Londontown Gardens down in Edgewater

Tonight Colonial Cocktails Lamb’s Wool and Hot Buttered Rum - Learn how to make and enjoy two colonial era cocktails. This time around, check out Lambs Wool, made with apples, brown ale and spices.   As well as the classic Hot Buttered Rum.

https://www.historiclondontown.org/events

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tonight Thu 11/5 - Beginner Photography for ages 12-15 run by Alison Harbaugh from Sugar Farm Productions and the Fearless Girls Photography camps as well as Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Joshua McKerrow

https://www.facebook.com/events/2862599663843569/

https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/174361-beginner-photography-for-ages-12-15?source=semester

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/fearless

Sat 11/7 - Outdoor Mini Art for ages 7-10 - Give yourself a break and drop the kids off every other Saturday this fall for a 3 hour mini art camp for kids. This Saturday the kids will be doing art and improv with Reflex Improv’s Dan Brown!

https://www.facebook.com/events/3370866526341940/

https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/178881?source=semester

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/11/7/outdoor-saturday-kids-mini-camp-ages-7-11

Sun 11/8 - Outdoor Sketch Night, moved from Annapolis Town Center, now at Maryland Theater for the Performing Arts (MTPA) at Park Place. Featuring a live model in costume going through various poses.

https://www.facebook.com/events/405730094143057/

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/sketch-nights

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/11/8/outdoor-sunday-sketch-night-at-mtpa

Mon 11/9 - 8 week Mixed Media Sculpture for ages 10-15 continues

https://www.facebook.com/events/286492852655704/

Tues 11/10 - Graphic Design Class - 8 week course running every Tuesday through November 10th. Students will learn the fundamentals of design from color theory to font choices to branding.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

https://www.facebook.com/events/321830482597646/

Maryland Hall

Maryland Hall has some virtual as well as socially distanced on-site classes.  Check their site for information on classes like:

Watercolor: Material Explorations, Glass 2: Projects and Aspirations, Linoleum Block Carving and Clay Imprints, Let’s Paint November, Foundations of Drawing, Landscape and Drone Photo Editing, and more.

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 

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/babies-bloom-story-time-hosted-deale-library-4

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-46

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-53

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-54

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-30

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-preschool-storytime-4

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-55

Tonight 11/5 - Virtual Big Read Discussion: Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine’s essay, image and poetry, a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-big-read-discussion-citizen-american-lyric

Tomorrow 11/6 - The Great Movies: 1945’s “Detour” and 1949’s “D.O.A.”. And it can be watched through the library’s access to Kanopy.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-film-noir-double-feature-detour-1945-and-doa-1949

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy

Sat 11/7 - STEM at Home - How to Make a Wigglebot - Unfortunately this workshop is already full, but it’s a great reminder of all the fun things the library system is doing that you should keep an eye out for.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/stem-home-make-wigglebot

Mon 11/9 - Intro to Caligraphy with the Severn Library

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/introduction-calligraphy-severn-library

Wed 11/11 - 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-21

Unallocated Space - Severn

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/htgkvrybcpbhb/

Tomorrow - 11/6 - Virtual DC443 Hack The Box Working Group - honing cybersecurity skills in a fun and social environment

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

Annapolis Makerspace

Tonight 11/5 - 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/nxdmxrybcpbhb/

10/2 to 11/1 - MD Stem Festival - Check out Marsha and the Positrons with STEM songs, the Maryland 4-H Artful Science Showcase, Spooky Science, Brain Battle Family Trivia, Blacks N STEAM Matter, STEM at Home and tons more!

https://marylandstemfestival.org/

Tues 10/27 - Join Something’s Blooming Annapolis at Harvest Thyme Tavern in Davidsonville for a Fall Wreath Workshop.  Enjoy Happy Hour cocktail and appetizer deals all night long for attendees.

https://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/calendar/event/20201027/907576/fabulous-fall-wreath-workshop

Londontown Gardens down in Edgewater

Tonight Colonial Cocktails Lamb’s Wool and Hot Buttered Rum - Learn how to make and enjoy two colonial era cocktails. This time around, check out Lambs Wool, made with apples, brown ale and spices.   As well as the classic Hot Buttered Rum.

https://www.historiclondontown.org/events

Art Farm - Annapolis

Thu 10/22 - Starting today and running 5 weeks - Beginner Photography for ages 12-15 run by Alison Harbaugh from Sugar Farm Productions and the Fearless Girls Photography camps as well as Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Joshua McKerrow

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/10/22/beginner-photography-for-ages-12-15

https://www.facebook.com/events/2815432108560325/

Sat 10/24 - Saturday Morning Fall Mini Camp for ages 10-14. Drop the kids off and enjoy 3 hours to yourself while they work on a variety of projects and a rotating roster of teachers.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

https://www.facebook.com/events/2013255728804700/

Sun 10/4 - First Exposure: Beginners Photography Series continues

https://www.facebook.com/events/895993997595781/

Mon 10/19 - 8 week Mixed Media Sculpture for ages 10-15 continues

https://www.facebook.com/events/286492862655703/

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/10/19/mixed-media-sculpture-for-ages-10-15

Tues 10/27 - Virtual Beginner Drawing Class for ages 13 to adult

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/10/20/virtual-beginner-drawing-class-ages-13-adult

Tues 10/27 - Graphic Design Class - 8 week course running every Tuesday through November 10th. Students will learn the fundamentals of design from color theory to font choices to branding.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

https://www.facebook.com/events/311278233652871/

Wed 10/28 - 4 week Mixed Media City Project for ages 7-9

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/10/21/mixed-media-4-week-city-project

Wed 10/28

Running every Wednesday through Nov 11th, Virtual Pencil, Charcoal and Watercolor with Cat Dolch, for ages 10-15.  Continues… https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar/2020/9/9/virtual-pencil-charcoal-amp-watercolor-with-cat-dolch

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Sun/Mon/Tues 10/25-27 - Handmade Clay Turkey Handprints

https://www.theclaybakers.com/events/

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 pajama story time, monster mash story time, let’s vote story time, halloween hullabaloo

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/babies-bloom-story-time-hosted-deale-library-3

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-44

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/pajama-storytime-severn-library

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-47

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/glen-burnie-library-presents-monster-mash-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-lets-vote-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-48

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-28

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/halloween-hullabaloo-virtual-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-49

Today 10/22 - Afternoon Book Club: Horror and Ghost Stories

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/afternoon-book-club-horror-ghost-stories

Tomorrow 10/23 - Virtual Halloween Scavenger Hunt

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-halloween-scavenger-hunt

Sat 10/24 - SERC Science To Go: All About DNA for ages 5to 11 - Join the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to learn about DNA including performing a real DNA extraction at home with all materials provided to you at no cost.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/serc-science-go-all-about-dna

Mon 10/26 - Color Your Own Tarot at the Severn Library - Get a pack of cards to color as well as a book, checked out on your library card, that will guide you on how to use your new cards to practice mindfulness

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/color-your-own-tarot-severn-library

Mon 10/26 - Pride Yarn Weaving hosted by the Severn Library - Design your own Pride flag and create a yarn hanging that represents who you are and hang it with pride! As well as learn about some LGBT history for LGBT History Month

Mon 10/26 - Mondays Are Murder Online True Crime Discussion - This month’s discussion centers around The Case of David Camm.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/mondays-are-murder-online-true-crime-discussion-5

Unallocated Space - Severn

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/htgkvrybcnbtb/

Tonight 10/22 - Beginner Soldering Class - Conducted over Zoom, they’ll walk you through assembling the SparkFun Weevil Eye 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/273527034/

Tomorrow - 10/23 - Virtual DC443 Hack The Box Working Group - honing cybersecurity skills in a fun and social environment

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

Annapolis Makerspace

Tonight 10/22 - 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/nxdmxrybcnbdc/

Tues 10/27 - Monthly General Meeting

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

10/2 to 11/1 - MD Stem Festival

https://marylandstemfestival.org/

Sat 10/17 - Fungus Amongus: Intro to Mushroom Identification at Beverly Triton Nature Park 

https://www.aacounty.org/news-and-events/events/event/10/17/2020/fungus-amoungus-intro-to-mushroom-identification

Sat 10/17 - Check out Fall Mini Sessions at Wildberry Farms with Megan Evans Photography and Sweet Annie’s Flower Truck.

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

Mon 10/19 - STEAM Fair 2020 goes virtual! - Take the STEAM Fair home, this year.  Check out their website for links to videos, project instructions and a complete supply list.

https://www.chesapeakefamily.com/steam-fair-2020-monday/

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat 10/17 - Outdoor Mini Art + Improv Camp for ages 7-10 - Give yourself a break and drop the kids off every other Saturday this fall for a 3 hour mini art camp for kids. This Saturday the kids will be doing art and improv with Reflex Improv’s Dan Brown!

https://www.facebook.com/events/743378416226954/

Mon 10/19 - begins 8 week Mixed Media Sculpture for ages 10-15

https://www.facebook.com/events/286492869322369/

Tues 10/20 - Graphic Design Class - 8 week course running every Tuesday through November 10th. Students will learn the fundamentals of design from color theory to font choices to branding.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

https://www.facebook.com/events/311278246986203/

Tues 10/20, Fri 10/15 - Virtual: Block Printing with Anita Hagan

https://www.facebook.com/events/281127319852553/

Tues 10/20 - 4 week Virtual Beginner Drawing Class continues

https://www.facebook.com/events/762409424524425/

Wed 10/21 - begins 4 week Mixed Media City Project for ages 7-9

https://www.facebook.com/events/340986027218375/

Running every Wednesday through Nov 11th, Virtual Pencil, Charcoal and Watercolor with Cat Dolch, for ages 10-15.  Continues… https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/162994-virtual-pencil-charcoal-watercolor-with-cat-dolch?source=semester

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Tomorrow 10/16 - Look Up, What do you see? - With the new moon and no moonlight, it’s a great time to get out and take a look at the night sky.

https://www.facebook.com/events/698875387358925/

Sat 10/17 - Nature Journaling - Learn to observe nature through drawing and writing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/334073454649440/

Sat 10/17 - Cooking in the Cabin - Explore Early American cooking with the park’s culinary historians, using a wood burning hearth and bake oven and more.

https://www.facebook.com/events/305506900566635/

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 Pumpkin Palooza STEM Virtual Story Time and a Unity Day Kindness Story Time

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/babies-bloom-story-time-hosted-deale-library-2

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-43

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-44

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-45

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-27

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/pumpkin-palooza-stem-virtual-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-46

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/deale-library-presents-unity-day-kindness-storytime

Tomorrow 10/16 - NASA Robotic Servicing - NASA engineers and scientists offer a presentation of how robots will help maintain things in space including satellites and spacecraft.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/nasa-robotic-servicing

Sat 10/17 - Design Challenge - With a design challenge selected, you’ll have 10 minutes to create something while listening to music or a story.  At the end, everyone shares their creation with the group.  Use your own random supplies or pick up a Design Challenge Kit from the Eastport Annapolis Neck Library.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/design-challenge

Tues 10/20 - Exploring the Outdoors: From Mountains to Sea: Maryland’s Natural Areas, presenting 31 wild and wonderful natural areas in Maryland that are easy to explore.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/exploring-outdoors-mountains-sea-marylands-natural-areas

Tues 10/20 - O’Malley Senior Center Book Club - This month’s theme is to read a book by a hispanic author and come ready to share.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/omalley-senior-center-book-club-odenton-library-0

.. Tues 10/20 - Virtual Anime and Manga Club - Share your love of Japanese animation and comics with fellow otaku.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-anime-and-manga-club-1

Tues 10/20 - Intro to eLearning Resources

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/intro-elearning-resources-0

Tues 10/20 - STEM @ Home - Celebrate the MD STEM Festival alongside the Glen Burnie Library staff who will demonstrate some science projects that you can do at home!

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/stem-home-1

Wed 10/21 - 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-25

… also the Guys Book Club: with “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/guys-book-club-all-light-we-cannot-see-anthony-doerr-0

There’s also plenty of other things going on at the library… like check out KPop Music Bingo, Understanding theLGBTQIA+ Community, Frederick Reads with Wes Moore, The City of Laurel is 150!, another run of The Groundwater Approach: Building a Practical Understanding of Structural Racism, Mindfulness Through Yoga and a Collaborative Poetry Club.

Unallocated Space - Severn

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/htgkvrybcnbtb/

Fri 10/16 - Virtual Amateur Radio Night

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

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - 10/20 - Monthly CAD/CAM and CNC with Fusion 360 3D design workshop online

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

10/2 to 11/1 - MD Stem Festival

https://marylandstemfestival.org/

Sat 10/3 - Wildberry Farms in Crownsville is having Fall Wreath Workshop with Something Blooming Annapolis

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

Sun 10/4 - First Sunday Arts Festival - With multiple options to enjoy the festival.  First, they’re officially doing the festival in-person again, on the first block of West Street with 50 vendors with lots of fun stuff.   Second, you can shop online from over 200 festival artists.  Also, after the festival is over, they’ll be converting to Dinner Under the Stars for outdoor dining and live music!

https://www.firstsundayarts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2701291326806089

Londontown Gardens down in Edgewater

Tues 10/6 - Colonial Cocktails - Fish House Punch, featuring rum and cognac, as well as Mint Juleps, originally a medicinal drink - The first session sold out a couple weeks ago so they added another one coming up on Tuesday. Make and enjoy two colonial era cocktails while learning about the drinks as well as tavern culture.

https://www.historiclondontown.org/events

Also, tonight be sure to check out their Dining to Donate fundraiser at Pirates Cove in Galesville. 

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out their Sunflowers & Pumpkins, Sultry, Owlbert, Fall In Love Date Night, Billy the Goat and Fantastical Forest take home kits and virtual classes.  

Also check out their On Demand virtual class, DIY You Choose where you can pick from a selection of different paintings.  https://www.wineanddesign.com/calendar/annapolis-md

Local by Design

Sat/Sun 10/3-4 - Regular Annapolis Artisan’s Market - with guest artist Time and Tide Designs from Edgewater as well as Local by Design’s regular resident and other affiliated artists.

https://www.facebook.com/LocalbyDesignDowntownAnnapolis/posts/1900569613419230

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat 10/3 - Outdoor Mini Art + Improv Camp for ages 7-10 - Give yourself a break and drop the kids off every other Saturday this fall for a 3 hour mini art camp for kids. This Saturday the kids will be doing art and improv with Reflex Improv’s Dan Brown!

https://www.facebook.com/events/743378416226954/

Sun 10/4 - First Exposure: Beginners Photography Series

https://www.facebook.com/events/895993994262448/

Tues 10/6 - Graphic Design Class - Started last week but there’s still time to get in on this 8 week course. Students will learn the fundamentals of design from color theory to font choices to branding.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

https://www.facebook.com/events/311278230319538/

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

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

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

Tomorrow 10/2 - The History of Time and the Calendar - 

https://www.facebook.com/events/930792930720053/

Sat 10/3 - Nature Journaling - Learn to observe nature through drawing and writing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/334073454649440/

Wed 10/7 - Home School Program: Fantastic Fungi - Includes a hunt for fungi, lichen and moss, for ages 8 and up.

https://www.facebook.com/events/289613885435849/

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 bilingual STEM story time and a Bat themed STEM story time!

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/babies-bloom-story-time-hosted-deale-library-0

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-41

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-39

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

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-40

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-25

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/bat-stem-virtual-storytime

Tomorrow 10/2 - Young Adult Writers Live w/Tehlor Kay Mejia (Taylor Kay MuhHeeUh) for Hispanic Heritage Month

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/ya-writers-live-w-tehlor-kay-mejia-hispanic-heritage-month

Tomorrow 10/2 - The Great Movies: 2007’s “Zodiac”. About the Zodiac serial killer from 1960s and 70’s San Francisco. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. And it can be watched through the library’s access to Kanopy.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-zodiac-2007

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy

Sat 10/3 - Music and Movement

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/music-movement-40

Sat 10/3 - Exploring the Atmosphere

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/exploring-atmosphere-0

Sat 10/3 - Virtual STEM Day: Escape the Library - A 1 hour virtual workshop with storytelling, ciphers, riddles and other puzzles.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-stem-day-escape-library

Mon 10/5 - Teen Book Boxes at the Severn Library - With treats and a random young adult book selected for teens who are interested in a new literary experience.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/teen-book-boxes-severn-library

Mon 10/5 - Virtual One Maryland One Book Discussion.  This month’s One Maryland One Book selection is “The Island of Sea Women” by NY Times bestselling author Lisa See. A historical fiction that chronicles two female divers from different backgrounds.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-one-maryland-one-book-discussion-1

Mon 10/5 - Intro to Library Genealogy Resources

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/intro-genealogy-resources-aacpl-0

Mon 10/5 - Movie Discussion: 2012’s Here and There

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/movie-discussion-here-and-there-coloquio-pelicula-aqui-y-alla-2012

Watch through Kanopy with a K

Tues 10/6 - New Voters, New Voices - Odenton Library staff and the League of Women Voters of AACounty discuss everything new voters need to know.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/new-voters-new-voices

Wed 10/7 - Early Reader Book Club

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/early-reader-book-club-6

Wed 10/7 - Glen Burnie Library presents Mindfulness Through Yoga for Kids

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/glen-burnie-library-presents-mindfulness-through-yoga-kids

Wed 10/7 - SoCo Knits (Virtually) - For knitters, crocheters and DIYers, a chance to hang out, share info and socialize while knitting.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/soco-knits-virtually-0

Wed 10/7 - Travel the World with Food - Choose a country you would like to visit or have visited, check out a cookbook with recipes from that country, select a recipe and dive right in!  Share photos and your experience with others.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/travel-world-food

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - 10/6 - Monthly Fusion 360 3D design workshop online

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

Sat 9/26 - Beverly Triton Park - Monarch March - Join a ranger in tagging monarch butterflies while you learn about them and their migration while exploring the pollination fields at Beverly Triton.

https://www.aacounty.org/news-and-events/events/event/09/26/2020/monarch-march

Londontown Gardens down in Edgewater

Tomorrow 9/25/Saturday 9/26 morning - Fall Plant Sale - You’ll find plants that are great for USDA hardiness zones 7a and 7b that do well in heavy clay and sand mix.  These plants are well represented in Londontown Gardens. Proceeds go to support Londontown Gardens.

Sat  9/26 - Children’s Punched Tin Workshop - Learn how colonists illuminated their lives using fires, candles and more.. Then, using punched lanterns as inspiration, create your own punched aluminum plate.

https://www.historiclondontown.org/events

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out their Mysteryious Moonrise, Pumpkin Even, Kiddo Pumpkins and Fall Road take home kits and virtual classes.  

Also check out their On Demand virtual class, DIY You Choose where you can pick from a selection of different paintings.  https://www.wineanddesign.com/calendar/annapolis-md

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat 9/26 - Saturday Morning Fall Mini Camp for ages 10-14 to complement their other “every other Saturday” class for ages 7-10. Drop the kids off and enjoy 3 hours to yourself while they work on a variety of projects and a rotating roster of teachers.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

Tues 9/29 - Graphic Design Class - Started last week but there’s still time to get in on this 8 week course. Students will learn the fundamentals of design from color theory to font choices to branding.

https://www.artfarmannapolis.com/kids

https://www.facebook.com/events/311278236986204/

Wed 9/30

Starting last Wednesday, but running every Wednesday through Nov 11th, Virtual Pencil, Charcoal and Watercolor with Cat Dolch, for ages 10-15.  There’s still plenty of time to jump in.. last week was an Intro to Pencils and this week will be Pencils Pt 2, but there’s also Charcoal and Watercolor coming up as well.

https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/162994-virtual-pencil-charcoal-watercolor-with-cat-dolch?source=semester

… also check out their Outdoor Sketch Night at Annapolis Town Center - Every other Wednesday, meet up at The Green and sketch a professional in-costume model and check out music spun by their DJ.  Also enjoy giveaways from the Town Center’s tenants such as Smyth Jewelers, South Moon Under, Gordon Biersch and Neo Pizza.

https://www.facebook.com/events/690086881718562/

Maryland Hall

Sat 9/26 - An Artsy Evening Out! Outdoor Workshop - A fun family workshop where you’ll be preserving treasured mementos by decoupaging them into a bowl, frame or box.

https://www.marylandhall.org/events/an-artsy-evening-out-a-fun-outdoor-workshop/2020-09-16/

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

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

Sat 9/26 morn - Nature Journaling - Learn to observe nature through drawing and writing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/334073447982774/

Sat 9/26 afternoon - Preserving the Harvest Workshop - Foodways historians teach techniques for preserving some of the autumn’s harvest.  Work hands-on with a wood fired hearth and period utensils and take home your creations!

https://www.facebook.com/events/3060909100631283/

… Sat 9/26 Sun 9/27 morn - Banneker BioBlitz for Pollinators - Work with park staff to create a snapshot of the wildlife that can be found in Banneker Park using the iNaturalist app to take pictures of plants, insects and animals in the area!

https://www.facebook.com/events/292723552048898/

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 an Arabic-English and Spanish-English bilingual story times as well as a pirate story time.

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

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-40

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

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/arabic-english-bilingual-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/pirate-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-37

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-24

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-preschool-storytime-0

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-38

Tomorrow 9/25 - Trivia Night for Adults

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/trivia-night-adults-1

Mon 9/28 - Mondays Are Murder Online True Crime Discussion - This month’s discussion centers around The Dating Game Murderer.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/mondays-are-murder-online-true-crime-discussion-4

Tues 9/29 - Virtual One Maryland One Book Discussion with Mountain Road Library.  This month’s One Maryland One Book selection is “The Island of Sea Women” by NY Times bestselling author Lisa See. A historical fiction that chronicles two female divers from different backgrounds.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-one-maryland-one-book-discussion-0

Wed 9/30 - Hackerman Best & Next Series: Karamo Brown - For this series, Karamo Brown will speak to growth through uncomfortable conversations and using one’s uniqueness to create success.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/hackerman-best-next-series-karamo-brown

.Wed 9/30 - 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-18

Unallocated Space - Severn

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/htgkvrybcmbgc/

Tomorrow - 9/25 - Virtual DC443 Hacker Hangout and HackTheBox Working Group - Sharpen your infosec skills while being social.

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

Sat 9/26 - MACRObot Robo Fight- Plastic Ant Weight combat robot brawling, fighting small robots with small 3D printed bodies.

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/273394024/

Annapolis Makerspace

Tonight - 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/nxdmxrybcmbgc/

Today 9/17 - Virtual Lecture Series - “An Introduction to 18th Century Furniture and it’s Construction” - Presented by Tony Lovett, 18th century cabinet maker and proprietor of Charles Towne Woodworks

https://www.visitmaryland.org/events/virtual-lecture-series-introduction-18th-century-furniture-and-its-construction

Starting Sunday 9/20 and running all next week - “Paint Annapolis” - A multi-day juried plein air painting competition that brings plein air painters from around the world.

https://www.visitmaryland.org/events/paint-annapolis

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out Sammy Sloth, Feelin’ Witchy, and Sunset Lighthouse take home kits and virtual classes.  

Also check out their in studio Autumn and Trees In Fall class tomorrow night and an On Demand virtual class, DIY You Choose where you can pick from a selection of different paintings.  https://www.wineanddesign.com/calendar/annapolis-md

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

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

This week… 

This morning - 9/17 - Boogie Babes Present Guava Jelly on Facebook Live

https://www.facebook.com/events/1351706038342417/

… tonight 9/17 - Dublin 5’s Halfway to St Patricks Day Live Stream from Union Jacks

https://www.facebook.com/events/351683232867875/

… as well as 9/17 - Gaelic Storm live streaming from Rams Head Tavern

https://www.facebook.com/events/1222170811468650/

Tomorrow 9/18 - Larry Lay live streaming from Middleton Tavern

https://www.facebook.com/events/1472668202942757/

.. also 9/18 - Ken and Brad Kolodner Trio streaming live from The Mainstay in Rock Hall

https://www.facebook.com/events/717695979012608/

… lastly tomorrow night, Wine Tasting Basics with DMV & Capital Wine School, live streamed on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/events/759550534836392/

Sat 9/19 - Jimmie’s Chicken Shack’s 4th live stream from their studio in Baltimore

https://www.facebook.com/events/2598020280528326/

… and there’s lots more live in-person events on the Annapolis Music Facebook group… supporting local businesses as well as local musicians.

Chesapeake Children’s Museum

The CCM is now open to members only, by appointment. They’re also selling face masks for kids, have activities for girl scouts via Zoom and are working on some other things as well.

https://www.theccm.org/

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat 9/19 - Outdoor Mini Art + Improv Camp for ages 7-10 - Give yourself a break and drop the kids off every other Saturday this fall for a 3 hour mini art camp for kids. This Saturday the kids will be doing art and improv with Reflex Improv’s Dan Brown!

https://www.facebook.com/events/743378419560287/

Tues 9/22 - Graphic Design Class - Students will learn the fundamentals of design from color theory to font choices to branding.

https://www.facebook.com/events/311278226986205/

Wed 9/23 - Virtual Drawing Class with Cat Dolch for kids 10-15 - this 8-week Virtual class, students will work their way through various drawing skills including Nature elements, proportion and perspective, Faces and Self Portrait, Shading, Texture and more.. Using pencils, charcoal and watercolor.

https://www.facebook.com/events/422919365337532/

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

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

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

Tomorrow 9/18 - Look up, what do you see? - Check out constellations using your naked eye or binoculars in this astronomy program.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2616760568563631/

Sat 9/19 morn - Nature Journaling - Learn to observe nature through drawing and writing.

https://www.facebook.com/events/334073444649441/

… morn - Families Outdoors: Exploring Bees - Talk about the important job bee perform in Banneker’s orchard.

https://www.facebook.com/events/232287887819204/

Sat 9/19 afternoon - Nature’s Medicine Cabinet: Late Summer Teas and Remedies

https://www.facebook.com/events/1470875649772271/

Sat 9/19 afternoon - Cooking in the Cabin - Exploring early American cooking with their culinary historians.

https://www.facebook.com/events/305506903899968/

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 pajama family story time.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/babies-bloom-story-time-hosted-deale-library-11

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-39

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/pajama-family-storytime-hosted-severn-library

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-33

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-34

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-preschool-storytime

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-35

Today 9/17 - Intro to Caligraphy

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/introduction-calligraphy-1

… Zoom Bingo

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/zoom-bingo

… Intro to Digital Library Resources For At Home Learners - 

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/intro-digital-library-resources-home-learners

Tomorrow 9/4 - The Great Movies: Restoration, Preservation and Distribution of Movies During a Pandemic with Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley.

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

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-restoration-preservation-and-distribution-movies-during-pandemic

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy

Mon 9/21 - The Groundwater Approach - Building a Practical Understanding of Structural Racism

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/groundwater-approach-building-practical-understanding-structural-racism-1

… Maryland City at Russett Needlecraft Social

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/maryland-city-russett-needlecraft-social

… Help Your Child Be A Better Reader

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/help-your-child-be-better-reader

Tues 9/22 - Virtual Celebration with 123 Andres Bilingual Family Beats

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

… Intro to eLearning Resources including Rosetta Stone, Lynda, Udemy and live tutoring from Brain Fuse.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/intro-elearning-resources

Wed 9/23 - SoCo Cafe: Back to School Virtual Training for Parents and Families

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/soco-cafe-back-school-virtual-training-parents-and-families

… LEGO Challenge

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/lego-challenge-0

.Wed 9/23 - 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-24

… also the Guys Book Club: with Frank Herbert’s “Dune”.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/guys-book-club-dune-frank-herbert-0

… Collaborative Poetry Club

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/intro-library-ebooks-and-streaming-24

… Let’s Cook Latin Virtually - Explore the art and joy of cooking Hispanic food with Caliente Grill

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/lets-cook-latin-virtually-cocinemos-latino-virtualmente

Unallocated Space - Severn

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/htgkvrybcmbwb/

Tomorrow - 9/18 - Virtual Amateur Radio Night - Everyone is welcome to join whether you have your amateur radio license or not.

https://www.meetup.com/Unallocated-Space/events/273238956/

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - 9/22 - Monthly General Meeting

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

Wildberry Farms

Tomorrow - 9/11 - Annapolis Wedding Vendor Happy hour

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

Sat 9/12 - Second Saturday Wildberry Vendor Market with lots of cute and fun gifts and crafters.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2795541950558012

Londontown Gardens down in Edgewater

Sat 9/12 - Learning at London Town: What’s in a tree? - In this science and observation focused program, children will explore the gardens and learn all about the trees that live at London Town. Followed by a tree-themed experiment.

https://www.historiclondontown.org/events

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out Celia’s Garden, Stacked Pumpkins, Kiddo Cupcake, Fall Park Bench, Monogram Pumpkin, and Flora Goddess  take home kits and virtual classes.  

Also check out their 5-slot “bring 5 friends” class tomorrow night and an On Demand virtual class, DIY You Choose where you can pick from a selection of different paintings.  https://www.wineanddesign.com/calendar/annapolis-md

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

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

Sun 9/13 - Doc Pine’s Doomsday Brunch #14

https://www.facebook.com/events/772502866900131/

Larry Lay has a few gigs this week.. Including

Wed 9/16 - Brian Boru

https://www.facebook.com/events/587509991929279/

Be sure to check out all the other live music events on the Annapolis Music Facebook group, such as …

Tonight 9/10 - Annapolis Town Center - Vinyl and Vino - A fun night of wine cocktails, graze boxes and sweet boxes provided by Vintage Views Wandering Bar as well as tunes spun by DJ Crawdad.

https://www.facebook.com/events/771952156898940/

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat 9/12 - Outdoor Mini Art Camp for ages 10-14 - New at ArtFarm this Fall! Every other Saturday, kids can enjoy a variety of projects and rotating teachers  Classes will be held outdoors on days when the weather cooperates, and indoors at Art Farm’s studios when the weather’s bad. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/2013255725471367/

Sun 9/13 - First Exposure Digital Photography series - Learn how to use that digital camera you got and never got around to learning, or just brush up on some skills that might have gotten rusty.  Topics include ISO, aperture and speed settings, lenses, creating a good exposure, exploring different kinds of light, using your flash and more.  And it looks like they’re adding a third part to teach more about editing now!

https://www.facebook.com/events/826562684538913/

Wed 9/16 - Every other Wednesday - Outdoor Sketch Night with Art Farm and Annapolis Town Center - Outdoor art and music fun on The Green.  Sketch a professional, in-costume model and enjoy music provided by a DJ.  All experience levels are welcome. Bring your own supplies or purchase them from ArtFarm at the event.  Also enjoy giveaways and deals from merchants at Annapolis Town Center such as Smyth Jewelers, South Moon Under, Gordon Biersh and Neo Pizza.

https://www.facebook.com/events/690086875051896/

Check out Art Farm’s online Virtual Classes with more starting in a couple weeks

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

Maryland Hall

Wed 9/16 - An Artsy Evening Out! Outdoor Workshop - A fun date night couples workshop where you’ll be preserving treasured mementos by decoupaging them into a bowl, frame or box.

https://www.marylandhall.org/events/an-artsy-evening-out-a-fun-outdoor-workshop/2020-09-16/

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-babies-bloom-38

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-30

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-31

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-22

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-32

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-preschool-storytime-1

Today - 9/10 - Garden Round Table - Learn about effective and sustainable horticulture practices, gardening tips and tricks as well as being a humane gardener.  This month’s discussion focuses on poison ivy, lasagna gardening, autumn crops, lawn alternatives and seed saving.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/garden-round-table

.. also today 9/10 - Fredrik Backman - Anxious People. New York Times best-selling author Fredrik Backman joins Maryland Humanities and co-hosts Frederick County Public Libraries, Curious Iguana and Weinberg Center for the Arts for a virtual event to discuss his latest book, “Anxious People” about the world of failed bank robber and a disparate group of strangers who become unwitting hostages with unforgettable insights into the human condition and a gentle reminder to be compassionate to all the anxious people we encounter daily.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/fredrik-backman-anxious-people

Sat 9/12 - Kids Writers Live! With Susan Muaddi Darraj, the author of Farah Rocks, an exciting new book series from Capstone. It’s the first book series to feature a Palestinian American character, the brave, funny and smart Farah Hajjar.  Farah has a large rock collection, so grab some rocks from your yard and some paint and join author Susan Muaddi Darraj in a rock painting activity while she reads from the book.  All participants will be entered into a raffle to receive one of five copies of Farah Rocks.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/kids-writers-live-susan-muaddi-darraj

Tues 9/15 - O’Malley Senior Center book Club with Odenton Library - A virtual meeting of the O’Malley Senior Center book club with no assigned genre for the September meeting, just come ready to share one exciting book you’ve read recently.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/omalley-senior-center-book-club-odenton-library

.. also 9/15 - More Than Sad - Teaching parents how to recognize signs of depression and other mental health problems in teens, initiate a conversation about mental health with their child and get help.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/more-sad

.. finally on Tuesday 9/15 - Virtual Anime and Manga Club - Share your love of Japanese animation and comics with fellow otaku.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-anime-and-manga-club-0

Wed 9/9 - 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-17

… also the Guys Book Club: with Frank Herbert’s “Dune”.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/guys-book-club-dune-frank-herbert-0

Unallocated Space - Severn

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/htgkvrybcmbnb/ 

Tomorrow night 9/11, check out the D443 Hacker Hangout and HackTheBox Working Group - Socializing and learning how to  hone your own infosec skills at the same time.

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

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

Annapolis Makerspace

Tonight - 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/fpfvvrybclbkc/

Tonight - Electronics night, online edition.  Raspberry Pi, arduino, etc - Rescheduled from last week due to the nasty storm sweeping through Annapolis

Tonight 9/3 - Virtual Lecture - Annapolis and Colonial Painters - Join Curator of Collections for Historic Annapolis, Robin Matty, for an intimate look at not only the people portrayed but the artists who painted them.

https://annapolis.org/media-content/virtual-lecture---annapolis-and-colonial-painters

8th Annual Harvest Thyme Craft Fair down in Parsonsburg, just past Salisbury. This year has gone virtual!  Shopping from local crafters is open from now til November 14th.  Get your items now or arrange for a curbside pickup on November 21st at the Parsonsburg Vol Fire Dept.   They also have carry out platters of BBQ chicken, meatloaf, MD crab soup, apple dumplings and pies.

https://whatsupmag.com/events/harvest-thyme-craft-fair-gone-virtual/?occ_dtstart=2020-08-24T10:00

https://www.facebook.com/HarvestThymeCraftFair/

Sat 9/5 - Wildberry Farms in Crownsville is having Flower Crown Workshop - Learn how to make a flower crown from wildflowers from Wildberry Farms

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

Sun 9/6 - First Sunday Arts Festival - With multiple options to enjoy the festival.  First, they’re officially doing the festival in-person again, on the first block of West Street with 50 vendors with lots of fun stuff.   Second, you can shop online from over 200 festival artists.  Also, after the festival is over, they’ll be converting to Dinner Under the Stars for outdoor dining and live music!

https://www.firstsundayarts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/2659656604302895/

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out Autumn Lantern, Night Gnomes, Mommy & Me, Autumn Bae, Fall Walk In Love, Elephant De Cirque  take home kits and virtual classes.  

Also check out their 5-slot “bring 5 friends” class tomorrow night and an On Demand virtual class, DIY You Choose where you can pick from a selection of different paintings.  Also check out their First Sunday Paint Kits to go.

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/favorites/ This week check out some of their Favorites with lessons like Bridge Building, Bird Feeders, Household Mini Golf, Car Engineering and Bubble Science workshops..  You can also check out their previous Make It DIY weeks with Kid Robotics, Music Makers, Nature Explorers, Code Makers, Machines and MEchanisms, Around the World, Kid Carnival, Kid City, Spy Kids, Chain Reaction Challenge, Earth Week, Home Engineering, KID Outdoors, KID Arcade, Transportation.  Each one with five different exercises to explore.

Also, educators should check out the KID Museums’s Make It! Classroom, virtual maker programming featuring either semester or year-long program aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards that can be seamlessly integrated into a science class, STEM elective or enrichment settings for elementary students.

https://kid-museum.org/make-it/classroom/

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

https://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisStreaming/

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

This week… 

Larry Lay has a few live streams this week.. Including

Tomorrow 9/4 - Middleton Tavern City Docks Stream

https://www.facebook.com/events/3124069057641575/

Wed 9/9 - Brian Boru

https://www.facebook.com/events/217246339706866/

Be sure to check out all the other live music events on the Annapolis Music Facebook group, such as …

Tonight 9/3 - Annapolis Town Center - Vinyl and Vino - A fun night of wine cocktails, graze boxes and sweet boxes provided by Vintage Views Wandering Bar as well as tunes spun by DJ Crawdad.

https://www.facebook.com/events/771952160232273/

5/

… and there’s lots more live in-person events on the Annapolis Music Facebook group… supporting local businesses as well as local musicians.

Raye of Light Studio

Tues 9/8, 9/15, 9/22 - Weeknights  and Watercolors.. A three week watercolor class online. 

https://www.rayeoflightstudio.com/class/sept-weeknights-and-watercolor-online/

Art Farm - Annapolis

Summer art camps are in session with another Fearless Girl Photo Camp, this time for advanced and returning campers) starting 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 a Virtual Pencil, Charcoal & Watercolor class starting on  Wednesday..

https://www.hisawyer.com/artfarm-annapolis/schedules/activity-set/162994?source=semester

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

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-babies-bloom-50

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-28

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

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-29

Tomorrow 9/4 - The Great Movies: “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”, a wistful odyssey populated by skaters, squatters, street preachers, playwrights and the other locals on the margins. And it can be watched through the library’s access to Kanopy.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-last-black-man-san-francisco-2019

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy

Wed 9/9 - 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-23

Sat 8/15 - Kittens in Cups - Annapolis’ own little cat cafe off of Defense Highway, is having an in-store Purrmaid Painting event where you can paint and hang out with kitties and relax a little.

https://allevents.in/annapolis/in-store-purrmaid-painting-event/200020001937719

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUbaMHDwvO/

Also, if you want to support Kittens in Cups, be sure to check out their GoFundMe to help them take care of the cats while covid has everything on pause.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kittens-in-cups-cat-lounge-covid19-relief-fund

Sun 8/16 - Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club is having their August meeting online via Zoom.  After introductions, there will be a pre-selected Show and Tell.  If you’re interested antique radio equipment, these guys have some really neat stuff to show off

http://www.maarc.org/

If you’re into butterflies.. You have two great options in the area.  Check out both…

The Butterfly House at Ladew Gardens in Monkton MD just north of Timonium.. Going on now through October

https://www.visitmaryland.org/event/butterfly-house-ladew-gardens

… as well as Wings of Fancy Live Butterfly and Caterpillar Exhibit at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton going on now through the end of September

https://www.visitmaryland.org/event/wings-fancy-live-butterfly-caterpillar-exhibit-4

Blended Essentials

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

Summer Camp 8 - Aug 17-21 - The theme is: Pirates

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

Wine & Design in Annapolis is offering take home kits for painting.This week, check out Poppies, Allie Alpaca, Steppin Out, Whale Love, DIY You Choose, Blue Bombshell 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.

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

https://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisStreaming/

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

 This week… 

Tonight 8/13 - Live Arts Maryland’s QuaranTiny Concert

https://www.facebook.com/events/1126250884418366/

Tomorrow 8/14 and Wed 8/19 - Check out Larry Lay streaming first from Middleton Tavern then Brian Boru

https://www.facebook.com/events/3155455171236847/

https://www.facebook.com/events/616912215648230/

Sat 9/15 - Jimmie’s Chicken Shack 3rd Livestream from Jerome’s studio in Baltimore

https://www.facebook.com/events/296281191491245/

Sat, Mon and Wed - Spencer Joyce live stream

https://www.facebook.com/events/5031874380431054/

https://www.facebook.com/events/5031874370431055/

https://www.facebook.com/events/5031874417097717/

Art Farm - Annapolis

Summer art camps are in session with another Fearless Girl Photo Camp, this time for advanced and returning campers) starting 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 next week along with a Virtual First Exposure: Digital Photography class on Saturday.

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

Wed 8/19 - An Artsy Evening Out!  A Fun Outdoor Workshop at Maryland Hall - In this couples workshop, learn about preserving mementos by decoupaging them into a bowl, frame or box.

https://www.marylandhall.org/artsy-evening-out-fun-outdoor-workshop-maryland-hall

Also keep an eye out for Maryland Hall’s summer camps for kids.

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

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Check out their Party Animals In The House pottery-to-go that you can order online and get creative at home!

https://www.theclaybakers.com/to-go

.. and their ArtRageous Summer Camp - Great Outdoors, for ages 6+.  All campers will create fun projects ranging from pottery painting, glass fusing, clay sculpting, tie dye, wheel throwing and more.

https://www.facebook.com/events/635731707011726/

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 Story times (including bilingual story times) every weekday as well as a children’s book discussion

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-22

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-34

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-4

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-bilingual-storytime-18

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-babies-bloom-26

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/facebook-live-preschool-storytime-14

Today 8/13 - A Celebration of Differences - A children’s book reading and great discussion about how we are all different and all special.  This particular event will focus on race and discuss how racial difference make the world more beautiful, teaching kids that differences are something to celebrate, not ridicule.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/celebration-differences

...also 8/13 - Braver Angels Skills Workshop: How To Talk Across the Political Divide - Braver Angels is a nation-wide organization formed to unite red and blue Americans to depolarize our society.  This free workshop will teach participants skills for having respectful conversations that clarify differences, search for common ground and affirm their common humanity.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/braver-angels-skills-workshop-how-talk-across-political-divide

Tomorrow 8/14 - Anansegro! An Interactive Storytelling, African Drums and Game - In this exciting family funfare event, they’ll use the technique of African storytelling to explore some favorite children’s literature with lots of drumming, singing and dancing.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/anansegro-interactive-storytelling-african-drums-and-games

Also Tomorrow 8/14 - The Great Movies: “Seconds”, a film from 1966 about a man, deseparate to escape his life, succumbs to a mysterious organizations offer of a new identity and fresh start.  Starring Rock Hudson.

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

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/great-movies-seconds-1966

https://www.aacpl.net/kanopy

Tues 8/18 - Juggling Funny Stories! - Award winning family entertainer Chris Fasicone brings stories to life with his boundless energy, humor and audience participation as he acts out children’s books, becoming a multitude of hilarious characters.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/juggling-funny-stories-7

Also Tues 8/18 - Virtual Anime and Manga Club! - Share in the love of Japanese animation and comics online! Join fellow Otaku and enjoy discussing your favorite anime and manga with others.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/virtual-anime-and-manga-club

Wed 8/19 - Read, Set, Kindergarten with Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Four family story times will use stories, songs and games to help children, parents and caregivers prepared for kindergarten in fall 2020

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/ready-set-kindergarten-eastport-annapolis-neck-library-1

Wed 8/19 - 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-14

… also the Guys Book Club: with Jack London’s classic “Call of the Wild” featuring exactly zero CGI dogs.

https://aacpl.librarycalendar.com/events/guys-book-club-call-wild-jack-london

Annapolis Makerspace

Tonight - 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/fpfvvrybclbrb/

Tues - 8/18 - CAD/CAM and CNC with Autodesk Fusion 360

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

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