Dwell on old times with Alberta Stornetta, author of Arnold Maryland and Neighbors on the Broadneck, remembering the days when Magothy River attractions included a roller coaster and alligator exhibit and Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard was a mud and oyster-shell road. 2pm reception; 3pm dinner at Snyder’s Willow Grove, Linthicum. $40; rsvp: 410-974-6850; www.aachs.org.