CHESTERTOWN—The Kohl Gallery exhibition “Marc Castelli: The Art of the Waterman, The Simison Collection,” originally set to close at the end of Downrigging Weekend, will remain open for the next two weekends, November 5-7 and 12-14. The exhibition features more than 20 paintings of working watermen and their boats by beloved Chesapeake Bay artist Marc Castelli. Seventeen of the paintings are on loan from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michael’s, which received them as a bequest of Tilghman Island collector Diane Simison. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Maritime Museum and the Center for Environment & Society at Washington College. The Kohl Gallery is located in the Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts on the Washington College campus, 300 Washington Read more
The Clothes Make the [WHOA!]man
Last year, cooler weather caused our student body here at Big Southern State to skitter for cover under leggings and sweaters that were juuussst barely below the bum in length. This year, the ladies are leaving nothing to the imagination. I have been greeted this morning by the sight of at least ten perky rear-ends apparently clothed in nothing but some tight synthetic fiber blends and topped by wee puffy vests. Apparently the ladies have parallel circulation, like ducks. As blood descends the legs, it simultaneously warms the blood returning to the body and cools off itself. (See here for a more nuanced and scientific explanation.) I can think of no other physiology that makes it logical to wrap yourself in many layers of fur and feathers whilst leaving the leg-flesh so Read more
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