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December 15, 2022
Serving the Community for 35 Years
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December Memberships
Andrew Blumhardt
Tim Bodamer
Charles County Public Schools
Margery Coppola
Richard Coppola
Stephen Dye
Linda Mitchell
Stephen Mitchell
Port Tobacco Players
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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 [email protected] no later than the Monday before your event. | |
Charles County Public Library | |
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College of Southern Maryland | | |
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Ritmo Caché Latin Ensemble
Dec 16 | 7:30 p.m.
La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center
Dec 16 | 7:30 p.m.
La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center
Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater
CSM’s Latin Ensemble, Ritmo Caché, specializes in salsa, Mexican, Afro-Cuban, Merengue, Latin Jazz, and other musical styles of Latin America. The group is open to both CSM students and community members who have a love of Latin American music
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Solid Brass Jazz Ensemble
Dec. 17 | 7:30 p.m.
La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center
Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater
Solid Brass Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Randy Runyon, is comprised of CSM students, local high school students, community members, and local professional musicians. The ensemble performs throughout the year at various venues in Southern Maryland and each semester at CSM.
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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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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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Friday, December 16, 2022
6:30 PM 9:00 PM
Bring your holiday cheer to this last SMTMD event of the year! The evening will kick off with a potluck dinner, starting at 7:30 pm. if you'd like to perform at the open mic, contact Chris Dudley in advance [email protected] to sign up.
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For more information about CCAA sponsored and supported galleries, contact our office at 301-392-5900 or [email protected]
Visit our website to see the current gallery shows online!
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Mattawoman Creek Art Center | |
Neighborhood Creative Arts 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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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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December 2022 Notable Author:
Elissa Brent Weissman
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Elissa Brent Weisman grew up on Long Island, New York in a Jewish community and then attended Johns Hopkins College
in Baltimore where she met her future husband and where she ended up teaching. She has been writing, “ever since I could pick up a pencil.” She wrote her first novel, “The Ryland Revolt,” when she was 10 and tried to get it published but to no avail. She kept writing and is now best known for her Nerd Camp series which features Gabe, a probable nerd, who has the summer of his life at camp. It’s a summer filled with crazy bunkmates, a mysterious lice epidemic, a karaoke showdown, an intense Color War, and a midnight journey to Dead Man’s Island.
“I always imagine that my characters are Jewish,” said Weissman who as a child attended both Hebrew School and the local public school. This comes out in small references in her books, usually in cultural situations or normal conversation. For example, in “Standing for Socks” and “The Short Seller,” the use of grandparent names, holidays, or an upcoming bar mitzvah give the clues, but they are not a major part of the story. The exception is Weissman’s eighth children’s book, The Length of a String, which follows the quest of a now 12-year-old black girl, adopted as an infant by a Baltimore Jewish family, to find her birth family.
Weissman’s books have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, NPR’s “Here and Now,” and more. She finally published The Ryland Revolt (first chapter only) when she included it in her anthology titled, Our Story Begins. It’s a compilation of the stories that, now famous children’s authors and illustrators wrote and drew when they were children.
Weissman moved away from Baltimore and currently lives in Christchurch, New Zealand with her husband and their two children.
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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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Coffee with the Council: Open Discussion
When and where
Date and time
Tue, December 20, 2022, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
Location
Online
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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
[email protected]
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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