Tourism Council of Frederick County

August 19 - November 30

Maps, postcards, diaries, souvenirs and other travel-related objects are part of this new exhibit about Frederick County. Find out why people visited the county over the past 300 years and discover some of the attractions that were tourist favorites. Frederick Countians were by no means homebodies, they liked to travel as well. See where they went and what they thought of their excursions both within and outside of the county. Exhibit opens June 30 2009 and will remain on display through 2010. For more information, or museum hours go to http://www.hsfcinfo.org

Museum of Frederick County History
24 E. Church Street
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 663-1188
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September 19 - November 1

Family fall fun on the farm. Daily 10am-6pm. Pick your own pumpkins, crafts, fall decorations and petting zoo. Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, Hayrides and corn maze. Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, Face painting, pony-rides.

Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch
6521 Holter Road
Middletown, MD 21769

(240) 409-1939
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September 19 - November 2

Come explore our pumpkin patch, hayrides, slides, pig races, farm animals, 10-acre corn maze, country store and more. Weekdays 3-6pm, weekends 10am-6pm, moonlight maze 6-9:30pm (selected weekends).

Summers Farm
5614 Butterfly Lane
Frederick, MD 21703

(301) 620-9316
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October 2 - 4, 9 - 11, 16 - 18, 23 - 25, 30 - November 1

Over six miles of trails in a 35-acre cornfield. Amazing pumpkin and corn cannon to thrill all ages. Fri 5-10pm, Sat 12-10pm, Sun 12-5pm.

Winterbrook Farm
13001 Creagerstown Rd.
Thurmont, MD 21788

(301) 748-0439
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October 3 - 4, 10 - 11, 17 - 18, 24 - 25, 31 - November 1

Part puzzle and part treasure hunt, our Corn Maze is 8 acres of twisty, turn-y fun - right in the middle of a working cornfield! Feed animals, pedal carts, giant slide and more. Sat & Sun 10am-4:30pm

Crumland Farms
7612 Willow Rd.
Frederick, MD 21702

(301) 845-8099
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October 17 - November 1

Middletown Valley residents, businesses, schools and organizations are invited to participate in the Second Annual "Scarecrow" Contest! Complete the registration form available on a first-come, first served basis beginning September 28, 2009, at the Muncipal Center, 31 W. Main St., and pick up your free scarecrow kit which includes a frame, string, a bag of straw, and burlap fabric for the head. Entrants use their own props, old clothes, art supplies and accessories to create a whole host of straw-stuffed characters. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be awarded at Family Moving Night in the park on October 18. Organziations plan to more than double the number of scarecrows this year for passers-by to enjoy these works of art along Middletown's Main Street.

Main Street
Rt. 40A
Middletown, MD 21769

(301) 371-6171
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October 29 - 31, November 5 - 7

A play by Harold Pinter to honor his passing.

Avalon Performing Arts Studio, Tatem Arts Center at Hood College
401 Rosemont Ave.
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 696-3800
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Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm; Selected Thursdays & Sundays

A new and shocking version of Robert Lewis Stevenson's classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror. On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll's experiments with exotic "powders and tinctures" have brought forth his other self - Edward Hyde. When Hyde meets a women who stirs his interest, Jekyll fears for her life and decides to end his experiments. But Hyde has other ideas, and so the two sides battle each other in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to determine who shall be the master and who his slave. 8pm

Maryland Ensemble Theatre
31 W. Patrick St.
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 694-4744
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November 1 - 29

These works provide a passageway to culture honoring women through most of the 20th Century. Here the word "collar" is used as means of adornment, identification and control. Employing a wide variety of materials and techniques, eight women artists of note, combine objects, craft, assemblage, mixed media, collage, monotypes, soft sculpture, stitched acrylic images and cast paper with wood. 9am-5pm

Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
40 S. Carroll St.
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 698-0656
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