Springtime in Baltimore!?

With a hint of spring in the air, we find ourselves in early March! Here are some exhibits and events coming up, but I think if it's nice out this weekend I might just plop myself down in a park and try to enjoy the sunshine instead!

-Tonight: dreamy Norwegian crooner Sondre Lerche will be at DC's Rock and Roll Hotel. I would love to go if tickets weren't $20/each!
-Don't miss the County Mountain Blues concert on Wednesday, March 10 at the Village Learning Place.
-This Sunday, March 7, there will be a volunteer clean-up event in Remington! If you're looking to do some good in a local neighborhood, join the crew of Hopkins volunteers and residents at Kromer Hall (27th and Huntingdon) at 9:30 am.
-On March 18 is another Baltimore History Evening at the Village Learning Place in Charles Village, this time featuring Wayne Schaumburg talking about the Great Baltimore Fire. Free and awesome!
-The Romare Bearden exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum--"From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden"--sounds awesome. It runs January 16 – March 28. I've still never been to this museum but I've heard great things! I love Romare Bearden's bright, playful work.
-The Cezanne and American Modernism exhibit at the BMA promises to be a good one too! Up until May 23. If you're a big Cezanne fan check out this Sunday's free lecture called Cézanne: A Beacon of Modernity. March 7, 3–4 p.m.
-If you're a history buff or just want to do a great thing for students in Maryland, volunteer to judge at Maryland History Day! The national history research contest for middle and high schoolers will be taking place on Saturday, April 24th at UMBC. We are looking for Humanities scholars, teachers, librarians, museum professionals, history buffs and other experts to judge and anyone to volunteer. Judges review projects, interview student contestants, determine the winners, and provide written, constructive feedback. If you're interested, sign up online: http://md.nhd.org/ud/templates/register.php.

In other news:
"One Maryland/One Book" is a program of the Maryland Humanities Council that seeks to get all Marylanders to read the same book at the same time! The 2010 book was just selected--pick up your copy of "Outcasts United" by Warren St. John today!

Also, if you haven't heard about the proposed Wal-Mart to sit atop the Lowe's development in lower Remington (dubbed "25th Street Station"), read all about it.