Friday-Sunday 5/11/-13/2018 – if you’re interested in hot air and things that go up.. Preakness Balloon Festival – Howard County Fairgrounds – More than 15 hot air balloons, tethered balloon rides in the morning and evening, beer and wine garden, live music, Nathans hot eating contest and more
Saturday May 12th, 11am – Hagerstown, Washington County Historical Society has having a workshop on creating your own rainstick, a traditional Latin American instrument that sounds like falling rain.
Saturday – Sunday 5/12-5/13 – 15th annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival – at Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle – with more than 130 artists, live entertainment and local restaurants.
Saturday 5/12 – World Scratch Day – Scratch is a simple visual programming language for kids and adults that can be used to create interactive stories, games and animations and you can share your creations online.
Greenbelt Makerspace Scratch Day – https://www.facebook.com/events/223106935126788/
https://www.meetup.com/Greenbelt-Makerspace/events/250182824/
Saturday 5/12 – Arduino Day 2018
https://blog.arduino.cc/2018/03/23/save-the-date-arduino-day-2018-is-saturday-may-12th/
Saturday 5/12 3:30pm – Silver Sat Team Meeting – SilverSat is a multi-year project to design, build, launch and operate a real satellite. The participants will have the experience of a real-world engineering challenge, one that many would consider well beyond their abilities.
Thursday 5/10 6:30pm – Laser 101 – How to use the Laser Cutter and Engraver to create custom designs in glass, paper, wood, and metal – You will leave the class with your own laser cut object
Thursday 5/17 6:30pm – Maker Lab: Laser Studio – Making use of what you learned in Laser 101 (a prerequisite for this workshop)
Saturday 5/12 10am – Edgewater – Coding with Cubetto – your child’s first coding kit. Young children learn to program a simple robot using blocks instead of a screen.
Monday 5/14 6:30pm – Severna Park – Minecraft Club – first time players and experienced users are invited to build things within the world of Minecraft.
Sunday – 5/13 – 1pm-3pm – Basics of Needlefelting with Emi – where you’ll learn how to make small three dimensional soft sculptures out of felt.