SATURDAY 4/18: New Medical Exhibit at Cape Charles Museum
The Cape Charles Museum opens for the season on Saturday, April 18. Our 2015 season will feature a new exhibit on medical apparatus and medicines drawn from the Museum’s “Country Store” collection. Come by and visit the railroad and ferry history of Cape Charles. Other exhibits include the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater. Visit our website at www.smallmuseum.org/capechas.html.
FRIDAY 4/17: Jim Mason on ‘Factory Farms — Ethics vs. Economics’
“Factory Farms – Ethics vs. Economics,” a 90-minute seminar sponsored by Science and Philosophy Seminar of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, will be 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the Lecture Hall of the Eastern Shore Community College, 29300 Lankford Hwy., Melfa. Jim Mason will discuss the industrial systems that produce most of our meat, milk, and eggs, and the concerns these methods raise for animal welfare, consumers, farmers, and the environment. Mason is co-author of books on this topic.
FRIDAY 4/17: ESO Live Presents Jazz Band Swing Project
ESO Arts Center presents ESO Live! with Swing Project on Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m.
Swing Project is a guitar-driven jazz band consisting of two guitars, upright bass, flute, and vocals. Several band members are seasoned professional musicians, with a couple of talented amateurs thrown in for good measure. Swing Project mixes it up and cooks in the intimate, nightclub-like setting at ESO, located at 15293 King Street in Belle Haven. Admission is just $10. Doors will open at 7:30; liquid refreshments are available. To reserve a table, please call 757-442-3226 or go to esoartscenter.org. [Read more…]
