FREE Keynote Lecture: 8 PM in Alumni Hall

Speaker: John Willis

The Arts will survive the 2024 election cycle and the dramatic changes in the national political environment; but will they thrive? Drawing upon his lifetime of experience in politics and elections, former Maryland Secretary of State and Professor John Willis will discuss the fundamentals of elections and how they were manifested in the 2024 election cycle. He will also explore the relationship between the Arts and government and the importance of the Arts in combating authoritarianism, promoting social change, and finding common ground. More elections are on the way and we need to examine the 2024 outcome to prepare for 2026, 2028, and beyond. What is the meaning of elections? Do they matter to the Arts?

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‍8 PM Evening Concerts (Tues - Fri) in WMC Alumni Hall, McDaniel College. These concerts are FREE and open to the public.

• TUESDAY, July 8: Old-Time Night
  
  • Performers including Ken Kolodner, Mary Lynn Michal, Susan Boyer Haley, Bob Lucas, Jonah Giuliano, Marsha Searle and Slim Harrison
• WEDNESDAY, July 9: Blues Night
  
  • Performers including Guy Davis, Eleanor Ellis, Jesse Palidofsky, David Burkitt and Chris James
• THURSDAY, July 10: Bluegrass Night
  
  • Performers includlng Tony Trischka, Mark Schatz, Chris Luquette, Bryan McDowell, Carter Giegerich, Randy Barrett and Wayne Fugate
• FRIDAY, July 11: Musical Potpourri
  
  • Performers including Michael G. Ronstadt, David Roth, Niccolo Seligmann, Amy Ferebee and Serenity Fisher

NOTE: Concert lineup subject to change.

Tickets $25. FREE to active duty military and veterans with ID/proof of service PLUS their spouses & children!

‍HEADLINER: Grammy nominated bluesman Guy Davis

WITH Lost in Holland (Josh Hisle & Michael G. Ronstadt) and Walt Michael & Co.

Guy Davis is a musician, storyteller, author, and actor considered to be “America’s greatest link to the blues right now” (Windsor Star). Guy has been turning out chart-topping, award-winning blues since his debut in 1995. Guy’s latest album Be Ready When I Call You received a Grammy nomination, as did his previous album Sonny & Brownie’s Last Ride. He has also received nominations for 2018 Best Acoustic Artist and Best Acoustic Album by the Blues Music Association. His album Kokomo Kidd was named 2016 Acoustic Record of the Year by Blues Blast Magazine and received nominations for the Blues Music Association Acoustic Album of the Year 2016 and Acoustic Artist of the Year. These awards follow his 2014 Blues Music Association nominations for Acoustic Album of the Year (Juba Dance) and Acoustic Artist of the Year.

Guy Davis “breathes new life into the country blues idiom” (Blues Blast Magazine).

The son of famed actor/civil rights activists Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Guy celebrates and expands the music and stories he learned at the knees of his parents and grandparents.

Find out more about Guy at his website: http://guydavis.com

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FREE Keynote: 8 PM in Alumni Hall

Speaker: Drew Shuptar-Rayvis

Join cultural ambassador and Pocomoke citizen, Drew Shuptar- Rayvis as he opens the floor with the story of a young man growing up in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains of western Connecticut, insulated from the threats of drugs and alcohol by the traditional culture that spoke to him. Dysfunction in his multicultural family and isolation at school taught him to rely strongly on himself, the land, the rivers, his ancestors and the creator for valuable life lessons and skills of physical, mental, and spiritual survival. Learn from his perspective what it means to be a knowledge keeper, tradition bearer and cultural ambassador in his tribal community and how this responsibility carries a lesson of stewardship, responsibility and integrity that continues to shape who he is today.

‍8 PM Evening Concerts (Tues - Fri) in WMC Alumni Hall, McDaniel College. These concerts are FREE and open to the public.

• TUESDAY, July 15: Old-Time Night
  
  • Performers featuring Bruce Molsky, Vandalia (Ellen Gira, Dakota Karper, Gabriel Furtado), Lydia Martin, Annette & David Lindsey
• WEDNESDAY, July 16: Blues Night
  
  • Performers include Professor Louie, Andy Cohen, Lea Gilmore, Harry Orlove
• THURSDAY, July 17: Celtic & International Night
  
  • Performers include Kevin Elam, Karen Ashbrook, Emily Martin, Sharon Knowles, Catherine & Peter Brice, Jo Morrison, Terry O'Neill
• FRIDAY, July 18: Musical Potpourri
  
  • Performers include Wayne Fugate, Ralph Gordon, Bob Rychlik, Kathy Bullock, Amy Ferebee

NOTE: Concert lineup is subjec to change.