The B&A Trail is a well-known and highly enjoyable bike trail that follows a former rail line between Baltimore and Annapolis. The trail extends around 13 miles along a paved route. The Earleigh Heights Ranger Station, located in Severna Park (mile 7 on the map) is an excellent place to begin your journey. As the summer continues the adventures persist and this adventure is one not to miss!

Read more at Fresh Take — Riding the B&A Trail.

Tuesday, August 23 is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. UNESCO encourages all Heritage Sites to participate in this global remembrance. Take this opportunity to share the history of this human trade and its abolishment.

How you as an Individual, Organization, Church, or Heritage Site recognizes this day depends solely on you. The Annapolis Port Marker Committee will join any planned activities held in the City of Annapolis, during this Day of Remembrance. Contact Janice Hayes-Williams to connect. 

UNESCO:

"It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to recognize the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual. Today, let us remember the victims and freedom fighters of the past so that they may inspire future generations to build just societies."

More on this International Day can be found here: https://www.unesco.org/en/days/slave-trade-remembrance-day?fbclid=IwAR02euLb3H2hM-InIINw9k0qPz4TlWc_40eVbND8xwkpXnv9PrQQQuVSdO0

Thursday, August 18

7:00-9:00 pm

Annapolis Maritime Museum

723 Second Street, Annapolis

August 18- The Grilled Lincoln’s

The Tides & Tunes Summer Concert Series offers 10 weeks of popular music–from rock to folk to blues–with the incomparable backdrop of the Chesapeake Bay. Concerts are free; however, donations are gratefully accepted. Food and spirits are available for purchase. Beverage sales support the Museum’s education program. No outside alcohol is permitted. Bring a chair or blanket.



Concerts will start at 7 p.m. at the Museum’s waterfront McNasby campus (723 Second St., Annapolis).

Friday, August 19

7:00-9:00 pm

Captain Avery Museum

1418 E. West Shady Side Road

Each Friday 7-9 pm in June, July, and August – the Captain Avery Museum will have a different presenter from 7-9 pm. These people will play music, make art, and talk about local history. Refreshments will be available. Get together with old and new friends for a night out!

August 19 - West River Oysters

Linda Andreason will give us an overview presentation on Project Oysters West River followed by a presentation on the local oyster sanctuary monitoring work. Volunteers have been working to preserve a healthy bay and a healthy oyster population.

Saturday, August 20

10:00 am -12:00 pm

Hammond-Harwood House

19 Maryland Ave, Annapolis

The Hammond-Harwood House Museum invites guests to a two-hour tour that explores the two architectural treasures in downtown Annapolis. Guests will learn about the architectural details and the longstanding social history that connects these two great houses on Maryland Avenue, the Chase Home and the Hammond-Harwood House.

Tour begins in front of the Hammond-Harwood House, 19 Maryland Avenue.

Participants will also receive a half-price admission to the Hammond-Harwood House, which includes the special exhibition ”Ambition: Charles Willson Peale in Annapolis” featuring Peale’s Annapolis commissions chronologically with twenty-five portraits, including nine loans.

Register for the Two Great Houses Architectural Tour.

Saturday, August 20

4:00-7:00 pm

Cape St. Claire Clubhouse

1223 River Bay Rd, Annapolis

On August 20, 2022, the Goshen Farm Preservation Society will be hosting their Wine Tasting & Raffle from 4pm to 7pm. Bella’s Liquors has graciously sponsored this event. They will be featuring The Jazz Perpetrators and catered by Tony Barrett. Buy a Raffle ticket for multiple chances to win eight prizes worth $1000!

Tuesday, August 23

7:30 pm

Organization:Historic Annapolis

Benedict Arnold is the most famous turncoat in American history. He was a skilled officer in George Washington’s Continental Army who began secretly communicating with British intelligence agents, giving them insider information, and dramatically defecting to their side in return for a mountain of cash. Historian Richard Bell reconstructs the life and times of Benedict Arnold, the reasons for this treason, and the larger problems of betrayal and desertion that dogged the Continental Army throughout the war.

Registration required. Cost: $15 per household for General Admission; $10 per household for HA Members & Volunteers. Register for The Dark Treason of Benedict Arnold.

Joyce White, food historian, is seeking to generate a cultural collection of Maryland recipes and food memories.

The project to generate the cultural collection is called The Great Maryland Recipe Hunt and will be launched officially on Thursday, September 1, 2022. The website is already live and can be reached at http://marylandrecipes.org. Partners are needed to help generate support and participation among your members/followers in the form of sharing recipes and food memories from diverse groups of people from every corner of the state. There is no cost to partner and all materials giving partnership details, downloadable logos, and pre-made social media posts are available at http://marylandrecipes.org/partnership-packet.

For more information on how to participate, contact Joyce White at foodhistory@comcast.net

MSAC is seeking panelists to evaluate applications to its County Arts Development (CAD) and Network Organizational Development (NOD) programs, both of which provide funding supporting a strong, stable arts infrastructure in Maryland.

CAD panelists will review applications submitted in the FY 2024 funding cycle. All selected panelists will be expected to:

• Familiarize with the CAD program, which provides funding and resources to Maryland’s 24 county arts agencies
• Evaluate one round of CAD applications, with evaluations due in May 2023
• Conduct in-depth evaluations of individual applicants, as assigned
• Attend a required virtual orientation in mid-October
• Receive compensation of $350-$450, depending on the volume of scheduled assignments

NOD panelists will serve a one-year term. All selected panelists will be expected to:

• Familiarize with the NOD program, which funds efforts to increase long-term stability, effectiveness, or visibility for Maryland’s Arts & Entertainment District management entities, county arts agencies, and regional folklife centers
• Evaluate three rounds of NOD applications, with evaluations due in October 2022, January 2023, and April 2023
• Attend a required virtual orientation in mid-October, with additional check-in meetings scheduled based on panelist needs
• Receive compensation of $650, assuming the completion of all scheduled assignments

Apply Online. Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2022

In preparation for the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County's 2022-2023 Arts in Education (AiE) Grants, they are updating their AiE Teaching Artist Directory!

The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County’s annual Arts in Education (AiE) Teaching Artist Directory was designed to put the world of the arts at the fingertips of program directors as they apply for their school’s AiE Residency and Auditorium Grants. This directory is a great resource for all schools throughout Anne Arundel County to see the variety of vibrant teaching artists from the visual, performing, historic, and literary arts.

Directory Application Closes: Monday, August 29, 2022 (11:59 PM EST)

The 2022 AASLH Annual Conference will be held September 14-17 in Buffalo with the 2022 Virtual Conference following on November 1-4.

The conference theme, Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place, suggests many questions. What place is important to you? To your community? Do you see these stories reflected in your museums, historic sites, and the local cultural sector? Who decides what places are saved or interpreted and what ends up being worth saving? Answers to these questions trace back to who is at the table when discussing memorializing an event in history or a place in time, who holds authority in decision making processes, structures of power that often go unseen or unaddressed.

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