Oysters, oysters, everywhere! Join us Thursday for some fun, learning about oysters, tasty appetizers and drinks and great music the Oyster Boys in an oyster packing house! 

We're returning to the beautiful setting of the Annapolis Maritime Museum where the interactive exhibit "Oysters on the Half-Shell" is installed.

Come and learn about oystering in the Annapolis area, see the implements and boats used and learn about how disease and environmental degradation has changed this industry that was once the lifeblood of this area and its people. The exhibit is housed in the McNasby building, one of the last local oyster packing plants to close.

The Oyster Recovery Partnership also will be on hand with an exhibit about its efforts to bring the oysters back to pre-pollution, pre-disease levels. Read about the Partnership and its Shell Recycling Alliance on our website. 

We'll be joined by the Chesapeake Outdoor Group, fun folks who know how to have a good time while doing good for the environment -- just like us! Read more about COG and its upcoming 12 oz. Regatta, a really fun event for a good cause.

Appetizers - Tasty complimentary appetizers will be provided locally by Wild Country Seafood and the Leeward Market.

Beer - Your favorites will be generously provided by Katcef Brothers and Bud Light Lime.

Organic Wines - Wines will be provided by VI Imports and include
Domaine Ferrer Ribière Cotes Catalanes Red & Domaine Ferrer Ribière Cotes Catalanes Blanc, Tetramythos Roditis White V.Q.P.R.D., and
Bocopas Alicantes Co-op Ermita de Petrer Tinto 2008. Read more about these wines on our website.

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Them Eastport Oyster Boys, the duo of Jefferson Holland and Kevin Brooks and their band recently performed live on Maryland Public Television's "Chesapeake Bay Week," debuted as co-hosts of the Chesapeake travelogue series, "Seize the Bay," and were featured on German public television's MARETV program. When not lighting up the small screen, they've been delighting audiences throughout Eastport and even across the Spa Creek Bridge with their irrepressible brand of humorous "Chesapeake cruisin' tunes" inspired by living in a neighborhood where the best things in life are a "good hat, a good dog and a good boat." Their original songs, inspired by the Bay, swing from island rhythms to "Country/Western Shore," some poking fun at stinkpotters while others pay homage to the plight of the waterman.

Green is as Green Does

Folks, don't forget, we always provide recycling bins at our events. Do your part and put paper, plastic, metal, and just about anything except food in the recycling bins. If you don't know that to put where, just ask us.

We're looking forward to our return to the Museum and to seeing you there!