Tonight - Londontown Gardens - Archaeology Lab Night workshop learning to identify animal bones.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tomorrow - ArtFarm Winter Kids Art Show - The end of the winter semester means it’s time for an exhibition of works created by the talented students who have been learning and working for the last 8 weeks. Stop in for a cookie and some bubbly, meet the teachers and maybe sign up for a spring or summer semester :)

Sat - 3/9 - ArtFarm is having a gallery opening on Saturday featuring new works by students from the Anne Arundel Community College Dept of Visual Arts

http://www.artfarmannapolis.com/calendar

Also, registration is live for ArtFarm’s summer camps for 2019. Various camps include Street Art, Mini Animation Camp, Nature Inspired Art, Painting and Drawing, Mixed Media, 3D Sculpture, Circus in the Classroom and of course the Fearless Girls Photography camps.

FinArt

Maryland Hall

Tonight - Gallery Reception featuring the works of Joanne S Scott, one of the co-founders of Maryland Hall back in 1978... Tony Spencer, a recording artist/poet/model/composer and story teller as well as BIG INK, an exhibition of archived BIG INK large scale woodblock prints.

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Tonight 3/7 - Ladies Night

Tomorrow/Fri 3/8 - Kids Night Out - A Bugs Life

Sun/Mon - 3/10-3/11 - Glass fusing - Napkin Vases

Tues - 3/12 - PreSchool Book Club - Ten Lucky Leprechauns

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

GEMS - Girls Excelling in Math and Science

Sat 3/9 - Join GEMS for another Saturday Academy at the New Carrollton Branch Library - Explore StEm through hands-on activities with breakfast and lunch included. Register at gemspgcounty.org

AACPL

Tonight - 3/7 - Crofton - Women in STEM - This series showcases women from all walks of life presenting accounts of how STEM has impacted their lives.

Sat - 3/9 - Brooklyn Park - Teens + STEM = Opportunities - Learning about different STEM career opportunities through hands on activities

Sat - 3/9 - Severna Park - Get Ready for Pi Day - Pi Day is March 14th! Exercise your math skills by listening to a math-themed story and participating in math-related activities.

Tues - 3/12 - Odenton - Kids Can Cook: Meatless Meals - Join Emily Craft, in-store nutritionist at Giant Food to learn how to make meals with vegetarian-friendly proteins. Registration is required.

Wed - 3/13 - Deale - SoCoGrow - Meet the growers behind Windermere Farms mushroom and culinary herbs operation and learn about the local wild mushrooms that come in kit and log form that you can grown at home.

Also don’t miss…

Sat 3/9 - Maryland City at Russett - Virtual Reality Adventures

Sat 3/9 - Severn - Slime Time

Mon 3/11 - Linthicum - Maker Mondays

Mon 3/11 - Severna Park - Minecraft Club

Tues - Odenton - STEAM Tuesdays

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Tonight - Robotics Club - Learn to code by programming robits! Kids will have access to many of Pongos’ programmable robots and will work through challenges to learn how to get their robots to complete the challenges.

Tomorrow - 3/8 - Gamer Club - Including games such as Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite

Mon - Builders Club, Arts & Crafts Club as well as their LEGO Club

Tues - Coder Kids Club

Wed - YouTube Stars and Animators Club

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues 3/12 - Monthly Sewing Night - Come along and work on your own project, socialize or join along with Emi working on Simplicity Pattern 2290, a simple lounge pants pattern that even beginners can learn! If you have a sewing machine, bring it along.

Today - Annapolis Maritime Museum - Winter Lecture Series - Restoring Spa Creek: Taking an Urban Creek from Endangered to Swimmable - Donna Jefferson will provide an introduction to the Spa Creek Conservancy and it’s efforts to restore Spa Creek.

Today - Baltimore - Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Education Speaker Series welcomes Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography for Lighting at Pixar Animation Studios as well as Emily Calandrelli, producer and Emmy-nominated host of FOX’s “Xploration Outer Space for “Oh the Places You’ll go with STEM: Aeronautics to Technology and Beyond”

Today and ending tomorrow - Columbia - Diversity Film Festival at Howard Community College - The diversity film festival features several of the films involve how differences can create “wonder”.

Mon - Maryland Hall - the last film in the 11th Annual Bridges to the World International Film Festival airs. The last entries is “Wajd: Songs of Separation”, a Canadian film about Syrian musicians.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tomorrow - Mardi Gras Mask Workshop - For ages 13+, you’ll make a mold of your own face using non-toxic plaster cloth. After it dries, you’ll paint it, add features, beads and whatever else is available, feel free to bring your own adornments to add to the design.

Sun - The Clown School at Art Farm - Exploring the history of indigenous rituals to silent film comedians to modern day. Work through improv exercises that focus on the connection with the audience, perform exercises carefully constructed to build skills and techniques applicable to many differing performance venues including stage and on-camera.

Wed - Intro to Improv Spring 6 week class - Reflex Improv is back for a six week class in the fundamentals of long-form improv. Improv is a great way of relieving anxiety, helping with teamwork and public speaking work and just being in the moment, in general..

Also, registration is live for ArtFarm’s summer camps for 2019. Various camps include Street Art, Mini Animation Camp, Nature Inspired Art, Painting and Drawing, Mixed Media, 3D Sculpture, Circus in the Classroom and of course the Fearless Girls Photography camps.

AACPL

Today - Deale - Coding Club - Programming with Scratch, a simple visual programming language that can be used to create games as well as interactive stories

Mon - Linthicum - Art in our Schools Program - Young artists from local elementary schools and their families are invited to a celebration of their art which has been on display this month in the libraries

Tues - Severn - Mad Scientist Party - Try out some crazy science experiments and STEM activities inspired by discoveries from famous female scientists.

In addition, don’t miss the various STEM Challenge Thursdays, Maker Mondays as well as build and play days. Head over to https://www.aacpl.net/stem for more events

Unallocated Space - Severn

Saturday - Raspberry Jam Party! - Celebrating Raspberry Pi’s birthday, join Unallocated Space with show and tells, hands on exercises anyone can pick up including manipulating Minecraft with Python programming language, making LEDs blink and more. Anyone is welcome to participate!

In addition to that, UAS has their regular…

Tonight - HAM Radio Night
Tomorrow - Defcon Group Hacker Hangout
Mon - Project night
Tues - 3D Printing Night
Wed - Open House and Lockpicking night

Annapolis Makerspace

Tuesday - Monthly Fusion 360 3D Design Workshop

Mondays - Woodworking Night
Thurs - Electronics Night

Today - Annapolis Maritime Museum - Winter Lecture Series - Rosemary Williams will paint a vivid image of Annapolis with tails of violent skirmishes between outlaw oyster poachers, the crabbing rage of the 20th century, the slight of hand trick by the Secretary of the Navy that brought the Naval Academy to Annapolis as well as the cities Golden Age of Sailing. Stunning vintage images of Annapolis’ history complete her presentation.

Tomorrow - Silver Spring - Green Matters Symposium - Join environmental and horticultural experts as they explore creative design solutions that address the challenges and opportunities associated with diverse landscapes

2/23 - National Electronics Museum - Techno Swap Fest - A flea market of the all the best electronics junk people are trying to find new homes for.

Local by Design

Sat/Sun 2/23-24 - Annapolis Artisans Market - You can find Local by Design’s artists at their downtown location and their Annapolis Mall locations, but for one weekend a month, the artists clean up their workshop in the Design District, on Margaret Ave just off of Chinquapin Round Rd and invite the public in. Meet the artists and check out their workshop and wares in the monthly Local by Design Annapolis Artisans Market

Maryland Hall

Tomorrow 2/22 - Sip and Carve with Anita Hagan - Anita will discuss the history of woodblock carving and the materials used, followed by 2 hours of drawing on easy to carve material, carving and printing your finished work! Students will make an original 4in x 6in print

Monday - 2/25 - 11th Annual Bridges to the World International Film Festival - A statewide initiative in recognition of the state’s global reach and connections. Films selected and prived by the respective embassies to represent their country’s spirit and art of film making. Entries this year include films from Lithuania, Israel, Mozambique and a Canadian film about Syrian musicians. The one showing on Monday is “The Train of Salt and Sugar”, the Mozambique entry.

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Sun 2/24 and Wed 2/27 - Wet Clay workshops making Handmade Mini Plates - You’ll be walked through how to mold wet ceramic clay into mini dishes. The workshop fee covers 1lb of clay which you will shape and fire then come back later to paint then one more time in the kiln to see and gloss your creation.

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 2/23 - Maple Sugar in Maryland - Learn about tapping maple trees to get nature’s tastiest sweetener. Learn the history of mpale sugaring and taste the sticky treat for yourself.

… also today through Sunday at Oregon Ridge Nature Center

AACPL

Sat - 2/23 - Crofton - Science Fair for Young Scientists of the Future - Put on by members of the National Science Honor Society from Arundel High School

Sat 2/23 - Crofton - Seed Starting Indoors - Join Master Gardener Alison Rolen as she gives practical advice on starting seeds indoors

* Today - Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - STEM Challenge Thursdays
* Sat - Mountain Road - Minecraft
* Mon - Maryland City at Russett - Building Challenge - building with Legos

Unallocated Space - Severn

Sat - 2/23 - Epic LAN Party - From noon to midnight, good old fashioned LAN gaming party. With classics such as Doom, Quake and Descent to new favorites such as Evolve, Left 4 Dead and more.

Annapolis Makerspace

Tomorrow - 2/22 - So Sew! - Are you interested in sewing and other fiber arts either as an experienced practitioner or as a total newbie, come on out, hang out, socialize, near about different techniques and machines. We’ll have a few on hand, including a traditional sewing machines as well as servers and embroidery machines. Learn what they each machine is good for and different techniques for working with fabric for making or repairing your own clothing, making costumes, stuffed animals and pillows, all kinds of things. We’re going to try to make this a monthly gathering.

Tues - 2/26 - Monthly General Meeting/Open House

Mondays are official Woodworking night - If you want to get into woodworking or want to pick someone’s brain on a project you’re working on, drop by on Mondays to meet other local woodworkers.

Thurs - Electronics Night

Also be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Meetup to keep up on everything that’s going on with us and other great local STEAM groups!

Tonight - Annapolis Maritime Museum - Winter Lecture Series continues with Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Restoration Strategies for the Chesapeake Bay. Dr Stephen Ailstock will be discussing the many techniques used to propagate Bay grasses that were pioneered at the Environmental Center of Anne Arundel Community College.

Saturdays in February - Historic Londontown Gardens - Winter Lecture Series: African American Experience. This Saturday will be “Historical Character Interpretation: Connecting the Dots”. Brenda Parker shows how to create a more complete story of African American people in the past using various available resources.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat 2/16 - Marbling Day - Drop in between noon and 4pm and marble a silk scarf or paper. We did this during the last Chocolate Binge Festival and the scarfs come out really awesomely.

FinArt

Tomorrow night - FinArt in Annapolis is having a gallery show with live music from four amazing bands, Tess Crawford, Shawn Shakya, Wyght Gold and Rivka, as well as special guests Ryan Walsh and Christian Pruitt. Doors open at 7pm, there’s a $5 cover and you’re welcome to bring your own liquid refreshments.

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 2/16 - Meet Mary Banneker - Mary Banneker was a key part of her community and family. Learn how Mary prepared for winter by drying herbs, sewing blackets and using plants to care for her family in the 1700s.

AACPL

Sat 2/16 - Riviera Beach - Go on a VR Expedition with this virtual field trip around the world!

Mon 2/18 - Annapolis (2000 Capital Dr) - Museum on the Move - Exploring the lives of famous African American Marylanders, history, culture, art and STEM with museum educators from the Banneker-douglass Museum. Call to register.

Mon 2/18 - Brooklyn Park - Slime Time - Make your own custom clime to take hom!

Mon 2/18 - Crofton - 3D Print Design Class - Use Tinkercad to design a 3D object to be printed after the event. Laptops are available for the first 20 students to use.

Annapolis Makerspace

Tomorrow 2/15 - Monthly Game Night! Board games, card games, from simple to complex, we have a little bit of everything. If you’re interested in tabletop, analog gaming, come by, hang out and play a few games!

Tuesday - 2/19 - We starting up a new monthly meet talking about CAD/CAM and CNC routers with Autodesk Fusion 360. Beyond just 3D modeling, Russ will discuss CAM programming, setting up the router as well as router maintenance and improvements.

Mondays are official Woodworking Night - If you want to get into woodworking or want to pick someone’s brain on a project you’re working on, drop by on Mondays to meet other local woodworkers.

Thurs - Electronics Night

Also be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Meetup to keep up on everything that’s going on with us and other great local STEAM groups!

Tuesday 2/12 - Cult Classic Brewery (Stevensville) - Rustic Wood Sign Painting - Ranch House Rustics will be having a workshop to help you design your sign and will have all the materials you need to paint it yourself!

Wed 2/13 - Londontown Gardens - Homeschool Spin, Sew and Sail - Learn how people in the past made their clothes and try your hand as a tailor or seamstress during this homeschool program.

Local by Design

Sat 2/9 - Annapolis Mall - Make Your Own Sign with Cricket Studio workshop.. Paint your own decorative sign using one of their designs or creating your own.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tomorrow 2/8 - MAKE IT: Block Printing - Valentine’s Edition - Learn how to carve your own block and block print onto beautiful paper and cards. Block printing extraordinaire, Anita Hagan, will be there to teach you all you need to know! The theme will be Valentines and you’ll bea ble to take your block home and print as much as you like after the class.

Sunday 2/10 - MAKE IT: Mosaic Tile (house number or garden tile) - This event was rescheduled, but that means you get another chance to take advantage of this fun class. Learn how to cut and arrange pieces to make an interesting design, using glass mosaic, to create your own garden tile or house number.

Check out all the other great classes and workshops as well as open workspace at Art Farm!

GEMS - Girls Excelling in Math and Science

Sat 2/9 - If you missed it last time, they’re having another STEM Saturday Academy on Saturday at the New Carrollton Branch Library for grades 6-8. Space is limited, so register today!

AACPL

Today - Maryland City at Russett - Ozobots - Programming ozobots is as easy as drawing on a mat! Direct the little bots around and learn about programming in the process

Today - Broadneck - Fun with Robots - Let the students of the Broadneck High School Robotics Club teach you about robots by demonstrating how their competition robots work

Sat - Discoveries: Library at the Mall - Learn about Mae Jemison - The first African American woman in space! She was an engineer and a physician along with being an astronaut. Learn about her exciting life and what propelled her into orbit!

Monday - Edgewater - Mini Robot Challenge also using Ozobots

Tuesday - Odenton - Learning electronics with Snap Circuits - Kids learn to create basic and complex circuits using a simple snap together circuit building system. Registration is required.

Today - Eastport-Annapolis Neck - STEM Challenge Thursdays
Tues - Odenton - STEM Tuesdays

Unallocated Space - Severn

Tonight - Infosec night
Sun - Analog Gaming Sunday - Playing your favorite board and card games and learning about new ones.
Mon - Project night
Tues - Analog electronics
Wed - Lockpicking night

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Starting Tonight - LEGO Robotics - Learn how to combine LEGOs with gears, pulleys, motors, sensors and programmable parts to build and program robots! There are multiple groups depending on if your kids are in grades 1-4 or grades 5-8. It starts tonight and runs weekly, on Thursdays, for 8 weeks. Pongos also has a regular LEGO robotics club that meets at the same time that your kids are welcome to join if they want to do more with LEGO robotics after they finish this class.

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sat 2/9 - Beginning Silversmithing Class - A class for beginners or a refresher for those wanting to get back into silversmithing. Students will make one bezel set stone pendant with a bail. Students will need to supply one small-to-medium sized cabochon for this project, or you can purchase one at the class.

Annapolis Makerspace

Saturday - Valentines Wood Burning Workshop w/Bonnie from Day Dreams Factory - Join us for some wood burning on Saturday as we burn designs into re-purposed cigar boxes to create unique jewelry or stash boxes. Light snacks will be provided and feel free to bring your favorite beverage. Class is limited to 10 people, so be sure to register today!

Mondays are official Woodworking night - If you want to get into woodworking or want to pick someone’s brain on a project you’re working on, drop by on Mondays to meet other local woodworkers.

Thurs - Electronics Night - for anything relating to electronics including Raspberry Pi, Arduino, programming, hardware, whatever!

Saturdays in February - Historic Londontown Gardens - Winter Lecture Series: African American Experience starting on Saturday 2/2 with Competing Realities: Black Souther Marylanders and Their Quest to Shape Freedom in “Loyal” Maryland.. 1860 to 1880

February - Maple Sugaring Days at Brookside Nature Center in Silver Spring - Every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, you’ll have an opportunity to check out maple sugaring at Brookside Nature Center

Tonight - Annapolis Maritime Museum - Winter Lecture Series continues with James Gibb discussing the Human Impacts on the Chesapeake.. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Studies of the Rhode River Ecosystem

Art Farm - Annapolis

Wed 2/6 - next 3 Wednesdays - Adult Improv - Learn the fundamentals of improv comedy through yes-and, object work, characters, emotions and scene games. The foundations of improv can help develop and improve your quick thinking skills, brainstorming, team building and even help overcome anxiety.

Sat 2/2 - Saturday MAKE IT: Mosaic Tiles - Make your own garden tile or house number sign using glass mosaic tiles! Learn how to arrange and cut pieces to make your own design!

Sat 2/2 - Story Time & Pop Up Book Workshop - ages 3-8

Still a few weeks left in their after school winter semester classes for kids including sketchbooking, children’s art class, nature inspired arts and crafts as well as cartooning.

http://www.artfarmannapolis.com/class-registration

http://www.artfarmannapolis.com/events-1/2019/1/14/kids-winter-art-semester-8-weeks

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Wed 2/6 - Glass Fusing Workshop making Paisley bowls or platters

AACPL

Today - Crofton - Building Big! Domes - Explore the science principles used in building domes with hands on activities

Mon 2/4 - What To Do With a Box - Listen to Jane Yolen’s “What to do with a box” then build, play and create in a room full of boxes

Mon 2/4 - Maryland City at Russett library - Playing with Ozobots - Learn and practice coding by drawing to direct the little Ozobots on their journey

Tue 2/5 - Riviera Beach - Programming with Cubetto - a great introduction to programming gfor ages 3-5

Today - Mountain Road - Thinker Thursday
Today - Glen Burnie, Saturday - Crofton - Minecraft
Today - Eastport Annapolis Neck Library - 3D Pens
Mon 2/4 - Maker Mondays at both the Glen Burnie and Linthicum libraries
Wed 2/6 - Linthicum - Chess Club

Annapolis Makerspace

MOD Pizza fundraiser today! (1/31/2019) - Head on over to MOD Pizza at the Festival at Riva and mention Annapolis Makerspace, we get a portion of your tab. The event runs all day, so don’t worry if it’s lunch or dinner or both!

Tues - 2/5 - Monthly Autodesk Fusion 360 workshop with Russ. It’s good to have a foundation already and pick his brain on specifics, but if you’re having trouble getting off the ground, Russ can help with that as well.

Mondays are official Woodworking night 

Thurs - Electronics night

Also be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Meetup to keep up on everything that’s going on with us and other great local STEAM groups!

Newscast 1/24 to 1/31

Local by Design Annapolis Artisans Market - Sat-Sun (1/26-1/27) featuring furniture, art, home decor, jewelry and more!

Today and through Saturday  1/26 - Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge! Raising money for Special Olympics Maryland. They’ve raised over $1.3 million with a goal of $2.5 this year.

Tonight 1/24 - Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay for their First Wild & Scenic Film Festival with viewings in Richmond, VA, DC, Lancaster PA and right here in Annapolis at St Margaret’s Church. This fundraiser for the alliance features award winning films about nature, community activism, conservation, and more.

Sat 1/26 - Immersion Day at Londontown Gardens - Immerse yourself in London Town circa 1770. Chat with denizens of London Town and watch as they eat only period dishes and live as close to the eighteenth century style as possible.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tonight 1/24 - Cartooning Workshop - 11-15yo - taught by professional artist James Point du Jour

Sat 1/26 - Beginner Portrait Photography Workshop - Learn how to create better portraits with your camera. Students need a basic understanding of how your camera works and should have completed Photo 101 prior to taking this class.

Mon 1/28 - Sketchbooking & Applied Arts

Tues - Children’s Art Class - 7 - 11 years

Wed - Nature Inspired Arts & Crafts for Kids ages 5-8

GEMS - Girls Excelling in Math and Science

Sat - 1/26 - STEM Saturday Academy - Beltsville Branch Library - Girls will explore STEM fields through hands-on activities, lunch will be provided

AACPL

Today 1/24 - Deale - Coding Club - programming video games with the Scratch programming language

Sat 1/26 - Odenton - AACo Master Gardeners Annual Seed Swap - Come with seeds to share or come without seeds! There will be goodie bags, door prizes, handouts and more plus seeds to take home!

Sat 1/26 - Broadneck - Marble Roller Coaster - Exploring construction, design and engineering as well as the principles of physics by building a marble roller coaster

Lots of other great STEM related activities including book clubs, building with Lego and Minecraft.

Now through March 16 - Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University - Hackerman Map Collection - From colonial impressions of the Chesapeake Bay to detailed city plans for guiding Baltimore’s rapid expansion, the exhibition features over 30 stunning and historically significant maps of Maryland and related rare prints and books.

Sun 1/20 - MAARC Winterfest at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum - The Mid Atlantic Antique Radio Club holds it’s annual WinterFest swap meet at the electronics museum every year. It’s an all-indoor swap meet with an auction open to all vintage electronics sellers.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tonight - MAKE IT: Watercolor and Ink Workshop - Start the new year with some visual self-care and paint your happy place! - Lindsay, of LBo Craft, will help you paint a scene filled with a few of your favorite things to get you energized for 2019!

Tomorrow/Fri - Gallery opening and reception for Kelly Blorstad! Stop by and check out Kelly’s works and all the great stuff going on at Art Farm

Art Farm now has open studio space that you can rent!... by the day or the month! And it’s too late to get in on the full 8 week winter semester, but there are drop-in options available for things like sketchbooking, children’s art classes, nature inspired arts and crafts for kids as well as cartooning.

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 1/19 - Onion Basket Workshop - An expert basket maker will show you how to create your own onion basket. Basket supplies are provided but bring a lunch and there’s a few other things they recommend that you bring, so check the website for the list.

Sat 1/19 - “Where’s the Bear?” - A full moon strole, campfire and touch station. - Find out where animals go in the winter, see what animals might be out on a winter evening during a short walk, then warm up by the fire and learn more. Be sure to dress warm and warm beverages are provided.

Sun 1/20 - A special event: Lunar Eclipse Campfire - Enjoy the total lunar eclipse and a nice toasty campfire with telescopes and astronomers on hand to inform you. This will be the last lunar eclipse until 2022. Dress warm for this one too.

AACPL

Today - Mountain Road - 3D Pens - Creating 3 dimensional items with pens that are similar to 3D printers, but you control them manually to doodle in the air

Tomorrow/Fri - Discovers: Library at the Mall - A Long Winter’s Nap - Many animals hibernate for the winter. Kids will read some stories and do activities to learn why the animals take this long nap.

Sat - both Eastport-Annapolis Neck as well as Odenton - Build & Play days, building things with Legos!

Unallocated Space - Severn

Tonight - Infosec night
Tomorrow - Defcon hacker hangout group
Monday - Project night
Tues - Analog electronics night
Wed - Open house and lockpicking night

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sat 1/19 - Vitreous Enamel - torch fired enameling - Students will make projects on copper by torch firing enamel, working on torch skills and finishing techniques. The class is intensive, so be prepared to focus and work hard.

Annapolis Makerspace

Tomorrow/Fri - Game On! - Analog game night! - there’s been a resurgence in tabletop and family gaming and we thought it would be fun to hang out and play some games together We’ll bring some of our favorite board and card games, but feel free to bring your own family friendly games as well. It’s a great way to try out new games before you buy them.

Tues - Monthly General Meeting/Open House

Mondays are official Woodworking night - If you want to get into woodworking or want to pick someone’s brain on a project you’re working on, drop by on Mondays to meet other local woodworkers.

Thurs - Electronics night

Fri 1/11 through 2/22 - Howard County Arts Council is hosting HoCo Open - A non-juried annual exhibit celebrating artists who live, work or study in Howard County. Eligible artists, ages 18 and older, were invited to bring one piece of ready to hang original artwork to fill the gallery with great local art.

Sat 1/12 - Annapolis - Chesapeake Brewing Co - 3rd Annual Burlesque themed party at the brewery, titled Art of the Tease. Prizes, lite buffet

Art Farm - Annapolis

Starting Mon 1/14 - 8 week Kids Winter Art Seminar begins - Mondays will be for applied arts, ages 12-16, Tuesdays are Art Discover for ages 7-11, Wednesdays are Nature Inspired Art for ages 5-8 and Thursdays are Cartooning for ages 11-15. Drop in options and sibling discounts are available online

Starting Wed 1/16 - 6 week Beginner Improv Workshop for adults hosted by Reflex Improv

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Fri 1/11 - Kids Night Out - with the movie Frozen - Drop the kids off for this monthly event. Kids will be with a fun, designated staff member to paint, eat pizza dna watch the movie Frozen while you spend some time running errands or just having some time to yourself. For ages 6 and up.

Tues - 1/15 - Pre-school book club - Sneezy the Snowman - Reading the book, Sneezy the Snowman and children get to paint a snowman of their own, as well.

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 1/12 - Mid-Winter Hearth Cooking Demonstration - Join the experts of Benjamin Banneker as they prepare a mid-winter meal using period techniques and recipes of the Post Revolution War Patapsco Valley

AACPL

Today 1/10 - 2pm - Mountain Road Library - E-Reader Workshop - Did you just get a new e-reader? Bring your device in and learn about the library e-book and resources. Even if you didn’t get a dedicated e-reader like a Kindle, many of the library digital lending resources can be used with a regular iPhone, Android phone or iPad or Android tablet! And if you miss this session, any of your local library branches will be able to help you out with learning how to borrow e-books and other digital media from the library.

Tomorrow Fri 1/11 - Odenton - Storytime with a Veterinarian - Discover what a veterinarian does through stories, songs and hands-on pretend-play with their guest veterinarian. For ages 3 - 5

Sat 1/12 - Severn - Build a Pet Palace - Bring empty boxes to the library and build your small pet a fun palace! Design ideas and supplies for decorating will be provided. Registration is required

Mon 1/14 - Linthicum - Maker Mondays - With various STEAM activities each month

Wed 1/16 - Odenton - Breakerspace! - Take apart computers, toys, radios and other items to see what’s inside. Tools and safety gloves provided. Registration was required last week, unfortunately, but contact the Odenton library soon and see if there are still spots available.

Greenbelt Makerspace

Tonight - Arduino microcontroller project and class

Tomorrow - 1/11 - Little Makers

Sat 1/12 - Little Makers

Mon 1/14 - Drop In Geneaology

Tue 1/15 - English conversation for spanish speakers

Wed 1/16 - Fiber Fans

Unallocated Space - Severn

1/12 - Sat - Minicon - A mini conference with talks on various subjects, typically leaning toward information security, as quite a few Unallocated Space members are involved in information security either as their day job or a hobby. Some topics this time are Taking a Look at Security from the Mind of a Hacker as well as talks on “fuzzing” and penetration testing.

1/13 - Sun - Analog gaming Sunday

Today through Sunday (1/3 through 1/6) - Super MAGfest (National Harbor) - MAGFest stands for Music and Gaming Festival, a four day event dedicated to the appreciation of video game music, gaming of all types and the gaming community. Events run 24 hours a day for the duration of the festival and include console games. Arcades, tabletop, LAN, live video game cover bands, vendors and more. Last year they drew over 22k attendees!

Art Farm - Annapolis

Wed - 1/9 - Foundations of Photography Workshop - This 2 hour workshop covers how to control the aperture settings, exposure compensation, how to use ISO settings to take better photos, proper focus, shutter speed and other aspects of using a DSLR camera. You should bring a DSLR camera with fully charged battery, a memory card and the camera’s manual.

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Tonight 1/3 - Ladies Night - Ages 16 and up, no cover, bring beverages and snacks of your choice and receive 25% off your pottery and glass projects!

Wed 1/9 - Glass Fusing - Candle Votives - Learn all you need to know in terms of crafting your own votive candle holder. Learn how to cut and lay the glass to form different styles of holders.

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 1/5 - Snakes! - Visit the park and museum and listen to an expert share his critters and stories. It is free but pre-registration is required.

AACPL

Tues 1/8 - Deale - Snowflake STEM Storytime - ages 3 - 5 - Have your preschoolers warm up your thinking skills with simple winter-themed science activities

Tues 1/8 - Odenton - 3D Print Design Class - Design and create your own 3D project using free online software.

Sat 1/5 - Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Minecraft
Mon 1/7 - Glen Burnie - Maker Mondays
Mon 1/7 - Severn - Lego Challenge
Tues 1/8 - Odenton - STEAM Tuesdays

Greenbelt Makerspace
Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Homeschooling opportunities:

Pongos - Robotics Club, Coder Kids Club, YouTube Stars and Animators Club

Greenbelt Makerspace - From Our Backyard to Mars: Robotics in Agriculture as well as some general homeschool STEAM sessions

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Two sessions 1/6 and 1/13 - Basic Lost Wax Casting - Learn the basics of lost wax casting and finish the class with one or two finished pieces in Argentium Sterling silver.

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - Monthly Fusion 360 workshop