chesapeake traditions today

Marianita Albano moved from the northern Philippines to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the early 1970s. Her community of only a few Filipino immigrants…

David Whitelock is a waterman whose crews sail on the the Tangier Sound of the Chesapeake Bay. Learn about the challenges and joys of harvesting oysters…

Earlier this week the Maryland State Arts Council announced the 2020 cohort of Maryland Traditions Folklife Apprenticeship teams. Among these are master…

Andy Holloway is a sixth-generation farmer, working the same land his ancestors did years ago, at Baywater Farms in Salisbury, MD. This family farm has…

"Hurricane" Hazel Cropper is a 16-time world champion crab picker, and is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for the speed and volume of blue…

For over 60 years, the Sensational Royal Lights have traveled throughout Delmarva to deliver their music ministry through quartet-style gospel music. In…

In today's episode of Chesapeake Traditions Today, meet Newell Quinton from San Domingo, near Sharptown, MD. Newell is a culture keeper carrying on the…

In this episode we meet Janice Marshall of Smith Island, MD. Janice is a culture bearer in a long line of women who make what has become Maryland's state…

Captain Harold “Stoney” Whitelock. Born and raised here on the Eastern Shore, Capt. Whitelock discusses his connection to skipjacks and the oyster…

The Delmarva Peninsula (present day Delaware, and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia), includes the traditional homelands of the Lenape,…