Chesapeake Children's Museum is celebrating 25 years!  If you have never brought your children, come see what you've been missing.  If you've come before, you'll be amazed by the recent Museum Makeover including a refreshed nature trail. The creek has had work done, too, with major phragmites removal thanks to a federal grant managed by the Spa Creek Conservancy. There will be an Open House with $1 admission Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11, 10 am to 4 pm.  And a WYRE Radio Reunion and grown up party 5-10...

The Annapolis Arts, Crafts and Wine Festival is a two-day outdoor celebration of the arts, conveniently located at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. It features live music, samplings from more than 25 Maryland wineries and activities for the whole family. The event is a short distance from the many restaurants, shops and other attractions of downtown Annapolis. Admission: Adult (age 21 and up) unlimited wine tasting, $35; Under age 12, free

The Banneker-Douglass Museum hosts a quarterly Author Talk and Book Signing featuring conversational discussions on History and Culture in Maryland led by authors who write about the African American experience. Dr. Annette Mallory Donawa’s experience in education spans more than 30 years. She has served as the Director of an Accreditation Commission for alternative medicine (ACAOM), as well as the Deputy Director of a NASA-funded university research grant within the School of Engineering at Morgan State University. Her doctoral research in critical thinking supported the Maryland State Department of Education’s science,...

Join the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Board of Director for a White Party Cabaret featuring music by the Harmonic Four and DJ A1 Butler Excel. White attire requested. Proceeds go to support the Wiley H. Bates Scholarship and the Bates Legacy Center General Fund. Tickets $30.00. No tickets available at the door. For tickets contact Clarence Ross at 410-804-9500 or Linda Boyd at [email protected]. Online Ticket Sales: www.whbateslegacycenter.org (PayPal)  

Chesapeake Children's Museum is celebrating 25 years!  If you have never brought your children, come see what you've been missing.  If you've come before, you'll be amazed by the recent Museum Makeover including a refreshed nature trail. The creek has had work done, too, with major phragmites removal thanks to a federal grant managed by the Spa Creek Conservancy. There will be an Open House with $1 admission Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11, 10 am to 4 pm.  And a WYRE Radio Reunion and grown up party 5-10...

The Annapolis Arts, Crafts and Wine Festival is a two-day outdoor celebration of the arts, conveniently located at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. It features live music, samplings from more than 25 Maryland wineries and activities for the whole family. The event is a short distance from the many restaurants, shops and other attractions of downtown Annapolis. Admission: Adult (age 21 and up) unlimited wine tasting, $35; Under age 12, free

Come for an afternoon of summer fun and games at the beautiful Captain Avery Museum waterfront. Choose from croquet, badminton, or other lawn games, or join the artists sketching in the garden. Top it off with a home made sundae. Admission free. Sundaes: $3 adult; $1.50 child

The 12th annual Eastport Home and Garden Tour takes participants on an entertaining walk through well-appointed, sometimes historic, and always comfortable homes and gardens owned by Eastport residents. Owners will open their homes for you to enjoy many different styles of architecture, decorating and gardening. Proceeds benefit Eastport’s non-profit organizations. Admission: $20 until June 1: $25 thereafter

The Reference and Research Departments Explored Featuring Archivists Nate Miller, Rachel Frazier, Jen Hafner and Chris Haley Come meet the archivists who help connect you to our collections. Reference and Research Archivists provide access to our records and help to educate the community about the treasures that lie within the MSA. Learn about the background and daily duties of the professionals who use the records of the archives to answer genealogical and historical mysteries. The Maryland State Archives is continuing its Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Speakers Series this summer...

The first block of West Street (from Church Circle to Calvert Street), located in the heart of the Arts District, will be closed to traffic on Wednesday evenings and filled with cafe tables reminiscent of the open-air cafes in France, Spain and Italy. Visitors and area residents are invited to dine, stroll and shop along West Street while enjoying live music beneath a canopy of lights.