February  20 DCHS/SDFM “Fighting Old Nep: The Food Culture of  Enslaved Afro-Marylanders”  Lecture by
                    Michael Twitty, Director of Interpretation Menare Foundation—7:00 pm—Robbins Heritage Center
                29 Key Ingredients: America by Food Docent Workshop  Led by Jean Wortman,
                    Maryland Humanities  Council—10:00 am— Robbins Heritage Center
                29 America by Food Grand Opening 5:00-7:00 pm—Robbins Heritage Center

    March    1  Blue Plate Special Art Contest Ends  Entries displayed around  town.
                  3  Executive Committee—4:00 pm—Robbins Heritage Center
                  5 “Sustenance for the Soul: Food in Poetry”—Food Settings in  Poetry  Dorchester County Public Library
                       10:00 am-12:00 noon
                  6 DCHS Bus Trip to Philadelphia Flower Show
                  7 Family Night Food Film  Dorchester Arts Center
                  8 “Start Your Own Herb Garden”  Shirley Chatham, Dorchester  Garden Club—10:00 am—Meredith House
                 12  DCHS/SDFM “Agriculture, The Environment, Our Food & Sustainability” Lecture by  David Smith
                     7:00 pm—Robbins Heritage Center
                 19 “Sustenance for the Soul: Food in Poetry”—Poetic Descriptions of Food  Dorchester County Public ibrary
                      10:00 am-12:00 noon
                  19 Julianna Pax’s Lunch Bunch—1:00 pm—Meredith House
                  27 Julianna Pax’s Lunch Bunch—1:00 pm—Meredith House
                  28 Julianna Pax’s Lunch Bunch—10:00 am—Meredith House
                  28 Family Night Food Film  Dorchester Arts Center
                  29 Mother/Daughter Teas—2:00 pm & 4:00 pm—Meredith House

        April   2 “Sustenance for the Soul: Food in Poetry”—Food Stirs Memory  Dorchester County Public Library
                      10:00 am-12:00 noon
                   5  Dorchester Art Center—Guest Speaker, Warren Belasco, Prof. of American Studies, Univ. of  Maryland
                      Baltimore County Food In Film (film maker dining scenes/complex social relationships)
                   7 Executive Committee—4:00 pm—Robbins Heritage Center
                   9 DCHS/SDFM “Food Lore: Folklore’s Fascinating Role in   Regional Cuisine”  Lecture by Ed Okonowicz
                    7:00 pm —  Robbins Heritage Center
                 12 Blue Plate Special Art Show and final day of Key Ingredients
                 16 “Sustenance for the Soul: Food in Poetry”—Poetic Gathering   Dorchester County Public Library
                        10:00 am-12:00 noon
                 30 “Sustenance for the Soul: Food in Poetry”—Eating Poetry  Dorchester County Public Library
                        10:00 am-12:00 noon