 Tuesday, March 13, 12:15-1:00pm CARPE DIEM! FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES @ BROOKLETTS PLACE Slow Down Tommy! Irish Music & Stepdance Celebration of St. Patrick's Day Brookletts Place--Talbot County Senior Center 400 Brookletts Ave., Easton, MD The 4-member band Slow Down Tommy paddles the rivers of traditional music, drawing from Irish, European and old-time American dance tunes and ballads for their inspiration. Also featured will be Irish stepdancer, Corinne Ducey. FREE concert. Lunch is available at 12 noon for $2.75 (with one week advance reservation). RSVP: 410-822-2869 / clopez@uppershoreaging.org INFO: busygraham@carpediemarts.org or 301-466-0183 www.CarpeDiemArts.org/brookletts-place Facebook: Carpe Diem Arts on the Shore www.carpediemarts.org/brookletts-place http://talbotspy.org/carpe-diem-arts-presents-slow-down-tommy/ Mark your calendars: April 10 -- Lea Morris in celebration of Earth Day May 8 -- Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo: Asia Fantasia The lunchtime concert series at Brookletts Place is made possible by the generous support of the Talbot County Arts Council with revenues provided by the Maryland State Arts Council, and by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation (MSCF), Dock Street Foundation, Brookletts Place, the Artistic Insights Fund, and by individual contributions to the Carpe Diem Arts Outreach Fund/MSCF. ______________  Saturday, March 17, 10:30am ST. PATRICK'S DAY CRAFTS Easton Library For all ages. Please pre-register. Note: All library programming is free and open to the public. INFO: Bill Peak -- 410-822-1626 mcpeak@tcfl.org __________________  Saturday, March 17, 7:00pm (doors open 6:30pm) MIKE ELZEY'S STUDENT SHOWCASE Avalon Theatre 40 E. Dover St. Easton, MD Don’t miss this showcase of local young musicians and seasoned veterans jamming on the Avalon stage! Mike Elzey, the Eastern Shore’s premiere acoustic/electric guitar teacher, brings the best of the best of his talented students ranging from 8 to 18 years old and including three teen bands: E=MC2, Jinxed, and Uncle Eli. As an added bonus to this rocking roster, Mike’s going to perform a special set of Allman Brothers and Jimi Hendrix songs with Quinn Parsley and Jordon Stanley! TICKETS: $10 adults, $5 students -- at the door https://mikeelzeysguitarstudio.com/ www.avalonfoundation.org __________________________  Friday, March 23, 8:00pm TOM RUSH Avalon Theatre 40 E. Dover St. Easton, MD Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration…a journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. Rush’s music has left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor told Rolling Stone, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” Country music star Garth Brooks has credited Rush with being one of his top five musical influences. Rush’s distinctive guitar style, wry humor, and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the rib-aching laughter of terrific story-telling, the sweet melancholy of ballads, and the passion of gritty blues. http://tomrush.com www.avalonfoundation.org ________________  Monday, March 26, 7:00pm THE MAGICAL STRINGS: FREE CONCERT Avalon Theatre 40 E. Dover St. Easton, MD This youth ensemble composed of students from the Old Town Music School in Tallinn present a variety of music from classical to pop. Their repertoire includes songs from the country as well as from the musical stage. The director, Tereza Smerling, and the concert master, Susanna Liisa Onoper, have led this young musical group in performances throughout Europe and countries around the world. The concert is sponsored by World Artists Experiences in partnership with the Embassy of Estonia on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Estonia. WAE is a non-profit organization which bridges international understanding through citizen and cultural diplomacy. FREE ADMISSION www.worldartists.org www.avalonfoundation.org _________________  Wednesday, March 28, 10:30am STORY TIME St. Michaels Library For ages 5 and under, accompanied by adult. Note: All library programming is free and open to the public. INFO: Bill Peak -- 410-822-1626 mcpeak@tcfl.org __________________  Friday, March 30, 8:00pm (doors open 7:30pm) WALTER PARKS with VIVIAN SESSOMS Stoltz Listening Room @ The Avalon 40 E. Dover St. Easton, MD 21601 Walter Parks has created a secular show of reimagined southern hymns, spirituals, work songs and the songs they’ve inspired. Walter is joined by Vivian Sessoms to celebrate harmony across cultural lines through this very powerful and beautiful folk music and by telling stories that pertain to songs by black and white musicians, songs and stories that exemplify the soundtrack to how our country was built. As part of the show, Walter has also arranged some of the swamp hollers that originally served as a means of communication in the late 1800s/early 1900s between families, farmers, and hunters who lived in the Okefinokee Swamp, near where he grew up, along with a few Richie Havens tributes and some originals. TICKETS: $25 www.avalonfoundation.org www.walterparks.com _______________  Saturday/Sunday, April 7-8, 1:00-10:00pm INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION & CONCERTS: 8th Annual Avalon Theatre 40 E. Dover, St., Easton, MD INFO: www.chesapeakemusic.org/competition/ ____________________  CHECK THE SCHEDULE! UKULELE WORKSHOPS AND GROUP JAM SESSIONS All instruments welcome! The Studio 933 S. Talbot St. St. Michaels, MD Contact: Paulette Florio (410) 924-2443 www.stmichaelsstudio.com _____________________ CARPE DIEM! SAVE THE DATES! Carpe Diem Arts presents The Music in the Gallery Series  Sunday, April 22, 5:00pm DOM FLEMONS! Founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops The Tapestry Gallery 5592 Poplar Lane Royal Oak/Bellevue, MD 21662
Dom Flemons is a Grammy Award-winning musician, singer-songwriter, and slam poet. As a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African-American string band, Dom was able to explore his interest in bringing traditional music to new audiences. Carrying on the songster tradition, Flemons strives to mix traditional music forms with a contemporary approach, to create new sounds that will appeal to wider audiences. In his recent solo album, Flemons drew from a wide range of styles, including ragtime, Piedmont blues, spirituals, southern traditional music, string band music, fife and drum music, and jug-band music.A multi-instrumentalist, Dom plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, fife, bones, bass drum, snare drum, and quills, in addition to singing. www.ctw-tapestry.com www.theamericansongster.com www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3370206 _______________________  Sunday, May 20, 5:00pm LENA SEIKALY with STEVE HERBERMAN The Tapestry Gallery 5592 Poplar Lane Royal Oak/Bellevue, MD 21662 Celebrating their brand new recording, "A Little Closer” -- a snapshot of the dynamic duo Lena Seikaly (vocals) and Steve Herberman (guitar), exploring favorites from their respective repertoires from the 1920s and '30s through the hard bop and bossa nova eras. LENA SEIKALY is a fresh voice on the national jazz scene from Washington, D.C. Named “one of Washington’s preeminent jazz singers” and “brightest voices in jazz” (The Washington Post), as well as a “major league young talent in jazz” by Duke Ellington’s biographer, Dr. John Hasse, Lena is already making her mark as both a revivalist of traditional jazz vocals, as well as an innovator in contemporary vocal jazz styles. Lena has been featured at the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival and as part of Carpe Diem's community concerts. Back by popular demand! www.ctw-tapestry.com www.carpediemarts.org/music-in-the-gallery Tickets will be available soon on www.brownpapertickets.com ________________ STAY TUNED for more information Sunday, June 24, 5:00pm PHIL WIGGINS AND THE CHESAPEAKE SHEIKS with special guest tapdance BAAKARI WILDER and singer-songwriter LEA MORRIS St. Michaels Auditorium at SMMHS 200 Seymour Ave., St. Michaels, MD www.philwiggins.com www.thisislea.com ___________  Check out the Winter/Spring Catalogue of Course Offerings ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St Michaels, MD www.CBMM.org/ALL Register by calling 410-745-4947 _____________________________ 
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