Calling all Artists

Artists display their creativity on the fence
Artists display their creativity on the fence

The 5th Annual French Fair and Fleamarket is upon us!

We want artists for Art on the Fence.  If you have any framed or stretched pieces that would be suitable to put up along the park railings and sell at no commission please come join us, at our 5th annual French Fair in Seton Hill on October 11th from 12-5 p.m. Please send an e-mail to president@setonhill.org to book space. The Fair takes place in our Saint Mary’s Park.

Seton Hill (just West of Mount Vernon) is hosting its fun, funky and free French style event to celebrate the neighborhood as Baltimore’s old French Quarter.   We have a variety of activities that will attract a diverse audience of locals and people from across Maryland; it should be a distinctive and memorable event so invite your friends and family.

We kick off at 12 p.m. with DJ Steve Windows.  There will be several live performances, including the Hot Club of Baltimore play jazz at 1 pm, followed by Kevin McWha Steele at 3 pm.  Victoria Vox finishes the music beginning at 4 pm.  In between these acts we have hula hooping on the central green, our signature French maid races, Petanque in the park, a flea and craft market and a Kids corner that will include building a 6 foot and mini Eiffel towers, Toddler Tour de France, a mini Grand Prix, face painting, sack races and other fun stuff.

During the fair, visitors will also be able to tour the Historic St. Mary’s Chapel and visitor center and attend a lecture there at 2 p.m. by Professor Richard Guy Wilson, speaking on Maximilian Godefroy & St. Mary’s Chapel: The Invention of the Gothic Revival for America.

We look forward to seeing you!

Saint Mary’s Park Clean Up

3 May 2014 was a gorgeous day!  Not only was it beautiful outside, but we had a great turnout from the neighbors and the Baltimore Bike Party!

We started at 9am, sweeping, pulling weeds and raking.

Cleaning up St. Mary’s Park
Community action – working together to clean up St. Mary’s Park

Then we moved onto planting new bulbs, replanting trees/bushes and mulching.

Some people were able up stay well into the afternoon, making our beautiful park more lovely than ever!

Beautiful Park!
Beautiful Park!

 

Upcoming events

Hello, all!  It’s been a long winter, but it seems like spring has finally arrived!  There are a lot of exciting things planned for the summer, and your Seton Hill website and our FaceBook page should be amongst the first places you check!

On 25 April, the Baltimore Bike Party will start their ride from our Saint Mary’s Park.  This is an ongoing event that happens the last Friday of every month.

Then, on 3 May, Seton Hill neighbors and park users alike will join up for some spring cleaning.  Well start at 0900 and weed and beatify the park until the donuts run out!