Performances & Events
Located just a short walk from downtown Chestertown, Washington College is an integral part of the culture of this gem of the Eastern Shore. Residents and visitors to the region have many opportunities to enjoy theatre, music, literary readings, dance, and more that are featured on campus.
Featured Events
Jericho Brown Poetry Workshop
Organized by Lit House
Jericho Brown is the author of 3 poetry collections, including The Tradition, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and from the Whiting Foundation. He teaches at and directs the creative writing program for Emory University.
Brown will lead a workshop on a poetic form he invented called the duplex, a form which draws on the pantoum, the sonnet, and the ghazal. Read more about the form.
Brown first used this form in his third collection, The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 2019). You'll need to come with some lines already written, so please check out the homework prompt.
Details
- Friday, March 27, 4 p.m.
- Rose O'Neill Literary House
Never Rarely Sometimes Always — Washington College Film Series
Organized by the Communication and Media Studies Department
This year's film series theme is "Resistance."
The event is free and community members are encouraged to attend!
Details
- April 2 at 7 p.m.
- Norman James Theatre, William Smith Hall
7th Annual Washington College Piano Festival
Saturday April 11
The Piano Festival Student Showcase/Competition will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hotchkiss Recital Hall in the Gibson Center for the Arts.
Our featured guest artist, pianist Mark Valenti, will perform a solo recital at 7:30 p.m. in Hotchkiss Recital Hall.
Details
- Featured guest artist Mark Valenti recital at 7:30 p.m.
- Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts