Body
Worlds 2 & The Brain:
Our Three Pound Gem
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore
Through Labor Day
St.
Michaels Food & Wine Festival
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels
April 25-27
Ward
World Championship Wildfowl Carving
Competition & Art Festival
Ocean City Convention Center
April 25-27
Rocky Gap Adventure Race
Rocky Gap State Park, Flintstone
April 27
REVIVE
your spirit with a weekend getaway to Maryland. Take advantage of moderate
temperatures – play
a round of golf at
one of the state’s 200 courses.
Relax at a cozy bed
and breakfast or inn. Pamper yourself at a day
spa.
Maryland is a place to rejuvenate and celebrate spring.
Spectator
Sports -
Play Ball!
Anything signal
spring more than baseball? Celebrate a new season at Camden Yards in
Baltimore. Orioles open
March 31 and play 15 more games at home during April. Six minor-league
teams, the Babe Ruth Museum – they’re
all in Maryland.
Arts & Entertainment -
Getting from here to there
Baltimore
Festival of Maps is a city-wide celebration spawned by current Walters
Art Museum exhibit Maps: Finding Our Place in the World.
More than 20 arts, cultural groups participate. Walters exhibit includes cartographic
gems by Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and others.
Great
Outdoors - More birds than the Orioles
Birdwatchers gather
at Delmarva
Birding Weekend, April 25-27. Swap stories with guides at “tally
rallies,” hosted
by Eastern Shore eateries, breweries. Abundance of bird species.
Canoe, kayak, boating expeditions to Tuckahoe State Park, Smith Island, Pocomoke
River, other locations. Reservations, 443-944-8097.
Family
Fun - All about words
Meet novelists, journalists, poets
at ninth annual Bethesda
Literary Festival, April 18-20. Poetry slam, kids’ book
parties, comedy night. All events at downtown Bethesda venues – free: you
won’t even need a library card. 301-215-6660.
History & Heritage -
Blue-Gray freedoms
Civil War history
comes to life at Baltimore’s Fort
McHenry – home
of the Star-Spangled Banner – April 19-20: Battle Cry of Freedom, a Civil
War Weekend. Parade, artillery demos, fife and drum music. Saturday night candlelight
tours. 410-962-4290.
Insider's
Guide - Landscape wonders
After you’ve seen our
gardens, you’ll want to take out the mulch and create your own oasis. Dazzling
public gardens throughout Maryland: from Ladew Topiary Gardens to Adkins Arboretum – a 400-acre garden and preserve featuring Delmarva’s native plants.
Explore more at www.visitmaryland.org
