Don your favorite hat and join in for an afternoon of history and fun at “Hats Off To History — 250 Years of Headwear in Baltimore,” the newest exhibit at Mount Clare.
Rare hats from the 1700s will be on display as well as hats from events such as the Baltimore Flower Mart and from local industries such as the nearby B&O Railroad. Several hats are on loan from members of the stewards of Mount Clare, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Maryland.
The exhibit will include displays of hat-making accessories, hat boxes, reproduction and period hats 1760-present, hat pins and hat accessories, hat brushes, trade cards, labels and ads for hats and milliners in Baltimore, hat jewelry, children’s, men’s and women’s hats, and more.
“Hats Off To History” is the kick-off event for the celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the building of Mount Clare.
On Saturday, visitors to the 1 p.m. tour can enjoy a cream tea in the Mount Clare Stable. Tickets are $30 to $35. Mount Clare is located at 1500 Washington Blvd. in Baltimore.
For more information, call 410-837-3262.
WORLD DANCE FESTIVAL
The Community College of Baltimore County School of Liberal Arts Dance program is hosting its annual World Dance Festival. Saturday’s Gala Performance features choreography from the Silk Road Dance Company, Kotobuki Kai, Piscataway Indian
National’s Turtle Island Dancers, Nego Gato, Naimah, Shodekah and the CCBC Dance Company.
The performance will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday at CCBC Essex, located at 7201 Rossville Blvd. in Essex. Tickets are $12 to $20. For more information, visit www.ccbcmd.edu.
IT’S JOHN COLTRANE’S BIRTHDAY
The Carl Grubbs Ensemble celebrates John Coltrane’s birthday with a concert in his honor. Grubbs, an alto, soprano and tenor saxophonist, studied under Coltrane and is currently the artist-in-residence at St. Paul School in Brooklandville.
The Ensemble will perform the original music of The Visitors (which consisted of Carl and his late brother, Earl Grubbs), which was inspired by Coltrane, their mentor.
Concerts begin at 8 and 9:30 p.m. An Die Musik Live is located at 409 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Tickets are $18 to $20. For more information, visit www.andiemusiklive.com.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CAMPAIGN
With less than two months till the election, The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents “Kinko for President,” a show starring a dressed-to-kill Kinko the Clown. Dress patriotically and you’ll possibly win a prize, too. Details: 8 p.m.; Creative Alliance at The Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore; $13 to 17; Creativealliance.org
FAMILY
The Maryland Sunrise Farm hosts its annual Corn Maze through an 11-acre carved-out cornfield. Details: $9 adults; $5 kids ages 5 to 12; free, kids ages 4 and under; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, various times, days through Nov. 2; Maryland Sunrise Farm, 100 Dairy Farm Lane, Gambrills; 410-923-0726; mdsunrisefarm.com
THEATER
Thornton Wilder’s romantic comedy “The Matchmaker” lights up the stage. Details: 8 p.m. Centerstage, 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore; $10 to $60; 410-243-3790.
RECEPTION
Maryland Art Place’s Sixth Annual Curators’ Incubator program turns the spotlight on curators Rebecca Weber (“Invisible Omniscience: Seeing ad the Seen”) and the curatorial team Zoma Wallace and T. Shareen Dash. Meet these talented visionaries at tonight’s reception and gallery talk. Details: 6 p.m.; 8 Market Place, Suite 100, Baltimore; free. 410-962-8565
