All around town
Where was the fire?: Celebrate the 104th anniversary of the Great Baltimore Fire with a walking tour of the downtown “burnt district,” Saturday, February 9. Led by Baltimore historian and educator Wayne R. Schaumburg of Perry Hall, this 11-block walk will trace the path of the 1904 blaze from Hopkins Place to Market Place with stops at significant historic landmarks along the way such as: the John E. Hurst Company, O’Neill’s Department Store, Baltimore Herald Newspaper, Continental Trust Building, Alex Brown & Sons Building, Mercantile Bank, the Sun Iron Building, the Baltimore American Building and the old Fish Market. The cost of the tour is $25 and includes a DVD copy of “Baltimore’s Great Fire” – a 53-minute documentary produced by A&G News Productions and broadcast by Maryland Public Television in 2004. Advance reservations are required and space is limited. Tour begins at the Hopkins Place side of the Baltimore Arena at 10 a.m. For more information, call 410-256-2180 or e-mail wschaumburg@earthlink.net.
Choo-choo-cha-boogie: The Holiday Festival of Trains in Ellicott City runs through Sunday, January 27. It’s not too late to see this year’s brand new “O” scale layout – created by Tony Zingarelli of Perry Hall and Larry Harrington of Kingsville and Catonsville resident Tom Sellars – and the regular Thomas the Tank Engine, “N” scale layout, and an exhibit on scale models and toy trains. Visit the B&O Railroad Museum’s Ellicott City Station, 2711 Maryland Ave., Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: www.borail.org or call 410-461-1945.
Army Jazz Band to perform: Bring your sweetheart for a concert by one of the finest jazz ensembles in the world – The Jazz Ambassadors of the United States Army Field Band – Thursday, February 14 at 8:15 p.m. in the Towson University Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall. Program will feature a diverse repertoire including big band swing, contemporary jazz, Dixieland and patriotic selections. Admission is free, but tickets must be reserved in advance by calling 410-704-ARTS (2787).
Bodine on display: Photographs by A. Aubrey Bodine, regarded around the world as one of the finest pictorialists of the 20th century, will be on display at Notre Dame Preparatory School, 815 Hampton Ln. in Towson, through Thursday, March 6. There will be a reception with the deceased photographer’s daughter, Jennifer Bodine, on Tuesday, February 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The exhibit is located in the art gallery of the Henry J. Knott Performing Arts Building. For more information about the exhibit, call 410-825-6202 extension 1557.