Congrats to the CCM

The 2014 Heritage Partnership Award of the Four Rivers Heritage Areas goes to the Kunta Kinte Children’s Festival which was organized by and held at Chesapeake Children’s Museum with the partnership of: The City of Annapolis, Colonial Nursery School, and Cadette Girl Scout Troop 4149. The event featured alligators and other African animals brought by EcoAdventures, a dance performance by Expressions Dance Company, and our special guest Kwame Ansah-Brew. The public is invited to attend the Awards Ceremony: Thursday, November 6, 5 - 7 pm in the Blue Heron Room at Quiet Waters Park. $10 per person is appreciated. RSVP by November 3^rd to Dr. Carol Benson at the Four Rivers HeritageAreas office at 410-222-1805 or by email at

heritage_area@aacounty.org.

5k & Family Fun Run

Sun., November 2 - Start and finish at CCM with some laps around the track at the Weems-Whalen Memorial Athletic Fields (behind Maryland Hall). 8:30 am registration; Walk begins at 9 am. $20 for one adult, $10 for second adult. Free for children. Participation bag for every finisher. Water and snacks provided. Register with CCM: 410-990-1993.

Animal Party

Sunday, November 16: Meet live animals and learn about their care and natural habitats. Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors will fulfill badge requirements. Non-scouts are welcome.
Ages 5 to 12. 9 am - 12 noon. $8 per child. $3 per adult. One adult free with 5 children.

Harvest Hootenanny

Saturday, October 18: Stuff scarecrows, paint pumpkins, take hayrides, and meet some farm animals. Live music with a folk song sing along .A Craft Fair will be held at the same time to give you a head start on gift buying!
10 am - 3 pm. Free with admission. Charge for some activities.

Emancipation Day Event! – “Coming Home to Belvoir – Scott’s Plantation”

Saturday, October 18:  located at 1534 General’s Highway, Crownsville. CCM will present children’s games from the 1800’s at this picnic-style afternoon on the plantation formerly owned by the Maynadiers, grandparents of Francis Scott Key. Belvoir is the location of a large slave quarters recently unearthed by Anne Arundel Archaeologists. Tickets are $25 for adults,$5 for children in 1st-12th grades and can be purchased from the Historical Annapolis Foundation. 410-267-7619.

Anne Arundel Cares Week

Friday, Sept.5-Thursday,September 11: Online Donations to CCM for AACares Week: Everyone wins with this friendly competition for online donations to our community’s charities. Your $10 or more donation will help CCM’s chances to come out on top with a $2,500 bonus if we get the most dollars for our budget category (under $100k per year). AND your donations can support CCM in so many ways:

Art supplies, exhibit fix ups, playground fund, visits for children whose families could otherwise not afford to come. Competition starts 12:01 am on Friday morning and closes Thursday at midnight.. Go to:www.aacares.org/chesapeake

Kunte Kinte Children’s Festival

Saturday September 27th :  10:00am-4:00pm

Travel in your imagination to the childhood home of Kunta Kinte to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of west Africa. CCM will host a festival just for children - and their accompanying grown-ups - to mark the anniversary of Kunta Kinte’s arrival in the year 1767 in Annapolis. Special guest Kwame Ansah-Brew will highlight the live entertainment with “A Journey to Africa” through storytelling and music. Join in making rhythms with drums and shakers. Step to the pulse of the music. You will be able to meet some animals from Africa, make a spirit mask, bottle cap rattle, Adinkra symbol headwrap and other traditional crafts. Free with museum admission. Extra charge for some activities.