Captain's Cafe

Write Your Family's Holiday Story with Sandra Olivetti Martin and Julie Wakeman-Linn

This is a special edition of Captain's Cafe. In this friendly, supportive workshop learn how to write your favorite story to share with family and friends or as part of your holiday card. Generational sharing is encouraged--mom and daughter; father and son; grandparent and child.

Sandra Olivetti Martin, founder and publisher of the Bay Weekly, and Julie Wakeman-Linn, writer, editor, teacher, make it easy and fun to capture a favorite story—and show how they’ve done just that.

Oyster Restoration in Herring Bay presented by Birgit Sharp

Oysters are often referred to as the “ecosystem engineers” of the Bay. Discover the many contributions oysters make to the health of the Bay and to humans. Learn about ongoing restoration efforts in the Chesapeake region, and the specific initiatives taking place locally in Herring Bay.

Birgit Sharp is a Master Naturalist and volunteers with Advocates for Herring Bay and the American Chestnut Land Trust on projects focusing on ecosystem restoration, protection, and preservation. One of those projects involves two restoration reefs being planted by the Advocates for Herring Bay in the Herring Bay Oyster Sanctuary.

The Architects of Toxic Politics in America: Venom and Vitriol

presented by Ken Walsh

In "The Architects..." Walsh demonstrates the toxicity of the current political moment and the forces that have created it. This book focuses on presidents and administrations as well as “non-presidential” architects of toxic politics: other politicians, campaign strategists, activists, and media figures.

Ken Walsh is a veteran White House correspondent and historian who currently serves as adjunct professorial lecturer at American University in Washington, D.C. He has lectured widely on the American presidency and U.S. history. He also writes for the White House Historical Association 

The History of Chesapeake Beach

presented by Joan Kilmon

Incorporated in 1894, Chesapeake Beach was developed as a resort destination for the Chesapeake Beach Railway.  And the town has continued to evolve, long after the last train pulled out of the station in 1935.

Joan Kilmon is a retired branch manager of the Calvert Library Twin Beaches branch where she hosted a local history discussion group through the program, Calvert Conversations. She has been a board member of the Friends of Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum since 1980.

Image of postcard "Boardwalk, Looking North, Chesapeake Beach, MD" used with permission from Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum