9th Annual Phillips Preakness Celebrity Crab Picking Contest -- Local celebrities vie to see who can pick the most crab meat in three minutes. Noon at the Harborplace Amphitheatre. Free. Call 1-800-HARBOR-1.

The Preakness Pub -- Professional jockeys from Pimlico tend bar for charity from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel. Free admission; buffet and drink specials.

Miller Lite Party Nites -- Annual parties on Water Street downtown continue with a performance by Transfuzion. Begins 5 p.m. Must be 21 to enter. Cost is $5.

For details on events, call 410-837-3030.

Pub Date: 05/14/99