Mark Hendricks: THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS (with Sam Bermas-Dawes)

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

Presenting an evening with Mark Hendricks, environmental photographer and author of the recently-published The Central Appalachians : Mountains of the Chesapeake-- a beautiful book of photograph-laden, episodic essays that outline the ecological stories and preservation needs of the Central Appalachians. We'll hear from Mark about the making of the...

Ivy Kids Saturday: Art Machines

The Ivy Bookshop 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, United States

We're so excited to partner with Baltimore-based STEAM toy designers at FutureMakers for our August IvyKids Event! In this playful engineering drop-in you and your child can create your own Art Machines - playful kinetic cardboard contraptions that move using simple and compound machines. The $5.95 ticket fee...

Living Room at Bird in Hand

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Looking for a cozy evening out? Join us for Living Room @ Bird in Hand. We'll offer: live music, snacks & drinks for purchase, and some starter craft materials. You can bring: your own crafts, cards, and whatever makes you feel at home. See you in our living room! This month,...

Booze and Browse, ft. Ethan Joella and THE SAME BRIGHT STARS

The Ivy Bookshop 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, United States

Presenting The Ivy's August Booze & Browse, ft. Ethan Joella, author of THE SAME BRIGHT STARS, who will give an author talk and book signing at 6pm. As always, enjoy a free drink & 25% off travel books from 5-8pm! THE SAME BRIGHT STARS is about some of...

Bird in Hand x Therapy Sounds Presents: Java Funk

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Dive into an afternoon of deep house beats, delicious drinks, and divine vibes at the Java Funk collaborative event between Bird in Hand x Therapy Sounds. Join us for three hours of groovy tunes ranging from smooth lounge to funky house provided by Therapy Sounds residents @_andybig, @h0ppa,...

Humanities in the Village: Joseph Plaster, KIDS ON THE STREET (with Drew Daniel)

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Humanities in the Village returns for the 2024-25 year with this first event featuring Joseph Plaster, author of Kids on the Street, Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco's Tenderloin, in conversation with Drew Daniel! In Kids on the Street Joseph Plaster explores the informal support networks that enabled abandoned and runaway...

Vicki Valosik: SWIMMING PRETTY (with Margaret Guroff)

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

The Ivy is pleased to present an evening of discussion around women in sports history, featuring Vicki Valosik and her engaging, thorough new history of women in synchronized swimming! Swimming Pretty explores the tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female...

The Best American Poetry 2024: With Guest Editor Mary Jo Salter

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

We're so excited that this year's volume of The Best American Poetry is compiled and edited by Baltimore-based poet and professor Mary Jo Salter! Join us to launch the anthology into the world from The Ivy's back patio, where contributors including Armen Davoudian, and fellow editors including Dora...

Josephine Quinn: How the World Made the West (with JHU Classics)

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Join Bird in Hand and the Department of Classics at Johns Hopkins University for an evening with Dr. Josephine Quinn, a brilliant, fun, and engaging ancient historian specializing in Phoenician history and the deconstruction of concepts of the ‘West.’ This event will center around her brand-new book How...

Arthur Magida: TWO WHEELS TO FREEDOM (with Marc Steiner)

The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD

Two Wheels to Freedom by Arthur Magida is the extraordinary true story of a young Jewish art student who not just survived Nazi occupation but resisted and saved hundreds of lives—all while retaining his infectious zeal for life. The Ivy is pleased to invite you to an event with...

First Friday Comedy Night: Domo Cann, Jake Leizear, Bria Beddoe

Bird in Hand Coffee & Books 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

The new monthly comedy series continues at Bird in Hand, hosted and curated by the one & only Satarah Fisher! This month's featured comedians: Domo Cann, Jake Leizear, & Bria Beddoe. Join us at 6pm to hear the featured comedians, or at 7pm for the free open mic!...