In celebration of his new book, "Musical Maryland: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio,"renowned musicologist David Hildebrand presents a rare concert experience at the Maryland State Archives.

Have you ever ridden on a bus to take a trip to the market, to visit Annapolis, or go to a park? As we read The Last Stop on Market Street, we will join a boy, C.J., and his grandmother on a bus ride. C.J. asks his grandmother many questions, and she gives him some answers that help him look at their travels from a positive point-of-view. Songs, crafts, and a snack will reinforce the theme. Space is limited; reservations encouraged. Cost: Free for Family Circle Members, $8 per child for...

As the celebration of the James Brice House’s 250-year anniversary continues, don’t miss this opportunity to meet further members of the project’s impressive preservation team. In this unique demonstration and lecture, historic interior finish experts, Christopher Mills and Erika Sanchez Goodwillie, will demonstrate methods of producing historic paints and traditional paintings techniques, discuss their portfolio of past work, and provide insight into the daily dilemmas that conservators in the field face with regard to preservation and restoration. Reservations encouraged. Cost: Free for Curator’s Circle and Preservation Circle Members; $15 for...

Building off the success of their presentations in 2016, Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County has asked the Symmetry Agency to help create a monthly series that highlights specific, educational topics for their partners. Free. Senator John C. Astle Conference Room. November 30 – Analytics with speaker Ben Isenberg

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Learn about the origin of holiday traditions – including the significance of evergreens, Yule logs, Christmas trees and Santa Claus as you stroll through Annapolis with a festively attired guide. Includes a tour of the Hammond-Harwood House. Admission: $21/Adults; $12/Children ages 3-11; Children 2 and under, free Tours depart from the Information Booth at City Dock, Annapolis

Start your holiday season with our annual wreath workshop! Create your own holiday wreaths and centerpieces using greenery from our wooded gardens, bows, ornaments, and other festive decorations. Our expert wreath makers will guide you in making the perfect natural holiday decorations for your home!​ 1 centerpiece or 1 wreath is $35 each for members or $40 each for non-members. Make both for $60 for members or $70 for non-members. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Last year sold out!

Celebrate the timelessness of play! Join us for an exhibit opening featuring an interactive mural of Spa Creek through children's eyes by Christina Fiedler. Enjoy a family friendly concert with Frolic the Fox! Cost: $10.00 for adults, $ 5.00 for children Light refreshments served

Schedule: 5:45pm - 7:00pm Potluck Dinner (bring a dish to share)  7:00pm - 8:30pm Family-Friendly Dancing  8:30pm - 10:00 pm More Challenging Dancing    LIVE Traditional Appalachian Dance Tunes by Leah Weiss (fiddle), Gary Wright (guitar), & Friends.   Square dances + circle dances + contra dances called by Janine Smith. No partner and no experience necessary. ALL AGES WELCOME! Adults: $10, Ages 5-17 years $5, Under 5 FREE   Call (571)238-1080 for more info/questions or visit http://communitysquaredance.wordpress.com/

Are you a chocoholic in need of a fix? You won’t want to miss the 2nd Annual Chocolate Binge Festival. A dozen local chocolate vendors will be selling chocolate specialties, including chocolate caramels, cakes, chocolate bars, truffles, fudge, cookies, candies, hot chocolate, fondue, martinis and more. The afternoon also includes family-friendly entertainment, holiday shopping and the lighting of the newly expanded West Street Holiday Light Canopy. Enjoy live music, a marshmallow roast, a gingerbread house moon bounce, giant snowball run, hot chocolate with members of the Annapolis Police Department and...

Bring your own ornament or decorate one on site to help trim the tree before it gets lit with Santa at 4:45 p.m. Enjoy music, cocoa, cider, rum cake, cookies and more. Fun for the whole family! Free.

Led by St. John’s College tutor Matthew Holtzman. Join members of the Mitchell Gallery Book Club for a docent tour of the “Hidden Beauty” exhibition followed by a discussion of a related reading in “Objectivity” by Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Registration is required. Call 410-626-2556.

Lights, garland, action! Historic downtown Annapolis shops throw open their doors in a glorified block party that’s open to all. Enjoy outside musical performances as well as food and refreshments at many stores as you stroll along Main Street, Maryland Avenue, Inner West Street, and State Circle in search of that perfect gift. To enhance the experience, the first block of Main Street will be closed to traffic for the first time this year. Sponsored by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.

Has your genealogy research hit a brick wall? Are you having trouble tracking down an elusive ancestor, or a maiden name or marriage date for a couple in your family tree? Could you use some suggestions for new sources or websites that might solve your problem? Do you need help making sense of the records you have found? If so, join us as Betty deKeyser, Carol Carman, and Tom McCarriar will field your questions and give you ideas on how to get your research moving again. Betty, Carol, and Tom...

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Have you ever wondered what preservation in progress really looks like? Beginning November 18th, take a peek behind the scaffolding in the James Brice House, where a major preservation effort has recently begun to restore the house to its 18th century grandeur. Schedule your own group tour or join one of our public tours to peer beyond the sawdust to learn about the people who built the house, lived and worked in it and the craftsmen restoring it today. $18.00 per person Tours will start from the William Paca House and...

Every year on the second Saturday in December, magic happens on the water of the Annapolis Harbor—boats suddenly appear out of the cold winter night illuminated with thousands of colored lights and crewed by jolly revelers.  Families and friends gather at their favorite viewing spots along the waterfront to see this yearly spectacle and to celebrate the holiday season together.

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Join the Galesville Heritage Society for a Holiday Open House and Bake Sale at the museum!

Meet at Galesville Heritage Museum for Christmas Caroling in Galesville.

All during a winter night snowflakes begin to twist and turn as they softly fell to the ground. In the morning light, the animals notice a silent stranger with a floppy-eared hat and a carrot nose. Why has he come to the forest? As we read Stranger in the Woods, we will join the animals as they discover the reason for his visit. Songs, crafts, and a snack will reinforce the theme. Space is limited; reservations encouraged. Cost: Free for Family Circle Members, $8 per child for HA Members and Volunteers,...

A rare opportunity to step beyond a classic guided house tour awaits. Every second Wednesday this fall, visitors will peek behind closed doors, explore unique features in the extensive grounds, and discover hidden details and stories. This experience transcends the content of the standard house tours and is ideal for those who love the William Paca House and are intrigued to delve deeper into the site’s long and rich history. Reservations required. Cost: $20 for HA Members and Volunteers; $25 for Non-Members  

Get dressed up and learn colonial dance and customs at the site of an actual eighteenth century seaport town during our annual Holiday Dance and Tea. Pre-registration required. Limited availability.

Lights, garland, action! Historic downtown Annapolis shops throw open their doors in a glorified block party that’s open to all. Enjoy outside musical performances as well as food and refreshments at many stores as you stroll along Main Street, Maryland Avenue, Inner West Street, and State Circle in search of that perfect gift. To enhance the experience, the first block of Main Street will be closed to traffic for the first time this year. Sponsored by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.

For all of our members, donors, volunteers, and other supporters, please help us celebrate another great year with Historic London Town and Gardens. Enjoy drinks and heavy appetizers from Saucy Salamander as we review our accomplishments and look ahead to 2018. Thank you for being part of our efforts to save a special history and share beautiful gardens. ​Free for all. Pre-registration recommended.

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Learn about the origin of holiday traditions – including the significance of evergreens, Yule logs, Christmas trees and Santa Claus as you stroll through Annapolis with a festively attired guide. Includes a tour of the Hammond-Harwood House. Admission: $21/Adults; $12/Children ages 3-11; Children 2 and under, free Tours depart from the Information Booth at City Dock, Annapolis

New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s'mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens each week, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to...

Learn about the origin of holiday traditions – including the significance of evergreens, Yule logs, Christmas trees and Santa Claus as you stroll through Annapolis with a festively attired guide. Includes a tour of the Hammond-Harwood House. Admission: $21/Adults; $12/Children ages 3-11; Children 2 and under, free Tours depart from the Information Booth at City Dock, Annapolis

Bring your brown bag lunch and learn about northern saw-whet owls, some of the most elusive owls in North America! Northern saw-whet owls are known for their cat-like faces and high-pitched calls. They're also small, barely half a foot long, and the males may weigh only as much as an American robin. Biologist Melissa Acuti will talk about the biology and migrations of these fascinating birds, and discuss Project Owlnet, a citizen science project she helped run this autumn to band the owls and and track their migrations. Project Owlnet...

Lights, garland, action! Historic downtown Annapolis shops throw open their doors in a glorified block party that’s open to all. Enjoy outside musical performances as well as food and refreshments at many stores as you stroll along Main Street, Maryland Avenue, Inner West Street, and State Circle in search of that perfect gift. To enhance the experience, the first block of Main Street will be closed to traffic for the first time this year. Sponsored by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.

The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman kicks off for the 10thtime on Dec. 28 at 1:30 p.m. ET at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, featuring a matchup between representatives from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the American Athletic Conference. Organized by the DC Bowl Committee, the Military Bowl serves as a premier regional event benefiting the USO and other organizations supporting members of the Armed Forces and their families. Since its inception in 2008, the Bowl has donated more than $700,000 to the USO and provided more than 30,000 complimentary tickets for troops and...

All are welcome to participate in a family celebration of African values. Learn the meaning behind each of the seven days. Beat out a rhythm in the drum circle. Take part in Ananse tales.  Crafts too! In partnership with the Kunta Kinte  Festival.  11 am.  Free with admission.

Get a head start on saying good-bye to 2017 and heralding in the new year. CCM is open 10 am to 3 pm with crafts to help you celebrate: crowns, noisemakers, and Chinese yo-yos! Free with admission.