Radcliffe Creek School's Parent-Teacher Committee (PTC) is pleased to announce its popular Pies & Poinsettias fundraiser is back this year! Order your favorite holiday treats and take home a vibrant poinsettia (or two) from Greenstreet Gardens. Choose from an array of delicious pies and other sweet treats offered by your local favorites The Spicerie and Happy Chicken Bakery, with gluten free and vegan options available. Proceeds from Pies & Poinsettias directly benefit the students and teachers through a variety of PTC initiatives.

Kate Hammil’s adaptation of “Little Women' brings the iconic 19th century story to a modern audience, focusing on current relevant issues while maintaining a conscious understanding of the March family as we know them. The show opens Friday, December 1st and runs weekends through December 17th. Show times are 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays.

Pumpkins, hay bales and mums decorated the front of Rock Hall Elementary School Friday afternoon, Oct. 27 for a fall farmers market. Families, staff and community members joined together for the annual farmers market. Free produce was available and representatives from area service organizations were hand to talk with families.

For All Seasons has recently welcomed three interns, Meghan E. McPherson, Brianna Mench, and Kevin Nugent, who come from various clinical settings to participate in its intern program. Undergraduate and graduate schools utilize For All Seasons for students who need clinical experiences in social work to meet the requirements of their programs. These hands-on experiences are preparing the next generation of social workers.

On Friday, November 10 at 6:00 p.m. Kent School will host its Sixth Annual Empty Bowls event to benefit The Kent County Food Pantry.  Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level. Guests enjoy a variety of homemade soups and breads with the purchase of a student-made ceramic bowl. Each bowl is $10. All proceeds from the sale of the bowls will go to The Kent County Food Pantry. This event is a collaboration between the Kent School’s Art Department and the Student Government Association. Kent School’s Empty Bowls event is open to the public.

University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, in partnership with the Kent Cultural Alliance and Kent County public and private schools, recently hosted an art reception in the hospital’s Aging & Wellness Center to showcase a new exhibit of student artwork from the local community. 

For All Seasons hosted a free community event, "We All Have a Role to Play in Suicide Prevention," on September 7 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Avalon Theatre in Easton. The event featured Dr. Andrew Moon, a leader within the Veterans Affairs’ National Suicide Prevention Program. Dr. Moon shared his invaluable experience in averting crisis points before suicidality. He is a clinical psychologist with a career focus on trauma, suicide prevention, and education, and is currently the Senior Advisor for Partnerships, Engagement, and Education for the Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Office.

Following on the heels of what has thus far been a very successful 2023 season, the Garfield Center for the Arts has announced a one-night-only addition to their list of events.  The Garfield Center asks you to join them on Friday, November 3rd for a bit of Broadway and a night of great music and entertainment. “Garfield Stars: A First Friday Concert” will revive the format from our 2022 Gala. Garfield Stars is an evening of Broadway songs in 2 sets.

Galena Elementary School's custodian was honored with this month's Golden Anchor Award for her hard work and dedication. Michelle Crouch received her award from the Kent County Board of Education Monday night, Oct. 9.

The Chestertown Rotary Club is again hosting its “Soup & Sip” event at The Kitchen at The Imperial at 208 High Street in Chestertown, on Saturday, October 21st from Noon to 3:00 pm. This popular fundraising event, now in its sixth year and will benefit the KCPS “One School, One Book Program for Galena Elementary School. It features local restaurants offering samplings of their signature crab soup recipes for cream of crab or vegetable crab soups in addition to a fine variety of wines.