October 12 noon Learn at Lunch sponsored by Washington College Academy of Lifelong Learning with photographer Jim Graham presenting “The Equestrian Life and the Land: A Photographic Essay.” His photographs are stunning visual presentation of the many facets of the equestrian world he has covered, particularly in nearby Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Jim’s presentation will… Continue Reading Washington College Academy for LifeLong Learning…Learn at Lunch

HomePorts, Inc. in partnership with the Kent County Health Department, the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, and Kent County Parks and Recreation, will hold the annual Health and Wellness Expo on Thursday, October 14, 2021, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Kent County Community Center in Worton. The Expo, which is free and… Continue Reading 2021 Health & Wellness Expo

Show your support for Kent County High School! Fill the stands and show your pride in the blue and gold!

Friday, October 15, 2021 7:30 p.m. Andrew Sheranian is Organist and Master of Choristers at the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont (Episcopal) in Boston. He holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and Yale University Institute of Sacred Music and has toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. This is his second appearance on… Continue Reading Emmanuel Church Concert – Andrew Sheranian, Organist

Join us for Fall Hayrides happening each Sunday in October! Grab a glass or mini bottle and hop on the hayride for a tour throughout the vineyard and farm. The hayrides will take off every 45 minutes. This is a wine focused tour, if you’d like to bring children please give us a call: 302-304-0551… Continue Reading October Fall Hayrides

A starting point for hi mountain, hi water is the memory of a child calling and waving ‘hi plane’ on the runway during the artist’s flight from Ireland to Montana for Mapping Meaning 2018. What’s big enough to handle, but small enough to care about? Ros Murray shares the absorption of her studio to connect… Continue Reading Performance by Ros Murray, hi mountain, hi water

For over 10 years Mapping Meaning has brought together artists, scientists, and scholars for experimental workshops, exhibitions, and transdisciplinary research. This wildly interdisciplinary and multi-generational collective explores ways in which cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration offer up alternative pathways to create new modes of acting in the face of social and ecological emergence(y). MASKS REQUIRED. for… Continue Reading PANEL- Mapping Meaning: Praxis for Ecological Futures

Employing photographs of Incan rocks as raw building materials, Skvirsky’s live participatory performance doubles as a community action, with the audience assisting in the building of an ephemeral Incan border wall within the gallery. The participatory performance links popular narratives concerning the persistence of pre-Columbian identity with current discourses about borders, migration, and nationhood. Performance… Continue Reading Performance by Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, How to build a wall and other ruins

This series of gatherings takes place in downtown Chestertown every third Thursday of the month, April through October, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., weather permitting. The Town closes the 300 block of High Street, adjacent to Fountain Park, beginning at 5:30 p.m., and owners line up their antique, exotic, classic, or custom cars to share… Continue Reading Cars on High

You be the judge of Kent County's best crab soup! $25 includes a wine glass, 10 tastings, and a raffle ticket. Proceeds benefit KCPS "One School, One Book" Galena Elementary School

Join us for Fall Hayrides happening each Sunday in October! Grab a glass or mini bottle and hop on the hayride for a tour throughout the vineyard and farm. The hayrides will take off every 45 minutes. This is a wine focused tour, if you’d like to bring children please give us a call: 302-304-0551… Continue Reading October Fall Hayrides

The League of Women Voters of Kent County Invites you to attend a Virtual Candidates’ Forum for Chestertown’s Councilmembers 1st and 3rd Wards Tuesday October 26, 2021 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm The audience will have an opportunity to submit questions for the candidates during the Zoom Webinar or by October 25, 2021 to kentcountylwv@gmail.com… Continue Reading LWV Virtual Candidate Forum

Our game vs Parkside has been changed to THURSDAY night at 6:30pm. Come support your favorite TROJAN players!

Sponsored by the Chestertown Lions Club and Washington College SGA -Date of the event: Sat., October 30th at 10 a.m. --Rain date: next day (Sun) at 3 pm (to allow people to get out of church) -Handing out cash prizes totaling $355 dollars for six categories -The parade assembly area and starting point is Dixon… Continue Reading Chestertown Halloween Parade

Learn the art of traditional cheesemaking! We'll start the class by walking down to the Chestertown Farmer's Market to pick up fresh milk from Nice Farms and have a chance to chat with Farmer Bob about what makes their milk so good. We'll also head over to Lockbriar Farm to meet with Jacqueline to grab… Continue Reading Hands-on Mozzarella Cheesemaking Class

Join us for Pizza & Wine featuring Chef Paul McCormick, fellow Wine Club member, and his brick oven pizza truck Bohemia Wood Fired Pizza. Personalized pizza for $15.00. Wine by the glass or bottle available for purchase. No tickets required.

Before you load up on Halloween candy, join Dr. Bill on a foray of Chestertown to forage for food! Chestertown’s lawns, parks and sidewalks are full of good things to eat, if you know how and where to look. After foraging around town, the class will return to to the Modern Stone Age Kitchen to… Continue Reading Fall Foraging Fun around Chestertown

DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED EARLY DISMISSAL TODAY, THE "WAR OF THE WORLDS" LIVE BROADCAST WILL BE RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY (NOV 1) @ 1:00PM. Tune in this Friday (Oct 29) @ 1:00PM for the annual "War of the Worlds" radio drama performed LIVE on the air by the WKHS Senior Class of 2022! Don't miss this… Continue Reading WKHS presents War of the Worlds – DATE CHANGE

The election is Nov. 2. The only polling place is the Chestertown firehouse. Hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, the Town of Chestertown will hold an election for Mayor and Councilmembers from the 1st and 3rd Wards. For more info visit our election page.

Join environmental artist, Stephanie Garon and Director of the River and Field Campus, Michael Hardesty for this participatory, informative experience. In this 2-hour OUTDOOR workshop, you will be introduced to the artist's creative process, the Phragmites australis plant, and you will actively participate in the removal of this invasive species from the Chester Riverbank. The… Continue Reading Phragmites australis Eco Art Workshop

Friday, November 5, 2:30 to 4:30 pm Cost: $30 per participant Material Fee - $10, instructor will collect material fee at class. Adults and teens welcome! Learn to indigo dye during the “blue” hours! We will learn about indigo and explore various Shibori resist methods while creating some great gifts. When you’re ready to dye… Continue Reading November 5: Indigo in the Afternoon

Friday, November 5, 6:30 to 8:30 pm Cost: $30 per participant Material Fee - $10, instructor will collect material fee at class. Adults and teens welcome! Learn to indigo dye during the “blue” hours! We will learn about indigo and explore various Shibori resist methods while creating some great gifts. When you’re ready to dye… Continue Reading November 5: Indigo at Night

Join the Kent County Chamber of Commerce as we host the 4th Annual BrewFest in Historic Downtown Chestertown, MD on Saturday, November 6. Craft Beer | Live Music | Food Truck Tickets available at https://www.kentbrewfest.com/

On Saturday, Nov 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. we will host a virtual event that will preview the work with the composer, Marlon Saunders, and we hope you will join us. This is a ZOOM event and pre-registration is required. Register at www.kentculture.org Thank you!

A RiverArts Salon is a (virtual) place to learn something new, share ideas, explore interesting topics, see and be seen, and have fun. In this virtual tour, we will look more closely at just what constitutes Impressionism and then meet several American Impressionists and their work from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.… Continue Reading November 9 – RiverArts Salon: The American Impressionists: An Online Tour of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Come celebrate with us as Bill's book, Eat Like a Human, debuts PLUS we are hosting our Modern Stone Age Kitchen Ribbon and Eastern Shore Food Lab ribbon cutting at 4:00 PM.The afternoon will kick off with a ribbon-cutting with the Kent County Chamber of Commerce. Then we'll all move inside and listen as Bill… Continue Reading Modern Stone Age Kitchen Ribbon Cutting & Eat Like a Human Book Launch

A Learn at Lunch PresentationNovember 18 at Noon Wendy Cronin “A Journey to the US/Mexican Border” Wendy was invited to Arizona to see the work being done, and she spent 10 days in December 2019 at or near Nogales, Arizona. She was able to observe what one group was doing, including food provision, primary healthcare,… Continue Reading WC-ALL Learn at Lunch

Register for FREE tickets now!Join us for our 12th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival and celebrate ShoreRivers’ achievements while we enjoy each other’s virtual company and debut a special selection of award-winning films that will excite and inspire. Our diverse film lineup is rooted in both environmental activism and an enduring love of nature.… Continue Reading Wild & Scenic Film Festival

No experience necessary! Open to all ages (children under 14 will need adult assistance). Clay will be provided as well as many items to imprint texture. Please feel free to bring anything of special interest (cookie cutters, imprint items) that could be used to personalize your holiday luminary! What's your style? You are limited only… Continue Reading November 21 One Day Clay Workshop: Holiday Luminaries with Wanda Brumwell

National Music Festival piano mentor David Brooks will perform a varied program of works by Bach and Rachmaninoff, together with his own compositions and piano transcriptions, including music based on Disney’s “Aladdin” and Brooks’ own completion of an unfinished work by Robert Schumann. A winner of several national and international competitions, he now performs a… Continue Reading RESONANCE CONCERT SERIES: Pianist David Brooks

It's that time of the year again. Please join us for our annual free Thanksgiving Dinner at The Kitchen! 1pm-4pm Reservations Suggested

Enjoy classic holiday songs performed by the Kent County Community Marching Band, have your photo taken with Olaf, Rudolph, and the Grinch, and welcome Santa to Chestertown as he is delivered to his Fountain Street house by the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Department.

Bring the whole family to Historic Downtown Chestertown to enjoy our annual community Christmas parade, featuring marching bands, floats, fire trucks, and of course, the guest of honor, Santa! If you would like to participate in the parade, contact Kristen Owen at kowen@mainstreetchestertown.org

Join us to kick off December with a community holiday party at the library! Enjoy stories, games, treats, a little holiday preparation, and the joy of interacting with friends and neighbors. Pajamas are encouraged! Festivities will include activities for all ages: 4pm A read aloud of the classic Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg for… Continue Reading Holiday Party For All Ages

The library is not a standalone organization, it's a vital part of the community! KCPL Cares is a monthly free giveaway initiative that lets us connect with and support the community. This month, our giveaway features hats and gloves of all sizes. Care packs are available during normal hours of operation. No registration, first-come, first-served,… Continue Reading KCPL Cares Giveaway – Winter Wear

In Meghan Efland's backyard, near downtown Chestertown & Washington College (When you register, you'll receive a confirmation email with Meghan's address.) Cost: $35 Join us for camaraderie & creativity as we make festive holiday decor that will brighten your home or make a perfect gift! Meghan started making holiday wreaths with her grandmother, mother, and… Continue Reading December 5: Holiday Wreath Making

Get your Christmas shopping done early and enjoy some wine while you do it! A wide variety of vendors will be at Broken Spoke, Chateau Bu De & Crow Vineyard so you can shop for local gifts for family, friends, and of course to treat yourself! A list of vendors will be updated as they… Continue Reading Rivers to Canal Holiday Sip & Shop

If you’re nostalgic for toy trains or mesmerized by model railroads, be sure to mark your calendar for Kent County Public Library’s Toy Train & Model Railroad Expo! Bob and David Singer have spent decades collecting and curating magnificent operating layouts featuring tinplate trains from bygone eras. It is a joy to share their enthusiasm… Continue Reading 8th Annual Toy Train & Model Railroad Expo

Dear Teens, You are cordially invited to an afternoon of fine pizza and even finer hot chocolate charcuterie. Feast on delicious treats in the library and create your own mini hot chocolate board to share with friends and family. All supplies will be provided and will range from chocolates, candies, marshmallows, pops, cookies, and more!… Continue Reading Hot Chocolate Boards – A Pizza and Make A Thing Event

December 11 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm$18 /per person $15 /Wine Club Join us this holiday season for the lighting of the vineyard. Ticket includes a glass of featured wine. We will have hayrides around the vineyard and bonfires to keep you warm. Join in with the carolers as they sing in the holiday… Continue Reading Lighting of the Vineyard

Gumdrops, candy canes, and frosting await as we build gingerbread houses at the library. All Ages. Registration Required. This event is being held at all three KCPL locations. Please be sure you are registering for the program at your desired location! Wednesday, Dec. 15th | Rock Hall Thursday, Dec.16th | North County Thursday, Dec.16th |… Continue Reading Gingerbread Houses

Adults, this one's for you! Bring your festive spirit and sense of fun to the Holiday BINGO Big Hurrah! The prizes will be fabulous and the company will be grand at this evening of joyful celebration and friendly competition. Ugly sweaters & holiday apparel encouraged - you might even win a prize for your festive… Continue Reading Holiday Bingo Big Hurrah!

Experience Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic like never before! Hear 17 movements performed bar-for-bar by an 8-piece bluegrass outfit while a snarky narrator retells the story with his own color commentary! Sponsored by The Hedgelawn Foundation. Doors open at 6:30 PM, show starts at 7:00 PM.

How to register:https://bit.ly/2XfvGcb For Questions email: easternneckwalks@gmail.com or call Melissa Baile at 410-639-7160. Enrollment for walks is limited to 25, first-served, with children 12-and-up permitted but no pets. Walks are FREE. Dress warmly, wear boots, bring binoculars and a camera.

Read all month long and complete activities to earn badges! From January 1 to January 31, Kent County Public Library is participating in Beanstack’s Fifth Annual Winter Reading Challenge, sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. "Read for a Better World" encourages readers of all ages to explore diversity, empathy, and action through literature. We challenge our… Continue Reading Winter Reading Challenge 2022: Read for a Better World

Join Dr. Bill Schindler for a start to finish approach to baking hand-built, real, traditional long-fermented sourdough bread. Long, slow fermentation that utilizes wild bacteria and yeasts transforms difficult, and dangerous to digest grains into nutrient dense, bioavailable, delicious bread. Dr. Bill will discuss harnessing hyper-local bacteria and yeast to start your mother culture all… Continue Reading Sourdough Bread Making Class

From the calming chamomile to the scar healing lily, lots of flowers have properties to help you feel better when they're brewed into teas. In honor of National Hot Tea Month, come brew, smell, taste, and learn about the power of flowering teas! Create your very own floral potion bottle to take home. And, of… Continue Reading Witchy Tea Flowers – A Pizza and Make a Thing Event

Make a fun and creative collage that will help you keep your hopes, dreams, and desires front and center as you begin 2021. Gather your supplies & join us for camaraderie, creativity, and fun! Supplies needed: * a "canvas" of some sort -- a piece of heavy paper, part of a cardboard box, or an… Continue Reading January 12: Dream Collage 2022 (via Zoom)

In honor of National Hot Tea Month, please join us for a chomping good time with an afternoon tea party of T-Rex proportions. We'll share stories, crafts, sip tea like dinosaurs, and more! Top hats and dinosaur attire welcome and encouraged. Ages 4+

Lacto-fermentation is one of the most important food processing technologies our ancestors ever created! Sourcing high-quality ingredients and essential fermentation equipment for your kitchen, The basics of lacto-fermented vegetables, Recipe development and execution, Prepping vegetables, scaling ingredients, initiating and controlling fermentation, Fermenting whole vegetables (such as carrots which are perfect for school lunches), and cut… Continue Reading Fun with Fermentation Cooking Class

Happiness Hour is a time for grown-ups to explore their powers of creativity. Join us to try your hand at something new and leave a little happier than you arrived! Featured Project: Winterariums Create a small winter world in a terrarium jar! Supplies provided. You are also welcome to bring materials to add your own… Continue Reading Happiness Hour: Creative Time for Grown-Ups

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast 20th ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. OBSERVANCE AND BREAKFAST The Time is Now! A Virtual Event KEYNOTE Speaker: Rev. Joel Tolbert, Pastor of Presbyterian Church of Chestertown, Maryland MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. - 10 A.M. We invite you to this event to honor the memory… Continue Reading 20th ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. OBSERVANCE AND BREAKFAST

Do you have a burning question about Kent County Public Library? Executive Director Arnessa Dowell has answers! You'll leave this information-packed hour knowing where the library is headed and with a better understanding of the library's role in the community. To submit a question ahead of time, please email socialmedia@kent.lib.md.us with "7 Questions" in the… Continue Reading 7 Questions with KCPL's Executive Director