FREE, ALL-AGES MASTERCLASS
For the people who had a childhood dream of becoming a ballerina, here’s your chance to immerse yourself in a short masterclass with professional dancers and learn a few moves and things like how to say “let’s party” using ballet arms. Gorskaya-Hartwick Productions will present the class as a part of its tour of “Cinderella,” which hits the Weinberg Stage on Sept. 30. A free all-ages workshop will be offered that day, before the performance. No experience is required, but registration is — and slots go fast. Sign up at worldballetseries.com/masterclass.
LEGENDARY PIANO FREDERICK
New Midway company Kramer’s Piano moved a grand piano purchased by John Lennon in 1978. A storied past surrounds the 1929 Baldwin Concert Grand Model D. Lennon gifted the piano to Sam Green an art dealer who lent it for some time to Andy Warhol and later to New York Academy of Art who sold it for several thousand dollars to someone, without Green’s knowledge. The piano, which was discovered at Mercersburg Academy of all places in the future, will be sold at Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Towson, in September. Dean Kramer, owner of Kramer’s Piano, didn’t know he was moving Lennon’s piano until he arrived to the gig but likes that he has a good story to tell. Auctions for this piano are scheduled to begin on September 30, with bids starting at $1,000,000.
First Saturday, Sunday Art Walk
It’s a First Saturday and Sunday Artwalk week! Downtown Frederick will be filled with activities throughout the entire weekend. Exhibitions are opening with receptions at most downtown galleries, and we are particularly excited about Upcycle Sundays, which will kick off at Frederick Book Arts Center’s Grasshopper Print Shop, located in the garage studio behind Joy Convenience Store at the corner of Forth and Market streets. With a few tips and a $10 donation, stop in and make a screen print using an image from the Labor Movement of early 1900’s.
One Maryland, one book kicks off
One Maryland One Book begins this week in a virtual setting. The 2023 book is “There There,” by Tommy Orange, and copies are available at libraries and dropped off in public spaces as part of the Wandering Books” campaign. “There There” tells the interconnected stories of a cast of 12 native characters from across generational lines, as they converge toward the Big Oakland Powwow. The stories together paint a vivid picture of what Orange refers to as the urban Indian experience. The virtual author event will take place at 6 pm on Sept. 7th.
NEW TRAIL AT MONOCACY BATTLEFIELD
A new trail and an extension of the existing Thomas Farm Trail were unveiled last week during National Park Service’s Founders Day at Monocacy National Battlefield. Upper Gambrill Trail has 1.4 miles wide, mowed paths that wind through grassy fields. There are new signs that provide detailed information for each of the trails in the park.