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
Washington College Collects
Organized by Kohl Gallery
Washington College Collects offers a peek into the vast archive of one of our country’s
oldest liberal arts colleges. Nearly 250 years in the making, this exhibition dusts
off highlights from an unprecedented collection of historic manuscripts, artifacts,
and artworks.
This exhibit reflects on the vibrant history of our institution as we near our 250th anniversary, but more importantly this exhibition points to the shared value of our future together.
Washington College Collects has been curated by Kohl Gallery Director Rob Blackson with curatorial assistance from Art History student-intern Morgan Link.
Details
- Opening Reception 4:30-6 p.m. on February 12, 2026
- Open through March 6, 2026
- Kohl Gallery, Gibson Center for the Arts
Sneakers — Washington College Film Series
Organized by the Communication and Media Studies Department
This year's film series theme is "Resistance," and in March we'll be watching Sneakers (1992).
The event is free and community members are encouraged to attend!
Details
- March 5 at 7 p.m.
- Norman James Theatre, Smith Hall
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