Food Donation drop off site
2021-11-19 11:00 - 2021-12-16 19:00 (America/New_York) | Gallery 57 West, 57 West Street, Annapolis, 21401
Gallery 57 West is collecting non-perishables for local food pantries in an effort to help our community this holiday season. Bring in your items to the collection bin at Gallery 57 West. (*Please, no expired food.)
Accepting donations from November 6 through December 16.

Zoo Lights Presented by Chase
2021-11-19 17:00 - 20:00, 2021-11-20 17:00 - 20:00, 2021-11-21 17:00 - 20:00, 2021-11-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Maryland Zoo, 1 Safari Pl., Baltimore, MD, 21217
The Maryland Zoo kicks off the holiday season with the opening night of Zoo Lights presented by Chase. The seven-week event features more than 80 lights displays with 150,000 environmentally-friendly LED lights, transitioning the Zoo into a sparkling winter wonderland.
Zoo Lights operates five nights a week, Wednesday-Sunday from 5–8 pm. On Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, guests will be on foot walking along a beautifully lit path starting at the Main Gate, heading down Buffalo Yard Road and into Zoo Central. With an expanded walking path this year, the walking experience also includes free train and carousel rides (weather permitting), access to snacks and hot cocoa for purchase. The Zoo will also be accepting new and unwrapped toys for pediatric patients of the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital on Saturday evenings and toiletry items on Sunday evenings to benefit patients and families of Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.
On Wednesdays and Thursdays, guests can experience Zoo Lights from the comfort of their vehicles, starting at Eagle Gate and proceeding down Buffalo Yard Road.
Tickets are $33 per vehicle and $28 per person for the walk-thru experience. Members receive a $5 discount per ticket purchased. Tickets must be reserved in advance, and dates may be modified due to inclement weather.

A Christmas Carol - Sidewalk Sale
2021-11-20 09:00 - 12:00 | the Colonial Players, 108 East Street, Annapolis, 21401
The Colonial Players of Annapolis will be holding the traditional sidewalk sale for A Christmas Carol tickets.

FREE Seminar: Immune Boosting for Winter
2021-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Honey’s Farmhouse Retreat, 5819 Brooks Woods Road, Lothian, 20711
Want to feel confident as you prepare for the winter cold and flu season? Join Anna Chaney, Functional Nutrition Practitioner and Energy Healer, at Honey’s Farmhouse Retreat for a FREE presentation on C0VID-19, where we will learn how to optimize immune function and what we can do to stay healthy and/or care for ourselves or others when a virus is contracted.
Anna Chaney will walk you through her C0VID Story and share some of the latest Randomized Controlled Trials on naturally preventing and/or treating C0VID-19.
Stick around for an optional, nourishing lunch of homemade, immune boosting soup and gluten free bread after the talk when more casual conversation and a Q&A will be offered. The talk is FREE and the optional lunch is $25/person.
Limited seating, register for FREE today!

Thanksgiving Pie Sale
2021-11-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Friendship UMC, 22 W. Friendship Road, Friendship, 20758
Delicious homemade pies in time for Thanksgiving! Many varieties of pies for sale at Friendship United Methodist Church, 22 West Friendship Road in Friendship, Md (1 block east of Friendship Circle on Route 2). Sale will be held from 10am to 1pm in the church parking lot, for $10 each. This is a joint fundraiser supporting Friendship United Methodist Women and the Cemetery committee.

Open Studio 11-4pm November 20
2021-11-20 11:00 - 16:00 | SoCo Arts Lab, 312 Deale Rd, Tracys Landing, 20779
Come meet our artists, visit the Gallery and buy some Art. Join Fiber Artist Joanne Graham from 2-4pm as she shows how she creates her fiber art and wearable items. They’re for sale also! Paint a crab basket for the Anne Arundel Watermen’s Association and SoCo Lab joint fundraiser. Visit Annapolis Maritime Antiques workshop next door and see beautiful custom furniture and maritime antiques.

Art supplies gift basket raffle to benefit local youth artists
2021-11-20 11:00 - 2021-12-16 19:00 | Gallery 57 West, 57 West Street, Annapolis, 21401
Enter to win one of seven gigantic gift baskets full of art supplies! Every time you shop at Gallery 57 West or donate a non-perishable food item, you can enter to win!
Winners will be drawn on December 16 during Midnight Madness.

Santa’s Cottage
2021-11-21, 2021-11-22, 2021-11-23, 2021-11-24, 2021-11-25
November 20 thru December 23
Experience the magic and capture the spirit of the holiday season with a visit to Santa’s Cottage where you will meet Saint Nick himself and take home a photo for the whole family to treasure. On Saturdays, have cookies with Mrs. Claus (1-3pm). Tuesdays, get pet photos with Santa (5-8pm). Times vary, Annapolis Town Center, RSVP: annapolistowncenter.com/santa.

Outdoor Singing by Back Creek!
2021-11-21 08:00 - 17:00
Sing safely outdoors in a beautiful setting by the water. Easy rounds, chants, layer and harmony songs led by Elizabeth Melvin. Email contact@thefreedomchoir.com for location. By donation $10-20

Form and Fabric X
2021-11-21 09:00 - 16:00, 2021-11-22 09:00 - 16:00, 2021-11-23 09:00 - 16:00, 2021-11-24 09:00 - 16:00
Local artists offer handcrafted work in ceramics, fabric and fibers, paint and wood, photography and papercraft, jewelry and hand painted glass. Reception Nov. 21 (1:30-3:30pm). On exhibit thru Jan. 3 MWThF 9am-4pm, SaSu 10am-4pm, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, $6 entrance fee waived during reception only: fqwp.org/art/gallery.

AACo Sunday Market
2021-11-21 10:00 - 13:00
10am-1pm, 257 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis: www.aacofarmersmarket.com/.

Sunday Market - Honey's Harvest Farm
2021-11-21 11:00 - 14:00 | Honey’s Harvest Farm, Lothian, 20711
The market features fresh produce, flowers, honey, elderberry syrup, herbal teas, chicken, pork, duck, eggs, mushrooms, live plants, microgreens, and more as seasonally available! IN ADDITION, ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH WE OFFER A SPECIAL MARKET WITH EVEN MORE PARTICIPATING VENDORS, INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO SOAP MAKERS, FISHERMEN, AND JEWELRY MAKERS!

Lights on the Bay
2021-11-21 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-22 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-23 17:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-24 17:00 - 22:00
See Sandy Point State Park transformed into a gleaming winter world with over 70 elaborate animated displays. Cruise through two sparkling miles to see North Pole scenes, a twinkling Up North Village scene, a Winter Penguin Village, a colonial village inspired by historic Annapolis, a giant 16-foot red teddy bear, midshipmen and Chessie, the Bay monster; buy 3D glasses to make the magic come to life ($5). Santa makes an appearance on Thanksgiving Day. Benefits SPCA; open thru Jan. 2. 5-10pm rain or shine, Sandy Point State Park, $20/car, $30/van or mini-bus, $50/bus, special discount nights posted online: lightsonthebay.org.

Brian Ganz Concert Series
2021-11-22 12:00 - 13:00
Musician-in-residence Brain Ganz continues his popular PianoTalk series with Musical Gardening, featuring works of Chopin. Noon, Auerbach Auditorium, St. Mary’s Hall, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, free: 240-895-4498.

Calvert Bookmobile
2021-11-23 17:00 - 18:30
Visit the library on wheels. 5-6:30pm, White Sands Community Building, Lusby: calvertlibrary.info.
