South River Source

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the River Gallery is hosting a new love-themed show that will run from Feb. 1 through Feb. 1 through Feb. 28, 2013. The River Gallery is celebrating their 25th anniversary in historic Galesville in 2013. To honor the occasion, the art gallery will hold an open house on the [...]

On Thursday (Sept. 29), local author Valerie Ormond will attend the National Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) Awards where her debut novel Believing in Horses is nominated  in two categories: the Young Adult and Founder’s Award. The MWSA was founded by W. H. McDonald Jr.  To better understand his own military experiences, McDonald began [...]

Kick up your heels and join in the fun. At 11 a.m. on Saturday (Aug. 4), the South County Library in Deale is hosting an “Explore Irish Dance” program for children and adults. The program is free and in an introduction to both Irish Dance and a local company offering dance instruction in Galesville. Dancers [...]

Sue and Chuck live in a woodsy neighborhood in Edgewater. It is a nice place to call home for humans—and apparently for snapping turtles too. Last summer and again this year, their yard has become a nesting site for a couple of snapping turtles. The turtles are apparently hard-wired to return to the same place [...]

Students in 7th and 8th grades are being asked to submit an essay about their favorite science teacher, and how this teacher has helped to foster a love for science and learning. The prize is to spend a day with conservationist and educator Jeff Corwin on the set of Expedition Chesapeake during the 2012-13 school [...]

Martiel Traczyk Beatty is a former Americorps volunteer and fiber artist. She relocated to Shady Side when her husband transferred to Maryland for work. Beatty wanted to find other artists (not necessarily fiber artists) to network with and find camaraderie. She hadn’t heard of the Muddy Creek Artist Guild, a group of 100 original-work artists [...]