31 Day Spring Reading Challenge
Village Learning Place
Free
Spring Reading Challenge is open to adults and children of all ages. Mark your time and receive a free book at the beginning and end of the month.
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March's Paint Party at sweetFrog Timonium
SweetFrog Timonium
Come paint with us for a fun family activity! This month we will be painting this adorable elephant wishing on a star.
The event takes about 2 hours and costs $20 per participant! It includes all art supplies, step-by-step instructions and then a kid's cup of sweetFrog to celebrate your masterpiece! (Only one visit to the toppings bar.) Both adults and children are welcome to participate!
Buy Bmore Pop-Up Shop
R. House
Free
March is National Kidney Month. To bring awareness and support the Kidney Foundation of Maryland, Zoe & Co. Candle Company is hosting an amazing pop-up full of small local businesses at R. House in Baltimore. Come eat, drink, shop and enjoy, all while supporting a great cause!
Here are the vendors/ instagram:
Authentically by Alex / @authentic_by_alex
Mister Kokedama / @misterkokedama
Lena Ynez Designs / @lenaynezdesigns
Cedar and Thorn / @cedarandthorn
Earth & Resin Artworks / @earthandresinartworks
The Big Baltimore Kite Fest
Patterson Park Observatory
Free
SAT MAR 25 | Patterson Park | Noon-4pm Rain Date: SUN MAR 26
Blowing back into Patterson Park this spring, The Big Baltimore Kite Festival fills the sky with vibrant colors and celebrates the broad spectrum of cultures that make up Baltimore! Join us near the Patterson Park Observatory to make your own friendly flyer, listen to breezy music, watch kite demonstrations, and enjoy a day outside in our beautiful park! Bring a picnic blanket, bring a kite, bring your friends!
March's Paint Party at sweetFrog Rosedale
sweetFrog Rosedale
Come paint with us for a fun family activity! This month we will be painting this adorable elephant wishing on a star.
The event takes about 2 hours and costs $20 per participant! It includes all art supplies, step-by-step instructions and then a kid's cup of sweetFrog to celebrate your masterpiece! (Only one visit to the toppings bar.) Both adults and children are welcome to participate!
HUBBA HUBBA
Theatre Project
HUBBA HUBBA
A New Show About Romantic Love
By Alex and Olmsted
Through April 2
Created and performed by Alex and Olmsted, HUBBA HUBBA is a collection of vignettes using puppetry and movement to explore different aspects of romantic love.
From the dawn of life to modern romance and beyond, HUBBA HUBBA is a comedy that incorporates handmade mechanical objects, puppets, trick costumes, and masks to investigate the many different qualities of love’s triumphs and love’s obstacles.
Garden Clean-Up Days
Village Learning Place
Free
Please join us in the maintenance and enjoyment of this community space!
Our consistent primary needs are weed removal, trash removal, and overall maintenance. Additional tasks may include planting, composting, and building a vocabulary of the plants that already exist in our lovely garden!
We will provide gloves, rakes, and general garden tools – but feel free to bring your own. Snacks and water will also be provided.
Tots Tuesday Storytime
Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Repeats weekly Tuesday -- until Tue Dec 26 2023.
Village Learning Place
Free
At VLP, we honor lifelong learning and understand the importance of starting early and making it fun. We hope you join us for our Tots Tuesday Storytime for toddlers & preschoolers! Tots Tuesday Storytime is an interactive storytime for children ages 2–4 years old and their parents/caregivers.
Tots Tuesday Storytime has just gotten back to being in-person. Check out our past, virtual Tots Tuesday videos on our YouTube channel!
For any questions or concerns please email: [email protected]
Free SWAPs craft at sweetFrog Catonsville
sweetFrog Catonsville
Free
Hop in all day long with your scout or with your troop for a free scout craft. Make a Caterpillar SWAPS for your next campfire! (While supplies last)
This is not a drop off event. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
#sweetFrog #Crafts #SWAPs
Free SWAPS craft at sweetFrog Rosedale
sweetFrog Rosedale
Free
Hop in all day long with your scout or with your troop for a free scout craft. Make a Caterpillar SWAPS for your next campfire! (While supplies last)
This is not a drop off event. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
#sweetFrog #Crafts #SWAPs
Free SWAPS craft at sweetFrog Dundalk
sweetFrog Dundalk
Free
Hop in all day long with your scout or with your troop for a free scout craft. Make a Caterpillar SWAPS for your next campfire! (While supplies last)
This is not a drop off event. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
#sweetFrog #Crafts #SWAPs
Free SWAPS craft at sweetFrog Timonium
SweetFrog Timonium
Free
Hop in all day long with your scout or with your troop for a free scout craft. Make a Caterpillar SWAPS for your next campfire! (While supplies last)
This is not a drop off event. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
#sweetFrog #Crafts #SWAPs
Tech Help
Village Learning Place
Free
In need of help with your technology after the holidays? Do you need help completing the online YouthWorks application for a summer job? If so, come in to the library for free tech help.
The VLP Librarian will assist patrons with the following skills:
What's Next? Fest, a Teen Resource Fair
St. John's Church
Free
WHAT’S NEXT? FEST will feature a small college fair, Youthworks Application Assistance, and other neighborhood vendors like Mission Fit, Maryland 529, and BYKE Collective. Each vendor will feature opportunities and information their organization offers for teens and their families. There will also be free food and music.
Spring Break
Port Discovery Children's Museum
Spend Spring Break with the whole family at Port Discovery! Join in spring-themed performances, art projects, stories and hands-on experiences that’ll be sure to bring some cheer and milestone moments this spring season. Watch the hilarious Happenstance Theatre’s Pinot & Augustine clown duo. Learn about wildlife relationships with water and how to help them out. Don’t forget to stop by during Eggsploration Weekend from April 7th-10th for some hands-on activities! Make sure to bring your own egg basket/carton on April 10th at 10am for our egg hunt.
"A Night to Remember" Friendsgiving Fundraiser Dinner
Baltimore Unity Hall
Benefit Educational Family/Kids Food & Drink Health & Fitness History & Heritage Multicultural Music Networking Nightlife
Rise with a Purpose is a 501c3 non-profit providing assistance to the homeless, social reform, community-based music projects & cultural exchange programs. Songwriter, Poet, Actor & BSO Artistic Partner, Wordsmith, will be opening up a new music school and moving his non profit into the historic Harlem Theater off North Gilmore Street between 2023-2024.
Spring Break Camp
Village Learning Place
Monday, April 3-Thursday, April 6 – 9am-5pm
Spring Break Camp is designed to be safe and creative play during Spring Break, Monday through Thursday. Fun Days will include an afternoon snack, homework, games, crafts, and physical fitness. This is a fee-based service. Registration is required by Wednesday, March 22nd.
Follow this link to register --- https://bit.ly/VLPSpringBreak2023
Fee for Service: $35/full day/child
(Sibling discount = $20/full day/sibling)
Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk: April 2023
ha! Highlandtown Arts & Entertaiment District
Art Exhibitions Family/Kids Food & Drink Literary Arts Multicultural Music Performance Storytelling Tours
Free
The Highlandtown Arts District is welcoming spring with 18 galleries and shops opening their doors for First Friday Art Walk! In addition to our 31+ artists and makers featured this month, you won't want to miss the soft opening of our new maker's space, Locality, an artisan boutique. Casa de la culura is launching their "Migrant Gallery" in collaboration with Casa Venezuela and with muscial performances starting at 6pm. We are definitely hearing the music this April.
KIDOOO Install 2023 (RAIN DATE)
Maryland Art Place
Free
Maryland Art Place (MAP) is happy to continue KIDOOO, a youth version of Out of Order! KIDOOO was created as an opportunity for young artists to exhibit their work in a major arts venue, expanding MAP's services to students in elementary, middle, and high school level arts classes.
The opening of KIDOOO will take place in tandem with MAP's annual Out of Order event on April 21, 2022.
Red Shoe Shuffle 5k Run and Walk
Ronald McDonald House Charities Maryland
The Happiest Morning in Maryland is right around the corner! Lace up and join the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maryland for the 12th Annual Red Shoe Shuffle 5K Run & Walk on Sunday, April 16, 2023, beginning at 8:30 am. This year, we’re shuffling for the KIDS! With thousands of runners and walkers joining together as one super (and red & white striped) community, we show our RMHC families that when the going gets tough, they have our support and strength at their backs, ready to cheer them on.