Although I may have misgivings, the folks at Clarksville Commons are ready to move on.
We are so very excited to present our Spring Preview Farmers Market tomorrow on the plaza! It's your chance to browse, shop, and meet local farmers, non-profit organizations, and local small business owners all in one lovely location. We hope that you will come out and show your support.
My weather app tells me it may be a little windy, but, as far as I can tell, no rain. Or snow. (Hope springs eternal.)
Over at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center today: one last beautiful hurrah for this year’s Black History Month.
Free soul food and gospel choirs featured Saturday in Columbia at Harriet Tubman Cultural Center, Ethan Ehrenhaft, Baltimore Sun Media
The Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Columbia will host “A Taste of Soul,” a celebration of the recently concluded Black History Month and Women’s History Month, which is March.
Festivities will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and feature 10 local gospel choirs, a talk by a Harriet Tubman re-enactor, as well as soul food and vendors selling books and dolls. Admission and food are free.
In this day and age of Eventbrite and preregistration for events, the thought that this event is free and no registration is required makes me a little nervous. What if too many people come? What if they run out of food? Of course, for most of human history life was full of such unpredictable occurrences and people got on just fine.
If a lot of people come it will show how great the interest is for this kind of event. If they run out of food it will be a testament to how delicious it was and you will just have to use your company manners if you don’t get any.
The article in the Sun is not long but it’s heartwarming and worth your time if you’re subscribed. There’s also a recent article in the Baltimore Banner that includes the Harriet Tubman Cultural in the context of former segregated all-Black schools in the state.
Breathing new life into Maryland’s former all-Black schools, John-John Williams IV and Kristen Griffith, Baltimore Banner
I have one last event for the day that I want to mention, although it isn’t An Event in the formal sense.
I saw this Saturday morning meetup evolving on my area’s NextDoor group. It’s probably one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen arise out of an app which seems to encourage people to rant and complain and call the police on that strange man walking down the street.
Meet your neighbors on Saturdays at 9:00 am. Rekindle fond memories or meet total strangers. We're all from Howard County with an affinity towards friendship and civility.
We are establishing a sense of unity while also supporting one of Howard County's newest eateries.
Have a breakfast crepe or go for dessert instead. Either way, the great coffee goes wonderfully with both.
We began on the Next Door app, but now we're taking it LIVE!
Café Columbia is located on Sterret Place. (See directions above.) I wrote about it last summer and continue to see posts on Facebook from locals who’ve had good experiences there. I finally made it over there this week with a friend and my lunch crèpe was delicious. Sadly, I didn’t have room for a dessert crèpe. Another time. I believe they are open Wednesdays through Saturdays each week.
I saw a recent social media post which pointed out the convenience of their location:
As a bonus they’re close to Lake Kittamaqundi so we were able to go for a walk around the lake afterwards on this gorgeous day.
Perhaps if Spring is really coming (as everyone tells me it is) a walk around Lake Kitt combined with a trip to Café Columbia will be just the thing to enjoy warming temperatures.
Are there any other interesting things happening this weekend in Columbia/HoCo? Let me know.
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