Odenton Day is a joint effort by the Odenton Heritage Society, Inc., Odenton Volunteer Fire Company, the Greater Odenton Improvement Association and the Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce. The Odenton Heritage Society will be represented at both the Odenton Heritage Society’s museum and the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company Firehouse. There will be free guided tours by shuttle bus leaving from the OVFC Firehouse (located at 1425 Annapolis Road), to the OHS Historical Center, at 1367 Odenton Road and back. The tour will offer the opportunity to learn why Odenton is...

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sandy Point State Park will host a Hispanic Heritage Environmental Festival on Oct. 2. Presented by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Chesapeake Conservancy, Corazón Latino, the National Park Service, and Defensores De La Cuenca, the event runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and features boat rides, Zumba classes, fishing demonstrations, food trucks, and more.

Join Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC) for our 7th annual free outdoor Arts in the Park festival for all ages. This free event will feature live music, hands-on art activities for kids and adults, chalk drawing, face painting, local art and community vendors, food trucks, and more!  Arts in the Park is CAC's kick off event for our 20th Anniversary year as we "celebrate 20 years of building community through creativity" in our region. Make sure to bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the live entertainment. Thanks to the Arts Council of Anne...

Yoga & Drawing at the Mansion. Reservations are required. Space is limited. Call 410-263-4683 extension 10 In the second program of the Art and Wellness Series, Stretch and Sketch, you will: Look and discuss a painting of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale. Choose a painting in the museum’s first floor and sketch while discussing drawing techniques (materials provided.) Do a stretching session in the garden with breathing techniques to help promote good posture and relieve stress. Class description: Megan Houst will be guiding a gentle yoga flow, accessible for all-levels. The practice will be...

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 (4-7 years) with a book reading, song, craft/art project, and free time in the garden. Miss Spider is lonely and wants to invite her insect friends over for a delicious tea party but they are afraid. Why? Wouldn’t you be suspicious? After all, she is a spider! Can Miss Spider convince her friends that her intentions are good? Join us and find out what...

From punches to bounces, syllabubs to juleps, colonists imbibed a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. At Colonial Cocktails, you’ll get to make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture. This month, we’ll drink like sailors with two seafaring beverages. The first is grog, a well-known, rum-based drink, and we’ll also make sangaree, the precursor to modern sangria.​ $25 for members and $33 for non-members.​ Participants must be 21+. Limited seats available. Pre-registration required.

Looking for ghost tours in Maryland? Come with Watermark on a special haunted ghost tour of Annapolis. Tours are offered Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays during October. On this walking tour, you will be led by our spirited guide through the dark alleys, spooky side streets, and lesser-known haunted sites of the old and creaky town of Annapolis. Hear of real diary entries and newspaper articles of what frightened early 18th century folks and how they utilized the moon and candles. Listen to tales of spirits that linger in the mist, and...

Grab your beach chairs, umbrellas, blankets and kick-back while enjoying LIVE outdoor performances again at MC3's outdoor venue StageOne. For the final performance of the series, enjoy traditional and contemporary jazz and r & b with Tony Spencer and The Sunset Band. Food and drinks from multiple on-site vendors will be available including the famous Annapolis Tiki bar! Guests will not be permitted to bring their own food or alcohol into the venue. Doors open at 5:30 PM and the concert begins at 6:00 PM.

Looking for ghost tours in Maryland? Come with Watermark on a special haunted ghost tour of Annapolis. Tours are offered Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays during October. On this walking tour, you will be led by our spirited guide through the dark alleys, spooky side streets, and lesser-known haunted sites of the old and creaky town of Annapolis. Hear of real diary entries and newspaper articles of what frightened early 18th century folks and how they utilized the moon and candles. Listen to tales of spirits that linger in the mist, and...

The colonial era saw the introduction of coffee, tea and chocolate to the European world. Join us to talk about 18th Century coffee culture and taste coffee grown on an estate established in Jamaica in the 18th Century.​ $15 / members ages 12+ $20 / non-members ages 12+