KIDS Sea Squirts
2021-01-14 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | MD
Children (ages 18mo-3yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of Wacky Weather. 10:15am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm & 4:15pm, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission, RSVP: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Virtual Lunch & Learn
2021-01-14 13:00 - 14:30 | MD
Join the Maryland State Archivist Timothy Baker for a presentation on how the examination of the historical record can provide context and help inform decisions regarding monuments in our public spaces; Sponsored by The Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Maryland Four Centuries Project, and the Maryland State Archives. 1pm, RSVP for link: https://calendar.prattlibrary.org.

KIDS Strawberry DNA
2021-01-14 17:00 | MD
Learn how to see DNA by using simple household supplies to turn your kitchen into a research lab. 5pm, RSVP for link: https://calvertlibrary.libnet.info.

January Meeting of the Annapolis Chapter f the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers
2021-01-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Double T Diner, Route 2 & West Street, Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
A representative of Leica GeoSystems will give a presentation of his company’s state-of-the-art surveying and distance measuring equipment in the Double T Diner Meeting Room at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, 14 January 2021. Information: William Rynone, Ph.D., P.E. 410-263-0794 or rynone.eng@gmail.com

Society of Professional Engineers
2021-01-14 18:30 - 20:00 | MD
Learn about the construction of sheet metal buildings in this meeting of the Annapolis chapter. 6:30-8pm, Double T Diner, Annapolis, RSVP: 410-263-0794 or rynone.eng@gmail.com.

Chesapeake Bay Waterfowl: Exploring and Solving Mysteries
2021-01-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Annapolis Maritime Museum, MD, United States
Dr. Matthew Perry will explore the history of waterfowl in the Bay from the time of Captain John Smith to present-day as they compete with humans for optimum habitat. He will discuss Chesapeake Bay studies of the Canvasback, King of the Bay, and the latest tracking studies of Seaducks using satellite telemetry. He will also explain how species such as mute swans, Canada geese, and snow geese, are destroying habitat for other waterfowl species.

Maritime Winter Lecture
2021-01-14 19:00 - 20:30 | MD
Dr. Matthew Perry explores the history of waterfowl in the Bay from the time of Captain John Smith to present-day as they compete with humans for optimum habitat, discussing studies of sea ducks, swans and geese; hosted by the Annapolis Maritime Museum. 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for link: www.amaritime.org.

Twelfth Night Ball
2021-01-16 18:30 | MD
The Riversdale House Museum is continuing its Twelfth Night Ball tradition in a modified format, offering viewers the chance to bring this treasured event into their living rooms. Don festive attire for an evening of dancing, with instruction and period music, take a peek at the candlelit home, plus learn about popular foods that are traditional for the event. 6:30pm, $20 w/discounts, RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/12THNIGHT2021.

Call for Saturday Visiter Awards
2021-01-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
The awards are an honor recognizing Poe’s continuing legacy in the arts and literature globally. The prizes will honor media, art, performance, and writing that is an adaptation of or is inspired by Poe’s life and works. Works of any medium and genre released, printed, distributed, or first performed between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020, (the previous three years) can be accepted.

Virtual Lecture - Planting an Empire
2021-01-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuGpqD0pEtEPvadf_VjLpwv1ey0SmzAY
Planting an Empire is the only modern, comprehensive history of the Chesapeake colonies, but writing it wasn’t a simple task. While two colonies shared a geographic region, they differed in a number of fundamental ways, yet together they formed a prosperous and politically important region in British North America. Trying to balance two dissimilar narratives proved to be a challenge. A cautionary tale for would-be authors!
Registration required.

Winter Lecture Series - Traditional Wooden Shipbuilding on the Chesapeake Bay & the Maryland Dove
2021-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | MD
Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for their 4th week of the Winter Lecture Series featuring speaker Pete Lesher, chief curator at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Pete will walk us through Maryland’s rich heritage of wooden shipbuilding over the course of three centuries developed with regionally specific designs, materials, & techniques. He will also review the regional aspects of this once-vital industry and shed light on the significance of the construction of the Maryland Dove.

Virtual Lecture - Gardens and Gardening in Early Annapolis
2021-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuGpqD0pEtEPvadf_VjLpwv1ey0SmzAY
The William Paca House is famous for its reconstructed eighteenth-century garden. A place for leisure, experimentation, artistry, and the production of food and medicine, William Paca’s garden—and gardens elsewhere in Annapolis and the British Atlantic World—were integral to everyday life. Join Bethany McGlyn as she explores several eighteenth-century Annapolis gardens, their construction and design, and the stories of the enslaved and servant gardeners whose expertise maintained them.
Registration required.

Athletes for the Arts
2021-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Maryland Hall, 801 Chase St., Annapolis, MD, 21401
An uplifting virtual event! Athletes for the Arts is an inspiring and entertaining evening of stories, live performances, and a chance to bid on a carefully curated silent auction of exclusive items. Support the arts, celebrate our youth and spend a night with celebrated professional athletes!
Athletes for the Arts features former Navy, Washington Football Team, and New England Patriot Fullback Eric Kettani, former Penn State and Bills/Jets Linebacker Aaron Maybin and six-time Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon who will perform throughout the evening. Sportscaster Julie Donaldson, Washington Football Team’s Senior Vice President of Media & Content is our host.

Winter Lecture Series - Oysters and Ecosystems: How the Eastern Oyster Shapes the Bay
2021-01-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Annapolis Maritime Museum, MD, United States
Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for their 5th lecture of the 2021 Winter Lecture Series, featuring speaker Jesse Iliff, River Keeper of South, West, and Rhode Rivers. The oyster has been a linchpin Bay’s ecosystem for millions of years and has impacted the politics and economy of the State of Maryland for centuries.
Jesse will explain how aquaculture has been chipping away at the wild fishery and teach us about the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance, a coalition of non-profits, community organizations, oyster growers, and others dedicated to helping recover the Bay’s oyster population by putting 10 billion oysters in the Bay by 2025.

Sign Up for Online Music Mini-Courses Offered by Children's Chorus of Maryland!
2021-02-02 - 2021-02-27 | Children’s Chorus of Maryland & School of Music, 320 East Towsontown Blvd., Terrace Level, Towson, MD, 21286, United States
Children’s Chorus of Maryland welcomes your child to join our choristers for our spring offering of online Music Mini-Courses for children ages 7 to 17 in engaging topics such as vocal skills, composition, recorder, interactive musical games, ukulele, conducting and more! A great opportunity to learn with peers & faculty within our choir community, each mini-course is comprised of four 45-min sessions held on Saturday mornings. CCM mini-courses are a fun way to learn new skills or simply mix-up your weekly routine! Course dates are February 27th, March 13th, March 20th, and April 10th. Tuition is $75 for all four sessions. Check out all of the different course offerings online at www.ccmsings.org! Email ccm@ccmsings.org if you have any questions. We can’t wait to sing with you!

Virtual Lecture - Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: The Oyster Wars
2021-02-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuGpqD0pEtEPvadf_VjLpwv1ey0SmzAY
The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates,20210202-Pirates the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are intimately tied to a fascinating history of intrigue, plunder and illicit commerce raiding. Author Jamie L.H. Goodall introduces those whose tales of piracy are legendary from the harbor of Baltimore to the shores of Cape Charles. Her talk will focus specifically on the Oyster Wars, which began in the 1830s and lasted until 1959 with the death of Berkeley Muse.
Registration required.

Winter Lecture Series - The Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary: The Ghost Fleet and Beyond
2021-02-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Annapolis Maritime Museum, MD, United States
Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for the 5th lecture of the 2021 Winter Lecture Series, featuring speaker Dr. Susan Langley. Learn about our Nation’s newest National Marine Sanctuary which encompasses more than 100 vessels constructed by the civilian U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. to ferry supplies to Europe during WWI, presenting the largest fleet of historic vessels in the world. Discover fascinating historical aspects such as the importance of the area to the First Nations peoples, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, WWI and WWII, and the Great Depression, as well as the history of commercial fishing through the centuries.
Langley will also explain why there are many reasons to visit this peaceful enclave just 30 miles south of the Nation’s capital, including excellent fishing and birdwatching.

Monarch Academy Annapolis’ Family EdCamp
2021-02-06 12:30 - 15:30 | –
Monarch Academy Annapolis, a public contract school serving pre-K to fifth grades in partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools, will hold a free, virtual Family EdCamp conference for school families and the community to help them support their children’s education.
The conference will provide an opportunity for families to collaborate with Monarch Academy Annapolis educators and other families and attend virtual workshops covering topics including academics, social-emotional needs, technology and general school topics.
Families can register for the Family EdCamp conference at https://monarchacademy.org/annapolis.

Freedom Hill Horse Rescue New Volunteer Orientation
2021-02-06 13:00 - 15:00 | freedom hill horse rescue, 7940 N. Flint Hill Rd, Owings, MD, 20736
Open to all. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
For information contact freedom.hill.org@gmail.com.
Looking for people to join our am or pm feed shifts as well as many of our ‘behind the scenes’ opportunities. No experience necessary. At the orientation, volunteers will learn our specific feed shift routine, how to groom a horse as well as the importance of safety and awareness when working around horses. The orientation is hands on.

A Live Lecture featuring the Culture of Egypt --- Introduction to Coptic Art and Architecture
2021-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuGpqD0pEtEPvadf_VjLpwv1ey0SmzAY
INTRODUCTION TO COPTIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE Coptic Art and Architecture Prof. Dr. Sami Sabri Shaker The lecture will briefly cover the following elements in Coptic Art: The Art of the Iota, the Fayum Portraits, iconography, wall paintings, textile, as well as the decoration of the manuscripts, of the woodwork and stonework.
The lecture will also uncover the uniqueness of the Coptic Architecture. It briefly presents the typology of historic churches, columns, and domes. In the sanctuary area of some historic churches — as in some Ancient Egyptian Temples— from a small opening the sun rays fall on the altar on the day of the
The lecture will also uncover the uniqueness of the Coptic Architecture. It briefly presents the typology of historic Egyptian sites.
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13th Annual Bridges to the World International Film Festival – Second Film
2021-02-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Zoom, https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuGpqD0pEtEPvadf_VjLpwv1ey0SmzAY
The WAE International Film Festival features five films from five countries. It will run for five weeks on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, beginning February 2 and ending March 2.
The second film is “Mellow Mud” from Latvia. Es esmu šeit (which translates as “I am here”) presents a bittersweet story of a young woman coming of age under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Not only does she seek to establish a mature self-identity, but to also assert her value and independence in a world that has ignored her — to exclaim “I am here.”
Zoom Webinar ID: 833 6029 3896
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Tailor link: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2218574105?ref_=tt_pv_vi_aiv_1

Jay Fleming Photography at MTPA, Ticketed Reception
2021-02-11 05:30 - 19:30 | maryland theatre for the performing arts, 3 park place suite 4, annapolis, 21401
What’s included:
A 30-minute intimate gallery experience
Wine
Q & A with Jay Fleming
About Jay:
It would seem that Jay had discovered his passion for photography upon inheriting his father’s hand-me-down Nikon film camera, at the young age of thirteen. Jay immediately developed an affinity for looking at life through the lens of his camera and what ensued was an exciting photographic journey that would eventually lead him to his career as a professional photographer.
Though beginning under the tutelage of his father, former National Geographic staff photographer, Jay naturally developed a photographic style and identity all his own. Through experimentation, an incredible amount of patience & preparation, and countless hours spent researching potential photo opportunities, Jay began to capture such awe-inspiring photographs on his own. A pair of Yellowstone Cutthroat trout underwater, the last house on Holland Island reflecting in the rippling water just before it collapsed, and a fleet of wooden Skipjacks against an ominous grey sky are among Jay’s most memorable pieces from the early stages of his career.
Jay considers himself to be extremely fortunate to have found a livelihood that both satisfies his creativity and simultaneously supports his beliefs in environmental conservation. Jay spent the summers of 2011 and 2012 working in Yellowstone National Park to preserve the park’s dwindling population of native Cutthroat Trout. During this time, he was able to explore his surroundings and capture some of the iconic beauty of the park’s landscape and wildlife—however, what was most memorable to him was the fact that some of those very photographs directly contributed to raising awareness to the conservation efforts being made. Jay’s photographs of these threatened Cutthroat Trout appeared in a National Geographic publication that informed the public of the increasing threat of invasive species.
Closer to his home in Annapolis, Maryland; Jay has turned his attention towards the Chesapeake Bay. Jay spent three years documenting all aspects of the Bay’s rapidly changing seafood industry for his first book, Working the Water, released in the fall of 2016. From underwater photographs of Blue Crabs swimming in lush beds of underwater grasses to incredibly poignant portraits of laborers working in a oyster shucking house, to portraits of workboats leaving the dock before sunrise, Jay illustrated the full spectrum of the Chesapeake Bay’s fisheries in Working the Water. This title is currently in its third and final printing.
Jay’s documentation of the iconic seafood industry proved to be an incredibly powerful educational tool in raising awareness for the people and the processes involved with bringing commonly consumed seafood products to market. In the fall of 2017, amidst other photography and video projects, Jay committed to his second book, Island Life. Jay after 10 years of making trips to Smith and Tangier Islands – the two only inhabited offshore islands in the Chesapeake Bay – Jay developed an affinity for the environment and the island communities. Island Life will explore the environment and the seasonal Chesapeake harvests that provide the rhythm for community life, while documenting the tenacity and determination of the Smith and Tangier islanders who honor their traditions while facing an uncertain future. Island Life is expected to be released in October of 2021.
Whether it’s a dramatic sunrise over the water or a fishermen hauling gear, the passion for his craft and for visual storytelling is obvious in every photograph. Jay’s talent is undeniable, his is photography is not only beautiful but purposeful.
Website: http://www.jayflemingphotography.com
Social media: @jayflemingphotography
About the gallery at Maryland Theatre for the Performing Arts:
The Gallery at MTPA is located at 3 Park Place, Suite 4 Annapolis, MD 21401. The Gallery houses about 8 artists per year, all local to Annapolis, MD. As an arts nonprofit dedicated to providing the Annapolis community with accessible and innovative arts programming, MTPA does not charge artsits a fee to house their work. Checkout our website and make a meaningful donation to MTPA here:
Website: https://www.mtpa-annapolis.org
Social media: @Themtpa
Covid-19 protocals:
Only 10 guests will be allowed in the gallery per 30-minute time slot
Masks required
Gallery will be sanitized between time slots
MTPA will be following CDC guidelines closely. If the reception is cancelled due to new government restrictions, ticket holders will be offered the opportunity for a refund.
Accessibility:
If you have any special requests, accessibility needs, or recommendations on how we can make our venues and events more convenient and comfortable for all patrons, please contact us via email at mattie.fenton@mtpa-annapolis.org or call us at 410.626.6055. Whenever possible, please contact us prior to the performance date to discuss any special requests.
A 501(c)(3) Organization
Maryland Theatre for the Performing Arts is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation and all gifts made to the Organization are tax-deductible to the extent provided by state and federal law. 100% of such gifts are retained by the Organization to support its operations.

KIDS Sea Squirts
2021-02-11 10:00 - 17:00 | MD
Children (ages 18mos-3yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of jellyfish. 10:15am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm & 4:15pm, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission, RSVP: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Lunch & Learn
2021-02-11 13:00 | MD
Join Elaine Rice Bachmann and Maya Davis with the Maryland State Archives for an illustrated virtual lecture about the creation and unveiling of the statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, and their interpretation as part of the visitor experience in the State House. Sponsored by: The Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Maryland Four Centuries Project, and the Maryland State Archives.1pm: http://bit.ly/3ahee9K.

Professional Engineers Meeting
2021-02-11 18:30 | MD
Join the Annapolis Chapter of the Maryland Society for a discussion of forensic engineering. 6:30pm, Double T Diner, Annapolis: rynone.eng@gmail.com.

Instant Pot Cooking
2021-02-11 19:00 | MD
Learn to make desserts in your Instant Pot. 7pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl.net.

Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth: A History of Sugar and Dessert
2021-02-11 19:00 | MD
Learn about the history of cane sugar in its many forms from Muscovado to Lisbon to Loaf in this interactive presentation with food historian Joyce White; learn how sugar has evolved over time from its introduction to Medieval England up until the Victorian days, learn the many ways sugar has been incorporated into meals for medicinal, culinary, and decorative purposes. 7pm, RSVP for link:https://hammondharwoodhouse.org/.

Winter Lecture Series - The Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781: Military Decider for the American Revolution
2021-02-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Annapolis Maritime Museum, MD, United States
Join Annapolis Maritime Museum for their 6th lecture of the 2021 Winter Lecture Series, featuring speaker Dr. William Cogar.
In September 1781, a battle between the British and French navies at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay resulted in what few contemporaries could contemplate: the event that would spell the end of the American Revolution and independence for the American colonies. While most Americans, then and now, see the battle as a part of their conflict with Britain, it was in fact an event that reflected global politics rather than regional ones. Join us as we step back in time to learn more about this important moment in our history.

Great Backyard Bird Count
2021-02-12 - 2021-02-15 | MD
Join others around the world to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds in this annual event hosted by The Cornell Lab and Audubon: https://www.birdcount.org/.

Jewelry Trunk Show
2021-02-12 11:00 - 16:00 | MD
Browse jewelry collections from Michelle Pressler, Mickey Lynn, and VIELÄ, plus enjoy a free box of sea salt caramels with any jewelry purchase of $50 or more. 11am-4pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.
