🍦DTA Hooked on Poke 🐡

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Good morning, Annapolis. This is Naptown Scoop, where we’re mixing the latest headlines with the rhythm of your neighborhood buzz.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

• Together in TEAL 🏃‍♀️

• New Village Academy staying at the mall 🏫

• Cheers with AACPL 📚️ 

Let’s get to it.

— Lauren Burke Meyer, Dylan Roche, Chelsea Harrison, & Ryan Sneddon

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THE DIGEST

🚨 Annapolis Alert Test 🚨

Don’t freak out if you get an alert from the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management next week on Sept. 24. It’s just a test. As part of National Preparedness Month, the office is testing out the Alert Annapolis Community Notification System on Tuesday, so all people who are signed up to receive notifications (or have a publicly listed landline number) will get an alert. This will help determine just how effective the system is, and whether the office is prepared to send out an alert in case of an emergency (or a non-emergency that may still have significant impact to residents).

Such emergency situations could include:

☑️ Evacuation
☑️ Shelter in place
☑️ Boil water order
☑️ Escaped inmate

So, is there anything you need to do ahead of the test? Make sure your information is updated. You can sign up to receive alerts via call, text, or email.

New Village Academy probably still going to the mall 🏫

Earlier this summer, you might’ve heard the news that New Village Academy, a forthcoming charter school, wasn’t opening this fall as originally planned. Instead, it was delaying its opening to next fall while it finalized a lease with Annapolis Mall. So, now that the mall has new owners, what does this mean for New Village? No big changes, according to those involved. New Village’s founder, Romey Pittman, says Centennial has invited the school to lease the space, and although nothing is finalized, Pittman is confident it will move forward. ($)

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LOCAL BUSINESS

Blowfish Poke coming to DTA 🐡

Who else likes a good poke bowl? 👋 Well, we’re all in luck because Blowfish Poke Hawaiian Grill recently secured a lease at 122 Dock St, the former location of Moe’s Southwest Grill.

Blowfish Poke has locations in Marriottsville, Clarksville, Washington, D.C., and a popular food truck. They are known for their fresh, healthy take on fast-casual dining, specializing in Hawaiian-inspired dishes like signature poke bowls, chicken katsu, and Hawaiian barbecue. We’re not sure on an opening timeline yet, but you know we’ll tell you when we get the scoop!

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Coming up this week

Monday

🎒 Does your teen need some after school wind-down time? Check out Teen Hangout at the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library branch from 4–5 PM for snacks, games, and comraderie.

Wednesday

🎥 Grab a friend who loves a good flick and see Lee, presented by the Annapolis Film Society at Maryland Hall Bowen Theatre at 7 PM. Lee is the story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller (played by Kate Winslet) who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Thursday

🍺 Join Annapolis Green for Green Drinks for “The Last Hurrah” at Pusser’s from 5:30–7:30 PM. Green Drinks is a get-together for people who care about the environment.

🦪 Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay presents The Taste: Celebrate the Chesapeake Thursday from 6–8 PM at the Annapolis Maritime Museum (723 Second St). Enjoy live music, locally-inspired eats, awards, and a silent auction.

Friday

⚓ Enjoy the pomp of a parade to close out the week! The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen will present formal dress parades on Worden Field from 4–5 PM.

Saturday

💀 Celebrate the upcoming spooky season by whipping out all your Tim Burton facts. The Discoveries library branch will host Tim Burton trivia Saturday 2–3 PM.

🪕 Tickets are still available for the Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival happening both days this weekend. The festival offers tons of music as well as Craft Vendor Village, Baytoberfest Beer Garden, a wide variety of delicious local food options, wine and cocktails/mocktails, yard & beach games, and KidZone. Every jam saves the bay!

Musical Monday 🎵

One of our favorite parts of the local music scene is how varied it is. Just take a look at (or give a listen to, we should say) what’s on the schedule this week:

🎶 The Annapolis Opera opens its season with Raising the Curtain, a celebration combining music performance and tropical dining, on Thursday 6:30 PM at the Byzantium Center.

🎶 The Blues & Gold unit of the Naval Academy Band performs blues and blues-infused music at Radford Terrace this Thursday 7 PM.

🎶 Don’t miss the Annapolis Blend chorus in their fall show, Unwritten, in which they’ll explore themes of friendship through music and movement, this Saturday 3 PM at CTA.

🎶 The Naptown Philharmonic Orchestra commences Hispanic Heritage Month with a “Unity & Resilience” concert featuring music by Latin American composers on Saturday 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall.

🎶 The Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival concludes its 3-weekend run with Songs Without Words, a performance of Renaissance music, on Saturday 2:30 PM at the Annapolis Friends Meeting House.

Next Sunday: Together in TEAL 🏃‍♀️

Together in TEAL, the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition’s run/walk fundraiser, comes to Annapolis next weekend with an event at the Annapolis Mall. On Sunday (9/22), registration opens at 8:30 AM with the walk itself starting at 10:15 AM, but throughout the morning, there will also be other celebratory activities — a survivor photo, a raffle, and opening and closing ceremonies. These community-centered events are part of the national coalition’s efforts to spread awareness, promote education, and bring in money for research. Learn more and register.

Cheers to our freedom to read 🍻

Books and booze are converging in the best kind of way, because Anne Arundel County Library invites you to Raise a Glass to Your Freedom to Read at a local brewery this fall. Enjoy a drink at these spots on the dates below and 20% of your onsite sale will go to support the library system to support enhancements at all 16 branches:

📚 Forward Brewing October 1, 5 PM - 7 PM
📚 Pherm Brewing October 12, noon - 3 PM
📚 Crooked Crab Brewing October 24, 4 PM - 7 PM

Plus, when you make a $10 donation at the event, you get a limited-edition, specially designed pint glass. Think of it as the perfect glassware to sip whenever you flip the page.

Happy birthday, Wildberry 🍓

It’s pretty wild to think that Wildberry Farm & Market has been part of our community for 5 years now — it seems like just yesterday our favorite Crownsville-based agrotourism venue started hosting events! To celebrate, Wildberry announced a special celebration on Saturday, October 12, 9 AM–1 PM at the field market (1047 St. Stephens Church Road, Crownsville), so be sure to save the date.

There will be live music by Heartwood 10 AM–noon, a visit/signing with local author Britney Chamberlain to share her new cookbook Britney Breaks Bread, plus photo ops by Tangled Balloons + Prop Star Photo Booth and free balloon creations for kids (and kids at heart) by Clementine the Clown. As if all of that isn’t enough, 60+ local small businesses are signed up to sell at the market. Rain date is the following day.

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CIVIL NEWS

⚖️ County Council meeting

On the agenda for today’s County Council meeting:

• Bates Middle School lease

• See full agenda

The meeting is at 7 PM in the Arundel Center. The public is welcome to attend. Click here to submit testimony or watch online. — 44 Calvert St, Annapolis, MD

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NAPTOWN SCOOP WEATHER IS POWERED BY. . .

Monday

76 🌡️ 69 | ☁️ | 6% | 💨 ENE 11 mph (10 knots)

Tuesday

74 🌡️ 70 | 🌧️ | 75% | 💨 ENE 15 mph (13 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 76ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

Monday

49 West | Kelley Mickwee and Marc Douglas Berardo | 7:30–10:30 PM
Rams Head Tavern | Victoria & Steve | All Day

Tuesday

49 West | Unified Jazz Ensemble | 7–9:30 PM
The Point | Aidan Ewald | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | Ruben Studdard | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Rams Head Tavern | Victoria & Steve | All Day

SPORTS

Past results

Women's Cross Country
9/13 @ Spiked Shoe Invitational | 10th of 17

Men's Cross Country
9/13 @ Spiked Shoe Invitational | 7th of 18

Men's Rugby (3-0)
9/14 @ St. Bonaventure | W 41-23

Women's Soccer (6-5)
9/1 @ Temple | L 1-0

Men's Soccer (1-4-2)
9/14 @ Bucknell | L 2-1

Women's Triathlon
9/14 vs. Duquesne Collegiate Cup | 6th of 11 Teams

Women's Volleyball (0-9)
9/13 vs. Quinnipiac | L 3-2
9/13 @ George Mason | L 3-1
9/14 vs Old Dominion | L 3-0

Men's Water Polo (6-2)
9/14 vs. #6 Princeton | L 20-10
9/14 vs Iona | W 17-6
9/15 vs. #7 Pacific | L 16-12

Navy basketball schedule + tickets 🏀

Navy men’s and women’s basketball schedules dropped this week, looking ahead to season openers with women playing Bryn Athyn on November 6 and men playing Harvard as part of the Men’s Veterans Classic on November 8. The schedules have a minimum 28 days played in Alumni Hall. Ticket sales have opened up, too — you’ve got the option of getting season tickets for only men’s games, only women’s games, or all home games. Get details.

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