Tomorrow 12/10 - Creative and Performing Arts of South County near the All American Steakhouse in Edgewater - One more Paint Night on Friday.  Classes are limited to 8 people and they have a kids’ session for ages 6-10 followed by an 11+ session.

http://artsofsoco.org/programsandclasses.html

Wild Oak Flower and Herb Farm in Severn:

Sat 12/19 - Tabletop Miniature Christmas Tree Create your own Miniature Christmas Tree perfect for a table centerpiece. Use fresh evergreens and berries; finish your design with Christmas balls.

Sat 12/19 - Fresh Flower Holiday Table Arrangement Make your own holiday display with fresh flowers, greenery, berries and pinecones, perfect for your holiday table.

https://willowoakherbs.com/classes/

If you’re looking for more fun lights displays…  Check out:

Lights on the Bay benefiting the SPCA of AACo, an independent organization not related to the national ASPCA

https://www.lightsonthebay.org/

Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Solomons always has a great outdoor lights display that you can walk through.  Well worth the drive down south.

https://www.annmariegarden.org/annmarie2/content/garden-lights-magical-light-show

Wine & Design in Annapolis is still doing virtual take home classes as well as a few in-person classes.  This week check out their Vintage Santa, Whimsical Christmas Tree, Hangin with my Gnomies, Paw Print Christmas Tree, Art Buzz Kids Santa, Sophisticated, Holly Hedgehog, Wise Men Starry Night and Winter Cardinal classes. And be sure to check out their Small Business Saturday offerings.

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

Local by Design

Virtual group workshops - Enjoy a fun evening crafting "together" virtually.  Some of their workshops past workshops have been ornament making, cookie decorating, wood signs, drawing/painting and more.  Message us with your dates and ideas. 

https://www.localbydesignannapolis.com/workshops

https://www.localbydesignannapolis.com/events/virtual-group-workshops

Art Farm - Annapolis

Check out ArtFarm’s online Market - ArtFarm Studios brings you a curated collection through ArtFarm Market. Each sale directly supports working artists and small businesses. Artwork is Work and we are happy to get this work out to the world.

https://artfarmmarket.com/

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… including a Virtual Sensory Story Time and Bilingual  story time

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/babies-bloom-story-time-hosted-deale-library-9

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-51

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-71

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-sensory-storytime-discoveries-library-2

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-72

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-36

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-73

Today 12/17 - Afternoon Book Club: Baking Books - Discussing baking books of your choice and recipes you’ve enjoyed.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/afternoon-book-club-baking-books

Tonight 12/17 - Prepare and Share Virtual Cookbook and Recipe Club: Holiday Baking

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/prepare-and-share-virtual-cookbook-and-recipe-club-holiday-baking

Tomorrow 12/18 - The Great Movies: Dawson City: Frozen in Time, the buried history of a gold rush town. And it can be watched through the library’s access to Kanopy.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-dawson-city-frozen-time-2016-special-guest-bill-morrison

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy

Check out a lot of interesting things at the library…  like Laughter Yoga, Winter Bingo, Virtual Winter Scavenger Hunt, Braver Angels Depolarizing Within..

Unallocated Space - Severn

Tonight 12/17 - UAS hasn’t been having any in-person classes but they’re still doing some things virtually.   On Thursday nights, they've been doing an online virtual Happy Hour

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/htgkvrybcqbwb/

Tonight 12/17 - Beginner Soldering Class - Conducted over Zoom, they’ll walk you through assembling the a real Tesla Coil kit.  Even if you didn’t get ahold of a kit, you’re welcome to join in on the Zoom call to learn about soldering.

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/274701277/

Tomorrow 12/18 - Virtual Amateur Radio Night

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/vwgvxrybcqbxb/

Tomorrow - 12/18 - Virtual DC443 Hack The Box Working Group - honing cybersecurity skills in a fun and social environment

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/wzcmwrybcqbxb/

Mon 12/21 - Project Night - Following proper social distancing and mask guidelines, join UAS for their project night.

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/wvtwxrybcqbcc/

Annapolis Makerspace

Tonight 12/17 - Check out one of our bi-weekly open house and new member orientation nights.  If you want to see what the shop is like before deciding to join, tonight’s a good night to drop by.

https://www.meetup.com/Annapolis-Makerspace/events/nxdmxrybcqbwb/

Tues 12/22 - Monthly General Meeting

https://www.meetup.com/Annapolis-Makerspace/events/fwbvvrybcqbdc/

And remember to shop local this holiday season.  The Downtown Annapolis Partnership has a website with all the businesses in downtown and how to shop online from them.  Check out https://www.downtownannapolispartnership.org/ and before you hit Amazon, hunt around locally, even if it’s just gift cards…  local businesses need all the help they can get this time of year, especially this year.