Friday's the big one: GDG Annapolis is running an AI for Good hackathon on housing, with a Google AI Studio and Cloud Run workshop before the building starts. Thursday is stacked: a science and tech open house at 4MLK, a live-build AI clinic at lunchtime, and Open Hack at Baltimore Node in the evening. Further out, there's an AI challenge on Division Street, a founder showcase at Spark, and the Nov 18 Techstars AI Health deadline. Twelve items below, in date order.

ELM Lab (Experimental Language Modeling Lab) @ Morgan State (virtual)

Wednesday, Nov 4, 3 to 4 PM ET, and weekly through Dec 16. Workshops, LLM news and breakout working groups, free. Open to community members: email the lab listed on the event page to get the Zoom link.

👉 https://events.morgan.edu/event/elm-lab-experimental-language-modeling-lab-162

Connect Labs Member Showcase @ 4MLK (UM BioPark)

Thursday, Nov 5, 11 AM to 1 PM, 3rd floor. An open house with Connect Labs Baltimore member companies working on new science and technology, where you can talk directly with founders and researchers. More lab bench than laptop. See event page for price and who can attend.

👉 https://www.wexfordconnectlabs.com/baltimoreshowcase

Small Business AI Clinic: Prompting & Automation Lab @ GDG Baltimore (virtual)

Thursday, Nov 5, noon to 1 PM ET. A short demo, a triage of attendees' bottlenecks, then a live build of a prompt or automation. Bring one specific task to work on. Covers prompting with Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude, workflow automation, and small vibe-coded apps. Runs twice a month. See event page for price.

👉 https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-baltimore-presents-small-business-ai-clinic-prompting-amp-automation-lab-virtual-2026-11-05/cohost-gdg-baltimore

OpenHack Night @ Baltimore Node

Thursday, Nov 5, 7 to 9 PM, and every Thursday. Show up anytime in that window with a laptop and a project, or just to see what people are making. The hackerspace is at 2106 N Lovegrove St. No admission fee is listed; see event page.

👉 https://www.meetup.com/baltimorenode/

AI for Good Hackathon: Innovating for Housing @ AACC CALT Building, Arnold

Friday, Nov 6, noon to 6 PM, hybrid. Beginner-friendly: a panel on local housing challenges, a workshop on building an app with Google AI Studio and Cloud Run, then a building session. Teams submit to codingjam.dev and can demo at the Dec 2 Innovation Summit. RSVP requested and space is limited; see event page for price.

👉 https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-annapolis-presents-gdg-annapolis-ai-for-good-hackathon-innovating-for-housing/cohost-gdg-annapolis

The BMORE AI Challenge @ Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center

Wednesday, Nov 11, 11 AM to 2 PM, at 1315 Division St. Free, with refreshments. Participants split into groups (education, healthcare, nonprofits, entrepreneurs) and work with AI facilitators to build AI-based solutions to real problems.

👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bmore-ai-challenge-tickets-2003263628439

StarTUp Accelerator Info Session @ Towson University StarTUp

Thursday, Nov 12, 4:30 to 5:30 PM; another on Nov 18, and a virtual one Dec 2. Applications for the 2027 accelerator are open and close March 7, 2027. It's an eight-week summer fellowship (June to July 2027) for early-stage founders, listed with a $10K equity-free award. Registration is on the StarTUp events page; locations aren't listed there.

👉 https://www.towson.edu/startup/programs/community-entrepreneurship/accelerator/apply.html

Startup Social: Novella Center Founder Showcase @ Spark Baltimore

Thursday, Nov 12, 5:30 PM. Novella Center founders pitch, there's a panel on investing in a startup without a fund, and each attendee gets mock investment currency to back a favorite. See event page for price.

👉 https://spark-baltimore.cobot.me/event/2026-11-12-startup-social-novella-center-for-entrepreneurship-founder-showcase-angel-investing-panel-immersive-experience-0a1a84f1555bfdd4444b9e5f031af73e

3D Modeling & 3D Printing With the Power of AI @ University of Baltimore, Merrick School of Business

Monday, Nov 16, 1 to 2 PM ET, hybrid, in room BC-104 at 11 W. Mt. Royal Ave. A live demo of generating a 3D model with Claude and printing it on the center's 3D printer. See event page for price.

👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3d-modeling-3d-printing-with-the-power-of-ai-tickets-2003681438119

TEDCO Investment Open Forum (virtual)

Wednesday, Nov 18, 10 to 11 AM, on Zoom. A walk through venture investing and how TEDCO's investment funds work. Register through the event page.

👉 https://www.tedcomd.com/event/tedcos-investment-open-forum-2

Techstars AI Health Baltimore Final Application Deadline

Applications for the March 2027 cohort close Wednesday, Nov 18. The program invests $220,000 per company in AI-driven health startups. Managing Director Smitha Gopal is holding a virtual AMA on the program and application tips; see the event page for the date.

👉 https://luma.com/wdo4f7dk

Baltimore Tech Week 2027 Tickets @ Inner Harbor & Neighborhoods

Week passes go on sale Tuesday, Dec 1. Baltimore Tech Week runs April 26 to 30, 2027, with nightly events in rooms across the city; doors open at 5:30 PM. $40 general admission covers all five nights, $125 for VIP.

👉 https://www.bmoretechweek.com/

That's the week. Building something worth showing? Hit reply and tell us. Next week: the BMORE AI Challenge on Division Street and the Spark founder showcase, with Builder Fridays right behind them.