Energy investor Paul Prager also serves as a principal of Bluepoint Hospitality Group, a real estate development firm that has brought new life to the downtown district of Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore near Annapolis. Now living in Easton for the duration of COVID-19, Paul Prager’s properties cater to the 15,000 tourists who visit each year. Easton offers several festivals to entertain both visitors and townspeople. Marking its 50th anniversary is the Waterfowl Festival, a November gathering highlighted by the World Goose Calling Championship. Participants can also enjoy goose-themed art, live music, and plenty of food. A new event that premiered in February 2020 was the Chesapeake Fire & Ice Festival. This wintry celebration showcased frozen sculptures in downtown Easton, along with sculpting demonstrations and ice skating. Another cultural event is July’s Plein Air Easton, in which painters leave their studios and create art outdoors. Year-round cultural venues include the Avalon Theatre, a movie house that ran silent firms before being repurposed as a performance space. Visitors can also enjoy the Academy Art Museum, located in a former schoolhouse. Easton also stands out for its association with the 19th century civil rights advocate Frederick Douglass, who was a slave on a nearby farm. His statue adorns the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse on North Washington Street. For more details on these and other events and venues, please visit eastonmd.org/.

1. Settled in 1712, Easton, Maryland, Offers a Host of Activities
Paul Prager

2. Introduction
Energy investor Paul Prager also serves as a principal of Bluepoint Hospitality Group, a
real estate development firm that has brought new life to the downtown district of Easton
on Maryland’s Eastern Shore near Annapolis. Now living in Easton for the duration of
COVID-19, Paul Prager’s properties cater to the 15,000 tourists who visit each year.

3. Easton offers several festivals to entertain both visitors and townspeople. Marking its 50th
anniversary is the Waterfowl Festival, a November gathering highlighted by the World
Goose Calling Championship. Participants can also enjoy goose-themed art, live music,
and plenty of food.

4. A new event that premiered in February 2020 was the Chesapeake Fire & Ice Festival.
This wintry celebration showcased frozen sculptures in downtown Easton, along with
sculpting demonstrations and ice skating. Another cultural event is July’s Plein Air
Easton, in which painters leave their studios and create art outdoors.
Year-round cultural venues include the Avalon Theatre, a movie house that ran silent
firms before being repurposed as a performance space. Visitors can also enjoy the
Academy Art Museum, located in a former schoolhouse.

5. Easton also stands out for its association with the 19th century civil rights advocate
Frederick Douglass, who was a slave on a nearby farm. His statue adorns the lawn of
the Talbot County Courthouse on North Washington Street. For more details on these
and other events and venues, please visit eastonmd.org/.