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During this time of curtailed activities due to COVID-19, we have been collecting online resources that readers can use while they practice social distancing in the home. If you haven’t been to our website recently, here are some posts you may have missed.
We will continue to gather resources to keep you informed and to keep all of us connected!
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Tonight! Orlando Ridout V Memorial Lecture
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Tuesday, November 17
7:00 pm
Organization: Historic Annapolis & Maryland Historical Trust
Historic Annapolis and the Maryland Historical Trust invite you to virtually attend the fourth annual Orlando Ridout V Memorial Lecture. Following an introduction by Robert C. Clark of Historic Annapolis and Marcia Miller of the Maryland Historical Trust, Thomas Reinhart, Director of Preservation at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, will present the lecture No Other Guide But His Eye: The Design and Construction of George Washington’s Townhouses on Capitol Hill.
In 1798, former President George Washington undertook the building of two joined rental houses near the US Capitol in a bid to encourage development in the new federal city. While the structures do not survive, an extremely detailed written record of their construction provides insight in to their construction and building practices in the early Federal period. Registration is required. Participation is free with a suggested donation of $10.
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Learning at London Town: Game On! |
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Wednesday, November 18, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Saturday, November 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Historic London Town House and Gardens
839 Londontown Road, Edgewater
Life for kids in the Colonial Chesapeake wasn’t all about work. In this program, kids will learn to play some sports and games that were popular in London Town’s heyday. While having fun, children will learn important communication and team-building skills.
For the safety of participants and staff, this event will be held outside with appropriate distancing, group sizes, and cleaning in accordance with CDC and local guidance. Cost to attend is $8 for member children grades 1 – 4 or $10 for non-member children grades 1 – 4. Pre-Registration is required. Maximum of 20 attendees.
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Virtual Lecture – Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic: Health Care in Early America |
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Thursday, November 19
7:00 pm
Organization: Historic Annapolis
Join Dr. Elaine Breslaw for an analysis of the trends in American health care by both professional and folk practitioners from the initial settlements to the mid-nineteenth century. We will discuss treatment of disease, epidemic crises, food habits, childbirth practices, the attitude toward the insane, wartime problems, and public health issues, with revelations about how and why the medical profession declined in importance during those years.
Learn about Dr. Alexander Hamilton of Annapolis, a highly educated doctor from Scotland who migrated to colonial Maryland in 1737. He’s best known for his 1744 trip through the colonies. He had a thriving medical practice, was involved in local politics, and married a daughter of one of the richest men in the colony.
Registration is required. Cost to attend is $15 per household for General Admission or $10 per household for HA Members and Volunteers.
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Live Stream to Reimagine Margaret Crowner’s Cook Shop in Historic Galesville |
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Saturday, November 21
6:00-7:00 pm
Organization: Galesville Community Center Organization
The Galesville Community Center Organization, Inc. (GCCO) proudly presents a virtual live stream presentation to reimagine Margaret Crowner’s Cook Shop, a two-room structure that served the Galesville and the West Benning Road communities. Built in 1941 by Margaret’s husband Benjamin Crowner, Sr. and other men within the community, the Cook Shop stood at 954 West Benning Road in Galesville and operated until 1962. This local restaurant became a central gathering place during segregation and afterward.
Noted genealogist and oral historian Lyndra Marshall (née Pratt) will interview members of the Crowner family. This informative, educational program will also feature an engaging cooking demonstration by Gertrude Makell along with the community center cooking team, followed by a sampling of the types of food served at the Cook Shop. Doris Sellman Foote, native of Galesville, a Crowner family member, and another well-known cook in the community, prepared the desserts or baked the desserts.
This event will be live streamed on Galesville Community Center Organization Facebook. A link to access the live stream will be emailed a week prior to November 21st and available on GCCO Facebook. Learn more about the Live Stream to Reimagine Margaret Crowner’s Cook Shop.
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Join Annapolis Green's City-Wide Cleanup - Saturday
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Did you know that cigarette butts are a form of plastic waste, with about 4.5 trillion individual butts polluting our global envronment? We are drowning in plastic and it’s hurting our environment and wildlife.
That is why Annapolis Green is organizing a City-Wide Cleanup on Saturday, November 21, to target cigarette butts, in step with the Great American Smokeout®.
With the success of last February’s Have a Heart, Do your Part, cleanup, planners expect a late fall sweep to help get Annapolis ready for upcoming outside holiday celebrations. The one-hour neighborhood cleanup format works well with our COVID-conscious community. It’s flexible, small-group oriented and designed to evoke pride of place and connect neighbor to neighbor for the greater good… or the Greener Good! Do your part only in your family group or your COVID bubble. Stay in your neighborhood and wear a mask and gloves. Read more here. Thanks!
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2020 Comprehensive Plan "Annapolis Ahead" Virtual Update |
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Thursday, November 17
7:00 pm
Organization: City of Annapolis
Join the City of Annapolis for a virtual update on "Annapolis Ahead," the City's Comprehensive Plan.
The event will be broadcast on the City of Annapolis Facebook and YouTube channels.
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Virtual Panel Discussion from Forever Maryland - 2020 Wrapup |
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Wednesday, November 18th
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Organization: Forever Maryland
John Griffin, Chesapeake Conservancy Partnership; Jennifer Miller-Herzog, Land Trust Alliance; Jonathan Doherty, National Park Service; Renee Thompson, Chesapeake Bay Program.
The panel will share updates and “news you can use” and gather input to inform the development of new programs, initiatives, and tools, including:
- A new methodology for identifying and assessing impacts to scenic landscapes, to better protect historic and cultural viewsheds.
- Efforts to document and map important African-American cultural sites in the region that represent more diverse perspectives, values, and histories for land conservation.
- New working groups’ efforts to accelerate private capital investment in land conservation and restoration in the watershed.
- The use of new Land Policy BMPs in state Watershed Implementation Plans to date, and next steps to leverage these new tools to highlight protected land’s importance for water quality.
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Webinar: Crafting a Nomination to the NPS Network to Freedom Program |
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Wednesday, November 18
1:00-2:30 pm
Organization: Preservation Maryland
The National Park Service’s Network to Freedom is a national cohort of historic sites, research centers, and tourism programs that have proven their authenticity through scholarly research. Because of its clandestine and harrowing nature, verifying Underground Railroad sites is a difficult task. The Network to Freedom offers a framework to research African American heritage sites and opens up opportunities for collaboration, grants, and collective interpretation and marketing.
This webinar is an effort to support researchers, organizations, historic sites, to critically research their history, including potential Underground Railroad history, and determine if NTF is a good fit. Sites on the NTF can range from historical societies with robust genealogical collections to waterways associated with acts of self-emancipation.
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Attend the Annual NAAG/NASCO Charity Conference |
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This year's NAAG/NASCO Conference will be held virtually on the afternoons of November 17, 18, and 19, 2020.
This conference is the only annual event at which state charity regulators and nonprofit organizations and their attorneys and accountants have the opportunity to meet, hear about, and discuss issues of interest to the charities community.
The sessions on Tuesday, Nov. 17 and Wednesday, Nov. 18 are open to the public and provide an opportunity for representatives of the nonprofit sector to meet and participate in discussions with state regulators
The conference is titled “Weathering the Storm” and will address pressing and relevant issues regarding the nonprofit sector in these turbulent times. Sessions during the public portion of the conference will include discussion on the impact of the COVID crisis on state charity regulation, updates on significant enforcement actions from leading state regulators and the FTC, panels on asset management and fundraising, and an opportunity to ask questions to state regulators.
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“Hiroshima” Exhibition Opens at Mitchell Gallery Online |
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November 18–December 18: Online Lecture
Lawrence received an invitation by the Limited Editions Club of New York to illustrate any book of his choice from the club’s numerous titles. Lawrence wrote that he selected John Hersey’s narrative, Hiroshima, because “of its power, insight, scope, and sensitivity, as well as for its overall content.” These works illustrate a series of events taking place in a marketplace, playground, street scene and other sites at the moment of the bombing on August 6, 1945.
John Hersey, a noted American writer and journalist, is considered one of the earliest practitioners of what was called “New Journalism,” in which storytelling techniques are adapted to non-fiction reportage. Hersey’s account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, and the effect on six Japanese citizens, was published in its entirety in the August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker. This was the first and only time the magazine has devoted an entire issue to a work by one writer.
The works are on loan courtesy of the collection of Alitash Kebede of Los Angeles, CA. The exhibition and museum tour are organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions of Los Angeles, CA.
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Virtual Conference: How to Stand Out this Giving Season with Facebook |
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Wednesday, November 18
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Organization: Network for Good
As you consider how best to plan your year-end campaign, consider proven tactics that can boost dollars raised and check out the schedule below:
- 11-12pm ET: New and Innovative Ways to Win at Year-End (and Beyond)
- 12-1pm ET: Self-Care for Fundraising Teams
- 1-2pm ET: Bold and Brazen Year-End Fundraising For Boards
- 2-3pm ET: Race to the Finish: How to Stand Out this Holiday Giving Season
- 3-4pm ET: 5 Common Year-End Fundraising Mistakes to Avoid
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American Alliance of Museums 2020 Special Low-Cost Membership -- A Great Offer!
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In recognition of the devastating impacts and lasting reach of COVID-19 on museum professionals, AAM has created a special membership specifically for those who have been financially impacted by the pandemic.
For a limited time, this unique, 6-month membership option offers digital access to the benefits of Professional Membership for only $25.
Membership benefits include:
- Oline access to members-only resource library
- Access to Professional Networks
- Discounts on professional development programs
- Digital subscription to Museum magazine and our e-newsletters, Aviso and Dispatches from the Future of Museums
- Discounts on AAM publications, reports, and toolkits in the bookstore
- Eligibility to apply for scholarships
- Member-rate discount on AAM Virtual Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo session recordings package
- Members-only content curated specifically for 2020 special members
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