TILGHMAN ISLAND.... Embark on a voyage of discovery aboard the M/V SHARPS ISLAND, on excursions that take you back through the storied history of the Chesapeake Bay and its lighthouses. Your trip is hosted by Captain Mike Richards whose 31 years on the Chesapeake Bay gives him a unique perspective to share with the passengers.

Visit 5 historic famous Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses. These lights can be seen in detail ONLY by boat. We provide close up photo ops and a comprehensive narrative history of every light. This trip also passes under the Bay Bridge, an interesting experience in itself. Departs from Tilghman Island at the Bay Hundred Restaurant.

TILGHMAN ISLAND....Sails every Friday, May - September.
Embark on a voyage aboard the M/V SHARPS ISLAND, on excurisons that take you back through the history of the Chesapeake Bay and its lighthouses. Captain Mike Richards hosts your trip. He has 31 years of experience of the Chesapeake Bay and provides an exciting history and a close up look at two of its lighthouses.

Great photo op and your return during sunset will be an extra bonus!

BYO drinks and snacks.

Call 800-690-5080 for your reservations.

TILGHMAN ISLAND....also available for private charter.
Embark on a voyage aboard the M/V SHARPS ISLAND and view two lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay.

Captain Mike Richards is your host, whose 31 years of experience on the Chesapeake Bay provides you with a unique perspective of this beautiful body of water and its history. You will depart 2 hours before sunset and complimentary champagne is served.

All trips depart from historic Tilghman Island.

WYE MILLS, MD....
Looking to start a new career, learn something new or just to have FUN? Join Chesapeake College’s Division of Continuing Education for the course that is right for you. Classes are offered at convenient times throughout the week and weekend.

For community members who are looking for a new skill or career, join Chesapeake to learn valuable professional skills through courses such as Extraordinary Customer Service, Recruiting and Retaining Gen X and Gen Y, Creating Cell Phone Apps for your Business, Improving Email Promotions, LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation and more! New certificates have been added for this spring and fall and include – Supervisory and Leadership, Business Coaching, Mobile Marketing, E-Marketing Essentials, and Social Media for Business. Participants will learn information to keep their skills current for the 21st century marketplace.

Chesapeake offers a wide variety of personal enrichment courses for everyone. Classes starting in April include Beyond Digital: Learning to See Creatively, Registered Yoga Teacher Training, Basic Spanish I and II, Conversational Italian, American Sign Language, Cardio Tennis and more!

For a complete list of courses, prices and start dates, visit the website at www.chesapeake.edu or contact Marci Leach at Chesapeake College by calling 410-827-5833 or by email, mleach@chesapeake.edu

TILGHMAN ISLAND....Embark on a voyage of discovery aboard the M/V SHARPS ISLAND, on excursions that take you back through the storied history of the Chesapeake Bay and its lighthouses. Your trip is hosted by Captain Mike Richards whose 31 years on the Chesapeake Bay gives him a unique perspective to share with the passengers.

Passengers on this 2 day trip will see 13 mid and southern bay lighthouses and structures. First day lunch is in historic Reedville, Virginia at the Crazy Crab Restaurant. Following lunch we head East passing through Tangier Island. We overnight in the quaint town of Onancock, VA which has a number of fine restaurants and B & B’s, a hotel and a country inn. The second day we pass North through Tangier Sound and have a box lunch aboard the Sharps Island. All of the lights we visit can only be seen by boat. This trip is a mid to high level adventure experience. It has been described as the “Best Lighthouse experience on the Chesapeake Bay” by seasoned lighthouse visitors.

BYO drinks and snacks

Lodging list and phone #’s provided

Box lunches for day two; minimal fee & choice of

Advance reservations requested, please call 800-690-5080

10% discount on rooms at Lazyjack Inn for tour guests, Friday & Sunday

We look forward to talking to you!

ST. MICHAELS....Sail on an authentic working Skipjack. One of the newer vessels to be built for the rigors of Maryland's wintertime commercial oyster dredging fishery. She was launched in 1966 in Harry Hogan, Virginia, by the Krentz Shipyard for Captian David Lewis of Wingate, MD.

The H.M. Krentz is 49 feet in length on her deck, 70 feet overall in length, a 15.5 feet beam, draws 4 feet/ 10 inches with the centerboard up and carries amost 2000 square feet of sail.

The open deck, so necessary for oyster dredging under sail, creates a very stable ride. It is a perfect setting for social gatherings or business meetings and makes a great outdoor classroom for educational groups of all ages.

The H.M. Krentz is U.S.Coast Guard certified to carry 32 passengers. Private charters are perfect for "Corporate" groups, cocktail parties, birthday and family outings, weddings and anniversary parties, and any occasion.

Daily 2 hour sailing schedule....10:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. ; 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. and evening to sunset.

Departure is from the Crab Claw Restaurant in St. Michaels. $

TILGHMAN ISLAND....Climb aboard history. Sailing into her 3rd century, REBECCA welcomes you to sail back in time. She is one of 17 newly designated National Historic Landmarks, and is the oldest working skipjack of a vanishing fleet that is declared one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

Sail with 5-th generation Tilghman Island skipper Capt. Wade Murphy, Jr., for a hands-on sailing experience while hearing stories of Chesapeake ecology, maritime history, nautical anecdotes, and even dredge for oysters. USCG certified for 49 passengers.

In the late 1890s hundreds of skipjacks plied the Chesapeake Bay to dredge for oysters. Today only a dozen working boats remain. Now, 116 years since the planks were cut for REBECCA, she carries passengers to bring alive maritime history and waterman culture, and to portray the present ecology of the Chesapeake.

Walk ons, buses, families, weddings, and beautiful sunsets. BYOB or catering available.

Sails....Sunday thru Friday, 11am to 1pm / 5pm to 7pm.
Saturdays, 11am to 1pm / 1pm to 3pm / 3pm to 5pm / 5pm to 7pm.

ST. MICHAELS.... Offering our DAILY cruises
11am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm & 4pm

Contact 410-745-3100 or chesapeakebaycruises@verizon.net for further information about chartering the PATRIOT for your special event.

See our website at: www.patriotcruises.com

EASTON....
East End Gallery on Aurora
New Exhibit “Coming to Life with Art”
April 6th – May 31st, 2012

Artist Reception April 6th, 2012
5:30-8pm

The show will open with a catered reception Friday, April 6th, 5:30pm-8:00pm and will feature the paintings by local artist Theresa Schram. She is a Salisbury University graduate who teaches art at the Kent School. In addition to infusing her classroom with creativity her Talbot county art studio is the incubation point for her paintings. She is a member of The Friday Morning Artist’s Group and the Talbot County Visual Art Center. Theresa’s pieces focus on bold images, intense colors and an interest in design. She has painted numerous murals for private clients, many of which have been described as “colorfully whimsical”.

East End Gallery has a tradition of showcasing furniture artisans, with past shows focusing on newly-crafted pieces. In this show the gallery will showcase old furniture that has been taken to a new level by artisan Terri Griffin, owner of the Pollie and Paper Studios. Ms. Griffin’s work has been displayed at the Dorchester Arts Center, as well as numerous craft shows. Her concept is based on creative recycling with found objects and showing us how even art can go green.

http://web.mac.com/eastendgallery
11 South Aurora Street
Easton, MD 21601
410-819-0004

TILGHMAN ISLAND....Sails every Wednesday & Saturday.
Embark on a voyage of discovery aboard the M/V SHARPS ISLAND, on excursions that take you back through the storied history of the Chesapeake Bay and its lighthouses. Your trip is hosted by Captain Mike Richards whose 31 years on the Chesapeake Bay gives him a unique perspective to share with the passengers.

He provides an exciting view of some of the finest lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay. Traveling by FML (fast motor launch) their full day trips provide an opportunity to view up close 10 lighthouses with great photo ops at each one. Their half-day trips give a close up view of five major lighthouses.

Lunch at Tolchester Marina Restaurant, on own , or you may pack a lunch and use their picnic area

Reservations are required, and in advance if possible, 800-690-5080.

ST. MICHAELS....Selina II's season will be through October 31, sailing from the St. Michaels Harbour Inn & Marina.

Enjoy a day or sunset sail on a beautiful vintage cat boat on the Chesapeake Bay. Selina II is docked in St. Michaels, Maryland, a quaint Eastern Shore town known for its' wonderful seafood and quaint small town feel. You will be treated to an unforgettable sailing trip with Captain Iris Clarke, the owner of the sailing yacht. We also offer overnight sails and honeymoon getaways for those who want to spend more time on the water.

Designed after the classic New England Crosby cat Designed boats, The Selina II was built in 1926 at Sweets Shipyard in Greenport, NY. At 41'6" overall length and 16' beam. She is the largest of the surviving vintage catboats. She is gaffed rigged, with a 48' mast and a 35' boom.

On a normal sailing day we carry about 1000 sq. ft. of canvas and our guests are treated to an old fashioned sailing experience. In the fall of 1980, an extensive restoration was begun to keep the Selina II in sailing condition. Fifty-five new white oak ribs had to be fashioned, bent and installed. Additional flooring timbers were required, and then a replacement of the cockpit and cabin interior which had been removed to reveal the ribs. Except for some changes in the galley and storage areas, as well as accommodations for navigational and safety aids, the Selina II has been kept as nearly possible true to her original design, including a full 6'2" headroom in the open saloon. In 1976, Selina II was among 90 US ships invited to participate in the Parade of Operation Sail in New York Harbor on the July 4th Bicentennial celebration. Since then she has been in the New York Harbor Festival in 1977, Boston's 350th anniversary in 1980, Norfolk, VA's Portfest in 1983, the Parade Of Ships in celebration of the Constitution's 200th anniversary in 1986, Albany's Portfest in 1989, Columbus's famous voyage parades in 1992, and OP Sail 2000 in New York and Boston.

Her ship's compliment has included children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of her original owners. After seventy-five years of plying the waters of Long Island, the Selina II came to her new home on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. She sails in and around the St. Michaels area of the Eastern Shore. Raised on and around the Selina II, her current Coast Guard Licensed Captain, Iris Clarke is a grand daughter of her original owners.

The Selina II limits her passengers to just 6 guests for an intimate taste of the history of sail.

ST. MICHAELS....
The St. Michaels harbor will transform to an image of days gone by with several tall ships and visiting vessels docking at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) beginning this May and continuing throughout the month of June.

From May 5-12, the schooner Sultana will be dockside at the museum, and open for boarding to all CBMM visitors from 2:30 to 4:30 pm on Tuesday, May 8. The schooner Sultana is a replica of a Boston-built merchant vessel that served for four years as the smallest schooner ever in the British Royal Navy. Using the British Admiralty’s documentation of the original Sultana, she has been recreated to offer a glimpse of 18th-century seafaring life. Launched in 2001 at her base port of Chestertown, MD, Sultana provides educational programs for more than 5,000 students each year.

From June 4-7, the schooner Wolf comes to the CBMM, with free dockside tours offered from 1 to 3pm each day. The Wolf is a classic 74' topsail schooner built in the early 1980s in Panama City, FL and now home ported in Key West, FL. The Wolf sails the seven seas representing Key West and the Conch Republic, and is available for charters in Florida, Bahamas, Jamaica and other ports in the Caribbean and US.

From June 15-17, the replica tall ship HMS Bounty will be harbor side at CBMM, offering tours to CBMM and Antique & Classic Boat Festival visitors at $10 for adults, $5 for children, and free for children five and under. A replica of the tall ship known for the infamous 1789 mutiny in Tahiti, the current HMS Bounty was built in 1960 for the movie, “Mutiny on the Bounty,” and was later featured in “Treasure Island” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Now touring the U.S. East Coast after a European tour, the tall ship offers dockside tours, sail training and youth educational programs.

On June 21 and 22, the Pride of Baltimore II will be dockside at CBMM, with tours available to museum visitors. An 1812-era topsail schooner privateer reproduction, Pride of Baltimore II is Maryland’s working symbol of the great natural resources and spectacular beauty of the Chesapeake Bay region. Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned in 1988 as a sailing memorial to her immediate predecessor, the original Pride of Baltimore, which was sunk by a white squall off Puerto Rico in 1986. Both ships were built in the Inner Harbor as reproductions of 1812-era topsail schooners, the type of vessels, called Baltimore Clippers, which helped America win the War of 1812 and finally secure its freedom.

From June 22-24, the Viking ship Norseman will be at the museum offering a real-life look at a Viking ship and the type of people who sailed them more than 1,000 years ago. Norseman is a 40-foot half-scale replica of the famous Gokstad ship that represents one of the many types of sailing vessels built and designed by Vikings. The Norseman's crew will wear authentic Viking attire at a small encampment, which will be complete with iron and woodworking tools, and period music. The ship is based in Wilmington, DE at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard.

For more information about other upcoming events at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, visit www.cbmm.org, or call 410-745-2916.

EASTON....Bay Country Chorus invites you to visit its rehearsals....singers and visitors welcome. Looking for prospective members.

They meet Monday evenings at Trinity Cathedral, 315 Goldsborough Street, Easton, at the rear of the church in Miller Hall.

Be prepared for an evening of singing, fun, and fellowship in the "Barbershop Style of Music."

EASTON....
Historical Society`s Annual Meeting and Heritage Awards
Historical Society Auditorium, 17 S. Washington Street, Easton

Celebrate the accomplishments of the last year at our Annual Meeting and garden party. Open to the public.

OXFORD, MD....
OXFORD FARMERS MARKET Opens May 2 Fresh, local & homemade returns! OCC welcomes back the Oxford Farmers Market for a new season of fresh, local produce, baked goods, and artisan works. Weekly, Wednesdays from 4-6pm in the front circle drive of the Oxford Community Center.

ST. MICHAELS....
This year Environmental Concern is celebrating our 40th year. As we set our sights on the future, we also want to take a moment to look back. It has given us great pleasure over the years to have spent time in conversation with our customers about their gardens and landscapes. Many of you have become plant sale regulars and friends. We look forward to welcoming more of you to our campus as the popularity of, and need for native plants increases. We recognize that reaching our 40th year is due in no small part to our many loyal customers.

Please join us in celebration at our semi-annual native plant sale where you will have the opportunity to browse and purchase from a selection of our native plants. As always, the nursery staff will be on hand to answer questions and help solve some of those challenging gardening problems.

On Friday May 18th we will be open to the public for plant sale purchases from 9:00-4:00. Stop by to say hello and beat the crowd to get first pick of the plants.

On Saturday May 19th the plant sale continues, coinciding with our annual Open House Event from 9:00-2:00.

If you already know which plants you want and would like to make sure we hold them for you, please contact the nursery at nursery-sales@wetland.org or 410-745-9620. Visit www.wetland.org for our current retail availability and directions.

Please Note: St. Michaels Road will be closed for a brief period early Saturday morning. Please see our website for updated info.

EASTON....Easton Volunteer Fire Department, 315 Aurora Street / 410-822-4848

Easton Vol. Fire Department presents BINGO, Every FRIDAY!!!!

- Doors open at 6:30 P.M.
- Games start at 7:30 P.M.
- Intermission at 8:30 P.M.
- Food provided by the EVFD Auxiliary

OXFORD....
TAP on the OCC STAGE
“The Women” - Opens May 3

Tred Avon Players present the sophisticated comedy of The Women by Clare Boothe Luce. Director Tom Quimby reprises the all-time, standing room only TAP hit of 1990. Based on the 1936 play and the 1939 movie starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Marjorie Main, Joan Fontaine, Hedda Hopper, and Joan Crawford, The Women follows the lives of a circle of wealthy Manhattan women and their story of marital conflict, friendships, and coping with changing values and lifestyles. It’s a classic portrayal of the fairer sex meeting the challenges of love, rivalry and self-fulfillment during the beginning of women’s liberation.

For showtimes and tickets, visit TAP online at www.tredavonplayers.org.

EASTON....
A new cycling event is coming to Talbot County. Tour de Cure to benefit the American Diabetes Association.

The date is May 19,2012. There's a FREE registration promo from now until 10/31. Go to diabetes.org/chesapeaketourdecure and use code ESVIP2012.

It's going to be a fabulous event showcasing the beauty and bounty of Talbot County.

Start Location: Talbot County Community Center

OXFORD.... SEASON RE-OPENS MID MAY....“Fresh, local, and homemade!” The Oxford Farmers Market returns to the grounds of the newly renovated Oxford Community Center for the season. Open every Wednesday 4-6 pm. Shop for fresh local produce, artisan works, and enjoy the sounds of local favorites “Free and Easy Band”.

The market is held weekly on Wednesdays from May to mid-October, with “big market” days the first Wednesday of each month featuring music and special guests.

For more information, contact the Oxford CommunityCenter at 410-226-5904 or email oxfordcc@verizon.net

ST. MICHAELS....
Aloha! Dust off your ukulele and shake out your grass skirt in preparation for CASA of Talbot & Dorchester Counties' Hawaiian Luau on Saturday evening, May 19, 2012. Under a lovely tent by the water's edge at Bill Davenport and Bruce Wiltsie's enchanting Hemmersley Farm at Emerson Point near St. Michaels, you can sway to the beat of Hawaiian drums and enjoy mouth-watering aromas from fire pits while watching the sun set on the Chesapeake Bay.

Our annual benefit raises funds to support CASA’s work with Talbot and Dorchester County children under court protection due to maltreatment. Event co-chairs and CASA Board members Christina Hoff and Laurie Dennis are planning this year’s annual fundraising event to celebrate the family, or ohana in Hawaiian culture. Through ohana Hawaiian society cares about the health of the community as a whole. At CASA, we share a sense of fulfilling society’s most fundamental obligation by making sure a qualified, compassionate adult will fight for and protect every child’s right to be safe, loved, and treated with dignity in a permanent home.

The Hawaiian Luau on May 19th promises to be unique, exciting, and fun! Known for their artistic creativity and joie de vivre, Hoff and Dennis will be joined by Mary Lou McAllister and Bruce Wiltsie in creating the atmosphere, entertainment, and cuisine for a fantastic evening to remember. They envision the location at Emerson Point coming alive with the forces of nature - earth, water, fire and sky - as the perfect backdrop for this magical event. Tiki lights will guide guests to the grassy beach overlooking the Chesapeake Bay at Emerson Point, while hula dancers, rhythmic drummers, powerful fire spinners, outriggers, Hawaiian music, exotic Mai Tais, and luau cuisine will be sure to delight.

Invitations will be mailed in early April, but you may call 410-822-2866 now to make your reservation for a magical evening. Your support will help us to make a difference in a child's life. Tickets are $150 per person and sponsorship opportunities exist. Tuck a hibiscus blossom behind your ear and come nattily attired ala Hawaii in sarongs, surf attire, or floral shirts. We look forward to welcoming you in the spirit of aloha. Mahalo!

EASTON....
Open every Saturday, 8am – 1pm
The Market is located on the Town parking lot on N. Harrison St., with ample free parking available across the street. Many familiar faces return – farmers with fresh local produce and farm products, as well as a wide variety of talented crafters with unique handmade items. Meet the folks who grew it, created it, and can tell you about it.
Support your local Shore economy!

Live music 10:30am-12:30pm

Easton Farmers Market is the work of the Avalon Foundation.
www.theavalonfoundation.com
Contact Carolyn 410-253-9151

2012 opening TBA!

ST. MICHAELS....
St. Michaels Historic Waterfront, a docent led walking tour leisurely explores the St. Michaels Waterfront District while discussing the history of this unique waterfront village. Sponsored by St Michaels Museum at St Mary’s Square.

Tour leaves at 10:00 AM from the Museum, corner of E Chestnut and St. Mary’s Square. Cost: $10 Adults; $5 Youth (6-17).

For information and reservations call 410 745 0530.

ST. MICHAELS....
Season: April to October 2012

Saturdays, 8:30 am to 11:30 am

Muskrat Park on the St. Michaels Harbor, at Willow and Green Streets, one block from Talbot Street

Located in historic town of St. Michaels, MD, on the Eastern Shore, this FRESHFARM Market is directly on the harbor, one of the loveliest market settings in the country. The market is a Saturday destination for locals, weekenders and boaters. Farmers offer fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, cut flowers, potted plants, breads and pastries, cow's milk cheeses, orchids, eggs and honey. We also host events and activities throughout the season, including our Chef at Market events and a community cook-off.

ST. MICHAELS....
Maritime Model Expo
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Saturday, May 19 & Sunday, May 20, 2012
Sat., 10 am- 4 pm & Sun., 10 am - 3 pm
Free for members or with Museum admission

Held in conjunction by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Model Guild and the North American Steamboat Modelers Association, this expo includes radio-controlled models powered by steam, battery, and wind. Static displays of highly-detailed and realistic models by the Washington Ship Model Society and others will be featured, as well as activities for children too.

ANNAPOLIS TO ST. MICHAELS....
The Elf Classic 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
10am-4pm

Join ELF and other classic sailing yachts for the ELF Classic yacht race – a true yachtsman’s race. The Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis will serve as the departure point for this sailing classic to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels.

This event is organized by the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild to recreate the sensibilities of yacht racing of the 1880’s when the races began on shore, included the row to the boat on mooring or anchor, making sail and reversing the process at the finish, in this case signing the race log at the Tolchester Bandstand on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Please consider joining or sponsoring this inaugural event, which will raise funds for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, ELF’s homeport on the Chesapeake. Interested yacht owners or sponsors should contact Rick Carrion at the CYRG. Email elf 1888@earthlink.net or surface mail CYRG, PO Box 237, Earleville, MD 21919 for more details, sign up information and updates.

ST. MICHAELS....
The first annual St. Michaels Running Festival, sponsored by the YMCA of the Chesapeake, in partnership with Eastern Shore Endurance Events, LLC, will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in historic St. Michaels, MD on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This event is a family oriented recreational and sporting event, based on promoting community health, physical fitness and wellness in the Bay Hundred area.

Festival participants will enjoy St. Michaels Main Street charm while experiencing its colonial past. Included in the Festival activities will be a half marathon on a soon-to-be certified USATF course, a 10K run and a 5K run/walk. The races and walks are open to people of all fitness levels and abilities. A day-long festival, following the races and walks will feature a variety of vendors, including restaurants, businesses and nonprofit organizations, along with live music and awards.

The Festival will benefit the local business and nonprofit community. A portion of the proceeds from this community-wide event will benefit the St. Michaels Family YMCA for its new building fund and the St. Michaels Community Center for its summer youth programs, as well as other area nonprofit organizations. Administrative support is provided by Running Maryland.

To register for the Festival, visit www.stmichaelsrunningfestival.com or call 443-812-1346

EASTON....
Featuring David and Ginger Hildebrand
In conjunction with St. Mark's Concert Series
Sunday, May 20, 2012
3:00 pm
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
100 Peachblossom Road, Easton

David and Ginger Hildebrand are the area's foremost performers of period music. This concert will combine the Hildebrand's knowledge of music of 1812 with the choral artistry of the St. Mark's Concert Chorale.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated

EASTON....
Featuring David and Ginger Hildebrand
In conjunction with St. Mark's Concert Series
3:00 pm
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
100 Peachblossom Road, Easton

David and Ginger Hildebrand are the area's foremost performers of period music. This concert will combine the Hildebrand's knowledge of music of 1812 with the choral artistry of the St. Mark's Concert Chorale.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated
A War of 1812 Bicentennial Event – wear your 1812 costume

EASTON....Bay Country Chorus invites you to visit its rehearsals....singers and visitors welcome. Looking for prospective members.

They meet Monday evenings at 7pm - Trinity Cathedral, 315 Goldsborough Street, Easton, at the rear of the church in Miller Hall.

Be prepared for an evening of singing, fun, and fellowship in the "Barbershop Style of Music."

ST. MICHAELS....
Monthly Demonstration, Plein Air with a Master
St. Michaels Art League
Christ Church Parish Hall
Willow St., St. Michaels, MD 21663
Monday, May 21, 2012
9:30 am
Free for Art League members, $5 for non-members
410-226-5351
www.stmichaelsartleague.org

As the Plein Air season literally heats up, the Art League is privileged to host John Brandon Sills for a morning of his take on the genre. He is known as a master of composition, and will focus on framing the outdoors, as he does so well.

ST. MICHAELS....
A TOURISM AFTERNOON FILLED WITH GOLF AND NETWORKING DURING THE RECEPTION. COME FOR BOTH OR JUST THE RECEPTION. RSVP REQUIRED

Harbourtown Golf Resort, St. Michaels, MD
Kick off the 2012 Tourism Season with a fun afternoon on the fairways followed by a Deck party for all members of the Talbot County Hospitality industry....owners, managers, chefs, bartenders, servers, front line and back of the house employees. Build a team or come for the reception!

12 Noon - Golf Registration.

12:30pm Shotgun Start - Four Person Scramble.

$45 per player - including cart, green fees, and reception.

Improve Your Score on Hole #16 - $20

4:30-6:30PM - Reception Only - $10.

All gross proceeds benefit the Talbot County Office of Tourism to fund a summer advertising campaign and Tee-Off Fore Tourism golf prizes.

RSVP no later than May 11, 2012. Call 410-770-8000 or email ddodson@talbgov.org

A special thank you is extended to the organizations that have made Tee-Off Fore Tourism possible:
Harbourtowne Golf Resort and Conference Center for donating the golf greens and carts
Sysco Eastern Maryland LLC, Kelly Distributors and the Rebublic National Distributing Company for their donation of food and beverages.
Everyone employed in the hospitality industry is welcome to play and party for tourism.

TRAPPE....Celebrating its 10th consecutive year, Trappe United Methodist Church hosts a Country Church Breakfast on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month from 7 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

The down home, all-you-can-eat menu includes eggs, pancakes, French toast, warm syrup, grits, home-fried potatoes, sausage (nitrate free and fresh ground by Simmons Center Market in Cambridge), scrapple, sausage gravy, biscuits, strawberry preserves, coffee, tea, orange juice, and tomato juice.

TUMC is also the home of the "Martha's Closet" Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, which is always open during the breakfast and also every Wednesday from 8:30 until noon.

OXFORD....
May 26 & 27, 2012
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 10-4
Preview Party Fri. May 25

Oxford Community Center invites you to celebrate a weekend with the arts, in their newly restored historic building. Over 50 regional and national artists participating by jury selection will show and sell their work. Live artist demonstrations throughout the weekend, special art raffle, and new this year - an outdoor gallery! Enjoy a variety of luncheon fare and traditional fresh strawberry shortcake.

410-226-5904 / www.oxfordcc.org

ST. MICHAELS....
Young Frederick Douglass, a Slave in St. Michaels, a docent led walking tour exploring the formative years, age 15-18, that Frederick Douglass lived in St Michaels and how those years probably influenced the future life of this great man. Sponsored by St Michaels Museum at St Mary’s Square.

Tour leaves at 10:00 AM from the Museum, corner of E Chestnut and St. Mary’s Square. Cost: $10 Adults; $5 Youth (6-17).

For information and reservations call 410 745 0530.

EASTON....Bay Country Chorus invites you to visit its rehearsals....singers and visitors welcome. Looking for prospective members.

They meet Monday evenings at 7pm - Trinity Cathedral, 315 Goldsborough Street, Easton, at the rear of the church in Miller Hall.

Be prepared for an evening of singing, fun, and fellowship in the "Barbershop Style of Music."

EASTON....
The show will open June 1 with a reception from 5:30-8 and be up for the entire month

Historical photography from Aubrey Bodine, Robert de Gast, Robins Holloday, and Constance Larrabee. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and the Historical Society of Talbot County and Jennifer Bodine have contributed work for this exhibit.

Contemporary photographs by David Harp, Peter Gregorio, David Stevens and others

This show will display some of the best photography of the shore from the 20th century illustrating work in some of the primary sectors on the water and on land, going back as far back as the 20‘s and 30‘s.Here are brief write ups on some of the photographers included in the show:

A. Aubrey Bodine, a photographer in the pictorialist style worked at the Baltimore Sun for 50 years – from 1920 until his death in 1970.
Bodine's photographic career began in 1923 when as an office boy with the Baltimore Sun he submitted photographs of the Thomas Viaduct at Relay to the editor of the Sunday paper, and they were published. From first to last Aubrey Bodine was a newspaperman covering all sorts of stories with his camera - news events, famous people, unusual places and curious activities. This gave him opportunities to travel throughout the region and learn about it in every tide, wind, weather and season. Moreover, the documentary pictures are of the very finest quality, often artistic in design and lighting effects far beyond the usual standard of newspaper work.

But Bodine's talent ran deeper than this, and so did his ambition. He submitted photographs to national and international salon competitions and consistently won top honors. Bodine believed that photography could be a creative discipline, and he studied the principles of art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The camera and the dark room equipment were tools to him like the painter's brush or the sculptor's chisel. *

The work in our exhibit are all from the Eastern Shore chosen to fit with our theme of working on the Eastern Shore.
*Quoted from the web site aaubreybodine.com

The Historical Society of Talbot County is pleased to hold the work of photographer H. Robins Hollyday in its collection. Mr. Hollyday was a professional photographer between the 1920s and 70s. He took photos of everything from weddings, to school pictures. He was hired by realtors, insurance agents, and private clubs. But for his own pleasure, he loved taking aerial photos.

The photos selected for this exhibit illustrate common ways of life that Hollyday saw around him in the early 20th century. Farmers still used steam engines and mules until after World War II. Canneries provided seasonal employment for hundreds of people. It is often the everyday events that we don’t think to record in photographs. We are very fortunate that H. Robins Hollyday took photos of the traditional work that he saw all around him.

David Harp has worked as a photographer for newspapers and magazines traveling for that work, but he has lived in Maryland throughout his life. His magazine credits include The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Audubon, Sierra, Natural History, Islands, Travel Holiday, and Coastal Living Magazine.
Starting in 1991 he has teamed up with Tom Horton to create 4 books whose themes have focused on the Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore. The latest is The Nantikoke: Portrait of a Chesapeake River.
He was awarded the Andrew White Medal by Loyola College for his Chesapeake Bay photography in 2004, is a past president of the American Society of Media Photographers, and was appointed by Governor O’Malley to the Maryland State Arts Council.

David Stevens has been an artist since graduating from the University of Michigan in 1970. He has had 3 periods of work in different media starting with making a living doing stained glass from 1971- 1990. Overlapping that time he began doing woodwork in the late 70s and combined wood and glass to create sculptures for many years. Woodworking came to dominate his time in the late 80's as he produced wood sculptures both 3 dimensional and more 2 dimensional pieces that are shown by hanging on the wall. In 1999 photography became his medium bringing his artistic eye to shooting the Eastern Shore as well as many parts of the US and other countries where he has traveled.

EASTON....
Talbot County Visual Art Center will be presenting a juried photography show titled Traditions of the Chesapeake Bay and Delmarva Peninsula. It is all about making a living on the water and land. This is an invitation to photographers who have works that depict people working in the traditional occupations of the water and land crabbing, harvesting oysters, fishing and farming. Historical and current photographs will be included. The date of drop off is Wednesday 30 May.

There will be an opening reception on Friday 1 June from 5 to 7 pm and this show will run through the month of June. Please pick up your photos on 30 June.

Please e-mail your digital submissions to David Stevens at dstevens@goeaston .net 410-822-8079

For more information or questions call Jackie Pfaff-Pratt 443-385-0411

ST. MICHAELS....
“Celebrate the Eastern Shore strawberry harvest with over 50 artisans displaying quality crafts of all kinds and strawberries to eat and take home. Join us at St. Luke’s United Methodist’s 23rd Annual Strawberry Festival and Craft Show at St. Luke’s Church, 304 Talbot Street, St. Michaels, Saturday, June 2nd, from 10 am to 5 pm.

Enjoy it all: crafts, lunch, bake sale, with food and fun for everyone. There is no admission fee. For further information call the church office at 410-745-2534.”

EASTON....
Chesapeake Chamber Music’s 27th annual Festival will run from June 3 through June 17, 2012 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The Festival will feature 13 events, including six concerts, five artist recitals and two rehearsals open to the public at no charge. Twelve artists will perform this year, including many familiar faces, along with some newcomers to the Eastern Shore Festival scene. Among the Festival’s newest participants is accomplished flutist Mindy Heinsohn, a returning resident to the Shore and member of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. J. Lawrie Bloom, Principal Clarinet of the Chicago Sym­phony Orchestra, and Marcy Rosen, a founding member of the world-re­nowned Mendelssohn String Quartet continue as Artistic Directors.

The Festival, held in Easton and at other Mid-Shore locations, will include two new venues this year – historic St. Paul’s Church in Centreville, which will feature Boccherini and Brahams Quintets, and Hunter’s Oak in Queenstown, which will showcase Beethoven and Shostakovich. The generous financial support from the business community and public enables the Festival to offer affordable tickets for the Festival concerts and recitals; open rehearsals are free to the general public.Tickets go on sale in April 2012.

For additional information, visit www.ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org or call 410 819-0380.

EASTON....
Karen Mathis’s oil painting, Sunset Sail, has been chosen as the image promoting Chesapeake Chamber Music’s Festival 27 to be held in Easton, St. Michaels, and Centerville from June 3 through June 17, 2012. The image will be the centerpiece of CCM’s poster promoting the Festival, as well as other publicity associated with the two-week event. Contestants were asked to submit work that portrayed the beauty of the setting for the Festival’s musical offerings.

The winning painting will be auctioned for sale at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Gala, March 3, 2012 in Easton, MD.

Mathis’s painting was chosen from among 43 images submitted by 16 Eastern Shore artists. This is the first year that local artists have been invited to submit paintings for selection as the Festival image and many talented artists contributed works for the judging. CCM will again invite artists to submit images for the 2013 poster in July of 2012.

Mathis, who holds a degree in design from George Washington University, began painting her landscapes in watercolor and later progressed to oil. Her love of painting and the outdoors naturally led her to paint “En Plein Air” across the United States, Canada and France. Her most recent selected juried exhibitions and awards have included Plein Air-Easton Annual Competition and Arts Festival (2010), Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition (2008), as well as the St. Michaels Art League Show (2008).

TRAPPE....Celebrating its 10th consecutive year, Trappe United Methodist Church hosts a Country Church Breakfast on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month from 7 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

The down home, all-you-can-eat menu includes eggs, pancakes, French toast, warm syrup, grits, home-fried potatoes, sausage (nitrate free and fresh ground by Simmons Center Market in Cambridge), scrapple, sausage gravy, biscuits, strawberry preserves, coffee, tea, orange juice, and tomato juice.

TUMC is also the home of the "Martha's Closet" Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, which is always open during the breakfast and also every Wednesday from 8:30 until noon.

ST. MICHAELS....
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Musuem

Friday, June 15 ~ 11am to 5pm
Saturday, June 16 ~ 10am to 5pm
Sunday, June 17 ~ 10am to 2pm

Free for members or with Museum admission www.chesapeakebayacbs.org

This annual boat event is the largest of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region! It features more than 100 antique and classic boats, boat building demonstrations, maritime artists and craftsmen, craft vendors, classic used boats, motors, and nautical flea market, along with live music, food, and more. This event is hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society International in cooperation with CBMM.

EASTON....
Juneteenth Celebration Set for June 16 at Academy Art Museum The Frederick Douglass Honor Society and the Academy Art Museum recently announced plans for a Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland.

Juneteenth, one of the most important African American holidays in the country, marks the abolition of slavery. It commemorates the date – June 19, 1865 – when the slaves in Galveston, Texas first received the word of the Emancipation Proclamation, which Abraham Lincoln had issued two and one-half years earlier on January 1, 1863.

According to Eric Lowery, President of the Frederick Douglass Honor Society, "Our goal is to celebrate the significant contributions of African Americans in our country, and reflect on the common values and ideals that we share as a community. Last year’s Juneteenth Celebration was particularly exciting with the dedication of the statue of Frederick Douglass at the Talbot County Courthouse -- and we are preparing another great program for this year.”

The centerpiece of the Juneteenth Celebration will be a special screening of the new documentary “Double Victory” about the historic role of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. These pioneering African Americans bravely fought a war on two fronts: fascism abroad and racial injustice at home. “Double Victory” was produced by George Lucas and serves as a companion to the feature film “Red Tails” now in theatres nationwide. A panel discussion will follow the screening, featuring original Tuskegee Airmen sharing their personal experience, moderated by Vic Carter, WJZ’S Eyewitness News Co-Anchor. The program is part of the Double Victory Museum Tour, which also includes an Education Guide and Faith Study Guide.

Erik Neil, Director of the Academy Art Museum, shares his excitement, “In addition to the inspiring story of the Tuskegee Airmen, we are planning a variety of other activities to showcase African American achievement in the arts. I am particularly excited to host a small exhibition of the art of Tom Miller, a nationally-acclaimed African American artist from Baltimore known for joyous and whimsical paintings, prints, and furniture.”

Other activities will include a performance of African dance and music by the Sankofa Dance Theatre from Baltimore, songs by the Sombarkin’ trio and local church choirs, the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by Talbot County Public School students, and art projects for children and families.

The program is free and open to the entire community. Support for the event has come from Lucasfilms Ltd., The History Channel, Maryland State Arts Council, Young Audiences of Maryland, the Avalon Foundation, and other public and private partners. This project was also made possible by a grant from the Maryland Humanities Council, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Sponsorships are available by contacting the Juneteench Celebration co-chairs, Rick Scobey (rscobey@worldbank.org) or Harriette Lowery (hlowery@chesapeake.edu).

For more information about the Juneteenth Celebration, visit the Frederick Douglass Honor Society at http://www.frederickdouglasshonorsociety.org/ or the Academy Art Museum at http://www.academyartmuseum.org/.

For more information about the Double Victory Museum Tour, visit www.teamredtails.com

EASTON....
The paintings of Sandy Alanko will be presented for the Month of May . This show will begin on May 4 for the first Friday Gallery wall. There will be a reception at the Art Center.

The paintings of Sandy Alanko reflect her love of the natural world, its wildlife and wild places. She finds endless inspiration in the salt marshes, fields, woods and harbors that surround her island home. She works in watercolor, acrylic, pastel and oil, depending on the visual effect she is trying to render.

Sandy has a master’s degree in fine art, studied Renaissance art in Florence, Italy, and taught art in public and private schools for over thirty years. She shows and sells her work locally, regionally and internationally

She is a member of the St. Michaels Art League and a signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society. You may contact her at eveningstars@verizon.net or call 410 886-2649. See more of her paintings at stmichaelsartleague.org/alanko.

TRAPPE....Celebrating its 10th consecutive year, Trappe United Methodist Church hosts a Country Church Breakfast on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month from 7 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

The down home, all-you-can-eat menu includes eggs, pancakes, French toast, warm syrup, grits, home-fried potatoes, sausage (nitrate free and fresh ground by Simmons Center Market in Cambridge), scrapple, sausage gravy, biscuits, strawberry preserves, coffee, tea, orange juice, and tomato juice.

TUMC is also the home of the "Martha's Closet" Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, which is always open during the breakfast and also every Wednesday from 8:30 until noon.

OXFORD....
Saturday, June 23-Annual Cardboard Boat Races, 10am to 2pm
Come to Oxford MD and watch the annual Cardboard Boat Races. Up to 50 cardboard boats are expected to participate in this years event. This event helps raise money for Special Olympics Maryland. The event will take place along The Strand in Oxford MD.

TILGHMAN ISLAND....
The Festival opens at 11:00 AM. Music in the Park begins around noon.
Music, dancing and Hard Crab races in the Park, Queen contest around 3:00 PM followed by the Parade at 5:00 - 5:15 PM.

OXFORD....
The 24th Annual Oxford Cardboard boat races, benefiting Special Olympics of Maryland will once again take place on the Oxford Strand with races starting at 11a.m. on Saturday, June 23, 2012.

Join in the fun! For more information on the event, building and entering your own boat please visit www.cardboardboatrace.org or www.oxfordpool.org

ST. MICHAELS....
Big Band Night/Fireworks at The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Musuem

Saturday, June 30, 2012* (Raindate July 1)
Tolchester Beach Bandstand, 7 - 10pm

$5 for members, $10 for non-members

Jazzy big band sounds come alive on the Museum’s Tolchester Beach Bandstand at this special Independence Day celebration. Stay into the evening to enjoy the St. Michaels fireworks over the Miles River.

EASTON....
Dates: July 11, 12, 13 & 14

The Fair is held at the:
Talbot Agriculture and Education Center
10659 Hiners Lane
Easton, MD 21601

410-822-8007
www.talbotcountyfair.org/

EASTON....
Dates: July 11, 12, 13 & 14 The Fair is held at the:
Talbot Agriculture and Education Center
10659 Hiners Lane
Easton, MD 21601
410-822-8007
www.talbotcountyfair.org/

EASTON....
Plein Air–Easton! Announces Exciting Changes for 2012!
Extended Dates: Saturday, July 14 thru Sunday, July 22, 2012
Plein Air-Easton! 2012 Prospectus Released!

Artists worldwide are painting en plein air, venturing from their studios to paint along roadsides, atop mountains, by the sea, in the gardens and in cities to capture landscapes, still lifes, figures and architecture in their natural, thriving elements.

Discover the talent and techniques behind this exciting art phenomenon and become a part of our flourishing local arts scene. Come witness the dynamic painting competition and festival that is Plein Air - Easton! Explore one of the most picturesque small art towns on the East Coast while interacting with some of the nation's top plein air painters.

http://www.pleinaireaston.com/

ST. MICHAELS....
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Saturday, July 28, 2012
10 am- 5 pm

Free for Members or $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $6 for children between the ages of six and 17, children five years & under free.

Celebrate the Bay’s people, food, music, work and traditions. Enjoy live music, a variety of food items and wines from Maryland vineyards, maritime and foodways demonstrations, boat rides, and craft vendors.

ST. MICHAELS....
Dates have been set for July 30-Aug 4

Sponsored by St. Michaels Fire Department, Inc.

More information TBA

OXFORD....
The Oxford Community Center

By Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Directed by Marcia Gilliam.

The Tony winning Broadway hit pays homage to 1920 American musicals. A recluse New Yorker listening to a recording of a musical comedy is transported into the musical. The consequent plot highlights mistaken identities, dream sequences, an unflappable English butler, an absent minded dowager, gangsters, and millionaires. You'll love the second musical of the season!

August 9-12, 17-19, 24-26

ST. MICHAELS....
The Talbot County Watermen's Association presents Watermen`s Appreciation Day & Crab Feast

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Sunday, August 12, 2012

10 am - 5 pm; Admission cost to be announced

Meet Chesapeake watermen celebrating their heritage. Watch professionals in action at a Boat Docking Contest or take a chance in the silent auction, featuring local artwork. Eat your fill at our crab feast, or enjoy hot dogs and cold beer while listening to live music. This event is sponsored by the Talbot County Watermen's Association in cooperation with the Museum.

ST. MICHAELS....
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Saturday, September 1, 2012
Gates open at 8 am; auction begins at 1 pm Fogg's Landing

Free for members and children under age six. General admission is $5 per person until 1:30pm. Afterwards, regular admission rates apply.

To donate a boat or items for the tag sale, call Lad Mills at 410-745-4952 or email lmills@cbmm.org

Boating experts and novices alike have the same opportunity to bid on the boat of their dreams! Offering everything from wooden rowing skiffs to classic sailboats and modern power cruisers.

ST. MICHAELS....
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Saturday, September 8, 2012
5:30 - 11pm, $175 per person
Navy Point

Be a part of the Museum’s fall gala fundraiser which includes cocktails, dinner, and dancing on Navy Point. Funds raised support the Museum’s mission to inspire an understanding of and appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, cultures, and connections between this place and its people.

EASTON....
Dramas, documentaries, comedies, shorts, children's films.
32 S. Washington St., Suite 1A, Easton MD 21601; 410-822-3500.
It is the mission of the Chesapeake Film Festival to entertain, enrich and inspire by bringing the finest in narrative, documentary and short film to the Chesapeake Bay community.

ST. MICHAELS....
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Friday check-in for participants, cookout begins at 5:30 pm

Sat. & Sun., 10 am-5 pm

Free for members or with Museum admission

One of the nation’s premier small craft events! Hundreds of amateur and professional boat builders and enthusiasts come from all over the region to display their skiffs, kayaks, and canoes. Take part in demonstrations and workshops, or simply chat with the owners and watch these one-of-a-kind vessels race.

EASTON....
A Women’s Event Promises Time to Explore, Relax and Reset this Fall

What could be more relaxing and inspiring than an autumn women’s weekend away on Maryland’s Eastern Shore? On October 5-7, 2012, women will retreat to historic downtown Easton, MD, an evolving hub for the arts near the Chesapeake Bay, for A Women’s Event. This weekend getaway encourages women to reconnect with other women and their own interests, including enhancing their knowledge of the arts, nature and wellness – topics of great relevance in their lives today.

Women will enjoy rare opportunities to explore, relax and reset through their own personally-designed curriculum of stimulating lectures, engaging workshops and fun classes. Nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers include author of “An Unquiet Mind,” Dr. Kay Jamison; landscape architect, Barbara Paca, PhD; Earl A. Powell III, Director of the National Gallery of the Arts, Washington DC; award-winning author Kathryn Kimball Johnson; Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Sue Ellen Thompson; photojournalist Sahm Doherty-Sefton; and William C. Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

There will be time for personal pampering, boutique shopping and exquisite dining throughout the weekend experience. Workshop locations include the historic Academy Art Museum, Tidewater Inn, and the Avalon Theatre – Main Street treasures not to be missed in Easton’s historic district. The event has limited seating.

To register or for further information, visit awomensevent.com or e-mail info@awomensevent.com

EASTON....
Student Art Show 12th
Traditional Craft Fair 13th
Clues Cruise 13th
Fundraiser Reception at Wheatlands 13th

OXFORD....
The Oxford Community Center

By Michael Hollinger. Directed by George Edmonds.

Michael Hollinger (author of The Incorruptible, the comedy hit of TAP's 2007 season) creates a hilarious spoof of the spy thriller movies of the Cold War era: a not-too-bright Russian spy after H-bomb secrets, a pair of romantic American counter-gents, lots of mistaken identity and farcical plot twists that will leave you laughing out loud. A not-to-be-missed delight!

October 18-21, 26-28, November 2-4

TILGHMAN ISLAND....
All exhibits open at 10:00 AM

Silent Auction begins Kronsberg Park, and continues all day

The Row Boat Race begins at Dogwood Harbor followed by the Jigger Throw contest

Boat Docking contest begins in Dogwood Harbor

Work Boat races off Avalon Island

The Crab picking contest is held in Kronsberg park

The live Auction begins at 4:30 PM

For full scedule and all event times
www.tilghmanmd.com/tilghmanday.htm

ST. MICHAELS....
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Saturday, November 3, 2012
10 am- 4 pm

Free for members or with museum admission

Come celebrate the Bay oyster with live music, great food, family activities, skipjack and buyboat rides, oyster aquaculture and restoration demonstrations, oyster tonging, and cooking demonstrations.

EASTON....
Waterfowl Festival - A Wildlife Art & Sportsman’s Expo! 42nd YEAR
The ultimate weekend for the sophisticated sportsman or art lover.Venues throughout Easton feature world-class wildlife paintings, sculpture, carvings and photos. Collectible decoys, sporting gear and adventures to delight every outdoorsman. A wine tasting pavilion not to be missed. Also scheduled are World Championship Calling Contests, decoy auctions, shooting, retriever and fly-fishing demonstrations, a sporting clays tournament, kid’s activities and evening concerts. 18,000 visitors mingle with 400 of the nation’s finest wildlife artists, craftsmen and vendors. A festive atmosphere topped by great food and music make this event a must each November. Free parking and shuttle service.

www.waterfowlfestival.org

EASTON....
FIRST NIGHT TALBOT 2013
ENTERTAINMENT in DOWNTOWN EASTON
New Year's Eve 2012
6 pm through Midnight
www.easternshore.com/firstnighttalbot