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Did you know that Lake Roland was Baltimore City\u2019s first water supply? <\/p>\n
Construction began on the \u201cindestructible\u201d dam and the lake serviced the city until 1915. Water quality issues \u2014 a Baltimore County newspaper referred to the lake as a \u201creceptacle of filth\u201d \u2014 and the creation of the nearby Loch Raven Reservoir eventually relegated the lake to a 500-acre park, according to the Maryland Center for History and Culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the 21st century, the lake and the surrounding park is best known for its picturesque hikes, wetlands and nature scenes.<\/p>\n This weekend you can join Baltimore County\u2019s recreation and parks department for the Dam Jam Festival along with many more countywide events.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at some things to do in Baltimore County for the week ending Nov. 19.<\/p>\n Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n What happened to Jill Yesko\u2019s mother? The filmmaker and journalist explores her mother\u2019s yearlong stay at a New York psychiatric hospital when Yesko was a child in her new documentary: \u201cErased: A Daughter\u2019s Search<\/a>.\u201d The film is screening at 7 p.m. at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church in Timonium. There will also be a Dec. 3 showing at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.<\/p>\n Friday, 7-9:30 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Who did it? And why? Act out your inner Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard or Miss Scarlett during the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater\u2019s coming show at 705 North Hammonds Ferry Road in Linthicum Heights. Tickets are $69 plus fees. Hosted at the Olive Grove Restaurant, you can purchase tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Want to support local artists and get your holiday shopping in order? Join the Holly Fair on Main Street at 246 Main St. in Reisterstown. You can peruse hand-crafted, artisanal items<\/a> from among more than 40 different vendors.<\/p>\n Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n The Baltimore County Recreation and Parks Department is hosting the Lake Roland Dam Jam on Saturday at 1000 Lakeside Drive in Baltimore. The event features a day of live music, vendors, nature activities and more. Participants are encouraged to bring their Nature Quest passports<\/a> to fill out and turn in for prizes.<\/p>\n Saturday, 7-9 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Too embarrassed to even think about your middle and high school diary entries? Luckily, there are more daring, slightly insane adults ready to pour out their hearts from their teenage years during \u201cMortified Baltimore,\u201d a live show featuring the benign, unbelievable and remarkable artifacts of journals, love letters and locker notes past. Tickets are $27.50 for the show, which will be at Manor Mill<\/a>, 2029 Monkton Road.<\/p>\n Saturday, 7 p.m.-midnight<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Calling all dreamers and doers, poets and musicians, those born in the wrong generation (or perhaps century) \u2014 come celebrate the magic of the Baltimore Faerie Fair<\/a> this weekend with the festival\u2019s main event, the Fairy Scary Ball at 903 Dulaney Valley Road in Towson. The cost of the ball is $175, available online through Friday.<\/p>\n Sunday, 1:30-2:30 p.m.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\u2018Erased: A Daughter\u2019s Search\u2019<\/h2>\n
Play Clue IRL<\/h2>\n
Holly Fair on Main Street<\/h2>\n
Jam at the dam<\/h2>\n
Mortified at Manor Mill<\/h2>\n
Fairy Scary Ball<\/h2>\n
Feel the beat<\/h2>\n