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🍦Getting fired up for Peggy Stewart

🍦Getting fired up for Peggy Stewart

Thomas Point clean-up, Banneker-Douglass Museum new name, Still Singing Poetry Collection

Naptown Scoop
October 16, 2024

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Good morning, Annapolis. This is Naptown Scoop, the newsletter that respects your sleep, letting you hit snooze one more time while we gather and Scoopify the news for you.

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

Thomas Point Park Clean-Up Day 🌊 🦆🐟
New name for Banneker-Douglass Museum 🏫
Still Singing Poetry Collection & Reading ✍️ 📖

Let’s get to it.

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THE DIGEST

Morabito’s Give Back Day 🦷

This will put a big toothy smile on your face: Morabito Family Dentistry held a Give Back Day this weekend to provide care to people without insurance, and in one day, their 9 providers and 30 volunteers helped over 80 people with $105K of dentistry provided. That’s a total of 132 fillings, 53 extractions, and 59 cleanings done. This was an event in collaboration with the Little Yellow Bird Foundation, which conducts missions to provide dental and medical care to underserved communities around the world. This makes us mighty proud to be advertising partners with the Morabitos!

Admiral Cleaners' Call for Coats 🧥

Admiral Cleaners is on a "warm" mission—collecting, cleaning, and delivering coats to thousands in need this winter. From now through November, donate your gently used or outgrown coats at any of Admiral's four locations. Pick-up and delivery customers may leave coats in a marked bag for their driver. Admiral Cleaners also provides collection boxes for businesses, schools, or others who wish to help. The “Call for Coats” campaign has run for 30+ years, distributing 100,000 coats to local families in need.

Free holiday parking 🚙

Very few of us have the privilege of doing our holiday shopping via reindeer-drawn sleigh. Fortunately, City officials are putting themselves on everyone’s nice list by bringing back the tradition of free holiday parking between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. You can get 2 hours at metered/kiosk spaces or 1 hour at the Hillman Garage using the ParkMobile app. There is no enforcement of meters on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.

Still Singing Poetry Collection & Reading by 6 Local Poets ✍️ 📖

Celebrate the publication of Still Singing: Six Women Poets on October 26 at 6 PM. Old Fox Books & Coffeehouse (35 Maryland Avenue) will host the free event (no reservations needed). Still Singing follows an inaugural poetry book, The Song In the Room, which premiered the poetry of six women: Janice F. Booth, Meg Robinson, Dona B. Rudderow, Natalie Canavor, Sandy Jackson Cohen, and Carole Falk. The six Annapolis women will read their work and engage in a conversation with the audience about poetry’s place in our world. Internationally known poet and Annapolitan Grace Cavalieri will MC. Cavalieri, Maryland Poet Laureate from 2018–2023, wrote the Preface for Still Singing.

New chapter, new name for Banneker-Douglass Museum 🏫

On November 1, the Banneker-Douglass Museum will join with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) to celebrate and honor the legacy of Harriet Tubman by renaming the Museum The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum (BDTM). Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni will be on hand to help commemorate the day, which coincides with the 160th anniversary of Maryland’s Emancipation Day, when slavery was outlawed in our state.

“This change is not merely symbolic,” says Chanel Compton-Johnson, executive director of both the MHAAC and the Museum, but will align the Museum’s roots in protest and resilience with Tubman’s unwavering spirit of leadership and service.

Virtual attendance is encouraged, as the event will be live-streamed on the Museum’s YouTube and Facebook pages beginning at noon on November 1.

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Where are we? 📸

Each Wednesday, watch this space for a random snap from somewhere in Annapolis (and surrounding areas 😉). Where are we? Only true Annapolitans will know. Tell us your guess on Instagram or Facebook.

And don’t forget! Tag @NaptownScoop to get your photos in the Scoop!

Keep Your Pets Safe This Halloween!

Halloween is a spooky time for pets. Are yours protected?

Chocolate and candy are dangerous for pets, so keep those treats out of reach. If your pet loves costumes, make sure they’re comfy and safe. Be extra careful to avoid choking hazards. And with all the trick-or-treaters ringing your doorbell, it’s smart to create a calm space for anxious pets to relax.

At Western Shore Veterinary Hospital, we’re dedicated to your pet’s year-round well-being, offering everything from wellness care and dental services to surgery and advanced diagnostics. Schedule a visit today to keep your pet happy and healthy!

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

AA County Career Fair – today! 💼

Know any job seekers? Tell them to stop on by the Heritage Complex, Building 2660 (2660 Riva Rd) today (10/16) from 3–6 PM for a Career Fair. The event is sponsored by the Anne Arundel County Office of Personnel.

Libbey’s Oyster Shuckdown 🦪

You know what sounds like a pearlfect way to spend a warm autumn evening? Attending the Fall Oyster Shuckdown at Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen & Cocktails (357 Pier 1 Rd, Stevensville) this Saturday 3–6 PM. This second-year event shellebrates the end of the season, with an open bar, oysters (raw, fried, baked, and more), a barbecue station, and live music by Chesapeake Sons. Plus, you’ll enjoy the best sunset view of the Chesapeake Bay. 🌅 Proceeds from ticket sales support Hope for Hunter, a fundraiser benefiting the 13-year old daughter of local business owners Lauren and Eric Clough, who is courageously battling cancer for the third time. Get tickets.

Thomas Point Park Clean-Up Day 🌊 🦆🐟

Time to spruce up Thomas Point Park! Join the Volunteer Clean-Up Day this Saturday, October 19, from 10 AM to noon. Help keep this waterfront park beautiful for visitors and wildlife by lending a hand to pick up trash. All tools and bags will be provided—just bring your enthusiasm to 3890 Thomas Point Road in Annapolis! To sign up, email Park Ranger Champlin at [email protected] or call 410-222-1777.

Peggy Stewart Commemoration 🔥

Excitement is heating up for the much anticipated 250th anniversary of the Annapolis Tea Party. This Saturday, October 19, the Peggy Stewart 250 Committee will honor the historic moment Maryland entered the Revolutionary War with the burning of the merchant ship Peggy Stewart. A drone show will start at 7 PM, with plenty of viewing points from around Annapolis City Dock. The show will tell the story of colonists rebelling against Britain’s tyranny and taxation exactly 250 years to the day of its occurrence. Get details.

Want more history in your weekend? Check out this Living History event brought to you by Historic Annapolis. More than forty living historians will bring history alive in downtown Annapolis. Stop in at the Waterfront Warehouse, Shiplap House, or the Hogshead to encounter local sailors, merchants, and business owners and see what they thought of this historic event. Hear live music, play colonial games, and much more. It’s a history-filled walk back in time!

Saturday, October 19, 11 am - 4 pm
Hogshead, 43 Pinkney Street and along Pinkney Street
Cost: $10 General Admission; $5 for HA Members & Volunteers, Military, and Children 10-17; Free for Children 9 and under (advance registration recommended at annapolis.org/peggystewartweekend )

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EXTRA SPRINKLES

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October is National Seafood Month!

At the Annapolis Maritime Museum, we’re proud to celebrate our local seafood—especially our star, the oyster. Discover the oyster’s rich economic history, its near extinction, and its crucial role in the environment. You’ll also explore its culinary significance! Learn more fascinating facts about the oyster aboard our oyster harvesting skipjack, Wilma Lee—one of only 22 remaining on the Chesapeake Bay. With just two weeks left to set sail, don’t miss your chance to hop on!*

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WEATHER

Wednesday

59 🌡️ 44 | 🌤️| 4% | 💨 NW 11 mph (10 knots)

Thursday

59 🌡️ 47 | ☀️ | 4% | 💨 N 11 mph (10 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 74ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Wednesday

Thursday

NAVY SPORTS

Upcoming Navy games & matches

Women's Soccer (8-7-1)
10/16 vs. American | 7 PM

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🍦Getting fired up for Peggy Stewart

Thomas Point clean-up, Banneker-Douglass Museum new name, Still Singing Poetry Collection

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