Aug 7-8 - National Electronics Museum - Linthicum - Registration is open for the second session of their Pioneer Camp, studying Electricity and Magnetism for children ages 8-11. This is a repeat of the first session.

Sat 8/3 - Ocean Pines near Berlin, MD - Pine-Eer Arts and Crafts Festival - Celebrate their 42nd anniversary with artisans and crafters from MD, DE, VA, PA and NJ. Featuring all handcrafted items. Even if you’re not a beach person, Berlin is a beautiful town and this is a good excuse to head down that way.

Sun 8/4 - First Sunday Arts Festival - With over 130 local and regional artists, this is one of the best local artis festivals in the area and it’s right in our back yard!

Raye of Light Studio

Both Tues Aug 6 and Wed Aug 7th - Raye of Light Studio will be doing a Chesapeake themed Zentangle, making crabs, herons and horseshoe crabs using the relaxing, repetitive design of Zentangle.

Local by Design

Sun Aug 4 - Fused Glass Seahorse or Mermaid Class - Designs by Leslie will help you create your own seahorse or mermaid hanging ornament out of fused glass.

Art Farm - Annapolis

All next week - Painting & Drawing Summer Camp - With focus on a few different genres of art, t hs camp covers impressionism, abstract painting, sketching and water colors

Art Farm is also hosting an Adult Open Mic Night on Tuesday...

… and their Adult Intro to Improv Camp continues on Wednesday night

AACPL

Tomorrow - Aug 2 - Mountain Road - How To Program A Robot for kids entering the 3rd and 4th grades, this two session program is presented by the Pasadena Robotics Team.

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Three more great summer camps from Pongos next week!

First, their Robotics Summer Camp for grades 3-8 - Exploring, building and programming robots, without code, meeting a robot engineer, complete challenges as well as buliding your own robot to take home. Kids will work with Ozobots, Wonder Workshop and LEGO robotics.

Second, Minecraft Builders for grades K-2 - Kids will be building in Minecraft AND the real world. They’ll learn how to make their own Minecrafts skins and texture packs, how to use redstone and commands to add interactivity to their builds as well as completing guided build challenges.

Finally, Animation All Stars Summer Camp for grades K-8 - Kids will learn the basics of stop motion animation including planning, storyboarding, and scripting their stories in small groups. They will also create sets and characters and bring them to life. Finally, they’ll add voiceovers, sound effects and music.

Annapolis Makerspace

Mon - Electronics Class - This month covering basic electronic components and how everything works together. This week will be an exploration of amplifiers.

Tues - Autodesk Fusion 360 3D Design Workshop - If you want to learn about 3D design and have questions about Autodesk Fusion 360, this is a great night to drop by

Wed - Woodworking Open Night

Thurs - Electronics Open Night

Today 7/25 - RASA Juice Shop on Maryland Ave - Macrame Craftivity Night - Celebrate RASA’s 1 year anniversary with different workshops including one today learning how to make macrame accessories

Sat 7/27 - Ridgely Retreat in West Annapolis - Soak Making Intensive - Learn how to make a range of exquisite self-care products, discover the history and chemistry of soapmaking and the safety practices required to manufacture soap

Sat 7/27 - Truxtun Park - Fish Seining and Count - Using a seine net to gather fish, you’ll identify and count the fish of Spa Creek before releasing them back to the creek. A fish biologist will be on hand to help identify fish.

Sat 7/27 - Night - Beverly Triton Nature Park - Stars and S’Mores - Learn about the wonders of the night sky as a ranger guides you through the planets, constellations and satellites while you enjoy a campfire and some gooey s’mores

Sun 7/28 - Columbia Art Center in Columbia - Ukrainian Egg Decorating - Ukrainian eggs are incredible works of art and here is your opportunity to learn how to create them! Learn the basics of wax-resist egg decorating using Ukranian egg dyes. Explore different styles, tools and methods as well as the symbolism in pysanka. (PIH-sahn-kah)

Sun 7/28 - Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Solomons - It’s time for their annual Insectival! Insect Festival - Celebrating and exploring insects through games, art, activities, bug hunts and more. Check out a wide variety of insects including ants, grasshoppers and more.. Including help from friends of Annmarie Gardens: the Association of Maryland Beekeepers, Maryland Entomological society, Natural History Society of Maryland, Wild Birds Unlimited, Honey Bee Rescue of Southern Maryland and more! As always, I know Solomons is a bit of a hike from the Annapolis area, but Annmarie Gardens is worth it, especially when they have special events like this.

Wed 7/31 - Hammond Harwood House in Annapolis - Explore Botanical Art in the Museum with Titian Peale - Titian Peale became a noted naturalist and botanical artist. In this hands-on program, participants will learn what herbs were cultivated and how they were used for cooking and medicine. The program also features a take home craft of a botanical drawing.

Prism

Little Party Company

Tues 7/30 - Little Camp Series - Children explore movement, art, science, reading, dramatic play and more! For ages 5+

Local by Design

This weekend - Monthly Annapolis Artisans Market - Check out this small collective of creative businesses as they once again open their studios to the public. Meet the artists, check out their shops and buy some great locally made stuff!

Raye of Light Studio

Tues 7/30 - Summer Still Life Class… Learning pastels for beginners

Art Farm - Annapolis

All next week - Mixed Media Art Summer Camp - Kids between 8 and 11 years old will mix it up all week with all kinds of different media. They’ll paint, print, draw, collage, sew and fold.. Endless possibilities with inspiration everywhere!

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Sun-Mon - 7/28-29 - Glass Fusing Workshop - Making Nautical Coasters - Spice up your summer table with these Nautical Themed Glass Coasters. Make a beach house, anchors, crabs, anything is possible! The instructor will walk you through the process of cutting, shaping and laying down your glass pieces

All next week - Color Me Crazy ArtRageous Summer Camp for ages 6+ - Campers will create fun projects ranging from pottery painting, glass fusing, clay sculpting, tie dye as well as mosaics, giving them an opportunity to try new art media and promote creativity.

AACPL

Today 7/25 - Linthicum - Build & Play with Legos

Mon 7/29 - Broadneck - Coding with Cubetto - The simple wooden robot you can program! For kids ages 4-7.

Tues 7/30 - Brooklyn Park - Train Like An Astronaut

Tues - 7/30 - Odenton - Snap Circuits - Learn electronics with simple snap-together electronic circuits, for elementary school students

Wed 7/31 - Riviera Beach - Minecraft

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Pongos summer camp series continues next week with their YouTube Stars Summer Camp - Kids will learn about internet safety, how to plan their videos, storyboarding, scripting recording and editing, exporting the videos for upload to YouTube and other real world production skills.

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sun 7/28 - Beginning Silversmithing Class - Making Rings, Pendants or Earrings as well as a more dvanced Silversmithing Class making stone pendants with a bezel

Annapolis Makerspace

Mon - Electronics Class - This month covering basic electronic components and how everything works together

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

Wed - Woodworking open night

Thurs - Electronics open night

It’s county fair season again and between this weekend and next week, we have the Allegany, Kent, Washington, Cecil, Harford and Somerset county fairs all in full swing!

This afternoon 7/18 - Sandy Point - Survival School for ages 10-14 - Join a park naturalist for a 90 minute session to learn about outdoor survival skills and connect with nature

Tonight - Prism Annapolis - Whale Tales Designs is having a sign painting workshop - Create your own beautiful wooden farmhouse style sign for your home or for a gift.

All day today 7/18 - The Mall in DC - The National Air and Space Museum is hosting an outdoor festival on the Mall to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing!

Sat 7/20 - Colonial Players in Annapolis - Will be hosting a special free screening of the Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary “The Day We Walked on the Moon”. The documentary marks man’s first steps on the lunar surface and tells the story of this defining moment in our history. Reservations are required.

Now through the beginning of January - National Gallery of Art in DC - By the Light of the Silvery Moon - A Century o fLunary Photographs to Apollo 11. Photos from various unmanned missions, glass stereographs taken on the moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as well as iconic NASA and press photographs of the astronauts.

This weekend - Baltimore - ArtScape - This massive arts festival features just about everything you can imagine. The Gamescape section features a full selection of games from talented students, individuals and full teams of indie game developers. The Teenscape section is all programming for teens, by teens including the Youth Artist Market.

It also includes tons of musical performances including our good friends, Eli August and the Abandoned Buildings… be sure to check them out on Friday at 5pm!

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tonight 7/18 - Creative Journaling for kids ages 8-15 - Students will use colors, images, patterns, words and writing prompts to explore creative journaling as an outlet for their creative thoughts and ideas.

Sun 7/21 - Photography Workshop - The Art of Seeing - Develop an eye for composition, utilizing your lenses and techniques that will make your photography stand out.

All next week 7/22-7/26 - Fearless Girls Photography Camp for beginners, for ages 13-15 - This week-long camp will teach girls how to be a Fearless Photographer! With interactive demos, spending time in Annapolis and challenging them to experiment with different shooting techniques.

AACPL

Space

Fri 7/19 - Discoveries: Library at the Mall - Reclaimed Rockets & Robots - disassemble small machines and gadgets and use the reclaimed parts to build a model rocket or robot buddy!

Sat 7/20 - Discoveries: Library at the Mall - Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Celebration

3D Design

Sat 7/20 - Riviera Beach - 2D to 3D Art - Turning 2D art into a 3D prints

Wed 7/24 - Crofton - 3D Print Design - For kids and adults, you can learn how to use Tinkercad to create 3D objects. The objects will be printed after the event.

General

Sat 7/20 - Eastport Annapolis Neck - Build & Play with Legos

Sat 7/20 - Odenton - Build & Play with Legos

Tues 7/23 - Glen Burnie - Drop-In STEM Play - Drop in and play with some STEM toys the library offers, including Cubetto, Ozobots and more!

Wed 7/24 - Annapolis - Three Little Pigs - Exploring different ways of building houses for the three little pigs

Wed 7/24 - Discoveries: Library at the Mall - Take a Bite Out Of Shark Week

Also, today at the Edgewater Library - Land Conservation 101 for Landowners with the Scenic Rivers Land Trust

Unallocated Space - Severn

Tonight - 7/18 INFOSEC Night - Introduction to Firmware Exploitation - They will discuss the basics of firmware extraction and analysis, bug hunting and insecurities. Hands-on examples will be available.

Tomorrow - 7/19 3D Digital Art and Animation Workshop - Using the free 3D design and animation program, Blender, students will learn the basics of the software interface, create geometric objects, moving objects in 3D, materials and colors, camera control and more.

Tues 7/23 - Stanford Crypto 1 Study Group for the online course offered by Coursera - Solve ciphers and puzzles, solve one time pads, learn about insecurities in cryptographic technologies used on public websites.

Also check out Unallocated Space’s regular weekly project night on Mondays and open house on Wednesdays.

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

THREE great summer camps next week…

Little Learners STEAM Camp for kids entering kindergarten in September - This half-day sampler camp, kids will spend their morning exploring the worlds of STEAM including gross messy fun science, robots, building with legos, a day of art and music as well as math!

Game Design and Coding with Roblox - Grades 3-8 - Kids will learn how to use Roblox Studio to create and customize objects, add checkpoints and more.. Using real LUA code in a drg and drop editor.. Adding scripts to their Roblox game.

Young Inventors Summer Camp for K-2nd - A week of creative problem solving. Kids will design, prototype and test inventions to help solve everyday problems using common household materials.

Annapolis Makerspace

Mon - Electronics Class - This month covering basic electronic components and how everything works together

Tues - 7/23 - Monthly General Meeting and Open House

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

Tonight - Sandy Point - Fireflies at Night Hike - Families can learn about our local fireflies, play fun games to learn how fireflies communicate then go on a night hike to observe them in action. Bring insect repellent and shoes good for possibly muddy trails.

Today through Sunday 7/11-7/14 - Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association Annual Show - 46th annual show is something to witness. With acres of land, the show includes dozens of steam and diesel powered tractors and engines. A working saw mill, rock crusher, their own private railroad, a huge flea market full of tools and other odds and ends. They even make their own ice cream with one of the motor systems.

Reminder that the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum starts their Pioneer Camp for ages 8-11 next week, Thursday July 17th and Friday July 18th, where they’ll be studying Electricity and Magnetism! If you miss this session, there will be another one in early August.

Local by Design - Raye of Light Studio

Tues 7/16 - Makes Waves with Alcohol Ink - Learn how to blend blue and green alcohol ink to create your own unique ocean scenes. No two waves alike!

Wed 7/17 - Mix and Learn with Colors - Learn how to blend acrylic paints to make any color in the rainbow. This two-Wednesday mini course will teach you the fundamentals of blending your own colors.

All next week - 7/15-7/19 - Color Camp - kids 10-15 - Each day of the week introduces a different art form full of color and fun! Students will work with acrylics, watercolors, alcohol ink, markers and printmaking all in one week!

Art Farm - Annapolis

Fri 7/12 - Comedy Film Night - Hosted by the Clown School of Hollywood, this family friendly monthly film night will entertain and educate you about the role of the “clown” in film. This month focuses on Chaplin vs Keaton, a night of shorts and clips from two of Hollywood’s funniest filmmakers.

Wed 7/17 - Intro to Improv Summer Camp for Adults - Couple more weeks left and with stand alone lessons each week, there’s never a bad time to jump in and learn the creative expression of improv!

All next week 7/15-7/19 - Nature Inspired Art Summer Camp for ages 5-8 - Kids will learn methods of traditional arts and crafts, explore the cultures that made them, while looking to nature for inspiration. Make birdhouses out of gourds, carve mock scrimshaw, make paper mache, weave, sew and paint various useful and decorative pieces.

Also don’t forget that Art Farm has open studio time if you have your own materials, but need space to work!

Maryland Hall

Fri 7/12 - Plein Air Landscape Painting in Oil Workshop - Students will be taken to a location in the Annapolis area to learn more about painting landscapes

Sat 7/13 - Drone Photography Workshop - Local photographer Rich Isaacson will teach you how to use a drone to take eye popping aerial photos and videos! Workshop includes a live flight and photography demo. Students may bring their own drones, but no drone is required to take the class.

Tues 7/16 - Pottery Wheel Workshop - A two session class to let people give pottery throwing a try! Materials,tools and hands-on instruction are included… at the end, you can choose 2 or 3 pieces to be fired. The second session, different glazing and decorating techniques will be discussed and you will have a chance to glaze your pieces.

Tues 7/16 - City Dock Speaker Series: Autonomous Vehicles with Dr Tim Chapin - A discussion about how historic communities can integrate with autonomous vehicles.

AACPL

Sat 7/13 - Eastport Annapolis Neck - Crafterday! - Make something fun, they provide the materials!

All next week - Eastport Annapolis Neck Library is hosting a Cosmic Coding class - Children entering 4th or 5th grade will use little programmable “micro:bits” to learn the basics of computer programming during this week-long class. All experience levels are welcome and registration is required. The micro:bit was created by the BBC as an open source hardware platform that was inexpensive and easy to program

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

All next week, Pongos has two summer camps running…

First.. - Modding Minecraft Summer Camp for grades 3-8. Kids will learn how to install and use mods as well as building their own mods using Java code in a simple drag and drop editor. As kids become more comfortable, they can hand write their code.

Then they have their Robotics Summer Camp for grades K-2 - Kids will learn how to program robots, without code, meet a robot engineer, complete challenges and build their own robots to take home!

Also don’t forget that Pongos has regular weekly clubs for Little Scientists, Builders, YouTube Stars & Animators and Gamers.

Annapolis Makerspace

Saturday - Anniversary Party and Open House! - Come on by and help us celebrate our 2nd anniversary and check out the shop! If you know anyone who is interested in woodworking, electronics, crafts or just a lifelong student always looking for something new to try, bring’em on by and meet our members!

Mon - Electronics class - This month covering basic electronic components and how everything works together

Tues - 7/9 - CAD/CAM with CNC using Autodesk Fusion 360

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

Tomorrow - 6/21 - Sandy Point - Summer Solstice Craft for all ages - Celebrate the solstice by making a summer themed craft to take home.

Sat 6/22 - Beverly Triton Nature Park, Edgewater - Owl Prowl - Join a ranger and explore Beverly Triton after dark for sights and sounds of various owl species. Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather.

Sat 6/22 - Chesapeake Arts Museum in Brooklyn Park - Building an Upcycled Butterfly Feeder

Sat 6/22 - Londontown Gardens - Pollination Exploration - For National Pollinator Week, kids can take a garden tour then help London Town make pollinator hotels in the Sound & Sensor garden. You also get to make your own to take home with you to help pollinators in our own back yard!

Tues 6/25 - RASA Juice Shop on Maryland Ave - Mid-Summer Night’s Dream Wreath Workshop - Learn how to create a gorgeous herbed wreath that will last all season long.

Chesapeake Children’s Museum

Sat 6/22 - GIRLtopia - Envisioning the possibilities of what the world would look like if we could work together and resolve the issues that affect girls and women around the world. For girl scouts entering 9th-11th grades, they’ll complete requirements for the Journey up to planning a Take Action Project.

Mon-Fri - 6/24-28 - Chess Camp with National Chess Master, Greg Acholonu, for rising 4th through 9th graders already familiar with chess.

http://www.theccm.org/workshops.html

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tonight 6/20 - Photo Society of MD/VA/DC Meetup for Adults - A monthly meeting with guest speakers who will help you take your photography to the next level.

Tomorrow 6/21 - Wood Burning Workshop - Learn the basics of creating a range of tones and shadowing with a variety of wood burning tools creating textures, landscapes and skylines.

Sat/Sun 6/22-6/23 - Physical Theater Workshop - In this high-energy two day workshop, you will be pushed to give license to your spontaneous, fearless and playful self through physical theater, movement, improv and games.

Next week - Street Art Camp for Kids ages 11-15 - Visiting Australian Street Artist, Houl, will be running an immersive Street Art camp, exposing enrolled students to a diverse range of Street and Urban art forms!

Wed - Oil Pastel Workshop for Kids - Learn how to use oil pastels with Charles Lawrance of FinArt

Wed - 6/26 - Intro to Improv for Adults continues - With a new stand-alone lesson each week, you can jump into the world of improv any time.

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Sat 6/23, Mon 6/24 - Glass Fusing Workshop for Beginners

All next week is their Fun in the Sun Summer Camp - Fun projects range from pottery, painting, glass fusing, clay sculpting, tie dye and mosaics

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 6/22 - Summer Solstice Celebration - Celebrate the longest day of the year. Astronomer Sethanne Howard will discuss the solstice as well as some ancient stories inspired by it.

AACPL

Tonight - 6/20 Bestgate Park - Story Time Under the Stars with plenty of space-themed fun. Play the Saturn ring toss, try a telescope and enjoy storytime outside.

Tomorrow - 6/21 - Discoveries: The Library at the Mall - Wacky Weather Science Lab - Learn about the science of weather with hands on activities.

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Next week - YouTube Stars Summer Camp - Teaching real-world video production skills, kids will learn how to stay safe online, plan their videos including storyboarding and scripting, record and editor as well as exporting videos for YouTube.

And don’t forget about Pongos’ other regular clubs such as Little Scientists, Builders and Robotics clubs.

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sat - 6/23 - Beginning Silversmithing or Student Silversmith Project - No experience is required, a class for true beginners or a refresher for anyone wanting to get back into silversmithing.

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - 6/25 - Monthly General Meeting and Open House

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

Every week, maker, crafters and educators hold events all over the area. Highlighting some of those, here's our Maker Minutes!  Featured in the Eye on Annapolis Daily Newsbrief every Thursday.

Tomorrow 5/31 - Whole Foods Annapolis - The Secret of Cooking with Spices - Join Chef Alba Johnson and learn about Mediterranean recipes such as pita bread crostini with zaatar spices, chickpea swiss chard stew in 7-spice blend, moroccan chicken lemon and olives in 5-spice blend and exotic sesame coated dates in spices and rosewater. Make your own spice blends and receive a chart of the most commonly used spices and their uses.

Tues - 6/4 - Whole Foods Annapolis - Half Pint Kids Club: Tortilla Pizzas - Ages 3-5

Sat - National Trails Day! - Get out and enjoy some of the local parks and trails. In particular, celebrating trails day are:

Greenbelt Park - No entrance fee, 9 miles of trails

Sandy Point - Join a naturalist and see what’s out and about on Symbi Trail

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary - Bird Walk Guided Hike

Kinder Farm Park - Millersville - Admission to the park is free. Check out a their 5km and 10km trails on natural surfaces, check out the visitor center with items from early farm life in AACo. The Tobacco Barn Museum is open and antique tractors and a working sawmill are in the farm complex area. Also check out the farm animals that the 4-H livestock club takes care of.

1st Monday of every month - Ellicott Mills Brewing Company in Ellicott City - Sip and Stitch! - If you knit or crochet, go hang out and enjoy happy hour prices. Sit, sip and stitch with your fellow knit and crochet enthusiasts!

Sun 6/2 - NoVA Maker Faire - In its 6th year, the Northern Virginia Maker Faire is the biggest in the area. Located at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, it’s a really great festival featuring everything STEM. Tons of local and not-so-local groups showing off everything from woodworking, blacksmithing, fiber arts, animation, robotics, glass blowing, custom electric skateboards, aquaponics, printmaking, gardening, soap making, coding, cosplay, jewelry making, lapidary arts, wood turning, lumber milling, baking, drones as well as their Take Apart junk lab where you are invited to disassemble common household appliances to see what makes them tick.

ANNAPOLIS ARTS WEEK

Annapolis Arts Week Kickoff Event: FLOAT! at Prism

First Sunday Arts Festival - Sun 6/2

Sun - running all next week - Annapolis - Paint Annapolis - It it’s 16th year, this is a multi-day juried plein air painting competition that brings 29 distinguished artists from around the globe, selected to paint 300 landscape works highlighting the architecture, marine atmosphere and energy of Annapolis. Pieces will be made available to the public at the Collector’s Reception on Friday June 7th.

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tomorrow - 5/31 - Art Farm’s Grand Re-Opening and Gallery event at their new location on Chinquapin Round Rd - A night of celebration to show off their new location. Featured artists including Charles Lawrence, Jeff Huntington, Joseph Karr, Christine Laubach, Jimi Davies and Neil Harpe!

Also check out their summer camps! So many fun camps to choose from and registration is now open!

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Tomorrow 5/31 - Birding Walks at Banneker Park and the Trolley Trail - Spring is a great time of year to look for songbirds on their journey north! Enjoy a walk in the park and look for year round avian residents, those arriving for summer nesting and those just passing through on their way north. All levels of birders are welcome. Register in advance to reserve binoculars or bring your own.

Sat 6/1 - And congratulations to the Banneker Historical Park and Museum on celebrating their 21st year! On Saturday, they’ll be having music, a dedication ceremony, and a guest author and historian discussing “Black Migrations and Life in Baltimore City”

Annapolis Makerspace

Sun - First Sunday Artist Festival!

Mon - Electronics Class - This month covering basic electronic components and how everything works together

Tues - Fusion 360 CAD workshop

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

Tomorrow - Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Solomons - Annmarie After Hours - Ebb & Flow: The Power of Water. Enjoy a casual evening of great art, wine and beer. Light hors d’oeuvres and live music. The exhibit explores the power, meaning and majesty of water. I’ve mentioned Annmarie Sculpture Garden a few times. If you’ve never made the trek to Solomons to check it out, you’re missing out.

Now through Monday - Baltimore - Balticon 53 - Maryland’s Regional SciFi Convention is the premier non-profit fan-run scifi conventions in the MidAtlantic region. Founded in 1966, it’s the a local institution

Tues 5/28 - Whole Foods Annapolis - Half Pint Kids club: Apple Pie in a Cup for ages 3-5

Local by Design

Sat/Sun 5/25-5/26 - Annapolis Artisans Market - A group of small creative businesses that open their workshops once a month so you can meet the artists, see them working and see what they have to offer!

Art Farm - Annapolis

Wednesdays, now through June 5 - Adult Intro to Improv continues. Still a few dates left.

Registration is open for Art Farm’s summer camps for kids, including Street Art Camp, Mini Animation Camp, Fearless Girls Photo Camp, Nature Inspired Art Camp, Mixed Media Art Camp, Painting and Drawing Camp, Circus in the Classroom, and 3D Sculpture camp

Maryland Hall

Tues 5/28 - GreenGive Kickoff Party - Join all 10 GreenGive organizations as well as friends and neighbors for food, drink and good cheer to raise funds in this kickoff event. While you’re there, check out the “Navigation” exhibition featuring maritime themed works in conjunction with Maryland Boat Week. Learn about GreenGive’s collaborative projects at Maryland Hall such as a conservation planting near the south side entrance and removal of invasive species and replanting with natives between Bates Middle School and Maryland Hall.

https://www.greengive.org/

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat 5/25 - Birding Walks at Banneker Park and the Trolley Trail - Look for beautiful songbirds on their journey north! Take a walk in the park and look for year around avian residents, those recently arrived for their summer nesting and those just passing through.

AACPL

Today - Linthicum - Build and play with Legos

Tomorrow - Discoveries: The Library at the Mall - Talk to a Turtle - Learn about turtles, move like turtles and talk to a turtle in an interactive storytime with special guests from Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sat 5/25 - Silversmithing Workshop making Spinner Rings - Students will make a silver ring with flared ends and a spinning decorated middle band. No experience required.

Sun 5/26 - Another Basic Faceting Workshop - This is a continuation of the previous class where students learned how to cut and pre-form the gem… this class will involve cutting the crown.

Annapolis Makerspace

Mon - Electronics Class - This month covering basic electronic components and how everything works together

Tues - Monthly General Meeting/Open House

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

If you have any questions about Annapolis Makerspace, the Maker Minutes or any of these events, feel free to contact me at trevor@makeannapolis.org… or just drop me a line to let me know what could be done better.

Registration is open for Project STEAM MD’s - Summer Camp running June 24th - August 2nd in Owings Mills. Students 1st - 5th grades can enjoy camp activities with certified teachers including traditional and digital art, computer science, game design 3D printing, day trips, sculpture, reading comprehension, swimming, fashion, engineering and more.

This weekend - Thurmont - The Maryland Iron Festival - A blacksmithing festival where there will be blacksmithing and casting demonstrations, kids’ activities, historic foods, beer, wine, tours, art, craft and jewelry displays plus live music.

This weekend - Londontown Gardens - Shore Party - Explore the maritime history of the South River with reenactors in costume, boats, and activities for the whole family.Try your hand at rope making and seamanship, learn how sailors lived day to day and experience the art and science of navigation. In the afternoon, there will also be a discussion and demonstrations about 18th century trade with Asia.

This weekend - is the last few days of the Muddy Creek Artists Guild 10th Anniversary Spring Art Show and Sale at South River Colony Main Street Shopping Center - Check out the works of more than 50 local South County artists in a variety of mediums.

Sat - 5/18 - Maggianos in Annapolis - Kids Making Lasagna - Chef Abigail and her team teach kids how to construct a lasagna that you will take home and bake. A breakfast buffet will precede the class. Every class gets your kid points toward their own monogrammed chef coat!

Sat - 5/18 - Truxton Park - National Park Trust’s Kids to Parks Day - Activities including various sports, hiking, fishing, kayaking, archery, wild bird demos, music and more! Organized by Annapolis Recreation and Parks

Sun - 5/19 - Quiet Waters Park Charity Knitting - Third Sunday of every month, this group gathers to knit or crochet baby hats and blankets for the Anne Arundel Medical Center. All skill levels are welcome.

Sun - 5/19 - Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum - Spring Family Fun Day

Sun - 5/19 - Broadneck Park - Kite Festival and Community Picnic - Free kite kits to the first 100 children!

Mon - 5/16 - Davidsonville - The Anne Arundel Amateur Radio Club presents “Planetary Defense at NASA: Finding Near Earth Asteroids Before They Find Us”

Tues - 5/21 - Whole Foods Annapolis - Half Pint Kids Club: No-Bake Pizza Crackers for kids 3-5

Art Farm - Annapolis

Sat - 5/18 - Mother-Daughter Photography Portrait Workshop - Daughters aged 8-13 - Learn the basics of photography, get comfortable behind and in front of the lens, learn about different poses and how to work with your subject from behind the camera. All experience levels welcome.

Wed - Adult Intro to Improv Workshop continues - Learn the fundamentals of improv comedy, experience positive challenges and tons of laughs. Improv is excellent for personal development, thinking on your feet, creative brainstorming, team building and overcoming anxiety

Also registration is open for Art Farm’s Summer Art Camps for children. Camps including street art, animation, fearless photography, mixed media art, painting, drawing, storytelling, circus camp and 3D sculpture camp! Voted best fine arts camp in Annapolis and sibling discounts are available!

Maryland Hall

Now through August 15th - Weather on the Water, an exploration of the conceptual and literal interpretations of this broad subject - f/works by Annapolis Arts Alliance (AAA)

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Sun and Mon - Glass Fusing - Seascape - This class will provide you with everything you need. You will be shown how to cut, break and glue your glass to create your own Seascape!

Benjamin Banneker Museum & Park - Ellicott City

Sat - Snakes in Your Backyard - Frightened of the reptiles that might slither through your yard? Discover how the snakes of Maryland provide important ecosystem services!

Sat - MATTS Speaker Series - The Mid-Atlantic Turtles and Tortoises Society is dedicated to turtle and habitat conservation. Former MATTS VP Keith Kelley will discuss his adventures with turtles in Maryland and Florida

AACPL

Tomorrow - Discoveries: The Library at the Mall - Pirate Storytime

Sat - Mountain Road - Minecraft

Sat - Severna Park - Build a Drone Workshop - This hands-on workshop uses STEM skills to model, build and fly a drone from scratch with a licensed Global Air Media instructor. For ages 11-14, registration is required.

Mon - Severna Park - Book Buddies: Out of Remote Control (data set 7) by Ada Hopper - Read the book then come to the program for a discussion and activity.

Tues - Deale - Dinosaur STEM Storytime - For ages 3-5/students entering kindergarten - Join a paleontologist to learn about dinosaurs through stories, songs and simple preschool science activities

Wed - Crofton - 3D Print Design Class - For elementary school students and adults - Learn 3D design using Tinkercad. The objects you design will be printed after the event. Online registration is required.

Building with LEGO:

Tomorrow 5/17 - Annapolis - LEGO Challenge

Sat - 5/18 - Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Build & Play

Mon - Maryland City at Russett - Building Challenge - LEGOs

Unallocated Space - Severn

Tonight - Infosec night: Introduction to Web App Penetration Testing using Burp and Zap

Mon - Project night

Tues - Software Defined Radio Workshop - Covering the fundamentals of digital signal processing and other other RF or basic electrical engineering concepts

Wed - Lockpicking Workshop - Lockpicking as a sport and hobby is a fun mental exercise and involves manual dexterity and problem solving ability and can be quite competitive

Wed - Open House

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Sat - The Art & Design in Video Games with Tyrone Barnes - Learn the basics of game design and learn how to creative video game characters and environments. This session will also discuss the design of Overwatch

Pongos also has regular little scientist club, game club, builders club, coder kids club, chess club, robotics club and youtube stars & animators clubs.

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sun 5/19 - Basic Faceting - Learn how to cut a round gem from a synthetic garnet, including preforming, dopping, cutting and polishing

Annapolis Makerspace

Tomorrow - Game On! - Monthly analog gaming night where Emi will be showing off some of her favorite tabletop games and you can bring your favorites to share as well!

Mon - Electronics Class - This week covering basic electronic components and how everything works together

Tues - Monthly CAD/CAM and CNC w/Autodesk Fusion 360

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

Sat - 5/11 - Ellen Moyer Nature Park - Annapolis Maritime Museum is hosting Puddles and Paddles in the Park - Get up close and personal with Back Creek and it’s marine residents! A free family event featuring live music, educational activities for all ages, a food truck and snow cones will be on site as well as an inflatable obstacle course, environmental mosaic project, animal encouters by Scales and Tails as well as kayaking and seining!

Sat - 5/11 - Crofton - Crofton STEAM Festival from 11am-2pm at Crofton Middle School - An afternoon of family STEAM fun, sponsored by the Crofton Middle School PTA. Featuring interactive science, technology, engineering and math demos and activities for kids, STEAM professionals to meet, a STEAM scavenger hunt with awesome prizes, delicious food from local vendors and Annapolis Makerspace as well!

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Now through Sunday - Muddy Creek Artists Guild 10th Anniversary Spring Art Show and Sale at the South River Colony Main Street Shopping Center in Edgewater - Explore unique creations fro more than 50 local South County artists. Mediums include original paintings, pastels, watercolor, photography, stained glass, sculpture, pottery, textiles, jewelry and more!

Now through Sunday - Baltimore - 21st Maryland Film Festival - With over 40 feature films and more than 80 short films. Every year John Waters picks and hosts one of his favorite films of the festival.

Tues 5/14 - Whole Foods Annapolis - Half Pint Kids Club: Cucumber Sandwiches - great for kids ages 3-5

Local by Design

Wed - 5/15 - Beginner’s Watercolor Class with Raye of Light Studio. Learning the basic techniques of watercolor painting painting simple botanical lemons

Maryland Hall

Tonight - Gallery Reception: Featuring Navigation & Making an Impression. Navigation in collaboration with the Maryland Federation of Art and it coincides with the inaugural Maryland Boat Week. Making an Impression is etchings from the AACC print shop. Both shows run now through June 22nd. The reception tonight will feature wine and cheese, Artist in Residence Open Studios and a chance to meet the artists behind their newest exhibitions.

Clay Bakers - Annapolis

Tomorrow - Kids Night Out - Incredibles 2 and glass fusing superheroes and eating lots of pizza!

Sunday and Monday - Mad for Mandalas - Learn how to create a beautiful mandala design on pottery, your choice of either a round or square plate.

Tues - Preschool Book Club - Very Hungry Caterpillar, reading the book and painting pottery related to the story

AACPL

Thurs 5/9 - Odenton - Introduction to 3D Printing - Learn the basics of 3D printing using TinkerCadFor adults, For teens

Mon 5/13 - Linthicum - Maker Mondays - Let your creative juices flow with a different STEAM activity each month! - For 'tweens, For teens

Mon 5/13 - Severna Park - Minecraft Club - Experienced builders and first-time players are welcome to come play in the world of Minecraft - For 'tweens, For teens

Tues 5/14 - Odenton - STEAM Tuesdays - Let your creative juices flow with a different STEAM activity each month! - For 'tweens, For teens

Tues 5/14 - 6:00 PM - Odenton - Chemistry Lab - Learn chemistry concepts through hands-on experiments. Materials contain allergens such as milk - For elementary school students

Unallocated Space - Severn

Tomorrow 5/10 - Defcon Group Hacker Hangout - a study group focusing on information security topics with hands on activities

Sun 5/12 - Analog Gaming Sunday - non-video gaming featuring games like Settlers of Catan,Munchkin and more

Mon 5/13 - Project Night

Tues 5/14 - Stanford Crypto 1 Study Group - Conquer the math and mystery of Cryptography through puzzles and cyphers. Break down nerdy concepts into everyday concepts.

Wed 5/15 - Weekly Open House

Patuxent Lapidary Guild

Sat - 5/11 - Beginning Silversmithing Class - No silversmithing experience required.. This class is for beginners or a refresher for previous students. Students will make one bezel set stone pendant with a bail. Students either need to bring one small to medium cabachon for the class, or they can purchase one at the class.

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - So Sew - Sewing workshop

Wed - Woodworking night

Thurs - Electronics night

Today 5/2 - Maryland Hall - Making an Impression: Etchings from the Anne Arundel Community College Print Shop

Sat - Hammond Harwood House and Chase Lloyd downtown Annapolis - Derby Fest: Celebrate the History of Horse Racing in Annapolis - Watch the Kentucky Derby, enjoy mint juleps, beer, wine, food, games and more.

Sat 5/4 - American Visionary Art Museum - Baltimore - 21st Annual Kinetic Sculpture Race - A race of wacky, imaginative, totally human powered, works of art.. Traveling on land, through mud and over the waters of the inner harbor.

Sun 5/5 - Inaugural First Sunday Arts Festival of 2019! Head down and support the fabulous arts district with over 130 artists and vendors and great live entertainment!

Sun 5/5 - Made in Maryland Festival - Kurtz’s Beach - Pasadena - Celebrating all things Maryland! The only completely Maryland-themed festival, it features live music, local wineries, breweries, food vendors and more, including live jousting!

Sun 5/5 - AACo ASPCA Walk for the Animals at Quiet Waters Park - Take a stroll in the park, help raise money for the SPCA, check out the vendors, check out the Cars & Critters car show and check out the K9 Demo and Agility Yard!

Mon 5/6 - Annapolis Quilt Guild has their Guild Meeting on the first Monday of each month at the St Philips Episcopal Church on Bestgate Rd

Tue - 5/7 - Whole Foods Annapolis - Half Pint Kids Club: Breakfast on a Stick for kids 3-5. Learn how to make a delicious snack using all natural ingredients!

Wed - 5/8 - Annapolis Watercolor Club - Monthly general meeting at Maryland Hall

Art Farm - Annapolis

Tue - 5/7 - What’s Dope open mic night

Still a few more dates left in their Spring semester, classes including Sketchbooking, Art Discovery, Mixed Media Art, Cartooning as well as a few dates left in their Clown School at Art Farm

GEMS - Girls Excelling in Math and Science

Sat 5/4 - STEM Saturday Academy - New Carrollton Branch Library - Exploring STEM through fun hands on activities

Pongos Learning Lab/Coder Kids Club - Crofton

Sat 5/4 - The Art & Design in Video Games with artist Tyrone Barnes - Bread down the basics of game design and learn how to create video game characters and their environments

Pongos also has their regular weekday theme nights as well as their daily Little Scientists club to check out!

Annapolis Makerspace

Tues - Monthly Fusion 360 CAD night
Wed - Woodworking night
Thurs - Electronics night