Twelfth Night Concert: A Highland Holiday January 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - January 12, 2021 @ 11:30 pm Announcing Elan’s annual Twelfth Night Concert: A Highland Holiday! Join us for a virtual evening of festive Scottish music and cheer, featuring poems and songs by Robert Burns and traditional Highland tunes. Rachel Lovett, Assistant Director […]
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 […]
David Gendell, a lifelong Annapolis sailor, will walk through the history of Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse including the rise of the port of Baltimore, the early lighthouses on the peninsula, and the construction of the screwpile on the shoal. The presentation will include a look at noteworthy keepers and an overview of the current state […]
Last day to order for Jan. 16: Place your order for red grapefruit and Honeybell tangelos to benefit community service projects, including scholarships. Pick up Jan. 16 (9am-1pm) at Cypress Creek Park, Severna Park. Grapefruit: one tray (8 pieces) for $20, two trays (15 pieces) for $29, three trays (23 pieces) for $38; Honeybell tangelos: […]
We have added two more dates to audition for the Spring Semester! Friday Jan 9 and Monday Jan 11 from 3-5 pm via Zoom. Interested parents should please email us directly to schedule at [email protected]. We still have spots open in our beginner choir starting January 2021 for children currently in Kindergarten through second grade. […]
We all know 'life happens' and presents challenges along the way. Join Patricia Maynard and Crystal Terhune for a discussion about ways to prepare financially for the unexpected; presented by the University of Maryland Extension and Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled. 6:30pm, RSVP for link: https://calvertlibrary.libnet.info.
Two hundred fifty years ago, Annapolis had been Maryland's capital for 75 of the province's 136 years. No one knew it yet, but the countdown was already on to the end of the colonial era, the start of the Revolutionary War, and the rise of an independent American nation. Glenn E. Campbell, Senior Historian of […]
Join the virtual seed swap and get ready for this year’s garden; limit 15 seeds per household, seeds will be mailed to you. 9am-9pm, RSVP: https://calvertlibrary.libnet.info.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Open to all. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. For information contact [email protected]. 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 […]