Suzanne Supplee: SWEETNESS ALL AROUND (With Sharon Sansosti)

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

Calling all 8-12 year olds! Come celebrate Suzanne Supplee's new novel, Sweetness All Around, with conversation, crafts, music, and donations! An indomitable heroine who believes she is destined to find her kidnapped neighbor leads this warm, big-hearted story with irresistible characters and a captivating mystery. Perfect for daydreamers with...

Explore Nature With Jordan Tierney

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

Jordan Tierney, artist and naturalist, invites you to follow the seasons with sketching and readings in the Ivy's backyard. Deepen kinship with the natural world by surrendering to what a place can teach us. Slow down, observe, contemplate, and create art while becoming intimate with where our feet...

John Copenhaver: HALL OF MIRRORS (with Chris Chambers & Cheryl Head)

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

Do you love mysteries? Need a new crime fiction pic for your summer reading? Presenting an evening with acclaimed mystery writer John Copenhaver in celebration of his latest novel, Hall of Mirrors (A Judy Nightingale and Philippa Watson Mystery). He'll be joined by fellow mystery writers Chris Chambers...

First Friday Comedy Night: Ft. Mike Smith, Pauline Mollie, & Rose Vineshank

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: Mike Smith, Pauline Mollie, & Rose Vineshank. Join us at 6pm to hear the featured comedians, or at 7pm for the free open mic!...

Ivy Kids Saturday: Summer Kickoff

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

Join us on June 8th from 9-10AM to make and decorate paper popsicles... then eat a real one as a snack! Plus, stick around to try out our new lawn games (did someone say giant Jenga?!).

The Hot L Poets Series, featuring Morri Creech and Ryan Wilson

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

THE HOT L POETS SERIES continues with poets Morri Creech and Ryan Wilson! The event will be on the Ivy's Back Patio to enjoy the warm weather! This will be the final Hot L event before the summer break in July and August. The reading includes an open...

Charm City Spec: Summer Edition

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

Come join us on the patio at The Ivy Bookshop on Friday, June 14th for the summer edition of Baltimore's speculative fiction reading series, Charm City Spec! Whether you're a regular or it's your first time, you're sure to enjoy this incredible lineup featuring William J. Donahue, Anna...

Susan Kellam: BRILLIANT DISGUISE (Book Signing and Happy Hour)

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

In her beautiful new memoir, BRILLIANT DISGUISE, Susan Kellam wraps her own rock-and-roll odyssey around her journey to understand family upheaval. Originally from Baltimore, Kellam's story is rooted in the city, demonstrating the way the place served as the backdrop for difficult times and, simultaneously, as the place...

Poets In The Gardens: Featuring Ag, With Jake Budenz

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

We're thrilled to bring back Poets in the Gardens to host former Ivy bookseller Ag in celebration of his poetry chapbook, blood physical surgical sacrifices! Join us for an afternoon of poetry and conversation surrounded by the green of the gardens, where Ag will read and discuss his...

‘Pemi Aguda: GHOSTROOTS (with Danielle Evans)

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

Bird in Hand is thrilled to welcome 'Pemi Aguda in celebration of her stunning debut short story collection, GHOSTROOTS! In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by...

James T. Sears: QUEERING REHOBOTH BEACH (with Morna McDermott McNulty)

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

Have you spent a summer day at Rehoboth Beach, or heard of this famed beach town in southern Delaware? Were you ever... thinking about history when spending a summer day at Rehoboth Beach? In Queering Rehoboth Beach, historian and educator James Sears charts the evolution of the beach...