Spy Review: Chatham Rabbits at the Stoltz by Mark Pelavin
Sometimes it’s just a quiet moment you remember. Five songs into the Chatham Rabbits’ moving show at the Avalon Theatre’s Stoltz Listening Room, Austin McCombie sang “Facing 29,” a powerful song about “the last year of our youth.” Like many of Chatham Rabbits’ songs, “Facing 29” was quiet, ruminative, and absolutely compelling. When Austin finished […]
Medical Aid-in-Dying Legislation Teetering as Senators Deliberate How They’ll Vote
A controversial bill that would allow qualifying terminally ill patients to prompt their own death with the help of a physician might be in trouble again, after Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) indicated Friday the legislation may not have enough support. Advocates have been hopeful that 2024 would be the year that the Maryland […]
Choptank Health marks 25 years of School-based Health
Choptank Community Health System is celebrating 25 years of providing school-based health services to Mid-Shore students. The milestone is being recognized in February as part of the National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. Choptank Health is celebrating its successes and raising awareness about how school-based health centers improve access to healthcare services for children and […]
Delmarva Review: Ghost Blankets by Susan Bucci Mockler
Author’s Note: “Observe. Be curious. Ask. That is what writers do. The seed of the poem, ‘Ghost Blankets’ was planted as I walked through parts of DC on my early morning commute. What I observed were bodies—some still asleep under blankets, some waking—blankets still wrapped around them—beginning their days. It led me to ask who […]
Chesapeake Lens: All That Glitters by Pat Anderson
Some work commutes are better than others. This one is in St. Mary’s County. “All That Glitters” by Pat Anderson.
Kick off Women’s History Month with a Look at Women’s Healthcare Around the World
March is Women’s History Month and a big part of women’s stories all across the world is healthcare – often inadequate, sometimes dangerous and frequently indifferent. From Ukraine to Sudan to the Americas, violence, poverty, new infectious diseases, forced migration, and discrimination have created communities of women with limited access to health services. Join Chesapeake […]
Chesapeake Forum: History Unfolds in Six Centuries of Headlines
Grab a unique chance to see history unfold on paper in “Six Centuries of Headlines” with Chesapeake Forum veteran Steve Goldman on March 12th and 19th from 4:30 – 6:00 PM. Goldman travels back through six centuries of newspapers, books and pamphlets back to explore some of history’s most important famous and infamous events. Goldman’s […]
March Sky-Watch And Daylight Savings Time by Dennis Herrmann
February 2nd marked the exact mid-point between the Winter Solstice (December 22nd) and the spring Vernal Equinox, which arrives this month on March 19th. At noon on the date, the Sun will appear to rest on the celestial equator, some 50 degrees above the southern horizon. From then until June 21st, the Sun at noon will […]
Shore Lit and AAM Team Up to Present Author Andrew Leland
Shore Lit and the Academy Art Museum are pleased to present a book talk with Andrew Leland, author of the acclaimed 2023 memoir The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight—a “Best Book of the Year” according to The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and LitHub. […]