Bluegrass & Old-Time Mountain Music
at Brunswick Music Fest
Featuring the Best in Original and Traditional Blues, Bluegrass and Old-Time Mountain Music
 
     
Blue Moon Rising                                        Hardline Drive                                            Martin Family Band
                                                                                                                               
  Saturday, June 19, 2010
Railroad Square, South Maple Street, Brunswick, MD 21716
www.brunswickmusicfest.com
 
11:00am
Gates Open
Come on in and Pick your Spot!
Be greeted by the music of The Polka Dots as you enter.
 
12:00pm – 1:00pm
The Martin Family
Award Winning Old-Time Music
 
1:15pm – 2:30pm
Hardline Drive
Bluegrass with High-Powered Female Harmonies
 
2:45pm – 4:15pm
Chocolate Thunder
A not to be missed Blues Band coming all the way from
South …

Friday and Saturday May 29th and 30th The Arts Centre is pleased to present the “14th Annual West Virginia Wine & Arts Festival” located on the grounds of historic Boydville.  Tickets are $20 for adults (21+), $10 for young adults (13-20), and free for children 12 and under.  Saturday Arnold Smith, Todd Coyle and Band, The Shemacians, Giants of Tiny Town, Chef Eric and Sunday The Speakeasy Boys, Lisa Laffery and Band, Ginada Pinata, The Gypsy Ramblers.  See schedule times and details at www.wineandarts.com.

Thursday through Sunday June 3d-6th  “Herdon Festival“ events include Live Entertainment on 3 stages, Carnival Rides and Games, Fireworks Displays, Arts & Crafts www.herndonfestival.net for more information.

 “Fourth Annual North Mountain Arts Festival”  Saturday June 5thfeaturing local and regional artists, live music, food, llamas and fun! Saturday, 9 am – 4 PM; Free.  201 North Mary Street, Hedgesville, WV 304 754 5727; www.northmountainarts.com.   Located in Historic Hedgesville, West Virginia.  Featuring, pottery, weaving, wood turning, photography, painting, jewelry, fabric art, stained glass, fused glass, dichroic glass, quilts, wall hangings, greeting cards, hand carved eggs, blanket chests and more.

“Jewelry: From Basics to Beauty”.  Wednesdays from June 2nd 6:00-9:00 PM   In this 6-session class, learn to create and cast jewelry and sculpture.  Learn to use the tools of the craft, shape metal, set stones, creating your cast from wax. Cast your creation in bronze or silver into a piece of jewelry or small sculpture @ CraftWorks In Town, corner of Washington and Duke streets tuition $288.00 for series of 6 classes.  Teaching Artist:  Bradley Sanders.   Registration and more information at www.wvcraftworks.org.

Potomac Valley Audubon Society and CraftWorks team up to offer the popular Wee Naturalists program at CraftWorks at Cool Spring.

Barbara Bergman’s studio is full of colorful Peruvian textiles and bags of wool, fond mementoes of the years her family spent in that country. They are also part of her current efforts to help Shipibo Indian women preserve their traditional handcrafts while earning a living. When her oldest son proposed a family vacation in Peru this past spring, she was happy to see her four-year old granddaughter introduced to foreign travel, particularly to the country in which her family had spent so much time.
She and her husband, Roland, a geography …

As rehearsals began in mid-June for the 2009 Contemporary American Theater Festival, each writer shared thoughts with Nelson Pressley about the work coming to Shepherdstown and the working lives that brought them here.

What’s the best way to categorize this year’s crop of playwrights at the Contemporary American Theater Festival? The five faces are largely new: one returning writer from 1996 and four rookies (including an esteemed 65 year old). Their themes are topical: one brutal dissection of marriage and four dramas that feel torn from the headlines. The demographics are, well, retro: one black woman and four white men.

A simple way to sort this year’s slate, which runs from July 8 through August 2, would be between the bluntly political works in the Frank Center—Beau Willimon’s campaign drama “Farragut North” and Steven Dietz’s 9/11 conspiracy thriller “Yankee Tavern”—and the romantically oriented duo in the Studio, Michael Weller’s marital slugfest “Fifty Words” and Eisa Davis’s era-hopping “The History of Light.” [...]

An Over The Mountain Preview
The 20th annual Over the Mountain Studio Tour won’t take place until November, but you don’t have to wait until then to see the art or the artists. The tour’s 25 artists and craft-workers preview new work at the War Memorial Building Men’s Club, German Street, Shepherdstown, Friday July 10 through Sunday July 12. The event begins with a wine reception Friday, 5 to 8pm. The show and sale continue Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 6pm.
Artists reparesenting all areas of Jefferson County will exhibit in one …

For the ninth summer, Shepherdstown is transformed July 16–26 into a modern dance festival with dance concerts, discussions, master classes, events for children, and the West Virginia Dance Theater Institute. For two weeks, eight dance companies from New York, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., descend on Jefferson County, living with local families and enjoying the warm welcome from locals.
The Goose Route Dance Festival is known among modern-dance artists nationwide as an intimate and inspiring dance experience that offers them packed houses and supportive audiences. Some of this season’s performers are returning …