Just in time for Mother’s Day, Annapolis Green's sale kicks off the Composting Council’s International Compost Awareness Week, May 7-13.  Funds raised benefit Annapolis Green’s mission to connect, inform, and inspire Annapolis residents, organizations, and businesses to care for the environment, live more responsibly and create a more beautiful and thriving community. And the sale helps the Providence Center continue working with individuals with disabilities so they may enjoy increased self-determination and lead a more independent, valuable, and functioning role in society.

The Muddy Creek Artists Guild’s 9th Annual Spring Art Show and Sale will feature the artwork of more than 50 South County artists including original paintings, photography, jewelry, pottery, textiles, glass and mixed media. The show is free to the public and everyone is welcome to browse the show and shop for unique artworks and gift items. The Spring Show always features all new work by the Muddy Creek artists. There are special events planned throughout the show, including live music. In addition to enjoying the artwork presented by Guild...

The Friends of the Rising Sun Inn is hosting the Tipple and Toast Benefit Evening at the Historic Baldwin Hall to raise money to support the ongoing preservation projects at the pre-Revolutionary Rising Sun Inn located on the famed Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, Generals Highway, in Crownsville, Maryland. Admission is $35 per person and features hors d’oeuvres, a buffet dinner, wine bar, the Annapolis Town Crier, historical interpreter Diana Rey, music by harpist Jan Holland, and a concert by the Annapolis Chorale’s Women’s Cantori. Also included with the admission ticket, is docent-led...

Enjoy live entertainment and the works of 100 local and regional artists as you stroll along the first block of West and Calvert Streets next to Whitmore parking garage. Local restaurants set up outside cafes that are perfect for people watching and an afternoon bite to eat. Free parking for the family-friendly event is available at the state parking garage on the corner of Calvert and Bladen Streets. Event is free.

The Muddy Creek Artists Guild’s 9th Annual Spring Art Show and Sale will feature the artwork of more than 50 South County artists including original paintings, photography, jewelry, pottery, textiles, glass and mixed media. The show is free to the public and everyone is welcome to browse the show and shop for unique artworks and gift items. The Spring Show always features all new work by the Muddy Creek artists. There are special events planned throughout the show, including live music. In addition to enjoying the artwork presented by Guild...

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS - BRING YOUR ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS. MIXED BUSINESS  will lead an interactive JAM SESSION followed by a LIVE PERFORMANCE. You'll hear folk and bluegrass "mixed with" rock and blues and combinations of vintage and modern instruments. Come and play or come to listen and relax! Food and beverages are available for purchase (cash only). Overflow parking at Shady Side ballfield with shuttles available to transport to Museum. Bring your own Lawn Chairs and Blankets. Please no outside food or beverages Adults: $5; Under 12: Free  

Sure, early Marylanders didn’t have Minecraft and Pokémon, but they did have plenty of other games. Whether sitting around with friends in a tavern over a board game, or breaking a sweat with an intense sport, or casually tossing a ball around, you and your children now have the chance to experience fun the colonial way. Fee for participating children: $6 for members (Family Membership and higher); $8 for non-members. (No fee for accompanying adults.) Register for all four sessions and get the fourth session half off!

Celebrate National Public Gardens Day with reduced admission for pre-registered visitors at Historic London Town and Gardens.

Explore Annapolis – a Museum without Walls – on this new architectural tour that connects the city’s most notable homes and buildings to its history. Join a professional architect on a two-hour walking tour. Learn about some of the most notable 17th- and 18th-century architecture in Annapolis. An unforgettable narrative and leisurely trek awaits. Highlights of the tour include the Shiplap House, Patrick Creagh House, Maryland State House, Hammond-Harwood House and Chase-Lloyd House. Admission: $22/Adults; $14/Children; 2 and under free Tour departs from Information Booth at City Dock

A tradition for over 40 years, the William Paca Garden Plant Sale provides an opportunity to take home a piece of history. HA volunteers raise over 8,000 plants – perennials, annuals, trees, vines and vegetable starts – that represent the best of the old and the new. From heirloom tomatoes to Thomas Jefferson’s favorite snail vine, from native trillium to the newly developed coneflower “Butterfly Kisses”, you will find something here to delight. Staff and volunteers are on-hand to answer your gardening questions. Proceeds go to support the programs of...