72 HOURS Nov. 17, 2022

GO ON A STUDIO TOUR

Once a year, artists in Frederick and Washington counties open their studios to the public for a free, self-guided tour. Coined the Valley Craft Network, the artists and artisans involved offer a peek into their creative worlds with onsite demonstrations and conversation. And it goes without saying, if you’re look ing to do some holiday shopping, this is a way to make a day of it and see some beautiful countryside in the process. The studio tour runs Nov. 19 and 20.

MAGICAL TEA, ANYONE?

A local author fell in love with tea and wants to share her passion with the world — and, more specifically, with children. Paulella Burchill’s recently released chil dren’s book, “Antwon’s Tea,” invites a young audience into the wide world of tea. And kids can get a literal taste for the drink at the Voila! tea shop in down town Frederick. Voila! owner Mary Jean Clark created an “Antwon’s Tea” box set featuring specific teas from the story, so kids can sip as they read. The author will be onsite Nov. 26 and Dec. 10 to sign books.

DANCE FOR THOUGHT

You can always expect the unexpected when you watch MAD Dance. Their lat est show, “Whale Wall,” is an immersive theater and dance experience that will likely leave you thinking about the complexities of our relationship with the changing world and how we respond to shifting environments. Incorporating storytelling, video, song and an original score, the show will be performed Nov. 19 at the Y Arts Center in Frederick.

WRITER’S BLOCK?

The Writers’ Block are a local community of writers who come together on the first and third Saturdays of each month to connect, critique and produce writ ing, finding inspiration in community. The group meets at the FAC Art Center at 5 E. Second St. from 8:30 to 10 p.m., and drop-ins are welcome.

SAY HELLO TO A NEW BREWERY

Liquidity Aleworks held its grand opening this week at the historic bank build ing space at 8 N. Main St. in Mount Airy. They are the first brewery in downtown Mount Airy, so drop by to see what they’re up to. They’re open weekly Wednes day through Sunday.

IMPROV ONSTAGE

If you like theater — or comedy — or Dungeons & Dragons … this is for you. Oh CRIT! is a local theater group that performs live, improvisational pieces regu larly at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre. They were recently invited to perform at PAX Unplugged 2022 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia for tens of thousands of people. You can stream the live event on Dec. 3, but you can also catch them at the MET’s Comedy Night on Nov. 18. And let’s be clear: This is not a “sit back and watch” kind of show. The group performs in the style of role-playing games like D&D, taking their cues from audience-generat ed characters, curses and other details.

A note to readers: The News-Post recently announced we will no longer pub lish papers on major holidays. That’s New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, La bor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This takes effect on Thanksgiving, so look for 72 Hours in the Wednesday, Nov. 23, edition of the FNP next week.

Meet Bob & Freddie. When it comes to local businesses, businesspeople and organizations in Frederick, they know best. Here is a personal interview with a 2022 Best of the Best winner or finalist about why they love what they do, helping those they serve and working in Frederick.

Law Office of Lena A. Clark

2022 FINALIST FOR BEST LAW FIRM

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Joint Assets Do Not Always Avoid Probate - Don’t Play the Waiting Game!

When we discuss the benefits of Revocable Living Trusts with our potential clients, some of them respond that they own everything jointly with their spouse, so there is no urgency. They assume it will only be useful once the first of them goes, and want to wait until that happens to set up a Trust to avoid the Probate process. This is a very risky idea.

For starters, what is Probate and why is it important to avoid? Probate is a legal process that takes place after someone dies. It includes filing a deceased person’s will along with probate paperwork in the county the person was domiciled, identifying and appraising the assets, preparing court Inventory and Accountings among other things.

What goes through Probate? Anything that an individual owns that is in their sole name without any designated beneficiary. We have over 18 years of experience helping families navigate through the Probate process. This, of course, comes at a cost, but that cost can be avoided through proper Estate Planning, namely establishing and properly funding a Revocable Living Trust. What happens when you wait? We always see one of six scenarios with spouses, and only one of the six actually avoids Probate:

1. The loss of their decades-long best friend leaves them apathetic, completely disinterested in making any of the plans they thought they would;

2. “Death of a broken heart”, an all-too-true phenomenon where the surviving spouse is so devastated that they pass away within a few

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months (this happens a lot more often than you would think);

3. The surviving spouse was not the “financial person” in the relationship, and never really cared to understand the paperwork, finances, or the implications of leaving things subject to Probate;

4. By the time the first spouse passes, the survivor (similar in age) has dementia or has otherwise lost the mental capacity to prepare documents;

5. Simultaneous death, in a car accident, for instance; and

6. The surviving spouse actually creates/ updates their documents.

While joint ownership of your assets does provide you with some protection, most of the time it is just not enough! The best thing you can do for your loved ones is to plan ahead.

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

UNCAPPED

Resident Culture Brewing Co. in Charlotte, NC

In this episode of the UnCapped podcast, host Chris Sands talks with sales and distribution manager Jon Eberhart and lead sales rep Mikey Fos ter at Resident Culture Brewing Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina, about the history of Resident Culture, what they have going on now, and why beer in North Carolina is so good. Here is an excerpt of their conversation.

UnCapped: What wave of craft beer were you — 3.0? There’s a whole group of breweries that are five years old.

Jon Eberhart: It depends on where you start with, what waves. We defi nitely took off when hazy IPAs were starting to spread out of the Northeast. That definitely helped us.

UnCapped: You’re in a very strong class. And you have multiple locations, don’t you?

Eberhart: Correct. We have our OG facility, where all of our production is done here, distribution done here, in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Central Avenue. Then, our second location is just a taproom, but we also have cof fee and tacos, and that’s in the South End neighborhood.

UnCapped: I hear that tacos and beer go together well.

Eberhart: I’m not gonna argue that.

UnCapped: Who are the founders of Resident Culture?

Eberhart: The founders are Phil and Amanda McLamb. They are mar ried. They come from a business fi nance background. On the brewing side of things, Chris Tropeano worked at a brewery in Austin, Texas, but more recently came to us from Russian River. He was the lead brewer at their brew pub. He brewed all their experimental, rotational, one-off stuff.

UnCapped: [Your website] says “The Guilded Cellar” [as another loca tion].

Eberhart: That’s our private event space.

UnCapped: Ah. So, it’s like, 2½ lo cations.

Eberhart: Yeah. It’s under one roof.

UnCapped: There are some plac es in Frederick like that, too, where there’s a restaurant upstairs and they have a separate name. Where does the name Resident Culture come from?

Eberhart: We’re really big, from the start, on community. Whether it be resident of the world, resident of your neighborhood, or anything in be tween. And culture is another word

for yeast. So it’s kind of a blend of two things we’re passionate about.

UnCapped: Resident Culture’s spe cialties are, more or less, IPAs, lagers and mixed culture, right?

Eberhart: Yeah, definitely when we started. It was close to two years be fore we did our first stout, and I know that we’re very fortunate to have good feedback and people to follow us for that as well.

Resident Culture Brewing Co.

2101 Central Ave., Charlotte, N.C. 704-333-1862

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UnCapped: Why are there so many good breweries in North Carolina?

Eberhart: Why not? One thing that’s come to the forefront, the more traveling I do — and I know Mikey can agree with this — is North Carolina as a whole and the community we have. More or less, we’re collaborators and not competitors. A brewery hit me up yesterday wanting 15 one-ways — they were out of them and wanted to buy them, and I was like, “Yes. Abso lutely.” Whatever you need, whenever you need it, we’re just there for each other. You know, a rising tide raises all ships.

Mikey Foster: Also, North Caroli na’s bar is so high already, you can’t re ally decide to just jump into the beer market if you don’t know what you’re doing. We got 60 breweries here in Charlotte alone, and 95% of them are really good beer. Asheville started it, but we’ve got Wilmington, Raleigh … the bar is set pretty high.

UnCapped: It’s not even one city with really good breweries. You have three distinct cities that have worldclass breweries in them.

Foster: Yeah. We got 360 breweries in the state now or more.

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.

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Jon Eberhart

BK Juices making a splash in Frederick

Having opened just last month, BK Juices in down town Frederick is definitely the new kid on the block. But owners Kimberly Johnson and Bertrand Curtis, Brooklyn natives, say the health food shop has already developed a loyal following for its vegan juices and smoothies. Even before opening as a brickand-mortar, BK Juices was a staple at farmers’ mar kets, including the market hosted by SOUL Street for Black vendors. The shop’s menu pops with cleverly named products, like “Cold Killa,” a juice rich with immune system boosters like elderberry, cranberry, orange, ginger, echinacea and zinc, and “DATS B-A-NA-N-A-S,” a smoothie with oats, maple syrup, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and, of course, banana. You can also consider Johnson and Curtis your hookup for sea moss, which has a long list of health benefits, includ ing boosting your thyroid function, immunity, gut, digestive system and heart. Keep the couple on your radar. More brick-and-mor tars in Maryland are yet to come, Johnson said.

BK JUICES

343 N. Market St., Frederick 240-831-4895

Bkjuices.com www.facebook.com/bkjuices

Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday Type of food: Juices and smoothies

Price: Smoothies and juices are $9

Owners Kimberly Johnson and Bertrand Curtis recom mend: The “Gang Green” juice, which has spinach, kale, cucumber, pineapple, apple and lemon

— Angela Roberts

ABOVE: Owners Kimberly Johnson, left, and Bertrand Curtis stand for a portrait with the “Gang Green” juice at BK Juices on Nov. 9. LEFT: The “Gang Green” juice at BK Juices includes kale, spinach, cucumber, pineapple, lemon and apple.

MUSIC

Live shows to check out this week

ERNIE BRADLEY

Banjo legend Ernie Bradley will be joined by his Grassy Ridge Band this weekend at Cactus Flats.

Bradley has performed throughout the country for decades, and though he’s best known for his banjo work, he also plays guitar, bass, dobro, mando lin, fiddle and autoharp.

Catch him live from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at Cactus Flats, 10026 Hansonville Road, Frederick. Call 301-898-3085 for more info.

BLUE OYSTER CULT

For five decades, Blue Oyster Cult has occupied a unique place in rock history as one of very few hard rock, heavy metal bands to earn both main stream critical acclaim as well as com mercial success.

Their hits songs include “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll,” “Then Came the Last Days of May” and “I Love the Night.”

Hear them perform live on Nov. 19 at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town, West Virginia.

See hollywoodcasinocharlestown. com for details.

HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS: THE BOB SEGER EXPERIENCE

The ultimate tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Hollywood Nights: The Bob Seger Experience will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Mary land Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hag erstown.

This nine-piece New Jersey-based powerhouse has set out to re-create everything about Bob Seger and his music, down to the smallest detail.

Determined to leave no stone un turned, Hollywood Nights even tours with a baby grand piano.

The band prides itself on continu ing the amazing groundwork laid down by Seger over the past 30 years. They share the belief that only Seger and his fans have come to know, learn and love: Represent the voice of ev ery fan, his or her values, working-class background, and the love of rock ’n’ roll.

Learn more at mdtheatre.org/holly wood-nights, or call 301-790-2000.

FRANKIE AVALON

Legend of the stage and screen, Frankie Avalon dominated the music

charts for years with dozens of popular songs in the ’50s and ’60s, including the No. 1 hits “Venus” and “Why.”

Avalon’s string of Gold Record Mil lion-Seller singles and albums includ ed 31 charted hits. In 1959 alone, Avalon had six hits that were in the

top 40, and his music became one of the defining sounds of pre-Beat les rock ’n’ roll. Avalon also achieved fame on the silver screen with his 30 motion picture credits. Most notably, he starred alongside actress Annette Funicello as the romantic leads in the

popular “Beach Party” movies in the 1960s.

Hear him live onstage at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown.

Learn more at mdtheatre.org, or call 301-790-2000.

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CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: A Bob Seger tribute, Frankie Avalon and Blue Oyster Cult.

Frederick Speaker Series: Jon Meacham

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, The Frederick Speaker Series has developed a reputation for bring ing world-class speakers to the Freder ick community.

The lineup includes presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning au thor Jon Meacham, who will be at the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 3 p.m. Nov. 20.

Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. A con tributor to TIME and the New York Times Book Review, Meacham is a highly sought-after commentator, reg ularly appearing on MSNBC, CNN and other news outlets.

A skilled orator with a depth of knowledge about politics, religion and current affairs, Meacham has the unique ability to bring history to life and offer historical context to current events and issues impacting our daily lives — whether we realize it or not — to audiences of all backgrounds and lev els of understanding.

Tickets are available at weinberg center.org, by calling the Weinberg Center Box Office at 301-600-2828, or in person at 20 W. Patrick St., Fred erick. A separately ticketed Meetand-Greet reception will take place immediately following the presenta tion.

These exclusive events provide a chance for fans to meet the speakers, take pictures and obtain autographs. All proceeds from the Meet-and-Greet

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receptions will benefit children’s pro grams at Frederick County Public Li braries.

MAD Dance presents immersive theater performance ‘Whale Wall’

“Whale Wall” is classic MAD Dance performance. Equal parts quirky, beautiful and complicated, two en tities adrift at sea ponder all mat ters of things as they find themselves beached on the shores of a cir ca-1920s oceanside resort. There they are mystified and delighted by the stimulating environment.

MAD Dance will present “Whale Wall,” an immersive dance theater per formance, at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Y Arts Center, 115 E. Church St., Freder ick. Seating is limited; advance ticket purchase is recommended. Tickets are by sliding scale on Eventbrite at MADDance-Theatre.eventbrite.com.

This immersive piece ponders how we respond in unfamiliar envi

ronments — a meaningful exploration as we all find ourselves in ever-murk ier waters in our actual state of cur rent affairs. Defying genre, “Whale Wall” incorporates storytelling, video, song and an original score to create a unique experience.

“Whale Wall” is created and per formed by Kitty Clark and Ray C. Shaw, with a score by composer Cam Millar and contributions from vocalist Lau ra First.

The development and performance of “Whale Wall” is supported in part by the Frederick Arts Council and the Na tional Endowment for the Arts.

For more information, call 301-3314398 or find MAD Dance on Facebook at facebook.com/mad.dance.theatre.

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Zoo Lights holiday spectacular returns to the Maryland Zoo

On long winter nights, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will shine brightly with season al lights, including displays shaped like the Zoo’s animals and a full roster of special events like BRRR Fest (which includes unlim ited beer and wine sampling), food truck ral lies, ice sculptures, holiday choruses, crafts, Santa Saturdays and Hanukkah readings provided by the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Get a warm, glowing feeling as you walk through a one-of-a-kind light show, Zoo Lights, which starts Nov. 18 and runs through Jan. 1.

New this year, instead of driving through Zoo Lights, you’ll have the option to stroll through the zoo’s historic campus. Hot choc olate and seasonal snacks will be available. Free rides on the popular carousel and train are included in the admission price.

All proceeds benefit the zoo’s animal care and conservation work.

All event information, including times, entry prices and the event schedule, is avail able at marylandzoo.org/events.

Lightwire Theater

A Very Electric Christmas

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 | 2:00 PM & 5:00 PM

Tuba Christmas SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 | 12:00 PM

World Ballet Series: Nutcracker

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 | 7:00 PM

A John Denver Christmas SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 | 8:00 PM Eric Byrd Trio performs A Charlie Brown Christmas FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 | 8:00 PM

SILENT FILM SERIES DOUBLE FEATURE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19

The Mark of Zorro (1920) 3:00 PM

Eric Byrd Trio

A John Denver Christmas

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MAGICAL TEA? IN A SENSE, YES.

This author wants to bring her love of tea to a younger audience

BY LAURA DUKES Special to The News-Post

AJefferson-based author is bringing her love of all things tea and teapots to children through her whimsical new book.

Paulella Burchill wrote the children’s book “Ant won’s Tea” (Bibliokid, 2022) after her first book for adults, “Tea for Every Occasion,” was released last fall.

Its main character is an ant named Antwon who tries to serve tea to his insect friends, but they ini tially reject it. Eventually he tells them the tea is magical, but he isn’t sure whether or not this is true until changes start occurring with his friends: a cricket starts to sing, a firefly lights up. Burchill’s step-daughter, Rebecca Colie, who’s based in Okla homa, illustrated the book.

Both of Burchill’s books are available at the spe cialty tea shop Voila! in Frederick, whose owner, Mary Jean Clark, collaborated with Burchill to create a gift box with an “Antwon’s Tea” theme.

“It’s a really cute book,” Clark said.

Publishing “Antwon’s Tea” was a longtime dream of Burchill’s, who started writing children’s books as a school assignment in sixth grade.

She had not always been a big tea drinker, but her husband was a lover of antique cars and encour aged her to start finding some sort of hobby or item to collect. One day while they were antiquing, she found a teapot she really loved and decided teapots would become her thing.

Soon friends started giving her teapots as gifts, and Burchill realized how much she enjoyed drink ing tea and the social component involved.

“Over 20 years, I’ve probably gotten 300 tea pots,” she said. “Some are miniature; they’re not all usable, but they’re still teapots.”

Her personal favorite is a navy, gold and white teapot that was a gift from her mother. One that gets a lot of attention from her friends is a teapot with a poodle-shaped lid. She has another one that is shaped like a cat.

Burchill especially enjoys drinking cinnamon tea with honey, which she said was the tea that first made her realize how much she enjoys the beverage.

“During winter by the fire; it really tastes like a cinnamon candy,” Burchill said.

Her first book, “Tea for Every Occasion,” focus es on tea for comfort, romance, health, friendship, el egance and other moods and occasions. It also in cludes side stories and some pictures of her teapots.

“I used my husband as a guinea pig on the tea

for romance many times,” she said.

The “Antwon’s Tea” gift box at Voila! contains the five teas Antwon serves his friends, plus a blend of all of them together. This includes peppermint, chamomile, hibiscus, dandelion root, elderberry and a blend of all five. Clark said they all brew interest ing colors and will be especially fun for children as an introduction to tea.

“Brewing these teas is a pretty magical thing to begin with,” Clark said.

Each box comes with a tea ball with a charm at the end of its chain with an etching of the teapot that Ant won uses to serve his friends. Each pouch of tea con tains enough to make about six to eight cups of tea.

Burchill is currently working on her third book, “I Want to Drink That,” which will contain recipes for tea drinks that people would normally associate with

Read it and sip

Burchill’s books are available at Voila!, 10 N. Market St., Frederick, as well as on Amazon.

“Antwon’s Tea” is available through Barnes and Noble and Target.

“Tea for Every Occasion” is also sold at Turn the Page Bookstore in Boonsboro.

something they could only get at a restaurant or cafe.

She said it will likely be released sometime next year and will contain gorgeous photography.

Laura Dukes has written for The Frederick NewsPost since 2013 as both a freelancer and staff writer. She lives in the Ballenger Creek area with her hus band, son and twin daughters.

Staff photo by Katina Zentz

Mary Jean Clark, owner of Voila! in Frederick, left, and Paulella Burchill, author of the new children’s book “Antwon’s Tea,” stand for a portrait in Frederick on Nov. 7.

MET launches

pay-what-you-will ticketing initiative

The Maryland Ensemble Theatre recently an nounced its new pay-what-you-will ticketing ini tiative for its Mainstage and Fun Company pro ductions.

This initiative reflects the mission, vision and values of the MET and aligns with its diversity, equity and inclusion pledge.

“The PWYW program increases accessibility and allows patrons to reserve tickets in advance online, via phone or in person at the box office, creating the same patron experience for all tick et buyers and removing the pricing barrier that prevents some folks from exploring local profes sional theater,” said MET interim managing di rector Melynda Burdette Wintrol.

The MET has allocated a finite number of tickets as PWYW for each performance (10 for Mainstage and six for Fun Company), which are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to ticketing fees, PWYW tickets start at $5 each. Mainstage seating is assigned, and Fun Com pany is general admission. Patrons requiring ac cessible seating can utilize the PWYW initiative but must call the box office to reserve.

To learn more, visit marylandensemble.org.

D&D-themed improv comedy troupe Oh CRIT! will perform a fundraiser show in Frederick

The Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s Dun geons & Dragons-themed improv come dy troupe Oh CRIT! performs regularly at the downtown theater but was recently invited to perform at PAX Unplugged 2022 at the Penn sylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

PAX Unplugged regularly sees over 30,000 at tendees and counts over 50,000 active follow ers on Twitch, where Oh CRIT!’s performance will be livestreamed at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 3.

The group’s live-action, improvised come dy show is performed in the style of role-play ing games like D&D and Pathfinder, with a randomly generated character voted on by the audience, as well as audience-provided curses and magic items — and even the ability for the audience to control the life and death of characters via Death Balloons.

To support travel and lodging expenses, the troupe has launched a fundraiser via the Ko-Fi platform at ko-fi.com/ohcritimprov. Au diences can also support Oh CRIT! by attend ing their next performance during MET Come dy Night at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick.

Learn more at marylandensemble.org.

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In a city of museums, Washington adds another one

BY HUNTER SAVERY and GRACE YARROW Capital News Service

In Washington, D.C.’s newest art museum, natural light streams in through arched windows, and the songs of Marvin Gaye fill the air as visitors scruti nize the works of artists like Keith Haring, whose se ries of 20 paintings was inspired by Gaye’s ground breaking music.

The Rubell Museum is a unique addition to the art scene in the nation’s capital and features con temporary pieces from the personal collection of the Rubells, a multigenerational family of art enthu siasts. The museum opened on Oct. 29.

Located on I Street in Southwest D.C., the Rubell is housed in what once was a historically Black pub lic school, Randall Junior High School, where sing er Marvin Gaye was a student. In fact, the museum’s first exhibition, “What’s Going On,” is a homage to Gaye and his music.

At the museum’s entrance, visitors are greeted by a modern glass addition to the former school. The concrete stairs are adorned with mums, and a coffee pop-up sits atop an adjoining porch. The museum is situated in D.C.’s rapidly fast-developing neigh borhood near the Washington Navy Yard, Nationals Park and Audi Field, home to Major League Soccer’s D.C. United.

Past the entrance, the space opens into a grand hall — read high school auditorium — featuring four large-scale pieces bathed in sunlight. One of the works is a massive pandemic-themed fabric tapestry by New York artist Christopher Myers.

The former auditorium also hosts a sprawling piece by Kehinde Wiley, famous for his portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. The piece is a modern reimagining of 18th-century French artist Jean-Ber nard Restout’s painting, “Sleep.”

The sheer size of the 32,000-foot museum allows for viewers to comfortably wander among the ex hibits. In the basement, exposed brick walls and raw concrete flooring set the scene for works carefully placed to give visitors a sense of participation and room to explore art with darker tones.

Throughout, works reflect themes of social and political issues, with artists tackling subjects like ra cial violence, capitalism, environmental destruction and the exploitation of bodies and sexuality.

The different rooms of the museum host a vari ety of pieces, from golden ruins to a covered wagon with a roof woven of state flags and an interior re sembling the night sky by artist Matthew Day Jack son.

A series of paintings and sculptures on the third floor is texturally linked by fuzz.

Keith Haring’s series of 20 paintings, highlighted prominently in the current exhibit, depicts the art

The Rubell Museum

Where: 65 I St. SW, Washington, D.C. Admission: $15 Info: 202-964-8254, rubellmuseum.org/dc

ist’s worries about oppression, destruction and ill ness, which he created while constantly listening to “What’s Going On.” The series was dedicated to Don Rubell’s brother, Steve, who died from AIDS in 1989 at 45.

Mera and Don Rubell began collecting art shortly after they got married in 1964. Their son, Jason, be gan his collection in 1982. Since then, the family has built a reputation for supporting contemporary art; the Rubells opened a museum in Miami in 2019.

“The museum’s historic setting in a place of learn ing invites the public to explore what artists can teach us about the world we live in and the issues with which we are wrestling as individuals and as a society,” Mera Rubell said in a statement about the Washington museum.

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The Rubell Museum opened on Oct. 29

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 links bridgevineyards.com.

National Juried Photography Exhibition — through Nov. 27, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Freder ick. Features selected photographs by regional and national artists. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 301-6980656 or delaplaine.org.

”Hard and Soft Art” — through Nov. 27, Eastside Artists’ Gallery, 313 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Featuring pho tography-inspired paintings by Mary Paul Barnaby and hammer work by artist/blacksmith Stephen Dill. Gal lery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. eastsidearts313@gmail. com or eastsideartistsgallery.com. ”Emanations” — through Nov. 30, Majestic Theater’s art gallery, 25 Car lisle St., Gettysburg, Pa. A collec tion of abstract figurative portraits of Abraham Lincoln by artist Wen dy Allen, who has been painting por traits of Lincoln since 1983. Box of fice and gallery hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, noon to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 717-337-8235 or gettysburgmajestic.org.

Artwork by Links Community Members — through Nov. 30, Adams County Arts Council, 125 S. Wash ington St., Gettysburg, Pa. A collec tion of 2- and 3-dimensional artwork by 18 Links community members. For gallery hours, call 717-334-5006 or visit adamsarts.org.

”The Magic of Glass” — through Dec. 3, Gallery B, 7700 Wiscon sin Ave., Bethesda. National Capital Art Glass juried exhibition featuring works from 455 guild members, in cluding mosaic, fused, stained and blown glass. Gallery hours are 2 to 8 p.m. Fridays, noon to 6 p.m. Satur days and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. 301-215-6660 or bethesda.org/ bethesda/gallery-b-exhibitions.

”Notions of Place — Revisited” — through Dec. 9, McDaniel College, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery in Peter son Hall, 2 College Hill, Westminster. The exhibition includes interpreta tions by McDaniel College art facul ty, alumni, and current students fo cusing on the notion of “Place” as it pertains to work. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.Saturday. 410857-2595 or estherprangleyricegal lery.com.

”The Nature of Catoctin Mountain” — through Dec. 31 at Urbana Region al Library, 9020 Amelung St., Urbana; satellite location of the Delaplaine Arts Center. This collection of pho tography is comprised of flora and fauna found in the Catoctin Moun tain ecosystem. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Satur day, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. fcpl.org. ”Travels” — through Dec. 31 at Thur mont Regional Library, 76 E. Mos er Road, Thurmont. Satellite loca tion for the Delaplaine Arts Center. Photography by Beamie Young from the photographer’s travels and a de sire to discover new images, patterns and narratives. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday,

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Satur day, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. fcpl.org. ”The Annotated Vessel” — through Dec. 31 at Brunswick Branch Library, 915 N. Maple Ave., Brunswick; sat ellite location of the Delaplaine Arts Center. Acrylic paintings by Maremi Andreozzi portray, embody and cel ebrated lesser-known historical fe male artists and illustrate the fine textiles and jewelry of the period. 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.

”Accretion” — through Dec. 31, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Car roll St., Frederick. Photography and mixed media by Sean Dudley. Through a series of manipulation processes, Dudley’s photography fo cuses on the — sometimes impercep tible changes in human experience through the accretion of time and ex perience. 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.

”With Teeth” — through Dec. 31, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. Photography by Jillian Abir MacMaster, a Palestinian-Amer ican photographic artist from Fred erick whose exhibition is a look into invulnerability and displays of pro tection and survival through some thing as ubiquitous as facial ex pression. 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. ”Life Forms” — through Dec. 31, Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick. A photographic explo

ration, by Ed Palaszynski, into the di versity and complexity of life and Pa laszynski’s response to the question, “What does life look like?” Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 301-698-0656 or delaplaine.org.

”Season to Season” — through Jan. 1, 2023, Blanche Ames Gallery, 4880 Elmer Derr Road, Frederick. Featur ing Jing-Jy Chen, with artist talk and reception 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Nov. 6. For gallery hours, call 301473-7680, email bagalleryappoint ment@gmail.com or visit frederick uu.org.

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

”Lore” — through Jan. 8, 2023, Gal lery 115 at the Y Art Center, 115 E. Church St., Frederick. Features 15 artists from around the world includ ing London, New York City, Wyoming and Maryland. Artists reimagine tra ditional folklore and explore original contemporary myth through a vari ety of perspectives. Artworks include an eclectic range of media including short film and an interactive installa tion. Artist Zoom talk noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 20. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sun day. https://www.instagram.com/gal lery_115_y.

‘Beneath the Forest’ at the FAC Art Center

The Frederick Arts Council presents a new exhibition by artist Pamela Moulton at the FAC Art Center at 5 E. Second St., Frederick. “Beneath the Forest” makes use of textiles and found materials to weave a narrative about connectivity and environmentalism. The show opened Nov. 10 and will remain on view through the winter. Like much of Moulton’s previous work, this exhibit fosters an ethos of generosity and creative exchange. The energetic sculptures and woven installations cultivate habitats for the imagination that raise awareness about our planet, offering windows of hope. Discarded materials, such as fish ing nets, hair curlers, lost mittens, heirloom gloves and bottlecaps are reassembled, reorganized and reinvented into new forms. The result brings into focus connections between many types of human communities, as well as with the precious natural world.

”Joseph Holston: Color in Free dom, Journey Along the Underground Railroad” — through Jan. 14, 2023, Washington County Muse um of Fine Arts, 401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown. In this exhibit, Holston leads his audience through four movements that deepen our under standing of America’s Black enslaved people’s experience. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to

5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission and park ing are free.301-739-5727 or wcm fa.org.

“The Poetry of Place: Paintings” — Dec. 7 through Jan. 15 at Gal lery B, 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda. Loriann Signori is a paint er of place and luminosity. Her work is based on traditional methods de fined by colorist tendencies, aim ing for continual transformation. Her

paintings consistently are an emo tional interpretation of time and place. 301-215-6660, bethesda.org/ bethesda/gallery-b-exhibitions.

”Relief From the Heat” — through Jan. 22, 2023, Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Works by the Washington Water Col or Association. Viewing is by ap pointment 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 301-258-6425 to schedule an appointment. gaithers burgmd.gov.

”Variable Palettes” — through Jan 6, 2023, Adams County Wine Shop, 25 Chambersburg St., Gettysburg, Pa. Featuring the work of Dorothea Bar rick. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun day through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. adamscountywinery.com/ events.

”From the Pages of PAN: Art Nouveau Prints, 1895-1900” — through Jan. 29, 2023, Washington Coun ty Museum of Fine Arts, 401 Muse um Drive, Hagerstown. This exhibi tion features brilliant lithographs, etchings and woodcuts by renowned artists such as Auguste Rodin, Hen ri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Sig nac, Georges Seurat, Käthe Kollwitz, Peter Behrens and Aubrey Beard sley, among others. PAN was an avant-garde periodical that sought to represent an overview of cut ting-edge international graphic art.

Works encompass the art nouveau movement, expressionism, post-im pressionism, and symbolism and give a view of the both artistic and intellectual life of this period. This exhibition is from the collection of the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and is organized by Landau Traveling Ex hibitions. Free admission. Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Nov. 2425; Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1. Go to wcmfa.org.

“Beneath the Forest” — through winter at the FAC Art Center at 5 E. Second St., Frederick. Pamela Moul ton’s solo show makes use of textiles and found materials to weave a nar rative about connectivity and envi ronmentalism. 301-662-4190, freder ickartscouncil.org.

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

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Photographer Jillian Abir MacMaster turns the camera

Turning the camera on herself was a departure photographic images, from left, “Universal Burden,”

In brief

Jillian Abir MacMaster

Residence: Frederick Education: BFA in photography from Day job: Community outreach manager children’s groups and adult recovery

As curator: “Infinite Growth” (2022, 31 in Frederick in 2018)

What she’s working on now: A portraiture taking a class in oil pastel drawing this her work in the future

Connect with her: jillianmacmaster.com

camera on herself in response to cultural norms to smile ...

WITH TEETH

BY LAUREN LAROCCA llarocca@newspost.com

Solo sets of teeth smile — grimace? — back at you, one frame at a time. Larger than life. Monochrome. Gritty.

Haunting, even. These are all the same teeth.

They all show one smiling mouth.

They belong to Frederick photographer Jillian Abir MacMaster, who, during the pandemic, went deep into self study, turning her lens away from others — and her usual colorful portraiture — and onto herself.

The result is a series of photographs on view in the solo exhibition “With Teeth” at the Delaplaine Arts Center through Dec. 31.

Her image titled “With Teeth” began the series in early 2020, just be fore everything shut down due to the pandemic.

“I was exploring photographing myself in a way that scared me,” Mac Master said recently. “I wanted to turn a smile into a jarring image.”

That initial image is a combination of two photographs of MacMas ter overlaid in Photoshop with just a bit of a shift, so that the final version shows a face whose mouth is slightly out of position, enough to be un settling to the viewer.

She created the initial image as an experiment, without intending for it to become the impetus for a series, but it got her thinking: “How can I continue to work my own self-portraiture and work a smile, which is most commonly seen as a friendly symbol, into something that is not friend ly, something that is a symbol of noncompliance or exaggerated self-de fense?” she asked.

The result is a series of images created in response to the idea of be ing told to smile, while also depicting, as she stated, her “fantasy retalia tion to sexual harassment, with a massive, grotesque, protective compli ance.”

Her solo exhibition includes 13 such images.

The Delaplaine Arts Center accepted her show proposal about two years ago, though a National Endowment for the Arts C.A.N. Recover Grant, which she received through the Frederick Arts Council earlier this year, helped to fund the show.

She also began a role as community outreach manager for the Delaplaine Arts Center in July of this year, after exhibiting her photogra phy in multiple group shows at the art center, including a national juried photography show in 2016.

“I was particularly moved by her proposal,” Delaplaine exhibitions manager Corey Frey said. “I think I was taken aback by the openness of the concept … and the paradox it brings — this difficulty and tension of a smile, something cordial that almost becomes dangerous.”

departure for Frederick artist

Abir MacMaster. “I found I could actually frighten myself.” Here, MacMaster is with her Burden,” “Practice” and “Forcing a Smile Until I Can’t Anymore.” AT LEFT: “With Teeth.”

“With Teeth”

Though her focus was sexual harassment and assault — from street ha rassment and cat calls and being told to smile to violent sexual acts — her body of work is broad enough to become a dialogue for myriad reasons we choose to smile in any given situation. Masking can be as simple as showing up to a doctor’s appointment or work function with a plastered smile that is not accurately representing what we’re feeling.

“With Teeth” cuts straight to the heart of this cultural dialogue, un abashedly.

from Shepherd University manager at the Delaplaine Arts Center, where she works with groups and engages them through art (2022, through the Frederick Arts Council) and “She/They” (at Area portraiture series of queer relationships, and she just started this month, so she might be incorporating that medium into jillianmacmaster.com Instagram: @jillianabirmacmaster

When: Daily through Dec. 31

Where: Delaplaine Arts Center, 40 S. Carroll St., Frederick Tickets: Free admission Info: 301-698-0656, delaplaine.org

“As a viewer, it allowed me into Jillian’s story a little bit, but the con cept was open enough that its allowed my own story to enter it as well,” Frey said. “For me, it [speaks to] the way the outward appearance can deceive the inner life, or the pressure for our inner life to kind of be hid den.”

In most cases, the remaining facial features in the photographs are an after thought, secondary, or removed altogether. The who or where be comes unimportant, as the shadowy smiles take precedence.

“Photography is, more often than not, used as a documentation of outward perception, but this work is documenting something subjective. It kind of flips photography on its head in that way,” Frey said. “It’s not necessarily looking at telling us the facts about things but … the work is documenting this underlying thing. It’s portraying the inner life.”

Staff photo by Bill Green

Jillian

Visit Jenny Bernhard Hatfield and other artists along this year’s Valley Craft Network Studio Tour

BY CRYSTAL SCHELLE Special to The News-Post

Creating art can be a lonely pro cess. The art is entirely in the art ist’s mind from conception until completion, when the finished product can be shown to others.

That’s why artists like Jenny Bern hard Hatfield look forward to Valley Craft Network’s annual Studio Tour, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 this year.

Hatfield has been part of the free, self-guided tour throughout Freder ick and Washington counties for more than a decade. During the event week end, visitors are invited into the art ists’ studios to interact with the artists, see their processes and hold the fin ished products. And Hatfield encour ages it all.

“I think it’s one of the most import ant parts of the whole reason why we do the tour … to educate people, to share knowledge and to talk to people about who we are,” she said.

Hatfield has had her hands in clay for her entire adult life. She was just 17 years old when she began working for a company in a small New Jersey town that produced traditional spongeware that she said “emulated American pot tery.”

“That’s how I learned how to do quite a bit of the business,” she said.

In the days before the internet, the company would sell through home magazines like Country Living and ship merchandise throughout the country. Hatfield said her first role was packing and shipping before eventual ly decorating the pottery.

“My parents were craftspeople, in a sense, by necessity,” she said. “My fa ther could do everything. My mother could do everything. They did every thing on their own.”

What drew Hatfield to work with clay was the physical process. She had al ways worked with her hands, whether sewing, tailoring, painting or drawing.

“When I found the medium of clay, it’s so malleable,” she said, noting she does work with metals as well, be cause of her father, who was a metal lurgist. “It’s not as hard as other ma terials. It’s not hard in the sense of forming, so to speak.”

Clay is also versatile, she said. “You have the actual basic material, but then you can also utilize the surface as a pal ette and as a canvas. You can do lots of different things with one medium.”

Although she attended college with

the idea of becoming an educator, Hatfield ultimately wanted to pursue her first love: artmaking. She earned a bachelor of fine arts in ceramic sculp ture from Montclair State College in New Jersey, and while in school, she started doing apprenticeships with es tablished artists.

She first worked with production potters in New Jersey and made giant vessels that were sold to department stores and designers. Hatfield then be came an apprentice for a business that produced fine ceramics using poly chrome enamels.

Through her apprenticeships, she was exposed to the business aspect of being a working artist. The business es taught her how to market herself, which at the time was mostly through galleries.

In 1994, Hatfield landed a job at the Torpedo Factory Art Gallery in Alexan dria, Virginia, where she met her men tors, Solveig Cox and Chase Bruns. She became a production potter for Cox and Bruns there and eventual ly became a juried member, which she continued for 32 years until the COVID-19 pandemic began.

“During those years, I really devel oped myself as a potter, as a ceramist,” she said. “I had a line of work and started doing American Craft Council shows. At one point, I had, like, 90 gal leries that I sold to, as well.”

She was a production potter for herself but was also working with Cox to help her run her business. Cox, who died in 2017, was well-known for her artistic style and was nicknamed “The

Cat Lady” for her whimsical pottery featuring cats. Hatfield said Cox “was really one of the people who really in troduced me to the arts in D.C.”

About 20 years ago, Hatfield moved to Frederick, where she estab lished a new home for her business, Jennifer Bernhard Ceramics. She con tinued to work as a production potter and taught classes at the Art League at the Torpedo Factory.

Hatfield’s work has been at the Ren wick Gallery of the Smithsonian Amer ican Art Museum, and she’s shown her work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, DeYoung Museum in San Francis co and the Falling Water Conservancy in Pennsylvania.

Each piece is hand-painted and of ten decorated with circles, dots or stripes. Her work is not glazed but covered in liquid clay, or a silt, that is hand-colored and applied.

“Everything is just done from a block of clay and raw materials,” she said.

Hatfield is most known for her can ister set, sought after by fans. Al though she has a style that is uniquely her own, Hatfield said she is constant ly trying to experiment with designs to continue to make her work fresh.

“They’re functional, but they’re also an art piece, where you could hang it up on a wall,” she said.

She often has returning custom ers who purchase pieces to gift friends and family.

It’s just one of the many reasons she’s looking forward to the Valley Craft Network — seeing those familiar faces and hopefully new ones as well.

Valley Craft Network Studio Tour

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20

Tickets: Free admission

Info: valleycraftnetwork.org/downloadbrochuremap-pdf

Studios on the tour:

Foxcroft Pottery, 6640 Remsburg Road, Sharpsburg

JRW Creations, 6924 Girl Scout Road, Boonsboro

Tameria Martinez Clay, 2100 Tasker Lane, Boonsboro

Pathfinder Farm Distillery, 5515 Mount Carmel Church Road, Keedysville

M4 Studios, 4803 Mount Briar Road, Keedysville

Caprikorn Farms, 20312 Townsend Road, Gapland

WoodEndeavor, 2339 Boteler Road, Brownsville

Kesra’s Art, 2339 Boteler Road, Brownsville

Van Gilder Pottery, 20834 Towsend Road, Gapland

Willow Oaks Cider Craft, 6219 Harley Road, Middletown

Jennifer Bernhard Ceramics, 7109 Ridge Crest Drive, Frederick

Jane Pettit Art, 10002 Baltimore National Pike, Myersville

Studio 2 Beth Carney Jewelry, 11425 Harp Hill Road, Myersville

For more

For more information about Jenny Bernhard Clay, visit jennybernhardclay.com or follow her on Instagram @bernhardclay12.

“For some people, this is a big, once-a-year destination event they do with family and friends, and they’ve been doing it for years,” she said.

Because of that, Hatfield said the people who come are more than just customers.

“It’s almost like they’re sort of ex tended family that you see once a year,” she said. “You get to see how their lives have changed and families have grown. It’s very charming that we often forget in our lives that life is big ger than your little community.”

Crystal Schelle is an award-winning journalist whose work has been pub lished locally, regionally and national ly. She enjoys trivia, cats and streaming movies.

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Jenny Bernhard Hatfield

Chatting comics at the Baltimore Comic Con

Yes, Alan Davis was at the Baltimore Comic Con this year, and I’m glad to report that, unlike eight years ago, I swallowed my anxiety and, yes, shook the great man’s hand. Tick one off the bucket list.

In full disclosure, I only managed to attend a few hours on Sunday, due to a range of family stuff, such as homecoming and an invasion of teenagers on Saturday night and not one but three appliance deliveries. Who said mid dle age wasn’t exciting?

That said, I crammed a lot into those few hours, talked to a lot of good peo ple and scored several in credible comics. Con Sun days are languorous affairs, especially in the morning when tablers are shak ing off Saturday-night meet and greets, and the pace is a bit slower. Being old, this is much more my speed.

Audio from those creator interviews is over on the Substack (thelongbox. substack.com), where you can hear from Todd Webb (“The Poet”), Steve Conley (“The Middle Age), Mike Riley (“Irregulordz”) and Kevin Cuffe (“Metal Shark Bro”).

I chatted with Ed Piskor, briefly, and picked up a couple of trades of Pis kor’s latest work, “Red Room” (which is so disturbing and viscerally violent, I’ll only say this: Don’t buy it for your kids). He politely declined an interview due to con burnout, but I figured I’d make an approach as Piskor, who’s from Pitts burgh, does have ties to Baltimore, which is in-region for The Long Box.

In 2017, Piskor collaborated with Nike, designing elements of the shoe brand’s Baltimore tribute Air Force 1 high-tops. His mural adorns the for mer site of the historic store Cinderel la Shoes.

Anyhow, enough fanboi-ing about Mr. Piskor. The Baltimore Comic Con is one of those few events that still feels like a comic conference. To give some context, many similar events have moved deeper into media that’s not su per comic-related, much to the irritation of my colleagues and fellow comic fans. Now, I understand the economic pres sures that require diversification into media such as movies and TV, but are they really comic cons? Not so much. (The New York Comic Con, for instance,

really shouldn’t have “comic” in the title.)

But that’s not the case with BCC. Comics still feature strongly, and you can find a lot of legendary creators ta bling and surprisingly open to chat. I mean, it takes a lot to get me to trav el to Baltimore in any case, and the con has the kind of pull needed to over come my distaste. (Don’t @ me, Baltimore fans.)

Closer to home, Shoff Promotions’ Frederick Com ic Con is coming up, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Clarion Inn Event Center, 5400 Holiday Drive (near the Francis Scott Key Mall). Artists alley will feature An gela McKendrick, Jay Taylor, Dallas Prichard, Dan Nokes, Ori Avissar, William Auch, Caitlin Leop old and Laura Inglis, among others. As it’s only $8 (cash only) to attend, I’m go ing to try to swing by.

Next month, I’ll round up the good and the bad of the past year. Thoughts? Send them to me. I’m on Twitter at twitter.com/cgcumber.

RECOMMENDS ... “You can’t kill the metal. The metal will live on,” in toned Jack Black of Tenacious D. And he is right. The Metal has long been part of the comics scene — I mean, take the long-running magazine Heavy Metal, for instance — so, when I ran into cartoon ist Rafer Roberts at BCC, and he recom mended a metal album/comic project on Kickstarter from D.C.’s A Sound of Thunder, well, hell yes, I was in.

“Queen of Hell: Initium” is “one massive story intended from inception to be told both in song and comics, produced and released concurrently.”

Roberts is writing the comic, with art by Mike Ratera, colors by Diego L. Parada and Max Bayo, and letters by Crank!. The main cover artwork is by Dusan Markovic, with variant cover art by Joseph Schmalke.

Find it at kickstarter.com/projects/ asoundofthunder/queen-of-hell-initium.

HONORABLE MENTION ... for Karl Slominski, an artist/writer I ran into at the New York Comic Con. I was so impressed with his book, “Evermore Falls,” I spent good hard cash on “Tee ter Totter” and The Cult of Icarus lim ited edition “Ash Can.” Something about the madness of his linework spoke to me — and it’ll speak to you, too. Find him at slomotionart.com.

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BRUNCH CLUB PRESENTS

"The Bodyguard" Sunday, November 27th @ 1PM

FILM LEAGUE

"Interstellar” Wednesday, November 30th at 7 PM

NEW MOVIES

Opening this week will be "She Said", "The Menu", "Spirited" and "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio"

FILM

‘A Story of Two Churches’ examines Frederick’s cultural history

The AARCH Society will host a public screening of the documentary film “A Story of Two Churches: Mov ing From the Past — Building a Better Future” at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 101 W. All Saints St., Frederick.

This documentary explores the unique shared history, connection and reconciliation from slavery and emancipation to today between a white church (All Saints’ Episcopal) and an African American church (As bury United Methodist) in Frederick. This relationship reveals the attitudes and practices between Blacks and whites during an era in our country.

Over three years ago, mem bers of the two congregations met monthly to discuss race issues. They later invited the community to join the conversations and to do commu nity service projects together. These community conversations, called Love Thy Neighbor, are now held weekly.

This story relays a message of hope for race relations today and in cludes testimonies of group conver sation participants.

Arts Barn: Independent Film Night

The Gaithersburg Arts Barn will host its Independent Film Night at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19.

For more information, call 301-2586394, email artsbarn@gaithersburgmd. gov, or visit gaithersburgmd.gov/aotg.

Strike Team.

“Do You Have ICE?” By Dan Verk man

Warehouse Cinemas is an independently owned cinema that offers a unique, premium movie going experience by providing first-run movies + retro films, leather recliner seating w/ seat warmers, high-quality picture and sound, including Dolby Atmos, a modern-industrial décor, and premium food and drink options, including movie themed cocktails, wine and a 28-tap self-serve beer wall. Visit us at warehouscinemas.com or scan the QR Code for this week’s feature films.

Concessions will be sold before the film screenings and during intermis sion, followed by a question and an swer session with the film’s creators.

Admission is $15. Purchase tickets online. This event is recommended for ages 13 and older.

The Arts Barn is at 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg.

FEATURED FILMS

“Leaf Me Alone” by Dan Verkman

A failing Baltimore leaf removal company implements customer sur veys following customer complaints and proceeds to drive their custom ers crazy with them via emails, robo callers, personal visits and a Military

ICE Agents are conducting surveil lance in pursuit of a “wanted” man. However, because of signage updates to make the agency “cool,” their sur veillance is interrupted by patrons of a local cowboy academy, who think they are selling ice.

(See FILM NIGHT 19)

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Free film fest celebrating Black voices and stories

The Carroll County Arts Council is hosting its first Black American Film Festival this fall at the Carroll Arts Cen ter in Westminster. This free festival is a celebration of Black storytelling with a special focus on stories that provide a dynamic perspective of Black expe riences.

Curated and hosted by Erin Watley, associate professor in McDaniel Col lege’s Communication and Cinema Department, the three remaining films in the series highlight Black romance, liberation, fame and more. The films are screened on select Fridays through December at 7:30 p.m.

Each film features a brief intro duction to provide context and a post-screening facilitated discussion with Watley.

Watley’s teaching and research in terests are focused on ways to prac tice everyday skills that can reduce oppressive systems (racism, sexism, transphobia, classism, fatphobia, etc.). Facilitating intercultural dialogue, en couraging difficult conversations, teaching media literacy and analyzing Black American popular culture are her specialty.

Review all of the Carroll Arts Center’s current COVID-19 poli

cies at carrollcountyartscouncil.org/ covid-19-policies.

Admission is free with no tickets re quired. Get the festival schedule and more information at carrollcounty artscouncil.org, or call the box office at 410-848-7272. The Carroll Arts Center

is at 91 W. Main St. in downtown West minster.

“PARIAH”

Nov. 18

2011; R for sexual content and lan guage

A Brooklyn teenager juggles con flicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

“ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI”

Dec. 2

2020; R for language throughout

On the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, Cassius Clay joins Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcolm X as they dis cuss the responsibility of being suc cessful Black men during the civil rights movement.

“FAST COLOR”

Dec. 16

2018; PG-13 for a scene of violence and brief strong language

A young woman with supernatu ral abilities flees back to her family and the farmhouse she abandoned long ago. There, while being pursued by the local sheriff, she begins to mend the broken relationships with her mother and daughter and learns that the power she needed was inside her all along.

This film will be preceded by a screening of the short film “Hair Love” (2019).

Film Night

(Continued from 18)

“The Death of Anne Brontë” by Kathleen Barth

Anne Brontë fights through her rav aging tuberculosis to write her third novel. Anne’s older sister, Charlotte seizes Anne’s manuscript and orders her to rest.

“The Distanced” by Justin Timpane

Across time and space, sarcastic performer Manny forms an unlikely romance with Heather, a single mom who, like Manny, finds herself trapped in a quantum bubble time loop, isolat

ed from the rest of humankind. Now, with nothing but time and each oth er, can Manny and Heather survive this quantum isolation, or will they remain “The Distanced”?

“Borderline” by Alladin Hidar

A man’s daily routine slowly disap pears as his life slowly goes down the drain.

“Searching” by Juan Morales

The woman of his dreams slowly drifts away from him, as he discovers a new young woman.

“A

Good Night’s Rest” by Tejan Sesay

A couple tosses and turns in bed, due to a menacing disturbance in their room, which they try to control but can’t.

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“Pariah”

“Leaf Me Alone” is one of several indie films that will screen at the Arts Barn.

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$40 tickets for 20

All Cash Games w/Light Dinner served from 5 6:30pm Bingo at 7pm 301 874 5642 or online: www carrollmanorfire org

Sold separately: Special Games, Tip Jars & Dessert

Carroll Manor Fire Company 1809 Ballenger Creek Pike Point of Rocks Station

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AND BABY JESUS

A family event for all ages Sat , Dec 3 from 9 11:30 am

Free

Breakfast served all morning Experience the story of the Nativity Crafts Cookie Decorating Station Bush Creek Church of the Brethren 4821A Green Valley Road Monrovia, Md 21770 301 865 3013

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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Frederick Church of the Brethren Fri Dec 2, 8a 2p

Luncheon served 11a 2p Sandwiches, soups, desserts, beverages Bake table, comforters, antiques & collectibles, books, white elephant

HOLIDAY BAZAAR

Saturday, Nov 19, 2022

Libertytown Fire Hall 12027 South St Libertytown, MD 8 am 2 pm

Crafts, Homemade goodies, Food available, sandwiches, Soups, Baked table, raffles and much more For more info: Mary 301 401 2824 Benefit: Libertytown Vol Fire Dept Aux

HOLIDAY CRAFT AND VENDOR EVENT

Hosted by Vigilant Hose Co Activities Bldg , 17701 Creamery Rd Emmitsburg, MD

Friday, 11/25, Noon Til 8pm Saturday, 11/26, 9am til 2pm Many Crafters and Vendors including Fresh wreath, plants as well as silk floral arrangements And much more! Dinner and food available for purchase Friday And Saturday

Visit with Santa Friday and Saturday, Photos available For sale! Bring families, children, and pets!

For more info contact: Sharon Keeney 410 746 8776 MaryLou Little 240 285 3184 or Kenny Clevinger 240 393 0758 Flint

New Year's Eve Bingo 12-31-2022

Thurmont Event Complex

Over $10,000 00 of Cash Payouts $50 00 Per Ticket

Available Friday Night Bingo, www eventbrite com, or by calling 301 748 5359 or 301 271 3820

Ticket Includes: 9 Pack of 27 Games ($250 00ea ), 3 Games ($1,000ea ), 3 50/50 Games & 1 Jackpot ($1,500), (1 sheet of 3 for each 50/50’s & 1 Jackpot)

Doors Open @ 5:00 p m , Bingo Starts @ 8:00 p m

Meal Served: 6 8 p m

Meal: Roast Beet, Fried Shrimp, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Green Beans and Applesauce Cash Bar Kitchen

Open During Break

No Reserved Seating First Come, First Served Basis Only No Exceptions! **We reserve the right to lower payouts if less than 300 tickets sold**

Benefits The Thurmont Community Ambulance Company 13716 Strafford Drive

St John’s Lutheran Church Sponsors the Emmitsburg Community Christmas Concert

on December 3 at 4 p m in the Union Church Building 8619 Blacks Mill Road Creagerstown, MD There will be light hors d’oeuvres in the Parish Hall following the service Luminaries will also be on display at 5:30 p m

THURMONT CHRISTMAS MARKET CRAFT AND VENDOR SHOW

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

HOLIDAY BAZAAR

Sat, Dec 3, 9 am 3 pm at Woodsboro Lutheran Church, 101 S Main Street; Crafters, vendors, pictures w/Santa (11 2); Breakfast, lunch and baked goods available; Advance orders for chicken corn soup, chicken salad, ham sandwiches, text 301 606 5046

COUNTRY BREAKFAST

SAT DEC 3, 2022 7:00am to 11:00am Ruritan Center

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

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

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FIREWOOD

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HOLIDAY BAZAAR & BAKE SHOP

Sat Nov 19, 8am 2pm

Cakes, candies, pies, cookie trays, mystery gifts, silent auction, and crafts

Food served from kitchen 11106 Green Valley RD (RT 75) between Union Bridge & Libertytown More info 410 775 7217

*All proceeds benefit the Thurmont Community Ambulance Company*

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Thursday Nov. 17

ETCETERA

Biggs Ford Archaeological Exhibit — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Frederick Community Col lege , 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. Join the MOSAIC Center at the Student Center Room 102 at Frederick Community College for a reception with light refresh ments to welcome the Biggs Ford Collec tion. The exhibit continues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 2, excluding holidays.  Frederick Community Col lege7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. llippiello@frederick.edu.

200 Monroe Restaurant — 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 talented students at 200 Monroe Restaurant! Reservations are required! For dine-in, visit opentable. com/200-Monroe. For carryout orders, go to toasttab.com/200-monroe (last order time 7 p.m). $38-$42. HCTI@frederick.edu. opentable.com/200-monroe.

“The Queen” with Andrew Morton — 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Exploration Commons, 50 E. Main St., Westminster. For adults. Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain’s longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. Tickets include author talk and copy of “The Queen”). Visit site to purchase tickets.

$26. 443-293-3000. ask@carr.org. ccpl.librarymarket.com/event/queen.

Frederick County Civil War Roundtable Presentation “Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend” — 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E. Patrick St., Freder ick. Tom McMillan is the presenter. Part dual biography and part Civil War history, “Armi stead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend” takes a fascinating deep dive into

the friendship between Confederate Gen. Lewis Armistead and Union Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock — a friendship that has been heavily-dramatized in popular novels and movies. Based on years of research and previously untapped sources, the book pro vides new information and fresh perspec tive to reverse decades of misconceptions about an amazing story of two friends that has come to define the Civil War. free for members, $5 suggested fee for non-members. gldyson@comcast.net. frederickcountycivilwarrt.org.

FAMILY

Reading with Heiress: Body Safety & Boundaries — 4 p.m. at Middletown Public Library, 101 Prospect St., Middletown. Presented by the Child Advocacy Center and FCPL. Heiress is a 6-year-old yellow Lab/golden retriever who supports children while they in engage in services at CAC. Heiress has been trained by Canine Com panions to assist children who may have been victims of child maltreatment. The team of experts will read “My Body! What I Say Goes!”, using activities to help children learn proper terms for all parts of the body, recognize inappropriate touches, act on feeling uncomfortable with someone’s be havior, speak up if boundaries have been crossed and build a support network. 301-600-1758. cacinfo@frederickcountymd.gov.

MUSIC

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards in Concert — 6 p.m. at Willow Oaks Craft Cider and Wine, Country Pleasures Farm, 6219 Harley Road, Middletown. Mod ern-day folk troubadours, husband and wife in-person show. Accompanying them selves on guitar, harmonica, ukulele, penny whistle, electric bass, and most uniquely clarinet, their live performances are both musically captivating and spiritually uplift ing as audiences are carefully balanced between serious songs and humorous commentary. willowoakscraftcider.com.

Student African Drum Ensembles — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Baker Memorial Chapel, McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westmin ster. Students in McDaniel College’s African Drum Ensembles perform under the direc tion of music faculty member Pape Demba “Paco” Samb, a Senegalese griot.   mcdaniel.edu.

Frederick Community College Jazz Ensemble II — 7:30 p.m. at Frederick Community College | Visual & Performing Arts Center | JBK Theater, 7932 Opossum town Pike, Frederick. A great night of jazz with the FCC Jazz Ensemble II and director Jordan Clawson. With solos sure to impress and rhythm certain to groove, come and see us with your friends.

Shepherd University Wind Symphony Presents “Maestros and Tartans” — 7:30 p.m. at Shepherd University, Frank Arts Center,, 301 S. King St., Shepherdstown, W.Va. The concert will feature a variety of wind band literature as interpreted by a new generation of student conductors and special guest artists, The City of Winchester Pipes and Drums. $15 general, $10 for senior citizens and ages 18 and under. shepherd.edu.

Frankie Avalon — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. Legend of stage and screen. Avalon dominated the music charts for years with dozens of popular songs in the ‘50s and ‘60s including number one hits “Venus” and “Why.” $54-$84. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdtheatre. org. mdtheatre.org/frankie-avalon.

FCC Jazz Ensemble II — 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Frederick Community College Jack B. Kussmaul Theater, 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. Frederick Community Col lege is celebrating jazz in November with festive concert performances. Enjoy a great night of jazz with the FCC Jazz Ensemble II and director Jordan Clawson, with solos sure to impress and rhythm certain to groove. 301-846-2514.

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PERFORMER

BrewHaHa Comedy Series Presents New York Stand-up Comedian Camille Roberts — 8 p.m. at Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster. Queer comedian Roberts brings her uniquely self-aware comedy to the stage as she grapples with social media, friendship and her Catho lic upbringing. For ages 21 and up only. Pre-show happy hour from Pipe the Side Brewing starts at 6:45 p.m.  $15. 410-848-7272.

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THEATER

“Radium Girls” — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at WMC Alumni Hall, 2 College Hill, West minster. Gené Fouché, chair of McDaniel’s theater arts department, directs playwright D.W. Gregory’s recounting of the tragedy of Marie Curie’s factory workers. Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court after the women who were hired to paint luminous watches fall ill with a mysterious disease.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors (over 60), active military members and veterans, students, as well as those with a McDaniel College ID. 410-857-2448.

Friday Nov. 18

CLASSES

Senior Resource and Education Seminar — 10:30 a.m. to noon at Brunswick Branch Library, 915 N. Maple Ave., Brunswick. Pre sented by SOAR and the Aging Network Al liance in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries. The following topics will be discussed: In-Home Care, Home Health, Medicare, Transportation, Assisted Living, Elder Law, Financial and other resources.  301-600-7250.

An Era of Central Maryland Trolleys with speaker Reuben Moss — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Mount Nebo United Methodist Church, 134 S. Main St., Boonsboro. As part of the National Road Heritage Foundation Speak

er Series, join H&F Railway Historical Soci ety president Reuben Moss for an evening discussing the region’s trolley history and the impacts that the electric rail system had on the area. This hour-long presentation will highlight over 100 images and maps regarding the trolleys in both Frederick and Washington counties. Get a sneak peek at plans for the new National Road Museum coming to Boonsboro in 2024. heidigschlag@gmail.com. nationalrdfoundation.org.

ETCETERA

Ghost Tours of Historic Frederick — 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Brewer’s Alley Restau rant and Brewery, 124 N. Market St., Freder ick. 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

Christmas at the Roundhouse — noon to 4 p.m. at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum,

296 S. Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown. See the trains of Christmas on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 29 Admission $6.00 adults $1.00 for children 4 through 16 Free for children 3 and under. 240-674-1882. davem301@yahoo.com. roundhouse.org.

MUSIC

Bluegrass Concert — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morgan Chapel United Methodist Church, 6750 Woodbine Road, Woodbine. Mor gan’s Coffeehouse presents The Knuckle Dusters in concert. The Knuckle Dusters are known for their vintage Americana music. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., music begins at 7 p.m. Free admission. Donations encour aged. Food and beverages will be for sale throughout the evening. 410-970-2485. revjim@morganchapel.church. morganchapel.church/coffeehouse.html.

Hollywood Nights: The Bob Seger Experience — 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. The ultimate tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. This 9-piece New Jersey-based powerhouse has set out to re-create everything about Bob and his music right down to the smallest detail. $39.50-$49.50. 301-790-3500. ajv@mdthe atre.org. mdtheatre.org/Hollywood-Nights.

PERFORMER

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.

THEATER

“Radium Girls” — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at WMC Alumni Hall, 2 College Hill, West minster. Gené Fouché, chair of McDaniel’s theater arts department, directs playwright D.W. Gregory’s recounting of the tragedy of Marie Curie’s factory workers. Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court after the women who were hired to paint luminous watches fall ill with a mysterious disease.   Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors (over 60), active military members and veterans, students, as well as those with a McDaniel College ID. 410-857-2448.

Saturday Nov. 19

CLASSES

Huddleston — 10 a.m. to noon at Fox Hav en Farm, Retreat & Learning Center, 3630 Poffenberger Road, Jefferson. In this work shop, learn about healing herbs you can rely on during the fall and winter months to boost your health. Qubilah will give her thoughts on the best ways to prepare such herbs to best extract their healing proper ties to ensure optimal medicinal benefits. Each attendant will have the opportunity to make a healing, herb-infused vinegar that can later be turned into a healing oxymel. Materials and ingredients will be provided. $32. 240-490-5484. alecks@foxhavenfarm. org.

foxhavenfarm.org/events/fall-winter-allieswith-qubilah-huddleston.

Handmade Holiday Cards — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Martinsburg Public Library, 101 W. King St., Martinsburg, W.Va. Learn a variety of fun printing techniques to inspire the winter holiday spirit. Create your own unique images, along with some favorite holiday motifs. Ages 7 and older, pre-regis ter by Nov. 15. Masks and proof of COVID vaccination required. $25. berkeleyartswv@gmail.com. berkeleyartswv.org/instruction/.

Beginner Wool Spinning with Natalie Love — 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Fox Haven Farm, Retreat & Learning Center, 3630 Poffen berger Road, Jefferson. Learn how to spin wool yarn. This class is meant for complete

Fall & Winter Herbal Allies with Qubilah

CALENDAR

beginners. Materials provided. Natalie will teach you how to make a two-ply yarn on your thigh and how to make a single-ply yarn with a basic supported spindle. Ages 12 and up. After you learn the basics of spinning, spend some time with the group and get some practice under your belt! While you spin Natalie will offer you some fun facts about Fiber culture and show you what other tools you can get to further your journey in Fiberways.Open to ages 12 and up $37. 240-490-5484. alecks@foxhavenfarm. org. foxhavenfarm.org/events/beginner-woolspinning-with-natalie-love-2.

ETCETERA

Care to Restring? Event — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Duet with Music, 5500 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick. Restring your 6-string acoustic or electric guitars with our strings for FREE! All you have to do is bring in at least 5 non-perishable food items for each guitar restring. Offer excludes classical, 12-string, Floyd Rose and bass guitars. 5 Cans per Guitar. 301-695-3838. sales@ duetwithmusic.com. duetwithmusic.com.

Saga Games’ Nerdy Craft Fair — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Saga Games’ Nerdy Craft Fair, 2190 Old Farm Drive, Unit E, Frederick. Vendors offering a variety of crafts, with a focus on gaming and nerdy culture. 301-378-2548. sagagamesllc@gmail.com. fb.me/e/2SzRQv8Jt.

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

Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Tours — 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Schifferstadt Architec tural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Ave., Fred erick. The oldest home in Frederick city, a National Historic Landmark, is open for tours Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 6. $8, free for children under 12. 301-4564912. boycerensberger@gmail.com. fredericklandmarks.org.

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.

Christmas at the Roundhouse — noon to 4 p.m. at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, 296 S. Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown. See the trains of Christmas on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 29

Admission $6.00 adults $1.00 for children 4 through 16 Free for children 3 and under. 240-674-1882. davem301@yahoo.com. roundhouse.org.

FESTIVALS

Breakfast — 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Co. Activities Build ing, 13516 Motters Station Road, Rocky Ridge. AYCE breakfast buffet of pancakes, sausage, puddin’ scrambled eggs, home fries, hominy, chipped beef gravy, toast, fruit and beverages. Baked goods available for purchase from the Rocky Ridge Church of the Brethren. Held in conjunction with butchering.

$10 adults, $6 ages 5 to 10, under ages 5 free; carry outs $12.

Holiday Bazaar — 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Liber tytown Fire Hall, 12027 South St., Liberty town. Apple dumplings, crafts, homemade items, sandwiches, soups, bake table, raffles and more. Sponsored by the Liberty town Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. 301-401-2824.

Gem Miner’s Holiday Gem, Jewelry, Gift and Craft Show — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lebanon Valley Expo, 80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon, Pa. Exhibition and sale of prod ucts and collectibles available from Earth’s treasures. Vendors from around the country with gems, minerals, fossils, beads, jewelry and arts and crafts.

$6. 301-807-9745. eventcoordinator@gem-show.com. gem-show.com.

Gallery of Gifts — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., West minster. 36 artists will display and sell their handmade wares. Open through Dec. 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tues day and Thursday.  410-848-7272.

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FILM

Silent Film Series: “The Mark of Zorro” (1920) — 3 p.m. at Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. A seemingly idiotic fop is really the coura geous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed. Cast includes Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Noah Beery.  (1 hour 19 minutes).

$7. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffrederick. com.

weinbergcenter.org/shows/the-mark-ofzorro-1920.

Independent Film Night — 7:30 p.m. at The Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Concessions will be sold before the film screenings and during inter mission, followed by a question and answer session with the film’s creators. Purchase tickets online. Recommended for ages 13 and older.

$15. 301-258-6394. gaithersburgmd.gov.

Silent Film Series: “The Daughter of Dawn” (1920) — 8 p.m. at Weinberg Cen

ter for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. This restored silent film features a love triangle involving a Kiowa chief’s daughter and ensuing conflict between Kiowa and Comanche villages. Cast includes White Parker, Esther LeBarre and Hunting Horse. (1 hour 20 minutes). Category: Romance, Western.

$7. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffrederick. com. weinbergcenter.org/shows/the-daughterof-dawn-1920.

GALLERY

Annual Fall Pottery Sale — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Highfield Pottery, 25210 Cas cade Road, Cascade. Allison Severance’s restored chestnut barn will be stocked with new pottery including coffee mugs, plates, serving trays, batter bowls, serving bowls, soup bowls and more. 301-241-5080. allison@allisonseverancepottery.com. allisonseverancepottery.com.

Foothills Artists Studio Tour — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at various locations, Fairfield and Cashtown, Pa. Meet the artists and tour their studios nestled in beautiful western Adams County, Pa., just a few miles from Gettysburg. This popular tour, located in the historic Fairfield and Cashtown areas, is self-guided and may be completed in any

order. 717-339-7152. geoff@geoffreythulin.com. foothillsartists.net.

MUSIC

Blue Oyster Cult — 8 p.m. at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, 750 Hol lywood Drive, Charles Town, W.Va. For five decades, Blue Oyster Cult occupies a unique place in rock history because they are one of very few hard rock/heavy metal bands to earn both mainstream critical ac claim as well as commercial success. Songs include “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll,” “Then Came the Last Days of May” and “I Love the Night.”

$40 and up. hollywoodcasinocharlestown.com.

OUTDOORS

Walk in the Woods: Antietam Along the Potomac — 1 p.m. at C&O Canal near Antietam Creek, C793+J9G, Antietam. Join a guided hike along the C&O Canal near Antietam Creek to learn the local flora, fauna and natural and human history of the Potomac River Basin. Hike leader Jim Cummins, retired aquatic biologist of In terstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin and current president of Potomac Valley Audubon Society, will walk the group through the fascinating human and biolog

ical history of the area. The group will walk about 3 miles on easy terrain. 301-417-4371. rbourassa@icprb.org.

THEATER

Whale Wall: A New Immersive Dance Theatre Performance — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Y Arts Center, 115 E. Church St., Frederick. Whale Wall is classic MAD Dance. Equal parts quirky, beautiful and complicated, two entities adrift at sea ponder all matters of things as they find themselves beached on the shores of a circa 1920s oceanside resort. There they are equal parts mystified and delighted by the stimulating environ ment. This immersive dance theatre piece ponders how we respond in unfamiliar environments, a meaningful exploration as we all find ourselves in ever-murkier waters in our actual state of current affairs. Defying genre, “Whale Wall” incorporates storytelling, video, song, and an original score to create a unique and one-of-a-kind experience. $1-$25. 301-331-4398. kitclark.moves@ gmail.com. facebook.com/mad.dance.theatre. “Radium Girls” — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at WMC Alumni Hall, 2 College Hill, West minster. Gené Fouché, chair of McDaniel’s theater arts department, directs playwright D.W. Gregory’s recounting of the tragedy of

Marie Curie’s factory workers. Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court after the women who were hired to paint luminous watches fall ill with a mysterious disease.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors (over 60), active military members and veterans, students, as well as those with a McDaniel College ID. 410-857-2448.

Sunday Nov. 20

ETCETERA

Baltimore Bead Society Artisan Market Place — noon to 4 p.m. at Howard County Center For The arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City . Hosted annually by the Baltimore Bead Society, the Artisan Market Place showcases the extraordinary artwork handcrafted by members and features a variety of unique creations available for purchase. Peruse jewelry, artistic accesso ries, decorative objects, stained glass and mosaic pieces, and more. 410-313-2787. info@baltimorebead.org.

Mount Olivet Cemetery History & Mystery Tour — 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 515 S. Market St., Frederick. Discover Frederick’s past as you navigate through the labyrinth of graves,

crypts and monuments in one of Maryland’s largest and most beautiful cemeteries. Reservations required. $15. info@marylandghosttours.com. marylandghosttours.com.

The Frederick Speaker Series: Jon Mea cham — 3 p.m. at Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick. Presiden tial historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. A contributor to TIME and the New York Times Book Review, Mea cham is a highly sought-after commentator, regularly appearing on MSNBC, CNN, and other news outlets. $50-$60. 301-600-2828. bhiller@cityoffrederick.com. weinbergcenter.org/shows/jon-meacham.

FAMILY

Frederick Comic Con — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Clarion Inn Event Center, 5400 Holiday Drive, Frederick. Selection of comic books from gold, silver, bronze to modern age, non-sports cards, superheroes and pop toys, games, gaming supplies, anime, mini figures, video games, original art and hobby supplies. Artists Alley, cosplay welcome. Free parking. Presented by Shoff Promotions. $8.00 12 & under Free. 301-318-4464. pnshoff@aol.com. shoffpromotions.com.

MVSDA Church Special Needs Thanksgiving Brunch and Activities — 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Middletown Valley SDA Church, 1811 Arnold Road, Jefferson. Thanksgiving brunch and activities for special needs individuals of all ages and their families. Food provided will be vegan followed by sensory activities and guided social games. RSVP due to limited spots at katieflores17@gmail.com 240-405-7216. jlelliott10@comcast.net. middletownvalleymd.adventistchurch.org.

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.

Christmas at the Roundhouse — noon to 4 p.m. at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, 296 S. Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown. See the trains of Christmas on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 29

Admission $6.00 adults $1.00 for children 4 through 16 Free for children 3 and under. 240-674-1882. davem301@yahoo.com. roundhouse.org.

FESTIVALS

Gem Miner’s Holiday Gem, Jewelry,

Coming this HolidaySeason

Gift and Craft Show — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lebanon Valley Expo, 80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon, Pa. Exhibition and sale of products and collectibles available from Earth’s treasures. Vendors from around the country with gems, minerals, fossils, beads, jewelry and arts and crafts.  $6. 301-8079745. eventcoordinator@gem-show.com. gem-show.com.

GALLERY

Annual Fall Pottery Sale — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Highfield Pottery, 25210 Cas cade Road, Cascade. Allison Severance’s restored chestnut barn will be stocked with new pottery including coffee mugs, plates, serving trays, batter bowls, serving bowls, soup bowls and more. 301-241-5080. allison@allisonseveran cepottery.com. allisonseverancepottery.com/. Foothills Artists Studio Tour — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at various locations, Fairfield and Cashtown, Pa. Meet the artists and tour their studios nestled in beautiful western Adams County, Pa., just a few miles from Gettysburg. This popular tour, located in the historic Fairfield and Cashtown areas, is self-guided and may be completed in any order. 717-339-7152. geoff@geoffreythulin.com. foothillsartists.net.

MUSIC

Ballet Project — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Dance Unlimited, 244 S Jefferson St Ste A, Fred erick. Come enjoy ballet in two acts: Les Sylphides and Sleeping Beauty Variation. 301-662-3722.

office@performingartsfactory.com.

Ballet Project — 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dance Unlimited, 244 S Jefferson St Ste A, Fred erick. Come enjoy ballet in two acts: Les Sylphides and Sleeping Beauty Variation. 301-662-3722.

office@performingartsfactory.com.

Ernie Bradley and the Grassy Ridge Band — 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cactus Flats, 10026 Hansonville Road, Frederick. Bluegrass music.

College Choir Concert: “Music Mat ters” — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Baker Memorial Chapel, McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster. The McDaniel College Choir presents “Music Matters” under the direction of Kyle Engler, senior lecturer in music, with accompanist Peggy Brengle. The program features music from diverse locales and historical eras.  mcdaniel.edu.

THEATER

“Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story” — 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Maryland Theatre,

21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown. “Buddy” speaks an international language and con tinues to have audiences from 8 to 80 rock in’ in the aisles across the globe. “Buddy” tells the enduring tale of the musical icon’s meteoric rise to fame and his final leg endary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 22. In 18 short months, the Texas-born boy revolutionized the face of contemporary music influenc ing everyone from The Beatles to Bruce Springsteen.  $45-$68. 301-790-3500. ajv@ mdtheatre.org.

Monday Nov. 21

CLASSES

Sol Yoga — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at walkersville Public Library, 2 S. Glade Road, Walkers ville. Join this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes. 18 and older. 301-600-8200. fcpl.org.

FAC After Hours & Yogamour: Restorative Yoga with Soundbath — 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at FAC Art Center, 5 E. Second St., Frederick. Take a break and join a Gentle Yoga Flow on the main level while enjoying art work that adorn the walls of this historic space. $15. 301-662-4190. wiegand@frederickartscouncil.org. yogamour.org/public-yoga-classes.

MUSIC

Soweto Gospel Choir — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Get tysburg, Pa. This all-new concert by 3-time Grammy®-winning Soweto Gospel Choir commemorates South Africa’s Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. $51, $46, $41. 717-337-8200. jarudy@ gettysburg.edu.

Tuesday Nov. 22

CLASSES

Scottish Country Dance Class — 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Clover Hill Civic Association Building, 8122 Glendale Drive, Frederick . The Frederick Scottish Country Dancers invite you to learn traditional Scottish ballroom dancing. You don’t need to bring a partner with you, but you do need com fortable, soft-soled shoes. 202-320-9898. heatherwurzer@gmail.com. facebook.com/FrederickSCD.

ETCETERA

Holiday Make and Take — 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Walkersville Public Library, 2 S. Glade Road, Walkersville. Join members of the Frederick Threads of the American Sew ing Guild and create a festive holiday item to take home. Youth may also participate if they are accompanied by an adult. 301-600-8200. fcpl.org.

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

FILM

FAC After Hours: Art Center Bijou — 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at FAC Art Center, 5 E. Sec ond St., Frederick. A weekly film screening curated in collaboration with documentary filmmaker Leah Michaels and FAC Asso ciate SJ Wiegand. Each month presents films that fall under one general theme in order to cultivate discussion about film as a mode of artistic expression.  Doors open at 7:00The film starts around 7:30After the film ends we hold a brief discussion. Please note that there is a flight of stairs to reach the screening room.  301-662-4190. wiegand@frederickartscouncil.org. frederickartscouncil.org/ news-events/calendar-grid.

HEALTH

Zumba Time! — 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Urbana Regional Library, 9020 Amelung St., Frederick. Bring a water bottle, and Lauren Medevoy with Game of Life Fitness and Nutrition, will bring the party. 301-600-7004. marchange-desir@frederickcountymd.gov. frederick.librarycalendar.com/ event/zumba-time-0.

MUSIC

Acoustic Java Jam — 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Urbana Regional Library, 9020 Amelung St., Frederick. Come on in with your acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vio lin, ...  Sip some coffee, or tea, and jam with us! All levels welcome! 18 and older. 301-600-7004. marchange-desir@frederickcountymd.gov.

Friday Nov. 25

Heritage Frederick Book Sale — 10 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. at Heritage Frederick, 24 E. Church St., Frederick. Over 1,200 books for sale. Old and new, priceless and priced to go. Price range: free, $3, $5, $10. Tonya@FrederickHistory.org.

frederickhistory.org.

Walk Off Your Wobble — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro, Va. Get out of the house on Black Friday and Walk Off Your Wobble with a leisurely stroll and a sweet treat at the end! Take the path up our hill that stands 868 feet above sea level and offers sweeping views across the valley. 540-668-7008. info@868estatevineyards. com. 868estatevineyards.com/events.