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Navy Lt. Mark Tedrow has no problem reconciling an air show with a commemoration of the War of 1812, an era that precedes flight by almost a century. The Blue Angels pilot said he looks forward to flying over the Inner Harbor, Middle River and Fort McHenry - birthplace of the national anthem - during a bicentennial celebration in June. "It will be outstanding to perform multiple maneuvers over Fort McHenry," he said. "It will show just how far we have come. " Tedrow and his co-pilot flew into Martin State Airport in Middle River on Thursday to give a small preview of what the Navy's renowned flight team will do for the bicentennial maritime and air festival that kicks off June 13. "Stake out your places on the waterfront so you don't miss a thing," said Lt. Cmdr.

'The Best of the Bay' The Annapolis Watercolor Club will hold a juried exhibit Friday, June 1, through July 15 at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 Second St. A reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays. Information: 410-295-0104 or amaritime.org. 'Image and Imagination' This juried biennial exhibit featuring works by artists living and working in the county will be on display through Sunday, June 3, in the Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College, 60 College Ave. in Annapolis.

Painters traditionally have placed human figures within realistic landscapes that seem like psychologically suitable backdrops, but the group exhibit "The Body and Beyond" is notable for how many of its artists have figures and abstracted landscapes melting into each other. That's one of the reasons why you may find yourself lingering before some of the paintings in this exhibit of contemporary Chinese art in Howard Community College's Rouse Company Foundation Gallery. Upon walking into the gallery, you're immediately facing such paintings.

Blood drive Donate at the Red Cross Blood Drive being held from 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 10, at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 10755 Scaggsville Road. For information or to schedule an appointment, call: 800-272-2123. Youth dance The Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department's Junior Firefighters sponsor an end-of-school youth dance from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the firehouse, 6275 Old Washington Road. Tickets are $10. Food and beverages, including pizza, hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, candy, water and sodas, will be for sale.

Menacing ravens, peering eyes, black cats and rats, ominous bells, violent eddies - imagery that fueled many a text by Edgar Allan Poe, and generated a good deal of art. For its contribution to the bicentennial commemoration of the author's birth, the Baltimore Museum of Art has put together a dynamic collection of works directly or seemingly inspired by the author. The displays are divided into three thematic groupings: Love and Loss, Fear and Terror, Madness and Obsession. "As you can see, this is an uplifting exhibit," says BMA director Doreen Bolger, who curated the show.

An exhibit of photos titled "Nostalgia: The Past is the Present" will be on display through Dec. 31 at Still Life Gallery, 8173 Main St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Information: 410-461-1616.

"Liberte d' Expression Affirmee," a collection of paintings by Edelweiss Calcagno, will be on display through April 30 at the Lakeside Cafe & Deli in the lobby of the American City Building, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. Hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, closed Sundays. Call 410-772-3694.

Ashley Boycher has always considered public museums "magic places. " "Growing up with modest means in rural Louisiana sure will make a kid curious about the world," said Boycher. That curiosity never left her, and she now has been at the Walters for 18 months, designing interiors for all temporary exhibitions and touching up permanent displays. Next month, you can see her handiwork in the exhibition "Public Property. " "We will showcase our visitors' voices and choices more than ever before," she said.

Some of the bravest people in the world can be found at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The Dalai Lama. These and many other figures are featured in a photo exhibit organized to honor human-rights defenders around the world. Part of the airport's upper concourse, just off the main atrium of the international terminal, has been transformed into a photo gallery to display the traveling exhibit "Speak Truth to Power," which runs through May 31. The exhibit was organized by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that was formed in 1968 in memory of the former U.S. senator and attorney general, who was assassinated that year at age 42. It is based on a book written by Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and president of the RFK Center.

Exelon Corp. and Constellation have donated $1.8 million for a new energy exhibit at the Maryland Science Center , the first public display of their charitable commitment to the city and state since the merger between the energy giants closed in March, the companies announced Tuesday. In acquiring Constellation, Exelon promised to maintain the Baltimore company's annual charitable contribution of $7 million in Baltimore and Maryland for at least a decade. The financial commitment was part of a $1 billion package of concessions associated with regulatory approval from the Maryland Public Service Commission.

The Taneytown History Museum is featuring two small, but vivid, exhibits that focus on very different aspects of north Carroll County history: Its brush with the Civil War, and its 200-year heritage of dairy farming. The exhibit "Got Milk: A Brief History of Carroll County Dairy Farming, 1800-1930" takes up only one room in the museum on East Baltimore Street, yet offers a glimpse into dairy farming's economic and cultural importance in Carroll during earlier times. The displays are comprised of an eclectic assortment of photographs, paintings and articles describing several diary industry tools that were invented in Carroll County and marketed nationally.