Eight front porches in the Homewood-Germantown neighborhood will be transformed into mini stages Saturday, as more than 30 Annapolis-area acoustic acts perform in the first Porchfest<\/a>.<\/p>\n The free music festival runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features a variety of musical styles. They range from classical and jazz to Irish, blues, American roots, and from gospel and kirtan to homegrown original songs and acoustic pop and rock. <\/p>\n Many of the acts are familiar performers and bands in Annapolis, including Meg Murray, Jimi Haha, Skribe and Daphne Eckman. Other <\/b>names <\/b>may be new to listeners, such as the guitar-cello duet Black Rhinoceros. <\/p>\n People will listen from front yards and sidewalks, hopefully strolling from porch to porch for each 30-to-40 minute performance. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are these wonderful porches, and there is music already here,\u201d said lead organizer Kaitlyn McQuaid, who will be singing with her all-woman quartet. <\/p>\n Signs will be posted around the Germantown-Homewood neighborhood, between West Street and Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and at participating porches. Paid parking is available a short walk away at the stadium, Park Place and the Knighton Garage. A program and map are available online and in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n The rain date is Sunday.<\/p>\n While the event is free, sponsored by a city grant used to pay the musicians, donations are appreciated<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here are some other great things to do for the week through Wednesday June 18.<\/p>\n Thursday through Sunday<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Annapolis Artsweek starts with a Gallery Walk<\/a> on Thursday, but the real fun begins with a new three-day festival dubbed Bounce.<\/p>\n You can attend an art party from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the pop-up Bounce! Arts HUB <\/a>on West Street, or take part in a weekend-long Mini Mural Scavenger Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n There are also artist demos that will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Friday at the HUB, <\/a>while an improv show at ArtFarm<\/a> will take place from 8 to 9 p.m. Saturday on Chinquapin Round Road. <\/p>\n The festival wraps up with family-friendly art activities at the Bounce!<\/a> HUB from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Sunday, and a barn dance at ArtFarm<\/a> from 4 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n Some events are free, while others cost as little as $5. For full details and other events, visit annapolisartsweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n By the time July Fourth rolls around, you\u2019ll have heard a lot about the winners of the American Revolution. But what about the losers? <\/p>\n Reenactors will portray Mrs. Calvert and Mrs. Dulaney, loyalists when Annapolis was a hotbed of rebellion in 1775, at the Hogshead Trades Museum in a Historic Annapolis living-history performance of \u201cLoyalist Ladies of Annapolis<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Tickets are $5.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. Saturday<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Barrel racing, bull riding, breakaway roping and mutton wrangling will be on display at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds Rodeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bullride Mania puts on the annual show. Tickets are $13-$23, plus taxes and fees, online or at the gate in Crownsville.<\/p>\n 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Watermark Cruises is headed to St. Michael\u2019s for a Father\u2019s Day <\/a>excursion, with three hours ashore for wandering the historic town across the Chesapeake Bay.<\/p>\n Tickets are $118 for adults and $45 per child, plus taxes and fees. Admission to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and the Antique & Classic Boat Festival and the Coastal Arts Fair is included. <\/p>\n 7 p.m. Monday<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n You can catch local artists performing songs by the late admiral of laid-back vibes at \u201cIn The Vane Of Jimmy Buffett.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The performance at Rams Head on Stage is a fundraiser for the Annapolis Musicians Fund for Musicians. Tickets are $35 plus taxes and fees.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Tuesday<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Three highly decorated Navy SEALs return from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan only to face a new battle.<\/p>\nBounce<\/h2>\n
Up the British<\/h2>\n
Giddyap, pardner<\/h2>\n
Cruisin\u2019 with dad<\/h2>\n
Bubbles up<\/h2>\n
War on screen<\/h2>\n
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