Hot Tickets

Friday, May 8, 2009

The Port Tobacco Players' production opens at 8 p.m. May 8 and continues through May 24. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $17, $14 for students and senior citizens. Port Tobacco Players Theater is at 508 E. Charles St. Call 301-932-6819. Go to ptplayers.com.

‘The Good Doctor'

Hard Bargain Players will present Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor" through May 16 at Hard Bargain Farm, 2001 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek. Shows are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $12. Call 301-392-9901. Go to www.hbplayers.org.

Fine wine and arts

Calvert County artisans will be featured at the second Calvert Wine and Arts Fest from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. May 9. The event, which will allow participants to try the county's wines, will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church, 100 Lower Marlboro Road, Sunderland. Call 410-257-6306.

Explore the open air

Artists who enjoy painting the outdoors are in invited to participate in "Solomons – Paint the Town: A Plein Air Festival" from May 14-17. Works will be shown and offered for sale in the Annmarie Garden arts building from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 17. A "quick draw" will be held at Calvert Marine Museum, 14150 Solomons Island Road, from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. May 16. Fee is $25. Go to www.sba.solomons.md.us.

Public archaeology

Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum's public archaeology season will run from May 12-July 4. Join the museum's archaeologists in the field at Smith's St. Leonard Site from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and in the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Participation is free. The museum is at 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard. Call 410-586-8554. E-mail echaney@mdp.state.md.us.