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April 2009 The April meeting will offer many ideas for enjoyable activities close to our immediate neighborhood - as offered by the Friends of Patterson Park, the Audubon Society, the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance and Fells Point Main Street. After our guest speakers we will have an open discussion of the proposed bylaw changes. A new, highlighted version has been posted on our web site www.butchershill.org. The only substantive change since the last posting is having the election of the Nominating Committee earlier in the year. We will vote on all changes at the May General Meeting. The Executive Committee would like to thank Don Renaud for stepping into the recently vacated position of Member at Large. Reverse angle parking is scheduled to be implemented on Chester and Fairmount Streets as soon as Chester is repaved this spring. The Department of Transportation is unable to give us an exact day as of this writing. Residential Permit Parking (RPP): We will be asking the Parking Authority:
-Barry Glassman
RITE-OF-SPRING CLEANUP Plant flowers, sweep gutters & sidewalks, wash steps, mulch tree pits, get rid of winter grime & trash. Large, strong paper bags will be located at the major corners by 9 am for use by individuals or groups. Return these bags to those same corners filled, but not too heavy. The city will do a special pickup at these locations. More bags, tools and gloves, provided by the city and Friends of Patterson Park, will be available at Fairmount & Chester, where the city is also providing a dumpster. Can't make this day/time, but would like to do your part? Bags can be made available the Thursday or Friday prior, just call: (410) 371-8346 YOU WILL LOVE HOW GOOD WE LOOK WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. The Life of Reilly's Pub, 2000 block Fairmount, will be the place to congratulate each other on a job well done after the cleanup.
GET READY - GET SET... Butchers Hill sponsors this event as a gift to the community. It is a way for community associa-tions, non-profits and schools that surround Patterson Park, as well as neighbors, to clear the clutter while passing on gently used items. After enjoying a day in the park where trash becomes treasure, we all go home a little richer. The Flea Market Committee NEEDS 1-2 hours of your time the day-of: any time between 7am-4pm, set up, work booth (food or fleas), break down - also, prior to the day, help with poster distribution and other jobs, call: Sandy (410) 558-0149. So - PREPARE! Gather stuff to have your own space or donate to the Butchers Hill Booth & set aside some time to help and/or COME TO SHOP, EAT AND ENJOY LIVE MUSIC.
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FRIDAY, April 10 BHA COMMITTEES AND MONTHLY MEETINGS
BUTCHERS HILL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 1ST
Meeting: 7:00 PM St. Andrew's Church Hall, Chester & Lombard. Contact Barry Glassman COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD CREATIVE ALLIANCE AT THE PATTERSON: Thur.-Fri., April 2-3 Forteez Bluntz Chickenhedz 'n' Uva Necessateez 8pm., $15, $12 mbrs. With opening performance by Baltimore's Labtekwon. Discussion to follow with the playwrights and journalist/poet R.B. Jones. Saturday, April 4 - Karter Jaymes 8pm $15, $12 mbrs. Members' Happy Hour 7pm w/munchies, $2 drinks & priority seating. Free ticket if you join or shanghai a new member! Saturday, April 18 - Marquee Ball 2009 GOLDFINGER! 9pm, $35, $25 mbrs in adv, $40 at door. Includes performances, silent auction, beer, wine, hors d'oeuvres. Cash bar f/liquor. Suave mod or Bond Formal Glam attire. Saturday, April 25, 8pm Global Expressions - Dance! $12, $10 mbrs. Dance Baltimore presents the 4th annual Global Expressions, an evening of exciting performances from around the world. Sunday, May 3 - live Zydeco band and dance Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners. Mardi gras is over but the music lives on! Dance Lesson 6pm, Music 7-10, Full Bar. Admission $15 For more info (410) 276-1651 APRIL IN FELLS POINT: For more information on all events www.fellspointmainstreet.org Friday, April 3rd, 5-9pm FELLS POINT ARTLOOP Take a walk along the Fells Point Artloop and enjoy art shows, openings, events & great food. Friday, April 17th, 8pm SWASHBUCKLER'S SOIREE, Frederick Douglass Museum Saturday, April 18th, 10am -7pm PRIVATEER DAY, Broadway Square. Music, food and activities. Fun for the whole family. Saturday, April 18th, 7pm- midnight PYRATE INVASION, online registration $3 in advance. MISSING BOOK: If you borrowed the paperback book about plants that grow in the shade at a Butchers Hill meeting, please return it to Sandy Sales, 2201 E. Pratt. It will fit through the mail slot. APRIL IN PATTERSON PARK Saturday, April 4 - Easter Egg Hunt. Playground near Eastern and Milton Aves. 10am-noon. Kids ages birth to 10 invited. To rsvp and for more information visit www.dbfam.org/egghunt. Saturday, April 4 - Fishing Rodeo. Patterson Park Boat Lake, 10am-1pm. Open to ages 15 and under. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Call (410) 396-9392 for more information Saturday, April 18 - Youth Volunteer Day. Audubon Wetlands Garden at the base of Pagoda Hill 9-11am. Registration required. Call (410) 276-3676. Sunday, April 19 - Pagoda Opens, Tree Walk and Chalk Art (oh my!) Patterson Park Pagoda Open every Sunday from April- October 12-6pm. Chalk event starts at 11am. Children & adults invited to decorate the sidewalk around the fountain and Pagoda. Free pizza for participants so please call (410) 276-3676 to register and for more information. Saturday, April 25 - Southeast Green Fest. Eastern part of Patterson Park, 11am-4pm. A FREE day of service and learning about greening in an urban environment! Workshops and demos. Bird walk. Mulching, watering and hugging trees. Full schedule will be available at the Southeast Anchor Library beginning April 20th. Writers LIVE! Readings and Book Signings: In 1994, Laurie King's The Beekeeper's Apprentice introduced young Mary Russell to Sherlock Holmes, and a cult was born. The ninth book in the Rus-sell/Holmes series, The Language of Bees, returns the duo to Sussex Downs where they met and to the beekeeping passion that became Holmes' avocation upon his retirement from Baker Street. Award-winning author Laurie King stops in Baltimore on her "Fifteen Weeks of Bees" tour (bees@laurierking.com), which includes the celebration of the 150th birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on May 22. Presented in partner-ship with Mystery Loves Company. SUE NOONAN: My daughter has published her first novel, "One September Morning" under her own name, Rosalind Noonan. She will be visiting Baltimore in April for book signings, readings, etc. I am having a tea for her on Tuesday, April 14 from 2pm - 4 pm. All are invited. 2029 E. Pratt St. (410) 522-6773. STREETSCAPE COMMITTEE REPORT: Congratulations to the 2000 block Baltimore Street for beginning the process of creating more plantings and generally sprucing up the fronts. Note to all residents/owners: the city is going to step up citations for weeds in sidewalks. If you pull them when they first appear they will not cause the sidewalk to heave and crack, or gather trash. Sidewalk replacement is costly for the city and owners. Trash collection changes are coming. In preparation: become a recycler every 2nd & 4th Friday, and begin to rethink use of plastic bags for regular trash. How could you use a can with a tight fitting lid for your regular trash collection. If you carefully recycle, how much other trash do you really generate? These are among the questions the Streetscape Committee needs feedback about, so as to better represent you. Email Rob Steinberg, or call: (410) 558-0149. FLEA MARKET COMMITTEE ALSO NEEDS: Besides the volunteers needed on Saturday, May 9th (see article on page 1) volunteers are needed on Friday May 8th to set up the site in Patterson Park and to put handouts together for the vendors. We also need volunteers to deliver posters beginning Saturday, April 25th. Remember: the Butchers Hill Association has a booth and it is a great way to clean your basement or attic. Drop off is from 6am to 9am, on May 9th at Patterson Park and Lombard. Items left at the end of the day go to Goodwill. INITIATIVES! What is it? Come find out. Join us for some friendly chatter and share a glass of wine on Monday, April 6th at 2 S. Collington Ave., 7:30pm. (BYOB) Discussion of ways we can increase involvement and engage more of our neighbors. Interested in reaching out? Please join us (or be in touch). Kathy (410) 327-2447 or Patty. Visit our website for complete General Meeting notes, newsletters, “moving in” information, Butchers Hill history, Butchers Hill Artists, and so much more at www.butchershill.org
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