Editor's Picks for the Weekend

Hanging around town this weekend, but looking for something to do?

If you're looking forward to fried oreos, twinkies, corn on the cob, other fantastic fair foods and activities, The Maryland State Fair begins Friday at the Timonium Fair Grounds. This year the concert series will feature country singer Gretchen Wilson, Poison frontman Bret Michaels, and the tween sensation Justin Bieber.

Maryland's Patch Editors will be there daily, I'll be there Tuesday evening and next Friday evening, so come by and say hi!

Avid runners and walkers should take part in a 5K this weekend in College Park. The Prince George's Running Club and the J.A. Clermont Foundation are sponsoring a women's-only 5K run and a men's 5K run and family walk on Saturday to benefit homeless youth in Haiti.

The women's race begins at 8 a.m. and the men's race and family walk begin at 9 a.m. Race-day registration begins at 7 a.m. for the women's run and 8 a.m. for the men's race and family walk.

The event is being held at Lake Artemesia in College Park.

Finally, University Park Community Solar is hosting a documentary showing and potluck dinner Saturday evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the University Park Church of the Brethren. The town will celebrate its first solar project - solar panels on the church's roof  - and the documentary that features the town and it's energy efficiency plans.