Labor Day Closures and Service Interruptions: Monday, September 1st
Labor Day is a City holiday and DPW offices will be closed Monday, September 1, 2014. No trash or recycling collection and all Citizen Convenience Centers WILL BE CLOSED, including Quarantine Road Landfill. There will be no mechanical street sweeping or bulk trash collection scheduled on Labor Day. Parking meters will NOT be in effect. SPECIAL NOTE: The last day for extended summer hours at the Solid Waste drop off centers is Saturday, August 30. After Labor Day the hours will be 9 am to 5 pm. For more information about DPW’s 2014 Labor Day closures and service interruptions, please call 410.545.6541 or visit http://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov
Star-Spangled Spectacular: Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of our National Anthem
September 10-16, Inner Harbor. O Say Can You See! Star-Spangled Spectacular is a free festival that celebrates the 200th anniversary of our National Anthem. Tall ships, Navy gray hulls and the Blue Angels will come to Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor to celebrate The Star-Spangled Banner. Landside festivals include living history demonstrations, a family fun zone, live musical performances, and Chesapeake food and beverage. Events crescendo on September 13 with a star-studded concert and extraordinary fireworks display over Fort McHenry and the Baltimore harbor, which will broadcast live on PBS. www.starspangled200.com
Rising Star Golf Tournament
Friday, September 12, 8:00 am (registration at 7:00 am), Pine Ridge Golf Course, 2101 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville. Resident Services, Inc. presents its 3rd annual Rising Star Golf Tournament. This fundraising event featuring four-person captain’s choice teams, benefits The Rising Star Scholarship Fund to provide college assistance for gifted and talented Baltimore City youth. For more information on how you can contribute or participate, contact Karen Kopp or John McDonald at 443-984-1896 or email risingstar@rsinc.org.
Move Up to Northeast Homebuyers Tour
Saturday, September 13, 8:30am-12:30pm, Morgan State University Center for the Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway. Join us for a free guided homebuyer's bus tour of Northeast Baltimore. Tour homes throughout three lovely Northeast neighborhoods, view a variety of community assets and schools and more. Limited seating. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided. For reservations call 410.319.7155.
Northwest Healthy Neighborhoods Community Festival
Saturday, September 13, 1:00-6:00pm, 2400 Longwood St. (corner of Longwood St. and Gwynns Falls Pkwy) Hosted by Garwyn Oaks (GO) Northwest Housing Resource Center. The Festival offers a fun and exciting day’s programming to introduce Baltimore residents and visitors to Hanlon Park, a gem in the Hanlon community, greatly underutilized over the years. Music, food, games, fitness activities, and so much more are planned throughout the festival for youth and adults, families, single adults and seniors. FREE EVENT!!!! Come for the Festival, stay for the neighborhoods!
MTA Red Line Open House - East Baltimore
Thursday, September 18, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Hampstead Hill Academy, 500 S. Linwood Avenue. Come to this first in a series of open houses to discuss the Red Line. This meeting will cover Canton, Brewer's Hill/Canton Crossing, Highlandtown/Greektown, Bayview Campus and Bayview MARC stations.
MTA Red Line Open House - West Baltimore
Saturday, September 20, 9:00 am-12:00 pm, Lockerman Bundy Elementary School, 301 N. Pulaski Street, Come to the second in a series of open houses to discuss the Red Line. This meeting will cover Edmondson Village, Allendale, Rosemont, West Baltimore MARC, Harlem Park, and Poppleton stations.
Free Community SHRED DAY!
Saturday, September 20, 9 am-1pm, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Parking Lot), 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane. Watch your document being shredded onsite. Shred cancelled checks, medical records, credit card information, utility bills, old tax returns, pay stubs. If it’s a sensitive paper document…SHRED IT! **Baltimore City Residents/Businesses ONLY! Residents must present Driver’s License/Proof of Residency. We invite residents to shred up to 2 trash bags of documents per household. Sponsored by Bureau of Solid Waste and Office of Recycling. For more information call 410-396-4511.
Hampdenfest
Saturday, September 20, 11:00 am-7:00 pm, The Avenue, 36th Street between Falls and Keswick. The Hampden Village Merchants Association and the Hampden Community Council invite you to celebrate Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood. Hampdenfest features live entertainment, activities for kids, an emerging artists exhibition, and a film festival, as well as four blocks of arts & crafts and wares from a wide range of vendors. hampdenfest.com
Baltimore Seafood Festival
Saturday, September 20, Noon-6pm, Canton Waterfront Park. Join B Scene Events & Promotions for the Inaugural Baltimore Seafood Festival, showcasing some of Baltimore’s favorite restaurants serving their signature seafood dishes! Add live music, cooking demos, and an area for families with toys, games, face painting and more, and you have the Baltimore Seafood Festival – the only large scale seafood festival in Baltimore City. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance. For ticket info, restaurant lineup and entertainment schedule, visit www.baltimoreseafoodfest.com
Live Baltimore Six O'Clock Sessions: Getting Ready to Use Incentives
Tuesday, September 23, 6pm-7pm, Live Baltimore, 343 N. Charles St. Prepare for our next $5,000 homebuying incentive event! Find out which incentives can be combined, how the application process works, and much more! This is a free event. Register here
Baltimore Book Festival
September 26-28, Inner Harbor. The mid-Atlantic's premier celebration of the literary arts features more than 200 celebrity and local authors, readings, workshops, children’s activities, panel discussions, cookbook demonstrations, more than 100 exhibitors and booksellers, live music, food and more. www.baltimorebookfestival.org.
Greater Lauraville Fair
Saturday, September 27, noon-6pm, Heinz Park, Harford Rd. and Parkside Drive. Bring the family for an afternoon of food, live music, arts and crafts people and fun. Proceeds to benefit the neighborhoods of Greater Lauraville. www.greaterlauravillefair.com
Buying Into Baltimore: $5,000 Homebuying Incentive Event
Saturday, September 27, 8:30am-3:30pm, Baltimore Polytechnic High School, 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane. Don't miss the biggest homebuying event of the year! Meet with real estate experts and community organizations, sit in on homebuying workshops, take our famous narrated bus tour of Baltimore neighborhoods, and preview homes for sale! Attendees become eligible for $5,000 in downpayment and closing cost assistance toward the purchase of a home, anywhere in Baltimore City! Visit livebaltimore.com for complete details and to register. $10 to attend.
