Enjoy beautiful bluegrass music while basking in the warmth of 140 acres of rural Maryland at this weekend?s 11th Annual Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music and Arts Festival. Grammy nominee Tom Paxton performs Sunday. Other talented musicians on board for the two-day show include Nashville Bluegrass Band and the Fairfield Four. Take a break and enjoy great food or explore the Farm Museum. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. $40 for weekend pass; $20. Children under 5 free with adult. Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St., Westminster. 410-848-7775.
WHO?S IN TOWN
Delight your senses at one of the hottest culinary events in Maryland this season. The Baltimore Chefs and Wine Experience event promises to seduce foodies with six delicious hours of gastronomical fun, including a chat with “Top Chef” and “Iron Chef America” judge Ted Allen. Pick up tips at cooking demonstrations by top local and national chefs, and sample wines from regions across the world. Be sure to pick up a bottle before you leave. Noon to 6 p.m. (Grand Tasting, 4:30 to 6 p.m.) $55. Tremont Grand, 225 N. Charles Street, Baltimore. Click here for more information, or to buy tickets.
EVENTS
Munch on Native American cuisine amid crafts and pony rides at the 15th Annual Howard County Pow-Wow. Be sure to bring the kids ? the fest features a teepee and face painting. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. $5-8. Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairground Road, West Friendship. 410-442-1022.
Join Lucas Seipp-Williams in an educational lecture on metabolic typing, where you?ll learn about your bio-individuality, metabolism, and which foods should be emphasized to keep you balanced. Sunday, July 13 at 1 to 2:30 p.m. $10-15. Baltimore Yoga Village
3000 Chestnut Ave. #15, Baltimore. 410-662-8626.
Nationwide, 2008 has seen lots of great emerging music from the rockabilly and psychobilly genres. And in Baltimore this weekend, The Chop Tops deliver plenty of hot-rodded, pompadour-topped rock ?n? roll! Hear the fiery trio at Fletchers on Sunday night, with openers the Garnet Hearts, Rodney Henry and the Drop Tops. 7 p.m. $10. Fletcher?s, 701 S. Bond St., Baltimore. 410-558-1889.
Baltimore-based Junkyard Saints play awesome roots party music that blends New Orleans soul, zydeco, Latin, ska, jump blues and Mardi Gras mambos. 6 p.m. Free. Lurman Woodland Theater, 614 HilltopRoad, Catonsville. 410-379-0779.
Be part of the Slow Food movement! This weekend?s farmer?s market ? which organizers dub, “How Lo(cal) Can You Go?” ? brings together members of the Greater Baltimore Master Gardeners and Buy Fresh Buy Local-Chesapeake Region. Visitors will receive recipes from featured dishes and maps of where the ingredients used may be purchased in the market. 9 a.m. Baltimore Farmer’s Market, Holliday and Saratoga streets, Baltimore. 877-225-8466.
KIDS
Children ages five and up and parents are invited to get crafty and learn how to blow glass at McFadden?s Sunday afternoon “Make-Your-Own Glass Art” event. 3 to 7 p.m. $15 and up. McFadden Art Glass, 6800 Eastern Ave., Baltimore. 410-631-6039.
The National Museum of Dentistry?s Marvelous Mouth exhibit, which explores self-care issues such as how to protect teeth during sports, among other things, is free this weekend for all kids with braces! 1 to 4 p.m. $3-6 (free for kids with braces and children ages 6 and under). National Museum of Dentistry, 31 S. Greene St., Baltimore. 410-706-0600.
