Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Assembly at Annmarie Garden June 9 (press releases)

 

3^rd Annual Southern Maryland
Acoustic Music Assembly

Saturday, June 9, 2018
1:00 - 9:00pm

Co-presented by: Annmarie Garden and Calvert Library

Event Location:  Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
13470 Dowell Road, Dowell (Solomons), MD 20629
www.annmariegarden.org   info@annmariegarden.org  t. 410-326-4640

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     

Contact:  Joann Foltz, marketing@annmariegarden.org

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Song Circles during the Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Assembly will fill Annmarie Garden June 9.

Contra dancing at the Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Assembly.

Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Assembly

Acoustic music event returns to Annmarie Garden, Saturday, June 9, 2018, 1:00-9:00pm

May 25, 2018, SOLOMONS, MD—The public is invited to the 3^rd Annual Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Assembly (SMAMA) to take place Saturday, June 9 from 1:00-9:00pm at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons, Maryland.  The music-filled event will begin with afternoon song circles and acoustic jamming from 1:00-4:30pm throughout the Garden.  All abilities and musical genres are welcome, so bring your preferred instruments and/or your favorite songs to share – or just come to listen.  The day continues with a lasagna dinner and a concert jam featuring three bands – Sarah & Lauren Brenzo, Recycled Bluegrass, and Robby Wilson & Friends.  After the concert, stay for contra dancing led by caller Slim Harrison & The Bushwood Mill Band.  SMAMA is an opportunity to play, sing, dance, and enjoy different kinds of music – and to meet other musicians from Southern Maryland and beyond.  Come for part – or all day! Attendees will have the chance to win an Austin Electric Guitar and amplifier, courtesy of Sacchetti Music, along with other exciting door prizes.

 

SMAMA is family-friendly, and is open to all ages, abilities, and acoustic genres.  Activities will be held inside and outside taking full advantage of the beautiful venue.  In the event of rain, all activities will be moved indoors. Light snacks, drinks, wine, and beer will be available throughout the day. A lasagna dinner will be served in the evening; please call 410-326-4640 to make a reservation.  Event admission, good for all day, is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors & military, $3 for youth; kids 5 & under are free.  The event is co-hosted by Annmarie Garden and Calvert Library.  For additional information call 410-326-4640.

 

What's in store for the day:

 
1:00-4:30pm - Song Circles & Jamming
*On-going Jamming - for those who want to continue jamming past the scheduled time, there are plenty of rooms!

 

 

4:30-5:30pm - Dinner service

Order your lasagna dinner (meat or veggie option) in advance to ensure your place - and enjoy a discount on dinner and admission!  Visit www.annmariegarden.org to learn more about the dinner.

 

5:00-7:00pm - Evening Concert featuring:

Sarah & Lauren Brenzo

Recycled Bluegrass

Robby Wilson & Friends

 

7:00-9:00pm - Contra Dance

With caller Slim Harrison and the Bushwood Mill Band 

 

SMAMA is presented by Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center and Calvert Library.  The event is open to all ages, abilities, and acoustic genres, and is family-friendly.  For additional information, email jruff@calvertlibrary.info or call 410-326-4640. 

 

 

         

 

 

 

Directions to Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
From Washington DC (about a 60 minute drive): take Route 4 South to Capital Beltway Exit 11 (to Prince Frederick). Continue on 4 South, following signs to Solomons. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn.  Annmarie is less than 1/4 mile on left.  From Baltimore (Beltway I-695):  take I-97 (Annapolis) to Route 301 South (Bowie). Continue on 301 to Route 4 and follow signs to Solomons. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn.  Annmarie is less than 1/4 mile on left.  From Annapolis: follow Route 2 South towards Prince Frederick/Solomons. Left (South) onto Route 2/4 at Sunderland light. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn.  Annmarie is less than 1/4 mile on left.

 

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Importance of Early Library Use (press release)

May 23, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

 

A baby forms 700 new neural connections per second in the first years of life according to Dr. Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.  Dr. Shonkoff said, “This process of building the architecture of the brain is dramatically influenced by life experiences. It is not genetically hardwired. Literally our environment shapes the architecture of our brain in the first year of life."  In recognition of this and in support of the goal to prepare children for Kindergarten, Calvert Library will make all children’s picture books fine-free beginning June 4.

 

Exposure to rich learning experiences in those first years is critical. Calvert Library is an excellent source for these. To bring that idea forward in new parents’ minds, Calvert Library, Calvert Library Foundation, Friends of Calvert Library, Optimist Club of Calvert and PNC Bank partnered to give every baby born at Calvert Health a board book, a cloth bag and information about the importance of reading, playing, talking, singing and writing with your baby starting at birth. Calvert Library Director Carrie Plymire said, “The research tells us that the positive impact of quality and quantity shared book-reading with infants is still obvious years later when they start school. Reading is enriched by the interactivity of the reading…taking on the emotions of the characters, responding to your babies’ emotions, labeling pictures, choosing developmentally-appropriate books. Our amazing librarians help with all that.”

 

Calvert Library offers twenty-six (26) Storytimes a week. "Storytime" is Calvert Library's welcoming word for early learning classes. Babies and children up to school age gain language and early literacy skills, phonological awareness, narrative skills, letter knowledge and listening skills.  Themes and activities are chosen to introduce age-appropriate literature, math, science and social studies concepts through books, interactive activities, calendars, felt boards, fingerplays, music and art.  Through Storytime classes, children learn to associate books with a fun, social activity instilling a love of reading and learning.

 

Parents are a child’s first and best teacher and in Storytime, parents can learn great tips for building their babies’ brains and bright future. Talking to your baby about what you are doing increases the number of words he/she is exposed to. Read out loud what you are reading for yourself to expose your baby to more vocabulary. Using your finger to track your reading teaches your child how text runs left to right. Encourage language development by using simple signs and speaking at the same time. Babies’ brains aren’t developed enough until 18-24 months to make use of any content on a screen and, in fact, there is evidence that it has a negative impact on language development, short term memory and reading skills. Singing, talking and playing with your baby, making eye contact and showing your positive emotions builds critical interaction skills and a sense of safety which is what baby brains are primed to learn at this stage. Every week in storytime there are simple techniques presented that parents can use at home.

 

Participation in Storytime also makes it easy to complete 500 by Five, a library initiative to read 500 books by five years old.  It is excellent bonding time for children and their caregiver, which plays an important role in a child's future happiness and success.  

 

Storytime offers an opportunity for adults to bond with others who are in similar life stages.  We know storytime parents who still get together on a regular basis even though their children are now in college!

 

Baby brain building activities don’t stop with Storytime at the library.  Much of what librarians teach their young customers in Storytime, are also part of the experiences in other library classes and opportunities. They offer weekly Monday Morning Fun, Shake It Out Music and Movement, and of course, books, music and more. The Calvert Library Foundation has also funded Imagination Stations at each branch with learning toys and a wide variety of manipulatives to provide learning opportunities at different developmental stages and to develop imaginative play skills. Youth Coordinator Beverly Allyn Izzi describes the importance of play for childhood development, “Play is how children learn.  Hands-on, imaginative play is the best way for children to understand the world around them. They develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills and more importantly, they engage their imagination in ways that structured play cannot.” There are opportunities to learn sorting, recognize colors and letters, practice counting and weighing, learn vocabulary, develop motor skills, all the while strengthening their relationship with the caregiver they are playing with. All these resources for free and accessible 61 hours a week at Calvert Library locations.  

 

Even when the library is closed, parents can check out online resources like Tumblebooks, a terrific collection of children’s ebooks with interactive activities aimed at children ages two and up. Follow the library on Facebook for periodic early learning tips.

 

For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 410-535-0291.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

CalvertLibrary.info

 

Vote on new Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch Site Recommendation Scheduled for May 15 (press release)

May 10, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

Site selection for the new Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch will take another step forward on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 when the Calvert County Commissioners vote on the Board of Library Trustees (BOLT) site recommendation at their public meeting.  The BOLT is recommending the North Beach site on Third Street and Chesapeake Avenue.  There will be a feasibility study in fiscal year 2019 to ensure that the site can accommodate the 21^st century facility the Twin Beaches community deserves.

 

According to BOLT President Martha Grahame, “The Chesapeake Beach offer was generous in that it included the continuation of $40,000 annual support funding plus in-kind support for landscaping, snow/ice removal, as well as waiving water and sewer fees. However, the accessibility of the Chesapeake Beach site is a challenge.  Summer is the library’s busiest and most congested time. That is true for the Gordon Stinnett property as well since the same parking and road are shared by the Marina, the Northeast Community Center, Kellam’s Field and the Chesapeake Beach Water Park.  The North Beach site has opportunities for access from several directions and is a site that will make the library a destination in its own right. These considerations ultimately made the North Beach site the first choice for the BOLT.”

 

The BOLT expressed appreciation for both towns’ engagement and responsiveness at every stage of the site review process.  Library Director, Carrie Plymire is finalizing a state grant proposal to help fund the new building.  Organizations in both Chesapeake Beach and North Beach have written letters of support for the grant.  Calvert Library looks forward to involving the Twin Beaches community in planning an inspiring library space for transforming lives and communities through lifelong learning.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

CalvertLibrary.info

 

Calvert Library to show & discuss Josiah Henson Documentary (press release)

 

Calvert Library Hosting Viewing and Discussion of New Documentary: Josiah Henson Highlights a Forgotten Hero of the Abolitionist Movement

 May 9, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Robyn Truslow
410-535-0291

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 7pm, in partnership with Concerned Black Women, Calvert County NAACP and The Big Conversation, Calvert Library Prince Frederick will be hosting a public screening of JOSIAH, a documentary that traces Josiah Henson’s harrowing journey from slavery in Maryland and Kentucky to freedom in Canada.

Josiah Henson (1789-1883) spent 41 years as a slave. He was a dynamic, driven man with unyielding principles who overcame incredible odds to escape his cruel masters and improve the lives of hundreds of freed people throughout his long life. Though immortalized by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her seminal, society-changing novel Uncle Tom's Cabin and catapulted to international fame in 1852, his story has been largely lost to history.

Including interviews with leading experts and Henson descendants, JOSIAH is an unmissable documentary about one of history’s greatest lost figures.  The showing will be followed by a discussion led by Big Conversation: Dismantling Racism team members Malcolm Funn and Diane Davies. Come prepared to talk about how our history impacts us today.

Watch the trailer at josiahhenson.com. For more information about the screening, please contact Robyn Truslow at 410-535-0291.

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To schedule an interview with Jared A. Brock (director of JOSIAH & author of The Road to Dawn), please contact:

Brooke Parsons

brooke.parsons@hbgusa.com

(212) 364-0683

For more information about the local JOSIAH screening, please contact the event organizer:

Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 Fax

rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us  

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