The Vital Perspectives on Healthcare and Science series engages with some of the most pressing public health issues of our time, in a regular public forum catalyzed by a book. For the November edition, we are thrilled to feature Dr. Mary Zaborskis, author of Queer Childhoods: Institutional Futures of...

Bird in Hand is delighted to present this joint poetry reading with Jasmine Gibson and Chris Nealon, both authors of recent poetry collections. A BEAUTY HAS COME by Jasmine Gibson is a collection of psychedelic poems inspired by Egyptian queen Nefertiti, exploring the slippage between her image and...

The Java Funk event series is back again for part two, merging a blend of Bird in Hand’s cafe ambience with Therapy Sounds’ house music selections. Step into an evening of choice cocktails and curated beats, where you can expect tracks ranging from the deep to the funky...

Bird in Hand is honored to host this public event with David Mills and Aja Lans, which is a collaboration between the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, the Krieger First-Year Seminars, and the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts. David Mills' BONEYARN is a poetry collection like...

For Children's Grief Awareness Day on November 21, Bird in Hand joins with What's Your Grief to present Soft Connections: A Grief Café Series, inspired by value of soft connections in community spaces like Bird in Hand, and the support they lend to people in grief. This event...

You're invited to the December edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series in partnership with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, which aims to make scholarship publicly accessible. Who gets to be a genius? Who pays a price for it? And where does...

The winter edition of Charm City Spec is here, at Bird in Hand on the evening of December 7! For this episode of Baltimore's longstanding speculative fiction reading series, you'll hear from Tim Paggi, Shannon Robinson, Christiane Knight, and David Simmons. Whether it's your first time at the...