Arts & Entertainment Tips
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The Weinberg Center
The Weinberg Center for the Arts is located at 20 West Patrick Street. Here you can attend performances by the FrederickTowne Players and the Fun Company as well as programs by regional and national entertainers. For information on performances and prices call 301-694-8585 or check out their website at www.weinbergcenter.org
Clustered Spires Sweet Adeline Chorus
The Clustered Spires
Chorus of Frederick Maryland performs locally and regionally, attends regional education events, and competes with other Sweet Adeline choruses in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Affiliated with Sweet Adeline International, a worldwide organization of women singers dedicated to advancing the musical art for of Barbershop harmony through eduction and performance. For more information call or visit their website at ... http://www.harmonize.com/clusteredspires
The Maryland Theatre Marquee
ON STAGE
Broadway at The Maryland Theatre
Purchase the series today and never hear the words sold out! Get the best seats before individual shows go on sale! Same great seats to every show! Up to a 20% discount over single ticket prices! First right to renew the same seats year after year! Never wait in line for Broadway seats again!
My Fair Lady – November 6, 2001
Titanic – January 31, 2002
Annie Get Your Gun – April 1, 2002
Cabaret – May 19, 2002
For more details visit... http://www.mdtheatre.org/marquee.htm
Movie Finder
Looking for information on movies, showtimes and area theaters?
Movie Quest offers an easy search for the Frederick area at...
http://www.moviequest.com/custom/?partner_id=mdcpca
The Frederick Orchestra
The Frederick Orchestra offers musical treats on holidays and other ocassions.
Visit their website http://www.frederickorchestra.org/
The Rose Hill Manor Children's Museum
The Rose Hill Manor Children's Museum is located at 1611 North Market Street in Frederick. 301-694-1648.
The Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park was established in 1972. It is the first "hands-on" history museum in the United States designed for elementary school aged children.
The Children's Museum is a conceptual tour program. The tour is given by trained Museum Interpreters. The exhibits at Rose Hill Manor Park are incorporated into the museum tour.
The Children's Museum provides up to a two hour educational tour,an education resource for school groups, teachers, special populations, senior citizens, and families, pleasurable family learning experiences in a park / museum setting, hands-on experiences designed for elementary school aged children and acquaints teachers, parents, and interested adults with the techniques and methods utilized in museum participatory education and inquiry based learning.
Visit their website at...
http://www.co.frederick.md.us/govt/parks/Rosehill.htm/#children%20museum
Local Movie Listings
Yahoo offers a listing of local movie theaters and showtimes on the Internet.
To connect to this handy movie guide visit...
http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html
Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch
Homestead Farms is the home of Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch. Homestead is 131 acres nestled in beautiful Middletown Valley. This is home to some of Maryland's most scenic countryside. Homestead Farms is a working dairy farm owned by Donald and Greta Huffer. Jumbo's began seven years ago with a roadside wagon and 1-1/2 acres of pumpkins. They now offer 15 acres of "pick your own" pumpkins plus many other family activities. Farm visitors can enjoy hayrides to the pumpkin patch and corn maze, petting zoo, pony rides, concession stand, and country store with fall crafts. Jumbo's offers everything you need to decorate your home for fall, including: numerous varieties and sizes of pumpkins and ornamental gourds, corn shocks, straw bales, Indian corn and farm grown chrysanthemums. The farm is located at 6521 Holter Rd in Middletown. Call (301) 371-4713 or visit their website http://www.jumbos.org
ERASER
Partially filmed in Gaithersburg, near Frederick, ERASER is the story of John Kruger a U.S. marshal who is assigned to protect Lee Cullen, who works for the Cyrez Corporation, a company that manufactures top secret weapons for the military. (For more information on this movie click the "products" icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com )
The Sounds of Summer at Baker Park
Throughout the summer months in the City of Frederick, you can listen to beautiful music at Baker Park. The Park located at 2nd St. and Carroll Parkway in Frederick, hosts a variety of shows sponsored by the City Office of Special Events and other community groups. Each Sunday at 7pm you may hear musical offerings of Jazz, Reggae, Blue Grass, Classical and more… Admission is FREE!
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum
Built in 1756, the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum located at 1110 Rosemont Avenue in Frederick is one of the country's best examples of German architecture and is also Frederick City's oldest extant building. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday from 12 - 4 p.m.. The museum closes during the winter months. You can call ahead at 301-663-3885.
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Work is now underway to create a National Memorial Park in Emmitsburg, Maryland near Frederick, to honor all firefighters. When completed, the National Memorial Park will be the first permanent park in the United States honoring all members of the fire service. The park will include the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial designated by Congress in 1990 as the official monument to all fallen firefighters. Plaques around the monument bear the names of over 2,000 firefighters who have died in the line of duty since 1981.
The park features a brick "Walk of Honor" that will connect the monument, the historic Fallen Firefighters Memorial Chapel, and memorial plazas. Each brick on the walkway will bear a personal inscription. The first section of the walkway is now in place. Proceeds from the sale of these bricks are helping to finance construction of the Park.
phone: (301)447-1365 or visit their website at http://www.firehero.org/
Hobbytown Usa
For a variety of hobby supplies, Hobbytown Usa located at 1305 W. 7th Street in Frederick is a great place to visit. Phone: 301-694-7395 or visit their website.
http://www.htufrederickmd.com/
What's Happening!
For more great places to visit for Family Entertainment, check out the "Calendar of Events" category on the homepage!
Here you will find great tips, arranged in a monthly order, of events and activities in and around Frederick!
If you would like to submit an event, please submit a tip on the homepage of Frederick-Tips!!!
Frederick Piano Service
Does your piano need tuning? Frederick Piano Service
Owner/Tuner, Matt Puziss has been conservatory trained in both piano tuning and piano repair. He has served the Frederick area since 1987, offering affordable rates to residential customers. Saturday appointments are available upon request.
For rates and appointments call Matt at 301-695-2530.
Choral Arts Society of Frederick County
Choral Arts Society of Frederick County provides an opportunity for members of the community to study vocal techniques and to perform fine choral music. They work to foster an appreciation of the musical arts by promoting choral group singing and by offering quality musical productions to the community. Membership in the Choral Arts Society is open to all individuals interested in choral music and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership. The Choral Arts Society is supported in part by grants from the Frederick Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council. They also rely on ticket sales, candy sales, paid advertisements in concert programs, and the
generous donations of funding and services from the local community.
Phone: 301-662-3218 or visit their website at...
http://justcauses.net/casf
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo is a 30 acre park located at 13019 Catoctin Furnace Rd. in Thurmont, Maryland, that offers more ways to meet, feed, and sometimes touch exotic animals than any other place in the area and beyond. From bears to boas, macaws to monkeys, panthers to prairie dogs, you can meet over 350 exotic animals. From tiger, jaguar, cougar and bear to deer, tortoise, chinchilla and hedgehog, this zoo has it all. Lizard, alligator and python are among the reptiles you will meet and you can even hand-feed goats, sheep, donkeys, ducks and other animals in their petting area.
Privately owned here's a direct quote from their website…
"Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo is a private, family-owned and professionally operated facility. Since 1966, animals have been our extended family. We know their names, histories, and needs. And we know how important wildlife and their natural habitats are to the future. We hope that through our personal style of education and introduction, these wonderful creatures will become your extended family, too. Together, we'll make sure they and their wild-living relatives enjoy the future they deserve." For information call 301-271-3180 or visit their website...http://www.cwpzoo.com
The Blair Witch Project
Three film students travel to Burkettsville, Maryland (near Frederick) to make a student film about a local urban legend... The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the students' film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project. (Click on the products icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com to learn more about this movie)
The Brunswick Railroad Museum
The Brunswick Railroad Museum is located at 40 West Potomac Street in Brunswick near Frederick. Call 301-834-7100 or visit their website for more information...
http://www.brunswickmuseum.org
Frederick_Gamers
Frederick_Gamers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Frederick_Gamers
This e-list is dedicated to Frederick, Maryland area gamers of all kinds. Everyone is welcome. Come discuss rules, set-up games, share files, terrain and painting tips.
Babylon, Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Diskwars, Epic 40K, GorkaMorka, Man O' War, Mordheim, Necromunda, Void, Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Ancient Battles, Warhammer Fantasy, Warmaster and RPGs.
Frederick Putt-Putt Golf & Games
Frederick Putt-Putt Golf & Games located at 192 Thomas Johnson Drive in Frederick is a fun place for kids and adults. Fun activities include putt-putt golf, laser tag and an arcade. They cater birthday parties and offer group rates.
You can call 301-694-0020 or visit their website at http://www.frederickputtputt.com/ where you can print your own money saving coupons.
Frederick Arts Council's Cultural Arts Center
The Frederick Arts Council's Cultural Arts Center is located at 15 West Patrick Street. This facility serves as a theater, theatrical conservatory, and art gallery. The center is the home to the Maryland Ensemble Theatre, the Comedy Pigs comedy troupe, and the Ensemble School as well.
For more information call 301-662-4190
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is the center for the study and interpretation of the medical history of the War Between the States. The Museum collects, exhibits and preserves medical artifacts, manuscripts, books, documents and other materials related to the period from 1861-1865. By telling the dramatic story of the inventiveness of the physicians, the devotion of the stewards, nurses and matrons, and the courage of the patients on both sides of the struggle, the Museum is dedicated to increasing public understanding of a major era in medical history.
Each new visitor will discover a fascinating downtown neighborhood that has kept continuity with its Civil War past. Visit their website at...
http://www.civilwarmed.org/location.cfm
The Carriage Museum
The Carriage Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park Museum is located at 1611 North Market Street in Frederick.
The Carriage Museum was established in 1976 from the Robert H. Renneberger collection. On exhibit are a variety of restored carriages and sleighs. The collection is shown on the museum tour.
The Rose Hill Carriage Society, a non-profit organization, offers educational exhibits and demonstrations to the museum and park. Refer to the more information, events & programs, sections
of the web page before planning a visit...
http://www.co.frederick.md.us/govt/parks/Rosehill.htm/#children%20museum
Francis Scott Key Museum
The Roger Brooke Taney House & Francis Scott Key Museum is located at 121 South Bentz Street in Frederick. This Museum was once the residence of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Roger Brooke Taney and his wife, Anne Key. Mrs. Taney's brother was Francis Scott Key who wrote the words to our National Anthem. He was also a frequent guest at their Frederick home in the early 1800's. The museum is only open on weekends and is closed during the winter months. Call ahead for hours at 301-228-2888.
Guarding Tess
Filmed partially in Hagerstown, near Frederick, Guarding Tess is a fictional story about a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. A funny movie starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicholas Cage. (For more information on this movie click the product icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com )
The Maryland Theatre
The Maryland Theatre Marquee presents a variety of live performances throughout the year and hosts special performances on holidays.
For more info visit http://www.mdtheatre.org/marquee.htm
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick was originally a flourmill built in 1873. Today the mill has been renovated into a modern gallery with an historic touch. The center displays both national and regional exhibits. Art classes are available. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center is located at 40 South Carroll Street in Downtown Frederick. The Center is open to visitors Thursdays from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Sundays from 1 - 5 p.m. Admission is free. For further information call 301-698-0656.
In the Movies...
Did you know that there are several movies that have been filmed in and around Frederick, or about famous places and people from Frederick and surrounding areas? In this category you will find tips about these movies. Find one of interest you'd like to purchase? Simply click on the "Products" icon at http://frederick.lifetips.com and get a discount on any purchase from Frederick-Tips!
The Farm Museum
The Farm Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park is located at 1611 North Market Street in Frederick.
The Farm Museum was founded in 1978 by the Frederick County Farm Museum Association, Inc. The association has developed exhibits of late 19th century and early 20th century agricultural practices and farm family life. These exhibits are designed for a self-guided tour April-October.
The Farm and Family Exhibit Building houses the following exhibit themes and displays: The Farm Family Kitchen; The Farmer's Carpentry Shop; The Farmer's Broom Shop; On the Farm Pork Butchering; a Rumly Steam Tractor; and a Wheat Thrashing Machine. The Bank Barn houses The Planting and Harvesting exhibit which includes a large collection of agricultural hand tools and machinery.
Call 301-694-1650 or visit their website ...
http://www.co.frederick.md.us/govt/parks/Rosehill.htm/#children%20museum
Way Off Broadway
Way Off Broadway is a little dinner theatre located on Route 40 at Willowtree Plaza on the outskirts of historic Frederick. Great food, great shows, and a fun family atmosphere.
The theater provides a small, intimate setting where the actors perform main stage as well as Children's Theater. The Children's Theater productions have been so popular that these shows usually book up
months in advance.
Visit their website @ http://www.wayoffbroadway.com/ or call 301-662-6600
Movie Finder
The "Movie Finder" is a free online service sponsored by gazette.net Here you can get all the information you need on local theaters, movies and showtimes.
Visit at ...
http://www.moviequest.com/custom/?partner_id=mdcpca
Barbara Fritchie Home and Museum
Barbara Fritchie was a famous Frederick pioneer who was immortalized in a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier'. The poem retells the story of her alleged confrontation with Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War. The Barbara Fritchie Home and Museum has been restored and refurbished to look as it did when Barbara Fritchie resided in the home. The Barbara Fritchie Home and Museum is located at 154 W. Patrick Street in Frederick. The home is open for visitors April through November, weekdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed on Tuesdays) and Sundays from 1 - 4 p.m. For more information call 301-698-0630.
The Holiday $1.99 Theater
The Holiday $1.99 Theater is a bargain for movie goers. All tickets are just $1.99 all the time! The theater is located at 100 Baughmans Lane just off Route 40. For information and movie times call 301-694-0100
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