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January 2013

Fairy Garden Workshop

  Learn how to create an ethereal container garden — an ideal home for fairies, pixies and sprites — for both inside and outdoors. 2-3pm at Homestead Gardens, Severna Park. $35; rsvp: 410-384-7966; www.homesteadgardens.com.
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Here’s Crimes of the Heart flipped to comedy

“Why is it that whenever she is wrong, we’re the ones who feel bad?,” asks one sister about another in Bowie Community Theatre’s new production of playwright Del Shores’ comedy Daddy’s Dyin’ … Who’s Got the Will? Such are the family tensions at the heart of the show and, honestly, haven’t we all been there — probably very recently at a holiday gathering?

Houseplants Lighting Workshop

  Learn what plants thrive in a house with low lighting. noon-1pm at Homestead Gardens, Severna Park. $5: 410-384-7966; www.homesteadgardens.com. 

Art at Quiet Waters

  See Ahni Salloway’s large-scale paintings of women’s faces in her exhibit I Am You — A Peace Project in Quiet Water’s Willow Gallery. Michael Gouker hangs his pen-and-ink and colored-pencil drawings Circles and Tangents in the neighboring Garden Gallery. Showing thru Feb. 17. M-F 9am-4pm; SaSu 10am-4pm, 600 Quiet Waters Park Rd., Annapolis. $6/vehicle: 410-222-1777; www.friendsofquietwaterspark.org. 

Galesville Square Dance

  Do-si-do to traditional Appalachian dance tunes at the Galesville community square dance party; bring a dish for the potluck dinner. No partner or experience needed. 5:30-10pm at Galesville Memorial Hall, 952 Galesville Rd.: $10 w/age discounts: 301-926-9142; www.communitysquaredance.wordpress.com.

Oldies Dancing

  Dance the night away to music from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s at the Legion’s Oldies Dance. Cash bar and food. 7-11pm. $10: American Legion 206, Rt. 260, Chesapeake Beach: 301-855-6466; www.ALPost206.org. 

Burns Supper

  Enjoy Scottish cuisine, silent auction and raffle to honor Scotland's famous poets at the Robert Burns Society supper. Hear Bob Whyte, a retired Scottish police officer, talk about Burns' poetic legacy. Dress in kilts or come semi-formal. 6pm at the Annapolis Elks Lodge, 2517 Solomons Island Rd. $45 w/membership discounts: 410-721-7550; www.robertburnssocietyofannapolis.org.

Party Bracelets

  Combine macramé and beads of different shapes and sizes to create a party on your wrist. 1-5pm at Annmarie Garden, Solomons. $50 w/member discounts; rsvp: 410-326-4640; www.annmariegarden.org.

Houseplants Lighting Workshop

  Learn what plants thrive in a house with low lighting. 11am-1pm at Homestead Gardens, Davidsonville. $5: 410-798-5000; www.homesteadgardens.com. 

Garden Smarter • free

  Learn to grow healthier plans and unique heirlooms. 10-11:30am at Prince Frederick Library: 410-535-0291; www.calvert.lib.md.us.