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Annapolis Alive! News - May 29, 2008
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This is a terrific weekend for the arts, for a sneak peek at some of Annapolis' lovely gardens, and for one of the charity events that makes this city a great place to live.
Scroll down for information about our upcoming symposium, Looking Closer: 300 Years of Annapolis History, coming up next week.
Friday - Sunday, May 30 - June 1 - Art Between the Creeks 2008 Spring Show: Other...
Annapolis Yacht Club’s Sailing Center (6th Street at Severn Avenue)
Artists' Reception Friday, 6 - 9 p.m.
Prepare to be challenged! The cutting edge Art Between the Creeks artists will bring new and exciting work to their temporary gallery space in Eastport for their 2008 spring show:Other...
Known for challenging themselves and their audience ... and doing the unexpected ... the ABTC artists' 2008 spring show will feature the work of 19 local artists, most of whom live and work between Spa and Back Creeks – hence, Art Between the Creeks. Free.
Information
Saturday & Sunday, May 31 & June 1 - Secret Garden Tour of Annapolis
Hammond Harwood House to host
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The 2008 Secret Garden Tour expands to two days and will explore Annapolis’ Historic District’s charming and seldom seen gardens of homes that were built before 1800. The homes include signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as other prominent Annapolitans. It will also open the gardens of the 18th century working population, giving the tour attendees a complete experience of the gardens during that period of Annapolis’ history. The unique gardens on this tour will each demonstrate the personality and needs of the individual garden owners in the context of their historically significant homes.
Refreshments will be provided by local pastry shops and the kitchens of our volunteers.
Information: 410 263-4683 x 15 or officemanager@hammondharwoodhouse.org
Saturday, May 31 - The Coconut Ball - Fun for a Serious Cause
Annapolis Maritime Museum Campus, Second Street at Back Creek
6 - 10 p.m.
The Coconut Ball is a fundraiser for breast cancer research benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation via Team Save The Coconuts, a group of local women who will take place in the Komen Walk in October. The Ball features live music by The Tiki Barbarians with the grand drawing for the Pink Bike Raffle. There will be food, drink, give-aways, auctions and fun... all for a good cause.
Tickets: $60, two or more, $50 each; buy online or from Marie Dall'Acqua, 410 353-1552 or Nicole Weaver, 410 263-8947.
Information: www.savethecoconuts.org | flyer
Thursday - Sunday, June 5 - 8 - Colonial Players Presents The Busie Body
108 East Street (just off State Circle), Annapolis
Showtimes: 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Free forum about colonial theater after the matinee on Sunday, approx. 4:30 p.m.
Susanna Centlivre’s comedy, The Busie Body, which Colonial Players will present in 18c. style, is funny and swift moving. It tells the story of two young women’s efforts to win the husbands of their choice despite the obstacles placed by their parents’ arranging matches for them. It is suitable for older children as well as adults.
The play appeared in England in 1709, the year after the granting of the charter to Annapolis by Queen Anne, and was probably performed in 1753 in Annapolis by touring bands of English players. Mrs. Centlivre wrote many such comedies of manners between 1700 and 1723, and well into the 19th century, she was the most frequently produced playwright after Shakespeare in England and America. This presentation is funded in part by a special projects grant from the Cultural Foundation of Anne Arundel County.
Tickets: $7, available now on the Colonial Players website, www.cplayers.com or 410-268-7373.
Information: Carol Youmans, Director,
410 263-5625.
Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7 - Historical Public Symposium - Looking Closer: 300 Years of Annapolis History
St. John’s College, 60 College Avenue
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Nationally known scholars converge on
St. John’s College for a
symposium to explore how Annapolis’ Royal Charter and history changed our
nation and Annapolis’ role in building
national democracy and to consider what
it can tell us about our future.
Humanities scholars — historians, archeologists, architects, preservationists, city planners — have been invited to share their research. They, along with community leaders and insightful regional professionals with a deep understanding of local conditions will inform and stimulate civic discourse on the role of citizens and culture in creating a dynamic and self sustaining 21st century city in Annapolis.
The symposium is fully accessible and FREE and open to the public.
Displays include the Annapolis Bookstore, Back Creek Books, AAC Library, Historic
Annapolis Foundation, Maynard
Burgess House artifacts, The Tapestry Project, Maryland Archives publications, Four Rivers Heritage Area, and
Annapolis Maritime Museum.
Full Program
Check our website for full details about these events and the entire Annapolis Alive! all-year celebration: annapolisalive.org.
Chuck Weikel
Annapolis Alive! Committee
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