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Food Fridays: 28th Annual Christmas Cookie Tour
Friday, December 6th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: 28th Annual Christmas Cookie Tour
When: December 8th, 2013
Where: Union Square
Join us for an afternoon full of homemade cookies and holiday cheer as you tour 15 historic Union Square homes decked in holiday finery! The Union Square neighborhood invites you to our 28th annual Christmas Cookie Tour. The park and the homes will all be decorated to celebrate the season. We offer you a special afternoon to stroll through our National Register of Historic Places district, and through the many fine 19th century homes opened for your pleasure. If you are new to our tour, you may be surprised to find that while we are very consistent in our views of proper Victorian streetscape, we vary widely in our concepts of interior decor. Our homes run the gamut of style from country to contemporary, with eclectic coexistence as a common rule. (more…)
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Theatre Thursdays: A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration
Thursday, December 5th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration
When: November 19 – December 22
Where: Center Stage
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel spins a musical tale of hope and forgiveness. It’s a bitterly cold Christmas Eve in 1864 and all along the Potomac, from the White House to the battlefields, friends and foes alike find their lives strangely and poetically intertwined. Weaving together carols and folk songs, this “beautifully stitched tapestry of American lives” (The New York Times) is sure to become a new holiday classic for the entire family!
For ticketing information visit their website!
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Wacky Wednesday: Hot Chocolate Happy Hour
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Hot Chocolate Happy Hour
When: Tuesdays : 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (December 3rd through December 17th)
Where: Harbor East
Who would pass up free hot chocolate? Warm up with complimentary hot chocolate on Tuesday nigths in December at Harbor East’s Hot Chocolate Happy Hour, sponsored by Whole Foods Market. You can drop into the market or just bump into one of Whole Foods “team members” passing out the beverages in the Harbor East district. Look for the Harbor East elves strolling the neighborhood delivering warm cups of hot chocolate!
Visit this website for more information!
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Tourism Tuesday: Civil War Trains Exhibit
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Civil War Train Exhibit
When: From now until December 31st 2015
Where: Discovery Station Museum
Discover the history of Maryland and the Civil war in this exhibit! See this authentic scale model Civil War railroad on display in 3D terrain. The importance of railroads during the Civil War was significant. From the arrival in Baltimore of a Union regiment of Massachusetts troops by train in April 1861 to the end of the war in 1865, when troops used the railroad to return home, railroads played an important role in the Civil War.
To learn more about this important part in history visit the website for hours and more information!
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Museum Monday: Human, Soul & Machine: The Coming Singularity!
Monday, December 2nd, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Human, Soul & Machine
When: From now until August 31st, 2014
Where: American Visionary Art Museum
“Two billion personal computers later, post DNA-sequencing, are we on the road to becoming a better, healthier, happier, less warlike, human race?” Computers have had such a large impact on our lives, but just how large? 40+ artists, cutting edge futurists, and inventors take on this view and attempt to show us through their eyes. This exhibit appeals to all ages, young and old. They take on the most complex subject, how artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, genetics, 3D printing and Big Data play a role in human life. This thought-provoking exhibit investigates technology’s influence on issues of privacy and surveillance, employment and manufacturing, longevity and health, defense and warfare, farming and food, access to global and personal information, creative invention, and entertainment. The American Visionary Art Museum’s 19th original thematic exhibition makes you think and question all aspects of human life.
For more information visit their website!
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Food Fridays: Fells Point Food Tour
Friday, November 29th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Fells Point Food Tour
When:Wednesdays-Sundays between 3:00 and 6:30 pm
Where: Meets near Broadway Market in Fells Point (The exact meeting location will be provided upon ticket purchase)
Explore parts of Baltimore’s best preserved historic district that was founded nearly 280 years ago! Experience and learn about the significance of the small town once separated from Baltimore on this guided, narrated tour. During the tour, you will stop to sample specially made dishes at unique family owned restaurants. you will gain a true appreciation of the areas heritage, history and local food!
For $58 dollars you can take this tour too! Click here for more information.
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Theatre Thursday: The Nutcracker
Thursday, November 28th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: The Nutcracker
Where: Lyric Opera House
When: December 20th,2013
It is a Christmas classic! Get in the holiday spirit and come see Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Watch the BSO and the Baltimore School for the Arts dancers come together for this unprecedented collaboration. Full of magic and wonder, The Nutcracker plot takes place in Germany on Christmas Eve. Two children named Clara and Fritz Stahlbaum are enjoying their family party. Their godfather, a toymaker named Herr Drosselmeyer, gives the children gifts, and Clara loves her life-sized nutcracker doll. That night, the girl falls asleep under the Christmas tree and dreams of The Mouse King and the Sugar Plum Fairy. After he turns into a prince, her toy brings her to an enchanted forest and the Land of Sweets, and they meet fairies and dancing snowflakes.
Enjoy the magic with The Nutcracker, this incredible family favourite, that really does have something for everyone.
For ticket information visit their website here!
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Wacky Wednesday: Moonlight Madness
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Moonlight Madness, shopping and tree lighting!
When: Friday the 13th, from 8pm-midnight
Where: Federal Hill
What better way to spend Friday the thirteenth than at night in Federal Hill? Roam the streets as all your favorite Federal Hill shops stay open late offering specials, discounts and refreshments. Carolers strolling the streets, free gift wrapping, a perfect time to get your holiday shopping done! Visit local business to enter the Moonlight Madness Raffle for a goody bag filled with Federal Hill items. Start off early at 7pm with the lighting of the Christmas tree! Bring out your inner child and wait for Santa’s visit with hot chocolate and cookies!
For more information on this fun filled night visit this link here!
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Tourism Tuesdays: Miracle on 34th Street
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
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When: November 30th, 2013 to January 1st 2014
Where: 700 block of 34th street
Where most people think of the Christmas movie, Baltimore thinks lights! One block in Hampden, ironically the 34th street, puts on a Christmas light display that can be seen from blocks away. Inflatable snow globes, musical trains and blinking angles adorn the homes. The blocks’ residents hang outside selling cookies and taking donations for various charities and the true meaning behind the season overcomes you. Your best bet is to park the car and take walk with all the traffic coming in!
Check out the website for more information on this magical experience!
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Museum Mondays: Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter
Monday, November 25th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter
When: September 18, 2013 – January 19, 2014
Where: Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art presents a special exhibition of prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures that provide a fascinating glimpse of Henri Matisse’s relationship with his only daughter, Marguerite. On view September 18, 2013 – January 19, 2014, Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter brings together more than 40 works from the BMA and other public and private collections to show Marguerite over the course of 45 years. Matisse made more portraits of his daughter than of all the other members of his family combined. He often shows a strong personal absorption with the character of his daughter—and reveals something about himself in the process of creating his art.
For more information visit the BMA website
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