Garfield Center showcases Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A review by Peter Heck and Jane Jewell
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, playing at the Garfield Center in Chestertown through Saturday, Dec. 21, is a perfect holiday experience for the whole family. Directed by Jennifer Kafka Smith, the musical features romance, comedy, action, and a familiar story with delightful characters. This is a professional-quality production that highlights just how much talent the local theatrical community has to offer. The earliest version of Beauty and the Beast is generally cited as La Belle et la Bete by the French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, first published in 1740. However, the ... [Continue Story]
Arts Highlights
Bookplate author event – Patrick Smithwick’s ” War’s Over, Come Home”
The Bookplate is continuing their 2024 season of author events with author Patrick Smithwick on Wednesday, November 13th. Guests are welcome to join ... [Continue Story]
- Salon Talks at the Trippe Gallery with Jill Basham
- Spy Review: Isidore String Quartet Interlude by Steve Parks
- Mid-Shore Arts: A Spy Check-in with the Avalon’s Al Bond and Jessica Davies
- A Landmark Reimagined: The Revival of Easton’s Waterfowl Building
- Founded in Gratitude: Celebrating 20 Years of Plein Air Easton
- A Personal Look at the Wyeth Family of Artists: A Conversation with Victoria Wyeth
- Easton Art Galleries Host Plein Air Shows by Steve Parks
- Mid-Shore Arts: The Factory Takes on A Streetcar Named Desire for Plein Air
- David Faleris Appointed New Full-Time Executive Director of Chesapeake Music
- Mystery Artist: Who Knows Anything about this Mid-Shore Painting and Painter
- Virtuoso Cellist Sterling Elliott to Perform at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival By James Carder
- Concert Review: Chestertown’s National Festival by Steve Parks
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: A Victorian Christmas
Christmas traditions we cherish were established during Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901). Others are as old as the ancient Roman Saturnalia ... [Continue Story]
- Looking at the Masters: St Lucy
- Looking at the Masters: A Christmas Carol
- Looking at the Masters: Pablita Velarde
- Looking at the Masters: Kay WalkingStick
- Looking at the Masters: George Caleb Bingham
- Looking at the Masters: Winslow Homer
- Looking at the masters: autumn in Europe
- Looking At The Masters: American Autumn
- Looking at the Masters: Sonia Terk Delaunay
- Looking At The Masters: Gustav Klimt
Design with Jenn Martella
My first introduction to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum was during a visit to my sister over the July 4th weekend in 2003. We joined the throng ... [Continue Story]
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Visit to Wings and Whitetail Farm
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Classic Cape Cod Cottage in Chestertown
- Design with Jenn Martella: 105 Cannon St. After the Work is Done
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Study in Scarlet
- Design with Jenn Martella: Modern Meets Rancher
- Design with Jenn Martella: Haven on High Street
Weather Report with Cece Storm
The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
The Spy Weather Report forecast and words for September 30 to October 1 “Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all ... [Continue Story]
Delmarva Review
Taking flight? Will Delmarva Review come in for a landing?
It’s hard to imagine the Delmarva Review ever having trouble finding writers eager to submit their work. However, in 2007, when the Eastern Shore ... [Continue Story]
- Delmarva Review: The “Best of” Anthology
- Delmarva Review: Leitmotif by Rita Plush
- Delmarva Review: Arrogance by Katherine J. Williams
- Delmarva Review: A System of Seeing by Colin Jeffrey Morris
- Delmarva Review: The End of the Story by Patty Somlo
- Delmarva Review: Something More Than Winter Weighs (Upon Me) by John Muro
- Delmarva Review: Unknowable by Mary-Cecile Gee
- Delmarva Review: Traumas by Andrew Payton
- Delmarva Review: Dry Eye by Jean McDonough
- Delmarva Review: Cadence by K. Alma Peterson
Chesapeake Lens
Chesapeake Lens: “Snow Day” By Harry Greenspun
Snow days are great for students and teachers, but not for herons! ... [Continue Story]
Arts Notes
Waterfowl Festival & The Ward Foundation present: Maryland State Arts Council Folklife Film & Art Evening
The Ward Foundation, in collaboration with the Waterfowl Festival and the Maryland State Arts Council, is pleased to announce the Folklife Apprentice ... [Continue Story]
- “WE HAD A DREAM” to commemorate the March On Washington At Church Hill Theatre on February 1, 2025
- Tuesday, Jan 14, kick-off of Jan-May lunchtime concerts at Brookletts Place
- Easton Choral Arts invites new singers to join creation
- Within Our Reach: Mixed Media Works by Bridget Z. Sullivan on view through Feb. 28 at Adkins Arboretum
- Working Artists Forum presents local color art show & sale July 17-20, 2025, call to artists
- TAP casting call: The Man From Earth
- Prestigious 2025 grants awarded to Chesapeake Film Festival
- Two former child prodigies-a pianist and a violinist-will perform at Chesapeake Music’s February 16 Interlude Concert by Maria Grant
- Call for Artists: Adkins Arboretum to Sponsor 2025 Juried Art Show
- Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra rings in the New Year with soprano Kresley Figueroa at Christ Church in Easton, MD