Meeting: Newcomers Club at the St. Michaels Community Center from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Anyone new to Talbot County is welcome to join us. For more info. tel: 410-745-0564.

Academy for Lifelong Learning: Canals, They Go Where? with Ted Clark at the Van Lennep Auditorium, Steamboat Building, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Course participants will gain an appreciation of a way of life and transportation that started 185 years ago and is still viable today. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916, ext. 111.

Academy for Lifelong Learning: American Musics - Cajun and the Blues with John Gillespie at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Examine the origins of Cajun music and the blues, their development throughout the 20th century and their influence on other popular musics. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916, ext. 111.

First Step Storytime at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. for children 2 and under with an adult. 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. for 2- to 3-year-olds with an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626.