IF YOU thought October was a busy month, look out for November. Events are piling up on the calendar faster than leaves on the lawn.
The Severna Park High School Stage Company presents Into the Woods, a musical retelling of fairy tales by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Performances are at 7 p.m. Nov. 14, 15 and 16, with a 1 p.m. matinee Saturday. All shows are in the school auditorium.
Student directors are seniors Kristen Kushner and Eileen Keck and junior Jamie Boyle. Spanish instructor Barb Markey and choral director Kathy Gabrielle direct the music, while French instructor Angela Germanos directs the play.
Featured in the show are seniors Danny Schwartz and Eileen Keck as the Baker and his wife; senior Jenn Seyer as Cinderella; junior Jamie Boyle as Jack; freshman Pallas Snider as Little Red Riding Hood; and sophomore Katie Jeffries as the Witch. Sophomore Dylan Roche is the Narrator and the Mysterious Man.
Children younger than 12 are invited to attend the Saturday matinee dressed as their favorite fairy-tale character. Winners of a costume contest during intermission for the cutest, funniest, scariest and most original costumes will receive gift certificates from Be Beep-A-Toy Shop.
Tickets, which are $7, or $5 for students, will be sold at the high school during lunch periods and before performances. Information: 410-544-0900.
Piano performances
The Anne Arundel Community Concert Association presents Piano4, a quartet of virtuoso concert pianists, at 8 tonight in the Glen Burnie High School auditorium.
Formed in tribute to the First Piano Quartet of 1940s and 1950s radio fame, the quartet revives dozens of original arrangements from Bach to Gershwin. John Kozar directs.
Admission to association concerts is by subscription, but tickets for individual concerts are available at the door. Tickets are $15; $5 for students. The association returns to Severna Park High School on Dec. 13 with a performance of the Chorus of the Chesapeake and Philharmonix.
Kiwanis breakfast
The Severna Park Kiwanis Club's annual pancake-and-sausage breakfast will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at St. Martin's-in-the-Field Episcopal Church on Benfield Boulevard, Severna Park. Tickets - $5, or $3 for children younger than 12 - will be available at the door. As always, all the money Kiwanis earns is returned to the community. Information: 410-647-5069 or 410-544-5648.
Tales and trails
Who doesn't love the enduring childhood tale of Raggedy Ann and Andy? Presented by Merely Players of Severna Park, the dolls will carry on their adventures at 7 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 16, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Nov. 17 in the Studio Theatre at the Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts in Brooklyn Park. Tickets are $8 for arts center members and $10 for nonmembers. Information: 410-636-6597.
Celebrate Veterans Day on Monday in a noncompetitive 5K (3.1 miles) or 10K (6.2 miles) walk along the trails in Kinder Farm Park. The Freestate Happy Wanderers regional walking club invites you to start between 9 a.m. and noon and finish by 3 p.m. The walk is on paved trails, sidewalks and some natural surfaces.
There is no fee, but registration is required. Signs will direct walkers to the starting point in the park. If you are walking for credit toward International Federation of Popular Sports achievement awards, a $2 registration fee is required. Information: 410-437-2164.
Business lecture
Long to become an entrepreneur? Then you will want to attend the free lecture by Rudolph Lamone, former dean of the School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, in Price Auditorium at Severn School.
Lamone is guest speaker at this year's Astle Lecture Series. Information: 410-647-7700.
Books and Brunch
The Assistance League of the Chesapeake will hold Books and Brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at Chart House restaurant in Annapolis. A brunch buffet will be served at 11:30 a.m. and local authors Diane H. Anselmo, Priscilla Cummings, Lucia St. Clair Robson and Marcia Talley will sign their books.
Tickets are $40. (The fair-market value of the event is $25. The remainder is tax-deductible.) Information: 410-421-8157.