Just For Fun
Save June 8-9, The Annapolis Arts and Crafts Festival – Featuring Maryland Wines
The Annapolis Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on June 8-9, 2013, at The Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium with an enhanced Kids’Art component highlighting theatrical and musical performances, face painting, mime, story telling, and shirt tie dyeing. Attendees can also view the winning artwork of the “Annapolis: The Arts” poster contest from students at [...]
Truxtun Youth Triathlon Open For Registration
Annapolis Recreation and Parks continues to accept registrants for the 7th annual Truxtun Youth Triathlon for Sunday, June 16. The registration deadline is Friday, June 7. The Truxtun Youth Triathlon is an annual event that challenges kids (ages 7-17) to complete a swim, bike and run event in a highly supportive and motivating community environment. [...]
First Sunday Arts Festival: June 2nd
Join us in Annapolis, Maryland for the 2013 First Sunday Arts Festival on June 2. For five hours – from noon until five — a portion of historic West Street above State Circle is closed to cars and transforms into a fun festival of live music, dance, art and crafts. The Festival, which continues around [...]
Expectant Moms Rule In Bowie
The Bowie Baysox have announced Bellies & Baseball Night, an Expectant Mother’s Celebration, at Prince George’s Stadium, Friday, May 24, as the Baysox take on the Trenton Thunder at 7:05 p.m. The Baysox want to treat new and expecting mothers to a fun night of baseball with a special ticket package. For $12, new and expecting [...]
Preakness Fun For All
Pitbull, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and Oxbow all came out on top in the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in the Triple Crown series of races. Unfortunately, with Oxbow winning, we will go, yet another year without a Triple Crown Winner. Affirmed was the last horse to do it, and that [...]
Bowtie Cinemas Offers Free Summer Flicks
Bow Tie Cinemas invites all area moms, dads, caregivers and children to their annual 2013 Kids FREE Summer Film Series. The series will run from June 25th to August 21st at the Harbour 9 theater in the Harbour Center on Route 2. Doors open at 9 a.m. The 9 week series schedule is below: June [...]
5th Annual Paca Girlfriend’s Flower Power Party
Spring is beginning to bloom across Annapolis, which means the Paca Girlfriends’ Flower Power Party is just around the corner. Now in its fifth year, the gala party is set for Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the historic William Paca House and Garden in downtown Annapolis. The annual event draws women from across the greater [...]
Watermen’s Appreciation Day And Crab Feast At CBMM
Come to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD on Sunday, August 11 to celebrate Chesapeake watermen and their heritage at the 4th Annual Watermen’s Appreciation Day. Festival-goers will enjoy hot crabs, cold beer, celebrity appearances, a boat docking contest, and live music beginning at noon with Bird Dog and the Road [...]
Zonta Hosts 10th Annual Chocolate Festival
The Zonta Club of Annapolis is thrilled to announce the success of their 10th annual Swinging Sweets Chocolate Festival, which staged on Thursday, April 25th from 7-9pm at the Loews Annapolis Hotel. This year marked a major milestone for the event and will serve as a catalyst to support women via scholarship throughout the Annapolis [...]
Herndon Climb On Monday
The Naval Academy’s Class of 2016’s Herndon monument climb will begin at 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 20, near the front of the Naval Academy Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy’s plebe (freshman) class form a human pyramid around the 21-foot tall Herndon [...]
Night At The Races Scheduled For Bowie Baysox
The Baysox will celebrate Bowie’s illustrious horse racing history during A Night at the Races Saturday, May 25 at Prince George’s Stadium, during a game against the Trenton Thunder at 6:35 p.m. The city of Bowie has a long history of successful studs in terms of both horses – like the first father-son Triple Crown [...]
Wine In The Park Coming To OC
The First Annual “Wine in the Park” to be held June 28 & 29 at the Northside Park in Ocean City, with wineries from the East Coast.. The festival will be open Friday and Saturday from 11am to 7pm. In addition to the vast array of wine offerings, there will be several vendors offering an [...]
Girls On The Run To Host 8th Annual Spring 5K At AACC
Girls on the Run of the Greater Chesapeake will hold its 8th Annual Spring 5K on Saturday, May 18th at 9:00 a.m. at Anne Arundel Community College (101 College Parkway, Arnold, MD). The run is open to anyone in the community and registration is available online at: www.gotrchesapeake.org. The cost to participate is $20 in [...]
Providence Center Announces Annual Golf Tourney
Providence Center, a non-profit organization that serves adults with developmental disabilities, announced today that Severna Park-based Moran Insurance will once again serve as presenting sponsor for Providence Center’s 2013 Golf Classic. Chiron Technology Services, Inc., a Columbia-based cyber security and technology company, will also serve as presenting sponsor. This will be Providence Center’s 21st Annual [...]
Little Free Libraries Coming To Hillsmere And Annapolis Roads
Two Annapolis communities are unveiling their own “Little Free Libraries” in May. The libraries, located at Hillsmere’s community beach and park at the end of Hillsmere Dr. and in the community of Annapolis Roads on the corner of Pine Crest and Lakeview Drives, are designed to promote literacy and community involvement. The Little Free Library [...]
AACC’s Youngest Artists On Display
Anne Arundel Community College’s youngest artists will display their artwork in the annual Child Development Center’s Art Exhibit that is on display through May 29, in the Pascal Center for Performing Arts Gallery. The center’s three classrooms of 3-to-5-year-old children have created more than 200 pieces of art that will be on display. Included are [...]
23rd Annual Strawberry Fest On Tap
The Ann Arrundell County Historical Society will host its 23rd annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 8th at the Benson-Hammond House, 7101 Aviation Boulevard in Linthicum. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., celebrating the rich agricultural history of Anne Arundel County in the production of fine strawberries for market. Hand [...]
Wegmans And AA Parks & Recreation Team Up
The Department of Recreation and Parks and The Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails will launch the Wegmans Eat Well, Live Well Passport to Family Wellness Program at an outdoor reception on Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Jonas Green Park in Annapolis, Maryland. The Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks Trails, [...]
Free Admission To CBMM For Military
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD is offering free general admission to all active-duty military personnel and their families this Memorial Day through Labor Day. The promotion is part of CBMM’s affiliation with Blue Star Museums—a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families, the Department of [...]
Volunteers Needed To Clean Up Truxtun Park Skate Park
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen, Recreation and Parks Director Brian Woodward, and skate board enthusiasts from across Annapolis, invite you to join Pure Board Shop owner Robby Roberts to help clean up and open up the Truxtun Skate Park. “The City of Annapolis, Pure Board Shop, and skaters from Annapolis partnered to create the Truxtun [...]
FILMSTERS Academy Announces Summer Camps
FILMSTERS Academy is set to begin it’s 12th year this summer. Celebrating digital literacy and creativity through the art of filmmaking, this camp allows kids 11-20 years of age to pitch, write, produce, shoot, edit, and act in their own short films. This year, everyone will gather once again for film camp on the campus of Key School in Annapolis, [...]
Anne Arundel County Happenings–Spring & Summer
There’s a lot that’s new in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Maryland this spring and summer. Below is a sampling of some of the latest attractions and experiences that beckon travelers in the months ahead. For a complete listing, visit the Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay website at www.VisitAnnapolis.org. New Events From Enemies to Allies – [...]
