Today – 1/13 – Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s 4th Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival, taking place virtually this year – Historically hosted in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and DC on the same night, bringing together communities, companies and conservationists to help improve the lands and waters of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This year includes 14 short films, guest speaker and sponsor videos. Tickets include 5 days of on-demand playback.
https://www.allianceforthebay.org/event/wild-scenic-film-festival/
Knits and Pieces, behind the Wawa on Bestgate Rd has a couple knitting classes..
Mon 1/17 – Shawl Knitting: Demelza’s Song – first of two sessions
Registration is open, and filling up quickly, for a bunch of workshops coming up soon, including their January/February Learn to Knit sessions, Learn to Knit Socks, Toft Crochet Animals, Knit a Vest and Learn to Knit a Gambit Cardi Sweater as well as their regular knit coaching sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
https://knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/collections/classes-events
Tomorrow/Sat 1/14-1/15 – Books for International Goodwill BIG Book Sale – The Parole Rotary Club’s fundraiser. They have thousands of books at great prices AND well organized! It’s just up Defense Highway and well worth checking out.
Tomorrow 1/14 – Creative and Performing Arts of South County’s Art Nights for ages 11 and up start up again with art nights for ages 7-10 starting in Feburary..
— Near the All American Steakhouse in Edgewater
http://artsofsoco.org/programsandclasses.html
Wine & Design in Annapolis offers pre-sketched canvases for you to paint on, with various themes each week. But also, today 1/13 and Sunday 1/16 they have a Chunky Blanket Workshop. Wine is available to purchase in the studio, true to their name. Classes are for 14 and up, but you have to be 21 to drink, of course.
https://www.wineanddesign.com/calendar/annapolis-md
Whole Foods – Annapolis
Today 1/13 – Half Pint Kids Club: Build a Banana
Tues 1/18 – Half Pint Kids Club Teddy Bear Toast
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/annapolis-culinary-center-16074389557
Art Farm – Annapolis
https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules
https://www.facebook.com/artfarmannapolis
https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/
Winter semester is in full swing…
Starting this week..
Mon 1/17 – Kids Fundamentals of Drawing
https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/286142
Mon 1/17 – Nude Figure Drawing
https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/285808
Continuing this week..
Tues 1/18 – Virtual Beginner Drawing Class
https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/280194
Registration is open for their other Winter semester classes starting in January and February and running into March. With classes such as Graphic Design, 3D Sculpture, Teen Beginner Photography, Kids Beginner Painting, MAKE-IT Kids Winter Slime, Watercolor, Winter Landscape Workshops, Botanical Drawing.
https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/winter-classes
https://www.facebook.com/artfarmannapolis/events
Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park – Ellicott City
Sat 1/15 as well as Wed 1/19 – Nature Tots – With seasonal hands-on activities, stories, crafts and games for ages 2-5
Sat 1/15 – Cooking in the Cabin – exploring early American cooking and foodways with demonstrations using their wood burning hearth and bake oven
Sun 1/16 – Fascinating Fermentation – Learn about fermented foods of early America and help prepare an African recipe using this ancient practice.
Also check out Benjamin Banneker’s Colonial Clothing discussion on Saturday and the Full Wolf Moon Hike and Campfire tomorrow night.
https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/recreation/countyparks/mostpopular/banneker/
AACPL
…has a bunch of programs going on online if you head over to aacpl.net and click on Watch Online – Virtual Programming
https://www.aacpl.net/events/upcoming
In addition to all their regular story times for kids, book clubs, trivia nights…
All this week, through Saturday 1/10 – 1/15, Riviera Beach Library – Take and Make: Stand Up Dinos for kids 10 and under
https://www.aacpl.net/events/take-and-make-stand-dinos
Today 1/13 –
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Discoveries: The Library at Annaplis Mall – LEGO Build
https://www.aacpl.net/events/legor-build-discoveries-1 -
Online – Global Gardens with Master Gardener and Watershed Steward, Alison Milligan
https://www.aacpl.net/events/global-gardens-alison-milligan-master-gardener-and-watershed-steward
Sat 1/15 –
Odenton – Build &* Play with Legos
https://www.aacpl.net/events/build-play-14
Tues 1/18 –
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Glen Burnie – Paint Like An Impressionist – for kids 6 and up
https://www.aacpl.net/events/paint-impressionist -
Odenton – more Microsoft Excel
https://www.aacpl.net/events/microsoft-excel-ii-6 -
Eastport-Annapolis Neck – Mad Hatters Knitting Club
https://www.aacpl.net/events/mad-hatters-knitting-club-14 -
Deale – Paint Night for adults and kids 11+
https://www.aacpl.net/events/paint-night-3 -
Broadneck – Broadneck Needlecrafters
https://www.aacpl.net/events/broadneck-needlecrafters-19 -
Online – Simplify Weekly Meal Planning: A Virtual Cooking Program with Vanessa Young
https://www.aacpl.net/events/simplify-weekly-meal-planning-virtual-cooking-program-vanessa-young
Wed 1/19 –
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Deale – Soco Knits both afternoon and evening sessions
https://www.aacpl.net/events/soco-knits-afternoon-session-2
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Brooklyn Park – Craftnoon
https://www.aacpl.net/events/crafternoon-3 -
Broadneck – Crochet Club
https://www.aacpl.net/events/crochet-club -
Riviera Beach – Craft and Chat
https://www.aacpl.net/events/craft-and-chat-0
There’s also a few more vaccine clinics at various libraries coming up.