MAPLE SUGAR WEEKEND
WHAT / / A day outdoors at the Oregon Ridge Nature Center to begin to welcome spring
WHEN / / 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
WHERE / / Oregon Ridge Nature Center, 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville
WHY / / Because it's an opportunity to enjoy nature and learn about the maple sugaring process with the family
CONTACT / / Call 410-887-1815 or go to oregonridge.org
FREE
MOONSTRUCK
Don't miss a natural phenomenon that will not be visible again from this area until 2010 -- a lunar eclipse. Howard Community College's Science Department and Howard Astronomical League will host a viewing of the Wednesday event. HAL's amateur astronomers and HCC astronomy faculty will be available to answer questions and point out constellations and their stars. Viewers are encouraged to bring binoculars and small telescopes and to dress warmly.
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The viewing is 8:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Wednesday on the upper level of the HCC parking garage, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Call 410-772-4891 or go to www.howardcc.edu / skywatch.
FREE
SALUTING BLACK ADMIRALS
Super Stars of the Navy: The Navy's Black Admirals honors the Navy's African-American flag officers with an exhibit of photos looking back at the officers as midshipmen and showing them today. Flag officers are those above the rank of captain who wear a flag indicating their rank. The exhibit features career profiles of 14 of the 35 active-duty and retired black admirals, a tribute to black World War II sailors and a salute to the first Naval Academy female graduate to earn flag rank. It also commemorates Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, the first black officer to graduate from the Naval Academy.
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The exhibit runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily today through February and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through March in the lobby of the Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center of the Naval Academy, 52 King George St., Annapolis. Call 410-293-8687 or go to navyonline.com.
FREE
FOLK SONGS
Enjoy some unique music at the monthly "open mike" Folk Music Night with featured performer Kimmon Waldruff. Expect to see local talent performing traditional folk songs and songs written by classic artists such as Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Jackson Browne. Original songs performed and written by local up-and-comers will be performed on a variety of instruments, including guitar, flute, piano, fiddle and mountain dulcimer
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Folk Music Night is 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday at Perry Hall United Methodist Church, 9515 Belair Road. Call 410-529-7176 or go to perryhall umc.org / folkmusicnight / .
FREE
RAW ART SALE
As part of Maryland Institute College of Art's Parents / Family Weekend, the biannual Raw Art Sale returns. The sale features artwork created by students this semester at affordable prices. Raw or unframed and unmatted artwork includes jewelry, stationery, prints, household items, knitwear, small sculptures and paintings.
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The Raw Art Sale is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday and Monday in Meyerhoff House, 1401 Mount Royal Ave. Call 410-225-2300 or go to mica.edu.
FREE
ARMY FIELD BAND
WHAT / / The Musical Jazz Ambassadors of the Army
WHEN / / The concert is at 8:15 tonight
WHERE / / Towson University Center for the Arts, Kaplan Concert Hall, 8000 York Road, Towson.
WHY / / Because the Army Field Band is considered by music critics to be one of the most talented musical organizations in the world..
CONTACT / / Call 410-704-2787 or go to towson .edu / main / artsculture
FREE