AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS:

2 jewelry making workshops
Special qigong workshop on 8/10
Parent/Child Basket Weaving
Stoop story telling is back!
An all-day writing retreat on 8/17

OPEN SPOTS for pottery courses!
Kid’s 1-day ceramics class
Five Live Music performances
NEW ART starting August 3!
Major woodworking and woodturning

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

Intermediate Ukulele Course with Rita Baker-Schmidt

Sun 8/3, 8/10, 8/17 @ 11am

Watercolor: Painting Trees with Kas Rohm
Sun 8/4 @ 4:00pm

Basket Weaving: Vanity Tray with Bey-Her Baskets

Fri 8/10 @ 10am

A Somatic Journey: Flow with the 5 Elements with Sarah Karp

Sat 8/10 @ 4pm

Intro to Hand Broom Making with Brooms and Blessings

Sun 8/11 @ 9:30am

Yin/Yang Approach to Watercolor Painting with Luis Perez

Sun 8/11 @ 12pm

Jewelry Making: Full Moon Necklace with Maxi Cif Designs

Sun 8/11 @ 4:30pm

Parent/Child Basket Weaving with Bey-Her Baskets

Thur 8/15 @ 10am

Stained Glass for Beginners with Smiggart

Thur 8/15 @ 10am

Stoop Storytelling: “Rose Colored Glasses: Stories of Summertime Nostalgia”

Sat 8/16 @ 7pm

Tickets

Writing Retreat with Susan Weis Bohlen

Sun 8/17 @ 10am

Jewelry Making: Stacking Rings with Maxi Cif Designs

Fri 8/23 @ 4pm

Hawk Educational with Live Birds of Prey hosted by Maryland School of Falconry

Sat 8/24 @ 10am

Woodburning: Charcuterie Boards with K.L. Kriss Studios

Sat 8/24 @ 6pm

Make your own Tie Dye Tee with Boring Tie-Dye

Wed 8/28 @ 4:30pm

Cooking Seminar with Chef Jerry Edwards of The Manor Tavern

Thur 8/29 @ 5:30pm

Stained Glass for Beginners with Smiggart

Sat 8/31 @ 10am

Painting Screens: A Baltimore Folk Art with Michael Seipp

Sat 8/31 @ 10am

WOODWORKING & WELDING

Beginner Woodworking: Cutting Boards

Thur 8/1 & 8/8 @ 6pm

Beginner Welding: Bird

Sun 8/4 @ 12:15pm

Beginner Woodworking: Build a Planter

Thur 8/7 @ 6pm
Register

Intermediate Woodturning: Pens

Sat 8/10 @ 8:30am

Intermediate Woodworking: 3-Legged Staked Stool

Wed 8/21 & 8/28 @ 6pm

Beginner Woodturning: Budvase or Candleholder
Sat 8/24 @ 8:30am

Table Saw Safety Techniques

Tues 8/27 @6pm

CERAMICS

8 Week Beginner Pottery Course with Steph Imbeirowicz

Begins Mon 8/5 @ 6pm

It’s a Date! Pottery Try-It Class

Sat 8/10 @ 10am Register

Sat 8/24 @ 10am Register

Ceramics for Kids! Magical Creatures in Clay with Emma Plunkert

Wed 8/14 @ 2pm

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Friday, August 2, 7:30 - 9:30PM
The Honey Dewdrops
“Here In the Mountains” album release show! With gorgeous vocal harmonies and agile musicianship, The Honey Dewdrops are an astounding live act! LISTEN

Friday, August 9, 8-10PM
Anthony Frijia

His grassroots following continues to grow, as he tours the country with an ever-developing blend of folk, blues, and pop, known as Nomadic Americana, LISTEN

Saturday, August 17, 8-10pm
Leslie Mendelson

A Grammy Award-nominated artist, Mendelson returns this summer with her fourth studio album, After the Party. LISTEN

Thursday, August 22, 7-9PM
Dana Cooper and and Tony Denikos

"Dana has a poet's eye for beauty & detail, a blue's man's soul, and a songbird's gift. He is remarkable" - Hayes Carll. Dana will perform many new songs as well as old favorites.

Friday, August 23, 7-9PM
Monkton Road Band

Monkton Road brings their creativity and musicality with a combination of a rootsy folk sound laced with deep country influences on their originals. LISTEN

GALLERY

BALTIMORE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY MEMBERS’ EXHIBIT

AUGUST 3 - SEPTEMBER 15

Manor Mill Gallery is proud to host the works from over 75 regional watercolor artists who are current members of the Baltimore Watercolor Society. This exhibit will include works in a wide array of subject matter, leading to something interesting for all our gallery guests.

Opening Reception:

Saturday, August 3, 4-7PM

Closing Reception:

Sunday, September 15, 5-6PM

Learn More Here

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Mon 8/5 @ 6:30pm- Poetry Night

The Hereford Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library and Manor Mill collaborate in this monthly open mic and writing workshop for all experience levels. This month’s featured Poets: Hayes Davis
Teri Ellen Cross Davis Register

Mon 8/19 @ 7pm - Writer’s Guild Prose Night

A published author opens the evening with a reading, followed by an open mic for fellow writers to read excerpts of their work. This month’s author: Eric D. Goodman. Tell us you’re coming!

Tues 8/20 @ 6pm - Whine & Wine

This forum is offered to our active creative community to nurture, sometimes critique, share concepts and stories, and inspire others and ourselves in order to better deal with and move forward with our unique lifestyles and talents. Live model - Register

Mon 8/26 @ 7pm - Writer’s Circle

We will start with a quick check in on what you are working on, or any upcoming writer events to highlight — and then it is heads-down writing for an hour, before we wrap-up with some q&a about any hurdles or blockers you may want input on. Come join your fellow writers, as we all commit to an evening dedicated to The Work.

Sun 8/25 @ 2:30pm - Old Time Jam

A free event to connect old time style musicians to collaborate and jam! Potluck style!

*Not seeing your event? We decided to skip the month of August for some community events- See you in September!

DID YOU KNOW?

We’re restoring the waterwheel! We have all the metal pieces and parts for the water wheel and are ready to start milling the white oak lumber and the assembly of what was once one of the largest water wheels in Maryland!

YOU can be a part of this process! Make a donation today and have the opportunity to be a part of history: sponsor a paddle! That’s right! Personalize a paddle on the waterwheel by making a donation.

Your tax-deductible donation can be made via check (made out to “Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County” with memo “Manor Mill” or via credit card through our online donation form.

Make a Donation Here