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Restaurant Weeks
Explore new cuisines or places you’ve wanted to try – with prix-fixe menus during these local culinary promotions.
• Baltimore County Restaurant Week, through Jan. 27
• Howard County Save and Savor Global Flavor, through Jan. 28
• Baltimore Restaurant Week, Jan. 25 – Feb. 3
• Calvert Restaurant Week, Feb. 1-10
• Annapolis Restaurant Week, Feb. 25 –
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Black History Month
A Tubman Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden, Feb. 2 in Cambridge, begins an Eastern Shore commemoration marking the centennial of the Underground Railroad conductor’s passing. Guided tours of Josiah Henson Park in Bethesda run every Saturday in February. Henson’s 1849 autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Sotterley Plantation in Southern Maryland holds a Second Saturday Series event, Feb. 9, in tribute to Black History Month, Slavery, Resistance and Freedom. |
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Cars, cycles and vans
Imagine yourself on the highway with one of these beauties. Get an up-close look at the latest in autos, trucks, hybrids, motorcycles and RVs. The Motor Trend International Auto Show runs Feb. 7-10 at the Baltimore Convention Center. About 20 minutes north, the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Baltimore County hosts the Timonium Motorcycle Show, Feb. 8-10. It’s also the venue for the Maryland Recreational Vehicle Show, Feb. 15-17 and 22-24. |
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Civil War stories
Washington County Museum of Fine Art in Hagerstown presents Tamela Baker, editor of America’s Civil War magazine, who will discuss The War You Might Have Overlooked, Feb. 7. The Maryland Historical Society Players stage a Maryland Civil War Black History Month Tribute Program, Feb. 9 at the Society’s downtown Baltimore location. And, the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable lecture for Feb. 21 at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine is titled Science of Civil War Photography.
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