Quiet Waters Park

The Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks was recently awarded the Maryland Recreation and Parks/American Society of Landscape Architects Park and Recreation Landscape Site Award for the landscape design of Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis.The department received a commemorative plaque, which will be displayed at the Quiet Waters Park Visitors Center.

Anne Arundel County Executive Robert R. Neall will introduce Quiet Waters Park's aluminum can recycling program at 9:30 a.m. today at thepark visitors' center by pitching the first soda cans into the new containers.The recycling program was made possible through a donation by the Bay Ridge McDonald's to the Friends of Quiet Waters Park, who purchased 30 containers to be placed near existing refuse containers throughout the park.The program is a pilot for the county park system and will eventually be extended to other county parks.

Mixed media -- The Galleries at Quiet Waters Park will exhibit the mixed media works of Kimi Nyland Balageas, Laura T. Deana, Sandy Gimelstob and Bobbie Greer through July 29 in the Willow and Garden Galleries, 600 Quiet Waters Park Road, Annapolis. There will be an opening reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 410-222-1777 or www.friendsofquietwaterspark.org.

The 13th Annual Fine Arts Festival will take place this weekend at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis. The festival, which runs from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day, includes an array of arts celebrations and displays. Children can create their own art while adults listen to live music and chat with some of the Chesapeake region's musical artists. Admission is free. Quiet Waters Park is at 600 Quiet Waters Park Road, Annapolis. For more information, call 410-222-1777 for more information.

Nature House -- The Gallery at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church611 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., Severna Park, is presenting present Nature House: Legacy or Loss, by Rosemary Luckett through May 4. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment on weekends. 410-647- 0135 or saarlas@verizon.net. Motherwell, Johns -- St. John's College's Mitchell Gallery is offering Robert Motherwell and Jasper Johns: Poetic Works as Metaphor, through April 18 at 60 College Ave., Annapolis.

Registration is under way for the Annapolis Rotary Club and Annapolis Rotaract Club's "Moving Around the World Race 5K Run and Walk" to be held March 27 at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with a 10 a.m. start. Cost is $25 in advance, $30 the day of the event. Proceeds benefit international Rotary projects. Information: 410-757-8140, 410-280-5494 or go to movingaroundtheworldrun.com.

After nearly 20 years of technical glitches, construction delays and frequent closures, the rebuilt ice rink at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis is set to open Nov. 29. The state's Board of Public Works awarded $1.35 million last fall from the state's Project Open Space program, with the county contributing the rest of the $2 million reconstruction costs that will restore the original design of the 16,000-square-foot rink. The centerpiece of the 350-acre park will be used for skating in the winter and as a decorative reflecting pond in warm-weather months, county officials said.