Oct8
12:00 AM
Treat the readers in your life—or yourself—to a book or two (or three!) from our signed book auction. Every book here has been signed by the author, editor, or illustrator. Fans of historical fiction, poetry, biography, YA, and graphic novels will all find something here. All proceeds support our literary programming. Browse and bid by [...]
Oct26
Dorchester Center for the Arts, Cambridge MD
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The Cambridge Main Street is the fourth of six Maryland sites to host Water/Ways, a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition, brought to the state by the Maryland Humanities’ Museum on Main Street program. Water/Ways will be open to the public at Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge for six weeks, from October 19 to November 30, 2019, [...]
Oct26
Wicomico Public Libraries–Centre Branch, Salisbury MD
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Coffee and Books: A casual discussion about the 2019 OMOB selection: What the Eyes Don’t See by Mona Hanna-Attisha. Library copies are available to take out. Coffee and tea will be provided. Ages 16+
Oct26
Prince George’s County Memorial Library System–Largo-Kettering Branch, Largo MD
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Discuss the 2019 OMOB selection: What the Eyes Don’t See by Mona Hanna-Attisha.
Oct26
Meet outside the Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch, Baltimore MD
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Follow in the footsteps of Baltimore’s literary luminaries and discover the elegant brownstone mansions and majestic cultural institutions built by Baltimore’s successful 19th century merchants and industrialists. Learn how a neighborhood of scholars, struggling artists and authors, newspaperman, philanthropists and social reformers offered rich opportunities to discuss and debate ideas and open new literary avenues. [...]
Oct26
Middletown Wastewater Treatment Plant, Middletown MD
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tour the Wastewater Treatment Plant with Town Administrator Drew Bowen, and learn how water is managed in Middletown.
Oct26
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, Church Creek MD
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Learn about the important role that water, communication and community played on the Underground Railroad in Maryland. In conjunction with the Smithsonian Water/Ways exhibition in Cambridge, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center invites you to a special presentation, The Underground Railroad in Dorchester County: Community & Communication on the Water. For Harriet Tubman and [...]