Community Calendar

Baltimore, MD – Make Studio is excited to announce the highlight of our fall programming season, the 8th installment of Cordially Invited! Cordially Invited is our annual invitational exhibition featuring artworks created in innovative U.S. and international studios serving disabled artists.

On view from October 10 – November 15, Make Studio’s CordialIy Invited VIII highlights the phenomenal and thought-provoking art produced in progressive art studios internationally as a way to better understand and appreciate our neurodiverse world. Each year it is our honor to put together this showcase to celebrate how these studios foster and promote exceptional art, advance full inclusion, and ensure the advancement of disabled artists so that their distinctive work can be experienced by all. This year's installment features 28 participating groups, hailing from as near as Rockville, MD and Washington, DC, and as far as Spain and Japan. Over 100 selected artworks will be featured in our gallery and even more will appear in the digital exhibition online. Visitors are encouraged to drop into the gallery during our weekly hours, or visit during special extended hours that will be announced on social media.

A reception will be held on November 7 from 5:00-8:00 PM during Art Around Hampden and First Fridays in Hampden. Details about exhibiting artists and studios, as well as special programming including a virtual artist talk with participating studios, will be shared on Make Studio’s website and social media. A companion display of Make Studio artists’ work will also be on view at University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Campus Center for Disability Employment Awareness Month throughout October.

About Make Studio
Make Studio is a 501(c)3 community-based arts organization located in Baltimore, MD. Founded in 2010 with the aim to put art and abilities to work, Make Studio’s mission is to empower artists with disabilities to grow as professionals with visibility and voice in their communities. We create opportunities for everyone to connect through art.

This fall, the fluffiest VIPs in Maryland are waiting to meet you. At Black Barn Alpacas’ Fall 'Ag'tivities, nearly 150 alpacas, including the season’s cutest baby alpacas, steal the show in a seasonal celebration just 90 minutes from D.C and 40 minutes from Baltimore.
This isn’t your average fall outing. Guests can:
Hand-feed alpacas (yes, they really do nibble right from your hand)
Hop on scenic hayrides through rolling farmland
Play old-school games like ‘pumpkin bowling’, cattle roping, and corn hole
Let the kids run wild in corn bins and the Kiddie Corral play zone
Snap perfect fall photos among rustic barns, Pumpkin Lane, and seasonal backdrops
BONUS: Every admission includes a locally grown pumpkin to paint and take home, making the perfect fall keepsake.

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
by Juliany Taveras
Based on the book by Christine Baldacchino and Isabelle Malenfant

Directed by Julie Herber

Run time: Around one hour with no intermission
This show is appropriate for all ages.

About: Morris loves space adventures, painting, and especially the bright tangerine dress in his classroom's dress-up center. But when others question his choices, Morris must find the courage to stand tall in who he is. With the help of his vivid imagination – and the roar of space tigers – he shows everyone that bravery means being true to yourself.

On View: September 12 - December 6 (closed Oct. 17 & Nov. 25 - 29)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

The work in this exhibition compresses and expands expectations of depth as moderated by a post-image visual culture. The artists adhere to neither medium nor dimensional restrictions, but manipulate the viewer’s relationship to the image as a temporal document, compressed and fractured, through the singular eye of the lens. This expectation, no longer warranted in the age of computer generated images, becomes a fallacy of both the eye and of the language used to comprehend it. The image is untethered from representation and logical spatial association. Spatial continuity and discontinuity run amok in playful fracture--the work pushes and prods the amorphous opening left in the wake of this rupture; what was flat is unmoored of grounding, what was solid is now compressed.

Reception September 11 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture.
For parking information visit towson.edu/parking/visitors

September 10 - December 6 (closed October 17 & November 26 -29)
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Opening reception Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.

How have recent upheavals—from the pandemic to global conflicts, amplified by media—reshaped our private lives? How do personal memories become collective history? In a world forever changed, how do we find our way forward? Elaine Qiu’s awe-inspiring installation of painting, video, and sound invites visitors into a multi-sensory exploration of communal consciousness, connection, and healing in a fragmented, post-pandemic world.
For parking information visit towson.edu/parking/visitors

On View: September 12 - October 11
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

In her work, Yaniv draws on patterns from nature and images from daily life, altogether forming landscapes which blur the line between the real and the imagined, the organic and the artificial, the chaotic and the orderly. For this exhibition, she takes her inspiration from Patrick Svensson’s "The Book of Eels," a mix of natural history, memoir, and metaphysical musings, fusing scientific mysteries with lived experience. The eel is born in the Sargasso Sea, a place of legend but also a fundamental part of the ocean, encompassing two million square miles in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. A sea within a sea, it is enclosed only by several large rotating ocean currents. This large installation is a collaboration with the Department of Dance, and considers, in multi-modal ways, life and loss, journey, metamorphosis, complexity, and culture-nature (endangered).

Reception September 11 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture and dance performance.

On September 11, 12 and 13 experience dance and sculpture in dynamic interplay just before the Inertia dance performance.
For parking information visit towson.edu/parking/visitors

Free admission

Step into a sanctuary of healing, discovery, and community. The Peace & Wellness Festival brings together practitioners, teachers, and vendors to nurture your mind, body, and spirit.
✨ Explore holistic services & natural products
✨ Enjoy live workshops and mini sessions
✨ Connect with over 50 local wellness experts and vendors
✨ Discover tools for inner peace, vibrant health, and spiritual growth
✨ Nourish your body, mind, and spirit in a peaceful outdoor setting
Whether you’re a seasoned seeker or just beginning your wellness journey, this event offers something for everyone.
🕊 Admission is FREE – All are welcome!
This event is a fundraiser for the Ruscombe Community Health Center, supporting our mission to provide wellness education and holistic health services accessible to all.
The Peace and Wellness Festival is a great way to learn about techniques to create balance, health and inner peace in our lives. It is also a friendly opportunity for neighbors from all backgrounds to celebrate peace in a fun setting.
Qigong and Yoga Participation demos * Meditations * Natural Skin Care Demos * Healthy Food and Cooking Demo * Speakers * Music * Artisans and Jewelrymakers * Drum Circle and Performances * Children’s Activities * Holistic Health Practitioners * Silent Auction * Raffle and much more!

Visit
www.PeaceandWellness.net to become a Vendor or Sponsor

Parking
There is free street parking around the festival neighborhood.
Co-presentation of the Ruscombe Community (ruscombe.org) and the Center for Spiritual Living Greater Baltimore (CSLgreaterbaltimore.com).

Photography & Media Release:
By attending this event, you acknowledge and agree that photographs and/or video recordings may be taken during the workshop. These images may be used for promotional purposes, including but not limited to social media, marketing materials, and future event advertisements. If you prefer not to be photographed, please notify the event organizers upon arrival.

Please note that the first day of the festival begins at 5pm on Friday.

Now in its 59th year, the Fell’s Point Fun Festival is Baltimore’s largest and longest-running street festival, drawing tens of thousands to the historic waterfront each fall. The festival celebrates the neighborhood’s vibrant culture with a weekend of live music, local vendors, regional food and drink, and family-friendly activities—stretching across the Belgian block streets of Fell’s Point.
Founded in 1967 as a grassroots effort to preserve the neighborhood from highway development, the festival has become a beloved tradition rooted in community, creativity, and Baltimore pride. This year’s highlights include multiple live music stages, over 150 artisans and small businesses, a restored ghost sign tribute, a new craft beer park curated by Checkerspot Brewing, the always-iconic Pet Parade, and a brand-new scavenger hunt event, FestQuest.
Admission is free.

Every day in Baltimore, neighborhood leaders are transforming forgotten lots into thriving gardens, rebuilding playgrounds into safe havens, and turning neglected spaces into community gathering places. They've got the vision, the volunteers, and the drive—but sometimes they're missing the tools to make it happen.

That's where the Baltimore Community ToolBank steps in. We load up their trucks with clean, sharp, and ready-to-use tools that turn dreams into impact. In 2024 alone, we helped over 300 organizations save more than $3 million—dollars that went straight back into feeding families, housing neighbors, and strengthening communities.

Hammers & Ales celebrates the changemakers building Baltimore's future, one project at a time.

What to Expect:

-Beer tasting from Baltimore's favorite local breweries
-Interactive game stations where you'll meet the nonprofit leaders transforming our neighborhoods
-Community connections with fellow Baltimoreans who believe in our city's potential
-Stories of impact from the organizations using ToolBank tools to build a better Baltimore

This isn't just a fundraiser—it's a celebration of the collaborative spirit that makes Baltimore special. Come thirsty for good beer and hungry for good conversation about the work that matters.

Your ticket includes:
-Includes all event activities and beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic)
-Food available for purchase for an additional cost
-Children under 10 attend free

-FREE Family friendly activities: Fire engine and ambulance tours, Junior Firefighter Challenge, learn how to safely buy/charge/recycle lithium-ion batteries, suit up like a firefighter/EMS, hands only CPR, blood pressure screenings, and squirt the fire hose!-Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home
-Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1:00 - 4:00 pm RAIN or SHINE
-ECVFD Station 2, 4150 Montgomery Road, Ellicott City 21043=
-Come out and meet your ECVFD volunteers and Sparky the fire dog!
-Visit our website: https://www.ellicottcityvfa.com/