Thursday Midnight Moonlight Partner Painting Bring a friend and come to TGI Friday’s Columbia location to create a beautiful work of art guided by an experienced instructor. Registration required, 7-9 p.m. $45/ticket. paintnite.com Family 3D Printing Lab Have fun with your family and design a one-of-a-kind creation and let the …
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Culture and Relevance
There, they encountered something strange: art like they had never seen before, a new-to-them class of work called Abstract Expressionism. (Formally credited as beginning in 1946, the movement likely was still gaining popularity a decade later.) One of the women, Sue Baker, suggested they hire Kenneth Sawyer, a Johns Hopkins …
Read More »Show off your sweet side this Valentine’s day
Family Features—Treat family, friends and co-workers to something they will all love this Valentine’s Day by making easy and impressive cookies. Start with your favorite roll-out cookie recipe or simply dress up store-bought ones by adding some simple details with icing. From the cupids at Wilton, here are three ways …
Read More »Will you Be Mine?
In honor of this day for love, there is plenty for kids, families and couples to do. Kids Valentine’s Day at Your Branch Drop in any time to craft a card for a parent, sibling or friend. All supplies provided. Baltimore County Public Library, Essex Branch, all day. Free. bcpl.info …
Read More »B’More Social Feb. 7-10
Thursday Motor Trend International Auto Show More than 500 new cars, trucks and crossovers will be there for the admiring this weekend. Think it’s all about the looking? Car enthusiasts also can test drive a Fiat 124 Spider as well as cars from Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Toyota. Motorheads …
Read More »Love Your Tree
The catch phrase is clever: “Love Your Tree.” It’s the name of the annual poster campaign at the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt. Maybe you weren’t thinking about proactive body-image messaging before you read it, but now you are. “Love Your Tree,” in its 12th year, is an …
Read More »Cold Weather Crafts for Kids
When it’s too cold to head outside, let your kids enjoy the wonders of winter inside with some fun and easy winter-inspired crafts. Sugar Cube Igloo Source: thecraftyclassroom.com Materials: • Sugar Cubes (one box = one igloo) • Cardboard • White Glue • White Paint Step 1: Cover your cardboard with white …
Read More »It’s Black History Month!
Here are seven great events to celebrate and honor Black History Month, for everyone from movie buffs to outdoors lovers. We also want to recommend a trip to the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum if you haven’t been recently. Saturday, Feb. 9 African American Firsts in Baltimore County Learn …
Read More »A Greater Role
The purpose of a play, in addition to entertaining, is quite often to shine light on a basic human truth — the whimsical, joyful nature of love as portrayed in “Shakespeare in Love,” the uncertain future of assembly line workers in “Skeleton Crew” or the secrets we keep from ourselves …
Read More »A Whole Lotta Love
This month we look at all-of-a-kind families. Looking ahead, mark your calendar for one of the featured authors, Hena Khan, at the Rosedale Branch on April 30. Board/Toddlers: ‘I Am a Baby’ by Kathryn Madeline Allen Cheery photos of babies from diverse families are paired with rhyming text identifying family …
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