The Central Maryland Junior Miss pageant will hold its first talent showcase at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Road.
Anyone with a talent to share may compete for prizes. Participants will have three minutes to perform. Judges will determine the winners.
Entry fee is $10 for individuals and $20 for groups of three or more, payable in advance. Interested participants should call 443-413-2997 and leave a message or register online at www.centralmarylandsjun iormiss.info. Participants must arrive by 7 p.m.
Spectator tickets are $ 5 in advance and $10 at the door. Proceeds benefit Central Maryland's Junior Miss Scholarship.
Banneker-Douglass events
The Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, will hold events related to the presidential inauguration and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
An exhibit of an inaugural quilt, "Journey to the White House," documenting Barack Obama's life story and political trek to the presidency, will be held Saturday.
Joan M. E. Gaither, chair of Undergraduate Art Education at the Maryland Institute College of Art, began the quilt in June. It features images and text documenting Obama's rise to the White House as part of a Baltimore album-style quilt. Gaither and community members will finish the quilt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The quilt will hang in the museum lobby through February.
Visitors are invited to the museum from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19 to create a quilt square of their personal story based on the "Journey to the White House" quilt. The museum will provide art supplies. The program is free, but registration is requested.
The museum will honor King with a day of volunteer service from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19. The "Day On, Not a Day Off" will provide several volunteer opportunities through several organizations. All volunteers younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is requested at Fay@volunteerannearundel.org. Information: 410-216-6180.
Black heritage walk
Watermark, a tour, charter and cruise company of Annapolis, will offer a walking tour of the downtown area to visitors in town for the inauguration.
A colonial-attired guide will combine the best of the "Three Centuries Walking Tour" with highlights from the African-American Heritage Tour.
The Inaugural Celebration Tour of Historic Annapolis will feature the history of African-Americans in Annapolis and their effect on the nation and world. Key historical sites will include the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial, Thurgood Marshall Memorial and the State House.
The tour will be offered at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 and 19, starting from the Visitors Center at 26 West St. The cost is $16 for adults, $4 for children ages 3-11 and free for children 2 and younger. Information: 410-268-7601, ext. 102.
