Cherie Weinert performs in this one-woman historical drama about Rosalie Calvert, who married into the Calvert family and became mistress of the Riversdale estate in the early nineteenth century.
It is particularly appropriate that the show will be performed in the Old Parish House, which was built as part of the Calvert estate in 1817 -- originally as a dairy barn.
This show was sold out at the Clarice Smith Center in 2006.
To reserve your ticket, please send $5 per ticket to PO Box 784, College Park, MD 20740.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION. We will attempt to reschedule for later in the spring. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Saturday, March 22, 1:30 – 4 pm, Old Parish House.
Arts Specialist Aaron Springer invites you to incorporate photos and memorabilia in this multimedia project that takes scrapbooking to the next dimension. Create a piece of framed art using your own significant items, along with other interesting materials provided. Register by March 14 by sending $15 to PO Box 784, College Park MD 20740.
For the Month of the Child, come watch this 55-minute program from Michigan Public Television. Joan Almon, director of the Alliance for Young Children, will lead discussion.
Young and old alike with be thrilled with the infectious rhythms and cheerful tunes of this group of talented boy musicians.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume Two 1933-1938, By Blanche Wiesen Cook
Cook's detailed and extensively researched biography focuses in this volume on Eleanor Roosevelt's public life during the New Deal, but also delves into the secrets of her private life.
In time for Earth Day, Arts Specialist Elizabeth Morisette will lead students at four College Park elementary schools to create wish eggs for the earth using recycled paper basketry. Then, the public is invited to get together with friends and family at the Old Parish House to create a woven nest for the eggs, to be displayed around College Park.
Sunday, April 27, 2 – 4 pm at Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park.
Instructor Aaron Springer leads an imaginative and creative free-form arts afternoon that children and parents will enjoy together, ideal for children ages 3-8. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND LOCATION:
May 11, Noon – 1 pm, Gymkana Gym, UM Campus.
Come learn cool tricks on real gymnastic equipment with the University of Maryland Gymkana troupe! Kids combine fun and fitness as they tumble, bounce, and roll. Remember to come dressed to move--wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. This free activity is ideal for kids 5-12.
The Gymkana Gym is located on the University of Maryland campus, in Building 255, the Health and Human Performance Building, on Valley Drive. From U.S. Route 1 in College Park, turn onto Campus Drive. At the circle bear right onto Regents Drive. Take the third left onto Farm Drive and then an immediate right onto Valley Drive.
