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View the Free Fall Baltimore 2012 Day-by-Day Event Calendar
All activities listed are FREE on the dates and times noted. Many events require advance reservations. All dates, artists and venues subject to change. Please check organization’s website or call directly to confirm reservation information, seating availability or specific details. For directions call the presenting organization or visit www.google.com/maps
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HISTORY & HERITAGE
BALTIMORE HERITAGE
Historic Jewish Landmarks
Tour historic Jewish landmarks throughout Baltimore led by historians. The first tour program will be a bike tour of historic synagogues in northwest Baltimore from Eutaw Place to Park Heights. The tour will include a discussion on the architectural history of synsgogues in Baltimore, the movement of the Jewish community to the northwest suburbs over the late 19th and 20th centuries, and the continued use of these landmarks by African Amwerican religious and fraternal organizations. The second tour will be a photo walk and tour of the Westside of downtown with a focus on historic Jewish businesses – Hutzler’s, Little Joe’s, and Read’s Drug Store among others.
Sun Oct 14 10am – 12pm – Bike Tour
Sat Oct 27 10am – 12pm – Photo Walk and Tour
The bike tour will meet at the Beth Am Synagogue, 2501 Eutaw Place
The photo walk and tour will meet at the east entrance to Lexington Market - Eutaw and Lexington Streets.
Register for the tours on www.baltimoreheritage.org
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CARROLL MUSEUMS, INC.
Phoenix Shot Tower
Take advantage of free admission to the Phoenix Shot Tower every Saturday and Sunday in October. The famous Phoenix Shot Tower was built in 1828 and until 1846 it was the tallest building in the United States. Learn more about this important Baltimore landmark by visiting it this October.
Sat & Sun Oct 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28 Noon-4pm
The Phoenix Shot Tower – 801 E. Lombard Street
Reservations are only required for groups of 10 or more. Call 410-605-2964.
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HISTORIC SHIPS IN BALTIMORE
Tour Historic Vessels
USCGC Taney "Air-Raid Pearl Harbor!" - USCGC TANEY's perspective from Honolulu Harbor, 7 DEC 1941 - Museum Educator Ryan Szmanski leads a walking tour of the USCGC Taney, focusing on the massing of the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, HI and the subsequent attack on the Naval Station by Imperial Japan. Mr. Szmanski will also Highlight USCGC Taney’s vital defense of the Station’s Power Plant in Honolulu Harbor during the attack.
Wed Oct 10 6pm
7 Foot Knoll Lighthouse - Navigating the Bay, Lighthouses of the Chesapeake - Chief Educator Marian Robbins shares stories and demonstrates how mariners used the Bay’s Lights and Aids-to-Navigation, such as 7FK, to navigate their vessels into the many ports along the Chesapeake Bay. The discussion will include a tour of the 7FK light and a discussion about the isolated and often dangerous life manning a lighthouse.
Wed Oct 17 6pm
USS Torsk- “2-Minute Showers; Service aboard a World War II Tench Class Submarine” - Museum Educator Daniel Walls leads a walking tour of the USS Torsk, a 1944 Tench-Class submarine with a record 10,000 career dives. Mr. Walls will describe the daily life and grind of the typical seaman aboard a submarine of the WWII era as he leads a tour through this historic vessel.
Wed Oct 24 6pm
USS Constellation- “Seafarer’s Tales of Tradition, Toil, and a Touch of the Macabre! ” – A walking tour of Constellation, including lantern light tours of all four main decks including the ship’s hold and the Brig! Highlights of the Ship’s Service history will be shared along with stories of camaraderie, hardship, and occasional tragedy from the 1862-1865 Diary of ship’s Yeoman Moses Safford.
Wed Oct 31 7pm
Interested Parties can RSVP to 410-539-1797 x422 or administration@historicships.org to reserve a place.
Historic Ships in Baltimore - Pier I 301 East Pratt Street
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HOMEWOOD HOUSE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Free Admission
Homewood Museum offers visitors the chance to explore a Baltimore landmark and provides an intimate look at life in early-19th-century Baltimore. The home of the Carroll Family, Homewood House collections consist of fine and decorative arts objects representative of the furnishings during the Carroll family’s occupancy (1775–1825).
Weds Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Tours run on the hour and half-hour from 11am – 3:30pm Tours are limited to six people. Groups cannot be accommodated.
Homewood Museum - 3400 N. Charles Street
No advance reservations required. Call 410-516-5589 for more information.
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MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Maryland on Film & Free Museum Admission
The MDHS Library will feature segments of nine films from our collections throughout the years that have been preserved thanks to the grant funding of the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF). The showing will highlight the two most recent films that were preserved, “Fair of the Iron Horse” and “Druid Hill Zoo”, two home movies of the Siebert family from 1927. Approximately 45 minutes of footage will be shown on a loop through the day and allow for drop in visitors.
Sat Oct 13 10am – 5pm
Maryland Historical Society – 201 W. Monument Street
No advance reservations required.
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