Family Second Sundays: Passport to Maryland
Use a passport to explore historic stops in Maryland and create a Maryland sun catcher. Museum admission is free on Second Sundays and no advanced registration required.
Use a passport to explore historic stops in Maryland and create a Maryland sun catcher. Museum admission is free on Second Sundays and no advanced registration required.
Join us for our free Family Second Sunday drop-in activity. This month we are celebrating the 1970s and making a local vintage Hon accessory. View 1970s vintage objects from our collection and decorate your own cat eyeglasses. No advanced registration is required.
The UMBC Wind Ensemble, directed by Brian Kaufman, teams up with The Sounding Board, Emmy nominated composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, singer-songwriter Diana Lawrence, UMBC’s Cleftomaniacs, and other special guests to present an interactive musical event that will explore how we can navigate the current polarization in America. Music, multimedia, and spoken-word serve as catalysts for an interactive discussion with performers and audience members moderated by Tom Hall, host of WYPR’s Midday.
The Center for Innovation in Urban Education (CIUE) within the School of Education is presenting two events this spring as part of the Center’s Faculty Speaker Series.
Three faculty members and a principal will offer a panel, “Responding to the Call for Educational Justice: Catholic-led Initiatives in Urban Education,” on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in McGuire Hall West from 6–7:45 p.m.
Presenter: Ashley Minner is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and folklorist for the Maryland State Arts Council.
Following WWII, Lumbee Indians from rural North Carolina moved to Baltimore, forming a large satellite community with numbers reaching into the thousands. Baltimore’s Lumbee community is absent from popular narratives of the city, and has even been referred to as “invisible.” The March lecture will shed light on this Baltimore community and its people and places.
We are less than TWO days away from the next Third Friday Conversation event where we will look at Women’s History in real time through the lens of motherhood at the American borders. What does it mean to a young immigrant mother who, like any other loving parent, only wants the best for her children? What is gained? What is lost? What are the dangers? This is designed as a community conversation so come to participate and share your perspective with others.
Come join co-authors Ellen Kahan Zager and Harriet Cohen Helfand and learn how the words of Torah inspired their new book, And There Was Evening And There Was Morning. Ellen and Harriet will lead a joyous and inspirational workshop in making rhymes and images from letters just like those in the book.
Mohsin Hamid, award-winning writer of Exit West, will deliver the keynote address, "Rite/Right of Passage: Migration and Movement in Exit West."
Free and open to the region’s academic communities and the general public, this lecture will provide a lively forum for discussing emigration and refugee problems.
Join the National Aquarium and community partners for an evening of dialogue about diversity in conservation. An esteemed panel of conservation trailblazers will share their insights and inspiration, reflecting on challenges, trends and progress in the field. Lend your voice to be part of the discussion and get to know leaders who are working to connect diverse communities to the outdoors.
Featured Speakers:
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, Executive Director, Maryland Environmental Health Network
Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative has set a goal of a swimmable and fishable Inner Harbor. What could this look like? The 41st annual AIA Baltimore and BAF Spring Lecture Series invites local practitioners and globally recognized designers and scholars to address “the edge”—where the land meets the water—from a variety of perspectives: health and ecology, resiliency in the face of climate change, and social equity.
Do you know a child who loves to sing? Children’s Chorus of Maryland (CCM) will hold auditions on March 21st, April 1st and 13th in Towson for children as young as 5 ½ who are interested in participating in an exciting choral performance program. CCM features highly qualified teachers, small classes and in-depth vocal enrichment to provide children with a complete musical education and choral experience. Previous singing experience is not necessary! Register online at www.ccmsings.org.
Bard to the Bone, BSF's Shakespeare Appreciation Society, meets bimonthly to enjoy conversation, refreshments, and lectures on various aspects of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. These events are FREE and open to all--no prior knowledge or experience necessary!
Thresholds and Doorways: Creating Meaningful Ritual in Daily Life with Sharon Moore, Threshold Celebrant and Robin Williams, Inner Harbor Wellness
Saturday, March 23, 11-5:30pm
NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore invites you to attend its 2nd annual #IWillListen mental health campaign for High School Students on Saturday, March 23rd from 8:30am - 1:30pm at Christian Temple Church in Catonsville.
#IWillListen is a social media campaign created with the purpose to engage students in discussions about mental health and wellness, and to be advocates for their school communities. The program is for current Baltimore County sophomore and junior students.
This exhibition is on view through March 2020. The MdHS museum is open Wednesday-Saturday, 10 am-5 pm, and on Sundays, 12 pm-5 pm.
The exhibition features one-of-a-kind appliqué quilts created by Baltimore-native Mimi Dietrich. Ms. Dietrich is one of Maryland’s and the nation’s most accomplished quilters. In 2015 she was inducted into The Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana. “Hometown Girl” tells Ms. Dietrich’s story as a life-long Marylander and Baltimore native, and draws inspiration from the many students she has taught over her 35-year career.
“Hometown Girl: Contemporary Quilts of Mimi Dietrich” is a new exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society featuring one-of-a-kind appliqué quilts created by Baltimore-native Mimi Dietrich.
The opening reception on March 23 includes a lecture by Mimi Dietrich, 2-3 pm, followed by a reception and gallery tour, 3-5 pm. Cost is $10 members/ $15 nonmembers.
In complement to the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM's) thematic mega-exhibition, "Parenting: An Art Without A Manual," the museum presents its annual, free-to-all, but reservations required, "Logan Visionary Conference: The Art of Parenting" on Sunday, March 24, 1-4pm. With generous underwriting by the Chicago-based Reva and David Logan Foundation, participants can hear and ask questions from a world-class array of inspirational expert presenters and scientific researchers in the field of family wellbeing, child trauma, and positive parent and child attachment.
Drop a Poem in Water: Contemplative Poetry with Autumn Van Ord and Robin Williams
Sunday, March 24, 1:00-4:00
Fee: $20 includes materials
RESONATIONS Jordan Tierney
Stevenson University Manning Academic Center 2nd Floor Art Gallery
February 12 – April 11, 2024
Exhibition reception: February 17, 2024 from 1-4pm
Snow date: February 24, 2024 from 1-4pm