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Welcome to Artist Alley,
Washington County Arts Council's electronic newsletter.
We hope this publication will engage you with the arts in your community.
WCAC welcomes your ideas and support as it continues to take the lead in bringing together the community's art organizations to strengthen our region's arts culture.
For artist information, arts events, calls for art, and more visit WCAC's web page...
www.washingtoncountyarts.com.
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Congratulations to the following artists who are featured in the Maryland State Arts Council online exhibition featuring Western Maryland artists.
- Mark Youngblood
- Toby Mendez (Antonio)
- Gaye Moore Mertz
- Chris Tischer
- David Bottini
- Audra Martenot
- Jamie Hardges
- Peter Arizmendi
MSAC plans to share each work from the exhibition to its social media channels every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Please share the exhibition link.
https://msac.org/about/exhibitions-presentations
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“Robin Shaner: A Stitch Through Time,” creates the opportunity to “travel” through history with the costume drawings, sketches, and dress of Robin Shaner a designer with over 30 years of extensive costume experience from concept to development. | |
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Save the Date Art of Cooking 2023
The Washington County Arts Council
announces the
Guest Chefs for the
13th Annual The Art of Cooking
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Call for Films:
Maryland International Film Festival – Hagerstown
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Color in Freedom
now open!
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John Holston, Protection, 2008, mixed media | |
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Joseph Holston: Color in Freedom,
Journey along the Underground Railroad.
The exhibition runs from September 24, 2022 through Jan. 14, 2023. Noted contemporary artist Joseph Holston brings his pictorial power and vision to create an emotional, imagined journey along the Underground Railroad. More than 50 paintings, etchings, and drawings evoke the courage and tenacity of enslaved peoples struggling toward freedom. Color in Freedom is a metaphor for the conclusion of their journey.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741
301-739-5727
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Call for Entries
2023 Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition
& Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition
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Halloween Block Party
Friday, October 28th
5:00 - 10:00 PM
S. Potomac Street
- Trick-or-Treat
- Costume Contest
- Face Painting
- Pumpkin Painting
- Drink specials at bars/restaurants
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Alsatia Mummers' Parade
Saturday, October 29th
6:00 PM
Downtown Hagerstown
- Hosted by Alsatia Club
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View parade route HERE
*Event Sponsorship from City of Hagerstown.
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Harry Potter Trivia Night
Hosted by
The Potomac Playmakers
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2022, AT 7 PM
Potomac Playmakers Performing Arts Center
17303 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD 21740
(240) 513-6260
potomacplaymakers@gmail.com
potomacplaymakers.org
Tickets $8.00
We are excited to be hosting our first ever Trivia Night! Since our production of "Puffs" is currently rehearsing, we thought a night of Harry Potter Trivia was only fitting.
Put together a team of up to 5 people and compete in 3 rounds of trivia that will test your knowledge of both the books and the movies!
Tickets are $8 a person which includes refreshments, trivia of course, a raffle ticket and prizes. Food will be provided by Lotus Moon Cafe and sweets from Sweet Notes Bakery. This event is fun for the whole family!
So challenge your friends and test your knowledge of the wizarding world...who knows, you might just win!
For tickets you can visit our website at potomacplaymakers.org or buy them at the door. Additional raffle tickets will be on sale as well.
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“Pennsylvania Field” by Marti Yeager | |
“Lehigh River at Jim Thorpe” by Anita Williams | |
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Gallery 50 hopes to add a little spice to your holidays with its new exhibit, “The Spice of Life: Art for the Holidays and Beyond.” The public is invited to an opening reception for the art show on Friday, November 4, 2022, from 5:30–8 p.m. at 50 West Main Street in downtown Waynesboro. The evening will showcase the new artwork and include free refreshments in addition to live music from Prophets of the Abstract Truth in the adjacent Music Makers space.
The 10 featured artists are Melissa Hook, Roberta Iula, Amélie Lavenant-Wink, Leslie McEntire, Mary Moores, Nancy Rehm, Heidi O’Toole, Kyle Vogel, Anita Williams, and Gallery 50 curator Marti Yeager.
A special raffle will begin during the reception with one of Marti Yeager’s original paintings as the prize, a 11x14 oil entitled “Pennsylvania Field.” The winning ticket will be drawn in mid-December.
Following the reception, the exhibit will be on display through April 15, 2022. Gallery 50 is open on Fridays from 5–8 p.m., Saturdays from 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., and by appointment. In addition, the full exhibit will soon be available to browse and purchase on the gallery’s online shop.
For more information, email contact@artsalliancegw.org or visit www.artsalliancegw.org.
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The Washington County Free Library welcomes Andy & Judy Daigle for the first free concert of our 15th Annual Noteworthy Sundays season on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at 3 PM!
Andy & Judy are Contemporary Folk singer/songwriters hailing from Southeastern Massachusetts. This married couple began playing guitars, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and other instruments together in 2009.
For more information or to let us know you'll be joining us, visit: https://wcfl.librarymarket.com/.../noteworthy-sundays...
Noteworthy Sundays are made possible by the generous support of the Washington County Arts Council, Inc., The City of Hagerstown - Municipal, Friends of Washington County Free Library, and the Western Maryland Regional Library.
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Washington County Historical Society’s
November Culture and Cocktails
Have you built or do you now live in a Sears and Roebuck kit home?
Do you know of someone who helped to build or still lives in one?
If this is you, we’d love to hear from you about your experience with this unique treasure. Sears and Roebuck offered these kits through their Modern Home Catalog program. They were delivered by rail car from 1908 until 1940, and they included all the wood pieces pre-cut and numbered so that anyone could assemble a Sears Home themselves. In fact, this seemed to be a family venture for dozens or even hundreds of Hagerstown residents during the first half of the 1900s. We believe the Hub city was a top area for these homes because of the railway hub system in Hagerstown. The home kits were taken off the market in 1940 so that materials could be diverted to the pre-WWII war effort.
On Friday, November 11, 2022 at 6:00PM, our popular Culture and Cocktails program will feature Mike Sokol, who will share his passion for these unique homes. This month’s featured cocktail is: The Southside, a refreshing minty cocktail with the perfect balance of savory and sweet. Doors open at 5:30PM and light hors d' oeuvres will be served.
Tickets are $15 ($10 for members) and are available for purchase online or by calling the offices of the Washington County Historical Society at 301-797-8782.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Washington County Historical Society,
135 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD, 21740.
Phone: 301-797-8782
Email: info@washcohistory.org
Web: www.washcohsitory.org
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Landless Theatre Company presents
Lerner and Loewe’s CAMELOT
and Neil Simon’s LAUGHTER ON THE 29TH FLOOR
at New Spire Arts
The Landless Theatre Company returns to New Spire Arts this fall with the productions of Camelot at New Spire Arts on October 28-30, 2022, and Laughter On The 23rd Floor on November 12 and 13, 2022. Both shows feature a mix of local and regional talent.
“After many years of being based in DC, Landless is very excited to strengthen our presence in Frederick at New Spire Arts this year,” said Producing Artistic Director Andrew Lloyd Baughman, who appears in Camelot. “While The Weinberg Center and New Spire Arts tend to focus on presenting artists and companies from out of town, our goal this year is to showcase some of the professional artists who live and work here in Frederick.”
Each production features a blend of regional and local artists. Camelot is helmed by local director Terri Magers, and stars Kennedy Center and Wolf Trapp regular Shaina Kuhn as Guenevere. The supporting cast includes appearances by Oakdale Middle School student William Warwick and Urbana Middle School student Ademide Akinsola. Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor in directed by Helen Hayes Award Nominee Melissa Baughman and includes local actors Bob Causer, Rich Cole, and frequent MET actor Matt Baughman as the bombastic Max Prince.
Camelot (October 28-30) follows an idealistic King Arthur, who hopes to create a kingdom built on honor and dignity, embodied by his Knights of the Round Table. His ideals, however, are tested when his lovely queen, Guinevere, falls in love with the young Knight, Lancelot, and the fate of the kingdom hangs in the balance.
When the production premiered in DC last September, DC Theatre Arts wrote “Landless Theatre’s compact ‘Camelot’ comes with big voices! A well-rounded cast of 10 talented actors delights the audience and honors most of the beloved characters and well-known songs.”
Laughter On The 23rd Floor (Nov. 12 and 13, 2022) is inspired by the Neil Simon’s youthful experience as a staff writer on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows. This ensemble comedy features all the attendant comic drama as the harried writing staff frantically scrambles to top each other with gags while competing for the attention of star madman Max Prince. Laugh your pants off in the comedy writer’s room.
Visit www.landlesstheatrecompany.org or weinbergcenter.org for tickets and information.
About Landless Theatre Company: The Landless Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating new and diverse audiences for live theatre. More information online at landlesstheatrecompany.org.
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Students from Hagerstown Community College’s Introduction to Theater course will perform Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth,” on Friday Nov. 18, 2022, and Saturday, Nov 19, 2022, at 8 p.m., in the Kepler Theater on HCC’s main campus.
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Thornton Wilder, “The Skin of Our Teeth” combines farce, burlesque, and satire, depicting a suburban family as they escape one disaster after another.
Cast members include Madison Geyer and Mac Simpson, both of Boonsboro; Autumn Osborne, of Clear Spring; Anna Bergschneider, Dory Brown, Colby Halterman, Amelia Kramer, and Ryan Smith, all of Hagerstown; Isabella Dixon, of Keedysville; Yasmine Rodriguez, of Mount Airy; Reagan Paugh, of Sharpsburg; Olivia Capino, of Smithsburg; and Kahrisa Mann, of Williamsport.
General admission is $5, but HCC students, staff, and faculty can attend for free. To purchase tickets online, visit www.hagerstowncc.edu/productions.
Production presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, LLC. For more information, contact director Mike Harsh at mgharsh@hagerstowncc.edu.
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Makers Market
Saturday, November 19th
1:00 - 7:00 PM
S. Potomac Street
- Shop small this holiday season as there will be over 40 local handmade & handcrafted vendors
- Kids corner
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Downtown Tree Lighting
Saturday, November 19th
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Public Square
- Tree lighting
- Visit from Santa & Mrs. Claus
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Phil Vassar with Deana Carter
"Coming Home for Christmas Tour"
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at 7:30 PM
PHIL VASSAR is an artist, songwriter, entertainer, and 2xASCAP Songwriter of the Year with 26 Top 40s, 15 Top 10s, & 10 #1s, including: “Carlene”, “In Real Love”, “Little Rodeo”, “For A Little While”, “Right on the Money”, “Six Pack Summer’, “Last Day of My Life”, “American Soul”, “American Child”, “Bye Bye”, “My Next Thirty Years, “I’m Alright”, “That’s When I Love You”, “Love is a Beautiful Thing”, “Just Another Day in Paradise”,& many more. His “Songs From the Cellar” just wrapped season 3 and is airing nationally on Circle Network.
DEANA CARTER is a Nashville native, who defied conventional expectations of the typical Nashville artist blueprint to make her own mark, taking the industry by storm with her wildly successful multi-platinum international debut Did I Shave My Leg s For This? Anchored by the dreamy, debut super-hit, ”Strawberry Wine,” Carter showcased her own blend of country and retro-rock, sprinkled with the folksy singer/songwriter qualities that have garnered Carter well-deserved, lasting respect, and wide acclaim.
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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Authentic Community Theatre presents
A Christmas Story
At the Maryland Theatre
Saturday, December 3 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 4 at 3:00 PM
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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The Maryland Theatre presents
Postmodern Jukebox:
A Very Postmodern Christmas
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 7:30 PM
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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Christkindl Markt
Friday, December 9, 2022, 3:00-8:00 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
University Plaza
50 W Washington St, Hagerstown, MD 21740
6th Annual Christmas shopping event in downtown Hagerstown, with artisan vendors, a festive atmosphere, and activities for the kids.
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The Meritus Healthcare Foundation Presents
Sugar Plum Dance
Saturday, December 10, 2022. at 6:00 PM
Tickets are Available Online
Friday, October 14, 2022, at 12:00 PM
Tickets can be purchased online at TicketMaster.com,
by phone at 301-790-2000, or in person at our Box Office.
Our Box Office is Open to the Public Tuesday & Thursday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM and Wednesday & Friday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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About the Show...
Visions of Sugar Plums Dance in our Heads! We are thrilled to share that one of our favorite holiday traditions will be returning this year! The Meritus Healthcare Foundation's Sugar Plum Dance will be held Saturday, December 10th at the beautiful Maryland Theatre where our guests can enjoy dancing, treats, photos and interactive stations! We look forward to sharing another year of special memories with your family!
Note: This ticket does NOT include tickets to the Nutcracker Performance.
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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The Western Maryland City Ballet Company &
The City Ballet School presents
The Nutcracker at The Maryland Theatre
Saturday, December 10 at 7:30 PM & Sunday, December 11 at 3:00 PM
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra Presents
Home for the Holidays 2022
at the Maryland Theatre
December 17 & 18, 2022
Home For the Holidays
Saturday, December 17 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 18 at 3:00 PM (in-person and virtual)
An annual tradition that rings in the Holidays, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra presents Home for the Holidays on December 17th and 18th at the Maryland Theatre. With Conductor Elizabeth Schulze and special guests, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra offers a magical, sing-along celebration of the season with a program featuring beloved traditional and popular music.
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Authentic Community Theatre presents
Disney Descendants the Musical Jr.
Friday, January 20, 2023 & Saturday, January 21, 2023---7:00 PM
About the Show...
Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney's Descendants The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs from the films! Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost home of the most infamous villains who ever lived the teenaged children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the island until now. When the four troublemakers are sent to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney heroes, they have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good?
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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Saturday Night Fever:
Tribute to The New York Bee Gees
Saturday, January 28, 2023 --7:00 PM
About the Show...
Based in New York the Show has played to sell out shows at The Paramount Theater and BB King NYC. BB King NYC wrote, The NY Bee Gees Tribute Show presents the most extravagant Bee Gees show a fan can experience. The band offers all of the classic 70s disco hits from Stayin Alive to Night Fever while embracing their early works such as To Love Somebody, I've Go To Get A Message To You and Massachusetts. The New York Bee Gees delivers songs from every decade of the Bee Gees Catalog with a stunning production, powerful vocals and the professional stage presence to fill any club or casino.
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Our Box Office Location is:
The Maryland Theatre
21 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Contact Our Box Office
301-790-2000
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The Maryland Theatre
Box Office Hours
Tuesday 12 PM - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 PM - 5 PM
Thursday 12 PM - 6PM
Friday 12 PM - 5 PM
The Box Office is Open
1 Hour Prior to Showtimes
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Opportunities for Artists
Explore MSAC grants and opportunities available to independent artists, click here for details.
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The Washington County Arts Council, Inc. is funded by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Department of Business & Economic Development. | |
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The Washington County Arts Council is a proud member of
County Arts Agencies of Maryland,
Maryland Citizens for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts
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The WCAC facility is wheelchair accessible! | |
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Thank you for providing your email address to the
Washington County Arts Council. Your information was obtained from
at least one of the following methods: signing our guest book,
becoming a member, donating, entering a contest, or exhibiting with us.
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