September Lunch Around the World offers a taste of Morocco

Take your tastebuds on a tour of Morocco via MAC’s September Lunch Around the World.

The menu features Moroccan beef over Jasmine rice, Taktouka (Moroccan salad), flatbread and lemon cake.

Orders are due at noon on Friday, Sept. 15; meals can be picked up on Wednesday, Sept. 20, between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the MAC lobby.

The cost is $12 per meal. Proceeds will benefit MAC’s Meals on Wheels.

To order online, visit macinc.org/lunch.around.the.world.

Fruitland Volunteer Fire Co Ladies Auxiliary

The Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will hold a drive-thru luncheon on Friday, Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. to noon.

The event is pre-orders only; orders are due by Monday, Sept.

Menu items include chicken salad, oyster fritter sandwiches. dumplings and vegetable beef soup.

Call 410-749-1421 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday to place your order.

Orders also can be placed at MAC’s front desk.

For more information on the Around the World Lunch Series, or on MAC services and programs, call 410-742-0505.

Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County Hosting Bingo

 Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County will be hosting bingo at the Willards Lions Club on Thursday, Sept. 14.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. with the first game starting at 7 p.m. All prizes are cash prizes.

Food and drinks will be available for purchase along with specialty games for the chance to win more money. The admission is $25 at the door.

Proceeds go directly to Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County to support affordable homeownership and critical home repairs/aging in place programs in Wicomico and Somerset counties.

For more information, call Karen Cooper, Community Relations Coordinator, at 410-546-1551 ext. 131.

Virtual poetry reading to be held Sept. 28

 Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual poetry reading with Abigail Chabitnoy on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.

Chabitnoy is the author of “In the Current Where Drowning is Beautiful” and “How to Dress a Fish.”

She is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and the Institute of American Indian Arts master of fine arts program.

Visit the events section of worwic.edu for more information.

 SU to host music, theater lesson sessions

PRESTO, the performing arts education outreach program at Salisbury University, begins fall individual music and theater lessons the week of Sept. 11 in SU’s Fulton Hall.

Sessions are open to individuals in the surrounding communities, ages 6 and up. Full sessions run 12 weeks.

Individual lessons are available in piano, guitar, voice, strings, percussion and some woodwinds. Individual lessons begin at $277 for the 12-week session.

Those planning to park on campus must register in advance for a free parking pass at http://webapps.salisbury.edu/parking/visitor.

PRESTO is offered through SU’s Peter and Judy Jackson Music Program. For more information, or to register, visit the PRESTO web page at www.salisbury.edu/presto or call 410-548-2985.

Learn more about SU and opportunities to Make Tomorrow Yours at www.salisbury.edu.

Feature Friday concerts begin Downtown Sept. 8

Salisbury University faculty and staff put their musical talents on display through the fall semester during Fulton Feature Friday concerts in Downtown Salisbury, thanks to the generous support of the Whaley Family Foundation.

All performances are the second Friday of the month, 6 p.m. at The Brick Room, 116 North Division St.

Performances this semester:

• Sept. 8 – Bryan Russo: Russo is a multi-award-winning singer/songwriter, journalist and composer. He is the current director of production and operations at Delmarva Public Media. The Edward R. Murrow Award-winning reporter/musician has shared the stage with more than 30 national recording artists.
• Oct. 13 – Jerry Tabor and Brooke Rogers: Composer Tabor (Music, Theatre and Dance) and artist Rogers (Art) continue their collaboration of experimental jazz and abstract painting with new combined works.
• Nov. 10 – Chris English: To create the Delta-style blues for which he is known, English (Music, Theatre and Dance) uses vintage guitars from the 1930s to replicate the sound and feeling that he has studied and loves.

Attendees must be 21 or older. Admission is free and the public is invited.

For more information call 410-543-6450.

‘Film at Fulton’ series begins Sept. 6 at SU

Salisbury University’s Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts hosts this fall’s “Film at Fulton” series 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted, select Wednesdays in the Herman van Apeldoorn Film Center, Fulton Hall Room 111.

A panel discussion with experts and enthusiasts follows each screening. Films include:

• Sept. 6 – After Life: If you could choose only one memory to hold on to for eternity, what would it be? That’s the question at the heart of this bittersweet fantasia in which the recently deceased find themselves in a limbo realm where they must select a single cherished moment from their life to be recreated on film for them to take into the next world. A special guest introduction is offered by Dr. Melissa Croteau, author of Transcendence and Spirituality in Japanese Cinema.
• Oct. 4 - Joint Security Area: Gunfire breaks out in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, leaving two North Korean soldiers dead while a wounded South Korean soldier flees to safety. With the tenuous peace between the two warring nations on a knife’s edge, a neutral team of investigators is dispatched to question both sides to determine what really happened under cover of darkness out in no-man’s land.
• Oct. 18, 6 p.m. – “Swamp Creatures and Friends”: Enjoy an eye-popping, playful and inspirational program of short films headlined by David Gladden, SU associate professor of art. This program centers on Gladden’s most recent cinematic concoction, Swamp Creatures, a tragi-comic political stop motion animation in which the kitchen becomes the stage for insurrection as the magnets on the refrigerator come to life and battle for the very soul of America. Gladden’s art exhibit, Night Blooms, is featured in the University Gallery from September 18-Novemember 10, with an artist talk and reception 5:30 p.m.  September 21, in Fulton Hall Room 111. His Fulton Faculty Colloquium talk is 3:30 p.m. on November 7, in Conway Hall Room 152. 
• Nov. 1 - The Long Walk: In rural Laos, in a not-very-distant future, a grizzled elder makes his regular trek into a village looking to sell the discarded technology he finds in his foraging. His companion: the ghost of a young woman whose death he witnessed. The spectral follower allows the old man stunning insights into his past in what director Mattie Do calls her, “quiet, supernatural science-fiction, time traveling, serial killer, Asian arthouse film.”

Admission is free and the public is invited.

Wicomico Rec & Parks offers adult and youth fall sports programs

 Wicomico Recreation & Parks’ offers adult and youth sports programs this fall, including Junior Girls Fall Ball, WYBL Skills Academy, The Courts Mixed Team Pickleball League and Drop-In Inclusive Kickball.

Junior Girls Fall Ball is open to 12U, 14U, and 16U divisions. The season kicks off September 12 and games are played at the Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex. Registration is $500 per team.

WYBL Skills Academy will have two sessions this fall. Participants will improve their basketball skills in a fun, non-competitive environment. There will be beginner and advanced groups. Registration is $60 per person.

The Courts Mixed Team Pickleball League is set to start September 12. The league is for ages 15 & up. Teams should consist of four players; two males & two females. Registration is $100 per team.

Inclusive Drop-In Kickball will be hosted at Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex’s Field 7 ½. This program is for those with physical or intellectual challenges to come together and participate in a sport. It’s free to participate and players will register on site.

Field 7 ½ is designed to provide individuals with physical and mental challenges the opportunity to play sports. To learn more about Project 7 ½ visit bit.ly/Project_Seven_and_a_Half.

Register for programs and leagues online at www.WicomicoRecandParks.org or in person at the Wicomico Civic Center box office (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.).

5K Hero Run for Wor-Wic to be held Oct. 7

The Wor-Wic Community College Foundation is sponsoring a 5K Hero Run or 2-mile walk, along with the 2023 First Responder Team Cup Challenge, on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 9 a.m., at the college campus on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury. Check-in and registration begin at 8 a.m.

The 5K run and 2-mile walk are open to the public. The First Responder Team Cup Challenge is open to employees of any law enforcement, fire or emergency medical services agency. They will compete in teams of two to three runners for the coveted cup currently held by the Salisbury Police Department.

All 5K runners and first responder team members will be eligible for first-place overall male and female trophies, as well as medals for the top three male and female finishers in multiple age categories.

For children ages 9 and under, a Kids’ Hero Run and obstacle course will be held at 9:45 a.m.

The first 100 registrants will receive an event shirt. All participants are invited to stay afterward for the awards ceremony, refreshments, music and fun activities for the whole family.

The entry fee is $25 per person, or $35 per person after Oct. 4, and $5 for the kids’ event. Proceeds will benefit the students of Wor-Wic. For more information or a registration form, visit worwic.edu/5K or call 410-334-2807.

Salisbury University B.F.A. students to showcase works

Salisbury University B.F.A. students showcase their works throughout the fall semester at the Guerrieri Student Union Art Space.

Exhibits include:

• Aug. 28-Sept.28 – “Vacant Memories” by Audrey Lahnemann.
• Sept. 29-Nov. 2 – “Digestion” by Jack McGinty.
• Nov. 3-Dec. 7 – “Epoch” by Lauren Catarinae.

The Art Space is located in the Guerrieri Student Union’s second-floor concourse.

Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6274.