Join us on select Tuesday mornings for storytime and fun activities in the William Paca Garden, a secret treasure in the Historic District of Annapolis. Each program is designed for little ones (3-7 years) with a book reading, song, craft/art project, and free time in the garden. This Week's Book: Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes Juno Valentine’s cherished shoes don’t light up, they are not fancy, and they are a little boring. One day she stumbles into a magical closet filled with shoes! Join us as we celebrate “International Women’s Month” by...

Four Rivers Heritage Area is pleased to announce a webinar on Interpretive Signage that will take place via zoom. “Interpretive Signage Projects: Beginner to Advanced,” will feature panelists David J. Guiney (Interpretive Direction, LLC), Jane Cox (Anne Arundel County Cultural Resources Section), Marcie Taylor-Thoma (Maryland Council for Civic and History Education), Janice Hayes-Williams (Anne Arundel County Dept. of Recreation and Parks), and Andrew Arvizu (Maryland Heritage Areas Program). Please send an e-mail to [email protected] to receive the meeting link. This webinar grew out of discussions by the Four Rivers Board of Directors...

Join this panel of distinguished guests as they address the process, aesthetics, and traditions of art outside the academic tradition, in “Pictures from the Edge.” American Visionary Art Museum Director Rebecca A. Hoffberger Curator and Tutor Emeritus John Verdi Cultural Historian Jennifer Donnelly (A96) Interim Director of the Mitchell Gallery Lucinda Edinberg

Historic Annapolis celebrates the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Year, marking 200 years since her birth in Dorchester County. Maryland’s Eastern Shore was home to two American heroes of the first order in Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman and antislavery activist Frederick Douglass. In this presentation, award-winning writer and storyteller Jim Duffy shares keystone stories from the very different journeys those two took out of bondage and into the history books. Learn, too, about other, lesser known champions of freedom from here in our own backyard. Along the way, Duffy will share...