Oktoberfest, festivals, educational events, and green happenings are all available in the area this week. Get out and explore! Annapolis Entertainment Compass Rose Theater continues their rendition of A Raisin in the Sun this week. The show centers on the award-winning classic. Enjoy this performance through mid October. Head to www.compassrosetheater.org to learn more and [...]
Despite the in-between seasonal weather, Annapolis still hosts plenty to do. Try out the live shows, comedy acts, plays, artsy events, and the artist reception all happening around you! Annapolis Entertainment Saturday, November 16, is meant to be celebrated for several reasons. The most significant ones include the fact that it's a Saturday and the [...]
By nature, art questions rules and what's considered to be "just" or "important." The same is true of the art event coming to Annapolis this Friday through Sunday, though the involved artists express themselves even different from the artists who say their expression is conventional. Backyard Boats, Port Tack, and 222 Severn Property Management host [...]
Some of the best events downtown are the free ones. Likewise, some of the best places to visit downtown are the numerous art galleries. Put the two together and you have the 23rd Annual Annapolis Art Walk, coming to downtown this Thursday, August 15. This longstanding tradition in the art community is open to the [...]
Art often marries with historical events, mostly because art is the medium for which to express feelings and occurrences. Art can capture images and expressions in a memorable, aesthetically pleasing way. The same is true for the artwork in The Annapolis Collection Gallery--the works, most notably by Ann Munro Wood, capture the feel of the [...]
Annapolis is great in the summertime thanks to live music, free things to do, and family events. See what's below and plan your fun. Annapolis Entertainment USNA Band entertains throughout the year, but not nearly as much as during summer. Live up the last bits of summer with live, free performances by the much loved [...]
Country singer Johnny Horton once crooned: "We fired our guns and British kept a'comin'/ There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago/ We fired once more and they began to runnin' on/ Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico." You may have never heard this tune before, but it speaks to [...]
This is the last installment in our downtown art gallery series, and what better gallery to happily round out the discussion than McBride? This lovely white and evergreen building has been showcasing the prized works of local arts for over thirty years. Below, read what's in store for McBride in the near future, what makes [...]
Thus far in our exploration of downtown art, we've seen that great art is local, comes in many forms, and reflects surroundings. What does Whitehall Gallery bring to this ongoing discussion of art? Simply put, a merge of all three tenets, if you will. Whitehall does, however, add that art can be convenient and incite [...]
As we continue our discussion of art, we seem to be getting closer and closer to what local art truly is comprised of. We learned from The Circle Gallery that young Annapolitan artists have magnificent, innovative visions as their work was interesting enough to win a contest and be on display at the gallery. Via [...]