
Looking at the Masters: Asters and Ravens
If you were born in the month of September, your birth flower is the aster. Its name is derived from the Greek word for star because the bloom is star-shaped. The virgin goddess Astraea believed there were not enough stars in the sky. She wept, and asters sprouted where her tears fell. Asters are symbolic of love, justice, innocence, wisdom, and faith, and they were used, to decorate altars to the ... [Continue Story]
Arts Highlights

Human Rights and a Right-on Vibe at the Avalon by Steve Parks
“Just because I’m coming from a human-rights perspective doesn’t mean we don’t have fun in concert.” So says Leyla McCalla (her first name is ... [Continue Story]
- “Watershed” – Grace Mitchell’s Paintings at the Massoni by Mary McCoy
- Looking at the Masters: Charles Ephraim Burchfield
- A Different Kind of Iceman Cometh to CFF: A Chat with Director Harold Jackson III
- Mid-Shore Arts: Shore Lit After Year One: A Chat with Kerry Folan
- Preparing for 16th Chesapeake Film Festival with Sandy Cannon-Brown
- Looking at the Masters: Jean Francois Millet
- Shore Lit September Notes and Musings by Kerry Folan
- Q&A with Shore Lit Visiting Writer Tania James
- Looking at the Masters: Gladiolas and Bears
- Spy Nights at the Stoltz Opens with Writer Sue Ellen Thompson
- Spy Arts Diary: Avalon Jazz, Native Art, and Symphonic Strings by Steve Parks
- Looking at the Masters: Ravenna
Delmarva Review

Delmarva Review: A Letter from Here by Matthew J. Spireng
Author’s Note: “It can be nice to travel, or just to think about being somewhere else. But some days where we already live approaches perfection. It was a September day after ... [Continue Story]
- Delmarva Review: Full Moon on the Water by John Philip Drury
- Delmarva Review: Moving Out by Susan Okie
- Delmarva Review: Please Remember by Terry Riccardi
- Design with Jenn Martella-Mill Street Marvelous
- Delmarva Review: A Bay Fisherman’s Meteorological Lesson by Michael Salcman
- Delmarva Review: “low tide” by Lara Payne
- Delmarva Review: Booth by Jerry Burger
- Delmarva Review: An Essay, Probably on Aging by Chila Woychik
- Delmarva Review: “A patriot in a bulletproof vest” by Slava Konoval
- Delmarva Review: Reading Charlotte’s Web with Rebecca by Ellen Sazzman
- Delmarva Review: Will You Marry Me? By Saoirse E. Doyle
- Delmarva Review: The Practice of Small Repairs by Jeanine Hathaway
Chesapeake Lens

Chesapeake Lens: Something Wicked by Dennis Tayman
It’s the season for storms rolling across the Bay. Take cover! “Something Wicked” by Dennis Tayman ... [Continue Story]
- Chesapeake Lens: Reflections by David Sites
- Chesapeake Lens: Deale Morning by Jimmy Heller
- Spy Shot: Tred Avon Yacht Club Regatta
- Chesapeake Lens: Above and Below by David Sites
- Chesapeake Lens: Heading Out by David Sites
- Chesapeake Lens: The Invitation by Jen Logan
- Chesapeake Lens: Island Creek Sunset by Maria Grant
- Chesapeake Lens: Splash! by JP Henry
- Chesapeake Lens: Hopkins Creek by Douglas Glassband
- Chesapeake Lens: Log Canoe by Andy Alderdice
- Chesapeake Lens: Summer Storm by Chase Morgan
- Chesapeake Lens: Nightfall by Miriam Miller
- Chesapeake Lens: Pot of Gold of Rob Bondy
- Chesapeake Lens: Nightfall by Deidre Lyngard
- Chesapeake Lens: Distant Fires by Chase Morgan
Design
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith

Looking at the Masters: Asters and Ravens
If you were born in the month of September, your birth flower is the aster. Its name is derived from the Greek word for star because the bloom is star-shaped. The virgin goddess Astraea believed there were not enough stars in the sky. She wept, and asters sprouted where her tears fell. Asters are symbolic […]
- Looking at the Masters: Charles Ephraim Burchfield
- Looking at the Masters: Gladiolas and Bears
- Looking at the Masters: Ravenna
- Looking at the Masters: Ostia Antica
- Looking at the Masters: Larkspur and Salmon
- Looking at the Masters: Cai Guo-Qiang
- Looking at the Masters: Giuseppe De Nittis
- Looking at the Masters: Honeysuckle and Woodpeckers
- Looking at the Masters: Keith Haring
- Looking at the Masters: Henri Fantin-Latour
- Looking at the Masters: Hung Liu (Part 2)
- Looking at the Masters: Hung Liu
- Looking at the Masters: Walton Ford
- Looking at the Masters: Adelaide Labille-Guiard
- Looking at the Masters: Constantino Brumidi
Weather Report with Cecile 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]
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- The Spy Weather Report with Cecile Storm
- Publisher’s Notes: A Different Summer, Spy Weather, and a Few More Spies
The Library Guy with Bill Peak

The Library Guy: Donald Hall Award Winning Poet Joy Priest
Bill’s guest today is the young poet Joy Priest, whose very first book of poetry, Horsepower, won the prestigious Donald Hall Prize for Poetry last ... [Continue Story]
- The Library Guy: Ann Finkbeiner on Wars in Space
- The Library Guy: USNA Poet Temple Cone Talks to Bill Peak
- The Library Guy: Poet Meredith Davies Hadaway Talks to Bill Peak
- The Library Guy: Poet Sue Ellen Thompson Talks to Bill Peak
- The Library Guy: New Yorker Writer Casey Cep on Dorothy Day
- The Library Guy: An Exit Interview with Talbot County Free Library’s Bill Peak
Arts Notes

Massoni Opens Grace Mitchell Exhibition September 21
A powerful look from Grace’s perspective on stewardship and the protection of the watershed. New work and favorites from her previous collections will ... [Continue Story]
- Chesapeake Music Welcomes the Abeo Quartet for an October 7th Concert
- Academy Art Museum Announces the 26th Annual Craft Show
- Ashley Watkins and Veronica Tomanek to Offer Musical Journey at Trinity in Oxford on September 24
- Save a Few Dates: The Avalon Theatre Fall 2023 to Spring 2024
- Gallery on High: Ceramicists Lauren Burnett and Chris Neiman, Glass Artist and Kris Kelley Majors, and Mosaic Artist Jennifer Wagner
- Dominick Farinacci brings TRIAD to Oxford by Becca Newell
- Chesapeake Film Festival Prepares for September 30 Opening
- Trees, Trails & Waterways, Oil Paintings by Nancy Thomas at Adkins Arboretum
- Community Children’s Chorus Now Enrolling
- AAM: The 48-Hour Video Race in On
- “Miss Janie” Meneely Brings Chesapeake Songs & Stories to Adkins Arboretum Sept. 10
- The Spy and Talbot Historical Society Celebrates New Edition of “Rivers of the Eastern Shore”