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Maker Minutes 8/6/2020

Thursday, August 06, 2020 7:35 AM | Trevor Gryffyn (Administrator)

Sat 8/8 - Wildberry Farms in Crownsville is having their monthly Wildberry Vendor Market.On the second Saturday of every month, we will host local vendors, makers, and small business owners at the farm for a Vendor Market! 

https://www.wildberryfarmmarket.com/farm-events


Tues/Wed 8/11-8/12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-perseid-meteor-shower


Blended Essentials

Check out their Summer Camps starting next Monday, making candles, soaps, bath bombs, lotions and more

Summer Camp 8 - Aug 3-7 - The theme is: Backyard Fun

https://theblendedessentials.com/summer-camps-2020


Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out Sea Oats and Hatteras, Moonlit Beach Date, Allure, and River Walk take home kits and virtual classes.  Also check out their 5-slot “bring 5 friends” class tomorrow night.

https://www.wineanddesign.com/calendar/annapolis-md


The Kid Museum up in Bethesda has some fun stuff online.  

Check out their Make It DIY workshops:

https://kid-museum.org/make-it/kid-robotics/ This week’s theme is Kid Robotics with lessons like What is a Robot? Making Analog Robot Models, Program Your Grown-Up, Wigglebots, Robotic Arms and Intro to Micro:bit, an inexpensive microcontroller that’s fun to program.

Also check out their Make It! Summer Camps streamed right to your home including KID Engineers for 2nd - 4th graders and Wacky Inventions for 5th - 7th graders next week. https://kid-museum.org/make-it-summer-camp/


If you’re looking for local streaming music, check out the Annapolis Streaming Facebook group.. 

https://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisMusic/

 This week… 

Tonight 8/6 - Live Arts Maryland’s QuaranTiny Concert

https://www.facebook.com/events/1126250897751698/

Tomorrow 8/7 - Dave Tieff of Laughing Colors will be performing the full albums “Depth” and “What’s So Funny” on FB Live

https://www.facebook.com/events/3498200470211873/

Sat 8/8 - Mad Planet will be performing live as well as streaming on FB from the Elks Lodge 2266 in Severn

https://www.facebook.com/events/715469699291904/

Sat, Mon and Wed - Spencer Joyce live stream

https://www.facebook.com/events/5031874350431057/

https://www.facebook.com/events/5031874360431056/

https://www.facebook.com/events/5031874393764386/

Also check out Spencer Joyce tonight, in person, at Cult Classic Brewing in Stevensville… and find more live, non-streaming music at the Annapolis Music facebook group, formerly Annapolis Streaming.


Art Farm - Annapolis

Summer art camps are in session with Mixed Media Sculpture Camp finishing up and another Fearless Girl Photo Camp, this time for advanced and returning campers) starting the week after next with a Graphic Design camp following that.

http://www.artfarmannapolis.com/summer-camps

Check out Art Farm’s online Virtual Classes. 

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/virtual-classes

With the Virtual Botanical Drawing for Beginners in full swing, a Virtual Beginner Macrame class starting the week after next along with a Virtual First Exposure: Digital Photography class.

And be sure to check out ArtFarm’s virtual art gallery, where all art is for sale including art from Annapolis and local artists.

http://www.artfarmannapolis.com/gallery


Maryland Hall

Maryland Hall’s summer camps for kids have started up.

Next week, check out…

Drawing Digital Studio - Pet Portraits

Creating Artworks with Mixed Media

Clayworks for Teens

Pottery Wheel for Teens

Self Expression in Drawing, Painting and Collage

2nd Annual Music School for Aspiring Musicians

https://www.marylandhall.org/searchable-weekly-summer-camp-schedule

They’ve also put together a collection of ArtReach art challenges on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyw2lhJX3TZ3H7pEgyTH1wS5FWomu7GkQ


Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 8/8 - Nature’s Medicine Cabinet - Learn about colonial “medicines” that were grown in gardens or gathered from local fields and forests. Many modern medicines started as folk remedies like were used back then.

https://www.facebook.com/events/707035306704757/

Sun 8/9 - Summer on the Farm - Rain or Shine, summer on the farmstead was a busy season and work must go on.  Crops needed tending and food needed to be grown. Tour th Banneker farmstead and learn was was necessary for running it.

https://www.facebook.com/events/889899008099788/


AACPL

...has a bunch of programs going on online if you head over to aacpl.net and click on Watch Online - Virtual Programming

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/upcoming?library_branch%5B346%5D=346&submit=Apply&form_id=lc_calendar_upcoming_form

… including Facebook Live Storytimes (including bilingual storytimes) every weekday as well as a children’s book discussion

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-21

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-33

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-3

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-17

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-25

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-13


Today 8/6 - Teen Focus Group - This is an opportunity for teens to share their voices with the library staff.  Ask and answer questions about your interests, how things are going in this new virtual world, connect with others, discuss library virtual programs and what you’ve tried and what you’d be interested in seeing.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/teen-focus-group


Tomorrow 8/7 - 123 Andres Bilingual Family Beats - The Latin Gramming winning duo of Christina and Andres bring you their bilingual tunes and irresistible beats to get your family up, moving and laughing.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/123-andres-bilingual-family-beats-12


Tomorrow 8/7 - The Great Movies: “The Old Dark House”, a film from 1932 where Frankenstein directory James Whale creates a nerve-jangling tale that became the template for all spooky-house chillers to come, starring Boris Karloff in an unforgettable role as the hulking, disfigured butler, Morgan..

 And it can be watched through the library’s access to Kanopy.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-old-dark-house-1932

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy


Mon 8/10 - Talking to Children about Race - Part 2 of this series, a panel of diverse parents will discuss concerns families may have when talking to their children about race. Sharing honestly about fears, challenges and successes in their own conversations.  Part 1 is available on YouTube.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/talking-children-about-race


Tues 8/11 - Dragons: Return of the Ice Sorceress - A fun fantasy adventure featuring awesome dry ice effects.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/dragons-return-ice-sorceress-10


Wed 8/12 - Ready, Set, Kindergarten with Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Four family storytimes will use stories, songs and games to help children, parents and caregivers prepare for kindergarten in fall 2020.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/ready-set-kindergarten-eastport-annapolis-neck-library-0


Wed 8/12 - Intro the Library eBooks and Streaming, with plenty of things to keep you occupied and entertained.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/intro-library-ebooks-and-streaming-13



 

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