72 HOURS Oct.20, 2022

FREDERICK NEEDS YOUR INPUT

The Downtown Frederick Partnership will host a workshop on Oct. 26 to talk about a plan to include a new sculpture to coincide with the redesigned Sev enth Street Fountain Park space in downtown Frederick. Construction on the fountain will begin in the summer of 2023. DFP wants your feedback on the public art piece. Here is a chance for us to come together as a community to envision the future aesthetic of this downtown space for generations to come. Find details at downtownfrederick.org/projects.

LAST WEEK FOR RENNFEST

If you’re thinking about going to this year’s Maryland Renaissance Festival, this is your last chance! The festival in Crownsville runs through Oct. 23, and then the royal court, jugglers and strolling troubadours pack it in for the season. If you find yourself wishing RennFest lasted all year, here’s your chance to take a piece of it into your daily life by signing up for local fencing classes. This week, Jacob McDonald, Frederick instructor and founder of Round Table Historical Fencing, provides us with some intel about what fencing is, what it isn’t, and what you need to know if you’re interested in learning it for yourself.

‘THE SPOON’

Here’s looking at you, Hood College staff, faculty, students and alumni! Balti more artist Jim Condron is exhibiting his paintings and found-object sculptures in the solo show “The Spoon” this week at the school, with a nod to the school’s wandering pink spoon trophy. Condron’s exquisite work often straddles the line between the personal and the historical and layers in ideas about weather, hol idays, seasons, food, disappointment, absurdity, youth and childhood. Stop in through Oct. 21 to see the work before the show comes down. The gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT OTHER VOICES

Other Voices Theatre was at the helm of Susan Thornton for many years. When she retired earlier this year, the community theater company knew she was leaving behind some big shoes to fill. Coming up as the theater’s new artistic director is Steve Cairns, who has been involved with the theater for about five years as an actor and director. In fact, in addition to his new role as artistic director, he is currently directing “The Addams Family,” a musical com edy that runs through Oct. 23. Stop by for a Halloween treat and see his work in action.

CATCH SOME LIVE MUSIC

Frederick has got some great options to hear live music this week. Catch the Irish quartet We Banjo 3 on Oct. 21 at the Weinberg Center; hear Mark Bryan, of Hootie & The Blowfish, on Oct. 22 in support of his most recent solo release, “Midlife Priceless,” also at the Weinberg Center; or, for a more intimate set, check out singer-songwriter Carey Anne Farrell at Beans in the Belfry on Oct. 21, when she performs a record release concert for her debut album, “Some one Else’s Wings.”

CELEBRATE SPOOKY SEASON

Carroll Arts Center is hosting a weeklong film program of seasonal classics — “It,” “Scooby-Doo,” “Dracula,” “Friday the 13th” and ending with “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — complete with pre-packaged audience interaction kits. If Netflix and Chill is more your speed, check out our lists in this week’s issue of classic Halloween films, as well as films to be released this year.

Meet Bob & Freddie. When it comes to local businesses, businesspeople and organizations in Frederick, they know best. Here is a personal interview with a 2021 Best of the Best winner or finalist about why they love what they do, helping those they serve and working in Frederick.

Hood College

2021 FINALIST FOR BEST COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY (REGIONAL)

401 Rosemont Avenue 301-696-3131 • hood.edu

BOB HISTORY

2019, 2021 – Finalist, College/University

2015-2018, 2020 – Winner, College/ University

WHAT MAKES HOOD COLLEGE DIFFERENT?

Rooted in the liberal arts and sciences, Hood offers 32 bachelor’s degrees, 25 concentrations and 45 minors. Hood’s Graduate School serves the needs of Frederick and surrounding regions with 19 master’s degrees, two doctorates and 11 graduate certificate programs. The College has launched innovative new programs, such as sustainability studies and nutrition science, while also expanding business and nursing programs to meet emerging workforce needs.

Hood is a diverse, close-knit community with a focus on student engagement. Small class sizes allow for individualized attention from professors who are experts in their fields. Hood’s proximity to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., in addition to local partnerships with major organizations like the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, allow for ample internship, networking and research opportunities. College towns are known for their youthful, intellectual energy, and Downtown Frederick is no exception.

HOW IS HOOD MAKING HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE?

College takes drive, passion and resources. At Hood, we’re here to help with all of it, even the money part. Hood administers a total of more than $40 million annually in financial aid to 100 percent of full-time undergraduate students. We’ve partnered with all community colleges in Maryland, offering students who graduate with associate degrees an easier pathway to a bachelor’s degree at Hood. As part of our pledge to promote educational equity, the Hood

Advantage program offers full-tuition grants for Maryland students with the highest financial need. Through our NeighborHOOD Partners program, employees of partner organizations and their dependents can benefit from tuition discounts. We’re proud to be nationally ranked #20 Best Value School by U.S. News & World Report.

WHAT’S NEW AND EXCITING AT HOOD?

Hood recently announced the establishment of The Ruth Whitaker Holmes School of Behavioral and Health Sciences, the new home of the College’s nutrition, counseling, nursing, psychology, sociology, social work and public health programs. Hood has an expanded partnership with Frederick Health to establish a new space for the Departments of Nursing and Public Health. The College’s nursing program was ranked 12th-best in the DMV in August.

Hood’s new Data Driven Frederick program, housed within The George B. Delaplaine Jr. School of Business, is a valuable resource that offers data analytics to Frederick-based organizations. The program recently received support from the PNC Foundation to assist in data collection and dissemination.

In conjunction with the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, Hood launched an expanded and enhanced curriculum to Leadership Frederick County. The partnership will feature embedded leadership masterclasses via the College’s doctoral program, marking the first time that graduate-level instruction has been incorporated into the curriculum

Heavy Seas Beer in Baltimore

In this episode of the UnCapped podcast, host Chris Sands talks with Heavy Seas Beer founder Hugh Sisson about their recently released canned cocktails, Heavy Seas over the years, the craft beer industry as a whole, as well as supply shortages and other dif ficulties facing craft breweries today. Here is an excerpt of their talk.

UnCapped: It’s been so long since the last time I talked to you, I can’t re member if we decided you were the Godfather or the Grandfather of Mary land Beer.

Hugh Sisson: I’m not so sure, but that always makes me feel old. I’ve been doing it a long time.

UnCapped: I feel increasingly old every time I talk to anyone lately … be cause everyone is so much younger now. But Heavy Seas has been instru mental in every aspect of what Mary land beer is now and how you can op erate legally. Heavy Seas has been there lobbying and advocating.

Sisson: We’ve certainly been heav ily involved in craft beer since the be ginning. It started with being for the legalization of brewpubs in 1987. My family’s bar restaurant in Baltimore be came the first brewpub in Baltimore in 1989, stayed involved in the legisla tive measures there to get the growl er bills passed, the amount of volumes people could sell, and have been pret ty heavily involved in all of those ac tivities. I was one of the cofounders of the Brewers Association of Mary land. It’s been a long road. It’s been very rewarding. I’ve certainly met a lot of wonderful people along the way — some of them even in the Legislature.

UnCapped: It is crazy to think back, probably close to a decade now, to how different breweries had to oper ate.

Sisson: The taproom legislation completely changed the business model.

UnCapped: Really until five or six years ago, the taproom was really an afterthought here.

Sisson: Yes, for us it was because it wasn’t part of our overall business plan. now the taproom is an increas ingly important part of our business plan, partly from a revenue perspec tive, and partly from a brand experi ence perspective. Our taproom here is going to get renovated from now until probably early spring, because we feel we need to make this much more of a branding and marketing platform for our overall product experience.

UnCapped: I think the first time I was ever here, the taproom was that tiny, little corner.

Sisson: Yep.

UnCapped: It was just the width of the bar, basically.

Sisson: It certainly has evolved. It’s an emerging part of our overall business plan. It was a game-chang er, because there are so many smaller breweries all over the country whose business model is completely around their taproom business with a little bit of outside sales. We’re clearly the oth er way around.

UnCapped: Which was probably beneficial for you over the past two, three years.

Sisson: That whole COVID experi ence was a real kick in the tush for ev erybody in this industry. … To give you some relevant numbers, draft busi ness was 35% of our business when COVID hit. In January 2020, I had ap proximately 2,000 accounts purchas ing draft beer. In April, I had six.

UnCapped: Yeah, that’s a drop off. That’s not the graph you want to see.

Sisson: Now, let’s not lose sight of the people who really got hurt, the people who owned those bars and restaurants. They lost everything.

UnCapped: I’m always interested in breweries that have been around for a while and obviously went with bottling first, because no craft brewery was getting a canning line 15 years ago.

Sisson: Fifteen years ago, 95%-plus of all craft beer was sold in 12-ounce glass bottles.

UnCapped: Yeah. Everyone thought that you couldn’t get a good beer in a can, that it would taste like aluminum, that only the crappy beer was in cans.

Sisson: Well, Dales began to change that paradigm.

UnCapped: We got the press re lease for what I guess is the largest ex ploding segment in alcohol right now. You came out with a mixed eight-pack of crafted cocktails.

Sisson: And then we have the Or ange Crush and Watermelon Crush.

last eight years. The beer business, as it stands alone, is becoming extreme ly challenging. Nationally, I think beer is down 3% to 4% this year. Beer has been losing share to spirits for 15 years.

UnCapped: Is craft also losing that?

Sisson: Absolutely. The whole beer industry. So what you’re seeing is a lot of beer companies are morphing into what we call beverage companies. If you wanna continue to play in the game, you’re gonna have to do some stuff. You have to be ready to broaden what you offer and look at lots of dif ferent market segments.

This excerpt has been edited for space and clarity. Listen to the full pod cast at fnppodcasts.com/uncapped. Got UnCapped news? Email csands@ newspost.com.

Mela Kitchen at Jack's Cider House

Home of Jack's Hard Cider Nestled behind the Outlet Shoppes at Gettysburg

Chris Sands

Crab meets pizza at Gambrill Mt. Food Co.

Gambrill Mt. Food Co. has come a long way since its start as a food truck in 2018. The Frederick eatery found a brick-and-mor tar home on North East Street in Frederick before moving to its current location on South Bentz Street. The menu spans cultures with offerings such as bahn mi, Cubano sandwich, bao bun, chicken parmesan sand wich, fish and chips, and Philly cheesesteak. They’ve got brunch covered, too, with dishes like chicken and waffles and a variety of brunch cocktails from their full bar. They go way beyond the Bloody Mary. If the menu were not diverse enough, co-owners Ben Cohen and Jasmin Tregon ing recently added pizza. They offer 14- and 20-inch pies and highly recommend the Maryland soft-shell crab pizza, topped with two crispy soft-shell crabs. The owners pride themselves on being a go-to spot for every one, whether you just finished a day on the construction site or stepped out of a business meet ing for lunch. They also frequent ly host live music. As Tregoning puts it, they take popular foods and add Gambrill Mt. magic to them.

GAMBRILL MT. FOOD CO. 6 S. Bentz St., Frederick 240-439-4103

Gambrillmtfood.co facebook.com/gambrillmtfoodco Instagram: @gambrillmtfoodco Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tues day through Thursday, 8 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday Price: Entrées range from $13 to $41

The owners recommend: Maryland soft-shell crab pizza with a cream of crab soup base, artichoke dip, Old Bay, provolo ne, asiago cheese and mozzarel la. The pizza is topped with crispy soft-shell crabs and features a New York City-style crust, brushed with toasted fennel and garlic butter.

— Mary Grace Keller WATCH THE VIDEO AT NEWSPOST.COM

ABOVE: Co-owners Jasmin Tregoning, left, and Ben Cohen sit for a portrait with their soft-shell crab pizza at Gambrill Mt. Food Co. in Frederick on Oct. 12. LEFT: The softshell crab 14-inch pizza.

Staff photos by Katina Zentz

MUSIC

Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish will perform his solo material at the Weinberg

BY SHUAN BUTCHER Special to The News-Post

Growing up just down the road in Gaithersburg, Mark Bryan listened to a lot of classic rock — Hendrix, Zeppe lin, Van Halen — music that would in spire his own career in the music in dustry.

“My parents were playing good music when I was a kid,” Bryan said during a recent phone interview with 72 Hours.

It was a performance of “My Gen eration,” in particular, that served as a catalyst for Bryan. The Who per formed the song on The King Biscuit Flower Hour, a syndicated radio show that featured performances by rock musicians.

“It was something about the energy of that song that affected me in a way that nothing else had at that point,” Bryan said.

At that pivotal moment, Bryan start ed learning to play guitar and wanted to write songs of his own.

In the decades since, Bryan has gone on to play with multiple bands, most notably Hootie and the Blowfish, which has sold over 20 million records and won two Grammy Awards.

Bryan will bring his music to the Weinberg Center for the Arts on Oct. 22 with The Screaming Trojans, a mix of musician friends that have known each other for decades. The group’s name is inspired by the local high schools they attended, including Sen eca Valley High School (The Scream ing Eagles) and Gaithersburg High School (The Trojans).

“These are my buddies from grow ing up,” Bryan said. “Everyone’s re fined their skills, so it is a dream to be playing in a side band with all my friends.”

In his earlier years, Bryan and his classmates and friends would play in various cover bands. His first official gig was playing for a sweet 16 birth day party at the Holiday Inn in Gaith ersburg when he was 15. During his senior year of high school, Bry an thought it was a big deal when his band landed the opportunity to play at The Gentry in D.C.

Then it became about writing songs and having something to say and having some purpose behind it, he said.

“That is when I knew it was some thing I wanted to do for the rest of my life.”

While in college at the University of South Carolina, Bryan was listening to R.E.M., U2 and other ’80s rock. When he became a DJ, his musical tastes broadened even more.

“That is when I discovered that genre is unimportant and good songs is where it is at,” he said.

He also met fellow student Dari us Rucker on campus during this time, and they started playing music to

gether, eventually leading to the for mation of the band Hootie and the Blowfish.

The two influenced each other mu sically, Bryan said.

“Darius turned me on to Amer icana that I still listen to today,” he said. “As a rock guy growing up, I had dismissed country. But I found this alt-country and realized this is some of the best stuff out there. It is about the sincerity in the message.”

Being the guitarist for Hootie and the Blowfish has been a dream come

true for Bryan.

“You get to have a career with your best friends, doing what you love. What is considered work is play for us.”

At 55 years old, Bryan still gets to play with his best friends, including Hootie and the Blowfish bassist Dean Felber, who played in a cover band with Bryan in high school. “We’ve been jamming together since we were about 14 or 15 years old.”

Bryan’s solo career has never been about celebrity or money; it has been

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Mark Bryan

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about staying active when Hootie was in a down time, Bryan said. He has al ways had more songs that hadn’t seen the light of day, so whenever Hootie would take a break, Bryan would re cord those songs. He has done that four times now, his most recent album being “Midlife Priceless,” released in 2021.

“It eventually became about what I want to do or what I want to say as a solo artist,” he said.

All of the songs on Bryan’s album were probably pitched for the last Hootie album, he said. Not everything makes the cut.

“It doesn’t mean it is a bad song, but we had like 80 songs to choose from,” he said.

Bryan starts writing each song with the idea that it could end up being a Hootie song, even if it is quite person al, like a song he wrote for his daugh ter.

“Each song is open to interpreta tion,” Bryan said. “Sometimes it be comes more personal, but at the same time, I want to have a message that everyone can relate to and that Dar ius can relate to if he were to sing it. I try to keep my message universal, but sometimes you have to sing about what’s personal in order to relate to people. … That’s a delicate balance.”

Bryan says his best songs just come to him.

“I can be intentional about it. I can

sit down in a room with people and write a song about a topic. My favor ite stuff comes out of the ether, when I am in the shower or when I am driv ing. There is no rhyme or reason to it.”

The idea behind “Midlife Priceless” is to enjoy whatever point you are at in your life, whatever age.

He will perform some of its songs, as well as renditions of Hootie and the Blowfish songs, at his Frederick show with The Screaming Trojans, who have played Frederick twice before — once at Flying Dog Brewery and again at Frederick’s 4th at Baker Park.

“I want to feel something from the music I listen to,” Bryan said, “and I want others to feel something from the music I make.”

Mark Bryan and The Screaming Trojans

Michael Heister, from Buckeystown, will open the show. Heister is a student at the University of Maryland and a son of Kevin Heister, a member of The Screaming Trojans. Musicians from Frederick’s Let There Be Rock School will also perform. When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 Where: Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick Tickets: $30 Info: 301-600-2828, weinbergcenter.org

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Mark Bryan

Singer-songwriter Carey Anne Farrell in Brunswick

Singer-songwriter Carey Anne Far rell, a Frederick native who current ly resides in Chicago, will return to Maryland on Oct. 21 to perform a re cord release concert at Beans in the Belfry in support of her debut album, “Someone Else’s Wings.”

The show will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brunswick venue.

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Frederick, Farrell started vocal training at age 7, later add ing trombone, guitar and other as sorted noisemakers to her skill set. In 2002, she moved to Chicago and began taking songwriting classes at the Old Town School of Folk Music while playing local clubs and coffee houses.

Life (and grad school) intervened for a little while, but with the help of Theme Music, a Facebook group where musicians of all skill lev els come together to record songs based on weekly themes, Farrell found her way back to music.

Farrell’s versatile mezzo-soprano voice, sweet melodies and thought ful lyrics have garnered compari sons to Dar Williams, Aimee Mann and Chrissie Hynde. “Someone Else’s Wings” is an eclectic collection of original songs about family, loss, fan dom, art, femininity, mythology and entomology. From the gentle folk of “Back East” to the swirling dreampop of “Elena by the Ocean,” and from the hypnotic “Breathe With Me” to the searing “Cassandra Sleeps,” “Someone Else’s Wings” spans genres as well as subject matter.

Offstage, Farrell is the author of the young adult novel “Forward March,” the photographer behind best-selling author Erin Morgen stern’s beloved “Flax-Golden Tales,” a preschool teacher and private mu sic instructor, and an enthusiastic dancer. She lives with her husband and her ever-growing collections of records, books, musical instruments and creepy dolls.

Courtesy photo Carey Anne Farrell

WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes is Heartly House’s annual walk and fundraiser to support the work Heartly House does in the community and for clients. This year’s walk is pay-what-youcan and will be dedicated to the memory of Blaine Hoffmann.

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Halloween 101

A HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS

As with many celebrations, Hallow een is steeped in traditions, many of which can be traced back quite some time. Since Halloween is believed to have originated from Celtic pagan, an cient Roman and early Christian events, its traditions are varied. Here is a deep look at some old traditions associated with Halloween.

BONFIRES: Historians trace many traditions of Halloween to a Celtic hol iday known as Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts lived 2,000 years ago in parts of what is now Northern France, Great Britain and Ireland. During Sam hain, people believed that the door be tween the worlds of the living and the dead was blurred. On Samhain, Celts believed the ghosts of the dead re turned. Druids made predictions about the future at this time of year. It was cus tomary to build large, sacred bonfires and burn crops and other sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

TRICK-OR-TREATING: Christianity spread throughout Celtic regions and blended with other rituals. Pope Grego ry III expanded on a holiday Pope Bon iface IV established to honor Christian martyrs to include all saints and martyrs. All Saints Day on Nov. 1 commemo rates the venerable saints, and All Souls Day on Nov. 2 celebrates loved ones who went on to eternal rest. All-Hallows Eve (Halloween) was a time to pay hom age to the dead. Poor children would go door-to-door in more affluent neigh borhoods offering to say prayers for residents’ deceased loved ones in ex change for some food or money. This was known as “souling,” which became the basis for trick-or-treating. Later the tradition became known as “guising” in areas of Scotland, where children would go around in costumes.

WITCHES: Images of witches rid ing broomsticks are everywhere come Halloween, and witch costumes remain a standard. Almanac.com indicates that during the Middle Ages, women who practiced divination were dubbed “witches,” from the Anglo-Saxon word

Carving pumpkins is tradition on Halloween. Turnips were the material of choice in ancient Ireland, but they were replaced with pumpkins when immigrants came to America.

“wicce,” or “wise one.” It was believed the witches could go into a trancelike state, and would do so in front of their fireplaces. Superstitious people be lieved the witches could fly out of their chimneys on broomsticks and terrorize others with magical deeds.

CARVING PUMPKINS: Removing the insides of pumpkins and carving them into funny or fearsome faces may be messy work, but it’s tradition on Hal loween. Turnips were the material of choice in ancient Ireland, but they were replaced by pumpkins when immi grants came to America. The “lanterns” were made with scary faces and lit to frighten away spirits.

DID YOU KNOW?

It is impossible to identify the first Halloween costume and which masks the earliest celebrants donned in efforts to keep away evil spirits during Sam hain.

According to Lesley Bannatyne, an author who has written extensively

Metro

went over clothes. Modern costumes are far more complex.

CLASSIC HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FROM YEARS PAST

It’s no small task coming up with a memorable holiday costume. Certain costumes tie into popular culture, while others are classics that will never go out of style. Here’s a look at pop culture costumes that were trendy in years past.

• 1976: Charlie’s Angels: These em powered women crime fighters blew up on TV, and many girls wanted to be them in real life, and on Halloween.

• 1977: Star Wars characters: From Luke to Obi Wan to Darth Vader, this hit movie permanently changed popular culture and inspired Halloween cos tumes for decades to come.

• 1978: Michael Myers: The familiar white (William Shatner-inspired) mask became well known this year and still makes its mark on Halloween festivities more than 40 years later.

about the history of Halloween, masks and coverups were designed to sym bolize ghosts and the souls of the dead, first for Samhain and later for the cus tom of “souling.”

Costumes of saints and evil spir its also were popular during this time. When immigrants brought Hallow een customs to North America, early 20th-century costumes featured much of the same — ghosts and ghouls.

It wasn’t until the 1920s and 1930s that pop culture began to infiltrate cos tumes. In fact, one of the first costume companies, J. Halpern Company, be gan licensing pop culture images like Mickey Mouse and Popeye around this time.

By the 1960s, costumes were large ly store-bought, spurring entire indus tries. Many 1980s kids recall buying boxed costumes that consisted of rigid plastic masks with eye holes (and very small holes by the mouth and nose) that stayed in place with thin elastic straps, and a plastic sheeting costume that

• 1981: Indiana Jones: Harrison Ford made the archaeologist/adventurer so exciting in “Raiders of the Lost Arc,” donning a fedora and brandishing a whip became very popular.

• 1982: Elliott and E.T.: Steven Spiel berg’s masterpiece of a young boy and his alien friend made this a popular year for anything that had to do with the film. This included riding bicycles while wearing red hoodies.

• 1983: Princess Leia: “Return of the Jedi” introduced audiences to different sides of Princess Leia, helping to solidify her popularity as a Halloween icon.

• 1984: Freddy Krueger: This “Night mare on Elm Street” icon caused many nightmares in real life, and his bladetipped glove and familiar striped shirt could be seen on kids across the nation.

• 1985: Hulk Hogan: Were you dressed as Hulk Hogan? It’s likely if you were a warm-blooded boy in the mid80s, when Hulkamania was at its peak.

• 1986: Care Bears and California Raisins: If you were young in 1986, you might have dressed up as a cuddly Care Bear or a suave, singing California Raisin.

— Metro

THEATER

Other Voices Theatre’s new artistic director finds passion on the community stage

BY MARY GRACE KELLER mkeller@newspost.com

At 6 years old, Steve Cairns landed his first role, as Oliver.

It wasn’t his last.

More than five decades later, Cairns serves as ar tistic director of Other Voices Theatre in Frederick. The Brunswick thespian’s roles at the theater have spanned nine shows, including the Chairman in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” and Miss Trunchbull in “Matilda.”

Born in Michigan, Cairns received degrees in the ater and education from Anderson University in In diana. He realized he did not want to teach, so he went to work in theater in the Midwest. Cairns then made the leap to Los Angeles, where he honed his craft, taking classes and auditioning for roles.

He went on tour with Bridgework Theatre, then moved to Cleveland and formed North Coast Pro ductions with his sister, producing two musicals.

Then Cairns put his theater career on hold for about 23 years to focus on raising his five children.

“I always missed it,” he admitted.

Cairns returned to theater in 2015 and joined Other Voices Theatre about five years ago.

“I kept hearing all these great things about Oth er Voices and Susan Thornton,” who served as artis tic director prior to Cairns. The two are now close friends, he said.

Years ago, when Cairns heard Other Voices The atre needed people for its production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” he submitted a video of himself singing and landed the role of a priest in the musi cal, his first show with the theater.

Now, as artistic director, his responsibility is to set the vision for Other Voices. He has to think about the theater’s brand and what shows fit it best. Cairns described Other Voices as a family theater, which it does well, but he also thinks it could reach a wider audience. He would like to explore expanding to in clude more contemporary, edgier theater, perhaps with shows such as “Rent” or “Avenue Q.”

Cairns is also interested in offering directing and playwriting classes to adults.

He lauded Thornton for the strong foundation she set.

“Theater is a community. When you find people you like and you want to try to work with them, you take what you can to work with them,” Cairns said.

Working onstage and behind the scenes over the years, he realized his passion lies in community the ater. It is not where you make the big bucks — Cairns has a day job as a recruiting manager for a govern ment contractor — and it’s probably not the place where you’ll get your big break, either.

“You don’t go to community theater ... to be a star,” Cairns said. “You’ll be Frederick famous, may be, but that’s about it.”

Rather, community theater is the place where you build lasting relationships, Cairns says.

Addams Family’ at Other Voices Theatre

care about each other very much.”

Typically, Cairns spends two or three nights a week at Other Voices, but lately, he is there almost every night as director of “The Addams Family,” a musical comedy making its run this month, with re maining shows on Oct. 21, 22 and 23.

After work at his day job on Oct. 5, Cairns came to the theater to prepare for opening weekend. They worked out some kinks with the fog machine and found creative solutions to a complex set de sign. Overall, Cairns felt pretty good.

“I have really good actors,” he said.

Cairns always wanted to play Gomez but said he was happy to be directing.

John Glymph, who plays Lurch, said Cairns is quite detailed as director.

“I’ve done shows all over D.C. in different com munity theaters. ... I’ve done some professional the ater out here as well. But I always kind of come back to Other Voices, because it’s where I’m comfortable, and [these are] the people I love to be around.”

Some actors come and go, so it can be difficult to develop lasting relationships with all of them, but those who stay with the theater company hold a special place in Cairns’ heart.

“These are my best friends here,” he said. “We all

“It’s a very funny show,” Glymph added. “The mu sic’s great.”

Striding across the stage before rehearsal, Cairns pointed out details in the set. He explained how people contributed to its design. As dancers filed in, he greeted them warmly, then let out a contented sigh. Cairns feels at home on the Other Voices The atre stage.

“We may never be Broadway,” he said, “but we do some darn good shows.”

Staff photo by Katina Zentz

Artistic director Steve Cairns sits for a portrait at Other Voices Theatre on Oct. 5.

Saddling up for a high desert adventure at Southern Colorado’s Zapata Ranch

BY RACHEL WALKER

The Washington Post

It’s a stunning autumn day at some 9,000 feet above sea level in Southern Colorado. An expansive sky stretches from the sandy dunes over which I’m riding on horseback with my 12-yearold son, Henry, and our guide, Ame lia, a wrangler at the nearby Med ano-Zapata Ranch, where we are staying for a three-day fall harvest fes tival. In the distance, the yellowing leaves of aspen trees illuminate moun tain ridges. The sure-footed horses navigate the dunes with ease. It rained last night, and the dense sand is springy underfoot. But Pickles, Henry’s horse, would prefer to dawdle. Amelia offers clear instruction — “shorten your reins, look where you want to go, give her a kick, let her know you mean it” — and Henry talks to his horse in a gentle voice as he tries to propel her forward.

I’m tempted to weigh in. After all, I am his mother and a former eques trian, and I know a thing or two about trail riding. But what 12-year-old wants his mom bossing him around on a long weekend vacation where we are supposed to be bonding? Besides, Amelia is the perfect combination of instruction and confidence-boosting, and before I know it, Henry and Pickles overtake my horse and me. We crest the dune, admire the view and de scend to the valley floor. When Amelia asks if we want to canter, Henry enthu siastically answers in the affirmative. Soon we’re racing across this iconic western landscape, and my heart soars with exhilaration and gratitude.

It wasn’t hard to convince Henry to skip a day of school for a long week end road trip with me to the San Luis Valley, 260 miles south of our home in Boulder. With the promise of delicious chef-cooked meals, horseback riding, a ranch stay and one night of glamp

ing, he eagerly packed his bag and helped navigate our long drive south over mountain passes and into the stark high desert, a landscape of har dy, prickly vegetation, vast plains, mas sive dunes created by the combination of wind, water, sand and a mountain ous barrier.

A word about navigating the San Luis Valley: It’s big. Having your own car is essential, as nothing is close to anything else. Fortunately, once we got to Zapata Ranch, we were able to park the car and forget about it.

In fact, from the moment we stepped onto Zapata’s grounds, we more or less forgot about anything that did not revolve around ranch life, riding, or eating five-course dinners

prepared with locally sourced ingredi ents, including beef and bison raised on the ranch.

Like the other guests who filled the 17-room lodge, we felt as if we had discovered a magical world. I was fascinated with the ranch’s histo ry and mission. The Nature Conser vancy bought the 103,000-acre Zapa ta Ranch in 1999 from a private owner who had embarked on a bison resto ration program with the goal of cre ating a genetically pure herd without any beef DNA. In 2004, the nonprof it organization partnered with Ranch lands, a private ranch management company, to manage the Nature Con servancy’s 2,000-animal bison herd and to restore the property to native

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vegetation through a concentrated ef fort that used cattle grazing, pasture rotation and more.

In 2009, Ranchlands began host ing guests at the lodge and in the aux iliary Stewart House, where Henry and I stayed. I appreciated that the house was a short walk from the lodge, of fering an evening digestif stroll, and he loved that it had a pool table. With a guest season that runs from March through October, Zapata has work shops, series and seminars that last anywhere from two days to a week. Guests are immersed in whatever spe cialty event they’ve registered for and also learn about the ranch operations through hands-on experience that in cludes horseback riding, touring the bison operation and interacting with the ranch staff, including Kate Mathe son, the busy ranch manager, who pa tiently answers questions about cattle, bison, the ecosystem and more.

Our weekend’s focus was on local food and farm-to-table meals, while events through the rest of the 2022 season include a writing workshop with author Pam Houston and bird ing with “Birding Magazine” editor Ted Floyd. Next season’s programs haven’t yet been announced but will likely in clude classics like botanical foraging and wildlife photography, and more specialized workshops.

Henry was the only kid at the ranch, but the other guests were friendly, and with his easygoing attitude, he fit right in. He also helped me see things through fresh eyes.

On a clear, dark night, he paused and pointed overhead to the brilliant Milky Way and the star-spangled sky. He put a finger to his lips. In the dis tance, a pack of coyotes yipped and howled. Henry’s eyes widened in en chantment, and he looped his arm through mine. Mother-and-son bond ing at its finest.

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Henry Walker, the author’s son, gets riding tips from Amelia, a wrangler at Zapata Ranch.

”Breathtaker: The Groundbreaking Graphic Novel From Concept to Com ics” — through Oct. 29, McDaniel Col lege, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery in Pe terson Hall, 2 College Hill, Westminster.

Featuring original works of art in con junction with the remastered edition of Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel’s ac claimed graphic novel “Breathtaker.”

Features more than 90 original works of art and explores the creative and phys ical processes undertaken during the original production of the “Breathtaker” comic in the 1990s, as well as how the work was re-adapted during the prepa ration stages for the Titan Comics re-re lease. 410-857-2595 or estherprangley ricegallery.com.

”Upcycle!” — through Oct. 29, Black Rock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. Art work with intriguing details and unusu al, repurposed materials. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. 301528-2260 or blackrockcenter.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. 301698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”Together Alone” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Paintings by Lusmerlin Lanti qua that explore the relationships with one’s womanhood, shared humani ty, 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. Sun day. Free admission. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”Toward Winter” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Woodcut prints by Max Win kler, long-time artist and teacher. Now in his 80s, Winkler reflects on the sea sons of the year and the seasons of his life, utilizing two major themes of his ca reer: landscapes and the human fig ure. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun day. Free admission. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”Contemporary Innovations” — through Oct. 30, Delaplaine Arts Cen ter, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Works by McKay Otto, meditations on timeless ness and the boundaries between the material and immaterial. Paintings and

Horse of a different color Equestrian paintings displayed

Rebecca Pearl will exhibit her third all-equestrian show at Artist Angle Gallery this month.

A reception for “Horse Power,” her exhibit of new paintings, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 27 at Artist Angle, 124 S. Carroll St., Frederick.

“I am so grateful to have this exposure in downtown Frederick, and paint the subject I love the most,” Pearl says.

See rebeccapearl.com for info about the artist. Call 240-285-3758 for more information about the gallery.

sculptures that collaborate 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 Gallery, 4880 El mer Derr Road, Frederick. Photogra phy by Chris Fowler. View on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday by appoint ment only. BAGalleryappointment@ gmail.com.

”Unshuttered” — through Oct. 30, Gas light Gallery, 118 E. Church St., Fred erick. Celebrating the contributions of The Frederick News-Post photojournal ists to understanding the world around us. Produced and curated by Nancy Luse, an FNP journalist from “back in

the day” of black-and-white photogra phy, 1970s to the 1990s. Gallery hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Call or text 703-309-3826 to schedule an appointment.

”It’s A Fright” — through Oct. 30. North Gallery of the Mansion House Art Cen ter & Gallery, 480 Highland Ave., Hager stown City Park. By the Valley Art Associ ation members. Free admission. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 301-7972867 or facebook.com/valleyartassoci ation.

”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 Market Street. Gal lery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun day. Free admission. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”Staying Alive” — through Oct. 30, East side Artists’ Gallery, 313 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Works by Ron Richard Bavi ello. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. east sideartistsgallery.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. eastsideart istsgallery.com.

Hispanic Heritage Celebration Art Ex hibit — through Nov. 13, Activity Cen ter at Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. Collage artist Roxana Ro jas-Luzon is special guest curator. She selected 39 pieces of art in a variety of two-dimensional mediums. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Fri day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sun day. 301-258-6394 or gaithersburgmd. gov.

Artists in the Mary Pfister Group Exhibit — through Nov. 20, Links Bridge Vineyards Tasting Room, 8830 Old Links Bridge Road, Thurmont. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 301-602-5733 or linksbridgevineyards. com.

”Emanations” — through November, Majestic Theater’s art gallery, 25 Carl isle St., Gettysburg, Pa. A collection of abstract figurative portraits of Abraham Lincoln by artist Wendy Allen, who has been painting portraits of Lincoln since 1983. Box office and gallery hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, noon to 7:30 p.m. Sat urday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 717-3378235 or gettysburgmajestic.org.

”The Nature of Catoctin Mountain” — through December at Urbana Region al Library, 9020 Amelung St., Urbana; satellite location of the Delaplaine Arts Center. This collection of photography is comprised of flora and fauna found in the Catoctin 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. Sunday. fcpl. org.

”Travels” — through December at Thur mont Regional Library, 76 E. Moser Road, Thurmont. Photography by Beam ie Young from the photographer’s trav els and a desire to discover new images, patterns and narratives. fcpl.org.

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From New York to Baltimore

OK, I confess that I took a quick trip up to the Em pire State this month to drop in on the four-day New York Comic Con, which was, in short, complete sen sory overload. That should be no surprise — despite having “comic” in the title, the NYCC is more of a dazzling multimedia extravaganza.

Most of the short time I had avail able, I spent with my good friend, pod cast host and comics encyclopedia Tony Esmond, table hopping down stairs in artists alley. Esmond had trav eled from the U.K. to the Big Apple to visit the con, as he does pretty much annually, so we arranged to meet up and hit the event together, do a little dining and talk about “Tony Osmond, Part II,” the sequel to a book we pub lished under the Tribute banner a cou ple of years ago. (Stay tuned.)

NYCC’s immensity is hard to ade quately describe. Three floors, thou sands of booths and vendors, the biggest stars from movies and comics attend (although you’ll have to pay top dollar to get close). And every one of those floors is shoulder to shoulder with collectors, spec tacle hunters, cosplayers, autograph hunters — you name it.

To be honest, it was all exhaustingly overwhelm ing, and when I left Friday evening, I was complete ly over stimulated and my social battery tapped out. I did manage to chat with a few of my favor ite creators and meet some new ones, and I got to spend time with my favorite people, the hosts of the 11 O’Clock Comics Podcast, David A. “DAP” Price, Vince Bonavoglia and Ja son Wood. Fine gentlemen. And that’s also kinda my excuse for not doing any Long Box interviews …

On to something a little more local and a favorite of mine in the region al comics circuit: The Baltimore Comic Con, which is coming Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30 at the Baltimore Conven tion Center.

This is a show I’ve been going to for years, and it’s been a pleasure to watch it grow. Whereas, yes, there’s a ton of celebs who aren’t particularly comics adjacent (John Leguizamo, for example), I can grin and bear it because the organizers allow a lot of room for comics.

Top billing goes to comics legends Frank Miller and Jim Lee (if you don’t know those names, don’t bother asking), the guest list is packed with recog

nizable names, and artists alley is lined with talent ed creators. Plenty of booths sell back issues and original art for the collector types. And, for the fam ilies, there’s a hefty portion of the program dedicat ed to kids.

I should note here that my personal art hero and comic all-star Alan Davis will be there. True story: He was at BCC a few years back, and I couldn’t work up the courage to talk to him. “Maybe next year,” I said. That was maybe 10 years ago. He hasn’t been at a show since, as far as I’m aware.

So, yes, I have two missions. Talk to him and buy an original art commission. And … and … maybe be cheeky enough to ask him for an interview.

(Yes, I was a hard-charging reporter at the time, not afraid of anyone, and there I was, watching the master at work, and all of a sudden, I was 12 again, virtually weeing my pants in fear. Please, god, don’t let me bottle it this time.)

EXTRAS … Esmond co-hosts the Awesome Com ics Podcast, which you can hear at awesomecomics. podbean.com. Episode 380 is Tony’s rundown of NYCC. (He also has his own excellent comics anal ysis podcast at neverironanything.com.) You can listen to the 11 O’Clock Comics Podcast lads at 11oclockcomics.com.

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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FENCING TIPS FROM A PRO

SWORD FIGHT?

BY GINA GALLUCCI-WHITE Special to the News-Post

While attending the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, many of us have looked on from the stands as knights battle each other in staged sword-fighting matches.

For those who want to learn how to swing a real sword and battle an opponent in a safe learning environment, a local Frederick group offers an opportunity to gear up and fight (for real).

Round Table Historical Fencing provides a weekly Sun day class with sparring opportunities in the historical Euro pean-style of martial arts training with a focus on the Ger man long sword as a weapon. Founded in 2018, the group was initially called Cymbrogi after the Celtic word for “com panions of the heart.” Last year, they moved toward a more community-led model and rebranded as Round Table.

72 Hours reached out to group founder Jacob McDon ald, to learn more about sword fighting and get some tips straight from a pro.

YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SWORD FIGHTING TO PARTICIPATE.

While martial arts or sports background is helpful, a par ticipant in the group does not need any background knowl edge to start sword fighting. “Anybody can do this,” he said. “When you come in here, we go pretty much at the level that you are wanting to.” Group members are going to be at different levels of sparring and they do not expect new members to reach those levels during their first classes.

“We really meet people where they are at and where their comfort is as we go through and explain the basics,” McDonald said. “They get to know how to hold a sword and we don’t even have them start sparring or interacting or fighting with other people until they feel comfortable.”

THIS IS NOT LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAYING.

Some people enjoy Live Action Role Playing, or LARPing, as it’s sometimes called, where participants portray fiction al characters and perform fight scenes with foam weapons. This group does not do that. that you have with it, you will be able to get there, too.”

SPARRING IS A GREAT FORM OF EXERCISE.

Group members are usually drenched in sweat after a session, and many lose weight as a result.

“You definitely get stronger,” McDonald said. “All of the long swords are somewhere between 3 to 4 pounds, so moving that in a way where you are constantly attacking and defending, it really gets your cardio going.”

A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SELF-DEFENSE TACTICS IS A TAKEAWAY.

As participants gain a martial mindset, they can better understand self-defense situations.

“What you are doing is constantly working with ‘how am I able to survive the situation when somebody has a weap on that is trying to hurt me?’” he said. “You are able to get comfortable in that situation and know how to

YOU DON’T NEED ANY GEAR TO

The group offers loaner gear, including padded jackets, helmets and long swords, as a way to be a more inclusive environ ment. “All you need to do is show up and put in the effort and give respect to everybody you are training with, and you are going to have a good time,” McDonald said.

YOU’LL WALK AWAY FROM EACH SESSION WITH A SENSE OF PRIDE.

One of the main things that Mc Donald hopes all group members take away from sessions is an un derstanding that they are capable of doing very difficult things.

“Sometimes people have never been in those high-pressure situa tions and might not have the con fidence to do it,” McDonald said, but he’s seen people’s efforts pay off. “You are going to learn that over time if you put your efforts into some thing consistently, no matter where you start in the beginning, you are able to conquer very difficult things.”

TIME TRAVEL TO FUN

Maryland Renaissance Festival

The Maryland Renaissance Festi val in Crownsville runs through Oct. 23 on Saturdays and Sundays, featuring weekends of thrills, feasting, handmade crafts, entertainment and merriment.

The 27-acre Village of Revel Grove comes to life each autumn with more than 200 professional performers on 10 stages, a 3,000-seat arena with armored jousting on magnificent steeds and streets filled with village characters.

Join His Most Royal Highness King Henry VIII in the forests and glades with over 140 artisans exhibiting crafts in their own renaissance shops, five tav erns featuring cool libations and 42 food and beverage emporiums provid ing a vast array of succulent and sweet treats.

The almost-continuous, onstage en tertainment features many returning favorite performers, such as Shake speare’s Skum, with rollicking 20-min ute renditions of the Bard’s most popu lar plays, as well as minstrels, magicians, musicians, jugglers and daring feats of skill and artistry. Returning this season is the jousting troupe Debracey Produc tions with a field full of horses, men in armor, chariots, trick riding and thrills.

Major additional acts include Marki ta’s One Woman Stunt Show; Hilby, the Skinny German Juggle Boy; the Danger Committee’s knife throwing; and Puke and Snot’s fast-paced humor. Add in a village full of stilt walkers, beggars, her mits, wenches, pickpockets, rakes and rogues for an entertainment experi ence not only to be seen but to be im mersed in.

Visit rennfest.com/entertainment for a full entertainment schedule.

Handmade wares by artists in their renaissance shops include metal work, wood sculpture, jewelry, furniture, cloth ing, footwear, ceramics, stained glass, headwear and glassblowing.

The king’s kitchens prepare onepound smoked turkey legs, steak on a stake, fresh crepes, stuffed chili pep pers, gyros, succulent ribs, a fresh sea food raw bar, sweet concoctions and sandwiches of chicken, fish, crab, beef and pork with all manner of sides to add to your table. Cool, mild drinks and an array of ales, ciders and wines will also be available.

Prices, event info and full schedules are available at marylandrenaissance festival.com.

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Jacob McDonald poses for a portrait on Aug. 24. Staff photo by Katina Zentz

WAREHOUSE CINEMAS NEWS AND EVENTS:

TAPPY HOUR WEDNESDAYS

50% OFF all beers and ciders on the self-serve beer wall. All Day.

SPECIAL EVENT

Daily showings of “Coraline” between October 17th - 27th and showing “Beetlejuice” all month long!

FILM LEAGUE

"Lost Boys" Wednesday, October 26th 7 PM & 7:30 PM

BRUNCH CLUB

"Practical Magic" Sunday, October 30th 11:30AM, 12:30PM, and 1:30PM

NEW MOVIES

Opening this week: "Black Adam" and “Ticket to Paradise”

FILM

Celebrate spooky season with classic horror films

Get ready for scares when the Scary-Tale Endings film series returns to the Carroll Arts Center. Celebrate spooky season with a classic horror film every night the week of Oct. 24 to 28. The week ends with a late-night screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Review all of the Carroll Arts Center’s current COVID-19 policies at CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org/covid-19-policies.

Tickets for the Monday through Thursday films are $7 for adults and $6 for ages 25 and under and 60 and up. “Rocky Horror” tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for ages 25 and under and 60 and up. Get tickets and more information at carrollcountyartscouncil.org, or call 410-848-7272. The Car roll Arts Center is at 91 W. Main St., Westminster.

‘DRACULA’ — 7:30 P.M. OCT. 24

The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), travels to London and takes up residence in an old cas tle. Soon, he begins to wreak havoc, sucking the blood of young women and turning them into vampires. When he sets his sights on Mina (Helen Chandler), the daugh ter of a prominent doctor, vampire-hunter Van Helsing (Ed ward Van Sloan) is enlisted to put a stop to the count’s nev er-ending bloodlust. 1931, NR.

‘SCOOBY-DOO’ — 7:30 P.M. OCT. 25

Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his clever crime-solving cohorts Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Velma (Linda Car dellini) are individually summoned to Spooky Island to in vestigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip Spring Break hot spot. 2002, PG.

‘FRIDAY THE 13TH’ — 7:30 P.M. OCT. 26

Crystal Lake’s history of murder doesn’t deter counsel ors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. The fresh-faced young people — Jack (Kevin Bacon), Alice (Adrienne King), Bill (Harry Crosby), Marcie (Jeannine Tay lor) and Ned (Mark Nelson) — pay little heed to the warn ings of locals and soon find themselves stalked by a brutal killer, struggling to stay alive against a merciless opponent. 1980, R.

‘IT’ — 7:30 P.M. OCT. 27

Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare — an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town’s children. Banding together over the course of one

horrifying summer, the friends must overcome their own personal fears to battle the murderous, bloodthirsty clown known as Pennywise. 2017, R.

‘THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW’ — 10 P.M. OCT. 28

When Brad and Janet’s (Barry Bostwick and Susan Sa randon) car breaks down, they take shelter at the mansion of the bizarre Dr. Frank-n-Furter (Tim Curry). Don those fish nets and stiletto heels and brush up on your “Time Warp” steps for this annual late night screening of the cult clas sic. Fans with the best get-ups will be awarded special priz es. Pre-packaged audience interaction kits can be ordered in advance for $5 and picked up at the door. The kits contain all the props needed to interact with the movie, and a card explaining when to use them. Outside props will not be per mitted. Patron Passes are not accepted for this film. 1975, R.

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Check out these scary movies

Come Halloween, televi sion networks and stream ing services offer their curat ed takes on frightening flicks worth watching. Some are hor ror masterpieces and others campy classics. Meanwhile, film studios continue to release hor ror films each year, and 2022 is no different. Here are some new movies worth checking out.

• “Hocus Pocus 2,” a sequel to the cult-classic film from 1993, stars Bet te Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and Doug Jones. This time, three young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern-day Salem.

• “Scream” — Neve Campbell, Cour teney Cox and David Arquette return to reprise roles they made famous 25 years ago. A new killer dons the “ghostface” mask and terrorizes a California town. Screams undoubted ly ensue.

• “Hellbender” — A teen and her mother reside in the woods and pursue a passion for making music. A chance encounter with another teen has Izzy learning about a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.

• “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” —

The sequel to the 1974 hit arrives streaming on Netflix. A new group of victims unknowingly disrupt Leather face’s home and are in for a grue some surprise.

• “Fresh” — Noa finally meets what appears to be the ideal guy in Steve during a meet-cute in the supermar ket. They exchange numbers and begin a relationship, planning to head away for the weekend. The rosy glow of their relationship soon extin guishes when Steve’s warped desires come to the surface.

• “The Requin” — A romantic trip goes south when a couple’s villa is swept to sea during a storm. The couple is forced to do what it takes to survive. The added horror comes from sharks circling them below.

• “Umma” — This supernatural thriller tells the story of Amanda, a quiet beekeeper who receives her mother’s ashes from South Korea. She is told that the mother’s “anger will grow as long as she remains in the box.” Soon after Amanda is tor mented by her mother’s spirit.

• “Morbius” — This offering from

Marvel tells the tale of Michael Mor bius. When he tries to cure himself of a rare blood disorder, Morbius actually turns himself into a living vampire, blurring the lines between good and evil.

• “Choose or Die” — Viewers will ponder if a video game actually can kill. That’s because young student Kayla stumbles upon an old game from the 1980s that mirrors the “choose your own adventure” books of the era. It offers a $125,000 cash prize to the winner. Having been laid off, Kayla begins play, only to discov er that what occurs in the game has very real consequences in her real life.

• “Studio 666” — The rock band Foo Fighters moves into a California mansion to record an album. How ever, that abode is steeped not only in rock and roll memories, but some grisly history as well.

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Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, Bette Midler as Winifred Sanderson and Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson in Disney Plus’ “Hocus Pocus 2.”

Public art design workshop

A public art design workshop will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Bernard Brown Community Center, 629 N. Market St., Frederick. This work shop is being held for the public to learn about and provide feedback on plans for a new sculptural landmark for North Market Street.

“Community input is a vital com ponent of this public art project,” says Kara Norman, executive direc

Exhibits

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”The Annotated Vessel” — through De cember at Brunswick Branch Library, 915 N. Maple Ave., Brunswick. Acrylic paintings by Maremi Andreozzi portray, embody and celebrate lesser-known historical female artists and illustrate the fine textiles and jewelry of the period. fcpl.org.

”Relief From the Heat” — through Jan. 22, 2023, Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square

tor of Downtown Frederick Partner ship. “We’re excited to gather feed back.”

The workshop is being organized by Downtown Frederick Partnership and African American Resources Cul tural Heritage Society of Frederick County (AARCH Society).

Public art consultants William and Teresa Cochran will describe lit tle-known aspects of the site’s history

and engage participants in a conver sation to shape the design approach and artist selection for a prominent new contemporary sculpture at the Seventh Street Fountain Park.

The sculpture is envisioned as a statement piece to honor our shared humanity and Frederick’s collective commitment to building a more sus tainable and inclusive community.

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proved Seventh Street Fountain Park will begin construction in the sum mer of 2023. The restored 19th-centu ry cast iron fountain and the new con temporary public artwork will be twin focal points for the new park.

For more information on the new park design, visit downtownfrederick. org/projects, call 301-698-8118, or email mainstreet@downtownfrederick. org.

Road, Gaithersburg. Works by the Wash ington Water Color Association. Viewing is by appointment 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 301-258-6425. gaithersburgmd.gov.

Crestwood Gallery Fall Exhibit — through Jan. 6, 2023, Crestwood Center, 7211 Bank Court, Frederick. Original works of art, in cluding oil, watercolor, mixed media, wood carvings and photography by Frederick art ists. 240-215-1460 or frederickhealth.org.

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Over on The Long Box Substack at thelongbox.substack.com, where you can find bits I couldn’t fit into this monthly column, I’ll be post ing some pictures of NYCC, includ ing my haul (shout out here to my Lucky Find at the con, Karl Slomins ki and Jeffrey Burandt) and may be a little video. Keep an eye out at the end of the month for interviews

and other stuff from Baltimore.

RECOMMENDATION … Last month, at the Small Press Expo, I ran into Baltimore writer and art ist Rafer Roberts and picked up his four-volume epic, “Plastic Farm.” I’ve been reading through “Plas tic Farm” as time allows, and it’s a weird, complex, strange, depress ing, compelling, but often hilar ious tale, well worth $40 for the bundle. Find it at plasticfarm.com.

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The Mt Pleasant Ruritan Club on Crum Road is hosting a children’s Halloween party on Saturday, October 29 from 6:00 to 8 pm at the hall, located at 8101 Crum Road, Walkersville Children up to 10 years of age are invited, accompanied by an adult Dress in costume, and enjoy games, treats, prizes and refreshments! Just bring a non perishable item for the local food banks For information, please call 301 898 7951

BIG MONEY BINGO

Damascus Vol. Fire Dept. Friday, October 21, 2022

$300 Games

Proceeds to benefit the Damascus VFD & Damascus Days

Doors open 5pm; 5:30pm Fried Chicken platters served; Bingo starts at 7pm Adv tix $50 per person Tix at door $60 per person

For tix, call 301 253 3942, 301 253 5452 or 240 578 0734 Includes platter & 6 pack/20 games

Other games sold separate: $500 jackpot game, two 50/50 games & pull tickets 10211 Lewis Drive, Damascus Must be 18 yrs or older to play We reserve the right to change the payouts if less than 200 tix are sold

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GLADE UCC OYSTER TURKEY & HAM BUFFET DINNER

Walkersville Fire Hall

79 West Frederick St

Fri, Nov 4, 4 7 PM, Sat, Nov 5, 12 5 PM

Adults: $30 cash; $31 credit card

Children: 6 12: $15 5 and under are free Carry outs are $1 extra Avail until 4:30 PM on Sat Dinner@gladechurch org 301 845 6775

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

Libertytown V F D FALL Big $ Bingo & Dinner

Sat November 5th Opens 4PM; Dinner 4:30 5:30 Games 6:30 Payout: $10,000+ 14 Games payup to $700 Jackpots $600/$1100/$1275 Limited tickets @ $60person Libertytown Vol Fire Dept Reserves the Right to Reduce Payouts if there

150 players No refund Call 301 829 2510

MOTORSMOKE HALLOWEEN DANCE

October 29, 2022 8 p m to 12 a m

COUNTRY KITCHEN CARRY-OUT

St Paul's Lutheran Church

5 E Main St, Burkittsville MD

Apple Dumplings $5 00 ea Beef Slippery Pot Pie $8/qt Country ham sandwiches $4 50 each Country ham broth $2/qt

Pre order by Oct 29

Pick up Nov 12 (9am 11am) Call 301 473 5299 or 301 834 8915

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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SPORTSMAN’S BINGO

Sat November 12, 2022

New Midway Vol Fire Co

Doors open: 5:00 pm

Buffet Dinner: 6:00 pm

Games Start: 7:30 pm

Guns Include: Ruger American 22 LR, Savage Axis w/Scope 25 06, Winchester SPX 12ga , Stevens Model 320 Thumbhole 20ga , Heritage Roughrider Mdl 22 Revolver, Charles Daly Walnut/Blued O/U 410, Iver Johnson Pump Shotgun 12ga , Hi Point MKS 380 Cal, Glock 43x Cherry Frame Engraved Barrel 9mm, Weatherby Vanguard II 300 Win Mag Beer and Wine Coolers on Sale: No outside alcohol

$40/Person Includes Buffet Dinner Only 250 Tickets Sold (Advanced Tickets Only) Call 301 898 7985 or 301 271 4650

Benefits: New Midway Vol Fire Co

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*

TRUNK OR TREAT October 29 6 8 pm (rain or shine) Car to Car trick or treating Activities also include hot cider, popcorn, s’mores, pumpkin decorating and scarecrow making Bush Creek Church of the Brethren 4821A Green Valley Road Monrovia, Maryland 21770 301 865 3013 www bushcreekchurch org

TURKEY & HAM SLIPPERY POTPIE CARRYOUT and Country ham sandwiches; Woodsboro Lutheran Church 101 S Main Street; Sat, Nov 12, pickup from 11 am 2 pm; Quarts $8; sandwiches $5 Baked goods available; For orders, call 301 271 3309 by Wed, Nov 9

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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

URBANA INDOOR ART & CRAFT SHOW

Sat Oct 22, 9 a m 4 p m Urbana Fire Hall, 3602 Urbana Pike

Over 70 Artists & Crafters Breakfast, Lunch, Bake Table Free Admission & Parking Wesley Chapel UMC

VIGILANT HOSE COMPANY

NEW YEAR'S EVE BINGO

17701 Creamery Road, Emmitsburg, MD

Saturday, 12/31/ Doors Open @ 5pm/Games @ 8pm

All Inclusive 9 pk/$50 for 50 games incl 4 $1000 Jackpots

All other games $200/Incl Dinner Platter! Reserved seating if tickets purchased by 12/16. Tickets purchased after 12/16 will be $60 No checks mailed after 12/16. For info: Pam @ 240 472 3484 or @ Marylou @ 240 285 3184

Reserve right to change payouts if 200 are not sold.

Yard Sales

INDOOR/OUTDOOR YARD SALE

Lewistown Vol Fire Dept 11101 Hessong Bridge Road

Saturday November 5, 2022 8a m to 1 p m

For reservations call Beth at 240 674 4688

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Online at helenaagri.com/careers

Call 301-663-4678

Thursday Oct. 20

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.

Cultural Speaker Series: LGBTQIA+ His tory Month with Award-Winning Clinical Social Worker Sonalee Rashatwar — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Naganna Forum, Roj Stu dent Center, McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster. All events take place at 7 p.m. in the Naganna Forum, Roj Student Center, and are hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.    410-857-2459. odei@mcdaniel.edu.

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 — 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Monroe Center, 200 Monroe Ave., Frederick. Frederick Community College invites you to enjoy a gourmet dinner created by the talent ed 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.

Frederick County Civil War Roundtable

Meeting — 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Roger G. Swartz presents “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858.” Though Lincoln lost, these debates cata pulted Lincoln to the presidency in 1860. free for members/ $5 suggested fee for non-members. gldyson@comcast.net. frederickcountycivilwarrt.org.

Ghost Tours of Historic Frederick — 7 p.m. to 8:30 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

Summers Farm Fall Festival — 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 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

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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/.

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/.

Wild West Fall Fest — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Brook Hill United Methodist Church, 8946 Indian Springs Road, Frederick. Indoor trick-or-treat event with games, candy, food and prizes. Chili cook off and fun for the whole family. Distributing boxes and col lecting donations for Operation Christmas Child at this event. A great event for a great cause. 301-758-0356. childrens_ministry@ bhumc.org.

FESTIVALS

Atrium Village Oktoberfest — 4:30 p.m. at Atrium Village, 4730 Atrium Court, Owings Mills. Now’s the time for good food and great friends. Join us for a festive afternoon with live entertainment and traditional Oktoberfest-inspired food and drink, including a beer tasting by B.C. Brewery! It’s a great chance to learn more about our wonderful senior living community and all we have to offer.  410-363-0330. juliam@seniorlifestyle.com.

HEALTH

Introduction to Tai Chi — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Walkersville Library, 2 S. Glade Road, Walkersville. Join Cain Yentzer with

Inner Court Tai Ji as he leads you through a self-paced system of gentle physical exercise and stretching. Tai Chi is practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation. 301-600-8200. fcpl.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@marylanden semble.org. ci.ovationtix.com/35900/produc tion/1128353.

Friday Oct. 21

CLASSES

Haiku Journaling Workshop — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Council, 116 N. Queen St., Martinsburg, W.Va. Haiku is a Japanese poetry form consisting of three lines (5-7-5 syllables). Attendees will create journal pages using visual images and poetry to create a meaningful visual piece of art or an idea to develop into something more! Create a collage or play with imag ery that comes to mind from the words. $10.00. berkeleyartswv@gmail.com. berkeleyartswv.org/instruction/.

ETCETERA

Tree Planting — 10 a.m. to noon at Village of Foxfield, along the walking path, Mid dletown. The holes for the tree planting

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on town-owned property will be pre-dug so the volunteers will just need to put the trees in the holes and put the soil back in the hole. So, bring a shovel and gloves. 301-371-6171.

Maryland Home and Garden Show — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Maryland State Fair grounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium. Find the contractors, DIY experts and home amenities to spruce up your space for the holidays. Hundreds of exhibitors will show case everything for home improvement, from full kitchen and bath renovations to hot tubs and fire pits for outdoor spaces, plus tools to make your home the cleanest, most organized and most functional it’s ever been. $9. 410-863-1180. info@slprod.com. mdhomeandgarden.com/fall.

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.

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.

Wild West Fall Fest — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Brook Hill United Methodist Church, 8946 Indian Springs Road, Frederick. Indoor trick-or-treat event with games, candy, food and prizes. Chili cook off and fun for the whole family. Distributing boxes and col lecting donations for Operation Christmas

Child at this event. A great event for a great cause! 301-758-0356. childrens_ministry@bhumc. org. brookhill.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/110/ responses/new.

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. 3018659203. info@greenmeadowsevents. com. greenmeadowsevents.com/events/trailjack-o-lanterns.

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.

Community Fall Fun Day and Haunt ed Trail — 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Friends Meeting School, 3232 Green Valley Road, Ijamsville. Carnival games, hay rides, cake walk, concessions and more. Free admis sions and $1-$5 for some of the activities; cash preferred. Bring your family and friends for a great time on 54 acres of fall fun. Bring a canned good in our steward ship efforts to raise awareness around food insecurity.

301-798-0288. outreach@friendsmeeting school.org.

MUSIC

We Banjo 3 — 8 p.m. at Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. The Galway, Ireland, and Nashville-based quar tet, comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley, continually push musical boundaries while maintaining an unwavering devotion to the

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essential audience experience. $30-$35. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffred erickmd.gov. weinbergcenter.org/shows/we-banjo-3downstairs.

Bluegrass Concert — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morgan Chapel United Methodist Church, 6750 Woodbine Road, Woodbine. Mor gan’s Coffeehouse presents Remington Rounders in concert. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Music begins at 7 p.m. Free admission, donations encouraged. Food and beverag es will be for sale throughout the evening. 410-970-2485. revjim@morganchapel. church. morganchapel.church/coffeehouse.html.

PERFORMER

Haunted Illusions Starring David Caserta — 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, Pa. As seen on “America’s Got Talent” and “Penn and Teller Fool Us.” Celebrate Halloween with an incredible night of illusions at the hands of master illusionist David Caserta. Suitable for ages 5 and older. $44, $39, $34. 717-337-8200. jarudy@ gettysburg.edu.

Comedian Kevin James — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island

comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, he signed a network development deal to cre ate his own sitcom. “The King of Queens,” which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination in 2006 for Outstand ing Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. $59-$99. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre. org.

MET Comedy Night: Oh Crit! ‘22-’23 — 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Maryland En semble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Celebrate with this D & D inspired improv comedy crew at Maryland Ensemble The atre for their 5th anniversary! 18 and older. $15. 301-694-4744. zcallis@marylanden semble.org. ci.ovationtix.com/35900/produc tion/1132570.

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.

“Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” — 7:30 p.m. at The National Theatre, 1321 Penn 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 Comedy” — 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@marylanden semble.org. ci.ovationtix.com/35900/produc tion/1128353.

Saturday Oct. 22

CLASSES

Hypnosis + Sound Healing for Anxiety and Stress Relief — 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Yogamour Yoga and Healing Arts Center, 1 Wormans Mill Court, #11, Frederick. Join award-winning musical artists Tracy Flynn and Joe Smith for a perfectly crafted evening of healing from stress and anxiety through the power of sound and hypno

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 | 8:00 PM

Mark Bryan with The Screaming Trojans

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 | 7:30 PM

SMOKEY & ME: A Celebration of Smokey Robinson (starring Tony-Nominee Charl Brown)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 | 7:30 PM

Lightwire Theater

A Very Electric Christmas

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 | 2:00 PM

Eric Byrd Trio performs

A Charlie Brown Christmas FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 | 8:00 PM

1964 The Tribute FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 | 8:00 PM

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Murder She Said (1961)

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ETCETERA

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.

Berkeley Springs Studio Tour — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, , W.Va. Free, self-guided tour in and around Berkeley Springs on Oct. 22 and 23, comprised of 14 nationally and regionally known artists at eight studios. It includes contemporary and traditional art and fine crafts in many mediums. Artists will demon strate or describe the processes used to create their unique works. Maps will avail able at the Ice House Gallery and online. 304-249-8803. BerkeleySpringsStu dioTour@gmail.com. bsstour.org.

Maryland Home and Garden Show — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Maryland State Fair grounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium. Find the contractors, DIY experts and home amenities to spruce up your space for the holidays. Hundreds of exhibitors will show case everything for home improvement, from full kitchen and bath renovations to hot tubs and fire pits for outdoor spaces, plus tools to make your home the cleanest, most organized and most functional it’s ever been. $9. 410-863-1180. info@slprod.com. mdhomeandgarden.com/fall.

Key City Foundation Octoberfest 5K Fun Run — 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Baker Park, Frederick. The Key City Foundation 5K Octoberfest Fun Run will be a great time for friends, family, and even dogs! Bonus points for costumed runners. Extra bonus points for costumed dogs! Come run (or walk) with us, nosh on some local food, and check out local breweries. Proceeds will help fund ongoing Key City Foundation youth sports initiatives. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to our nonprofit partner City Youth Matrix.   $50 for 5K, $25 for 1M. 240-687-2879. becky.rice@keycityfoundation.com. runsignup.com/Race/MD/Freder ick/2022KeyCityOctoberfestBrewRun.

Heritage Frederick: Civil War Walking Tour — 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Heritage Frederick, 24 E. Church St., Frederick. Length: 90 minutes. Explore what it was like to live in Frederick during the Civil War. Sto ries include the last Confederate invasion of the North, the ransom of Frederick, and the Battle of Monocacy. $12. 240-446-2646. Tonya@FrederickHis tory.org.

Adult Trivia — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Rosie Cheeks Distillery, 10229 Woodsboro Pike Bldg. 1, Walkersville. Bring some snacks, friends and your trivia skills for a fun

afternoon. Test your knowledge on The ‘80s, movies, libraries/books, and of course distilling. There is a tasting fee. 301-600-8200. awadding@frederickcoun tymd.gov. fcpl.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/.

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.

“An Afternoon at Halfway Cemetery” Fundraiser — 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Halfway Af rican American Cemetery, Clinton Avenue, Hagerstown. Hosted by Friends of Halfway African American Cemetery, benefits continued restoration projects begun in 2020. The cemetery was founded in 1897 by the Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, a Black fraternal organization, and served the Jonathan Street community until 1932. Event includes light food and drinks, tours of the cemetery, door prizes, silent auction and more. Rain date is Oct. 23. $25.

Haunted History at The National Muse um of Civil War Medicine — 5:30 p.m. to 7 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.

Heritage Frederick: Murder and Mayhem Walking Tour — 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Her itage Frederick, 24 E. Church St., Frederick. Length: 90 minutes. Explore scandalous, nefarious, and unbelievable moments from  Frederick’s past. Stories include boot legging, bank robberies, and the case of Granville Smeltzer and Mary Nussbaum.    $12. Development@FrederickHistory.org. frederickhistory.org/programs/adults/walk ing-tours/#reserve.

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 polit ical savvy and defiant citizens, patriots from the Revolutionary War, beckoning soldiers from the Civil War. Reservations recom mended. $15. info@marylandghosttours. com. marylandghosttours.com.

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.  Free. 240-220-0675. farmercuckbone@ gmail.com. farmerchuckbone.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/.

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.

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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. 301-

739-4665. info@roundhouse.org. roundhouse.org.

Wild West Fall Fest — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Brook Hill United Methodist Church, 8946 Indian Springs Road, Frederick. Indoor trick-or-treat event with games, candy, food and prizes. Chili cook off and fun for the whole family. Distributing boxes and col lecting donations for Operation Christmas Child at this event. A great event for a great cause. 301-758-0356. childrens_ministry@ bhumc.org.

Not So Scary Halloween Party — 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Adventure Park USA, 11113 W. Baldwin Road, Monrovia. Dress in your best costume and join us for a night of entertainment, DJ, dance, costume contest and much more. $21.95. 301-865-6800. manara@advparkusa.com. adventureparkusa.com.

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. 3018659203. info@greenmeadowsevents. com. greenmeadowsevents.com/events/ trail-jack-o-lanterns.

Me & My VIP Ball — 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. It’s a night in Hollywood under the stars. Everyone’s welcome to come to the party! Kids - grab your favorite adult and get ready for a night of dancing, crafts, photo opportunities, snacks, fun “mock tails” and a live performance on the main stage by Dancin’ Time Studios. $59. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre.org.

FESTIVALS

Mount Airy CROP Hunger Walk — 8:30 a.m. at Watkins Park, 615 Center St., Mount Airy. Community walk to end hunger. Walk start time at 9 a.m., registration at 8:30 a.m. Easy 1-mile walk begins at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church parking lot, 609 Center St., Mount Airy, then travel through Watkins Park trail. For those not able to walk, you can “rock” in comfortable rocking chairs. Pre-register online. 301-829-9244.

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CALENDAR

Frederick FiberFest — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St., Frederick. All kinds of fibery goodness. Meet with more than 60 vendors that serve the knitting and crocheting crowd. Kids zone 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. including petting zoo, bounce house and face painting. Local food and drink from Ekletic Coffee, Pop-Up Poutine & Patisserie and traditional authen tic Mexican food. Wine, beer and spirits tastings. Advanced needle felting ($45) and beginner spinner ($60) classes, pre-regis ter. Admission to FiberFest is free. tinyurl.com/hxa8nakd.

Annual Country Fair — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St Joseph on Carrollton Manor, 5843 Man or Woods Road, Frederick. Event is free and open to all. Food, games for kids, enter tainment, craft vendors, raffles, used books, Grandma’s Attic Thrift and more. 240-7313104. dbosser@comcast.net. sjcmmd.org.

Maryland International Harvester Collec tors Club Fall Harvest Show — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 11502 Browningsville Road, 11502 Browningsville Road, Ijamsville. Variety of tractors and trucks on display, kids’ games, wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, barrel train rides, single branding, old-fashioned corn harvest demonstrations and pedal pulls for kids and adults. On Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. there will be a cake/baked goods auction to benefit a local charity or family. More details on Facebook page, or call Jer ry Murphy at 301-418-0635 or Joe Speak at 240-440-4403. Free.

Harvest Day Festival & Parade — 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at New Oxford Area Chamber Of Commerce, 27 Center Square, New Oxford, Pa. Variety of vendors selling crafts, artisan products, farmers market items and food. Live entertainment, free children’s activity area with face painting and crafts. The parade steps off from New Oxford High School at 3 p.m. 717-624-2800. info@newoxford.org. newoxford.org/harvest-day.html.

Party With A Purpose — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Safe Haven Farm, 12565 Indian Hill Drive, Sykesville. Safe Haven Equine Warriors fall festival in support of their rescue horses. Pony rides, games, face painting, food, raffles, haunted horse trailer, more. Parking available at the farm, disabled spaces avail able along with, street parking, or park next door at Friendship Baptist Church, 1391 Sykesville Road, Sykesville. Free. 714-3280364. Events@safehavenequinewarrriors. org. safehavenequinewarriors.org.

Fall Harvest Festival — noon to 3 p.m. at Winfield Carnival Grounds, 1320 W. Old Liberty Road, Sykesville. Hosted by the Win field Ladies Auxiliary. Trunk-or-treat, snacks, activities, bicycle raffle for kids. Carnival games, pumpkin carving demos, canned food drive, costume parade, farm animals and more.

Canines on the Creek — 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Carroll Creek Linear Park, Corner of Market Street and Carroll Creek, Frederick. A cel ebration of dogs! Event features a doggy and owner Halloween costume contest

and parade, prizes, dog training demo and exhibitors such as trainers, groomers, photographers and doggy day cares. All proceeds go to Leader Dogs for the Blind.  Free to watch; $25 to participate. 301-6063012. gabennett01@comcast.net. fsklions.org/canines.

MUSIC

Cultura Plenera Presents: Los Hijo ‘e Ple na — 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at FAC’s Sky Stage, 59 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Music and dance in the Bomba and Plena traditions by Los Hijo ‘e Plena under the stars. Bomba and plena are percussion-driven musical traditions from Puerto Rico. Two performances (7 to 8 p.m. and 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.) with complete ly different songs. Puerto Rican food and beverages vendors onsite. All ages.  $5. 301-662-4190. skystage@frederick artscouncil.org. culturaplenera.org.

Mark Bryan with The Screaming Trojans — 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. “Midlife Priceless” is how Mark Bryan, lead guitarist and co-founder of the 20 million-selling, two-time Grammy-winning band, Hootie & The Blowfish, is living. $30. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffrederick.com. weinbergcenter.org/shows/mark-bryanwith-the-screaming-trojans.

Sunday Oct. 23

CLASSES

Yoga in the Vines — 11 a.m. to noon at Loew Vineyards, 14001 Liberty Road, Mount Airy. Join instructor Patricia Muller of Double Iris Yoga & Massage for a yoga session. Each ticket includes a wine tasting flights (5 wines), socially distanced outdoor space to enjoy the wines, a souvenir logo wine glass to take home. Bring your own mat. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. $20. 301831-5464. Rachel@loewvineyards.net.

Cues and Boos — 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Na tional Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E. Patrick St., Frederick. 60 minutes of flow yoga, sample Frederick beer, and tour the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and learn about the more macabre and ee rie side of history. $30 includes class, beer and tour. jenuineyogi@gmail.com. linktr.ee/jenuineyogi.

ETCETERA

Walk a Mile In Their Shoes Fundraiser for Heartly House — 10 a.m. at Baker Park Gazebo, West Second and Bentz streets, Frederick. This year’s walk is dedicated to the memory of Blaine Hoffmann. To raise awareness about intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Register online. Free. 301-418-6610. heartlyhouse.org.

Berkeley Springs Studio Tour — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, , W.Va. Free, self-guided tour in and around Berkeley Springs on Oct. 22 and 23, comprised of 14 nationally and regionally known artists at eight studios. It includes contemporary and traditional art and fine

crafts in many mediums. Artists will demon strate or describe the processes used to create their unique works. Maps will avail able at the Ice House Gallery and online. 304-249-8803. BerkeleySpringsStu dioTour@gmail.com. bsstour.org.

Bowman House and Museum — 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Bowman House & Museum, 323 N. Main St., Boonsboro. The 19th-cen tury log museum and pottery, hearth-cook ing demonstrations of preparing 18th and 19th century foods, stroll the raised-bed vegetable garden. 301-432-5889. info@ boonsborohistoricalsociety.org. boons borohistoricalsociety.org/bowman-house.

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@maryland ghosttours.com. marylandghosttours.com.

FAMILY

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.

FESTIVALS

Elk Run Winery PWB Fundraiser Soirée — 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Elk Run Vineyards, 15113 Liberty Road, Mount Airy. “Sip Back & Relax” Fundraiser Soirée hosted by the Professional Women in Building Council of FCBIA invites you and the whole family for a afternoon at Elk Run Vineyards. Tickets include 2 drinks, live music, family activities. Proceeds benefit Justice and Recovery Advocates Inc., a nonprofit organization with a mission to provide support, educa tion, programs and resources for children, families and loved ones of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated. $30. 240-344-2469. events@frederickbuilders.org.

MUSIC

Martin Brothers — 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cactus Flats, 10026 Hansonville Road, Frederick. Bluegrass music.

Faculty Recital: Marjory Serrano-Coyer, Violin — 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at Frederick Community College Jack B. Kussmaul Theater, 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Fred erick. Join us to continue the celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Dr. Serrano-Coyer will be performing work from Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Venezue la, and Spain. 301-846-2566. mgersten@ frederick.edu.

THEATER

“FEAR” — 2 p.m. at Carroll Arts Center, 91

W. Main St., Westminster. Memory Lane Playback Theatre celebrates Halloween with an afternoon of improvisational theater. Audience members are invited to share their most eerie ghost stories and eye-popping adventures. The Memory Lane actors will then enact the tales on the spot through music, movement and dialogue. $10. 410-848-7272.

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“The Canterville Ghost” — 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Sky Stage, 59 S. Carroll St., Frederick. What happens when a pragmatic American family moves into a British manor only to discover that it’s haunted by the ghost of its murderous lord? Find out in this ghoulishly humorous, actively staged reading of Oscar Wilde’s first published story from 1887. Free. 213-926-3577. sasha.carrera@gmail. com. esptheatre.com.

“The Canterville Ghost”: Staged Reading — 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at FAC’s Sky Stage, 59 S. Carroll St., Frederick. A staged reading of “The Canterville Ghost” by Oscar Wilde to get you in the Halloween spirit. Not your typical staged reading, this fully blocked production with new ‘bells and whistles’ is a perfect October ghost story. Produced by The Endangered Species Theatre Project of Frederick. Free. 301-662-4190. skystage@frederick artscouncil.org. esptheatre.org.

Monday Oct. 24

ETCETERA

Bible Conference — 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Locust Valley Bible Church, 1323 Marker Road, Middletown. The speaker will be the Rev. Darell Gentry, pastor of Waynesboro Bible Church. 302-382-2883. kglear@ yahoo.com. camptohiglo.org.

Tuesday Oct. 25

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.

Wednesday Oct. 26

MUSIC

The Alsatia Club Inc. presents The Buckinghams — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. The Buckinghams’ live concerts pack power into ‘60s pop rock. Bringing back memories with their chart-topping ‘60s hits and ‘70s favorites in concert. $30. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre.org. www.ticketmaster. com/event/15005CE7B09224FD.

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