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Basic Training: Vets Ensemble Spring 2023
The Studio at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents an educational program workshop that will be FREE for US veterans. Participants should be men and women, ages 20-85, who are veterans of the United States armed forces. Combat experience not required. Working with CSC Teaching Artists (Veterans!), the ensemble will explore Shakespeare’s text for personal connections. This ten-week program will culminate in a sharing for friends, family, and invited guests. No experience required! Flier
Open only to U.S. military servicemembers (active duty, reserve, veteran)
Dates: Saturdays, March 18 – May 20, 2023 Times: 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. Location: The Studio at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, 206 E. Redwood St., Baltimore, MD 21202
Tuition: FREE
Click here to register
Questions? Please contact Ron Heneghan, Director of Education, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
heneghan@chesapeakeshakespeare.com or 410-244-8571 x113.
Olive Branch & Laurel Crown (OBLC) seeks ACTORS
OBLC, the Veterans Ensemble at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, is asking for ACTOR submissions for the play The Murder of Gonzago by Allen Irvine.
The Murder of Gonzago is two interlocking plays, one designed as a regular stage show, the other as street theater. Irvine borrows the title from the most famous play never written - the play that Hamlet asks the players to put on. It premiered at the 2015 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival and won the Spirit of the Fringe award.
Rehearses: March 18- May 25 (online via Zoom and in-person) select evenings/weekends.
Tech – Dress: May 30-June 1
Performances: June 2 and 3 at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore
Pay: Small stipend
Those who submit should have either a direct connection with the US military (veteran, active service, guard or reserve) or an indirect connection (spouse, caregiver, immediate family).
SUBMIT a recent picture (headshot) and theatre resume to:
Veterans@chesapeakeshakespeare.com
See breakdown at:
https://www.chesapeakeshakespeare.com/about/opportunities/
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is seeking applicants to fill 10 vacancies on the Commission on Veterans Affairs. Two vacancies are for members representing the general public, and eight vacancies are for veterans who may be members of veterans groups such as the Vietnam Veterans of America, American Veterans (AMVETS), Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Women Veterans of America, American Legion, or Military Order of the Purple Heart. One public member and five veteran members are eligible to apply for reappointment. Read More Here
Anne Arundel County and Howard County offer assistance to military spouses to start, transition or advance a career. Read more here
Also, check out these employment services for transitioning service members, Veterans and military spouses. Read more here
Blue Star Families is now offering Coffee Connections in Aberdeen, Annapolis, Fort Meade and NAS Patuxent River. Read More Here
Project Opportunity Announces Spring Classes - Free Entrepreneurial Training for Veterans
Prince George's County Orientation on March 8, 2023, Classes begin March 22nd
Montgomery County Orientation on February 27, 2023, Classes begin March 13th
Military Spouse Orientation on March 15, 2023. Classes begin on March 29th
Other Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Events:
March 26th: American Legion Jamison-Harrison Post 238, Hughesville
March 27th: Silver Spring Vet Center, Silver Spring
May 11-13: WELCOME HOME! A Nation Honors our Vietnam Veterans and their Families, National Mall, Washington, DC
ServingTogether offers service members, veterans and their families access to a class-leading continuum of providers that runs the gamut from superior mental health, housing, and emergency service providers to employment, financial capabilities, education, volunteering, recreation and fitness, and more! We are able to track client progress, communicate with providers and ensure the veterans are truly getting what they need all free of charge.
Serving Together has been immensely successful in building a dynamic team that is truly devoted to the mission of the organization. This team has tangible, personal connections to our veterans and genuine concern for their best outcomes. ServingTogether provides peer navigation, collaboratives, guides, education, and training. Please visit our Website for more information.
https://servingtogetherproject.org/
News from Community Building Art Works:
More Than One Story - Next Virtual Orientation March 14th!
Our monthly program for Women and Non-Binary Military has begun, but if you are still interested in participating, it's not too late. Interested individuals must attend an upcoming orientation to participate. Visit www.cbaw.org/mtos for more details.
CBAW Loves... A Community Building Art Works Book Club Podcast
Follow us on social media to get more details on how you can join the conversation in March as we read Listening in the Dark: Women Reclaiming the Power of Intuition. - Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Exploring Sumi-e Brush With Watercolor & VCP Presentation on Paid Internship - March 15th at 7pm EST - Virtual Join Veteran and Artist, Shaun Smith as he incorporates the Japanese art of Sumi-e (Ink Wash Painting) into his watercolor painting practice. Stay after to learn about the Veteran Curation Program's paid internship opportunity in Alexandria, VA. For a full list of materials and to register, please visit www.cbaw.org/events.
Writing ourselves Into Place - Creative Writing Workshop with Maya Marshall - March 16th at 7pm EST Virtual
Join poet, professor, and auther of All the Blood Involved in Love, Maya Marshall, on Thursday, March 16th at 7pm EST for a generative writing workshop in partnership with the Strathmore. In this workshop, participants will delve into the vivid, concrete, specific, sensory details with which they can craft a place. Writing about where they are, have been, and where they wish to be can help birth arresting worlds. Participants will read a poem closely, discuss its practical magic, and get started on writing their own poems in which they bring to life a world rife with character.
This workshop will be recorded and a link will be e-mailed to all ticket holders once the recording is available for viewing.
Visit www.cbaw.org to learn more about Community Building Art Works. For more information, email info@cbaw.org.
Community Calendar
March 11, 2023
Care Coordination and Claims Clinic, Baltimore
Free Yoga Class for Emergency Responders and Military Personnel, Salisbury
March 15, 2023
Maryland Department of Labor Spring Job Fair, Baltimore
VA Wellness Wednesday Financial Education
March 16, 2023
Benefits of Yoga for Arthritis for military and Veterans, Virtual
Maryland's Commitment to Veterans: Military and Veteran Caregivers: Health, Wellbeing and Phenotypes for Suicidal Ideation, Virtual
March 18, 2023
American Legion Community & Veteran Health Fair, Damascus
March 21, 2023
Dog Tag Virtual Open House
March 25, 2023
Gilchrist's 5th Annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans
March 26, 2023
American Legion's Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans, Hughesville
March 27, 2023
Vietnam Veterans Celebration, Silver Spring Vet Center, Silver Spring
April 12, 2023
Prince George's County Vet Center Therapeutic Outing to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, RSVP required
April 13, 2023
Golf Fundraiser for Baltimore Station, Baltimore
April 18, 2023
Military Officers & Spouses 2023 Job Fair, Arlington
April 27, 2023
2023 Women Veteran Entrepreneurs of Color Virtual Conference
May 9, 2023
Annapolis Vet Center Community Open House & Resource Fair, Annapolis
May 11-13, 2023
WELCOME HOME! A Nation Honors our Vietnam Veterans and their Families, Washington, DC
May 25 - 29, 2023
The Eyes of Freedom Traveling Exhibit, Hereford High School, Parkton
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