CELEBRATING JIM ROUSE THIS SUNDAY……….2 ISSUE 52 VOLUME 4
ARTSITES 2014 ANNOUNCED…...2
NEWS FROM AROUND TOWN…....…..3 Community notes
Hope Factory Event This Week
This Saturday, May 3 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Wegmans Greeting Columbia will host a volunteer day for the Message of Hope Foundation. The teams will package donated items into the Hope leads us to work for positive change and anticipate good “Happy Hope Bags” which will be delivered to children days ahead. Help spread hope this week with a donation for undergoing treatment in local hospitals. a sick child, celebrating our community legacy, and doing things you love. Donate new items at Wegmans this week:
Crayons or colored pencils Hasbro Playdoh Coloring books or small notepads Slinky (plastic) Kids’ toothbrush & toothpaste Stickers Beaverbrook Community Association Socks (cotton) Lip balm Annual Spring Yard Sale Playing cards Small toys
The Beaverbrook Community Association will host its annual Each bag will include a handmade card and a rainbow “hope” community-wide yard sale on Saturday May 3, from 8:00 a.m. - bracelet. Visit the Hope Factory Baltimore webpage for more 12:00 p.m. (rain date May 10). information and to donate online.
The Beaverbrook Community, located Your gift of hope will benefit children at Howard County at the south end of Centennial Lane General Hospital, Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, University between Route 108 and Wilde Lake, is of Maryland Children’s Hospital, Mount Washington Pediatric one of the area’s oldest Community Hospital, The Ronald McDonald House, Children’s Inn at NIH, Associations. With 270 households, The Rubin Institute, St. Agnes Hospital and more. the annual yard sale always has great participation from the neighborhood Thank you for your support! and customers. Arrive early for great bargains, unique items and to visit with your neighbors and friends.
Enter Beaverbrook either from Route 108 at the Beaverbrook- Centennial intersection or you may enter via Hesperus Drive with a right turn onto Castlemoor Drive into the neighborhood. You’re Invited to a Party Spring Plant Sale and More Gather with the community on Sunday, May 4 from 5:00 -7:00 The public is invited to the Native Plant Palooza at Robinson p.m. at Merriweather Post Pavilion to celebrate the Life and Nature Center on Sunday, May 4 from 12:00 - 4:30 p.m. A wide Legacy of James Rouse. This free event variety of native plants will be available for sale features music, entertainment, children’s from local vendors. Come just for the plant activities and light refreshments. A multi- sale or stay for the afternoon to learn all about media performance created by Toby the importance of native plants. Hear from Orenstein and featuring the Young guest speakers, including Michael Judd at 1:00 Columbians and special guests, reflects on p.m., who will speak about using native edible the hope and optimism that personified trees and shrubs in permaculture, and Patterson Clark at 2:45 Columbia’s founder. p.m., who will demonstrate great ways to use invasive plants. Watch the garlic mustard pesto demonstration and The event is free and open to the public. To participate in guided walks to see gardens planted with RSVP or for more information, please visit the event webpage natives. For more information and directions, check out the at Ticketfly.com or call the Columbia Archives at 410 715 6781. website. Look for more events to come celebrating Jim Rouse’s 100th birthday. Town Hall Meeting ARTsites 2014 Announced Join Standup HoCo for a Town Hall with New York Times best- selling author and Slate editor Emily Bazelon. Ms. Bazelon, the Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is pleased to announce the author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying 12 sites and sculptures selected for ARTsites 2014, its third and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy, will annual public art initiative in Howard County, MD. The engage members of the community in a productive conversation sculptures will be installed in May 2014 and will remain in about the impact of bullying and best practices for prevention place until July 2015. and response. She’ll also share insights on what recent high- ARTsites 2014 is a year-long outdoor public art exhibit that will profile cases of bullying tell us about how the issue has changed take place at 12 sites throughout Howard County. The goal of over the years and how people are using new technologies to ARTsites 2014 is to place sculpture throughout Howard County both spread and combat bullying. in order to engage the community and enhance public spaces. The meeting takes place on Wednesday, May 7, 6:30-8:00 p.m. The sculptures will create visual anchor points and increase at Bridgeway Community Church, 9189 Red Branch Road, community access to the arts. The multi-site exhibit will also Columbia, MD. This is a free event and hope you will attend! serve as a visual celebration of HCAC’s more than 30 year history of fostering the arts and bringing the arts to community life. New Exhibit at The Bernice Kish Gallery The Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House, Artwork and Host Sites Selected: 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, is Aerial Delineation by Craig Kraft at George Howard pleased to announce a two-person exhibit Building in the galleries for May and June 2014. Chapel Oak by Foon Sham at Robinson Nature Center Jenny Singleton will exhibit their paintings Happy Wanderers by Charlie Brouwer at Gary J. Arthur in the Lobby Gallery and Beatrice Hardy will exhibit her Community Center watercolors in an exhibit entitled “Passion for Color” in the Bill Triangle Tango by Bob Turan at North Laurel Community White Room Gallery. The exhibit will run from May 15 – June 14, Center 2014. Sharing a Story by Marie-Pierre Philippe-Lohézic at East Columbia Library Branch Jenny Singleton, of Columbia, Maryland, has exhibited Sun to Moon Rotation by Mary Angers at Central Library throughout the region, in both solo and group shows, including Branch several shows at galleries at Towson University, Howard Blue Wedge by Carl Billingsley at Elkridge Library Branch Community College and the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. Ms. Wood's Revenge–Resawn by Stephen Klema at Corporate Singleton has also won the Painting Faculty Award for work in Office Properties Trust the Towson University Juried Annual Student Show. Column III by Steven Durow at Aida Bistro Big Red by David Friedheim at The Arc of Howard County Beatrice Hardy, of Ellicott City, Maryland, has exhibited in both Sunbeam by Catherin Hoskinson at Horowitz Visual and solo and group shows, including a previous exhibit at Slayton Performing Arts Center, HCC House Gallery, Mill River Gallery in Oella, Barnes and Nobles Tower Five by Jan Paul Acton at Wincopin Lakeside Gallery and Atwaters Gallery in Catonsville and Belvedere Square. Building, Kincade, LLC The community is invited to a reception on Saturday, May 17, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Howard County Government News From Around Town... Board Members Sought Art Exhibit at HCAC Howard County is currently seeking applicants representing The Howard County Arts Council opens two new exhibits on either a consumer interest group or an economically May 9, Resident Visual Artists Exhibit 2014 and Weaving Outside disadvantaged group who are interested in serving on the the Box: Exploring Idioms in Fiber. Click here for details.
Consumer Affairs Advisory Board. Click here to read the nd notice. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, May 14. 32 Annual Spring Party The Community Foundation of Howard County will hold its on Howard County Law Day: Free Medical Decision Document Tuesday, May 13, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Horowitz Visual and Preparation Performing Arts Center, HCC. Guest will enjoy a delectable Thursday, May 1, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. buffet, open bar and great fun seeing friends from across the Various Senior Centers in Howard County community. Tickets are $100 per person. For more information Ensure that your preferences for medical treatment are and tickets, visit www.cfhoco.org. honored. Volunteer attorneys will offer free preparation of Maryland medical decision documents at the following Columbia Home Tour Howard County Senior Centers: Bain Center, Elkridge Senior Tickets on sale for the 5th Annual Columbia Home Tour on Center, East Columbia 50+ Center, Glenwood 50+ Center, Sunday, June 1, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 each in Ellicott City Senior Center and the North Laurel 50+ Center. advance and available at any of the ten Columbia village offices. Proceeds benefit a local charity, Rebuilding Together Howard 2014 Spring Fishing Tournament County. For more information, visit the website. Saturday, May 3, Ages 14-up, 6:00 am to 1:00 pm; Ages 5-13, Free Screening 9:00 am to 12:00 pm; Johns Hopkins vascular surgeon Richard Feinberg, M.D. will Ages 2 to 4, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. conduct free varicose vein screenings at his Columbia office Centennial Park, 10000 Route 108, Ellicott City (Little Patuxent Specialty Care Center, 11065 Little Patuxent The costs are as follows: Ages 2-4, $15; Ages 5-13, $19; and Parkway, 21044) on Wednesday, May 7, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Board- Ages 14 and up, $25. For official rules and tournament certified in both general and vascular surgery, Dr. Feinberg is on information, visit thewebpage . staff at Howard County General Hospital and directs the Johns Camp Day Hopkins Vein Center in Howard County as well as an outpatient Saturday, May 3, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. non-invasive vascular diagnostic laboratory in Howard County. Centennial Park South, 10000 Route 108, Ellicott City To learn more and register, please call Dr. Richard Feinberg’s Enjoy a free day of fun making crafts, playing games, watching office at 410-550-VEIN. demonstrations and learning all about the many summer camps offered by Howard County's Recreation & Parks. Grits and Glamour Gala Register for camps on-site and be entered in a drawing for a Celebrate with the Columbia Festival of the Arts at its annual free week of camp! For more information, click here. gala on Saturday, May 31, 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a performance by up and coming comedian Nate Bargatze and with sumptuous Cycle2Health Howard County Season Kickoff southern cuisine and a variety of libations (including the Thursday, May 8, 10:00 a.m. evening’s signature drink, Planter’s Punch). Visit the Festival’s East Columbia 50+ Center Parking Lot, 6600 Cradlerock Way, website for more information, tickets and all the details. Columbia
Learn about a non-competitive, peer-led bicycling club for It’s Fresh! older adults of all riding abilities. The club features weekday, Our local Farmers’ Markets open soon! Click here to locate daytime rides departing from various Howard County Senior Farmers’ Markets in other areas (and select “Find Me Local”). Center locations. Free bike safety checks & mini-clinics by Race Pace Bicycles and Princeton Sports, and meet the ride leaders.
Wine in the Woods May 17 & 18, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday; 11:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday Merriweather Post Pavilion, Symphony Woods, 5950 Symphony Woods Road, Columbia Join in celebrating the 22nd year this renowned festival. Taste wines from 30 of Maryland’s finest vineyards, live Mary Kay Sigaty [email protected] entertainment, juried artisans, gourmet food, wine education Howard County Council and a souvenir glass. For all the details, visit 3430 Courthouse Drive www.wineinthewoods.com. Ellicott City, MD 21043 (410) 313-2001