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Annapolis Alive! News - March 30, 2008
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The Big Read in Annapolis kicked off last night with a gala party, Great Gatsby style, at Sarles Boatyard and Marina with several hundred partygoers in period costumes dancing to music of the era.
Today the Big Read in Annapolis turns to F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby.
Dr. Jackson Bryer, co-editor of Dearest Scott, Dearest Zelda — The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, published in 2003, will read from his book and also sign copies that will be available for purchase at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts from noon to 3 p.m.
The Washington Post called the book "a pure and lovely piece of scholarship." Dr. Bryer is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maryland where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in American literature and dramatic literature for 41 years. He is the founder and president of the Fitzgerald Society and was honored at the University of Maryland with the distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award in 2004.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents the Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum of Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
more about the Big Read in Annapolis
Maryland Hall is located at 801 Chase Street in Annapolis. There is no charge for Dr. Bryer's presentation.
Annapolis Celebrates Maryland Day
Sunday, March 30
Noon to 5 p.m.
Free admission. No reservations required.
Discover Maryland history in your own backyard with family and friends in the Four Rivers Heritage Area. For the first time, Annapolis and southern Anne Arundel County will celebrate Maryland Day 2008 with a free festival highlighting regional history. Local cultural and heritage sites will open their doors to Marylanders and will feature special free activities and tours for the whole family.
Maryland Day commemorates the day weary English colonists, arriving from the ships Ark and Dove at St. Clement’s Island in southern Maryland, celebrated their safe arrival in the new world with a service of thanksgiving. In 1916, the Maryland General Assembly authorized Maryland Day as a legal holiday devoted to Maryland history.
Four Rivers and the Historic Annapolis Foundation have partnered with regional heritage organizations and businesses to showcase the area’s local history in commemoration of this momentous day.
Participants include:- Annapolis Maritime Museum - 723 Second Street, Eastport
Focusing on two of Maryland's state symbols — the terrapin and the skipjack — the state reptile and the state boat. Details.
- Banneker-Douglass Museum - 84 Franklin Street, Annapolis
- Captain Salem Avery House Museum - 1418 East West Shady Side Road, Shady Side
- Charles Carroll House - 107 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis
- Chesapeake Children's Museum - 25 Silopanna Road, Annapolis
- Galesville Heritage Museum - 988 Main Street, Galesville
Open for visitors 1-4 p.m. for tours and special displays. Details.
- Hammond-Harwood House - 19 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis
- Historic London Town and Gardens - 839 Londontown Road, Edgewater
- HistoryQuest at the St. Clair Wright Center (Historic Annapolis Foundation) - 99 Main Street, Annapolis
Historic Annapolis Foundation will open several sites including William Paca House & Garden, HistoryQuest at the St. Clair Wright Center, Waterfront Warehouse, and The Barracks. Details.
- Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts - 801 Chase Street, Annapolis
- Sands House - 130 Prince George Street, Annapolis
- State House Visitor Center - State Circle, Annapolis
- William Paca House and Garden (Historic Annapolis Foundation) - 186 Prince George Street, Annapolis
Additional participating partners include Capital City Colonials, Discover Annapolis Tours, the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Lost Towns Archaeology Project, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the Terrapin Institute, and Watermark.
Info: maria.day@annapolis.org or Heritage_Area@aacounty.org
HAF would welcome volunteers to help staff the range of children’s activities taking place throughout the afternoon. maria.day@annapolis.org or Alexandra.deutsch@annapolis.org
