Exhibit

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.

The small wooden trunk is covered with red leather, painted with an ocher floral embroidery and studded with brass nails - and it couldn't have announced its owner's intention more clearly. The 19-year-old Baltimore beauty who packed the trunk with her books and with a black lace mantilla wasn't planning to merely travel between two continents. She was determined to conquer them. On one side of the trunk, plain and simple, is stenciled her birth name, "Elizabeth Patterson. " But on the other side, not one, but two labels declare the trunk to be the property of "Madame Bonaparte, nee Patterson.

"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.

Two at maryland hall "Sharing Our Vision: Stories of Giving through the Eyes of our Youth: VisionWorkshops" and "Everyday Woods, Episode IV—The Power of the Sun by Dick Bond" is on display through May 27 in the galleries at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St. in Annapolis. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Information: 410-263-5544 or marylandhall.org. 'Image and Imagination' A juried exhibition of works by artists living and working in Anne Arundel County runs May 24 through June 3 in Anne Arundel Community College's Mitchell Gallery, 101 College Parkway in Arnold.