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Private space with a bar, raw bar, large HD screen & creative menu Best family restaurant
MONDAY OCT 3 • 6 PM FREE party glass & T-shirt 6–8 PM FREE appetizers! 7 PM Band: Gypsy Collective
BOATSHOW &FULL MOON Amazing Raw Bar PARTY Nothing like it in the area—oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp, crab legs and more displayed on ice.
Best burger on the Chesapeake
THURS OCT 13 • 8 PM D’Vibe & Conga
Fourth & Severn • Eastport-Annapolis 410.216.6206 • boatyardbarandgrill.com
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October Thru 23 Renaissance Festival Maryland
Annapolis. SpinSheet readers have been spotted at the beer garden in years past. We know you love it.
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An Overworked High School Teacher Collects This Bit of Wisdom from One of Her Students, 2005 “Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.”
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Fall Festival Turner’s Creek/ Knock’s Folly, MD. (410) 820-1668
Free Seminar: Preparing for the Trip South: Part 3 of 3 10 a.m. to Noon. West Marine, 113 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis. (410) 268-0129
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Start of Saturday Canoe Excursions Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Explore the Rhode River.
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Yorktown Wine Festival Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown, VA.
Blessing of the Fleet St. Clement’s Island Museum, Colton’s Point, MD. Arts and crafts, seafood, music, boat rides, lighthouse tours, kids’ games and rides, parade, and fireworks.
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Coconut Festival Kapaa Beach Park, Kapaa, HI. That’s right; it’s a Hawaiian beach party.
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Fells Point Fun Festival Baltimore.
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Basic Boating Class 6 to 10 p.m. Delaware Fire School, Dover, DE. Hosted by USCG Auxiliary. $10. (302) 697-6188, nalaot@aol.com.
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Riverside WineFest Noon to 6 p.m. Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD. Wine tastings, local artisans, live music, exhibits and demos, favorite foods, and kids’ fun.
Ten Fall Boating Classes and Seminars Pip Moyer Recreational Center, Truxtun Park, Annapolis. Learn about communications systems, piloting, trailering your boat, handling boats, tying knots, anchoring, using charts, coastal navigation, and weather. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.
The Keel of First Modern Battleship, the HMS Dreadnought, Is Laid in Portsmouth, England, 1905 The modern acoustic guitar developed with square shoulders was named the Dreadnought shape after this iconic 527-foot ship.
Two Separate Courses: Coastal Piloting and Marine Communications Mondays. Truxtun Park Recreation Center, Annapolis. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.
2011 Master National Retriever Trials Sailwinds Park, Cambridge, MD, and Anatidae Farm, Vienna, MD. Hosted by Susquehanna Retriever Club. (301) 537-5650
Trailering Your Boat Seminar 7 to 9 p.m. Truxtun Park Recreation Center, Annapolis. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.
Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival St. Michaels.
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From the Bay, For the Bay Dine Out Seafood celebration all over Maryland.
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Boatyard Bar & Grill Turns 10 Happy birthday party in Eastport.
The Big E, USS Enterprise, CV-6, Is Launched in Newport News, VA, 1936 The 824 foot, nine inch vessel’s shakedown cruise took her to Rio de Janeiro.
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Harvest Festival on the Bay Sunset Beach Resort, Cape Charles, VA. Seafood, fun, festivities, and Southern hospitality.
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Harbor Party and Seafood Feast 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA.
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U.S. Sailboat Show Annapolis City Dock. For more, see page 65.
Calendar Section Editor: Ruth Christie, ruth@spinsheet.com 40 October 2011 SpinSheet
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