Going Green on a Dime
DuPont Environmental Education Center - Wilmington, Delaware (Runs through: 02/07/2012)
Spring cleaning does not have to be expensive or hazardous to your health! From window cleaner to unclogging pipes, cheap and environmentally safe methods to put that sparkle back into your house abound. Join us to slim down your footprint while expanding your wallet. Leader: Brenna Goggin

The World of Percussion with Doc Gibbs
Ocean Pines Library - Ocean Pines, Maryland (Runs through: 02/23/2012)
Musical Director for the Emeril Live Show! Philadelphia native Doc Gibbs is one of the most sought after percussionists in the music industry today. Whether he's recording, touring or kickin' it up a notch with Emeril Lagasse, Doc musically operates on his audiences with funky rhythms and a vast assortment of traditional and unusual percussion instruments.

The Legacy of Anna Ella Carroll
Mar-Va Theater - 103 Market Street - Pocomoke City, Maryland (Runs through: 02/25/2012)
Movie and live show about President Lincoln's unrecognized woman cabinet member. Time and Ticket price: TBD

Lecture: Ye Bare, Ye Cubbe
Fulton Hall Black Box Theatre - Salisbury University (Runs through: 02/26/2012)
In conjunction with the Theater Department's presentation "The Play in August", Dr. G. Ray Thompson, professor of History and Director of the Nabb Research Center, will introduce attendees to the general ambience on the Eastern Shore during the mid-seventeenth century, a locale rife with religious, political, social and economic strife, which lead to the creation of the first play in colonial America---a biting satirical work called "Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe".

Apocalypse Now
Teacher Education & Technology Center - Salisbury University - Salisbury, Maryland (Runs through: 03/03/2012)
2012 & Disaster In History & Culture with Louise Detwiler & Michael Lewis. Looking at a variety of sources, from Mayan prophecy to contemporary science to popular media, explore how fears related to disaster and beliefs about the end of the world manifest themselves in cultures both locally and in other parts of the world.

Joshua Wade Smith
Fulton Hall 111 - Salisbury University - Salisbury, MAryland (Runs through: 03/07/2012)
Visiting Artist and Lecture

Delaware and the Civil War with Stan Williams
Nabb Center Gallery - Salisbury University - Salisbury, Maryland (Runs through: 03/08/2012)
Called a Border State during the Civil War, lower Delaware had a surprisingly vocal Confederate presence. Many of the leaders of Delaware were slave holders and/or sympathizers with the Southern view. Williams provides insight into the lives of some of the "movers and shakers" of Sussex County and of their involvement in the Civil War.

Delmarva History Series
Nabb Center Gallery - Salisbury University - Salisbury, Maryland (Runs through: 03/29/2012)
The Eastern Shore and Its Role in the War of 1812 with Ross Kimmel. To many Americans, the War of 1812 was the second War of Independence. Much of the War took place locally, in the Chesapeake Bay area, with St. Michaels, MD, Lewes, DE, and Tangier Island, VA, seeing action. Eastern Shore figures such as Levin Winder, wartime governor of Maryland and Joshua Thomas, the "parson of the islands" played important roles in this conflict between Britain and her former upstart colony in America.

The Tide Rises
Nabb Center Gallery - Salisbury University - Salisbury, Maryland (Runs through: 04/12/2012)
Sea Level Change through Time on the Eastern Shore with Dr. Beth Ragan. Dire predictions have been made about how rising sea levels caused by global warming might affect Delmarva. How real is the threat? While the future is always uncertain, we can look back at the past to see the interplay of land and water over thousands of years, and how changes have impacted the people living here-and the archaeological evidence for that past.

A Big Read Event: A Musical Review of the 1960s
Ocean Pines Library - Ocean Pines, Maryland (Runs through: 04/16/2012)
Frank Nanna and fellow musicians perform the songs of the 60s. The music of the 60's tells the story of what is happening to families and the human spirit as Americans engage in the Vietnam War.

A Big Read Event: Tim O’Brien
Stephen Decatur High School - Berlin, Maryland (Runs through: 04/19/2012)
Author of The Things They Carried, Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin. Tim O'Brien speaks about war, his writing, and what makes a great story to tell. Mr. O'Brien is a fascinating speaker who will engage audiences of all ages!

Author: Jack Gantos
Wicomico Library - Salisbury, Maryland (Runs through: 04/24/2012)
Jack Gantos, children's author and illustrator, will visit the library to share his stories and artwork.