Anything featuring food and/or spirits always catches our attention, hopefully it’s not too late to register for the first of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s four-part series, “An Abundant and Fruitful Land: Foodways of the Chesapeake, Now and Then.” It kicks off Thursday, January 12 with a talk on the history of tippling in Colonial Chesapeake, followed by a discussion and tasting of that delightful colonial concoction, the shrub.
If you have yet to view the exhibit at the Academy Art Museum, “On Reading,” a series of photographs taken over 50 years by the Hungarian Andre Kertesz, please note that it ends Sunday. Well worth at least one visit. Kertesz is considered one of the seminal figures of photojournalism.
Sunday, one of this Spy’s favorite singer songwriters, Ellis Paul, will entertain the crowd at the NightCat Cafe/Red Hen Coffee House, (we’re a bit confused on the evening appellation.) A captivating performer, this show will feature songs from his latest, and many reviewers say his finest, cd, The Day After Everything Changed.
Thursday, January 12 – 6 to 8 pm: “Spirits of the Chesapeake: Taverns, Tankards, and True Stories from 18thCentury Maryland” Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum‘s Van Lennep Auditorium. A talk featuring Rod Cofield, director of interpretation at Historic Londontown in Edgewater. The lecture is followed by a presentation from Joe Dolce, manager of Chestertown’s Imperial Hotel, on the rum shrub; tastings and recipes included. $15 members, $18 non-members. Advance
Registration Required. [email protected] or call 410-745-2916
Through Sunday, January 15 – open 10am to 4pm weekends: André Kertész: On Reading at the Academy Art Museum Non members, $3. Children under 12 free. 106 South St., Easton, MD 21601
Sunday, January 15 – 7:30 pm : Ellis Paul at the NightCat Cafe read article in Spy here Highly recommended, especially if you like:
John Gorka, Greg Brown, Patty Larkin. Video. Tickets $20. 410-690-4544. 5 Goldsborough St. Easton, MD 21620
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