BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Arts Council of Anne Arundel County - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.acaac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Arts Council of Anne Arundel County REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T123000 DTSTAMP:20261012T142717Z CREATED:20261012T142717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261012T142717Z UID:10018030-1794049200-1794054600@www.acaac.org SUMMARY:Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival -William Kelly\, Ph.D. - Slavery and Indenture in Colonial Times DESCRIPTION:White and Black Marylanders often worked shoulder-to-shoulder as indentured servants in the early 1600s—laboring for years until their terms expired and they were free to pursue their own wealth and status. As the century wore on\, however\, colonial lawmakers restricted Black life\, establishing hereditary\, race-based chattel slavery in the colony. Interracial relationships were restricted and Blacks seeking freedom were brutally punished. Enslaving became a status symbol embraced by Maryland elites like Cecil Calvert\, Second Lord Baltimore. His official portrait from 1669 includes an unnamed enslaved Black boy. Why was the boy’s image removed when the portrait was recreated in 1910? \nLearn more from Dr. William F. Kelly\, historian and Research Archivist with the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland project at the Maryland State Archives. Using sources preserved for public use at the Archives\, he’ll describe the history of enslavement in seventeenth-century Maryland – as well as its lingering legacies. URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/annapolis-jazz-roots-festival-william-kelly-ph-d-slavery-and-indenture-in-colonial-times/ LOCATION:Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library\, 269 Hillsmere Dr\, Annapolis\, Maryland\, 21403 CATEGORIES:Historic,Lecture/Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.acaac.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/11-7WilliamKellyPhD.png ORGANIZER;CN="Annapolis Jazz &%3B Roots":MAILTO:annapolisjazzandroots.ts@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T120000 DTSTAMP:20261012T142718Z CREATED:20261012T142718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261012T142718Z UID:10018037-1794654000-1794657600@www.acaac.org SUMMARY:Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival - Vanessa Racci: Italian Contributions to American Jazz DESCRIPTION:NY jazz vocalist and recording artist Vanessa Racci is coming to Annapolis to talk about Italian contributions to American jazz over the past 100 Years. She’ll deliver one of the festival’s popular library lectures on Saturday morning of Weekend Two. \nIn the late 1800s and early 1900s\, Italian and Sicilians immigrated to New Orleans in droves and the socio-political environment for them was complicated. This new immigrant group interacted closely with African Americans\, facing similar discrimination. Their unique position and use of European instruments would play a role in shaping early jazz\, but there is much more to the story. \nRacci will show and tell how Italian Americans from New Orleans have contributed to the genre from inception to modern times – from Nick LaRocca and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band to Leon Roppolo and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in the 1920s to the Northern migration of jazz and beyond. Many jazz fans will be surprised to learn that Harry Warren was born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna. He contributed over 800 tunes to the great American Songbook! Listeners will learn of key musicians who are largely unknown today along with those whose work is widely celebrated\, such as Henry Mancini\, Frank Sinatra and Chick Corea. \nVanessa Racci has performed at such venues as Birdland and Gracie Mansion as well as the White Plains Jazz Festival and Scranton Jazz Festival. She has lectured at Rutgers University\, The Generoso Pope Italian American Cultural Center and The Italian American Museum of NYC. She has been a recipient of the Helen Hayes Award\, the Donna Distinta Award and the NOIAW Wise Woman Award. Audience members will be surprised at what they hear and leave feeling informed and satisfied with newfound knowledge and sense of appreciation. \nPresentations like this one at the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library have been enormously popular since year one of festival. Enjoy music\, photography\, some book learning and a lively discussion led by an ebullient\, award-winning jazz artist. Bring your curiosity and your questions and come on out! URL:https://www.acaac.org/event/annapolis-jazz-roots-festival-vanessa-racci-italian-contributions-to-american-jazz/ LOCATION:Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library\, 269 Hillsmere Dr\, Annapolis\, Maryland\, 21403 CATEGORIES:Historic,Lecture/Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.acaac.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/11-14VanessaRacci.png ORGANIZER;CN="Annapolis Jazz &%3B Roots":MAILTO:annapolisjazzandroots.ts@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR