NEWS FROM FOUR RIVERS
December 12, 2017
Midnight Madness Continues Thursday!
Midnight Madness continues this Thursday! Residents and visitors are invited to stroll along Main Street, West Street, Maryland Avenue, State Circle and Dock Street from 6 p.m. until Midnight to support local businesses.

To make your experience more enjoyable:
  • The City of Annapolis will offer FREE 3-hour parking at metered spaces,
  • ​The Calvert Street Parking Garage at 19 St Johns Street is Free Parking between 6pm and 6am,
  • ​Gott’s Court and Knighton Parking Garages are $5 for all day parking when you pre-pay at www.annapolisparking.com, 
  • and FREE Circulator buses

The historic, brick-lined streets of downtown Annapolis will be full of carolers, choirs, musicians, and other street performers. Many downtown merchants offer complimentary refreshments, specials, shopping incentives and more, so please come out and SHOP LOCAL on Thursdays, December 14th AND 21st!
Historic Annapolis Holiday Open House, Saturday!
Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 16, from 4-7 p.m., at the Paca House and Hogshead!

Join the Pacas for a festive occasion as they entertain for the holidays! Living historians will bring the house to life with laughter, games, music, and, of course, sweet treats to share! At Hogshead, come see how the middling sort celebrate the holiday season with living historians and a variety of fun activities fit for the whole family. Light refreshments and holiday activities are included.
Reservations encouraged.

Cost: Free for HA Members and Volunteers; $10 for Non-Members. Register here .
Annapolis Offers On-Demand Shuttle Service in December






This On-Demand Shuttle Service may be just the ticket for your downtown shopping needs!!

Use the QR code or visit EZcruiser.net

Hours of Operation are Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Noon to 6 pm

Last Chance to Experience Illuminated London Town!
New this year: Friday AND Saturday Nights! This weekend is the Final Weekend for this family-friendly event this year!

Experience the magic of a winter evening at Illuminated London Town! Sip hot cider and roast s’mores beside roaring fires in the Historic Area, included in the price. Explore the gardens, illuminated with festive holiday lights. Discover colonial nighttime and holidays at a candlelit William Brown House, decorated for the season. Enjoy special performances in the gardens, such as the Chesapeake Revelers or the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra. The Coffee Table Truck will have hot specialty drinks for sale. Bring the family to celebrate wintertime and the holidays with us at Illuminated London Town!
And bring your (leashed) dogs!  Dogwood Acres Pet Retreat  is sponsoring a s’mores “pup-cession” stand.

Ticket prices: $6 for member adults, seniors, and youth, $3 for member children (ages 4 – 6), and Free for children 3 and under. $12 for non-member adults, $10 for non-member seniors, $7 for non-member youth (ages 7- 17), $3 for non-member children (ages 4 – 6), and Free for children 3 and under.
Photo credit: John Goucher.

Save These Dates for AMM Winter Lecture Series
The Annapolis Maritime Museum holds its annual Winter Lecture Series on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. from mid-January through early March. You will be challenged to question and to learn by engaging speakers on eight diverse topics including maritime history, local history, science and maritime art. Lectures for 2018 are planned for the following Thursday evenings:

--Thursday, January 11, 2018, Jack Shaum, Author &Broadcast Journalist, “Tidewater by Steamboat: When the Region’s Highways were Made of Water”
--Thursday, January 18, 2018, Grace Brush, Johns Hopkins University,” The Ecological History of the Chesapeake Bay: The pre-Colonial and post-Colonial Chesapeake Bay”
--Thursday, January 25, 2018, Jeff Watkins, JX3 Energy, “The 35 Million Year Geological History of the Bay: How an Extra-Terrestrial Event Created Today’s Chesapeake Bay”
--Thursday, February 1, 2018, Dr. Anson “Tuck” Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), “The Ecology of Chesapeake Blue Crabs: The Strange and Wonderful Science of Blue Crabs”
--Thursday, February 8, 2018, Matt Sell, Maryland Department of Natural Resources “Brook Trout in Maryland: Understanding Our Native Gem”
--Thursday, February 15, 2018, Tucker Thompson, America’s Cup, “35th America’s Cup”
--Thursday, February 22, 2018, Chris Rowsom, Historic Ships in Baltimore, “Baltimore’s Own: USS Constellation, Flagship of the African Squadron”
--Thursday, March 1, 2018 O. James Lighthizer, Civil War Trust, “Teaching American History Through its Battlefields: The Importance of Saving Historic Sites as Outdoor Classrooms”

For more information, Visit https://amaritime.org/winter-lecture-series/
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