Academy for Lifelong Learning: And Now For Something A Little Lighter with Margo Miller at the Talbot Senior Center, Easton. 1 to 2:30 p.m. 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.

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.

2010 Art Competition Exhibit on view at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Now in its 11th year, the show has grown to draw many entries from diverse artists from the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0.