72 HOURS Oct. 13, 2022

LEGACY

William F. Moran, aka Bill Moran, quickly became a local bladesmith legend for his technique of using welded steel to make modern knives, and he’d go on to receive national acclaim for his work. He founded the American Bladesmith Society and shared his knowledge of bladesmith ing until his death in 2006. After more than a million dollars and years in the making, the new W.F. Moran Blade smith & Artisan Academy in Middle town will open its doors to the public this weekend. After a daylong AllForged Knife Show & Auction on Oct. 15, the Bladesmith & Artisan Academy grand opening and ribbon cutting will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 16, when guests can tour the new facility and shop, as well as the nearby museum. Mr. Moran would be proud.

TAKE YOUR EARS ON A TRIP

Thanks to longtime music author and journalist Bill Shoemaker, Frederick audiences will have the opportunity to hear world-renowned experimental and jazz musicians in an intimate setting at the Y Arts Center beginning this month. Founder of the Frederick Experimental Music Association, Shoemaker has created a series of four concerts — two this fall, two more in the spring — he calls the Improvisers Forum. The first show of the series, on Oct. 15, pairs Susan Al corn (pedal steel guitar) with Robert Dick (flutes), who will perform as a duo for the first time. Where they’ll take the show, no one knows. Stop by to be witness to the experiment.

A TOUCH OF MAGIC

Time to don your favorite fairy wings and glitter and flit on over to West Virginia for the Shepherdstown Fairy Festival, an all-weekend event where you can interact with goblins, fairies, giants and other magical creatures. Hear live music from a dark-folk cabaret duo and a steampunk band, visit with children’s book authors, and stroll through more than 70 vendors. Kids can make crafts and jump on carnival rides, and entrance for kids 12 and under is free.

GET LOST IN SPACE

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum reopens to the public this week, with eight new and renovated galleries. Stop in and see “Destination Moon,” and stand face-to-face with the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore when he first step foot on the moon. The museum also features interactive and digital experiences and hundreds of new artifacts, including the WR-3 air racer built by Neal Loving, the first African American certified to race airplanes. Perhaps most fun, though, is the exhibit that simulates standing on the surface of various planets, which gives you, through immersive curved screens, a sense of what it would be like to actually be there. Located in the heart of D.C., the museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except for Christmas, starting Oct. 14. Reserve free, timed-entry passes at airandspace.si.edu.

News-Post file photo William Moran.

North Park Beer Co.

In this episode of the UnCapped podcast, host Chris Sands talks with Kelsey McNair and Mac McAlister from North Park Beer Co. in San Diego, Cali fornia, about the history of the compa ny, California beer and what they have going on these days. Here is an ex cerpt of their talk.

UnCapped: First question: Do you have to have “Mc” in your last name to work for North Park?

Kelsey McNair: No, just if you want to be in charge.

UnCapped: 100% of the people I’ve talked to from North Park all had a last name that started with “Mc,” so I’m not sure I believe you. So, let’s rewind

even further than six years, because you just celebrated your sixth anniver sary — congratulations. What were you doing before North Park was even an idea in your head, Kelsey?

McNair: It had been in my head for quite a while before the brewery actu ally came together. I spent 16 years in the video game industry, prior to tak ing the jump to entrepreneur mode

work hooked up to a cable modem. Me and my friends used to play a lot of net work games. Just as a hobby, I start ed dabbling with level editors and vid eo games. He was beta-testing a game that was being developed in San Di ego, and he applied for a customer ser vice manager position and got offered the job. He approached me and sever al of my friends and said, “Hey, if you guys want to come work in the custom er service department of a video game studio, I don’t know anyone in San Di ego and I’m moving out there — and if you show some initiative, maybe you’ll get into the development side.” … So, I went 3,000 miles and started at the bottom but slowly but surely worked my way into development. I moved through the ranks and finished out the career as an art director.

ing to college in Tampa,

It was just a many hours as I work now … but I enjoy [what I do now] so much more. Rarely was I writing my own script or controlling the path I was on in that career. This is a much more rewarding place to be.

UnCapped: I think you are the first former game developer I’ve inter viewed. It’s very common for brewers to have worked in finance or, in Mary land and Virginia, to have worked in IT or some sort of government job. How

just mocking you — “You’re not worthy of this beer” — and I’m like, this is silly. It was a small investment, so I bought that. Then I saw a beer a little down the aisle, which was an Old Rasputin Impe rial Stout from Lost Coast. Here I was drinking Guinness on the regular when I see this beer that’s almost 10% alcohol, and I’m like, what the … just seemed like something I had to give a try. Those were the first two craft beers that ended up in my fridge. I opened the Arrogant Bastard and was like, oh, crap: This is bitter, it’s got a ton of flavor. By today’s standards, it’s just a strong amber ale.

UnCapped: It’s a malt bomb now.

McAlister: For sure. But back then, it was like, holy cow. I was just blown away. Next thing you know, I wanted to try every style I could find. It was a deep dive from there. I discovered the local beer community, and there was some really great beer bars in San Diego back in those days. Not many. I quickly realized I was definitely an IPA guy.

UnCapped: Is that the influence of why you guys seem to be very IPA heavy, West Coast IPAs, and focusing on that?

McAlister: Yes. When I decided I wanted to make beer at home, I’d ca sually dropped that to my girlfriend at the time, who’s now my wife. Like, “I like

October food & drink news

FREDERICK FRESH ONLINE PILOTS FREE HOME DELIVERY

Frederick Fresh Online, a yearround online farmers market, has part nered with DoorDash’s charitable Proj ect Dash initiative to offer free home delivery of locally grown and pro duced products to residents living in zip codes within a 10-mile radius of the city of Frederick. The pilot pro gram will run through October, and, if successful, FFO will continue offer ing free home delivery and expand ac cess to more residents and locations throughout Frederick County.

FFO, a nearly all-volunteer opera tion, launched in the spring of 2020 in response to the need to support local growers and producers during the pandemic, as well as provide safe, contactless access to fresh, local foods to residents.

FFO customers order online be tween Thursdays and Sundays and pick up their orders between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at locations in Frederick, West Frederick, Urbana or Point of Rocks. Now home delivery is an option for many residents.

Home-delivered orders will arrive at doorsteps on Wednesdays between 5:30 and 7 p.m. in the pilot area, but FFO will continue to offer custom er pickups at its current locations on Wednesdays.

Project DASH uses the DoorDash platform to tackle issues like food ac cess and food waste. Contactless de liveries are made by “Dashers” who are paid the same by DoorDash for each delivery, whether they deliv er food from restaurants, government programs or charitable organizations. See frederickfreshonline.org for more information or to register for the home delivery pilot program.

YOGA ON TAP

Try 60 minutes of donation-based Vinyasa flow yoga at Frederick Social, and stay to sample what’s on tap af terwards or get a bite from the local ly sourced menu. Yoga on Tap, open to all levels, is held from 9 to 10 a.m. each Saturday until Oct 29 at Frederick Social, 50 Citizens Way, Frederick.

Jennifer Carpenter also teaches weekly drop-in classes by donation at Rockwell Brewery. Folks gather on the patio for a yoga session from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday.

Register for sessions online at linktr.ee/jenuineyogi.

OKTOBERFEST AT SCHIFFERSTADT

Oktoberfest at Schifferstadt offers authentic German food and beverages during its two-day festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 15 and noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 16 at Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Ave., Frederick.

The annual fundraiser, held rain or shine, also includes German music, historic demonstrators and handmade products from vendors, plus tours of the museum.

Call 301-663-3885 for more infor mation.

BACKYARD GARDENING: METHODS OF FOOD PRESERVATION

We no longer live in a time where we must be or even can be total ly self-sufficient, but many of us en joy exploring ways to be practical ly self-sufficient and sustainable. This multi-course series is designed for the person interested in cultivating a small backyard or community garden de signed to provide seasonal food for a small family. Or maybe you are think ing bigger and want to design and manage a not-for-profit homestead or a small farm. The Backyard Gardening

series includes elements of soil pre paring, seed starting, food preserva tion, composting, caring for small an imals and managing pests. The single topics will address many of the ques tions and issues you may have in pur suing your gardening dreams.

Freezing and Other Methods of Food Preservation will be taught from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Confer ence Center (E Building), Room E125, at Frederick Community College, 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick.

The class is free for students in Frederick County, $5 for Maryland res idents and $10 for out-of-state resi dents, plus a $19 course fee. See frederick.augusoft.net to register.

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Pinzimonio with white bean dip.

Doug Benson, of Commodore Recording

BY COLIN MCGUIRE Special to The News-Post

Doug Benson has made a career out of engineering music, be it at other studios or at his own Commodore Re cording Studio on Main Street in Thur mont. Yet despite all his experience, only recently did he take on perhaps his most rewarding project when he released “The Rosetta Stone,” a collec tion of songs that features 63 local mu sicians and was ostensibly made for his son Drew, who is autistic and loves to listen to music through his head phones. The result is a free-to-down load album that can be found on his studio’s website, www.commodore studio.com. In this conversation, Ben son opens up about the four-year pro cess of compiling “The Rosetta Stone,” why he was at first reluctant to adjust his practices to a more technological world, and, of course, Drew’s response to his album once he heard the com pleted set.

Can you sum up the project for those reading? It seemed like such a massive undertaking to put it all to gether.

It was. It started out with just a sin gle song, and we turned it into a vid eo, and it’s got all the little squares with all the individual players and whatnot. We actually did it before COVID, so it was before it was cool [laughs]. It’s just something that kind of evolved. It’s not like I had a mas ter plan. Then, when it was finally fin ished, I was trying to show off the talent that was in the area because everyone who was in the video for “It All Rolls Back Around” is from this tristate area. Then, when COVID rolled around, all the musicians lost their gigs and for a period of time, my business fell off the balance sheet, so I had a lot of spare time to do creative things of my own. My son Drew — who is 31 and has autism and will probably be living with us forever — he has a couple of favorite recordings he likes to listen to, Beethoven and one of my jazz recordings from a few years ago. I was thinking he’s going to outlive us, and I want to make sure he has some thing with my voice on it and with a lot of voices on it that he can listen to in the same way. This is something that just fell together after a few years. It wasn’t really meant to be a released CD until maybe about a year before it was finished. I said, “I have enough of these songs now where I can proba bly turn it into something.” What I was

really trying to go for was putting full and thick mixes on it. If you listen to some of it in headphones, you’ll hear a chord holding out or a human voice that kind of morphs into a flute that kind of morphs into a muted trumpet.

It’s just something different for him to hear every time. So, when it was fi nally finished and we put “The Roset ta Stone” on his Kindle and he was lis tening for the first time, the smile on his face was like, “Hey, what’s this?

This is cool.”

I was going to ask you about that. Seeing the response you got from

him, how good did that feel?

I’m kind of his person, and you put it together just hoping you’re going to get the response you want, but it was really, really, really awesome. To know you’ve been able to give a gift like that. He’s low-functioning enough that he doesn’t really understand the lyrics to the songs, but when the name “Dr. Seuss” comes out, that has some meaning to him, even though it’s out of the context of the story that is told by the song. So, you just feel like it’s another notch or something that can help make his life more pleasant and

give him more interesting things to oc cupy his senses.

Would you do another one?

I might. My only issue is I’m devel oping very bad tinnitus. It’s getting harder for me to hear some of the frequencies I’m recording. So much of the work I do and have been do ing over the last 15 years or so is re storing older things. We’ve had some Grammy-nominated historical releas es. Stuff from the 1920s. Jazz, most ly. There’s some stuff coming out this year that might get a Grammy nod, but we’ll see about that. So, if I’m able

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Doug Benson with his son.

to listen through the whistling that’s always in my ears, I might keep doing things like that. This was a four-year undertaking, so I want to take a little hiatus before jumping back into cre ating more stuff.

You had written that there were some musicians unable to come to the studio. Were there some musicians you had in mind that just didn’t end up getting on the album at all because it just didn’t work out?

Not really. I’ve established a real ly good relationship with a lot of mu sicians. I’ve been open in this com mercial building for almost 10 years now, and even when people weren’t able to make it, they were usually able to do some type of recording in their own environment and get that to me. I have some instruments on there and vocals that were added to choruses and things like that. If you listen to just their voice, it’s a little wonky because it was recorded on an iPhone or some thing like that. But within the context of the large chorus, it’s actually pret ty convincing. So, it was a lot of fun for me, putting this together, just to see what I was able to do sonically. One of my friends said, “Yeah, this is definitely your ‘Sgt. Pepper.’”

Technology wise, was this some thing you think you could have done 20, 30 years ago?

Definitely not.

How did that color the record ing sessions? Did that take something away from the process for you or is that something you’d adjusted to? Did the ability to work remote ly with people and bounce things back and forth take away from the process?

It didn’t really take anything away from it. I just kind of go with the flow as far as technology goes. For noise reduction software, which is some thing I use a lot on older recordings, there were things that are available now for a couple hundred dollars on the internet that you couldn’t get for any price five years ago. Even digital recording — I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s using tape and razorblades. I re sisted computer recording for years. Finally, I had to learn it because I had to teach a course on it at Montgomery College. So, I sat down with my free academic copy of Pro Tools and start ed playing with it, and after the first 10 minutes, I was kicking myself. I was like, “Wait you can do what with this? Editing is this easy?” So, I’ve been a convert ever since.

You’ve had the studio for how long?

I’ve had a studio in Thurmont since 1992. I’ve been working in studios since 1978. Under the current name, Commodore Recording, where we rented a commercial building, I’ve

been here since 2013.

Was this always something you wanted to do? Or were there other passions you thought you might be able to pursue?

When you’re a teenager, you always want to be a rockstar, so I was think ing about being a performing mu sician, but that’s not where I’m sup posed to be. I probably have the worst stage presence of anyone I know. When I was playing in bands for years, I played various instruments but the one that suited me best was a key board player because all I had to do was stand there. When it got into the technology end of it, and my interest in old recordings, it really just drifted more into the engineering part of it and I’m very happy there.

What drew you to the old music from the late 1800s, early 1900s?

I just always liked it. When I was 10 years old, I went to the church rum mage sale and found a couple 78s. I got them for 10 cents a piece or some thing and I was always fascinated by them. Then, I met a few friends along the way that shared the same interests, and we’re still friends today. We work together and put out some things that have been released internationally. So, it’s just one of those things that hap pens.

Have you played any of that type of music for your son as well? And does he like it?

I don’t think he would have an ap preciation for that. If you met Drew, you’d get it a little bit more. Every thing he knows, he knows by rote. He’s memorized every song from every Dis ney movie. That kind of thing. We call him the gentle giant because he’s tall er than we are and bigger than we are and he could probably beat us up, but he’s just such a sweetie, that it’s not even a concern. One thing I did do is beef up my machines to be able to play obsolete formats. I took a reel-toreel tape to see if the tape would play. I plugged in headphones and played it on the reel-to-reel machine and let Drew listen while it was playing, and he was just fascinated. He loves having classical music going in the car. One of the two main things he listens to on his Kindle is Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony. That might be because that’s the one from “Fantasia,” but either way, I think it’s a good thing for him to enrich his ears a little bit.

Colin McGuire has been in and out of bands for more than 20 years and also helps produce concerts in and around Frederick. His work has ap peared in Alternative Press magazine, PopMatters and 72 Hours, among oth er outlets. He is convinced that the dif ference between being in a band and being in a romantic relationship is less than minimal. Contact him at mcguire. colin@gmail.com.

MUSIC

Chris Frisina Chatham Rabbits

Upcoming shows at New Spire Arts

The Weinberg Center for the Arts brings a va riety of music to its newest stage at New Spire Arts this fall with a mix of Americana, folk and symphonic music.

The blackbox theater, located at 15 W. Patrick St., is housed in the iconic downtown building formerly home to McCrory’s Five and Dime and is now being managed by the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

First on the schedule is Americana duo Cha tham Rabbits, performing in concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 15. The married duo Sarah and Austin Mc Combie favor minimalist acoustic arrangements that showcase the deftness and maturity of their songwriting. They will perform tracks off their lat est album, “If You See Me Riding By,” with a tradi tional folk sound.

The Tivoli Discovery Series, a long-running concert series for emerging artists, is moving from its home at the Weinberg Center to the more intimate space of New Spire Arts this sea son. The first pay-what-you-want concert of the series will be Americana band Bill and the Belles at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3.

Described as “what may be the most innova tive modern interpretation of vintage roots mu sic,” Bill and the Belles will perform music from their delightfully deadpan album “Happy Again.” Based in Johnson City, Tennessee, this Ameri cana country group brings their string-band for mat combined with signature harmonies, can did songwriting and pop sensibilities as they perform tracks full of life, humor and tongue-incheek explorations of love and loss.

Nov. 4 brings The Harry Chapin Band to New Spire Arts at 7:30 p.m., celebrating their fifth de cade of presenting the music of Harry Chapin. Beginning in 1971, they helped Harry create the music. Since 1981, they have been keeping the music alive. The Harry Chapin Band has been delighting fans for decades as they continue to celebrate and perform the late songwriter’s most beloved records. Preserving his spirit and talent, The Harry Chapin Band has been com mitted to keeping the music authentic as they recreate Harry’s best-known songs in a two-hour program.

The National String Symphonia returns to New Spire Arts at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5. Founded in 2013, the National String Symphonia is a fully professional symphonic string orchestra, reach ing beyond the archetypical orchestra audience to become an integral part of the musical life of listeners at all ages and stages. With a body of work spanning nearly 500 years, the NSS seeks to innovate the concert experience, exploring new and different ways of presenting the music, including the use of video elements and educa tional presentations. Their goal is to increase ac cessibility to and relevance of the music while ensuring high-caliber performances.

More shows will be added to both theater schedules in the coming months

Ticket sales for New Spire Arts will be handled through the Weinberg Center box office and may be purchased online at weinbergcenter.org, by calling 301-600-2828, or in person at 20 W. Pat rick St.

Gospel, R&B singer Oleta Adams at the Weinberg

Multi-platinum selling R&B, soul and gospel art ist Oleta Adams will take the stage at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick at 8 p.m. Oct. 14.

Celebrating nine albums and 45 years in the music industry, Adams is no stranger to the spot light and delivering a captivating performance full of soul. The gospel singer has inspired a grow ing legion of fans worldwide from her roots that cross into R&B, urban and popular music. The vel vety-voiced songstress has four Grammy nomina tions and over 2.5 million records sold under her belt.

In 2017, Adams was the honoree of the Leg ends Award at the televised Black Music Honors that acknowledged her influence and significant music contributions to African American culture and American music worldwide. In 2019, Oleta was inducted into the American Jazz Walk of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri, the city she also calls home. Adams has toured across the U.S. and Eu rope as her powerful voice connects with audienc es in a moving performance full of emotion.

Tickets start at $30 and may be purchased on line at weinbergcenter.org, by calling 301-6002828, or in person at 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. A complete listing of artists and performers sched uled for the 2022-23 season can be found at weinbergcenter.org.

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Oleta Adams

Mike Cody

Enter a magical realm at the Shepherdstown Fairy Festival

Once upon a time in Appalachia, there was a very special traveling show, made up of the strangest folk anyone ever saw. Straight out of sto rybooks they were, with pointed ears and gossamer wings, furry faces and tails that twitched, men with goat legs, even a mermaid. When they came to town, they brought the magic of Fa erie with them: wishes could come true, animals could talk, the imaginary became real — or so the story goes.

Celebrate autumn, fairies and fairy tales at the Shepherdstown Fairy Fes tival on Oct. 15 and 16, an immersive experience where you can interact with goblins, fairies, giants and oth er magical creatures. The festival also includes live music, appearances by children’s authors and more than 70

vendors.

The intent is to promote communi ty spirit and interest in fairies, said or ganizer Emma Casale, the owner of a gift shop in Shepherdstown.

Frenchy and the Punk, a dark-folk cabaret duo, and John Sprocket, the lead singer and guitarist of the steam punk band The Cog is Dead, will per form twice each on both days.

Children’s book authors Bruce Co ville and Michael Buckley will present and sign autographs on Saturday. Au thor and illustrator Kevin O’Malley will give away drawings all weekend and invite audience members to partici pate in the retelling of fairy tales on Sunday.

Folk musician Steve Haug, as Mau gorn the Stray, and fiddler Keith Engle

ulti-Dimensional

also will perform, as will a variety of wandering and stationary characters.

Kids can join in activities, includ ing 50-cent carnival games and $5 crafts, as well as interactive exhibits of snakes and raptors.

Costumes are encouraged but not required.

The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 15 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 16.

For anyone 13 or older, admission is $15 per day or $25 for two days. A special $60 ticket includes an auto graphed art poster and a tote bag. Children 12 and under will be admit ted free of charge. Parking is free.

Tickets are available through Eventbrite at tinyurl.com/ fairiesarecoming.

For more information, including a detailed schedule of performers and their performances, go to thefairie sarecoming.com.

The festival will be held rain or shine.

IF YOU GO

When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 15 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 16

Where: Sam Michael’s Park, 235 Sam Michael’s Lane, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Tickets: $15 to $25, free for kids 12 and under Info: thefairiesarecoming.com

163rd anniversary of John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry marks historic uprising

Experience John Brown’s Raid through the stories of U.S. Marines, townspeople, formerly enslaved men and women and John Brown himself on Oct. 15 and 16 at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Join park staff and living-history volunteers of the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Company for “At All Times Ready,” an interpretive presen tation of how the raid unfolded and trans formed Harpers Ferry into a key site in American civil rights history.

This program will begin in historic Low er Town on The Green and end at the U.S. Armory Fire Engine House (John Brown’s Fort) each day at 1 and 3 p.m.

On Oct. 16, 1859, fiery abolitionist John Brown and 21 fellow raiders attacked the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry in what was at that time Virginia, the largest slave-holding state in the Union. Brown hoped to use ar mory weapons to equip a liberating army that would spark uprisings against slav ery and protect those escaping enslave ment. Although the failed raid ended two days later with Brown’s capture by Marines, it electrified the country. John Brown’s Raid polarized the country’s slavery and an ti-slavery factions and political parties, even influencing the 1860 presidential election and sparking political violence when Abra ham Lincoln was elected president.

John Brown’s Raid stands as one of the flash points that ignited the Civil War. His complex legacy continues to influence American conversations on slavery, race and the role of force in fighting injustice.

John Brown’s fort.

For more information, visit nps.gov/hafe.

W.F. Moran Bladesmith & Artisan Academy opens this week

The William F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation, located in Middletown, is ready to open its new facility, the W.F. Moran Bladesmith & Artisan Academy, to the public.

The project cost over $1 million.

Following the annual All-Forged Knife Show & Auction on Oct. 15, the W.F. Moran Bladesmith & Artisan Academy grand opening and ribbon cutting will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 16 at 7304 Hollow Road, Middle town. Guests can tour the new stateof-the-art facility.

See williammoranmuseum.com for more information.

The new W.F. Moran Bladesmith & Artisan Academy in Middletown.

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Air & Space Museum readies for a relaunch

BY DESTINY HERBERS

and EKATERINA PECHENKINA Capital News Service

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will partially reopen to the public on Oct. 14, featuring eight new and renovated galleries along with the Albert Einstein Planetarium and a new Mars Cafe.

The museum’s flagship location, on the National Mall, closed to the pub lic in March as part of a seven-year major renovation that began in 2018. The massive project, projected to cost $900 million, includes redesigning all exhibitions, building family care rooms and classrooms, and completely refac ing the stone exterior of the building.

At a media preview on Thursday, Christopher Browne, John and Adri enne Mars director of the National Air and Space Museum, said the museum will be operating at roughly 50% ca pacity because the National Mall en trance will not reopen with the facility’s west wing.

“Even if the code said, ‘Sure, pack them in shoulder-to-shoulder,’ we wouldn’t want to do that, because it would ruin the experience,” Browne said.

The museum will feature interac tive and digital experiences, as well as hundreds of new artifacts, including the WR-3 air racer built by Neal Lov ing, the first African American certi fied to race airplanes, and a T-38 flown by Jackie Cochran, the first woman to break the sound barrier.

“Since the time the museum opened in 1976, a lot has changed,” Browne said. “The aviation and aero space world has changed incredi bly, and who’s participating in it has changed. It’s become a much more di verse and inclusive space that we want to celebrate.”

Expansions of existing exhibits fo cused on making storytelling accessi ble and available to those with physi cal impairments, Browne said, through the introduction of tactile models and

places to plug hearing-assistive devic es into most interactive displays.

Exhibitions opening next week in clude “Destination Moon,” where vis itors can stand face to face with Neil Armstrong’s A-7L lunar spacesuit from his first step onto the Moon. From the Apollo 11 mission, the exhibit also in cludes astronaut survival kits, tactile models of the F1 engines and Arm strong’s spacesuit gloves.

“Part of the benefit we have from being half to go is we’re going to learn. We want to hear from our visi tors about what’s working… especially

from folks who may not have mobility or vision or hearing,” Browne said.

In the Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery, visitors can simu late standing on the surface of other planets, surrounded by two immersive curved screens, and practice directing a rover across the surface of Mars.

“We are living right now in the golden age of planetary exploration, and this gallery is capturing it as best as possible,” said Robert A. Craddock, planetary geologist and the curator for the gallery, who has worked at the museum for 34 years. Ever since Crad

dock watched the Apollo 8 astronauts take off to the Moon on television, he’s been inspired to get involved in plane tary science.

“Today we get more data from the planets than we did in the first 15 years of space exploration. We are try ing to capture that and bring it to the American public,” Craddock said.

The west end of the Air and Space Museum will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except for Christmas Day starting Oct. 14. Visitors can reserve free, timed-en try passes on the museum’s website.

Ekaterina Pechenkina/Capital News Service

The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery, at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, examines the history and science of the planets.

”Breathtaker: The Groundbreak ing Graphic Novel From Concept to Comics” — through Oct. 29, Mc Daniel College, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall, 2 College Hill, Westminster. Featuring original works of art in conjunction with the remastered edition of Mark Wheat ley and Marc Hempel’s acclaimed graphic novel “Breathtaker.” Features more than 90 original works of art and explores the creative and physi cal processes undertaken during the original production of the “Breath taker” comic in the 1990s, as well as how the work was re-adapted during the preparation stages for the Titan Comics re-release. 410-857-2595 or estherprangleyricegallery.com.

”Upcycle!” — through Oct. 29, Black Rock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. Art work with intriguing details and un usual, repurposed materials. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Satur day, and 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sun day. 301-528-2260 or blackrockcen ter.org.

”Stills on White” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Photography by June Jarkey, looks at aspects of nature that otherwise may go unnoticed. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 301-6980656 or delaplaine.org.

”Together Alone” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Paintings by Lusmer lin Lantiqua that explore the relation ships with one’s womanhood, shared humanity, and the people and places around us. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 301698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”Toward Winter” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Woodcut prints by Max Winkler, long-time artist and teach er. Now in his 80s, Winkler reflects on the seasons of the year and the sea sons of his life, utilizing two major themes of his career: landscapes and the human figure. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free ad mission. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.

Figurative portraits of Lincoln on display in Gettysburg

“Emanations,” a collection of ab stract figurative portraits of Abra ham Lincoln by artist Wendy Allen, is on display at the Majestic Theater’s art gallery through the end of No vember.

“I set out to create individual works of art that would combine to convey a singular experience,” Allen said of the pieces. “Guided by color and use of the iconic photographs of Lincoln for reference, I wanted to create abstract figurative interpreta

tions — emanations — of Lincoln.”

Allen has painted portraits of Lin coln since 1983. A native of Pitts burgh, for 30 years she pursued a career in educational publishing. She operates her studio and gallery, Lincoln Into Art, on Baltimore Street in Gettysburg.

Majestic Theater is at 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. Metered parking is available at the Gettysburg Borough Parking Garage in Race Horse Alley, as well as along Carlisle Street.

through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Works by McKay Otto, meditations on timelessness and the boundaries between the material and immateri al. Paintings and sculptures that col laborate with light. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”This Far Down the Road” — through Oct. 30, Blanche Ames Gal lery, 4880 Elmer Derr Road, Fred erick. Photography by Chris Fowler. View on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday by appointment only. BA Galleryappointment@gmail.com.

”Unshuttered” — through Oct. 30, Gaslight Gallery, 118 E. Church St., Frederick. Celebrating the contri butions of The Frederick News-Post photojournalists to understanding the world around us. Produced and curated by Nancy Luse, a FNP jour nalist from “back in the day” of blackand-white photography, 1970s to the 1990s. Gallery hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Call or text 703-309-3826 to schedule an ap pointment.

”It’s A Fright” — through Oct. 30. North Gallery of the Mansion House Art Center & Gallery, 480 Highland Ave., Hagerstown City Park. By the Valley Art Association members. Free admission. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 301-797-2867 or facebook.com/valleyartassociation.

”No Limits” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Works in a variety of media by the 23 artists of NOMA, a co-op fine art gallery on North Mar ket Street. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free ad mission. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine. org.

”Staying Alive” — through Oct. 30, Eastside Artists’ Gallery, 313 E. Pat rick St., Frederick. Works by Ron Richard Baviello. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. eastsideartistsgallery.com. ”Shine on Brightly” — through Oct. 30, Eastside Artists’ Gallery, 313 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Works by Mark Rothkopf. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. eastsideartistsgallery.com. Hispanic Heritage Celebration Art Exhibit — through Nov. 13, Activity Center at Bohrer Park, 506 S. Freder ick Ave., Gaithersburg. Collage artist

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Roxana Rojas-Luzon is special guest curator. She selected 39 pieces of art in a variety of two-dimensional me diums. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 301258-6394 or gaithersburgmd.gov. ”Emanations” — through Novem ber, Majestic Theater’s art gallery, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, Pa. A collec tion of abstract figurative portraits of Abraham Lincoln by artist Wen dy Allen, who has been painting por traits of Lincoln since 1983. Box of fice and gallery hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, noon to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 717-337-8235 or gettysburgmajestic.org.

”The Nature of Catoctin Moun tain” — through December at Urba na Regional Library, 9020 Amelung St., Urbana; satellite location of the Delaplaine Arts Center. This collec tion of photography is comprised of flora and fauna found in the Catoc tin Mountain ecosystem. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sun day. fcpl.org.

”Travels” — through December at Thurmont Regional Library, 76 E. Moser Road, Thurmont. Satellite lo

cation for the Delaplaine Arts Center. Photography by Beamie Young from the photographer’s travels and a de sire to discover new images, patterns and narratives. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Satur day, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. fcpl.org.

”The Annotated Vessel” — through December at Brunswick Branch Li brary, 915 N. Maple Ave., Brunswick; satellite location of the Delaplaine Arts Center. Acrylic paintings by Maremi Andreozzi portray, embody and celebrated lesser-known histor ical female artists and illustrate the fine textiles and jewelry of the peri od. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon day through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. fcpl.org.

Crestwood Gallery Fall Exhibit — through Jan. 6, 2023, Crestwood Center, 7211 Bank Court, Frederick. Original works of art, including oil, watercolor, mixed media, wood carv ings, and photography from some of Frederick’s most talented art ists. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon day through Friday. 240-215-1460 or frederickhealth.org.

”Joseph Holston: Color in Freedom, Journey Along the Under

ground Railroad” — through Jan. 14, 2023, Washington County Muse um of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown. In this exhibit, Holston leads his audience through four movements that deepen our under standing of America’s Black enslaved people’s experience. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission and park ing are free.301-739-5727 or wcm fa.org.

”Relief From the Heat” — through Jan. 22, 2023, Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Works by the Washington Water Col or Association. Viewing is by ap pointment 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 301-258-6425 to schedule an appointment. Meet the artists 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13. gaith ersburgmd.gov.

“The Hot Button” — through Au gust 2023, Hot Button Gallery, 129 E. German St., Shepherdstown, W.Va. Carol Williams exhibits textiles and poster art that reflect her passion for social responsibility through artistic communication. Gallery hours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. The artist will be

available for conversation at these times. anothercarolwilliams.com.

”From the Pages of PAN: Art Nou veau Prints, 1895-1900” — through Jan. 29, 2023, Washington Coun ty Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Muse um Drive, Hagerstown. This exhibi tion features brilliant lithographs, etchings and woodcuts by renowned artists such as Auguste Rodin, Hen ri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Sig nac, Georges Seurat, Käthe Kollwitz, Peter Behrens and Aubrey Beard sley, among others. PAN was an avant-garde periodical that sought to represent an overview of cut ting-edge international graphic art. Works encompass the art nouveau movement, expressionism, post-im pressionism, and symbolism and give a view of the both artistic and intellectual life of this period. This exhibition is from the collection of the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and is organized by Landau Traveling Ex hibitions. Free admission. Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Nov. 2425; Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. Go to www.wcmfa,org.

EXPERIMENTS

EXPERIMENTS

NEW CONCERT SERIES PAIRS RENOWNED MUSICIANS TO PERFORM AS DUOS

BY LAUREN LAROCCA llarocca@newspost.com

“Every music tradition started off as an experiment. And those experiments tend to germi nate from the question ‘what if?’” Bill Shoemaker says.

What if I take this string and I bend it over this piece of metal and I start scrap ing something across it?

Or what happens if I take this Afri can instrument and I refit it and retune it to Western tuning and use my fingers to pick it?

“Boom. You have the banjo,” he says.

A longtime music journalist and au thor specializing in jazz and experi mental music, Shoemaker moved from Montgomery County to Frederick about seven years ago and has wanted to see experimental music folded into the local music scene ever since.

On a personal level, he got tired of al ways having to drive — or, in some cas es, fly — to attend the concerts he want ed to hear.

“The drummer Paul Motian, who played in Bill Evans Trio, told me once that back in the ’50s, he would walk eight blocks to a gig that he would have for eight weeks. When I interviewed him in the ’90s, he said he would fly eight hours to play one concert for 80 minutes. And I was kind of in a similar situation. I would go to London to see an orchestra that would never come to the United States, or I’d go to Berlin to see a great orchestra play chaabi, post-war Syrian secular mu sic that has just really great rhythms and great singing and instrumentalists.”

He also wanted to give Frederick au diences a taste of something new and contribute to bringing an international scope of music to town.

National Endowment for the Arts C.A.N. Recover Grants, offered to Fred erick County artists through the Fred erick Arts Council earlier this year, pro vided Shoemaker with that opportunity.

With only a few days to compile a pro posal after hearing about the grant op portunity through a jazz buddy, Jeff Cos grove, Shoemaker got busy formulating an outline for a fall and spring concert series — locating a venue, tracking down artists he’d like to see in Frederick, fac toring in costs and feasibility — and sub mitted his paperwork.

He ultimately received a grant, which would be the impetus for his forming the Frederick Experimental Music As sociation, or FEMA, and funding its first concert series, IF: Improvisers Forum.

The first concert of the series will bring pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn and flutist Robert Dick together for a show at the Y Arts Center on Oct. 15. All concerts are by donation at the door; no tickets will be sold in advance.

“The YMCA are great supporters of live music in the city, and their room is, I think, going to be recognized very soon as a really crucial listening room in Fred erick,” Shoemaker says.

He’s a reputable source. Shoemaker has frequented music venues around the world since he began writing about jazz in the late ’70s, and he continues to catch concerts and write about music in his on line quarterly journal, Point of Departure.

“It’s a room that has reminded me of some other listening spaces I’ve been in,” he says. “It reminds me a lot of a place called the Western Front in Van couver — wood floors, plaster walls, big windows — a great-sounding room like this room at the Y.”

The concert series seeks to introduce audiences to experimental and impro vised music, music created without the use of formal templates. He chose the name Frederick Experimental Music As sociation because work by a diverse spectrum of musicians could fall under the umbrella term “experimental.”

“I wanted to expand the scope of what we do with experimental music generally. I wanted to do that so that if there were, for example, contempo

rary classical music artists that wanted to present, they would be under the um brella. If there were people completely beyond category, I could put them un der the umbrella, too.”

What’s perhaps even more fascinat ing than the accomplishments of each individual music artist in the series is that Shoemaker pairs them to perform as

duos in Frederick, sometimes for the first time.

Alcorn, an accomplished artist in her own right who has become re nowned for her innovations on the slide guitar and recently won a Baker Award, will perform with Dick, who’s been touted as the Jimi Hendrix of the flute, for the first time onstage.

Bill Shoemaker is shown in his CD and LP collection room at his home in Frederick. Shoemaker is founder

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I wanted to expand the scope of what we do with experimental music generally. I wanted to do that so that if there were, for example, contemporary classical music artists that wanted to present, they would be under the umbrella. If there were people completely beyond category, I could put them under the umbrella, too. - Bill Shoemaker, Frederick Experimental Music Association founder

IMPROVISERS FORUM

Featuring Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar) and Robert Dick (flute)

When: 8 p.m. Oct. 15

Where: Y Arts Center, 115 E. Church St., Frederick Tickets: $10 suggested donation at the door; free for children and students with ID Info: pointofdeparture.org, admin@pointofdeparture.org

The second concert this fall will be held at 8 p.m. Nov. 5 featuring Michael Formanek (double bass) and Brian Settles (tenor sax). Additional concerts in the spring will feature Taylor Ho Bynum and Jacqueline Kerrod on March 18 and Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey on April 1.

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Susan Alcorn has extended the pedal steel guitar far beyond its traditional role in country music, exploring jazz, tango nuevo and other idioms. She has collabo rated with numerous iconic mu sicians like Pauline Oliveros and Evan Parker. In 2017, she received the Baker Artist Award; in 2018, she and her longtime collaborator Joe McPhee won the Instant Award in Improvised Music.

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founder of Frederick Experimental Music Association, which will host music forums at the Y Arts Center.

What the two will ultimately create to gether in their performance won’t be known until the audience experiences it for themselves.

Alcorn is phenomenal, Shoemak er says.

“She did a whole record of ar rangements of Astor Piazzolla com positions … and his compositions are

the most intense, soul-searing stuff you’ll hear today,” he says. “She’s one of these people — she hears something, and she can make it work on a pedal steel guitar. I mean, seriously: You gotta leave your cultural baggage at the door when you go hear Susan. If you think she’s gonna be your stereotype of a pedal steel gui tarist, you’re just outta luck.”

Robert Dick is to the flute what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar, an artist who introduced new worlds of sound. His trademarked Glis sando Headjoint allows for voicelike pitch fluctuations, and his use of multiphonics and his palette of timbres are unparalleled, particularly on the seldom-heard bass and contrabass flutes.

Staff photo by Ric Dugan

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‘Amsterdam’: True-ish shaggy-dog tale from 1933 with echoes of 2022

BY ANN HORNADAY The Washington Post

“A lot of this actually happened” is the opening epigram of “Amsterdam,” David O. Russell’s kaleidoscopic riff on the curious case of Gen. Smedley Butler, who in 1933 became involved in what would be known as the Business Plot, wherein he was allegedly approached by a cabal of wealthy business exec utives to be the figurehead for an at tempted coup in which they were plan ning to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Russell’s fantastical take on the ep isode, in which he mixes fact and fic tion with extravagant abandon, can’t be called a success. It’s too scattershot, too much in its own manic, mannered head to qualify as a coherent, much less com pelling narrative. But in its own blessthis-mess way, “Amsterdam” pays ap propriate homage to the eras it invokes, both past and present. It’s so wild, so dreamlike, so utterly preposterous that it could only be a little bit true.

Burt Berendsen (Christian Bale) is a physician in 1933 New York, where his practice is dedicated to easing the suf fering of World War I veterans like him self. When his war buddy and best friend, Harold (John David Washington), approaches him to perform a mysteri ous medical procedure on one of their military leaders, the two are plunged into a bizarre and increasingly convolut ed scheme, one that will introduce them to a couple of enigmatic birdwatch ers (Mike Myers and Michael Shannon), an eccentric millionaire and his sau cer-eyed wife (Rami Malek and Anya Taylor-Joy), and Gen. Gil Dillenbeck, a Butler analog played by Robert De Niro with a convincing combination of gravi tas and bewilderment.

The shaggy-dog tale Burt and Harold find themselves in will also plunge them back to the Great War, when they met a captivating nurse named Valerie (Mar got Robbie) while recuperating in a Bel gian hospital. “Amsterdam” takes its title not from the New York of old, but from the European city where Burt, Harold and Valerie found personal liberation in the postwar era of exploration and artis tic ferment.

Russell and his crack design team (the production design is by Judy Beck er; J.R. Hawbaker and Albert Wolsky de signed the costumes) bring impressive energy and detail to building a world

immersed in surrealism — the only con ceivable aesthetic response to the ir rationality and suffering that was sup posed to have ceased with the war to end all wars. There are moments, as “Amsterdam” toggles between 1918 and 1933, when it resembles “Ragtime” on psilocybin. Russell, who wrote the script, engages similar issues of race, class, social mobility and power, albe it in an imaginative space where dream logic is at constant odds with the story at hand. Characters appear without ex planation; lines of dialogue are repeat ed for no reason; flights of fancy bump up against moments of graphic gore; coincidences, red herrings, tics and dog legs pile up with promiscuous abandon.

“The dream repeats itself before it for gets itself,” one character says, before concluding: “This is the good part.”

There are some good parts in “Am sterdam,” which Russell has populated with some of the screen’s greatest faces — especially the women. In addition to Robbie and Taylor-Joy, he has enlisted Zoe Saldana to play a pathologist who serenely flirts with Burt over an open chest cavity; Andrea Riseborough plays Burt’s wife, Beatrice, a ruthless social climber with the claws to prove it.

It’s all diverting, if not ultimately sus tained. Although the cast is thorough ly committed, as “Amsterdam” wends its way to its hysterically pitched climax, it sometimes feels like it’s two very differ ent movies. Bale’s performance is par

ticularly hard to parse: It’s no surprise that he can so completely submerge his British accent to play a streetwise naif, but the accent and characterization be come distractions. Is he channeling Pe ter Falk? Al Pacino? John Turturro? Wil lem Dafoe?

Such are the distractions of “Amster dam,” whose curlicues and circumlocu tions are genuinely interesting but grow more self-conscious and indulgent with time. The movie’s saving grace is its con tagious passion, and Russell’s unavoid ably true thesis is that, as historical loops go, the one we’re in right now a doozy.

The demagogues are on the rise again, and it’s hard to know who can fight them off when we’re all the walking wounded.

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From left, Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington in “Amsterdam.”

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Cumberland Valley Artists and Cumberland Valley Photographers exhibitions

The Washington County Muse um of Fine Arts has announced a call for entries for the Cumberland Valley Artists and Cumberland Valley Pho tographers exhibitions. Entries will be accepted until 3 p.m. Nov. 9.

An annual tradition since 1933, the Cumberland Valley Artists and Cumberland Valley Photographers exhibitions showcase, celebrate and support artists of the Cumberland Valley region. Each year, hundreds of works are submitted for consider ation for inclusion by exhibition ju rors. The exhibitions will be on view from Feb. 11 to April 23, 2023.

19th- and early 20th-century Europe an painting. Morton began her cu ratorial career in the European art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, later becoming asso ciate curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Her exhibition projects prior to arriv ing at the NGA include “Courbet and the Modern Landscape” (2006), “Ou dry’s Painted Menagerie” (2007) and

“The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme” (2010).

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Saturday October 15th, 7:00pm Michelle Swan, with Sammie J

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(Frederick Acoustic Music Enterprise).

Entries are to be submitted online at smarterentry.com/callsforentry.

The Best of Show Award for the Cumberland Valley Photographic Sa lon includes a $1,000 cash award.

Each photographer may submit up to four photographs. The Best of Show Award for the Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition includes a $1,000 cash award. Each artist may submit up to four works.

This year’s jurors are Mary Morton for CVA and Leo Hsu for CVP.

Morton is curator and head of the French paintings department at the National Gallery of Art in Washing ton, D.C. She received her bache lor’s degree from Stanford Universi ty in history, and her doctorate from Brown University, concentrating on

Hsu’s life has been spent with photography. He is the interim ex ecutive director of Silver Eye Cen ter for Photography in Pittsburgh and is an instructor in the photography program at Carnegie Mellon Univer sity. He is a managing editor for the online photography resource Frac tion Magazine and was the director of online development for the pho tojournalism/documentary photog raphy magazine and website Foto8. Hsu holds a doctorate in anthropol ogy from New York University and a certificate in the program in Culture and Media (New York). He has writ ten extensively about photography and worked as a newspaper photog rapher.

More information can be found at https://wcmfa.org/call-for-entries. For questions, contact the museum at 301-739-5727 or info@wcmfa.org.

Vendors sought for Holiday Mart

Vendors are sought for the Holi day Mart at the 13th annual Ginger bread Celebration, presented by the Adams County Arts Council. Vendor products must be handmade or arti san pieces.

The public is invited to shop for these items at the Mart while view ing, voting and casting bids on the gingerbread houses and silent auc tion baskets.

The event will be held from 9 a.m.

to 8 p.m. Dec. 2 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Arts Education Center, 125 S. Washington St. Gettysburg, The deadline for vendors to apply is Nov. 11.

Vendor fee is $75. Vendor entry forms as well as information to sub mit a house for the competition are available at adamsarts.org, by calling 717-334-5006, or at the Arts Educa tion Center.

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APPLE DUMPLING DAY

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HARVESTFEST ARTISAN AND CRAFT FAIR

Something for everyone! Located in the St John Regional Catholic School Gym at St Katharine Drexel Catholic Church 8414 Opossumtown Pike Frederick, MD 21702 Participant inquiries and additional information available at https://www saintdrexel org/event/harvestfest 2022/ Save the date Sat. Oct 29 9am 3pm Sun Oct 30 9am 1pm

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The Mt Pleasant Ruritan Club is hosting a Quartermania fundraiser on Sunday, October 16, 2022 Tickets are $5 00 in advance, $8 00 at the door Doors open at 12:00 p m and bidding begins at 1:30 p m Food will be sold The hall is located at 8101 Crum Road Walkersville, MD For more information or to purchase tickets please contact Alden at 301 845 4387

MOTORSMOKE HALLOWEEN DANCE

October 29, 2022

8 p m to 12 a m

5 Guys Band including Thurmont Boys are Back Jimmy Richard Bob Welch

Doors Open: 6 p m

Music: 8 p m to 12 a m

$10, Costumes Welcomed Cash Bar • Tip Jars

ATM Available Kitchen open for food purchase 13716 Stafford Dr, Thurmont

Must be 18 to attend No outside alcohol permitted

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Sat November 12, 2022

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St John’s Lutheran Church Creagerstown will be featuring a

DRIVE-THRU FRIED CHICKEN DINNER

October 22, 11 a m 3 p m Dinner Includes: Green Beans, Pepper Slaw, Biscuit, and a Piece of Cake $13

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THURMONT CHRISTMAS MARKET CRAFT AND VENDOR SHOW

Saturday, November 19, 2022 9 a m to 3 p m

Thurmont Event Complex 13716 Strafford Drive, Thurmont, Maryland Food will be available for purchase provided by the Thurmont Ambulance Company Santa will be visiting Vendor information: Contact Jennifer at jensgems2018@yahoo com or 301 800 3336

*All proceeds benefit the Thurmont Community Ambulance Company*

TURKEY, FRIED OYSTER & COUNTRY HAM DINNER

October 22

12 noon 5 pm

Menu includes mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, sauerkraut, cranberry sauce, dressing, cole slaw, rolls, butter, ice tea, hot tea and coffee

Adults $30

Children 6 12 $8

Children Under 6 free Carry outs $1 extra Bush Creek Church of the Brethren 4821A Green Valley Road, Rt 75 South Monrovia, Maryland 21770 301 865 3013 www bushcreekchurch org

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Thursday Oct. 13

CLASSES

Valley Young At Heart Exercise Class — 10 a.m. at Middletown AMVETS, 408 W. Green St., Middletown. For men and women 50+ on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 to 11 a.m. Cost is $2. Yoga follows 11 a.m. to noon except the second Thursday. Cost is $5 per session.

301-600-7560. lgrackin@frederickcoun tymd.gov. frederick.librarycalendar.com/events/ month/2022/09.

ETCETERA

Silent Auction Fundraiser for Downtown Businesses Affected by Fire — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Expanding Heart Center, 208 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Silent auction of pho tographs on exhibit to benefit downtown businesses affected by fire this year – ends Oct. 29, proceeds to GoFundMe set up by Downtown Frederick Partnership. Photo graphs by Shannon Beatty. Free. 301-663-6309. 2eyesphoto@earthlink. net.

expandingheartcenter.com/gallery/.

200 Monroe Restaurant: Opening Thursday, October 6! — 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Monroe Center, 200 Monroe Ave., Frederick. Frederick Community College (FCC) invites you to enjoy a gourmet dinner created by the talented students at 200 Monroe Restaurant! Reservations are required! For dine-in, visit opentable. com/200-Monroe. For carryout orders, go to toasttab.com/200-monroe (last order time 7 p.m). $38-$42. HCTI@frederick.edu. opentable.com/200-monroe.

FAMILY

Summers Farm Fall Festival — 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. at Summers Farm, 7503 Hollow Road, Middletown. More than 45 activities, including picking sunflowers from eight acres of blooming varieties, cheering pigs in races and catching a wagon ride to the pick-your-own gigantic pumpkin patch, in addition to slides, farmer golf, gigantic-sized jumping pillows and farm animals. On weekends, the festival includes apple-blasting and confections including homemade cookies, brick-oven pizza and apple cider donuts.

$12.50 weekday admission, $17.50 week end admission. 301-304-3031. teresa@ summersfarm.com. summersfarm.com.

Gaver Farm Pumpkin Harvest Festival

— 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Gaver Farm, 5501 Detrick Road, Mount Airy. Pick your own

pumpkins at Gaver Farm, every day from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.! 12+ acres of pumpkins growing for you to visit and pick your own! Did you know we grow over 35 acres of pumpkins every year so we can stock the Farm Market and Pumpkin Yard in addi tion to the pick your own Pumpkin Patch?! Find an excellent selection of traditional and novelty carving pumpkins, heirloom pumpkins, winter squash and gourds (over 40 varieties)!  301-865-3515. office@gaverfarm.com. gaverfarm.com/fall/calendar/.

Gaver Farm Fall Fun Festival — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Gaver Farm, 5501 Detrick Road, Mount Airy. Enjoy fall on the farm by conquering the twists and turns of the corn maze, bouncing on the jumping pillows, petting and feeding the farm animals and cruising down the giant slides. There are over 60 attractions, appropriate for any age including two jumping pillows, farm animals, mini mazes, playgrounds, duck races, ball games, photo centers and more. $12.50 weekday admission, $19.75 week end admission.  301-865-3515. office@gaverfarm.com. gaverfarm.com/fall/fall-fun-festival/.

Family Partnership Open House — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Family Partnership, 8420 Gas House Pike, Suite EE, Frederick. Also 11 a.m. to 1 pm. Oct. 14. Refreshments, tours and information about how to participate in programs and services available. Family Partnership’s mission is “to support and empower children, youth and families with the knowledge and skills needed to meet basic needs, to successfully navigate life’s challenges and to advance their hopes and dreams.” 301-600-2774. bmay@frederickcountymd. gov.

FILM

Wonder Book Classic Film Series: “Fran kenstein” (1931) — 7:30 p.m. at Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Fred erick. Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts. Cast includes Col in Clive, Boris Karloff and Mae Clarke. $7. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffrederick. com. weinbergcenter.org/shows/franken stein-1931/.

PERFORMER

“The Lily Show & The Matthew Presenta tion” — 8 p.m. at Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster. Two comedians, Lily and Marcus, tell stories about life, love and other misadventures. Strong adult content. For ages 21 and up only. Pre-show happy hour from Pipe the Side Brewing starts at

6:45 p.m.

$15. 410-848-7272. carrollcountartscouncil.org.

THEATER

“The Lifespan of a Fact” — 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. By Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell & Gordon Farrell, directed by Gené Fouché. Fingal’s boss has given him a big assignment: to apply his fact-check ing skills to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D’Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D’Agata made up a lot of his article. What starts profession ally quickly becomes profane in this witty comedy based on a true story of D’Agata’s easy “What Happens There.” Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances through Oct. 30. $32. 301-694-4744. zcallis @marylandensemble.org.

Friday Oct. 14

ETCETERA

Thirty-One and Vera Bradley Totes Bingo — 5 p.m. at New Midway Fire Hall, Md. 194, New Midway. Doors open at 5 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m. 20 regular games, 3 special games, 3 raffles, 50/50 and door prizes. All prizes are filled. Tickets $20 at the door. Benefits the Mount Zion Haugh’s Lutheran Church in Ladiesburg. Bake goods avail able for purchase and the fire company will be selling hot food from the kitchen. 301-271-3645.

“Connecting With Your Loved Ones” with Medium Debbie — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to attend an unforgettable eve ning with Medium Debbie and experience fascinating world of Mediumship! $60. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre.org.

“Murder, Mayhem & Mystery” Ghost Tour — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Train Station, 1 N. Main St., Mount Airy. Walking tour of Mount Airy, learn about the history of the ghostly type in this quaint little town. About 1 mile, BYO flashlight. $13. 301-703-1427. historicalsocietymountairymd.org. Guided Ghost Tours — 7 p.m. at Jonathan Hager House and Museum, City Park, Hagerstown. Also at 8 p.m. Get a glimpse at what life was like for those who lived and died at this legendary location with lan tern-toting tour guides leading you around the historic house and museum. Enjoy haunted tales surrounding this limestone colonial fortress built over a never-failing spring! Indoor tours are $15/person and

limited to small groups. Outdoor tours are $10/person. 301-739-8577, ext. 170. hagerhouse.org.

HIstoric Myersville — 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Myersville Town Hall, 301 Main St., Myersville. The Myersville-Wolfsville Area Historical Society presents its evening walking tour. Costumed actors will tell tales of attempted murder, Civil War mayhem, revenge, arson, protest, brawls and even ghosts. They are true stories, drawn togeth er by local writer Ann Longmore-Etheridge from Historical Society archives. Tickets in advance at www.eventbrite.com. $17. 301-641-8764. juliacarlson@gmail. com. mwahistory.com.

Ghost Tours of Historic Frederick — 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Brewer’s Alley Restaurant and Brewery, 124 N. Market St., Frederick. Journey through Frederick’s gruesome and bloody past. Nearly 300 years of war, executions and revenge. True documented stories of the paranormal with Maryland’s oldest operating Ghost Tour. Uncover political savvy and defiant citizens, patriots from the Revolutionary War, beckoning soldiers from the Civil War. Reservations recommended. $15. info@marylandghosttours.com. marylandghosttours.com.

FAMILY

Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum Open House — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, 296 S. Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown. See historic railroad equipment, Thomas play layouts, historic photo and document display and artifacts. $1-$6, free for children 3 and under. 301739-4665. info@roundhouse.org. roundhouse.org.

Trail of Jack-O-Lanterns — 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Green Meadows Petting Farm, 10102 Fingerboard Road, Ijamsville. Annual walk ing Trail of Jack-O-Lanterns of all shapes & sizes. The price of admission includes the trail, fire pits, fun farm show and the Animal Barn (open 6 to 9 p.m.). Admission will include trick-or-treating on the Trail each night from about 6:50 p.m. (when Trail opens) to 9 p.m. So bring your children (and your adults) in costume! Available for purchase will be night hayrides; food; s’mores, pumpkin flashlights, small Trick-orTreat bags, glow necklaces and more! Gate opens at 5:30 p.m. and the fun starts at 6 p.m. Last admission is 7:30 p.m. Hayrides and Trail are 7 to 9 p.m. Bonfires will end at 10 p.m.

$14 for ages 2 to 92, credit only. 301-8659203. info@greenmeadowsevents.com. greenmeadowsevents.com/

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events/trail-jack-o-lanterns.

Ghost Walk of Westminster — 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Carroll County Public Library, Westminster Branch, 50 E. Main St., West minster. For ages 10 - adults. Join a ghost presentation and stroll through Westmin ster to visit local ghosts and legends. The walk is approximately 1.5 miles. Registrants will be contacted with updates in the event of bad weather. Registration is required. Visit site for details. 410-386-4490. ask@carr.org. ccpl.librarymarket.com/event/ ghost-walk-westminster.

FESTIVALS

Brookfield Pumpkins — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Brookfield Pumpkins LLC, 8302 Ramsburg Road, Thurmont. Also open 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Free hayrides on weekends. 13+ acres of PYO pumpkins and gourds, 5-acre corn maze for charity ($), petting zoo, mums, straw, corn shocks, Indian corn, cider. 301-898-3527. brookfieldpumpkins.com.

FILM

“The Godfather” (1972, 2 hours 55 min., Rated R) — 7:30 p.m. at Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster. Early showing

at 1 p.m. with open captioning. 50th anni versary screenings of Francis Ford Coppo la’s epic masterpiece detailing the rise and near fall of the Corleone crime family.

$7. 410-848-7272. carrollcountyartscouncil.org.

MUSIC

Bluegrass Jam — 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Ruritan Club, 8101 Crum Road, Walkersville. Open to all levels of acoustic musicians and vocalists. Specta tors, families welcome. Sandwiches, snacks and sodas available for purchase. No smok ing or swearing.

$5 donation at the door requested. 301898-3719.

Frederick Acoustic Music Enterprise hosts Open Mic — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at FAC’s Sky Stage, 59 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Share your musical talent, or enjoy some live acoustic music in a laid-back atmosphere. Open Mic Night hosted by FAME (Freder ick Acoustic Music Enterprise) meets on second Fridays through October. Free to enter; performers sign up in advance for an open mic slot by contacting FAME at fred erickacoustic.org or on FAME’s Facebook page @FrederickAcousticFAME Free. 301-662-4190. skystage@frederick artscouncil.org. frederickartscouncil.org/programs/sky-

stage.

Oleta Adams in Concert — 8 p.m. at Wein berg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Celebrating nine albums and 45 years in the music industry, Oleta Adams is no stranger to the spotlight and delivering a captivating performance full of soul. The gospel singer has inspired a growing le gion of fans worldwide from her roots that cross into R&B, urban and popular music. The velvety-voiced songstress toured with Tears for Fears, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton and Luther Van Dross before becoming a legend in her own right with four Grammy nominations and over two and a half mil lion records sold. $30-$40. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffred erick.com. weinbergcenter.org/shows/oleta-adams/.

PERFORMER

MET Comedy Night: Yes And: Double Feature New Improv Teams — 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. A new improv team double-feature. 18 and older. $15. 301-694-4744. zcallis@marylanden semble.org. ci.ovationtix.com/35900/produc tion/1132572.

THEATER

“Murder on the Orient Express” — 6 p.m. at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, 5 Willowdale Drive, Frederick . Dinner 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Just after midnight, a snow drift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the in side. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. Also, 6 p.m. Saturdays, and 12:30 p.m. buffet, 2:15 p.m. show first, third and fifth Sundays. $50 Fridays and Sundays; $53 Saturdays. 301-662-6600. wayoffbroadway.com.

Maryland Entertainment Group presents Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” — 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. One of William Shakespeare’s most popular and spook iest tales. “Macbeth” tells the tale of the ill-fated Scottish King who is tempted by prophesies from evil witches, taunted by his ambitious Queen and tortured by ghoulish apparitions! $35. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre.org. mdtheatre.org/macbeth.

“Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” — 7:30 p.m. at The National Theatre, 1321 Penn

CALENDAR

sylania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Also 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sun days, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Continues through Oct. 23. $60 and up. broadwayatthenational.com.

“The Addams Family: A Musical Come dy” — 8 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. at Other Voices Theatre, 244 S. Jefferson St., Frederick. The show is based upon “The Addams Family” characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. $18-$22. 301-662-3722. administration@ othervoicestheatre.org. othervoicestheatre.org.

“The Lifespan of a Fact” — 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. By Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell & Gordon Farrell, directed by Gené Fouché. Fingal’s boss has given him a big assignment: to apply his fact-check ing skills to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D’Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D’Agata made up a lot of his article. What starts profession ally quickly becomes profane in this witty comedy based on a true story of D’Agata’s easy “What Happens There.” Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances through Oct. 30.

$32. 301-694-4744. zcallis @marylandensemble.org.

Saturday Oct. 15

CLASSES

Wooden Spoon Carving & Open Hearth Cooking with Jason Drevenak — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fox Haven Farm, Retreat & Learning Center, 3630 Poffenberger Road, Jefferson. Have you ever wanted to cook an entire meal around an open fire or take your BBQ grilling abilities to the next level? Learn how to manipulate fire and cook above, in and under an open fire pit. The menu will include items such as a protein, potatoes, squash, eggs and Damper bread. A garden salad will also be provided. As the food is cooking participants will learn how to carve a spoon from a piece of wood. All food items and spoon carving materials included.If you plan to stay the weekend for Jason’s Fish Trap Making class on Sunday, you are welcome to camp out! $87. 240-490-5484. alecks@foxhavenfarm. org. foxhavenfarm.org/events/wooden-spooncarving-open-hearth-cooking-with-jasondrevenak.

Edible Foraging Basics with Fox Haven Farm — 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Walkersville Public Library, 2 S. Glade Road, Walkers ville. Learn how to use a foraging guide to get familiar with the structure and arrange ment of common trees that every forager should learn. This will improve your forag ing skills and yield! Ages 18 and older. 301-600-8200.

fcpl.org.

ETCETERA

Woodsboro Days Run/Walk — 9 a.m. to noon at Woodsboro Regional Park East Entrance, Woodsboro Road, Woodsboro. The Woodsboro Historical Society hosts its 10th annual Woodsboro Days 5K Run/ Walk. The course includes a mix of paved & wooded trails, a challenging hill, and is professionally timed by Racine Multis ports. Stay in town afterwards for food and fun at local churches & yard sales and for celebrations organized by the Town of Woodsboro! Proceeds from the 5K (3.1 miles) Run/Walk assist the ongoing projects of the Woodsboro Historical Society. The entry fee includes a race T-shirt. Register today and invite your friends to register via the Society’s website at woodsborohistor icalsociety.org to reserve preferred shirt sizes and to donate. On Race Day, cash & personal checks for the $25 fee are accept ed at Pavilion #4, 7-8:30 a.m. $25. 301-524-5167. robmch6@aol.com. runsignup.com/Race/MD/ Woodsboro/2022Woodsboro Days5KRunWalk.

Yoga On Tap — 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Fred erick Social, 50 Citizens Way, Frederick. 60 minutes of donation-based, all-levels, Vinyasa flow yoga. Stay to try a few of the numerous beverages on tap or food on the locally sourced menu. Register at linktr.ee/ jenuineyogi. Free. Jenuiniyogi@gmail.com.

All-Forged Knife Show & Auction — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at William F. Moran Museum & Shop, 4246 Old National Pike, Middle town. Admission is free and open to the public. Midday auction includes Bill Moran memorabilia along with items provided by table holders. Display of Moran knives. Concession stand, cash only purchases.  301-305-8365. williammoranmuseum.com.

Heritage Frederick: Historic Frederick Walking Tour — 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Heritage Frederick, 24 E. Church St., Frederick. Length: 90 minutes. Experience the history and beauty of downtown as knowledgeable guides share the fascinat ing stories that make up historic Frederick, Maryland.   301-663-1188. development@frederickh istory.org. frederickhistory.org.

Silent Auction Fundraiser for Downtown Businesses Affected by Fire — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Expanding Heart Center, 208 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Silent auction of pho tographs on exhibit to benefit downtown businesses affected by fire this year – ends Oct. 29, proceeds to GoFundMe set up by Downtown Frederick Partnership. Photo graphs by Shannon Beatty. Free. 301-663-6309. 2eyesphoto@earthlink. net.

expandingheartcenter.com/gallery. 163rd Anniversary of John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry — 1 p.m. at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 171 Shoreline

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Straightening out the Finer Details of Your Estate Plan

A well-crafted Estate Plan gives you a great deal of control over what happens to you, your money, and your possessions once you have passed away. However, there are several things you will want to leave out of your official documents, in order to maintain flexibility after signing them. Please note that these are supplemental materials, and do not replace the Estate Planning documents themselves. With that said, here are a few things we recommend to help straighten out the finer details of your Estate Plan:

Tangible Personal Property Memorandum. The Wills and Trusts that we prepare say that you will reserve a right to have a Tangible Personal Property memorandum that you can change from time to time. In this document, you can list your household items and to whom you want to give them. These items can include jewelry, furniture, coin collections, tools, etc. You should sign and date the Memorandum, and keep it with your other Estate Planning documents so it will be discovered. The following year, you may decide to prepare a new list because you changed your mind about something or you no longer own that item. Just don’t forget to add the new list to your documents and destroy the old one so there is no confusion.

Love Letters. We also recommend drafting a Love Letter to your loved ones detailing additional details about your wishes. In the Love Letter, you can provide instructions about any family traditions that you would like to see continued, instructions to Trustees

of minor trusts about how to exercise their discretion, recommendations about investments, personal messages to particular loved ones, and many other considerations.

Funeral Arrangements. You should also make sure to have an in-person discussion with your loved ones about any funeral or memorial requests. Typically, when someone dies, the family does two things: grieve, and make arrangements for what to do with the body quickly. Your loved ones will not begin looking for your Will until after these services have been held.

Account Information. Lastly, you should set up a plan on how your loved ones will access your accounts, including emails and social media. Password managers may be a good solution. One of the most difficult aspects of handling someone’s estate can be figuring out what they have, and where it is. During our Probate consultations, we often refer back to old Estate Planning Questionnaires that former clients filled out years prior.

If you would like help with your Estate Planning documents, schedule with us at 301-696-0567 (we have 24-hour representatives if you call after-hours), admin@lenaclarklegal.com, or selfschedule online at lenaclarklegal.com.

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Drive, Harpers Ferry, W.Va. Also at 3 p.m. Join park-staff and living-history volunteers of the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Compa ny for “At All Times Ready,” an interpretive presentation of how the raid unfolded, transforming Harpers Ferry into a key site in American civil rights history. This program will begin in historic Lower Town on The Green and end at the U.S. Armory Fire Engine House (John Brown’s Fort). 304-535-6479. nps.gov/hafe.

Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Tours — 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Schifferstadt Archi tectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Ave., Frederick. The oldest home in Frederick city, a National Historic Landmark, is open for tours every Saturday and Sunday. $8, free for children under 12. 301-4564912. boycerensberger@gmail.com. fredericklandmarks.org.

Haunted History at The National Mu seum of Civil War Medicine — 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Tour the most haunted building in Frederick –the National Museum of Civil War Medi cine, exploring the building’s history amidst the darkened galleries and offices. On the tour, staff and volunteers will share stories of Civil War embalmers, the building’s most infamous tenants, and their first-hand accounts of paranormal activity that has given the building its creepy reputation. In addition to a trip through the museum galleries, the tour provides exclusive access to the third floor where numerous sightings have occurred.

$30 for the general public; $20 for Museum Members. 3016951864. john.lustrea@ civilwarmed.org. civilwarmed.donorshops.com/product/ Halloween-Haunted-History-2022/ haunted-history-2022-general-public -tickets.

Guided Ghost Tours — 7 p.m. at Jonathan Hager House and Museum, City Park, Hagerstown. Also at 8 p.m. Get a glimpse at what life was like for those who lived and died at this legendary location with lan tern-toting tour guides leading you around the historic house and museum. Enjoy haunted tales surrounding this limestone colonial fortress built over a never-failing spring! Indoor tours are $15/person and limited to small groups. Outdoor tours are $10/person. 301-739-8577, ext. 170. hagerhouse.org.

HIstoric Myersville — 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Myersville Town Hall, 301 Main St., Myersville. The Myersville-Wolfsville Area Historical Society presents its evening walking tour. Costumed actors will tell tales of attempted murder, Civil War mayhem, revenge, arson, protest, brawls and even ghosts. They are true stories, drawn togeth er by local writer Ann Longmore-Etheridge from Historical Society archives. Tickets in advance at www.eventbrite.com. $17. 301-641-8764. juliacarlson@gmail. com. mwahistory.com.

An Evening with David Sedaris — 8 p.m.

to 9 p.m. at Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, Pa. Author of the previous bestsellers “Calypso,” “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” and regular National Public Radio contributor, David Sedaris will be appearing for one night only, following the release of his newest books “The Best of Me” and “A Carnival of Snackery.” $65, $55, $45. 717-337-8200. jarudy@ gettysburg.edu.

FAMILY

Farmer ChuckBone’s Pumpkin Patch — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Farmer ChuckBone’s Pumpkin Patch, 6269 Ed Crone Lane, Frederick. Also open Sundays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fridays noon to 6 p.m. and weekdays by appointment for groups or families (book online). Frederick’s newest pumpkin patch featuring six varieties of pick-yourown pumpkins, sold by weight. Hayrides on renovated wagons to the patch, or hike the nature trail with three bridge crossing over a meandering stream, and a trailside scav enger hunt; petting zoo; old farm tractors; hit-and-miss engine display.  $8 per person admission. 240-220-0675. farmercuckbone@gmail.com. farmerchuckbone.com.

Shepherdstown Fairy Festival — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Sam Michaels Park, 235 Sam Michaels Lane, Shenandoah Junction, W.Va. An all-ages, family-friendly celebration of autumn, fairies and fairy tales, with live mu sic, children’s authors, vendors. Oct. 15-16. $15. 410-917-7262. EmmaCasale@ TheFairiesAreComing.com. thefairiesarecoming.com.

Gaver Farm Fall Fun Festival — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Gaver Farm, 5501 Detrick Road, Mount Airy. Enjoy fall on the farm by conquering the twists and turns of the corn maze, bouncing on the jumping pillows, petting and feeding the farm animals and cruising down the giant slides. There are over 60 attractions, appropriate for any age including two jumping pillows, farm animals, mini mazes, playgrounds, duck races, ball games, photo centers and more. $12.50 weekday admission, $19.75 week end admission.  Free. 301-865-3515. office@ gaverfarm.com. gaverfarm.com/fall/fall-fun-festival.

Locally-Made Market — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Francis Scott Key, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Join Frederick MADE at The Artist’s Market for our Locally-Made market. Kids crafting station and DIY Bar along with local vendors popping-up.  301-514-3866. mirandamossburg@gmail. com. frederickmade.com.

Spirits of the Furnace — 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Museum of the Ironworker, 12610 Catoctin Furnace Road, Thurmont. A guided night tour through the historic Catoctin Iron Furnace and Village, with stops in historic structures and along the landscape. Refreshments will be available at the Museum of the Ironworker. Bring a flashlight and wear shoes appropriate for

walking on uneven terrain. $10. 443-629-8661. tdonnelly@catoctinfur nace.org.

FESTIVALS

Homegrown Hay Days — 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.. Self-guided tour includes farms where visitors can pick apples, ride on a farm wagon, interact with alpacas and count less other activities specific to each farm. Map of participating farms and activities at homegrownfrederick.com/ homegrown-haydays.

Woodsboro Days — at the town of Woods boro, Md. 194 and Woodsboro Road, Woodsboro. Come and celebrate small town Maryland in historic Woodsboro. Ac tivities include a 5-K run/walk, 30 vendors, food trucks, ice cream truck, 3 bands of different musical styles and activities for all ages. Most of the events take place near the bandshell in Woodsboro Park (entrance on Woodsboro Road just east of 194), but yard sales will be happening along Main Street. Also on Main will be sales of home cooked food at the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 301-456-4912. boycerensberger@ gmail.com. woodsborohistoricalsociety.org.

Army Heritage Day — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center,

Carlisle, Pa. Continues Oct. 16. Artillery through the ages and tanks, featuring WWII tanks running and firing, and a full artillery firing demonstration. 717-245-3972. ahec.armywarcollege.edu.

Hagerstown Fiber Fest — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at University Plaza, 50 W. Washington St., Hagerstown. The inaugural Hagerstown Fiber Festival is organized by The Yarn Shop and features more than 20 vendors selling unique fiber-related items, including hand-dyed yarns, hand-knit and crocheted clothes, felted items, macrame and acces sories of all kinds for fiber crafters. Shop, watch demos, and visit with alpacas. 301-331-4398. spoonartsservices@gmail. com. facebook.com/hagerstownfiberfestival.

Myersville Museum for a Day — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Myersville Town Hall, 301 Main St., Myersville. One day a year the My ersville-Wolfsville Area Historical Society exhibits research projects done by its members and artifacts from its collection or on loan from local families. 301-641-8764. juliacarlson@gmail.com. mwahistory.com.

Brookfield Pumpkins — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Brookfield Pumpkins LLC, 8302 Ramsburg Road, Thurmont. Also open 3

to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Free hayrides on weekends. 13+ acres of PYO pumpkins and gourds, 5-acre corn maze for charity ($), petting zoo, mums, straw, corn shocks, Indian corn, cider. 301-898-3527. brookfieldpumpkins.com.

A Jurassic Corn Maze & Fall Festival — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Maryland Corn Maze, 389 Gambrills Road, Gambrills. Explore eight acres of a Jurassic Corn Maze, hayrides, pumpkins, corn pits, pony rides, petting farm, ziplines, slingshots, straw pyramids, jumping pillows and more. Enjoy all your fa vorite festival treats including fresh dipped corn dogs, kettle corn and snow balls. $12.95 to $15.95 Group, Military, Sept/Nov Discounted pricing. 240-398-6430. carol@ mdcornmaze.com. mdcornmaze.com.

Oktoberfest at Schifferstadt — 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Ave., Frederick. Continues noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 16. Fund raiser benefits the upkeep of Schifferstadt. German food, drink and music, historic demonstrators, hand-made products from many arts and crafts vendors. Tours of the museum available, by reservation.  301-663-3885.

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Pumpkins & Pippins Fall Festival — noon to 4 p.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area, 12684 Mentzer Gap Road, Waynesboro, Pa. Live music with High Octane, and have lunch from a food truck, with dessert from the bake sale. Activities include pony rides, Kid Zone Playground Games, a StoryWalk®, a decorated pumpkin contest and more. In addition, shop at the vendor tables, and watch the star attraction — the Trebuchet Pumpkin Launcher!

$10 per car, cash only. 717-762-0373. info@ natureandcultureinstitute.org. natureandcultureinstitute.org/event/ pumpkins-pippins-fall-festival-2022.

MUSIC

F.A.M.E. Presents Singer-Songwriter Series — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at FAC’s Sky Stage, 59 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Frederick Acoustic Music Enterprise presents a series four concerts at FAC’s Sky Stage featuring acoustic soloists, duos or bands. The Satur day, Oct 15 show features Michelle Swan, with Sammie J. All-ages, pay-what-you-can donation at the door. Beer/wine for 21+ with ID. Free. 301-662-4190. skystage@ frederickartscouncil.org. frederickartscouncil.org/programs/ sky-stage.

Joyride — 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Cactus

CALENDAR

Flats, 10026 Hansonville Road, Frederick. Rock ‘n’ roll.

Chatham Rabbits at New Spire Arts — 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. As one of North Carolina’s most beloved roots music outfits, Chatham Rabbits has swiftly emerged from the Americana scene. The husband-and-wife duo of Sarah and Austin McCombie favors rustic, minimalist acoustic arrangements — mainly clawhammer-style banjo and guitar that showcase deftness and maturity with their songwriting. $20-$25. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffred erickmd.gov. weinbergcenter.org/shows/ chatham-rabbits-at-new-spire-arts/.

OUTDOORS

Frederick Ski & Snowboard Swap — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St., Frederick. The consignment sale will be in Building 14 on Oct. 15 and 16. 410-823-0509. Frederickskiswap@ aol.com. swap.expert.

PERFORMER

L’Arche Frederick’s “Let It Shine Extrav aganza” — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at JBK Theater at Frederick Community College, 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. Sixth annual variety show and fundraiser shines the spotlight on performers with disabilities and friends. Suggested $10 donation. All proceeds support L’Arche Frederick’s inclu sive social events and community home. 240-698-0424. meganguzman@ larchefrederick.org. larchefrederick.org/lis2022.

THEATER

Maryland Entertainment Group presents Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” — 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. One of William Shakespeare’s most popular and spookiest tales. “Macbeth” tells the tale of the ill-fated Scottish King who is tempted by proph esies from evil witches, taunted by his ambitious Queen and tortured by ghoulish apparitions! $35. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre.org. www.mdtheatre.org/macbeth.

“The Addams Family: A Musical Come dy” — 8 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. at Other Voices Theatre, 244 S. Jefferson St., Frederick. The show is based upon “The Addams Family” characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. $18-$22. 301-662-3722. administration@ othervoicestheatre.org. othervoicestheatre.org.

“The Lifespan of a Fact” — 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. By Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell & Gordon Farrell, directed by Gené Fouché. Fingal’s boss has given him

a big assignment: to apply his fact-check ing skills to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D’Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D’Agata made up a lot of his article. What starts profession ally quickly becomes profane in this witty comedy based on a true story of D’Agata’s easy “What Happens There.” Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances through Oct. 30. $32. 301-694-4744. zcallis@ marylandensemble.org.

Sunday Oct. 16

CLASSES

Making A Fish Basket Trap with Jason Drevenak — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fox Haven Farm, Retreat & Learning Center, 3630 Poffenberger Road, Jefferson. Indigenous peoples all over the planet have creative and unique devices for catching fish. One of the most effective and diverse were the basket traps. Each participant will construct their own functional working fish trap using bamboo, vines and twine. All materials and tools provided. If you have your own knife we recommend that you bring it with you. $87. 240-490-5484. alecks@foxhavenfarm. org. foxhavenfarm.org/events/making-a-fishbasket-trap-with-jason-drevenak.

ETCETERA

American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Central Mary land — 10 a.m. to noon at Watkins Park, 615 Center St., Mount Airy. A free non-compet itive walk that celebrates survivors, funds lifesaving breast cancer research, and is committed to advancing health equity through free American Cancer Society pro grams including patient lodging, transpor tation, and support. Enjoy this pink-themed walk through beautiful Watkins Park with others committed to fighting breast cancer. Register, donate, or fundraise at www. makingstrideswalk.org/centralmd.  410-733-6681. vivienne.stearnselliott@can cer.org. makingstrideswalk.org/centralmd.

Quartermania — 12:30 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Ruritan Club, 8101 Crum Road, Walkersville. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., bidding begins at 2 p.m. Food available for purchase. Bring a friend and your quarters! $5 advance, $8 at the door. 301-845-4387.

Grand Opening of the W.F. Moran Blade smith & Artisan Academy — 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at W.F. Moran Bladesmith & Artisan Academy (and the Museum), 4246 Old National Pike, Middletown. Tour the new state-of-the-art facility. In conjunction with the Moran Museum All-Forged Blade Show and Auction on Oct. 15.  info@billmoranmuseum.com.

163rd Anniversary of John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry — 1 p.m. at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 171 Shoreline Drive, Harpers Ferry, W.Va. Also at 3 p.m. Join park-staff and living-history volunteers of the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Compa

ny for “At All Times Ready,” an interpretive presentation of how the raid unfolded, transforming Harpers Ferry into a key site in American civil rights history. This program will begin in historic Lower Town on The Green and end at the U.S. Armory Fire Engine House (John Brown’s Fort). 304-535-6479. nps.gov/hafe.

Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Tours — 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Schifferstadt Archi tectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Ave., Frederick. The oldest home in Frederick city, a National Historic Landmark, is open for tours every Saturday and Sunday. $8, free for children under 12. 301-4564912. boycerensberger@gmail.com. fredericklandmarks.org.

Mount Olivet Cemetery History & Mystery Tour — 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 515 S. Market St., Frederick. Discover Frederick’s past as you navigate through the labyrinth of graves, crypts and monuments in one of Maryland’s largest and most beautiful cemeteries. Reservations required. $15. info@marylandghosttours.com. marylandghosttours.com.

FAMILY

Shepherdstown Fairy Festival — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Sam Michaels Park, 235 Sam Michaels Lane, Shenandoah Junction, W.Va. An all-ages, family-friendly celebration of autumn, fairies and fairy tales, with live mu sic, children’s authors, vendors. Oct. 15-16. $15. 410-917-7262. EmmaCasale@TheFair iesAreComing.com. thefairiesarecoming.com.

Locally-Made Market — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Francis Scott Key, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Join Frederick MADE at The Artist’s Market for our Locally-Made market. Kids crafting station and DIY Bar along with local vendors popping-up.  301-514-3866. mirandamossburg@gmail. com. frederickmade.com.

Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum Open House — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, 296 S. Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown. See historic railroad equipment, Thomas play layouts, historic photo and document display and artifacts. $1-$6, free for children 3 and under. 301739-4665. info@roundhouse.org. roundhouse.org.

Halloween Art Workshop for Kids — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown. Young artists get to make some spooktacular crafts to take home. Register by contacting Donna Rastelli at 301-739-5727 or by going to wcmfa.org/ halloween-art-workshop-for-kids. $15; $10 for members. 301-739-5727. cschelle@wcmfa.org. wcmfa.org/halloween-art-workshopfor-kids.

FESTIVALS

Homegrown Hay Days — 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.. Self-guided tour includes farms where visitors can pick apples, ride on a farm wagon, interact with alpacas and count less other activities specific to each farm. Map of participating farms and activities at homegrownfrederick.com/home grown-haydays.

Woodsboro Days — in Woodsboro at Md. 194 and Woodsboro Road. Come and celebrate small town Maryland in historic Woodsboro. Activities include a 5-K run/ walk, 30 vendors, food trucks, ice cream truck, 3 bands of different musical styles and activities for all ages. Most of the events take place near the bandshell in Woodsboro Park (entrance on Woodsboro Road just east of 194), but yard sales will be happening along Main Street. Also on Main will be sales of home cooked food at the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 301-456-4912. boycerensberger@gmail.com. woodsborohistoricalsociety.org. Car, Truck, Bike and Tractor Show — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company, 1500 Volunteer Drive, Bruns wick. Registration 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., $15 per vehicle; Top 15 cars, Top 10 trucks, Top 3 motorcycles, Top 3 tractors, 50/50 drawing, raffles and food. For more information con tact Clarence Webber 240-675-0249 240-675-0249.

A Jurassic Corn Maze & Fall Festival — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Maryland Corn Maze, 389 Gambrills Road, Gambrills. Explore eight acres of a Jurassic Corn Maze, hayrides, pumpkins, corn pits, pony rides, petting farm, ziplines, slingshots, straw pyramids, jumping pillows and more. Enjoy all your favorite festival treats including fresh dipped corn dogs, kettle corn and snow balls.

$12.95 to $15.95 Group, Military, Sept/Nov Discounted pricing. 240-398-6430. carol@ mdcornmaze.com. mdcornmaze.com.

Fall Festival — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Mount Airy Carnival Grounds, 1008 Twin Arch Road, Mount Airy. Games, bounce house, music, pumpkins, face painting and more. Food will be available for purchase. mallory@dhgsells.com.

MUSIC

Calvary United Methodist Church Com munity Concert Series Presents Naho Bessho, Pianisst — 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 131 W. Second St., Frederick. An accomplished pianist known for her lyrical and delicate tonality. Her awards include the Japan Classical Music Competition at age 19, and second prize at Yangtze-River Cup Interna tional Competition in 2001.  301-662-1464. office@calvaryumc.org. CalvaryUMC.org/concerts.

The Choral Arts Society of Frederick Presents “Souls, Spirits and Spirituals” — 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph-on-Carroll ton Manor Catholic Church, 5843 Manor Woods Road, Frederick. Performance will

John Rutter’s “Requiem” and Amer ican spirituals, featuring guest artists Dr. William D. Powell III on organ and Jennifer Irons as soprano soloist. Free will offering will be taken.

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185th Anniversary Concert — 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Rohrersville Band Hall, 4315 Main St., Rohrersville. The Rohrersville Concert Band will be holding a Concert to Celebrate the 185th Anniversary of its organization in 1837 and to honor Director Emeritus Richard Haynes for his 83 years of service. Our band is one of the three oldest community bands in the U.S., and it plays for civic events and parades throughout the Tri-state Area. The band’s repertoire covers a wide range of musical genres including patriotic music, big band sounds, Broadway show tunes, marches and popular numbers. Light refreshments to be served during intermission. Donations accepted. 301-471-9867. ronmoss11@verizon.net.

Organist Eric R. Riley in Concert — 4 p.m. at United Lutheran Seminary Chapel, 147 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, Pa. Riley, from Hummelstown, Pa., will present three Bach works, alternating with shorter works from the 19th century. Two works from the 20th century will serve as “bookends” for the concert.  717-339-1334. info@musicgettysburg.org.

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Shepherd Faculty Recital — 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown. The recital will feature Shepherd Univer sity’s voice faculty. For tickets, call Donna Rastelli at 301-739-5727 or go to wcmfa. org/concerts-lectures-2.

$10, free to museum members and 12 and younger. 301-739-5727. cschelle@wcmfa. org. wcmfa.org/concerts-lectures-2.

OUTDOORS

Frederick Ski & Snowboard Swap — 9 a.m. to noon at Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St., Frederick. The consignment sale will be in Building 14 on Oct. 15 and 16. 410-823-0509. Frederickskiswap@aol.com. swap.expert.

THEATER

“The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy” — 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at Other Voices Theatre, 244 S. Jefferson St., Frederick. The show is based upon “The Addams Family” characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre.

$18-$22. 301-662-3722. administration@ othervoicestheatre.org. othervoicestheatre.org.

Monday Oct. 17

CLASSES

Sol Yoga — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Walkersville Public Library, 2 S. Glade Road, Walkers ville. Join Sol Yoga for a relaxing Yoga class. 18 and older. 301-600-8200. fcpl.org.

MUSIC

Monday Night Music: Blues, Jazz, and a Whole Lot More: An Evening with Shelley Ensor and Friends — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Coley Rice Lounge, McDaniel Hall, 2 College Hill, Westminster. McDaniel music lecturer Shelley Ensor performs along with special guests.

Tuesday Oct. 18

CLASSES

Scottish Country Dance Class — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Clover Hill Civic Association Building, 8122 Glendale Drive, Frederick . The Frederick Scottish Country Dancers

invite you to learn traditional Scottish ballroom dancing. You don’t need to bring a partner with you, but you do need com fortable, soft-soled shoes. 202-320-9898. heatherwurzer@gmail.com. facebook.com/FrederickSCD.

ETCETERA

Pride On The Patio — 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Showroom, 882 N. East St., Fredrick. Week ly LGBTQIA social mixer. Relaxed an casual. Happy hour pricing, full menu available; drink special Gender Fluid. 21 and older. 240-409-8858. prideonthepatio@gmail. com. facebook.com/PrideOnThePatio.

FAMILY

“The Price Is Right Live” — 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Po tomac St., Hagerstown. The hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to hear their names called and “Come on Down” to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations and possibly a new car. $50-$66. 301-790-3500. ajv@ mdtheatre.org. mdtheatre.org/price-right.

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