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Monday, April 22, 2013

Week Ahead: Teacher Tuesday, ArtQuest, Athletic Schedule

Kids Consignment will host a final sale on Monday.

This week in Edgewater and Davidsonville features a discount for teachers, an art show for local students and more. Here's a schedule of events for this week. Kids Consignments Sale When: Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Kids Consignments Details: The store will cease its regular operating hours on April 20, and then hold a sale on April 21 and 22 before closing for good. Teacher Tuesday When: Tuesday Where: Kahve Café Details: The promotion offers 10 percent off to all school employees every Tuesday. ArtQuest When: Thursday, 7 p.m. Where: Southern High School Details: ArtQuest is the largest, most community inclusive, professionally juried student art exhibition in the state of Maryland. Children’s Business Fair Comes to Anne Arundel When…

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Edgewater, Davidsonville Calendar: April 2013 Events

The Nina Beck Memorial Golf Outing will be held on April 12.

A consignment sale, a golf outing and an art show are just a few things happening around Edgewater and Davidsonville in April. To help you keep track of local events this month, Patch assembled a list of all local happenings in one place. And remember, you can upload your event to the Patch calendar anytime. For more information on any of the following events, click on the link. Little Angels Calendar Voting When: Begins April 8 Where: Online Details: Cast your vote for the cutest baby and decide who will appear in the Little Angel’s Calendar, which benefits the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Nina Beck Memorial Golf Outing When: April, 12 Where: Renditions Golf Club Details: The Nina Beck Memorial Golf …

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Top 5: Suspicious Death, Reaction to Brazilian Grill

Southern High School's ArtQuest is set for April 16.

Here's a recap of some of the top news from Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch this week. To read more on any story click on the link. 1. Police Investigating Suspicious Death in Davidsonville Anne Arundel County police are investigating a suspicious death inside a Davidsonville home. Police said a woman, with trauma to her body, and a dog were both found dead Friday morning. 2. WATCH: Flash Orchestra Entertains in Davidsonville Donors to the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra (LSO) may have expected to get some entertainment Tuesday evening, during a fundraiser at Homestead Gardens, but they probably didn't think it would come in the form of a flash orchestra. 3. New Brazilian Grill Draws Strong Reaction On March 12, Real Fire Brazilian Grill …

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Southern High’s ArtQuest Set for April 25

The show is the largest student art exhibition in Maryland and features many local artists.

Southern High School has set a date for its 16th annual ArtQuest. The largest, most community inclusive, professionally juried student art exhibition in the state of Maryland will take place April 25. The show has become a staple not only for Southern High School, but for the community as well. ArtQuest features work from each of the Southern elementary feeder schools and Southern Middle School. ArtQuest is nationally sponsored by Kathy Kahre, President of ArtQuest Inc. based in St. Louis, MO, which is something Southern art department chair Michael Bell is very proud of. “It’s probably the only nationally sponsored student art show in the country,” Bell said. “The show features student art, which parents and kids can come out and see for …

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Student Inspiration Leads Southern Art Teacher to National Recognition

Michael Bell and his students have won nationally recognized awards, but in his spare time Bell does work for the TV show the “Sopranos.”

Southern High art teacher Michael Bell has won national awards, has helped his students win the national Rising Star Award four years in a row, was named Teacher of the Year—and that’s just during his day job. When Bell isn’t teaching or running the art department at Southern, he is working on a narrative thematic series of paintings for his “buddies” on the HBO TV show The Sopranos. One may wonder why a nationally recognized artist with TV star buddies is teaching in a high school art department, but for Bell the answer is simple—he loves the kids. “I love this, being around kids, it gives me the juice,” Bell said. “Kids have so many ideas. Imagine being surrounded by artists with amazing ideas all day long, it is so cool to have that. If…

Joe Van Deuren

11:01 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013

Michael Bell may well be the most innovative and creative teachers in the county. His thoughts of leading by example, living his work and giving permission to the students to find the stories within themselves demonstrates his own authentic self - which in the end is the most important part of being a teacher.   more ›

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