at Java Rock in Rock Hall.
"The Three B's - Beethoven, Bernstein & Beatles," the concert theme, features Beethoven's genius along with the music of inspired 20th century musicians Leonard Bernstein and the Beatles.
Don't miss the Chorale's final concert under direction of Ann Turpin. After eight years of inspiring leadership, Ms. Turpin will retire following the spring concert.