Please find below information about the Maryland Room's (C. Burr Artz Public Library, Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, MD) participation in the upcoming Frederick Historic Sites Consortium's yearly Museums by Candlelight celebration, 9 December 2006. For further information about these events please call the Maryland Room at 301-600-1368. Directions to the Artz Library can be found at http://www.fcpl.org/information/branches/cburrartz/index.htm. HOOKED RUGS EXHIBIT December 2006 - January 2007 A display of rugs by Brunswick artist and teacher Jean Tynan. Tynan has been practicing this traditional art form since the late 1970s. She also dyes all her wool by hand and is the author of _Dyeing for Primitive Rug Hooking_. She has exhibited at galleries, museums, and libraries through the county. Approximately 15 of her works will be seen in the lobby display cases and in the Maryland Room. Further information about Mrs. Tynan and her rugs can be found at http://www.hookedrugshop.com/. HANDBELL CONCERT: ALPHA 4 2:30 - 4:30 pm Alpha 4 is a four-in-hand handbell group from Gaithersburg, Maryland that uses the interlocking handbell technique so that each person is holding and playing anywhere from four to six bells at once. Several of their members will be performing in the Artz Library vestibule. Further information about these performers can be found at http://www.alpha4handbells.org. LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORS SHOWCASE 1:00 -3:00 pm A variety of writers, listed below, will be on hand to sell and autograph their works. Peter Maynard Maynard is the retired publisher and editor of the _Brunswick Citizen_, a Maryland community newspaper, and an amateur historian. He writes both fiction and non-fiction, the majority of which centers on Brunswick, Maryland. Bob O'Connor _Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859_ A historical novel surrounding the John Brown raid, trial and execution in Harpers Ferry and Charlestown, Virginia in 1859. The Perfect Steel Trap has recently been named a Finalist in Historical Fiction for the Best Book Awards 2006! www.boboconnorbooks.com Russell Poole _America's Road, A Photographic Journey Across the National Road_. Poole's book of photographs chronicles his journey across the National Road from Baltimore to East St. Louis. Russell, a lifelong resident of Maryland is a photographer and writer, he lives in Frederick County. Michael Powell & Bruce Thompson _Mid-Maryland : a Crossroads of History_ Selected papers from the three conferences hosted by the Catoctin Center for Regional Studies, a cooperative venture between the National Park Service and Frederick Community College. http://catoctincenter.frederick.edu/ Michael Twitty _Fighting Old Nep: The Foodways of Enslaved Afro-Marylanders 1634-1864_ This new book is the only recent, comprehensive and full-length text to examine in depth the rise and development of African American cuisine in Maryland during slavery. An INVALUABLE RESOURCE for culinary historians studying the foodways of Maryland, the Chesapeake, Upper South and Mid-Atlantic, and enthusiastic eaters interested in the legacy of African American foodways in American culture! Jean Tynan _Dyeing for Primitive Rug Hooking_ This guide outlines the formulas and processes developed by Jean Tynan over two decades of hand-dyeing her wool to create the unique affects she insists upon for her traditional hooked rugs. Robert H. Moore A Civil War and Virginia scholar, Moore's publications include over seven volumes in the definitive Virginia Regimental History Series, an invaluable set for both historians and genealogists. Moore has a special interest in the history of the Shenandoah Valley. Karen Peacock _Frederick County Color Book_ -- Mary K. Mannix Maryland Room Manager C. Burr Artz Public Library Frederick County Public Libraries Frederick, MD and Chair, ALA\RUSA\History Section