February 2016
In This Issue
Calendar of Events
Thursday, Jan. 14-Sunday, Jan. 31
Art Exhibit: Artists in Action
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
410-326-4640
Friday, Feb. 5
Winter Greens
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Biscoe Gray Heritage Farm
410-535-5327

Friday, Feb. 5
First Free Friday
5-8 p.m.
Calvert Marine Museum
410-326-2042

Tuesday, Feb. 9
Mardis Gras Party!
4-8 p.m.
Perigeaux Vineyard & Winery
410-586-2710

Friday, Feb. 12 - Sunday, July 24
Art Exhibit Threads: Textile Art
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
410-326-4640

Friday, Feb. 12
Annmarie After Hours
6-9 p.m.
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
410-326-4640

Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 13-14
5th Annual Valentine's Wine and Chocolate Pairing
Noon-8 p.m.
Perigeaux Vineyard & Winery
410-586-2710

Monday, Feb. 15
President's Day at Calvert Marine Museum
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Calvert Marine Museum
410-326-2042

Saturday, Feb. 27
Save the Date: Nature Trivia!
6:30-9 p.m.
Kings Landing Park
410-535-5327
Quick Links

Calvert Library offers complimentary or reduced-price passes to more than 20 participating community partners, including museums, wineries, parks and more. All you need is a library card!
Restaurant Week 2016
A Tour to Treat
the Taste Buds

It's time to get hungry. Calvert County Restaurant Week is back for 2016. This local favorite, now in its fourth year, gives diners the opportunity to sample the county's unique culinary contributions.

This year's Restaurant Week is Feb. 19-28 and includes great food from Chesapeake Beach to Solomons and everywhere in between. Maryland is also celebrating FeBREWary in honor of local craft beers and many restaurants will showcase brews from Calvert County's four breweries.
 
Restaurant Week patrons can enter a drawing for prizes by completing an online feedback form or filling out feedback cards at restaurants during their visit. A special section on the Calvert County tourism website features full event details including a list of participating restaurants, menus, frequently asked questions and more. Let's eat!
 
2016 Calvert County Visitors Guide
Your Guide to
Unforgettable Experiences

There is a world within the pages of Calvert County's new 2016 visitors guide. Get the guide and experience the best of the Chesapeake Bay lifestyle.
 
The visitors guide features listings and information on all that makes Calvert County a great destination. Unique attractions, natural wonders, excellent restaurants and a calendar full of interesting events and activities - it's all in the guide.
 
Inside you'll find inspiration for exploration. Check out award-winning museums. Get lost in nature at a waterside park. Follow a wine trail. Plan a relaxing weekend getaway. Get in on some of the best charter fishing on the East Coast.
 
Get your free copy of the 2016 Calvert County Visitors Guide now. Call 410-535-4583, e-mail or visit online.  
 
Let Me Count the Ways ...
Special Offers Sweeten Valentine's Day

What do you do when it's time to woo? Check out local Valentine's Day specials to help you advance the romance. From hotel and spa packages to live entertainment, dinner specials and more, these great deals can make the day that much more memorable.


African American Heritage Month Highlight
Harriet Elizabeth Brown, Trailblazer in Education

Segregation was the rule in education during the early 20th 
century in Maryland, and there was little pay equity between 
Harriet Elizabeth Brown
Photo courtesy
Maryland State Archives
white teachers and African-American teachers. Calvert County resident Harriet Elizabeth Brown, a teacher at Mt. Hope Elementary -- an African-American school -- bristled at the injustice. She filed a lawsuit demanding that all teachers, regardless of race, color or where they taught, receive the same compensation for the same work.
 
The case was argued by Thurgood Marshall, then a young attorney working for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He contended that separate salary scales for public school teachers based on race violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They won the case in 1937 and paved the way for the Maryland Teachers Pay Equalization Law.
 
Brown's legacy lives on in Calvert County, where a new community center in Prince Frederick is being named in her honor. Visitors can experience late 19th and early 20th-century education at Old Wallville School, Calvert County's oldest standing one-room schoolhouse for African-American students. Built in the early 1880s, the school offered education for grades 1 through 7 and remained in use until 1934. The last teacher to work at the school was Regina Brown, sister of the pioneer Harriet Elizabeth Brown.

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