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172 events · Nov 6–Nov 20

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This weekend · Sat Nov 7 – Sun Nov 8

Painting of costumes and props stacked backstage.

Oct 22 – Nov 7

A farm yard with a stone silo tower, red tepees and play structures under a cloudy sky.

Oct 22 – Nov 8

An aerial view of a modern school at sunset

Oct 22 – Nov 14

A bearded guitarist sings in black and white

Oct 22 – Nov 19

A teen plays a card game on a mat at the front of a stone-walled mill hall as players sit at tables behind him.

Oct 22 – Nov 19

Painting of framed artworks and a sculpture in a quiet gallery.

Oct 22 – Nov 20

Painting of a Victorian mansion behind iron gates and gardens.

Oct 22 – Nov 24

Black-and-white photo of actors rehearsing on a stage

Oct 22 – Nov 30

Painting of framed paintings and a sculpture in a quiet gallery.

Oct 22 – Dec 4

Painting of framed artworks and a sculpture in a quiet gallery.

Oct 22 – Dec 5

Painting of brick buildings around a fountain on a town square.

Oct 22 – Dec 12

Painting of framed paintings and a sculpture in a quiet gallery.

Oct 22 – Dec 18

Small translucent sculptures pinned in a cluster across a white gallery wall.

Oct 22 – Dec 31

Two framed black-and-white photographs, one of a raised hand, hang on a white gallery wall.

Oct 22 – Jan 3

A young girl in a pale dress kneels before a large dollhouse in a cozy room.

Oct 22 – Jan 16

A dim museum gallery with illuminated display cases holding manuscripts and objects.

Oct 22 – Feb 7

A man in a plaid shirt and cap leans in to look closely into a museum display case.

Oct 22 – Feb 21

A white lace gown laid on green grass

Oct 22 – Apr 18

Two paintings, a figure behind a chain-link fence and a seated woman in blue, hang on a deep red gallery wall.

Oct 22 – May 2

A colorful whirligig sculpture of wheels and figures atop a striped pole against a blue sky.

Oct 22 – Sep 5

Families crowd a farm wagon on a sunny day

Oct 23 – Nov 7

Painting of a stage set with city towers and footlights.

Oct 23 – Nov 15

Pink azaleas in bloom

Oct 23 – Nov 20

A toddler plays with craft paper on the floor

Oct 24 – Nov 21

Colorful stained glass with autumn leaves

Oct 25 – Mar 7

Painting of small round tables before a screen in a dim pub.

Oct 27 – Nov 17

An empty white band shell in a sunny park with a drum kit on stage and rows of empty benches.

Oct 28 – Nov 18

Painting of game tables beside bookshelves and tall windows.

Oct 28 – Nov 18

Three performers sit together onstage

Oct 29 – Nov 14

Painting of a gallery with framed landscapes and display cases under a skylight.

Oct 30 – Nov 15

A gray-haired man in a brown leather jacket pointing at a vintage dirt bike, a boy in a red hoodie grinning, in a small history museum exhibit room with a plain cream wall hung with framed old racing photographs.

Oct 31 – Nov 7

An improviser in a maroon sweater performs on a dark stage while a seated scene partner looks on.

Oct 31 – Nov 21

Rendering of Baltimore with a green forested Jones Falls valley winding toward the downtown skyline.

Oct 31 – Nov 22

Painting of a lit outdoor stage and booths on a field at dusk.

Painting of art and crafts on draped tables in a bright room.

Painting of a draped outdoor stage on a field at sunset.

Painting of a pumpkin stand under an orchard of autumn trees.

Shoppers walking the aisles of a large craft show in a high-roofed hall.

A small church and park on a sunny day

Painting of motorcycles lined up beside a roadside building in the hills.

Rows of holiday vendor booths under garland and lights in an armory hall.

Painting of a main street with red, white and blue bunting.

Visitors browsing tables under white tents on a sunny lawn.

Sparks rise from a crackling campfire at night.

Painting of a screen and benches in a clearing among tall trees.

A family walking across a lawn toward hay bales and pumpkins.

A red brick farmhouse and barn on a green hillside under a soft evening sky.

Painting of a guitar, microphone and amplifiers before a gold tinsel curtain.

A woman naturalist in a green park jacket showing seed heads in her palm, in a native plant meadow of tall golden grasses and brown seed heads with a low stone farmhouse nature center and low wooded piedmont hills far behind.

A vintage photo of a boy and man in cowboy hats

Painting of furniture, quilts and framed art displayed under a white tent.

A yellow-rumped warbler on a branch

Painting of a lit stage with tables in a dim hall.

Painting of orchestra chairs ringed by candles on a dark stage.

Painting of barrels and a vine-covered pergola by a lake.

Visitors sketch together on a gallery floor

Nov 7 – Jan 24

A woman in her thirties in a teal rain jacket with binoculars raised, a man in a mustard fleece pointing up, a woman in a burgundy beanie with a field guide, in a low stone farmhouse nature center and an open meadow with low wooded piedmont hills of bare november trees far behind.

Painting of guitars and a stool on a low stage among potted plants.

Painting of a guitar, microphone and amplifiers before a gold tinsel curtain.

Vendor tables set out around a large community hall.

A white clapboard colonial house with green shutters, a small porch and a Maryland flag.

A box turtle raises its head

Painting of a small stage with instruments under string lights.

A man dealer in a plain purple hoodie handing a card in a plastic slab to a smiling boy in a black jacket, a dad in a gray fleece, in busy dealer tables close together with glass display cases of graded cards.

Three friends sit on a bench in a garden at sunset

A woman in a navy riding coat on a bay horse, a man in a tweed coat on a gray horse, a teen girl in a burgundy vest on a chestnut pony, in a wide rolling green field with a low split-rail fence.

Three clay pots of food cooking in the ashes of an open fire.

A child looks up at a restored steam locomotive

Painting of classic cars parked on a lawn beneath large shade trees.

A smiling man in glasses

Painting of an old film projector and reels in a wooden room.

Woven tapestries hang in a white gallery

Nov 8 – Feb 28

Next week · Nov 9–15

Painting of a small stage with instruments under string lights.

Painting of a stage with drums and speakers under a thatched roof by palm trees.

Painting of a stage with instruments before red curtains.

Painting of a piano and chairs on a stage beneath arched church windows.

An empty lecture hall in daylight with a wooden podium, tiered seats, a blank screen and tall windows.

Painting of a podium, chairs and a lamp on a small stage.

An empty ballroom stage with drums, guitars, amps and keyboard under a mirror ball and colored party lights.

Painting of benches facing a screen in a woodland clearing.

Painting of candlelit tables in a dark room.

Painting of a lit stage with tables in a dim hall.

Painting of guitars and a stool on a low stage among potted plants.

Painting of a podium, chairs and a lamp on a small stage.

Painting of a podium, chairs and a lamp on a low stage.

Painting of a projection screen and chairs in a library room.

Painting of an empty stage with a drum kit, amplifier and microphone stand.

Painting of an empty stage with a drum kit, amplifier and microphone stand.

Painting of orchestra chairs ringed by candles on a dark stage.

Painting of a blank movie screen above rows of seats in a dark theater.

An artist sits before Puerto Rican and Philippine flags

Painting of a piano and chairs on a stage beneath arched church windows.

Shoppers browsing quilts and crafts on tables in a sunlit church hall.

Painting of a guitar, microphone and amplifiers before a gold tinsel curtain.

Painting of a theater with a painted sun on the stage curtain.

Irish dancers in red and white perform onstage

Kids wash their hands at a kitchen sink

Painting of a band shell stage with a drum kit on an autumn lawn.

A small historic library glows at dusk

People gathered on a lakeside lawn beneath wooded hills.

Shoppers browsing crowded craft tables in a sunlit hall.

Hands busy at a crowded craft table

Goats poke their heads through a wooden barn fence.

Painting of a boardwalk to a wooden blind in a marsh.

A red brick historic house above a grassy slope with yellow irises

Painting of a playground and trees on a wide green lawn.

A choir sings in black robes

A woman yoga guide in a sage fleece with arms raised in a slow stretch, a woman in a plum jacket breathing deeply, a man in a navy quarter-zip, in a wide meadow at the edge of a quiet hardwood forest of bare november trees with a white historic carriage house far behind.

A playground with slides and climbing equipment beside tall trees in a park

A fenced ball field with a backstop and a small white shed among trees

Painting of a podium, chairs and a lamp on a small stage.

Painting of a small lamp-lit stage with chairs and a microphone in a dim club.

A lit Ferris wheel at night

Painting of a lit stage with tables in a dim hall.

Painting of rows of folding chairs before a lectern in a bookshelf-lined room.

Painting of a guitar, microphone and amplifiers before a gold tinsel curtain.

Painting of a play structure on an open park lawn among trees.

Abalone shells in a woven basket

Painting of orchestra chairs ringed by candles on a dark stage.

Painting of three doors on an outdoor stage facing a lawn.

Nov 13 – Dec 6

Coming up · Nov 16–30

An empty lecture hall in daylight with a wooden podium, tiered seats, a blank screen and tall windows.

An empty lecture hall in daylight with a wooden podium, tiered seats, a blank screen and tall windows.

Painting of a lit stage with tables in a dim hall.

Painting of candlelit tables in a dark room.

Painting of armchairs facing a glowing screen with red curtains.

Painting of candlelit tables in a dark room.

Painting of rows of folding chairs before a lectern in a bookshelf-lined room.

Painting of orchestra chairs ringed by candles on a dark stage.

Painting of a colorful storybook stage set with flowers and cushions.

Painting of a blank movie screen above rows of seats in a dark theater.

Painting of an ornate opera stage framed in gold with red curtains.

Painting of a podium, chairs and a lamp on a small stage.

Painting of a stage set with city towers and footlights.

Painting of chairs and a piano on a bare stage against brick.

A white-haired bearded man playing a round frame drum, in a college theater stage with a plain dark back wall.

Painting of a hay-bale stage with guitars under a draped barn.

A hand holds an everything bagel

An empty town square at dusk with a tall evergreen strung with warm lights, brick shops with lit windows behind a snowy plaza.

An empty ballroom stage with drums, guitars, amps and keyboard under a mirror ball and colored party lights.

An owl perched on a branch at night.

Painting of an old film projector and reels in a wooden room.

Painting of a trail sign and wooden bridge in autumn hills.

Snowy mountains under a blue sky

Painting of a stage with a decorated tree and draped curtains.

A drummer plays outdoors

An empty lecture hall in daylight with a wooden podium, tiered seats, a blank screen and tall windows.

Painting of armchairs facing a glowing screen with red curtains.

Sun filters through a winter forest

An empty lecture hall in daylight with a wooden podium, tiered seats, a blank screen and tall windows.

A timber pavilion lit at dusk beside a pond

A great horned owl with bright yellow eyes perched against a green background.

Painting of a stage and booths under strings of lanterns at dusk.

Painting of candlelit tables in a dark room.

Painting of a playground and trees on a wide green lawn.

Visitors among wooden market huts on a lawn at dusk.

Painting of white tents and picnic tables beside a white church.

Three singers in black and white perform with joyful expressions on stage.

A man reenactor in a 1690s cotton shirt and wool coat showing a musket to visitors, in a park meadow with a small log cabin.

A boy in a red hoodie pointing at a moving steam locomotive, a gray-haired grandfather in a navy cap, a girl in a yellow coat, in busy dealer tables of boxed model trains around a big operating model train layout of hills.

Painting of activity tables and a dinosaur model in a bright hall.

A tepee-shaped shelter of branches stands in a winter forest of fallen leaves.

A woman docent in a green velvet dress showing an antique ornament, in a 19th-century brick house parlor with a plain cream plaster wall.

Painting of art and crafts on draped tables in a bright room.

Painting of an outdoor screen with balloons and a popcorn cart in a park.

A boy in a red hoodie tying twigs into a tiny tree house, a girl in a yellow coat adding a moss roof, a mom in a green parka, in a low stone farmhouse nature center and an open meadow with low wooded piedmont hills of bare november trees far behind.

Painting of white canopies in a row beneath autumn trees.

Nov 20 – Dec 20

Painting of a harvest display of pumpkins and gourds in a hall with arched windows.

Nov 21 – Jan 4

An empty garden at dusk with a glowing arched light tunnel and trees wrapped in warm lights beyond a dark lawn.

Plan by date

By night

Sat Nov 7

Oct 22 – Nov 724th Annual Members Show Exhibition: Our Collective CanvasWestminsterFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival: William Kelly, Ph.D. – Slavery and Indenture in Colonial TimesAnnapolisFreeTalk
Sat Nov 7Annual Toys for the Dena RunPasadenaFrom $20Ride
Sat Nov 7Authors & Artists Holiday Gift SaleBel AirFreeMakers
Oct 29 – Nov 14BAROCOCOBaltimoreFrom $25Theater
Oct 31 – Nov 21BIG TimeBaltimoreFrom $10Comedy
Oct 22 – Jan 3BMA Celebrates MICA 200BaltimoreFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Baltimore City Veterans Day Parade and Health & Resource FairBaltimoreFreeParade
Oct 22 – Dec 4Bart Walter: Near and FarWestminsterFreeExhibit
Oct 23 – Nov 7Beachmont Corn Maze: The Liberty ExpressKingsvilleFrom $18Farm & Harvest
Sat Nov 7Benjamin Banneker's Birthday Market FairCatonsvilleFreeFair
Sat Nov 7Campfire Chat at Bacon Ridge Natural Area: What Makes Bacon Ridge SpecialCrownsvilleFrom $5Talk
Sat Nov 7Central Maryland's Birds of Prey (Brian Smith)Mount AiryFreeTalk
Nov 6–7Christmas in the Country BazaarEldersburgFreeMakers
Oct 30 – Nov 15Color Columbia 2026 Plein Air ExhibitColumbiaFreeExhibit
Oct 28 – Nov 18Dave Chappell & Friends- AKA HippieHappy HourAnnapolisFreeConcert
Oct 22 – Feb 7Divine Inspiration: The Legacy of the St. Francis MissalBaltimoreFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Eden Mill Fall Fest 2026PylesvilleFreeFestival
Oct 22 – Dec 12Exhibition: Encounter (Myungsook Ryu Kim)TowsonFreeExhibit
Oct 22 – Dec 5Exhibition: Even Our OddkinTowsonFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Fall Family FestivalWhite HallFrom $15Festival
Nov 6–8Fall Festival of Quilts ShowWestminsterFrom $10Festival
Oct 22 – Nov 8Fall Season at Clark's Elioak FarmEllicott CityFrom $8Farm & Harvest
Oct 24 – Nov 21Family Art Adventures (BMA)BaltimoreFreeFamily
Oct 22 – Feb 21Flashback: Two Centuries of Baltimore PhotographyBaltimoreFrom $15Exhibit
Oct 22 – Sep 5Flaunt: When Appearance SpeaksBaltimoreFrom $20Exhibit
Sat Nov 7Gasket, Ferment, Jealous God, Denouement, EverythingBaltimoreFrom $15Concert
Oct 22 – Nov 30Goldilocks and the Three Billy Pigs Gruff (Toby's Youth Theatre)ColumbiaFrom $17Family
Nov 6–7HCC Dance ShowcaseColumbiaFrom $15Dance
Oct 31 – Nov 7Harford County on Two WheelsBel AirFrom $5Exhibit
Sat Nov 7Harvest & Seed SwapParkvilleFreeFarm & Harvest
Sat Nov 7Havre de Grace Out of the Darkness WalkHavre de GraceFreeCharity
Nov 6–8Howard County Crafts SpectacularWest FriendshipFrom $5Makers
Oct 22 – May 2Jerrell Gibbs: Come home with meBaltimoreFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Jewels for HopeEllicott CityFrom $5Charity
Oct 31 – Nov 22Jones Falls 2076BaltimoreFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Jug Bay Bird WalkLothianFreeOutdoors
Oct 22 – Apr 18Katherine Tzu-Lan MannBaltimoreFreeExhibit
Oct 22 – Dec 18Lewis Hine in MarylandCatonsvilleFreeExhibit
Nov 7 – Jan 24Luxury & Loss: Feather, Shell, Tusk, HornBaltimoreFreeExhibit
Oct 22 – Nov 20MFA Candidate Exhibition: Erin Barry-Dutro and Annie TaminiTowsonFreeExhibit
Oct 28 – Nov 18Magic: The Gathering Commander Night (Omnihedral)SavageFrom $5Gaming
Sat Nov 7Meet & Greet Local Authors (Cecil County Public Library)North EastFreeTalk
Oct 22 – Nov 14Mountain Traditions Photography Project (Cecil County Public Library)North EastFreeExhibit
Oct 22 – Nov 19Music Bingo!PasadenaFreeGaming
Sat Nov 7Peaceful Melodies with Lydia BandyEldersburgFreeConcert
Oct 22 – Dec 31Raúl de Nieves: and imagine you are hereBaltimoreFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 7Rockin'-n-Shoppin' Festival (Dove Valley Winery)Rising SunFreeFestival
Oct 22 – Jan 16She Speaks: Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical MemoryAnnapolisFreeExhibit
Oct 22 – Nov 24Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We FlyCatonsvilleFreeExhibit
Oct 22 – Nov 19Star Wars Unlimited Play Night (Savage Mill)SavageFrom $5Gaming
Oct 23 – Nov 20Strolling Through Nature at CylburnBaltimoreFreeOutdoors
Oct 23 – Nov 15Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBaltimoreFrom $12Theater
Oct 27 – Nov 17Trivia & TacosPasadenaFreeGaming
Nov 3–17Unified Jazz EnsembleAnnapolisFrom $10Concert
Oct 25 – Mar 7Woven Monuments: Tapestry and Identity in SenegalBaltimoreFreeExhibit

Sun Nov 8

Sun Nov 830’s and Birdies – All WelcomeParkvilleFrom $5Outdoors
Sun Nov 8Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival: David & Ginger Hildebrand – Music for Lafayette 1770s–1820sAnnapolisFreeConcert
Nov 8–9Belle – Revival ScreeningBaltimoreFrom $10Film
Sun Nov 8Chamber Music on the Hill: Gerdan – Kaleidoscope of World MusicWestminsterFrom $20Concert
Sun Nov 8Community and Craft Fair (November)RosedaleFreeFair
Sun Nov 8Curator Tour: Impermanence and Buddhist ArtBaltimoreFreeTour
Nov 8 – Feb 28Diedrick Brackens: lights at the end of the worldBaltimoreFreeExhibit
Sun Nov 8Hays House Museum: Open HouseBel AirFrom $5Tour
Sun Nov 8Low Tide Treasure Hunt (Anita C. Leight Estuary Center)AbingdonFrom $10Family
Sun Nov 8Man & WolfAnnapolisFrom $15Concert
Sun Nov 8Maryland Trading Card Show & Expo!TimoniumFrom $10Expo
Sun Nov 8Milburn Orchards Fall FestivalElktonFrom $14Festival
Sun Nov 8Mount Harmon Paper ChaseEarlevilleFrom $10Ride
Sun Nov 8Primitive Technology: Cooking in Clay PotsParkvilleFrom $6Food
Sun Nov 8Restoration Shop Tour (B&O Railroad Museum)BaltimoreFrom $36Tour
Sun Nov 8Sunday in the Park Car Show (Hampstead Lions Club)HampsteadFreeCar show
Sun Nov 8UMBC Faculty String SextetCatonsvilleFrom $15Concert

Mon Nov 9

Mon Nov 92nd Monday Songwriters Showcase hosted by Angie Miller & FriendsAnnapolisFrom $15Concert
Mon Nov 9Sean Gaskell and the West African KoraEldersburgFreeConcert
Mon Nov 9UMBC Jazz Small GroupsCatonsvilleFreeConcert

Tue Nov 10

Tue Nov 10Friedmann-Gordon Winners RecitalTowsonFreeConcert
Tue Nov 10Good Morning Gettysburg! with Neil BellerWestminsterFreeTalk
Tue Nov 10History Untapped: Faith, Foundation, and Forgotten Stories & Bite NiteHavre de GraceFreeTalk
Tue Nov 10Jem Wilde with Angora, Big Meadow and GlorianBaltimoreFrom $15Concert
Tue Nov 10Lumen Lecture: Jonathan SladeWestminsterFreeTalk
Tue Nov 10Mediums, Magicians, and the Ouija Board: A Spiritualist History of BaltimoreEldersburgFreeTalk
Tue Nov 10Paula Chase: "Off Balance"BaltimoreFreeTalk
Tue Nov 10Viands @ CoAnnapolisFrom $15Concert

Wed Nov 11

Wed Nov 11McDaniel College Veterans Day CeremonyWestminsterFreeTalk
Wed Nov 11Mount Airy Veterans Day CeremonyMount AiryFreeTalk
Wed Nov 11NCEED School of Thought: "Stolen School" screening and panelBaltimoreFreeFilm
Wed Nov 11Songbird CollectiveAnnapolisFrom $15Concert
Nov 11–16The Birds – Revival ScreeningBaltimoreFrom $10Film
Wed Nov 11The U.S. Army Blues: "Beyond the Standard" Album Release CelebrationBaltimoreFreeConcert
Wed Nov 11U.S. Naval Academy Band Veterans Day PerformanceAnnapolisFreeConcert

Thu Nov 12

Nov 12–1452nd Annual Mistletoe MartWestminsterFrom $7Makers
Thu Nov 12JJC Talks: JJC x MICA Artists in ResidenceBaltimoreFreeTalk
Thu Nov 12The US Air Force Singing SergeantsTowsonFreeConcert

Fri Nov 13

Nov 13–152026 Maryland Irish FestivalLutherville-TimoniumFrom $20Festival
Fri Nov 13Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival: USNA Band's Superintendent's Combo – Birth of the Cool: A Miles Davis TributeAnnapolisFreeTribute
Nov 13 – Dec 6Sweet Baby JesusBaltimoreFrom $25Theater
Fri Nov 13The Mitten Puppet Show (Westminster Branch)WestminsterFreeFamily

Sat Nov 14

Sat Nov 14$5/5K Series: Trot the TrailBaltimoreFrom $5Race
Nov 14–152026 Maryland Alpaca and Fleece FestivalWest FriendshipFreeFestival
Sat Nov 14Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival: Akua Allrich – Jazz Tribute to Miriam Makeba & Nina SimoneAnnapolisFreeTribute
Sat Nov 14Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival: Vanessa Racci – Italian Contributions to JazzAnnapolisFreeTalk
Sat Nov 14Dam Jam FestivalBaltimoreFreeFestival
Sat Nov 14Ebenezer UMC Holly MartSykesvilleFreeMakers
Sat Nov 14Family Day: Friends and Food (Walters)BaltimoreFreeFamily
Sat Nov 14Goat TalkElktonFreeTalk
Sat Nov 14Guided Nature Hike (Eden Mill)PylesvilleFreeOutdoors
Sat Nov 14Guided Nature/History Walk (North Park Trail)Havre de GraceFreeOutdoors
Sat Nov 14Invent the FutureBaltimoreFreeFamily
Sat Nov 14Messiah Sing-Along (Harford Choral Society)Bel AirFreeConcert
Sat Nov 14Mindful MovementsElkridgeFrom $5Outdoors
Sat Nov 14Mount Airy CROP Hunger WalkMount AiryFreeCharity
Sat Nov 14Mount Airy Holiday PreviewMount AiryFreeFestival
Sat Nov 14The REAL Women: Veterans of Vietnam (Cecil County Public Library)North EastFreeTalk
Sat Nov 14The Second Saturday S#!T Show feat. Caitlin AustinBaltimoreFrom $10Comedy

Sun Nov 15

Sun Nov 15Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival: Uhwachi-Reh – Native American PresentationAnnapolisFreeTalk
Sun Nov 15Booked for Baltimore County Public Library: Jon MeachamTowsonFreeTalk
Sun Nov 15Dream Punch & FriendsAnnapolisFrom $15Concert
Sun Nov 15Family & Frequencies: Free Admission DayBaltimoreFreeFamily
Sun Nov 15Indigenous Peoples CelebrationOwings MillsFreeFestival
Sun Nov 15McDaniel for the HolidaysWestminsterFreeConcert

Mon Nov 16

Mon Nov 16Carroll 250: They Will Not Be Forgotten (Armand Kinslow)FinksburgFreeTalk

Tue Nov 17

Tue Nov 17Box Lunch Talk: Church of the Brethren – Beliefs, Practices, and CustomsWestminsterFrom $5Talk
Tue Nov 17Lacrosse: A Native American Sport (Cecil County Public Library)PerryvilleFreeTalk
Tue Nov 17Rachel Beanland: "The Half Life"BaltimoreFreeTalk

Wed Nov 18

Wed Nov 18Free Film: Let Them Eat Dirt (Havre de Grace Green Team)Havre de GraceFreeFilm
Wed Nov 18Freedom of the Press: Community Conversation & Culminating EventAnnapolisFreeTalk
Wed Nov 18Maryland Hall Writers' Roundtable: So You Want to Write a Memoir…AnnapolisFreeTalk
Nov 18–23Network – Revival ScreeningBaltimoreFrom $10Film
Wed Nov 18Symphony in the City: Baltimore Hebrew CongregationBaltimoreFreeConcert
Nov 18–19The Mitten Puppet Show (North Carroll Branch)HampsteadFreeFamily

Thu Nov 19

Thu Nov 19Black American Opera: "Queenie Pie" & "Highway 1, U.S.A."BaltimoreFrom $15Opera
Nov 19–22Our Town (HCC Theatre Program)ColumbiaFrom $15Theater
Thu Nov 19Performance & Gathering: Our Thanksgiving StoriesTowsonFreeTalk
Nov 19–21Summer and SmokeWestminsterFrom $12Theater

Fri Nov 20

Fri Nov 20AyreheartWestminsterFreeConcert
Fri Nov 20Ayreheart: Renaissance – Traditional Roots – Contemporary FolkWestminsterFreeConcert
Fri Nov 20Friendsgiving Afternoon Tea with Author Bruce BorgosWestminsterFreeTalk
Nov 20 – Dec 20Gallery of GiftsWestminsterFreeMakers
Fri Nov 20Holiday Tree Lighting 2026 (Merriweather District)ColumbiaFreeHoliday Lights
Fri Nov 20Jane Error & FriendsAnnapolisFrom $15Concert
Fri Nov 20NOWN – Bats: Your Yard’s Best Friends – November 20, 2026ParkvilleFrom $10Talk
Fri Nov 20Owl Prowl (Bosely Conservancy)EdgewoodFrom $10Outdoors
Fri Nov 20Paris Can Wait (film)WestminsterFrom $10Film
Fri Nov 20The Full Hunter Moon HikeParkvilleFrom $6Outdoors
Fri Nov 20Winter Basket Bingo at the ZooBaltimoreFrom $32Gaming

Sat Nov 21

Sat Nov 21Cecil Dance Theatre presents The Spirit of the Season (Cecil County Public Library)North EastFreeDance
Sat Nov 21Dean Rosenthal’s 4 Piece RacketAnnapolisFrom $15Concert
Sat Nov 21History Untapped: Havre de Grace Answers the CallHavre de GraceFreeTalk
Sat Nov 21Japan Film Series: KwaidanTowsonFreeFilm
Sat Nov 21Kids Hike at Swan HarborHavre de GraceFreeOutdoors
Sat Nov 21Let’s Talk TurkeyParkvilleFrom $6Talk
Sat Nov 21Mistletoe at Midday Maker's MartColumbiaFrom $3Makers
Sat Nov 21Owl ProwlOwings MillsFrom $10Outdoors
Sat Nov 21Pow-Wow & Native American Festival – BAIC!Lutherville-TimoniumFrom $5Festival
Sat Nov 21Sylvia Jones & Jane Lewty: Poetry ReadingBaltimoreFreeTalk
Sat Nov 21Terrific Turkey Celebration (Anita C. Leight Estuary Center)AbingdonFrom $10Family
Nov 21 – Jan 4The Great Annapolis Gingerbread HousesAnnapolisFreeExhibit
Sat Nov 21Union Mills Homestead ChristkindlmarktWestminsterFrom $5Makers

Sun Nov 22

Sun Nov 2245 Anniversary CelebrationBaltimoreFrom $1Festival
Sun Nov 22College Choir & Green TerrorTones ConcertWestminsterFreeConcert
Sun Nov 22Fort Garrison FrontierParkvilleFreeTalk
Sun Nov 22Great Westminster Train Show – Nov. 22ndWestminsterFrom $5Expo
Sun Nov 22Sunday Screening: The Wild RobotBaltimoreFreeFamily
Sun Nov 22The Holiday Season: Celebrating (or Not!) in Colonial AmericaBel AirFrom $5Exhibit

Mon Nov 23

Mon Nov 232nd Annual Legacy Seminar presented by Bryan Kelly of the Kelly GroupBel AirFreeTalk

Sat Nov 28

Sat Nov 28Debris ShelterParkvilleFrom $3Outdoors
Sat Nov 28Home for the Holidays Open HouseWestminsterPrice at linkTour
Sat Nov 28Sykesville Holiday Marketplace Craft Vendor Show – Nov. 28thWestminsterFreeMakers
Sat Nov 28The Santa Clause – Free Family Movie!WestminsterFreeFilm

Sun Nov 29

Sun Nov 29Tree Houses the Hard WayParkvilleFrom $6Makers

Thu Dec 3

Dec 3–30Maryland Holiday Light SpectacularLutherville-TimoniumFrom $10Holiday Lights

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