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Get Out and About with ALL in June
U.S. Naval Academy Museum Tour
Grant Walker
Wednesday, June 5
Grant Walker, Education Director at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum and noted authority on dockside ship models, will lead a tour of the Museum's two floors of exhibits, including the largest collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century ship models on public display in North America.
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Naval Academy Museum Model No. 39: Royal William
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A Visit to Historic Druid Hill Conservatory
Alan Stein, Margaret Haviland Stansbury, and Kate Blom
Tuesday, June 6
Explore the Druid Hill Conservatory in Baltimore. Alan Stein, who is President and Director of Architecture at Tanglewood Conservatories and an internationally recognized authority on the history, design and manufacture of traditional glass architecture, will give a presentation. Margaret Haviland Stansbury, founder of the Baltimore Conservatory Association and author of "Glass House of Dreams," will use original lithographic postcards drawn from her own collection to take you back in time to a moment in history when glass houses captured the imaginations of urbanites across the nation and around the world. Kate Blom, supervisor at the Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens, will lead a guided tour of the Conservatory - a virtual trip around the world and through history.
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Neville Dickey at The Main Stay in Rock Hall
Tom Hollingshead
Friday, June 7
Sometimes you just need a little Boogie-Woogie. Join Tom Hollingshead on a trip to The Main Stay in Rock Hall to hear Neville Dickey, a virtuoso of the great stride, ragtime, and boogie masterpieces of the 20s and 30s. Neville Dickey has performed all over the world, playing tunes from the tradition of Ammons, Fats Walker, and Pinetops Perkins all over the world.
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Jazz pianist, Neville Dickey
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Hillwood Estate, Rock Creek Park
Tuesday, June 18
Travel through wooded Rock Creek Park on the outskirts of Washington, DC to Hillwood Estate. This magnificent homestead and garden, formerly the home of art collector and philanthropist, Marjorie Merriweather Post, houses one of the finest private collections of Russian Art in the nation, and includes paintings, furniture, Faberge eggs, jewelry and textiles. The 36-room mansion also features an impressive collection of 18th century French furnishings, tapestries, and porcelain.
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A Real Field Trip: Easton/Newman Field
Mike Henry
Thursday, June 20
This walking tour of Easton Airport includes the collection of beautifully restored WWII fighter craft and a tour of the air traffic control tower, the first general aviation tower in the U.S. to be equipped with the new technology radar system STARS LITE. After the tour, treat yourself and head over to the Hangar Cafe for lunch.
Popular Island Tour
Tuesday, June 25
Travel by boat from Tilghman Island to Poplar Island. Once on the verge of disappearing, the island is today a national model for habitat restoration and the beneficial use of dredged material. This guided tour of the island's 13 miles of dikes will offer views of emerging habitat for wildlife including bald eagles, ospreys, herons, and egrets.
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ALL Poplar Island Tour (photo courtesy of Hunter H. Harris)
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