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Sat 7/8 – College Park – Maryland Aviation Festival – Celebrating all things Maryland Aviation with aircraft displays, kids’ activities, tours, demos and more.
https://www.mncppc.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=22352&month=7&year=2023&day=8&calType=0
Today 7/6 through Sunday 7/9 – 50th Annual Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association’s show in Easton, Maryland. With tons of working steam engines, both mobile and fixed. Antique coal and steam powered tractors, antique cars and trucks, giant flea market full of tools and other things. It’s really quite the show for anyone interested in all things mechanical.
Whoof on the Wharf in Edgewater
Mon 7/10 – Fri 7/14 – Whoof Kids Camp Week 2 – With kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, learning basic dog obedience skills as well as arts and crafts.
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/whoof-on-the-wharf-33832675451
Knits and Pieces, off Bestgate Rd
Class sizes are limited and tend to fill up fairly fast so register soon!
Sat 7/8 – Learn to Knit June Sessions – 6/17, 6/24, 7/8
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/489732/learn-to-knit-june-2023
Tues 7/11 – Olive Knits 4 Day KAL 2023: Lemon Spritz – 7/11, 7/18, 7/25
Registration is open for classes coming up in July and August
Sat 7/15 – Fixing Your Mistakes
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/489894/fixing-your-mistakes-july-2023
Sat 7/22 – Knitting Backwards: The Moko Moko Cowl
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/501016/knitting-backwards–the-moko-moko-cowl
Mon 7/24 – Christmas in July: Whimsical Chunky
Mon 7/24 – Fri 7/28 – KidKnit Camp – A weeklong summer camp for kids ages 8-11 with a focus on all things fiber
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/504282/kidknit-camp
Sat 7/29 – Intermediate Sweater Knitting, three sessions – 7/29, 8/12, 8/26
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/501009/intermediate-knitting–knit-the-bolan
Sat 8/5 – Knitting Backwards: The Moko Moko Cowl
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/501016/knitting-backwards–the-moko-moko-cowl
Mon 8/14 – Christmas in July: Whimsical Chunky
Sat 8/19 – Un-Raveling Ravelry – Navigating a great online resource for knitters, crocheters and spinners.
https://www.knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/module/class/501021/un-raveling-ravelry-july-2023
https://knitsandpiecesofannapolis.com/collections/classes-events
Wildberry Field Markets are back! Every other Saturday, for now, with local vendors, food trucks, and fun for the kids..
https://www.wildberryfarmmarket.com/farm-events
Blended Essentials
Registration is open for their summer camps continuing next and running through August. Camps include making candles, soaps, bath bombs, lotions and more and each camp has a different theme. Next week’s theme is “Sweet Shop”.
https://theblendedessentials.com/
Whole Foods – Annapolis
Half Pint Kids Club is taking a break for a couple weeks, but registration is open for their Junior Chefs Summer Culinary Camp running July 24th through July 28th.
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/
Sun 7/16 – Vibe Flow and Chill Yoga at the Farragut Farmers Market at the Navy Stadium
Tues 7/11 – Exploring Watercolor for teens and adults continues
All Week Mon-Fri 7/10 – 7/14 – Creative Writing and Art Zine Camp for ages 12-17
Registration is open for more kids art summer classes. Summer camps start in coming weeks. Including Experiments in Digital Drawing, Off the Wall Experimental Art and more.
https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kidscalendar
AACPL
https://www.aacpl.net/events/upcoming
Today – 7/6
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Odenton – Knits N Knots
https://www.aacpl.net/event/knits-n-knots-20
Sat – 7/8
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Crofton – Ask a Master Gardener
https://www.aacpl.net/event/plant-clinic-ask-master-gardener-10 -
Eastport Annapolis Neck – Build It with LEGO
https://www.aacpl.net/event/build-it-14 -
Maryland City – Science Saturdays – LEGO Challenge
https://www.aacpl.net/event/science-saturdays-lego-challenge -
Severna Park – Community Service Crafternoon – Making crafts to serve a community need
https://www.aacpl.net/event/community-service-crafternoon-0 -
Odenton – Craft for a Cause: Handmade Greeting Cards – with uplifting messages to be sent to cancer patients
https://www.aacpl.net/event/craft-cause-handmade-greeting-cards -
Deale – Science Saturdays – The BFFs of Nature – learning how different organisms help each other and the benefits of mutalism
https://www.aacpl.net/event/science-saturday-bffs-nature
Tue – 7/11
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Glen Burnie – Little Artists: Process Art
https://www.aacpl.net/event/little-artists-process-art-0 -
Severna Park – Stitchin in the Stacks
https://www.aacpl.net/event/stitchin-stacks-2 -
Severn – Open Craft Night
https://www.aacpl.net/event/open-craft-night-4 -
Deale – Art Night: Art From Around the World Part 2
https://www.aacpl.net/event/art-night-art-around-world-pt2 -
Odenton – Art Inspired by Music
https://www.aacpl.net/event/art-inspired-music
Wed – 7/12
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Crofton – Zine Workshop
https://www.aacpl.net/event/zine-workshop -
Glen Burnie – Junior LEGO Masters Built-a-thon
https://www.aacpl.net/event/junior-lego-masters-build-thon -
Busch Annapolis – Community Story Quilt – Make It Together
https://www.aacpl.net/event/community-story-quilt-make-it-together
Unallocated Space – Severn
https://www.unallocatedspace.org/events/
https://www.meetup.com/unallocated-space/events/calendar/
Tonight 7/6 – Virtual Happy Hour
https://www.meetup.com/unallocated-space/events/llfsdsyfckbjb/
Tomorrow 7/7 – DefCon443 Cybersecurity Meetup – Infosec, SDR, Capture the Flag, Ham Radio, Lock Picking, a little bit of everything involving security, cyber and otherwise.
https://www.meetup.com/unallocated-space/events/rdkjzsyfckbkb/
Mon 7/10 – Project Night
https://www.meetup.com/unallocated-space/events/wvtwxryfckbnb/
Wed 7/12 – Locksport MD TOOOL
https://www.meetup.com/unallocated-space/events/hmwkbtyfckbqb/
Wed 7/12 – Open House Night
https://www.meetup.com/unallocated-space/events/fwgwqsyfckbqb/
Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club – Crofton
Summer Clubs – Next week has two camps, “Escape the Camp” escape room design and morning sessions of “LEGO Robotics” camp. The weeks that follow include camps for, would-be Young Inventors, Game Designers, Roboticists, Minecraft Builders and young scientists
https://pongoslearninglab.com/summer-camp-schedule/
https://pongoslearninglab.com/
Patuxent Lapidary Guild
Faceting 101: Basic Rounds
https://www.patuxentlapidary.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=310740&item_id=1999009
https://www.patuxentlapidary.org/
Annapolis Makerspace
https://www.meetup.com/annapolis-makerspace/events/calendar/
Tomorrow 7/7 “Sell what you Make! Introduction to selling on Etsy and Shopify!”
https://www.meetup.com/annapolis-makerspace/events/294399136/