Welcome to the Calendar of Events for the month of May. Last time pages were updated
Grab your camera and head to the Ellicott City Historic District. Enter your Historic District Photos in the Restoration Foundation Annual Photo Contest. Cash prizes awarded. Offical entry form available at the
Howard County Tourism Visitor Center, 8267 Main Street, Side Entrance, 410-247-9252.
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(rain date Saturday, May 9, 2009)
3736 Old Columbia Pike in
Historic Ellicott City
FREE
Food
(Catered Pit Beef with fixens, drinks and desserts)
Demo Rides
(Ultramotor Electric Bikes www.ultramotor.com and Scooters)
Door prizes and gifts
Entertainment
Patapsco Motor Sport Website
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Historic Ellicott City Sites Open |
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Learn about life in and around Ellicott's Mills during the Civil War, a defining moment in our nation's history. See how divided loyalties and the burden of war impacted daily life. The B&O Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station. 410-461-1945.
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Farmers Markets May - November 2009
Featuring the season's freshest, locally grown produce, baked goods, fruits of the season, flowers, transplants, and organically grown produce and specialty items, farmers markets are a great venues to meet the farmers, eat healthy and locally grown food and have fun.
6600 Cradlerock Way
Columbia
2350 Route 97
Glenwood
5851 Robert Oliver Place
Columbia
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Join us for a guided tour through one of the most actively haunted towns on the east coast. Our guides recount tales of recent paranormal events at many locations in the Ellicott City Historic District; so many in fact that we now offer two independent tours, "Ye Haunted History of Olde Ellicott City" Ghost Tour Part I & II! Friday and Saturday, April through November at 8:30pm. Reservations strongly recommended. 410-313-1900/1-800-288-8747, | Discount for all Ellicott City.net Visitors |
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Enjoy the beauty of Columbia's paths and natural enviornment as well as its rich history on this free, self-guided, individually paced friendly bike ride. A great way to learn about Columbia and get active. 9 to 10am, 410-715-3103, www.ColumbiaAssociation.org
May 2, 2009
Historic Ellicott City's hippest new wine shop will host a fundraiser to benefit Blossoms of Hope and Voices for Children. Light fare and music on upper Main Street adjacent to the Thomas Isaac Log Cabin Blossoms of Hope Grove. 410-313-1900, www.blossomsofhope.com
May 2, 2009
Enjoy the beauty of Columbia's paths and naturalenviornment as well as its rich history on this free, self-guided, individually paced friendly bike ride. A great way to learn about Columbia and get active. This year's annual event will follow a pink path through many of the Blossoms of Hope sites planted in Columbia. 9 to 10am, 410-715-3103, www.ColumbiaAssociation.org, 410-313-1900, www.blossomsofhope.com
Columbia Pro Cantare is joined by one of the area's favorite soloists, Lester Lynch, celebrating the music of Paul Robeson, a Renaissance man and one of the most treasured names of twentieth-century song, in what promises to be a moving and glorious concert. 8pm at the Jim Rouse Theater at Wilde Lake High School, Columbia Pro Cantare, 410-799-9321,
www.procantare.org
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Free hayrides for all children who bring a teddy bear. If you bring your own Teddy Bear, you can participate in the Teddy Bear Contest at 1pm and 3pm Saturday and Sunday. Or you can bring a NEW Teddy Bear and donate it to the Pediatric Department of the Howard County General Hospital. Folk singing with Tony McGuffin from noon to 4pm both days. Clark's Elioak Farm. 410-731-4049. www.clarklandfarm.com
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The Historic Savage Mill, Maryland Public Television and MIX 107.3 FM will partner to host the "GreenLife Festival" celebrating "Green Culture" and benefiting the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Live music and entertainment, GreenScape art exhibit and auction, resident artist demonstrations, and merchant specials. Experience Zip Line rides at the new Terrapin Adventures! 10am-9pm Saturday. 11am-6pm Sunday. 8600 Foundry Street. Savage, MD 20763. 410-792-2820.
www.savagemill.com
Join the challenge with hundreds of other volunteers removing the invasive garlic mustard plant from the park. After two hours of pulling, enjoy live music, old fashioned picnic games, enviornmental displays. Prizes for all volunteers. Taste testing of garlic mustard side dishes by amateur chefs and view posters created by local area school-age children. Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon and Glen Artney Areas. Contact The Friends of the Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway, Inc. 410-480-0824,
www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org
Crowning Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is the climax of this wonderful procession singing Marrian hymns and praying the Rosary in several languages through the grounds of the Shrine. 3pm at the Shrine of St. Anthony, 410-531-2800,
www.companionsofstanthony.org
PINK art displayed throughout April at Pink Plates restaurants will be auctioned to benefit Blossoms of Hope. Open to the public 7-8pm. Click
here to view the flyer. 8600 Foundry Street. Savage, MD 20763. 410-505-8702.
www.savagemill.com
This retreat is designed to provide RCIA team members with an opportunity for spiritual reflection and replenishment in light of their experience team members within the RCIA process. 6pm at Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 410-442-1320,
www.bonsecoursspiritualcenter.org
Gallery I features the 25th Annual Resident Artists Exhibit, displaying works by visual artists who maintain studios at the Howard County Center for the Arts. Gallery II presents works by Maryland artists Jenee Mateer and Marcella Morgese. Howard County Center for the Arts, 410-313-ARTS,
www.hocoarts.org
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Join us for a guided tour through one of the most actively haunted towns on the east coast. Our guides recount tales of recent paranormal events at many locations in the Ellicott City Historic District; so many in fact that we now offer two independent tours, "Ye Haunted History of Olde Ellicott City" Ghost Tour Part I & II! Friday and Saturday, April through November at 8:30pm. Reservations strongly recommended. 410-313-1900/1-800-288-8747, | Discount for all Ellicott City.net Visitors |
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The Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association will join the Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club to prepare fields for spring planting beginning at 10:00am. Website
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Gallery I features the 25th Annual Resident Artists Exhibit, displaying works by visual artists who maintain studios at the Howard County Center for the Arts. Gallery II presents works by Maryland artists Jenee Mateer and Marcella Morgese. Howard County Center for the Arts, 410-313-ARTS, www.hocoarts.org
National May Bird Count. 10:00am at The Howard County Conservancy, 410-465-8877,
www.hcconservancy.org
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Free hayrides for all mothers accompanied by a child. Happy Mother's Day to all our wonderful mothers! Give Mom a treat and bring her to the farm to see the Enchanted Forest attractions she loved as a child. A great family outing. Clark's Elioak Farm. 410-731-4049. www.clarklandfarm.com
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Join the downtown Columbia community for FREE lunchtime entertainment! Bring a bag lunch or grab a mid-day meal at area restaurants. noon-2pm at the Columbia Lakefront, Lake Kittamaqundi, 410-715-3104,
www.ColumbiaAssociation.org
May 15, 2009
Historic Savage Mill will host a wine and cheese gallery reception to display and auction off twenty, pink-themed original works of art by the Mill's resident artists to benefit Blossoms of Hope and the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center. 410-313-1900, www.blossomsofhope.com
The Savage Mill Artist Collective hosts Artwalks every third Friday, inviting the public to their open studios and serving wine and hors d'oeuvres. 6-8pm throughout Savage Mill. 410-505-8702.
www.savagemill.com
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Join us for a guided tour through one of the most actively haunted towns on the east coast. Our guides recount tales of recent paranormal events at many locations in the Ellicott City Historic District; so many in fact that we now offer two independent tours, "Ye Haunted History of Olde Ellicott City" Ghost Tour Part I & II! Friday and Saturday, April through November at 8:30pm. Reservations strongly recommended. 410-313-1900/1-800-288-8747, | Discount for all Ellicott City.net Visitors |
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Annual Plant Sale benefits the cemetary-park, emphasis on native plants, talks on horticulture of interest to homeowners, 410-465-6721.
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Daniela Anderson will show us fibers from raw to finished, different types and qualities of wool and do spinning demonstrations. Kids of all ages will get a hands on opportunity to experience the art of spinning. Also come see Border Collie sheep herding demonstrations at 1pm both days with our resident shepherd, Janet Harvey. Clark's Elioak Farm. 410-731-4049. www.clarklandfarm.com
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Join us for a guided tour through one of the most actively haunted towns on the east coast. Our guides recount tales of recent paranormal events at many locations in the Ellicott City Historic District; so many in fact that we now offer two independent tours, "Ye Haunted History of Olde Ellicott City" Ghost Tour Part I & II! Friday and Saturday, April through November at 8:30pm. Reservations strongly recommended. 410-313-1900/1-800-288-8747, | Discount for all Ellicott City.net Visitors |
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The Morse Telegraph Club, living historians demonstrate the
Victorian Telegraph. Send and receive your own telegram.
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5 to 8pm at The Howard County Conservancy, 410-465-8877,
www.hcconservancy.org
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Join us for a guided tour through one of the most actively haunted towns on the east coast. Our guides recount tales of recent paranormal events at many locations in the Ellicott City Historic District; so many in fact that we now offer two independent tours, "Ye Haunted History of Olde Ellicott City" Ghost Tour Part I & II! Friday and Saturday, April through November at 8:30pm. Reservations strongly recommended. 410-313-1900/1-800-288-8747, | Discount for all Ellicott City.net Visitors |
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Spaces are available to rent for vendors to sell.
Yard Sale begins at 8:00am until 2:00pm. Website
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Historical tours of the Manor House and Shrine at 1:30pm. Healing Mass and Adoration at 3pm. Shrine of St. Anthony. 410-531-2800.
www.shrineofstanthony.org
