Delicious homemade chicken salad, soups, oyster sandwiches and baked goods are on the menu for the Mostly Drive-Thru Fall Bazaar of Allen Asbury United Methodist Church in Allen this Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Allen Community Hall at 26575 Collins Wharf Road, Allen.

The church’s popular chicken salad and savory soups (Vegetable Beef Soup, Bean Soup, Chicken Noodle Soup) will be available by quart or pint for take-out.

Pre-orders for chicken salad and soup were due by Oct. 15 by calling 410-546-2043, but a limited amount of soup and chicken salad will be available for purchase without pre-order, so come early. Oyster sandwiches will be sold at the drive-thru window and do not have to be pre-ordered.

Also available at the Fall Bazaar, inside the Allen Community Hall: homemade baked goods including lots of pies, Maryland beaten biscuits, sweet potato biscuits, cakes and other treats. A wide selection of books will be available for browsing inside the building.

Indoor shoppers are welcome, with masks and physical distancing. Weather permitting, there will be vendors outside, too.

A portion of the proceeds from this event will support the church’s outreach to the Christian Shelter and HALO in Salisbury. For information please call 410-546-2043.

Delmarva History Lecture Series returns

The Westside Historical Society will recognize National Native American Month with a talk on the local Pocomoke Indians, presented by Norris Howard.

Hereditary chief of the Pocomoke Paramountcy and a well-known presenter on local Native American history, Howard will speak at the MAC Center in Salisbury on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m.

Howard was born in Somerset County and has spent most of his life on the Lower Shore, researching the history of the Pocomoke and other tribal units on the Eastern Shore. Although few individuals have been able to trace their Native American ancestry, Howard has been diligent in spending his non-work time in reconstructing his family’s roots, including the Lawson, Cannon and Haley families, here on the Eastern Shore.

The leader of the Pocomoke Indian Nation, an Eastern Woodland culture of the Algonquian language group, Howard will outline the history of the Pocomoke Nation on the Shore since first contact, and will locate and describe the various sub groups of the Pocomoke Tribe as well as discussing the various treaties made between the Pocomoke and the colonial governments.

The lecture is free to the public and reservations are not required.

For more information contact Westside Historical Society at westsidehistorical@gmail.com or phone 410-726-8047.

Moose golf event scheduled Saturday

 The Moose Legion will hold its 7th annual golf tournament Saturday at TK's Back Nine on Johnson Road in Salisbury.

Tee time is 9 a.m. with a best ball format.

Cost is $20 per person or $80 per four-person team, which includes breakfast and lunch. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and door prizes.

To register for the tournament or ask questions, contact Buddy Brooks at 443-614-1701.

Ben’s Red Swings cleanup is Nov. 27

 A Ben’s Red Swings cleanup day will be held Saturday, Nov. 27, at 9 a.m. in Salisbury City Park.

Volunteers of all ages are welcome.  Please bring rakes, pitch forks, brooms, wheelbarrows and/or work gloves.

Volunteer hours for high school students are available.

Coffee, hot chocolate, bagels and donuts provided.

  Save the date for St. Peter's holiday bazaar

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Downtown Salisbury starts its holiday bazaar and marketplace as part of the monthly 3rd Friday celebration, Nov. 19, from 5 to 8 p.m., and continuing Saturday, Nov. 20, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All are welcome to visit the church's air-filtered Parish Hall at 115 St. Peter's St. or may bid online for selected items, beginning Nov. 1, at biddingowl.com.

Offerings include unique gifts, as well as oyster fritters, baked goods and wreaths.

Check stpeterschurch.net/holiday-bazaar as the event nears. 

‘Our Town’ coming to SU this weekend

Salisbury University’s Bobbi Biron Theatre Program inaugurates its 2021-22 season with a production of Thornton Wilder’s critically acclaimed “Our Town,” Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 21-24.

Directed by Matt Saltzberg, curtain time is 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. on that Sunday.

Described by award-winning playwright Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” “Our Town” presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.”

Sponsored by the Music, Theatre and Dance Department, admission is $15; $10 for seniors age 62-plus and SU faculty, staff and alumni; $5 for non-SU students; $3 for SU students with Gull Card.

For tickets, visit the online ticket office at https://salisbury.universitytickets.com/.

All attendees at SU events are required to wear a mask while in the audience, regardless of vaccination status. Attendees may be asked to leave an event for non-compliance.

For more information, call 410-543-6385 or visit salisbury.edu.

Zoo lecture series begins Nov. 1

The “Night at the Zoo Lecture Series” -- an exciting new partnership between Salisbury Zoo and Salisbury University -- will feature talks by SU faculty, SU graduate students and zoo staff on current knowledge and research related to zoo animals, wildlife and conservation biology. 

The inaugural lectures in the series will take place Monday, Nov. 1 and Monday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. in the Salisbury Zoo’s ESBA Education Building.

The first lecture will be “Mammal Predators of Delmarva’s Past, Present, and Future” by Dr. Aaron Hogue, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, at Salisbury University. The second lecture will be "Creepy, Crawly, Snakeheads and Other Invasive Amphibious Fishes" by Dr. Noah Bressman, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Salisbury University.

Admission is free but seating is limited. To RSVP, please contact mseemann@salisbury.md”

St. John's fall bazaar set for Oct. 29

St. John's United Methodist Church in Fruitland is having its annual fall bazaar on Friday, Oct. 29.

Located at 312 East Main St., the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The menu includes oyster fritter sandwiches, homemade vegetable beef soup, dried lima bean soup, peas and dumplings, and chicken salad (all sold as carryout in pint or quart containers).

There will also be sweet potato pies and biscuits, jams, jellies, relish, beets, cookies, candy, cakes and cornbread. 

Homemade crafts and yard sale items will also be available.

Call 410-742-5592 for more information.

Delmar beef, dumpling dinner is Nov. 20

The Delmar Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will be offering a drive through beef and dumpling dinner on Saturday, Nov. 20.

The meal will consist of beef, dumplings, mashed potatoes and gravy, string beans, cole slaw and a roll.  The cost is $14.

Lines will form at the back of the fire department, travel through the engine bay and exit the front of the building onto Bi-State Blvd.

Because it will be a drive through dinner, there will be advanced ticket sales only.

Tickets must be purchased by Nov. 12. Tickets are available now, so please call 410-896-3280 or see any auxiliary member.

Feature Friday concerts planned Downtown

Salisbury University faculty and staff display their musical talents throughout the fall semester during Feature Friday concerts in Downtown Salisbury.

Performances remaining this semester are:

• Nov. 12 – Matt Michaud (Music, Theatre and Dance).
• Dec. 10 – David Raizen (Information Technology) and Jerry Atkins.

All performances are free and held from 6 to 7 p.m. at The Brick Room, 116 North Division St. Attendees must be 21 years of age and over.

For more information call 410-543-6450 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.

 Virtual poetry reading to be held Nov. 4

 Wor-Wic Community College is inviting the public to a free virtual poetry reading with Dorothy Chan on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.

Chan is the author of several books, including “BABE,” “Revenge of the Asian Woman,” “Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold” and “Chinatown Sonnets.” She was a 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship finalist, a 2020 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry and a 2019 recipient of the Philip Freund Prize in Creative Writing from Cornell University.

Chan is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, poetry editor of “Hobart” and co-founder and editor in chief of “Honey Literary,” a literary arts organization.

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