KWAME ALEXANDER: POETRY, KIDS, AND THE 5TH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOK FAIR – (COOL) PROGENY, May 2017 How do you get your child into reading? According to New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, you introduce them to poetry. “The power of poetry is that you can take these emotionally heavy moments in our lives, and you can distil them into these palatable, these digestible words and lines and phrases that allow us to be able to deal and cope with the world,” he said in an interview with NPR’s Rachel Martin. “I think it’s
Downtown Baltimore is a hotbed of activity – it’s packed with restaurants and attractions and every week, new events are announced. For people living, working or visiting downtown Baltimore, that’s exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. With so much to do, how do you decide where to start? The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore can help. From their Charles Street headquarters, the organization creates and promotes programs for the city – they’re involved with everything from Restaurant Week to the free Charm City Circulator bus – and they help locals and tourists alike navigate all
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is excited to launch Ripley’s Weird Minute Flash Briefing on Amazon Alexa. Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Tap is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice and uses Alexa. Ask Alexa to play music, hear the news, check weather, control your smart home, and hear Ripley’s Weird Minute. To listen, visit Alexa Skills and enable Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Ripley’s Weird Minute. After you have enabled the skill, just say “Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing?” or “Alexa, what’s in the news?”, and just like that, you
Target $2 Family Fun Night Friday, April 21 |4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Learn More Enjoy all the fun of Port Discovery for more than $12 off! Join Port Discovery for Target Family Fun Night on Friday, April 21 and pay only $2 admission from 4 to 8 pm thanks to our generous sponsor, Target®! Make family art projects, enjoy our interactive Circle Time, work on your literacy skills with reading projects, take part in the interactive Money Game, and more! Plus, the MD SPCA will be on hand to teach about animal safety,
Have an electric vehicle? Thinking about buying one? There are plenty of reasons to drive electric, from environmental to financial considerations. One up side of driving an electric vehicle is the ability to charge your car while it’s parked. In Baltimore, Harbor Park Garage has partnered with the ChargePoint network; the garage now has stations that allow up to four electric vehicles (EVs) to charge at one time. ChargePoint is an organization that designs and builds EV charging stations that customers can use finding an easy mobile app. The app allows customers to track fuel
5 Reasons to Come to Hop into Spring! Hop Into Spring – An Exclusive Evening Adventure Haven’t purchased tickets to Port Discovery’s upcoming Hop into Spring event on Saturday, April 15 yet? Ticket sales end April 11. Purchase tickets before time runs out! Need another reason to join this exciting event? Here are 5 reasons to come to Hop into Spring! 1. Museum Wide Egg Hunt: Look for hidden eggs around three floors of Port Discovery and discover exciting prizes! 2. Spring Crafts You Can Take Home: Celebrate all things spring with seasonal arts &
Glow Days Celebrating Light City Sunday, April 2 | Noon – 5 p.m. | Learn More Saturday, April 8 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Learn More Get ready to glow at Port Discovery! Celebrate Glow Days during Light City with interactive activities dedicated to light! Make glow-in-the-dark art, create bracelets that change color in UV light, and make a holographic projector that will have you seeing in 3D! Also take part in Eric Energy’s famous, interactive energy show “Spark Attack!”. From experiments with circuits, sound waves and different kinds of light to a real laser
