OCEAN PINES – Looking around the recently-opened Java Bay Cafe at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club it is immediately apparent that Ocean Pines Association General Manager Bob Thompson is right to be proud of his team’s accomplishment in the facility’s new concept and operation.  The experience is improved just inside the Yacht Club entrance where… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – One of the great advantages to year-round residence is the ability to take advantage of tourist attractions in the relative peace and quiet of the winter months, especially those experiences enhanced by quiet and the space to enjoy them at your leisure. With the goal of increasing locals’ access to and familiarity… Read more »

BERLIN — The Brown Box Theater Project will return to the Globe on the heels of it’s very successful performance of Belly Full of Stones in September for a limited engagement of Lee Blessing’s politically charged, two-act drama “Two Rooms.” The success of their first performance — Septembers production of Kimberly Barrante’s absurdist “Belly Full… Read more »

BERLIN – The central question for artists revolves around the nature of reality opposed with and compared to its representation. Working within this kind of constant questioning is what makes painters also philosophers; attempting to evoke ideas, messages and emotions through images that connote words rather than the reverse.  It is no surprise, then, that… Read more »

SALISBURY – Proportionately, it’s easier to make it as a rock star than as a magician so when Brad Ross found a steady gig at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J., right out of college it was a job with which he was pretty happy. Ross was captivated by the magician’s performance at his… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Last year, Members of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial Foundation (WCVMF) engaged in their first real participation in the Wreaths Across America although many of them had been participating in the program for longer than that. WCVMF secretary, Marie Gilmore helped to organize the drive that places nearly 300 wreaths on the… Read more »

BERLIN – Driving safety expert and author Herb Simon will skeptically grant it is conceivable that you can text while driving, exceed the speed limit by 10 miles per hour, or perform any of the other acts that people believe they can safely add to the number of things they can do while driving. But… Read more »

BERLIN – Don Bridges’ had been performing music on and off for more than 20 years before he decided to get serious. But for him getting serious meant throwing off the entire concept of seriousness and finding an audience who could easily do the same. Bridges found his earliest non-serious audience performing for his daughters… Read more »

BERLIN – On Nov. 26 the town of Berlin will host its annual Holiday Arts Night celebration. Decked out for the holiday season, the streets will be alive with music and this event marks the start of the Victorian Christmas celebration. The evening begins with the tree lighting ceremony at the Atlantic Hotel. Mayor Gee… Read more »

BERLIN – Local artists join artist in residence, Kevin Fitzgerald, for a show of their latest paintings at Water’s Edge Gallery this month. The lineup includes Pete Cosby, Patrick Henry, Randy Hofman, Parker Nicholls, Brooke Rogers, Deborah Rolig and Peggy Warfield. Works will be displayed beginning in November and with an artists’ reception during Berlin’s… Read more »