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Celebrate the 4th of July
Riverdale Park Town Center
1 - 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 4th 2009

Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department
and the
Riverdale Park Arts Council
present the first annual, old-fashioned
Home Town 4th of July Celebration
in Town Center
from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00p.m.,
Saturday,
the 4th of July

Events include:
* Welcoming address by Police Chief Teresa Chambers

* Riverdale Park Volunteer Fire Department will offer free freeze pops to all children.

* Fire Engine & Ambulance tours.

* Fire prevention tips and activities for children and adults, including a blood pressure station.

* Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, soda, and water will be for sale by The Fire Department.

* A bicycle raffle* that includes a bike, two helmets and a lock.

Raffle Bike

Tickets sold for $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. You can buy them at the Farmers Market (which takes place every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. @ Riverdale Park Historic Town Center, 6220 Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale, MD 20737)
BICYCLE & ACCESSORIES GENEROUSLY DONATED BY THE RENAISSANCE BIKE SHOP OF THE ENGAGED UNIVERSITY

* Bicycle Demonstrations

* Live Music will be provided through out the event:
*
Don Walters



Doug everton
Doug Everton &
The Wayward Street
Band
*

* Classic Car Exhibit provided by Oldtown Motorcars

*
Riverdale Model Railroaders Club &
their Awesome Model Trains Exhibit

* CSX Special 4th of July Train Viewing


Come out and enjoy!
We look forward to seeing you


*You need not be present to win
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Jazz on the Portico
Wednesday, June 24th, 7:00 p.m.
Riversdale Mansion
at Riversdale House Museum

Riversdale
“Jazz on the Portico” Series
presents
Apothecary
Wednesday, July 29th


As the sun sets, bring a blanket or lawn chair to Riversdale’s beautiful grounds (4811 Riverdale Road) and enjoy the grass under your toes and the jazz wafting through the air. Bring a picnic basket or, if you like, purchase dinner on the grounds courtesy of the Calvert House Inn.
The concerts are FREE.*

The following performers will appear from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on these dates:


Apothecary
Wednesday, July 29th

Instrumentals featuring an electric violin
with inspiration from folk, jazz, classical jam-rock and Celtic music.
Come on and enjoy the ride!


MSG – The Acoustic Blues Trio
Wednesday, August 26th

A stripped down blues combo that plays songs
with meaning, fullness of heart, and sometimes, humor.
Featuring Riverdale Park’s own Miles Spicer!


The concerts take place rain or shine. In the event of rain, everything moves inside.

*These concerts are supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.

More info: 301.864.0420 or email riversdale@pgparks.com




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MSG The Acoustic Blues
Riverdale Park's own
Miles Spicer with his band
MSG The Acoustic Blues Trio
performing at
The New Old Barbershop
(The Old Bookstore)
ARCHIE EDWARDS BLUES HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Where: The new home of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
4007 Queensbury Rd Riverdale, MD 20737
(The old bookstore, right next to the tracks)

When : This was Saturday June 13th 2009
Stay tuned for upcoming events!
and look for Miles and The Acoustic Blues Trio at Riversdale on August 26th (see above!)



For more information and directionscheck these links
the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation www.acousticblues.com

. What's new on the Wiki?

Other than the rain, and more rain? Not much apparently!


Riverdale Park Farmers Market
Expanded Season: April 9 - November 19, 2009




June 11: Feels Like Summer!
Claim your Maryland-ness, Hon! Blue Crabs, Peas, You'll Say, "More, Please!" Also: Fresh Chicken! And Tomatoes!

Support the Market, rain or shine! Unless, the weather is dangerous, we will be there!

We have a new coffee roaster at the market! Check out Zeke's Coffee!
ZEKE'S COFFEE of Baltimore offers small batch, fresh roasted coffee, using only high quality, arabica beans.We hope that you'll enjoy trying them as much as we enjoy roasting them!At Zeke's, we believe in making a positive impact on the world around us. While not all of our coffees are certified as organic, fair trade or rainforest alliance, most of the others come from single-estate farms, rather than large exploitative producers. Additionally, we do our utmost to recycle all of our production waste and to support the growth and greening of our local community.

Want something different for dinner? Don’t miss the Neopol Savory Smokery! They are famous for their smoked seafood, cheeses, poultry, game, and tofu. Owner Barbara Lahnstein uses locally grown ingredients whenever possible, smoked in high quality woods, and is well known in Baltimore for her savory cheese pies, curried chicken salad, and dozens of other seasonally changing smoked items.The smoked hummus is delicious and the savory pies make a lovely summer dinner!

Musical entertainment this week by
Liz Lohr.

want more? see RP Farmers Market Wiki page


Photo by Don Lynch; AEBF-2009-FEB-28-2





Riverdale Park Sings the Blues
and we're ecstatic!
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Click on Blues Heritage Foundation to see our RPwiki page about the Archie Edwards Blues Hertitage Foundation new home and its Saturday afternoon jams in RP, or click on the image/paragraph below to visit the Foundation's homepage. (Pictures at left and right are from a recent jam in RP.)
Photo by Don Lynch; AEBF-2009-FEB-28-5


Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation

Holiday Market music videos on YouTube!
Check out these music videos featuring several Archie Edwards Blues Heritage stalwarts -- and some of our favorite musicians -- from the Holiday Market Music Stage. These were filmed and produced by Don & Melissa Avery and uploaded to YouTube:

1) Michael Baytop and Riverdale Park's own Nicholas Spicer doing "Don't Let Go"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLRWbCeZi8&feature=channel

2) Rick Franklin performing "Ain't Goin That Way"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78fvQXr_Bzc&feature=channel

3) Eleanor Ellis singing "CC&O"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLySG7U86c&feature=channel

4) and last but not least, BanjerDan and Miles Spicer accompany Joe
Uehlein singing the old Commander Cody tune "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (that
cigarette)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwn-eFWl__I&feature=channel


MSG The Acoustic Blues
10/12/08 MSG The Acoustic Blues Trio -- the band of Riverdalian blues musician Miles Spicer -- has a new CD out entitled "Done Spoke My Mind." (You may have heard them on the lawn at Riversdale Mansion.) To get your copy grab Miles when you see him, or go to their website to order your copy. It's a great album, featuring mostly original material.





Photo album from the 1st Annual ArtsFest (2008) here.

ArtsFest 2008



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