{"id":139679975,"date":"2009-06-05T15:59:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=139679975"},"modified":"2009-06-05T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:59:35","slug":"upcoming-ongoing-events-in-baltimore-not-all-bike-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=139679975","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming\/Ongoing  events in Baltimore (not all bike related)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Greater Lauraville Home and Garden Tour<\/strong>, June 13, 11am-3pm.<br \/>\n      There will be 5-7 houses on the tour, and Healthy Neighborhoods home renovations will be the highlight. For tickets call 410-444-9188. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=6484c8b058&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.greaterlauraville.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>HonFest<\/strong>, June 13-14, 36th Street in Hampden, between Falls Rd. and Chestnut Ave. Saturday 11am-10pm, Sunday noon-6pm. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=6529debd04&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.honfest.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Homebuyer Education Housewarming Party<\/strong>, June 13, 9am-4pm, Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore(NHS) of Baltimore,  819 Park Ave., classes 9am-4pm; festivities noon-3pm; There is a fee for the workshop. 410-327-1200.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"> <strong>Tour Dem Parks<\/strong>, June 14, 7:30am-12noon. This year, the annual bike tour will have four routes. They all begin and end in Carroll Park. As always, there will be a rest stop in Patterson Park. For more information visit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=d574dcb5bb&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.tourdemparks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Baltimore Pride<\/strong>, June 19-21 Friday, parade and block party, Charles and Eager Streets. Saturday, festival, Druid Hill Park. Maryland&#8217;s premier event celebrating the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Baltimore and throughout the mid-Atlantic. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=58e70ca14e&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.baltimorepride.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Artists, craftsmen and food vendors are needed for Arts in the Park Festival<\/strong> hosted by the Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center, June 20, 12pm-5pm, Hanlon Park, Gwynns Falls Parkway and Longwood Street.   RSVP by June 10.  ArtsII@aol.com or 410.947.0084.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Grade A Student Night at The National Aquarium in Baltimore<\/strong>,  June 25,  6:30pm-9pm, students with 3 A\u2019s or more in any marking period for the 2008-2009 school period will receive free admission to the aquarium and an accompanying adult entering. Reduced rates for other relatives.   Register at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=2287879439&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.aqua.org\/gradeastudent.html<\/a> or 410-576-3833.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\">                <strong>LatinoFest<\/strong>, June 27-28, Saturday noon-10pm and Sunday noon-9pm, Patterson Park at Linwood and Eastern avenues, 410-563-3160, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=fd337d1727&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.latinofest.org<\/a>.              <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Federal Hill Main Street\u2019s Jazz &amp; Blues Festival<\/strong>, June 28, 11am-7pm, S. Charles and Cross Streets. Summertime music, food drink, arts &amp; crafts and fun for everyone. FREE admission. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=23c88758ee&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.historicfederalhill.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>African American Heritage Festival<\/strong>, July 3-5, Friday 5-10pm, Saturday noon-10pm and Sunday noon-9pm, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 410-235-2227 ext. 211, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=485c444107&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.aahf.net<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Baltimore&#8217;s Fourth Of July Celebration<\/strong>, July 4, 9:30PM, Inner Harbor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\">                <strong>Caribbean Carnival Festival,<\/strong> July 10-12, Friday 5pm-10pm, Saturday and Sunday noon-9pm, Druid Hill Park. 410-230-2969.  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=97b4da241e&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.bmorecarnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Youth Talent Showcase (YTS) hosted by The Baltimore Education and Cultural Institute<\/strong>, July 12, 1pm, Reedbird Park in Cherry Hill, youths 5-18 participate in a non-competitive event to display their creative talents. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=d9f4b888f0&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.whatfits.net\/yts.htm<\/a> or 240-475-6175. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Enoch Pratt\u2019s Light Street Branch Goes Wireless<\/strong> and additional computers have been installed.  Other Wi-Fi Pratt branches are Central, Northwood, Orleans, Roland Park, Southeast Anchor and Waverly.                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Professional, business attire clothing donations are needed<\/strong> for The Bon Secours Outreach Center, which provides job readiness training.  Clients need clothes and shoes for job interviews. tonia.mccoy@sba.gov  410-962-4392 ext. 316.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Get a free Orioles ticket for your birthday<\/strong>. Any fan can get a free ticket to a game during the month of his or her birthday&#8211;unless the Orioles are playing the Yankees or Red Sox.  Register online at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=c5e157c587&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.orioles.com\/birthdays<\/a> and receive a voucher for a free birthday ticket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>MD HOPE (Home Owners Preserving Equity) State Hotline 1-877-462-7555<\/strong>. For assessment and possible referral to a housing counseling agency or a volunteer attorney for assistance in your foreclosure matter. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=27a3bee051&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.mdhope.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore\u2019s Foreclosure Prevention Program<\/strong> offers emergency bridge loans to victims of predatory or exotic lending, or homeowners hit with emergencies such as illness or unemployment. Eligible low- to moderate-income homeowners can receive up to &#36;5,000 in deferred loans. 410-327-1200.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>Community Greening Resource Network (CGRN), sponsored by Parks and People Foundation, is accepting new members. <\/strong>The CGRN is an annual membership program to support community gardens throughout Baltimore City. It provides community-based groups access to material resources (tool, seeds, plants, mulch, and compost) training opportunities (green space planning, organization, and fundraising), and networking opportunities for sharing skills and experience among community greeners. Sarah Krones 410-448-5663.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong>New Conversations\/Conversaciones Nuevas<\/strong>, Enoch Pratt\u2019s Southeast Anchor Library, 3601 Eastern Ave., Tuesdays at 11am. Practice casual conversation for beginning English and Spanish speakers, 410-396-1580.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; margin-bottom: 8px;\"> <strong>Conserve energy, save money and protect the environment with BGE\u2019s PeakRewards program<\/strong>. If you have central air conditioning or an electric heat pump, you could save up to 15% year round in energy costs. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: rgb(92, 72, 5); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecitycouncil.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=95c8db3f1dfb77edb816ec516&amp;id=83a9d96018&amp;e=f1dKt7BQm0\">www.bgesmartenergy.com\/peakrewards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>oldId.20090605155935791<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Lauraville Home and Garden Tour, June 13, 11am-3pm. There will be 5-7 houses on the tour, and Healthy Neighborhoods home renovations will be the highlight. For tickets call 410-444-9188. www.greaterlauraville.com HonFest, June 13-14, 36th Street in Hampden, between Falls Rd. and Chestnut Ave. Saturday 11am-10pm, Sunday noon-6pm. www.honfest.net Homebuyer Education Housewarming Party, June 13, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=139679975\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Upcoming\/Ongoing  events in Baltimore (not all bike related)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139679975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139679975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139679975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139679975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139679975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139679975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139679975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}