Whether your New Year's resolutions were actually resolved, or whether you made any at all, everyone should plan to have one last fun, carefree night of the year -- And there are only so many nights of 2018 left. This year, New Year's Eve falls on a Monday, giving us the chance to set the [...]
There’s nothing more magical than Downtown Annapolis at Christmastime. The streets are positively covered in strings of lights and decorations. You can almost smell hot chocolate and cinnamon wafting out of each storefront. Even the boats at the dock manage to spread good tidings of cheer with their own impressive light displays. In other words, [...]
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The holiday season was kicked off this week in Annapolis with the annual Grand Illumination tree-lighting ceremony. It was a not-too-cold November night on Sunday when the Annapolis Jaycees, later joined by Santa and Mrs. Clauses, handed out hot chocolate and candy canes while [...]
This past weekend, the Caritas Society of St. John's College Annapolis held a fundraiser promoting Children’s Lit writers from around the area. The Caritas Society, formed in 1969 to raise funds for student book purchases and offer events that provide relationships between St. Johns and the larger community, has long held a Meet the Author [...]
On October 19, 2018 family, friends and colleagues joined together to celebrate the life and the words of Rob Hiaasen with the release of his final novel. For the last few years, Rob had been working on the story. After his death on June 28 during a shooting in the Capital Gazette’s newsroom, publisher Kevin [...]
Happy Halloween! All the events I've been posting about for the last month (or more?) have been slowly but surely leading up to the spookiest night of the year. (And the day of the year that Americans will spend the most money for, after Christmas, with this year's spending expected to reach $9 billion -- [...]
Jack Frost has arrived... But don't let that stop you from attending all the ghost tours, haunted hayrides and pumpkin patches begging to be visited this time of year. Save the Bay: Later this week, drivers will be able to purchase the newest Chesapeake Bay license plate that depicts a blue crab and the Bay [...]
On the first Sunday of each month from May through November, a portion of West Street is shut down for the aptly named First Sunday Arts Festival. On and off over the last 18 years, the First Sunday Arts Fest has occupied the Arts District of Annapolis starting on West Street and now spilling over [...]
We've got a busy week ahead of us. Although the famed annual U.S. Sailboat Show, followed by the U.S. Powerboat Show (see photos of the latter here), will be wrapped up as of today, there's no break when it comes to all of Annapolis' goings-on this season. Get in the Halloween spirit this weekend at [...]
This week started out with some good news for Main Street Annapolis business owners, and some not-so-good news for area bicyclists; the trial bike path that divided a city has been removed, at least for now. The decision to remove the bike path was made after two weeks of observation and the Mayor's meeting with [...]
