The Ivy is excited to welcome Dr. Merideth M. Taylor to speak about her new book Making a Way Out of No Way: Lives of Labor, Love, and Resistance, a richly imagined, photo illustrated narrative of 150 years of life in slavery on tobacco plantations in Southern Maryland....

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...

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...