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'Dead Poets Society' and its Delaware scenes live on for 35th anniversary
If you want to know about the time "Dead Poets Society" was filmed in Delaware in the late '80s, there's probably nobody better to talk to than Peter Hoopes. Not only was the then-St. Andrew's School student an extra when the bulk of the Academy Award-winning film was shot at the Middletown private...
Captain Lee's gets another liquor license extension
ELKTON — Developers of Captain Lee’s Restaurant on River Road in Perryville have been told by the Cecil County Board of License Commissioners to appear at the board’s June 26 meeting and report on what progress has been made on the waterfront restaurant, bar and venue. This was after the liquor board granted another six-month extension on the liquor license, allowing another delay in opening for business. “This project is...
Retrospective of Castelli’s watercolors of major world yachting events from 40-plus years
CHESTERTOWN — Marc Castelli’s “Chasing the Silver” will open on Friday, June 7 at MassoniArt’s 113 S. Cross St. gallery. This is First Friday, and there will be a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be two artist talks: Saturday, June 8 and...
Everyone loves a parade
CHESTERTOWN — After weekend after weekend after weekend of rain, Mother Nature smiled on Chestertown with clear skies and warm temperatures for its annual Tea Party Festival, May 24-26. It’s no longer the case that one event overshadows another, though the Saturday morning parade down High Street remains a crowd favorite.
On the Tobacco Coast: A Chat With Author Christopher Tilghman
Sometimes, place, history, and family intersect in ways that define and magnify our sense of home. For author Chris Tilghman, that intersection became a creative calling too hard to resist and too attractive to deny the stories that linger between the imagination and the known. Tilghman says that childhood summers...
Mary Ellen Mabe’s “Art Colors Life” Exhibit at Artists’ Gallery June 7
On First Friday, June 7th, and through the month of June, The Artists’ Gallery will feature new work by Mary Ellen Mabe. Mary Ellen has spent a good part of her life in the art world, learning how to draw at an early age. Growing up in New York near the Finger Lakes, Mary Ellen began painting in oil with classes taught by local artists. She continued her art studies after relocating to Chicago, where she began taking regular classes with The Studio in the Woods, owned by Bonnie Anderson. She continued her art studies after relocating to Connecticut, Texas, and the United Kingdom. In 2004, Mary Ellen and her husband moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she began taking mentoring sessions with Nancy Tankersley in Easton. “It was so inspiring to be in an area so rich in the arts!” Over the years, Mary Ellen has continued to take workshops with many well respected and accomplished artists.
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