Celebrity Guest Chef: John Carbone
2024-11-14 16:00 - 21:00 UTC | Pier450, 48342 Wynne Road, Ridge, 20680, United States
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Oyster Mirror Workshop with Peggy
2024-11-16 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
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Holiday Pop-Up Shop!
2024-11-30 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-07 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-14 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-21 12:00 - 16:00 UTC

Holiday Schedule 24/25
2024-12-01 16:00 - 2025-01-16 21:00 UTC

Holiday Bake Sale!
2024-12-14 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-15 12:00 - 16:00 UTC

Christmas Tea
2024-12-15 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
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"An Austrian Christmas" Tasting Dinner
2024-12-22 18:00 - 21:00 UTC

Mind > Blown: A Speaker Series at Pier450
2025-02-02 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
February 2: New Discoveries from St. Mary’s Fort, Historic St. Mary’s City
With Travis G. Parno, Ph.D., RPA
Director of Research and Collections
Historic St. Mary’s City
$20 for this event or $75 for the series (6 events)

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Jazz at Pier450
2025-02-07 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-08 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-09 11:30 - 13:30 UTC

Pasta e Amore: Pasta Making with Chef Carlos
2025-02-15 11:00 - 13:00 UTC

Mind > Blown: A Speaker Series at Pier450
2025-02-16 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
February 16: History and Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay
With Captain Phil Langley
Fourth-generation waterman and renowned Chesapeake Bay expert
$75 for the series (6 events)

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Glamour & Intrique: Afternoon Tea at Pier450
2025-02-22 14:00 - 16:00 UTC

Mind > Blown: A Speaker Series at Pier450
2025-02-23 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
February 23: Rum-running in Southern Maryland – A Colorful History
With Pat Woodburn
10th-generation Southern Marylander, Historical Society Member
(and whose family may or may not have been involved in rye and bourbon production in St. Mary’s County)
$75 for the series (Register for all events)

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Reintroducing International Street Foods
2025-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
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Mind > Blown: A Speaker Series at Pier450
2025-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
March 2: Maryland’s Fossil Sharks (and Other Paleontological Wonders)
With Dr. Victor Perez
Visiting Assistant Professor
St. Mary’s College Department of Environmental Studies
$75 for the series (6 events)
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Southern Maryland is known worldwide for the exceptional fossil record of Miocene marine life, offering ample opportunities for research, education, and recreation. The fossils along the local Calvert Cliffs are inherently connected to coastal erosion in the Chesapeake Bay. Consequently, my research also explores the active geologic processes along Calvert Cliffs to understand how these processes impact fossil preservation and modern aquatic ecosystems.
As a STEM educator, I am actively involved in undergraduate and K-12 education, as well as community outreach. I create and evaluate educational programs that engage diverse audiences in inquiry-driven learning. I am currently a co-PI on a National Science Foundation ITEST grant that is introducing middle school students to artificial intelligence using fossil shark teeth. Through this project, we are developing a curriculum in which students create machine learning models that are capable of classifying images of fossil shark teeth.

Lissie Deere Live in the Piano Bar
2025-03-07 17:30 - 19:30 UTC
Lissie Deere Live in the Piano Bar at Pier450
Friday March 7
5:30-7:30pm

An eclectic improvisational set of jazz, rock, folk and classical
No reservations required for the bar

Dinner Reservations

Mind > Blown: A Speaker Series at Pier450
2025-03-16 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
March 16: AI Everyday — Using it to Your Advantage
With Chris Senio
COO of ESM Software Group
$75 for the series (6 events)

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Volunter Spring Garden Clean Up!
2025-03-22 09:30 - 13:30 UTC
Help us prepare the gardens at Pier450 for spring. Bring work gloves, shovels and rakes, a wheelbarrow if you have one, and any tools you think might be handy. Lunch is on us!
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Mind > Blown: A Speaker Series at Pier450
2025-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
March 23: Shipwrecks & Underwater Cities: A Primer on Underwater Archaeology
With John L. Seidel, PhD
Executive Director/CEO
Historic St. Mary’s City Commission
$75 for the series (6 events)
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Dr. Seidel is the CEO of the Historic St. Mary’s City, in St. Mary’s City, Maryland. He received his MAs and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, after completing his undergraduate studies at Drew University. Dr. Seidel grew up in the Middle East and has lived or worked in nine countries. His academic research includes work in the Near East, investigations of the ancient and modern Maya (Guatemala and Belize), marine research conducted for the U.S. National Park Service, and terrestrial and marine archaeology throughout the Eastern U.S. He has taught at Rutgers University, the University of Maryland College Park, Washington College, and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. In the private sector, he has conducted marine investigations from New England to the Gulf of Mexico. He has published more than 80 articles, book chapters, and research monographs, and he actively lectures to public and professional groups.
Despite Dr. Seidel’s wide-ranging geographic experience, his real passion is the Chesapeake region during the 17th and 18th. His current position allows him to explore that interest at one of the country’s premier historic 17th C. sites. The Historic St. Mary’s City Commission is an independent state agency, an 835-acre living history and archaeology museum at the site of Maryland’s first capital (1634-1695). Building on decades of cutting-edge research, the site includes recreated structures in the historic town center, a Woodland Indian hamlet, a tall ship, and a tobacco plantation, all staffed by costumed or uniformed interpreters who help visitors understand the stories of Maryland’s history. Ongoing archaeological excavations continue to reveal new information about life in the past, and a new visitors center, the Maryland Heritage Interpretive Center, will come online in 2025. Since its inception, the agency has identified more than 300 archaeological sites within the St. Mary’s City National Historic Landmark (NHL) and curates more than 6.5 million artifacts representing millennia of human history.

Mind > Blown: On Foot and in the Fast Lane
2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Musings from a “clueless correspondent.”
International Journalist and Correspondent, story-teller extraordinaire — and Ridge neighbor — Lloyd Timberlake
Sunday April 13
3-5 pm (includes an hour-long talk plus a reception with a glass of wine and light snacks)
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Spin Class with WarCycle at Pier450
2025-04-27 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
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$20/person
Warcycle
Spin class on the beach
4/27
9-10 am
Includes complimentary mimosa after the class
Brunch Reservations

Mind > Blown: Writing Your First Novel — How to Begin
2025-04-27 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Jerry Gabriel
Associate Professor of English, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Sunday April 27
3-5 pm (includes an hour-long talk plus a reception with a glass of wine and light snacks)

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Mind > Blown: Second Circle Acting Technique for Self-Awareness and Better Living
2025-05-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Dr. Diego Villada
MFA Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Sunday May 4
3-5 pm (includes an hour-long talk plus a reception with a glass of wine and light snacks)

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Sunset Cruises with Captain Phil
2025-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Explore Smith Creek and the St. Mary’s and Potomac Rivers at sunset with the incomparable Captain Phil. Fun and informative — with stunning views.
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