Spring 2019 Front Cover – Photo of Old Faithful in Yellowstone, Or Buffalo
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Non-Profit.Org U.S. Postage Paid Community College of Baltimore County CCBC 7201 Rossville Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21237-3899 LEARN TRAVEL GROW. Includes Quick Escapes Islands of New England October 7-14, 2019 & Spring 2019 Front cover – photo of Old Faithful in Yellowstone, or buffalo Inside front cover – Fallingwater. We had a photo in this spot in the Fall 2011 brochure Back cover – photo of Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island, lobsters, mussels, whatever! CCBC School of Liberal Arts Performing Arts at CCBC’s 2019 season celebrates American Masters! Dundalk Community Theatre A Year with Frog and Toad Music by Robert Reale Lyrics and book by Willie Reale Based on the books by Arnold Lobel February 23-March 3, 2019 CCBC Dundalk, College Community Center, John E. Ravekes Theatre fallingwater Children’s Playhouse of Maryland Once on This Island, Jr. See page 2 for more information. Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics and book by Lynn Ahrens Based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy March 2-17, 2019 CCBC Essex, Administration Building, Lecture Hall CCBC Essex Academic Theatre Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2, and 3 What is Travel, Learn, Grow? By Suzan-Lori Parks March 14-18, 2019 CCBC Essex, Robert and Eleanor Romadka College Center, F. Scott Black Theatre Here, all in one place, you’ll find quick getaways, unique learning opportunities and a chance to experience new CCBC Catonsville Academic Theatre cultures. CCBC’s travel and learning options are exciting, fun ways to learn and grow, or to see someplace new True West and different. Whether it’s a day spent sightseeing and having a great lunch, taking in a Broadway play, or By Sam Shepard March 28-April 1, 2019 packing up and trekking across the globe, you have your choice of ways to make your trip one to remember. CCBC Catonsville, Center for the Arts, Theatre CCBC Dance Company Spring 2019 Dance Concert Table of Contents April 4-6, 2019 CCBC Essex, Robert and Eleanor Romadka College Center, F. Scott Black Theatre Take the time you have—a day, or two or three—to embark 1-5 Children’s Playhouse of Maryland Disney’s Newsies TRAVEL on a fascinating journey. Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Jack Feldman Book by Harvey Fierstein Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White Increase your thirst for knowledge, travel aboard and see the world. 6 May 3-19, 2019 LEARN CCBC Essex, Administration Building, Lecture Hall Dundalk Community Theatre Mamma Mia! Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Discover courses that show you many exciting ways to find out 7-8 Book by Catherine Johnson Based on the songs of ABBA GROW about new things. May 10-19, 2019 CCBC Dundalk, College Community Center, John E. Ravekes Theatre PERFORMING ARTS AT CCBC CCBC Music Powerhouse Jazz Ensemble: An Evening of Big Band Jazz May 16, 2019 CCBC Essex, Robert and Eleanor Romadka College Center, F. Scott Black Theatre ExploreFREE! ccbcmd.edu/arts Box Office 443-840-ARTS (2787) Make your reservations early to avoid sold-out and canceled trips! NOTE: Most vendors require payment and counts TRAVEL. 2-3 weeks in advance. From day trips that can satisfy your every whim, to overnight and weeklong excursions, our Quick Escapes take you places far and wide. Put your best foot forward … then just keep going! NOTE: All trips, except where noted, will leave from Cromwell Bridge Road Park and Ride, exit 29A from the Baltimore Beltway (I-695). Washington D.C. Memorials National Museum of African American Friday, January 25, 2019 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. History and Culture A day in the nation’s capital! We’ll visit the Capitol Building Tuesday, March 19, 2019 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. for a 1½ hour tour. Lunch will be on your own at the Capitol. A people’s story, a nation’s journey. The National Museum of We’ll also visit the U.S. Supreme Court, then drop everyone African American History and Culture is the only national off at the Lincoln Memorial. There will be time to visit the museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African- Vietnam War Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial. American life, history, and culture. It was established by an act Then back on the coach to visit the Martin Luther King Jr. of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote Memorial and whatever else we have time for. and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To Please note: This tour requires quite a bit of walking with a bit date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and of a hill to get up to the Capitol entrance. We’ll depart D.C. at nearly 100,000 individuals have become charter members. You approximately 4:30 p.m. are on your own to explore as you please and to have lunch. COST: $75. Includes coach, breakfast snack, admissions/ We’ll depart at 3:30 p.m. tours, step-on guide, gratuities and hosts. COST: $60. Includes coach, gratuities and hosts. Risking their lives to ensure independence. Harriet Tubman/Underground Railroad, Cambridge, Md. See p. 8 to discover more about these heroes Faith, Family, Freedom Tour and heroines of freedom. Saturday, March 30, 2019 7 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. We’ll enjoy a step-on guide as we wind through the picturesque, Philadelphia Flower Show rural landscape on Maryland’s Eastern Shore exploring the childhood, teen and young adult years of Harriet Tubman. Sites Tuesday, March 5, 2019 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. will include the Bucktown Village Store–the site of Harriet’s A single flower has the power to convey some of the strongest head injury; Brodess Farm–where she spent her childhood years; human emotions. Flower Power … The Power of Flowers! the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and will pay tribute to the enormous impact of flowers on our lives. Visitor’s Center; New Revived Church–post-Civil War AME From the first blooms of spring in your home garden to the Church; Stewart Canal; Madison–a shipbuilding community expansive fields that fuel whole economies, flowers influence where Harriet lived and worked; Stanley Institute–an African- how we feel, think, and act in small and global ways. Discover American one-room schoolhouse; the Courthouse, High Street more than 10 acres of landscapers, garden vignettes, floral and Long Wharf–slave–trading sites. A buffet lunch at Old displays, do-it-yourself ideas and hands-on experiences to Salty’s on Hooper Island is included. provide inspiration for your home garden. You’ll be on your COST: $147. Includes coach, breakfast snack, all tours/ own for the day to enjoy the show and to have lunch–you can admissions, lunch, step-on guide, gratuities and hosts. purchase food at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, walk across the street to the Reading Market, or journey a few blocks away to Chinatown. We’ll depart at 4 p.m. COST: $87. Includes coach, show tickets, gratuities and hosts. Learn more about the life and missions of It was a very good trip, notwithstanding the moist, this slave turned abolitionist. misty weather at the front end. Enjoyed the Olympic training areas and seeing the towns of Lake Placid, See p. 8 to learn more about the importance Glens Falls and Saratoga Springs. The cruise on Lake George was quite pleasant. The tour guide, Tina, was of music to both factions during The Civil War. very good as was Terry, the CCBC trip coordinator. – Mary Helen Grasso 1 (continued) Potomac River Boat/Mt. Vernon Virginia Garden Week, Fredericksburg, Va. Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2019 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Today we jump on the river boat at the National Harbor and Travel down country roads to historic private homes and family cruise to Mt. Vernon. Take in the views and enjoy the onboard farms. This tour encompasses five properties located along the narration as we cruise along the Potomac River to George and Washington-Rochambeau Route in Caroline and Spotsylvania Martha Washington’s home, Mount Vernon. Once we arrive, we Counties near Fredericksburg. Learn about sustainable farming will have four hours to explore the estate and have lunch on our for future generations, visit a tranquil site honoring a Civil War own. The self-guided tour of the estate includes George hero, and tour antebellum homes reflecting the charm of the Washington’s tomb, a Pioneer farm, Museum and Education South. Exterior highlights include formal boxwood gardens in Center and more! which all the daughters of the owners’ family were married, COST: $113. Includes motor coach, cruise, admission to and an eclectic sculpture garden. Book early–this trip always Mt. Vernon, gratuities and hosts. sells out! A deli buffet lunch is included at the Fredericksburg County Club. COST: $133. Includes coach, breakfast snack, admission/ tours, lunch, gratuities and hosts. George Washington perceived as more than a president? Costuming the Crown at Winterthur, Del. See p. 8 to learn more about the Tuesday, May 14, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Father of Our Country. We start our visit with a narrated garden tram tour, then to the house with an introductory tour. We are on our own (self- guided) to enjoy two floors of Exhibition Galleries which include the new exhibit, Costuming the Crown–costumes To Kill a Mockingbird, on Broadway, NYC from the Netflix series “The Crown.” There will be some time Wednesday, April 10, 2019 7 a.m.