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December 1, 2022
Serving the Community for 35 Years
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Thank You for Your
Continued Support!
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This Newsflash is published every Thursday. If you would like your event included, send all information to the CCAA office by email at ccaaoffice1@gmail.com no later than the Monday before your event. | |
Charles County Public Library | |
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Hello, Dolly!
November 25 to December 18, 2022
(Musical Comedy) Hello, Dolly! Is a family friendly, cheerful, and irresistible story about the joy of living life to the fullest. Shimmering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, and alive thanks to the charisma and personality of one of the most fabulous characters ever on the musical stage, Dolly Gallagher Levi! Widowed Dolly is a turn of the century New York City socialite turned fast talking matchmaker, who has a solution to everyone's woes. Her latest clients are Horace Vandergelder, a well known half-millionaire, and a young pennyless artist, who is in love with Horace’s niece. As she tries to cover up her own romantic desires, Dolly’s scheming soon envelopes Horace’s lovable but foolish employees, a beautiful New York milliner, and her flighty assistant. Don’t miss this Golden Age classic filled with splendid singing and high energy elaborate dancing underscored by some of the most glorious orchestrations in musical theatre history!
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Chesapeake Choral Arts Society | | |
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Clue: On Stage
December 2 - 18, 2022
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture
Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE
Original Music by Michael Holland
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
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La Plata High School Theater | | |
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A Christmas Carol
adapted from the Charles Dickens Classic
December 20 and 21 6:30pm
Elementary School Matinee Performances Offered
This Christmas classic has been adapted by the students from LPHS Acting and Advanced Acting courses. It includes a more modern day approach to the story of Scrooge along with comic elements and music to sweep you into the holiday mood.
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Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance | |
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SMTMD Contra Dance with caller Greg Frock
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 7:30 PM
Christ Church parish hall, Chaptico, MD
Grab your dancing shoes and get ready to swing, promenade, and do-si-do to lively jigs, reels and waltzes played by the Southern MD Open Band, with caller Greg Frock.
No partner required.
Dance workshop for new dancers at 7:00 PM. Bring a refillable bottle to stay hydrated. There will be an ice cream social and a brief SMTMD annual meeting during the intermission.
Christ Church parish hall, 37497 Zach Fowler Road, Chaptico, MD. Go to www.smtmd.org for more information. Free admission, donations welcome!
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For more information about CCAA sponsored and supported galleries, contact our office at 301-392-5900 or info@charlescountyarts.org
Visit our website to see the current gallery shows online!
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Mattawoman Creek Art Center | |
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What's Starting Up at NCAC?
Join the Neighborhood Creative Arts Center and explore the world of art & music! We also have our Especially for Homeschoolers Co-Op and Rotary Interact!
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November 2022 Notable Author:
HULBERT FOOTNER
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Hulbert Footner (April 2, 1879 – November 17, 1944) was a Canadian born, American writer who was predominantly self-educated and wrote both adventure stories and detective fiction. He loved to live outdoors and canoe, and a trip gone bad made him a Maryland fan. On a trip to paddle the Chesapeake Bay in 1910, he encountered bad weather at Baltimore and ended up taking a steamboat to Solomons, Maryland and was hooked. He married a local lady, Ms. Gladius March, and in 1915 bought Preston on the Patuxent, in Lusby, MD, which he renamed Charles Gift and where he lived until he died in 1944.
He wrote his first novel, Two on the Trail, at Solomons in 1911. It’s a fictional adventure based upon the 3,000-mile canoe trip he made alone through Northern Alberta in 1906. Immediately afterwards, he made another canoe trip through the Northwest Territory going from Portrait by Mabel Welch British Columbia Through Alberta and into the Territory of MacKenzie from which he wrote, Jack Chanty.
A friend, Christopher Morley, suggested Footner shift to crime fiction. As Footner recalled, “Morley steered me past an overdose of northwestern stories into crime stories, adventure and romance.” Footner’s Madame Rozika Storey and her plain assistant, set in the flapper era of the 1920’s, became his most successful detective character. His first romantic novel, Country Love, is set on board Adams Floating Theater, which sailed the Chesapeake Bay bringing plays and vaudeville acts to the isolated villages including Solomons, Maryland during the years after World War I. In 1930, Footner introduced a new detective, Amos Lee Mappin, whose crimes tend to occur in New York's cafe society.
He wrote, Maryland Main and the Eastern Shore, (illustrated by Louis Ruyl), a chapter by chapter study of Maryland through his eyes and impressions as an outsider, as he was dying. Critics consider it an accurate capture of the essence of Maryland. Footner is buried at Middleham Chapel, Lusby, MD.
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The Charles County Chapter of the Maryland Writers Association assists new and established writers from the basics of the craft, editing, traditional and self-publication, marketing and many other aspects of writing. The Chapter coordinates book signings at various events throughout the year, and coordinated writing events to the Mattawoman Creek Art Center. The Chapter meets at Christ Church, 112 Charles Street, La Plata at 6 PM every third Wednesday of the month for a Critique Group, followed by a business meeting and writing prompts at 7 PM.
to be put on distribution for meeting notices and events.
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Join CCPL for another Library After Hours featured event! | |
COMMUNITY, HERITAGE, & CULTURAL ARTS | |
Maryland State Arts Council | |
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MSAC is accepting applications for the Creativity Grant!
Click here for the Guidelines and Application Process.
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MSAC Regional Office Hours: Capital Region
Have a question about your grant? Want to know more about MSAC grant programs? Connect with us in-person at our Regional Office Hours!
When and where
Date and time
Mon, December 5, 2022, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST
Location
Prince George's Arts Council 1801 McCormick Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
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Is Nonprofit Status Right for Me?
Join MdVLA for insight into the benefits and drawbacks of 501(c)(3) nonprofit status for an arts organization.
Date and time
Tue, December 6, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
Location
Online
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Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center | |
Come to Annmarie and enjoy a tour of "Out of Hand: Tradition Meets Tech," in the Kay Daugherty Gallery. After your tour, you can shop at Annmarie or go explore Solomons! | |
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CCAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KEITH LINVILLE, President
RONALD G. BROWN, Vice-President
CINDY JOHNSON, Secretary/Treasurer
GALE S. KLADITIS, Past President
FELICITY BOOKER
JOSELLE GILPIN
BILL GRAVES
LEW McINTYRE
ROBERT MEDLEY
DIANE RAUSCH
KAREN WASHINGTON
Honorary Board Member
CINDI BARNHART
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The Newsflash is published every Thursday. If you would like your event included, send all information to the CCAA office by email at
ccaaoffice1@gmail.com
no later than the Monday before your event.
The CCAA is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization. All membership dues and donations are 100 percent tax deductible.
CCAA OFFICE STAFF
ROBERT K. RAUSCH - Executive Director
ISIA WASHINGTON -Program Specialist
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Our Sponsors: Thank You! | |
About the Charles County Arts Alliance, Inc.
The mission of the Charles County Arts Alliance (CCAA) is to stimulate, promote, encourage, and provide recognition of the arts and the creative spirit. Founded in 1987, the CCAA promotes ALL the arts in Charles County: music, visual art, drama, dance and literature.
The CCAA is the official arts council of Charles County and is recognized as such by the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) of the State of Maryland. In this capacity, the CCAA serves as the "umbrella" organization for the arts community in Charles County. The CCAA promotes Charles County arts organizations and individuals, provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and the schools through its annual arts grant programs, sponsors the creation and presentation of new, diverse cultural activities and special events for the community, provides arts scholarships, and ensures the Charles County's under-served population, people with disabilities, residents with limited income, minorities, and senior citizens have access to the arts. The CCAA builds partnerships with local government, the business community and the educational community, in an effort to enhance the overall quality of life for the citizens of Charles County.
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CCAA Office Hours: Monday - Friday
Closed Wednesday's Summertime Hours
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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